given that laura's dad dies, and this topic comes up, i was wondering what everyone thinks would be their top 5 funeral songs-
any medium- band, sung by your widow- whatever.
here are mine-
1. the end- the doors
2. alone i break- korn
3. imagine- a perfect circle
4. lost cause- beck
5. suspended in dusk- type o negative
i am looking foreward to reading yours...
1. I've Got Better Things To Do Tonight Than Die - The Blackout
2. I Love Myself And I Wanna Live - The Blackout
3. The Consequence - You Me At Six
4. We're Going To Hell...So Bring The Sunblock - The Blackout
5. She's A Lady - Tom Jones
Dearest Enemy, you should have never trusted me
You b!tch
1) As Long As I can See the Light - CCR
2) Desolation Row - Bob Dylan
3) The Nothing Song - Sigur Ros
4) Cold Desert - Kings of Leon
5) True Believers - Bouncing Souls
Not all of these are about death, per se, but I think they work:
Dream Dream Dream, the Everly Brothers
Wild Horses, The Stones
The Horses, Rickie Lee Jones
Blackbird, The Beatles
Strange Angels, Laurie Anderson
1. Iron and Wine - Dead Man's Will
2. Leonard Cohen - Bird on a Wire
3. Nick Drake - Fly
4. Sufjan Stevens - The Transfiguration
5. Nick Cave - Ship Song
i dont know if i want a certain song, but i want someone to be playing the seinfeld slap bass during the eulogy.
Because I'm morbid, I have a playlist on my iTunes called 'Funeral'... Anyway...
1. Champagne Supernova by Oasis (Even though I hate the band, this is an epic, romantic, rock 'n' roll choice in a funeral song...)
2. Always On My Mind by Ryan Adams & The Cardinals (Tearjerking cover Part I.)
3. Satisfied Mind by Jeff Buckley (Tearjerking cover Part 2.)
4. Here Comes A Regular by The Replacements (A song that sums up a lot about me.)
5. Wake Up by Arcade Fire (If there was only one song I could play at the end of my life, this would probably be it.)
Revised:
1:Both sides now-Joni Mitchell (2000 version)
2:Blackbird-The beatles
3:Story of a girl-Nine days
4:Don't look back in anger-Oasis
5:Gotta knock a little harder-seatbelts
Those are my principals. If you don't like them I have others.~Groucho Marx
1. 'Spider and I' by Brian Eno
2. 'Asleep' by The Smiths
3. 'Don't be Shy' by Cat Stevens
4. 'Dreams' by Fleetwood Mac
5. 'An Ending (Ascent)' by Brian Eno
Some others I'd consider:
'How Do' by The Sneaker Pimps
'There is a Light That Never Goes Out' by The Smiths
'Aenima' by Tool
'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' by Bob Dylan
'I'm Only Sleeping' by The Beatles
'Don't Fear the Reaper' by Blue Oyster Cult
1. Kentucky Avenue - Tom Waits
2. Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf Version) - Pixies
3. Only Living Boy in New York - Simon & Garfunkel
4. Out of Time - Blur
5. Too Hot for Words - Billie Holiday
Livin' in the Fridge - Weird Al
When I Grow Up - Garbage
My Way - Sex Pistols
Don't Worry, Be Happy - The Hobos
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Monty Python
& The Unbirthday Song
i think id have to go with
1. Said Softly - Smashing Pumpkins
2. The Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Gong Li
3. Airborne Toxic Event - Somtime around midnight
4. The Pixies - Hey
5. Johnny Cash - Aint no grave (to go out with, think my friends would laugh if it could be played as i get lowered)
Such a fantastic thread.
1. Wake Up - The Arcade Fire
2. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
3. Tiny Dancer - Elton John
4. Running Away - The Polyphonic Spree
5. Someone to Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald