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...
Led Zeppelin, 'In my Time of Dying'
The Who, 'Heaven and Hell'
Black Sabbath 'Under the Sun'
Rolling Stones, 'Time Waits for No one'
The Doors, 'The End'
The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
In My Life - John Lennon
Clarity - John Mayer
I Wish You Were Here - Matchbook Romance
I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab For Cutie
Country Roads - John Denver
These Are Days – 10000 Maniacs
Lust for Life - Iggy Pop
Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When I see you Smile) – Van Morrison
My Way - Frank Sinatra
Late for the sky - Jackson Browne
Staralfur - Sigur Ros
Don't you forget about me - Simple Minds
Man of the world - Fleetwood Mac
Doot Doot - Freur
"And yes, we're always interested in dealing with people who have harmed American citizens"
George W. Bush
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1. Death Is Not The End - Bob Dylan.
2. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley.
3. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys.
4. Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles.
5. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - Radiohead.
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And for the record...
Top 5 songs I really would´nt like at my funeral!
1. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? - Culture Club.
2. I`m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman - Britney Spears.
3. My Big Gay Heart - The Lemonheads.
4. Hotel California - The Eagles.
5. Bring Your Daughter, To The Slaughter - Iron Maiden.
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Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Clocks - Coldplay
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
The Long Road - Pearl Jam
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The Birdie Song - The Tweets
Agadoo - Black Lace
Spiderman - Ramones cover
Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh - The Teletubbies
Chortle, guffaw etc. This is such a drab, glum topic that I thought I'd cheer it up.
My serious five would be:
1) Day Of The Lords - Joy Division
2a) Going Underground - The Jam (if I'm buried)
2b) Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (if I'm cremated)
3) Sing It Out - Hope Of The States
4) Nostalgia - The Chameleons
5) Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
Movies - Yet another nail in the coffin of conversation.
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1. Sweetness and Tenderness - The Rentals
2. Heroin - Velvet Underground
3. Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap
4. The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkle
5. Only in Dreams - Weezer
Others:
Where is my mind by the pixies
A Better Son/Daughter by Rilo Kiley
Not Tonight by Tegan and Sara
O! Sweet Nuthin! - Velvet Underground
My Head is in The Sun by the The Rentals
Hurt by Johnny Cash
Transatlanticism by Deathcab for Cutie
Non Zero Possibility by At The Drive-in
Imagine by John Lennon
In My Secret Life by Leonard Cohen
The Big Sleep by Streetlight Manifesto
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths
1. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphonie
2. Boehse Onkelz - Nur die Besten Sterben Jung
3. Kansas - Dust in The Wind
4. Iced Earth - Melancholy
5. Blind Guardian - Harvest of Sorrow
You Got Nuthin a Quarter Pounder Cant Fix !
1. Abschied nehmen - Xavier Naidoo
2. The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice
3. Don't dream it's over - Crowded House
4. Trouble - Coldplay
5. Hard to Concentrate - Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Not an easy one... not in any particular order.
1. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (I'm well surprised to see this one on many people's list)
2. Hope there's someone - Antony and the Johnsons (the most beautiful and haunting voice living today)
3. Wayfaring Stranger - Neko Case or Johnny Cash (So powerfull by Case, so dark and sober by Cash)
4. Les Chiens - La nuit dérobéee (band from Quebec, Canada, in french, one of the best song by this terrific band)
5. Monsieur Mono - Tout autour (another band from Quebec, Canada, very sad, but also very soothing)
There...
Voilà...
Audioslave-Like a stone
Bob Dylan- It´s all over now, baby blue
U2-Exit
Beck-Sing it again
Eels-Climbing up to the moon
everybody is forgetting the top one...
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
top 5 for MY funeral:
"tomorrow, wendy" concrete blonde
"one step beyond" madness
"people who've died" jim carroll band
"happy phantom" tori amos
"daddy sang bass" johnny cash
Arieth's Theme: FFVII
Xavier: The Dead can Dance
Bittersweet Symphony: The Verve
Lacrimosa: Mozart (the version from "Come and See")
Summer Overture: Clint Mansell
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If Buried
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1.Rapper's Delight - SugarHill Gang
2.Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
3.I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters
4.Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds
5.Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham
If Cremated
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1.Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash
2.She's on Fire - Amy Holland (from Scarface)
3.The Unforgettable Fire - U2
4.Highway to Hell - AC/DC
5.Relight My Fire - Take That
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If I hear "Yah Mo B There" one more time, I'm going to Yah Mo Burn This Place To The Ground
1. As the Footsteps Die out Forever- Catch 22 (or Streetlight Manifesto)
2. Return- OK Go
3. I Will Follow You Into The Dark- Death Cab For Cutie
4. Never Be Alone- The Get Up Kids
5. What's Left of the Flag- Flogging Molly
1-Today and Tonight, tonight - The Smashing Pumpkins
2-Too far down - Husker Du
3-Lost in the supermarket - The Clash
4-In my life - The Beatles
5-Jesus doesn't want me for a sunbeam
1) Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2) Dead - They Might Be Giants
3) Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
4) Alive - P.O.D
5) Miserlou - Dick Dale
And you will know my name is the Lord...share
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FREE BIRD (without a doubt best song ever) - Skynyrd
Stairway to Heaven - Zeppelin
Every breath you take - The Police
Who youd be today - Kenny Chesney
Dust in the Wind - Kansas
And Shepherds we shall be
For thee, my Lord, for thee.
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand
Our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands.
So we shall flow a river forth to Thee
And teeming with souls shall it ever be.
In Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti
I only really have one..but it seems pertinent.
If you don't know me by now (you will never ever ever know me)