You have died

[hyphenate]

What song or songs do you want played at your wake, funeral or memorial?

[AllegroRondo]

1. I want Taps played on a bassoon.

[skygazer]

2. Whatever anyone else wants

I'm not going to hear it.

[MissHoneychurch]

3. Ave Maria by Franz Schubert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uYrmYXsujI

[anarch]

4. well shit, that explains a lot

I've been so stuck on the Verve, "Bittersweet Symphony" for a couple days...I'll go with that one. For now.

[LaraMN]

5. You Shook Me All Night Long.

No.
I don't even like AC/DC. That was just what popped into my head.

:rofl:

[Debi]

21. And you wonder where JackNM gets it?!

:hi:

[soleft]

6. Every song on my Ipod

I imagine a very long service.

[fortyfeetunder]

51. I have an iPod playlist for funeral songs

Hopefully someone will have a clue and download it....

[Deep13]

7. the brown noise

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Recorder_Concert

[ZombieNixon]

8. Shit, really?

Fuck! I just ate, too...musta been the salsa. x(

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

9. Talk Talk "Life's What You Make It"

[mulsh]

10. Meet Me Downton With Your Black Drawers On

and of course You Need A Doctor To Get The Wrinkles Out Your Birthday Suit.

[seemunkee]

11. What a Wonderful World/Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole

[LaraMN]

13. That is a BEAUTIFUL song!

I play it for my little guy when he'll tolerate something mellow..

:thumbsup:

[BrotherBuzz]

18. There won't be a dry eye in the house

Somewhere Over the Rainbow is a dream lullaby, and seems hauntingly appropriate. Iz's rendition is amongst the best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A2Jt4WOxN8&mode=related&search=

[ornotna]

23. Wonderful song

Have you seen this version?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brRsRTTp1Pw

[BrotherBuzz]

25. Yes I think I was attempting to grab that one. Here a compilation with Iz and others

Here's a video compilation with Iz and a few other artists guaranteed to produce tears.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x3514

It starts off with Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole (dead), one of my favorites, and a rendition by Eva Cassidy (dead), a little bit of electric rock version by Jimmy Hendrix (dead), Judy Garland (dead), and a few artists I don't recognize, but I suspect might be dead. :shrug:

Somewhere Over the Rainbow is a dream lullaby, and seems hauntingly appropriate to honor our fallen brothers and sisters. I'm shed a few tears every time I hear it because they can no longer chase the dream they hoped or expected to.

[seemunkee]

30. I love Eva Cassidy too

Her rendition of Falling Leaves is fantastic.

[lost-in-nj]

68. This song gives

me goose bumps....

thanks for this link


lost

[YellowRubberDuckie]

27. Is that the Hawaiian version?

If so, that's what I was about to say.
Duckie

[seemunkee]

29. Yes it is

I told my wife this is what I wanted a few weeks ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL-uL2M3xvM

[Redstone]

12. "Newfoundland," from the CD "Brendan's Voyage."

Redstone

[GumboYaYa]

14. The theme song from "Shaft"....

"Whose the baddest mother$@^#*$ of them all.....Shaft....."

I am also going to be taxidermied so that my family can have me around forever.

[taterguy]

16. Which version?

I really like the one from WattsStax with Jesse Jackson doing the introduction

[grace0418]

15. She Goes On by Crowded House

Pretty soon youll be able to remember her
Lying in the garden singing
Right where shell always be
The door is always open

This is the place that I loved her
And these are the friends that she had
Long may the mountain ring
To the sound of her laughter
And she goes on and on

In her soft wind I will whisper
In her warm sun I will glisten
till we see her once again
In a world without end

We owe it all to frank sinatra
The song was playing a she walked into the room
After the long weekend
They were a lifetime together

Appearing in the eyes of children
In the clear blue mountain view
The colouring in the sky
And painting ladders to heaven
And she goes on

In her soft wind I will whisper
In her warm sun I will glisten
till we see her once again
In a world without end

In her soft wind I will whisper
In her warm sun I will glisten
And I always will remember
In a world without end
She goes on
She goes on
She goes on

[LynneSin]

17. Led Zeppelin's "Ramble On", "Ten Year After" and "What is and What Should Never Be"

I've put alot of thought into this

[laylah]

19. In My Father's Field

by John Cowan, Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler, and Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw by whomever is brave enough :evilgrin:

[Debi]

20. I'll Cover You reprise from Rent

http://www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/20597/RENT/I'll_Cover_You-reprise

[rucky]

22. "If I knew you were comin' I'd have baked a cake..."

[hfojvt]

24. "Happy days are here again."?

Me on karaoke singing 'Highway to Hell'?

[datasuspect]

26. dancing queen

[EstimatedProphet]

28. Ripple, Brain Damage/Eclipse

[ornotna]

31. Gene Watson - Farewell Party

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osM_dD1NiDQ

[YankeyMCC]

32. "Imagine" by John Lennon

Also I have a list of poems and other readings for folks to select from, here's one I added recently:

"This here ol' man jus' lived a life an' jus' died out of it. I don' know whether he was good or bad, but that don't matter much. He was alive, an' that's what matters. An' now he's dead, an' that don't matter. Heard a fella tell a poem one time, an' he syas 'All that lives is holy.' Got to thinkin', an' purty soon it means more than the words says. An' I wouldn' pray for a ol' fella that's dead. He's awright. He got a job to do, but it's all laid out for 'im an' there's on'y one way to do it. But us, we got a job to do, an' they's a thousan' ways, an' we don' know which one to take. An' if I was to pray, it'd be for the folks that don' know which way to turn. Grampa here, he got the easy straight. An' now cover 'im up and let 'im get to his work." - Jim Casy at Grampa's burial. "Grapes of Wrath"

[Joe Fields]

33. I want an eleven piece all-kazoo band playing in-a-gadda-da-vida

[ghostsofgiants]

47. I want in, I play a damn mean kazoo.

[hippywife]

34. Three that I know of at the moment

"The Other Side" by Don Conoscenti

http://donconoscenti.com/index.php?page=songs&display=9

"I'll Fly Away" by Allison Krauss and Gillian Welch

"Beyond the Blue" by Emmylou Harris and Patty Griffin

[hyphenate]

35. I think it would be nice to know

that at the very end I got my own way as to what music would be played. :)

I think the following would certainly be a good start:

Angel--Robbie Williams
The Impossible Dream--Richard Kiley
Pastoral Symphony by Beethoven
Willow by David Lanz



There are others, but these few are particularly important to me. :)

[hyphenate]

63. I found another few

for myself, and I'm surprised I didn't have them in mind at the start. Alan Parsons Project--2 or 3:

Time
Don't Answer Me
The Show Must Go On

[bbernardini]

36. Frank Zappa's "Watermelon In Easter Hay" and Todd Rundgren's "Bang The Drum All Day" nt

[elshiva]

52. Excellent choices. Thank you for mentioning Zappa

AND RUNDGREN!

OH I DON'T WANT TO WORK...

[Left Is Write]

37. 100 Years.

[Xipe Totec]

38. And When I Die Blood Sweat and Tears

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViXS9RCHVGY

[LibraLiz1973]

39. Wild Thing by Tone Loc

n/t

[u4ic]

40. Either one, or both

Turn Turn Turn by the Byrds

The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell

[lizziegrace]

45. Both!

:)

[muriel_volestrangler]

41. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"

with compulsory community whistling.

[MassLiberal]

43. great choice!

:thumbsup:

[MassLiberal]

42. "Simple Gifts"

[livvy]

44. This is so easy...Sympathy For the Devil...

I know...I never post here. I just saw this post and had to respond.
I have no idea why I love this song so much, but I always have.

[wildhorses]

46. whatever sounds nature see fit to provide will be fine

just fine.

[ghostsofgiants]

48. Dethklok - "Thunderhorse."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzFlF6kbBrU (Full song.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUxWOr2qKao (The video that will be projected on a screen above my casket.)

[mzteris]

49. Dust in the Wind n/t

[flying rabbit]

50. For some reason I want bagpipes

:shrug:

[Va Lefty]

53. "Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd and "Learning to Fly" by Tom Petty

[LibDemAlways]

54. "In My Life" Beatles, "Bookends Theme" Simon and Garfunkel

and "Fields of Gold" as sung by Eva Cassidy.

[TroubleMan]

55. Yakkety Sax

Then the pallbearers would drop me when one of them got distracted by the cleavage of a strategically placed busty woman.

[Throd]

56. This is sophomoric but, "I've Got the World Up My Ass" by The Circle Jerks

[ContraBass Black]

57. I don't care. I'm dead.

[philosophie_en_rose]

58. You're the Loser by the Revelations.

:rofl:

http://www.myspace.com/therevelationsuk (third song on the playlist).


just kidding! though I do want something light.

[badgerpup]

59. Several...

Styx's Come Sail Away, Rod Stewart's Forever Young, the largo to Dvorak's Symphony From the New World, the Jupiter section from Holtz's The Planets...
and of course that old standby, just so everyone can cry their eyes out and feel better...Amazing Grace on the bagpipes.

Guess I'm a bit eclectic. :shrug:

[tkmorris]

60. After You're Gone by Iris DeMent

And I want it to be the Mountain Stage Live version too. And, because I believe in the Fairness Doctrine and there may be a few people present who don't particularly feel towards me the sentiments presented by Ms. DeMent, perhaps after that they could play Dancing in the Street by Martha and the Vandellas.

Then everyone should pour a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale on my gravesite and go eat themselves silly.

[MissMillie]

61. I don't care what you play at my funeral

(but I'll bet my mother would like to hear "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" and "How Great Thou Art" so play those for her)

As for me, at my wake, play the entire Talking Heads catalog.

And whenever anyone makes use of the kneeler thingy in front of my casket, it should have a laugh track activated.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

62. My roommate passed away over Christmas break

and it was kind of funny that just before we all left for break from college, a friend of ours was taking one of those little online survey things and asked "What should I play at my funeral?"
he answered "Lust For Life"

Rest in peace Duncan, love ya.

[unpossibles]

64. "Innocent When You Dream" by Tom Waits

no wait, I changed my mind. I want all of Rain Dogs played. Then burn my ass up or throw me in the ocean to feed the sharks.

[stuntcat]

65. I'll Fly Away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSMaOe4QoEY
I was at this concert in San Fran when this was taped too, last year's Strictly Bluegrass festival! But I wasn't as close as whoever taped this.
It was the only time I've ever seen it live.

[zanne]

66. "Truckin"

"What a long, strange trip it's been".

[Dragonbreathp9d]

67. "Goodbye Milkyway" Enigma

[MrCoffee]

69. "Lay Me Low" - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

They're gonna lay me low (Lay me low)
They're gonna sink me in the snow
They're gonna throw back their heads and crow
When I go

They're gonna jump and shout (Lay me low)
They're gonna wave their arms about
All the stories will come out
When I go

All the stars will glow bright (Lay me low)
And my friends will give up the fight
They'll see my work in a different light
When I go

They'll try telephoning my mother (Lay me low)
But they'll end up getting my brother
Who'll spill the story on some long-gone lover
That I hardly know

Hats off to the man
On top of the world
Come crawl up here, baby
And I'll show you how it works
If you wanna be my friend
And you wanna repent
And you want it all to end
And you wanna know when
Well do it now don't care how
Take your final bow
Make a stand Take my hand
And blow it all to hell

They gonna inform the police chief (Lay me low)
Who'll breathe a sigh of relief
He'll say I was a malanderer, a badlander, and a thief
When I go

They will interview my teachers (Lay me low)
Who'll say I was one of God's sorrier creatures
There'll print informative six-page features
When I go

They'll bang a big old gong (Lay me low)
The motorcade will be ten miles long
The world will join together for a farewell song
When they put me down below

They'll sound a fluegelhorn (Lay me low)
And the sea will rage, and the sky will storm
All man and beast will mourn
When I go

Hats off to the man
On top of the world
Come crawl up here, baby
And we can watch this damn thing turn
If you wanna be my friend
And you wanna repent
And you want it all to end
And you wanna know when
Well do it now Do it now
Take a long last bow
Take my hand Make a stand
And blow it all to hell

Lay me low...
When I go...

[Efilroft Sul]

70. "Spirit in the Sky," by Norman Greenbaum.

Actually, I've told my wife to bring a recording of it to wherever my deathbed will be. Besides hearing her say, "I love you," the song is the last thing I want to hear before I spring from this mortal coil.

After that, she can put my body out for the Monday morning trash pickup.