funeral songs

'Further on up the Road' by Bruce Springsteen

extract:

Now I been out in the desert just doin' my time
Searching through the dust lookin' for a sign
If there's a light up ahead, well brother I don't know
But I got this fever burnin' in my soul
So let's take the good times as they go
And I'll meet you further on up the road

Further on up the road
Further on up the road
Further on up the road
Further on up the road
One sunny mornin' we'll rise I know
And I'll meet you further on up the road
One sunny mornin' we'll rise I know
And I'll meet you further on up the road

think for my funeral I would pick

Springsteen ( Seeger Sessions Band) , Shenandoah
followed by David Bowie , My death

The Weight by The Band

just because it's the best song ever

The Weight is so awsome

I Am The Ressurection - Stone Roses
Heyday - Mic Christopher
This Must Be The Palce (Naiive Melody) - Talking Heads
Second Law - Tom McRae

I always thought I'd get cremated and as my coffin was going behind the curtain have the countdown theme playing then once it's gone the boss's I'm On Fire... it seems a little disturbed I'll concede, but everyone who's there who actually knew me I think would appreciate the humour in it...

I wanna have Blue Jeans & White T-shirts, it means a lot to me
Are We The Waiting-Green Day
Waiting-Green Day
So Far Away-Avenged Sevenfold
Good Enough-Evanescence

Totally inappropriate but mine is
"Nothin but A Good time" by Poison

Glam rock classic and my favourite song

Sums up how I wished I lived my life

Just annoyed wont be around to see the look on some peoples faces

definitely stop crying your heart out!

Bad-U2

..preferably played on a large screen from Rattle and Hum.

I want

City and Colour - Body In A Box

Sofouska wrote:

I wanna have Blue Jeans & White T-shirts, it means a lot to me
Are We The Waiting-Green Day
Waiting-Green Day
So Far Away-Avenged Sevenfold
Good Enough-Evanescence

Not that I want to be that guy (Okay maybe a little), but you're probably not going to choose those songs when you get older.

not ever really thought about this before but have now decided I want 'long live the queen' by frank turner, makes me cry at every gig i go to!

well, you've only got until tomorrow to decide, and then there won't be anybody around to actually play them

steady now steady now wrote:

well, you've only got until tomorrow to decide, and then there won't be anybody around to actually play them

haha love it!

Gaslight23 wrote:

I want

City and Colour - Body In A Box

This.

Winter - Bayside

Motorcycle Drive By, 3rd Eye Blind
We Came to Dance, TGA (esp the part ...we'll blow one last kiss to all the beautiful nights like this....)

Apologies for the downbeat topic, but I'm curious to hear some thoughts...

A distant relative died a few days ago. He was a jerk, so I'm not shedding any tears, but it got me wondering: Did hear the chains rattling before he went? Was it his wedding song? Or was it nothing at all?

(Of course, listening to the 59 Sound moments ago isn't helping my mental process...)

So - what song would you want to be your last? Gaslight, not Gaslight, whatever you want.

For me, it would be a toss-up between Gaslight's "The Backseats" and La Mamma Morta from the opera Andrea Chenier.

How's that for esoteric!?

(edited to add: by this I mean what's the last song you want to hear before you die - not what do you want played at your funeral...)

NonGaslight-Thunder Road, or Born to Run
Gaslight-Old White Lincoln or Miles Davis and the Cool/

Woking's Finest!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgQ512h9yWQ

Hmm, I've been thinking about this the last few days myself after a funeral. My dad chose Andrea Bocelli - Nessun Dorma to be played at my grandpa's service. I think it was a really good choice.

Casey wrote:

If I Ever Leave This World Alive - Flogging Molly

Double ditto!

I love that song!