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What song do you want played at your funeral?

I don't care, I won't be there. I hope they toss my carcass in a packing crate and throw a kegger with the funeral money.
 
tentoze said:
The snake devours its tail.
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I can't believe I'm actually admitting that I have given this any thought. But after seeing the comment above by tentoze, it's like a SIGN, man. So here goes:

I have often thought I'd like to have them play "Days are Numbers" by the Alan Parsons Project. From the album pictured below.
 

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I've given this some thought too. I am thinking of making a CD so they can't screw it up.

First, to soften them up and get them all weepy eyed:
Amazing Grace by Hubert Laws (great flute)

Then to lighten things up:
Operator (get me Jesus on the line). Manhattan Transfer

The big finish:
Please don't talk about me when I am gone (most anyone).

My grandfather wasn't "going in that box without a TV"
Maybe I'll take an iPhone.
 
Surfin' Bird?!

gearhead said:
Since I have a "different" sense of humor, I think "Happy Go Lucky Me" by Paul Evans or "Daydream" by the Lovin Spoonful would be fitting.
Or-- get everybody in a somber mood, announce "Here's a song Howie held close to his heart," then crank up "Surfin' Bird" :D
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Man, I remember how that song had an effect on me. I loved that kind of stuff back then. Was the band named The Trashmen?

thanks for them memory

Rick
 
Before they perform the service;
"Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd
Then
"Knock on Wood"
Followed by
"Darkness on the edge of Town" by Bruce Springsteen
"Ride of the Walkyries" by Wagner
Just before they cremate my body;
C'mon baby light my fire."Light My Fire" by The Doors. :D
Afterwards,
"Voodoo Child(slight return)" on Hendrix in the West.
"We gotta get out of this place"
 
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Several years ago I conducted a funeral for a 15-year old kid who had been in and out of trouble all his life, and actually died in a "camp" for juvenile delinquents. So his family plays hardcore rap at his funeral -- that was the only time I ever wanted "hazard pay" for doing a funeral...

My funeral? Untitled Hymn by Chris Rice
 
"Adagio for Strings" - Samuel Barber

"A Christmas Song" - George Winston

That is....if I decide that anyone gets notified that I died.
 
'If I don't see you no more in this world,I'll meet you on the next one,and don't be late."
 
Here's one i like for a funeral song:

Marshall Tucker Band - Desert Skies Tabs


Well I'm ridin' along
Singin' the same ol' cowboy song
That's been sung a hundred times before
Ain't got nothin' but my name
And I'm the only man I know to blame
But I'm livin' I'm happy and I'm free

Just listen to the wind blow
Let it blow let it blow
Sand over my trail
I got my saddle on the ground
And that ol' moon he can still be found
Hidin' in the desert sky

I like simple things in life
Like a prairie breeze
A good stout horse between my knees
Just bein' alone just bein' me

And when I die let me die
With a dream in my mind
A smile on my face and no trouble behind
And no cross on my grave
To show my restin' place

So I can listen to the wind blow
Let it blow let it blow
Sand over my trail
I got my saddle on the ground

And that ol' moon he can still be found
Hidin' in the desert sky
Won't you bury me with my chaps on
And my six-gun strapped to my side
So I can watch the moon a-hidin'
In the desert sky
Hidin' in the desert sky
Hidin' in the desert sky
Hidin' in the desert sky
 
I figure something like this. Lenny Kravitz: Rock and Roll is Dead. It's the complete opposite of the way I live my life, but it sure would start some juicy gossip.


Ooohoooh yeah
You think you’re on top of the world
But you know it’s really over
Runnin’ round with diamond rings
And coke spoons that are overflowin’
Rock and roll is dead
But all the money in the world
Can’t buy you from the place you’re going to
Ooohoooh yeah

Rock and roll is dead X3

You can’t even sing or play an instrument
So you just scream instead
Oh yeah
You’re living for an image
So you got five hundred women in your bed
Oh yeah
Rock and roll is dead
But it’s real hard to be yourself
When you’re living with those demons in your head
Ooohoooh yeah
 
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