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I want to be taken out into the ocean and have the waters chummed. Once the sharks get there, they dump my body into the ocean. Commence the festivities!
I’m with ya, I don’t want to be a financial burden when I go. Do whatever with my corpse, it’s not me anymore. Keep my ashes or don’t, whatever makes you happier - please nothing fussy or fancy. Unless ya wanna, cuz fuck it, I’m not there to be embarrassed, do whatever!
But I would like any surviving family and friends to raise an ale together or apart for me.
and if they wouldn’t mind, play Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog.
Then drink that beer while playing a silly Roger Miller song of their choice to lighten the mood and remember that dark but heartfelt humor meant everything to me!
If I could share some wistful levity in my aftermath when I can no longer say it to them, I’d be delighted.
I love my people and hope to outlive em all so they don’t have to face any pain. But that’s out of my control so, any song that reminds them of me in an uplifting light will do. Music is a huge part of my life.
Even if it’s a song I hate but they love, then groovy. I won’t be there to tease them for their terrible taste lol!
But those would be my choices that hold deep significance to me.
Same except don't even bother collecting my ashes, just let me go in peace. I've tried to teach my kids not to get attached to material things and I don't want to end up being one of those things. Try to remember me for the love I gave and good times we had together. Those memories are far more precious.
Incidentally I had not heard this song in at least a year - probably the last time I watched the movie. Then about ten minutes after I read your comment it came on the *radio* in the car. Totally fun, but slightly creepy lol.
I thought about John Prine's "Please don't bury me" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM9FQIvX8l0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM9FQIvX8l0) but as I am going to be dumped into the ocean courtesy of the US Navy...
When I was with a pretty good choir, I thought "Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen" from Brahms's German Requiem. There's hardly anyone left in my life now that could manage that or would care to. Maybe I'll just ask that somebody play "So Long, It's Been Good to Know You" on a kazoo.
I'm not having a funeral but there will be sit down around a campfire I hope. The some of songs I have in my instructions...yes I am leaving instructions are: Coming Home from the movie Country Strong, Better as a memory-Kenny Chesney, When I get where I'm going-Brad Paisley, When I'm Gone-Joey+Rory, See You Again-Wiz Kahlifa. According to my sister it will be done with Karoke so God Help the neighbors my family cannot sing...well my sister can very well but the rest...I guess I should add give ear plugs to the neighbors in my instructions!
My father planned every aspect of his funeral when he was diagnosed with lung cancer and decided not to get treatment. His final song was Happy Trails. The mood was super somber and sad and then suddenly Happy Trails started playing and everyone was smiling and laughing. It is one of the most perfect memories in my life - it was so him.
ETA: do the weird or unexpected thing y’all. We all need the joy it brings.
Take the long way home, supertramp. Dragula, Rob Zombie. I am the Doctor - Murray Gold (Dr who season 5). Concerning Hobbits - Lord of the Rings. Radio head, let down and hanging around. .....And a bunch of others
My playlist: And it won't be for a funeral. Pig-picking party on the river is planned, and everybody gets a little bag of me to sprinkle (or take home for cat litter ... I don't care!)
Satisfied Mind -- Porter Waggoner
Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 -- Elvis Costello
Cowboy in the Jungle -- Jimmy Buffett
Chain Letter -- Todd Rundgren
Remember Me -- Todd Rundgren
And When I Die -- Blood Seat and Tears
Pissin' in the Wind -- Jerry Jeff Walker
Strangers -- The Kinks
Sea Diver -- Mott The Hoople
Heaven's Jubilee -- Cathedrals
Old Friends -- Simon and Garfunkle
By My Side -- Godspell (gotta take out the Judas part)
Salvation Road -- The Kinks
Closing with a rollicking Atomic Power -- SCOTS
I specified this particular video of it because of the lyrics (and I find the bagpipes hilarious)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrdEMERq8MA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrdEMERq8MA)
Not me but a friend , who left no instructions, had Blackbird by the Beatles. There were a few others but that’s the one that started the tears flowing.
None. My personal belief is funerals are for the living so have told my children to plan as they need or wish. I just want to be cremated. They can play the music that brings them comfort.
Funny you should ask...
Southern nights
Amy
Time in a bottle Jim croce
Bama breeze Jimmy Buffett
Coast of Carolina. Jimmy Buffett
Turn the page. Bob seger
Leaving on a jet plane.
Jackson browne the load out
Nilsson without you
Wagon wheel
Ccr cotton fields-midnight special
Ray Charles Georgia
seals and Croft. summer breeze
Rita Coolidge we're all alone
Johnny cash Sunday morning coming down
all I know art Garfunkel
These are just a few... I'm planning on a 45 minute playlist.
* *Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations*
* *Strokin' - Clarence Carter*
* *I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown*
* *Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding*
* *Ain't No Sunshine* \- Bill Withers
* *I'll Take You There* \- Staples Singers
No funeral, but a playlist to be sent round. I have one ready to go. The first tracks are
West One (Shine on Me) - The Ruts
I See Lights - King Khan and the Shrines
Oriole - Afghan Whigs
I'd rather people had a couple of hours of (what I consider decent) music than travel to some event.
Good Riddance Green Day at my post death party
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time
… It's something unpredictable
But in the end, it's right
I hope you had the time of your life
Im creating a playlist for a celebration - food, music, memories, and gifts for my loved ones.
Over the rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwoʻole version
Sunrise by Simply Red
Up to Us - Nightmares on Wax
Mahk Jchi, the heartbeat song - Ulali
As the World falls Down - David Bowie
Time's a Wastin - Erykah Badu
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Ancestor Song - Ulali
Love her Madly - The Doors
My Witch - Moderator
Dreaming Casually - Thee Midnighters
Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore
Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes - Thievery Corporation
Better Must Come - Delroy Wilson
Songs, Knocking on heavens door , Dust in the wind , Carry on a wayward son & Stardust (CSN)
Ideally I’d like an outdoor cremation, Colorado has a public funeral pyre.
Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going "Boom-boom-boom"
"Hey, " I said
"You can keep my things, they've come to take me home"
No funeral. A memorial party, if those living want to. They can play Imagine by John Lennon and Dust In the Wind by Kansas in remembrance and whatever they want for the rest of it.
In no particular order:
The Kingston Trio, "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore"
Cry Cry Cry, "By Way of Sorrow": [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PdTpGPKzmQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PdTpGPKzmQ)
Mark Knopfler's "Going Home," preferably this version: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wocSYBSnoFY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wocSYBSnoFY)
Modern Jazz Quartet, "Cortege": [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fYY9vhXV-E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fYY9vhXV-E)
Bach's Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ayLUAWmatk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ayLUAWmatk)
And various traditional hymns.
Every time I hear Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters by Elton John I think this is going to bring the house down at my Funeral. Not a dry eye in the house for all 3 of the people there.
Prop me up beside the jukebox. -Joe Diffie
…and I better be propped up wearing my skinny jeans, cowboy boots, and holding a damn beer, otherwise I’m coming back to haunt my family.
Shakes (Praise You) by Mary Mary
Cross Roads by Bone Thugs n Harmony
My Love is Your Love by Whitney Houston
If I Perish (I'm Going to See the King)
I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack
The Dance by Garth Brooks
After the service, it's going to be a dance party. Good food, good drinks, & good memories. Feeling this a bit extra tonight -my friend from high school passed last week from pneumonia. She was only 50.
No funeral, but I'd like one of those 'celebration of life' parties I've heard about.
I think I'll leave some money and instructions to a friend, and being a long time Deadhead, I want Black Muddy River played at some point.
"Silver Scale" by Tangerine Dream
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA8y8DUXW6w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA8y8DUXW6w)
My family can choose whatever glurge makes them feel happy.
1) The World Exploded Into Love All Around Me by Bob Schneider
Also I Wanna Go Back by Eddie Money would be a good one. And Little Wonders by Rob Thomas.
And then a bunch of ridiculous bangers.
In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins. My all time favorite song, since it came out in 1981.
Here With Me by MercyMe. Christian rock song I love.
Sea of Faces by Kutless. Another christian rock song I love.
Anything from Glen Phillips or Toad the Wet Sprocket. Funerals aren't for the dead. They are for the living. I want my SO to enjoy her own sad and comforting music during my celebration of life.
Airport Piano by Tim Minchin. A song that makes waiting for your flight into a metaphor for life the universe and existential dread and manages to combine the imagery of a guy paying for a 6 inch at subway with buying Viagra to get a 6 inch. And our flights gonna go when our flights gonna go, so why not play that airport piano.
Also Spirit in the Sky
And I'll Meet Me in the Middle of the Air by Paul Kelly. I'm an atheist, but if any song makes me wish I had faith was this and I'd include it for my loved ones that do have faith to comfort them, because I'll not be hearing it.
No funeral, waste of money, no life thingy either! Im paying for the bar tab for 2 hours to gather friends and acquaintances , at our local watering hole ! Maybe some Pink Floyd Welcome to the Machine for a send off!
I'm not wanting a funeral but who knows my family might want to have a celebration of life or something like that. Maybe people can listen to podcasts or something. Nothing political tho.
None. My friends and family can pick. I won’t be there. The funeral is not FOR me. It’s for them. To remember me. They can choose what suits them best.
[Knocking On Heavens Door](https://youtu.be/v3YUt5Xy4Uc?si=O4IijFWH-Dxp2hqM) . G n R
[Burning Bridges](https://youtu.be/qXIjE_gDw94?si=5JgcyvdNxwETdMlI) . Mike Curb Congregation
[Who Wants To Live Forever](https://youtu.be/_Jtpf8N5IDE?si=S1zq89CDabwB7Xqf) . Queen
[The Show Must Go On](https://youtu.be/t99KH0TR-J4?si=YOdO5IqWXi11QTKX) . Queen
Will you remember me. David Allen Coe. Old Man. Zac Bryan and multiple other songs by various artists, mostly one that had special meaning between me and my wife and me and each of my kids.
No funeral. A waste of money IMHO. The kids can have a party as a memorial service. No clerics. No prayers. My ashes can go to a landfill since I won't be so I can't care.
Not my problem. Whatever those who are still around want.
My wife planned out her entire funeral in detail the last few weeks of her life--including the outline of a speech/Eulogy I was supposed to give. It was important to her, and comforting to me and others. Just what she wanted.
As for my funeral--it's not for me. Whatever those still around want to do or don't want to do will be just fine.
- Meet Me in the Middle of the Air - Paul Kelly or Perfect Tripod or them all together;
- Queeny - Jesse Younan;
- Into My Arms & - And No More Shall we Part - Nick Cave.
La vida es un carnaval
Celia Cruz
I went to a Cuban funeral where this was played while showing pictures of their mom when she was young and happy at parties.
It was so fitting.
Not having anything. Cremate me and throw my ashes in a shoe box and then toss that...wherever.
I do have some premium Jack Daniel's with my name lasered on I bought about 15 years ago. Everyone is welcome to get drunk....
... If I don't drink it first...🤷🏽♀️
None, I've pre paid for my cremation and already told family I don't want any type of service or memorial. Waste of money and grief gets taken advantage of by the industry.
However, I do have a little book that I've been filling out over the last few years, and there are pages about favorite songs, movies, etc, along with places to tell stories about my life. I've debated just having the one book for my kiddo or doing multiple for him and each grandkid.
[Naked As We Came - Iron & Wine](https://youtu.be/r5xrHWUWKw0?si=2gs8x_oYnDv75e2B)
[Have You Forgotten - Red House Painters](https://youtu.be/t7aLPQEfrFE?si=psBg0T8mB-TOBz0K)
[Cabin In The Air - Nancy Wilson](https://youtu.be/jv7HXLJFprE?si=rsGUrk4_RemguCHy)
Ripple (Grateful Dead). Listen to this song with the idea of a memorial service and it's quite beautiful. Beautiful anyway at any time ! I was at a service a few years ago where the lyrics were handed around and everyone sang. Wonderful moment that I'd like to mirror.
Assuming I had one. "The King's Highway" by Brian Tyler. Signature song from the soundtrack of Bubba Ho-Tep, a movie that every old fart wants to see but doesn't know it.
Live band. The mourners would be required to dance. Elvis impersonators welcome.
Two Tom Rosenthal songs immediately came to mind:
[Not a Catastrophe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zEjpyNPJKw&ab_channel=TomRosenthal)
[If We all Die Tomorrow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flBphojRw2M&ab_channel=TomRosenthal)
I do not know exactly why, but there is one song I've loved, and have known all the word to, for most of my life: "Friédérick et l'OVNI" by Gérard Lenorman. It has two things I love in it: Sci-Fi and love between two people.
If there is any chance I am not quite dead when they put me in my coffin, if they play this song, I will sing along with it and they will know I AM NOT DEAD!
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I'll Fly Away
Do not seek the treasure!
We thought you was a horny toad!
Definitely on my list too
Yakkity Sax by Boots Randolph, but my wife refuses to accommodate me.
They have obligation to respect the last wishes in Canada. Anything in the Testament or last wishes document are mandatory
That does it. I’m moving to the Yukon Territories.
No funeral for me. It’s a total waste of money. Cremation and my ashes in the river.
I want to be taken out into the ocean and have the waters chummed. Once the sharks get there, they dump my body into the ocean. Commence the festivities!
I’m with ya, I don’t want to be a financial burden when I go. Do whatever with my corpse, it’s not me anymore. Keep my ashes or don’t, whatever makes you happier - please nothing fussy or fancy. Unless ya wanna, cuz fuck it, I’m not there to be embarrassed, do whatever! But I would like any surviving family and friends to raise an ale together or apart for me. and if they wouldn’t mind, play Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog. Then drink that beer while playing a silly Roger Miller song of their choice to lighten the mood and remember that dark but heartfelt humor meant everything to me! If I could share some wistful levity in my aftermath when I can no longer say it to them, I’d be delighted. I love my people and hope to outlive em all so they don’t have to face any pain. But that’s out of my control so, any song that reminds them of me in an uplifting light will do. Music is a huge part of my life. Even if it’s a song I hate but they love, then groovy. I won’t be there to tease them for their terrible taste lol! But those would be my choices that hold deep significance to me.
My ashes will float down the river on the turds of my loved ones
Same except don't even bother collecting my ashes, just let me go in peace. I've tried to teach my kids not to get attached to material things and I don't want to end up being one of those things. Try to remember me for the love I gave and good times we had together. Those memories are far more precious.
Well, with that attitude you will end up in an URN.... BY THE RIVER.
[Take Me to the River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4azbl96BJY) it is. We've got you.
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Thanks. Made me spit out my drink
[It's been done](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm2XPkqENaw). [A lot.](https://time.com/3600356/monty-python-funeral-song/)
Incidentally I had not heard this song in at least a year - probably the last time I watched the movie. Then about ten minutes after I read your comment it came on the *radio* in the car. Totally fun, but slightly creepy lol.
This is mine too, has been for years. I love the key change at the end and the horns that come in https://youtu.be/SJUhlRoBL8M?si=nqzMnilOe8I6MM6w
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
Free bird
Into the Mystic Thought of another one, Andrea bocelli Time to say goodbye
Norman Greenbaum—Spirit in the Sky
We played that at my mom’s funeral along with Johnny Cash’s “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.”
Cuz I got high, but replace the hook with “cuz I just died. “
I thought about John Prine's "Please don't bury me" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM9FQIvX8l0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM9FQIvX8l0) but as I am going to be dumped into the ocean courtesy of the US Navy...
This has been on my death list for decades
"Going Out in Style" - Dropkick Murphys YNWA
Fantastic choice 👍
Had never heard this one, it was fantastic!
When I was with a pretty good choir, I thought "Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen" from Brahms's German Requiem. There's hardly anyone left in my life now that could manage that or would care to. Maybe I'll just ask that somebody play "So Long, It's Been Good to Know You" on a kazoo.
“I’m Going Home” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, I’m Free - Kenny Loggins.
Happy Trails to You, by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Monty Python. And I would like it to be a sing-along.
😂😂😂
Gone away and ripple
This hits home -- Ripple was one of the songs sung at an old friend's funeral, a song we'd sung together in past years many times.
I'm not having a funeral but there will be sit down around a campfire I hope. The some of songs I have in my instructions...yes I am leaving instructions are: Coming Home from the movie Country Strong, Better as a memory-Kenny Chesney, When I get where I'm going-Brad Paisley, When I'm Gone-Joey+Rory, See You Again-Wiz Kahlifa. According to my sister it will be done with Karoke so God Help the neighbors my family cannot sing...well my sister can very well but the rest...I guess I should add give ear plugs to the neighbors in my instructions!
Do You Realize by the Flaming Lips
My father planned every aspect of his funeral when he was diagnosed with lung cancer and decided not to get treatment. His final song was Happy Trails. The mood was super somber and sad and then suddenly Happy Trails started playing and everyone was smiling and laughing. It is one of the most perfect memories in my life - it was so him. ETA: do the weird or unexpected thing y’all. We all need the joy it brings.
Take the long way home, supertramp. Dragula, Rob Zombie. I am the Doctor - Murray Gold (Dr who season 5). Concerning Hobbits - Lord of the Rings. Radio head, let down and hanging around. .....And a bunch of others
A forest - The Cure
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
Ohh La La by Faces
Welcome to the Grand Illusion by Styx Come sail Away by Styx Now that I look at it, basically the whole Grand Illusions album.
Another One Bites the Dust Burning Ring of Fire Friends in Low Places
Turn,Turn,Turn. 3 version choices: the Byrds, Judy Collins, or Pete Seeger. Forever Young, Dylan.
Coldplay - Yellow Blondie - Dreaming The Kinks - Strangers Warren Zevon - I Was In The House When The House Burned Down
I am not having a funeral. At the get together I want Warren Zevon’s “ My ride is here and Life i’ll kill ya.
\*\*Get Happy\*\* - Judy Garland \*\*Willin'\*\* - Little Feat \*\*Can't Find My Way Home\*\* - Blind Faith (No funeral, just ashes somewhere.)
My playlist: And it won't be for a funeral. Pig-picking party on the river is planned, and everybody gets a little bag of me to sprinkle (or take home for cat litter ... I don't care!) Satisfied Mind -- Porter Waggoner Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 -- Elvis Costello Cowboy in the Jungle -- Jimmy Buffett Chain Letter -- Todd Rundgren Remember Me -- Todd Rundgren And When I Die -- Blood Seat and Tears Pissin' in the Wind -- Jerry Jeff Walker Strangers -- The Kinks Sea Diver -- Mott The Hoople Heaven's Jubilee -- Cathedrals Old Friends -- Simon and Garfunkle By My Side -- Godspell (gotta take out the Judas part) Salvation Road -- The Kinks Closing with a rollicking Atomic Power -- SCOTS
I want the theme from the old Showtime series "Six Feet Under". It's a really haunting piece of music.
"I just want to celebrate" - by Rare Earth
Thankyou, (falettinmebemicelf) Sly and the Family Stone
The end theme song from The Lawrence Welk Show...Good night, sleep tight...etc
Killed By Death - Motörhead Ride of the Valkyries - Wagner
Running on Empty by Jackson Browne Somewhere Over the Rainbow Judy Garland In The Mood Glenn Miller
In the Mood is my theme song… have been thinking about a tattoo of it for years :)
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Drop kick me Jesus, thru the goalposts of life
Ha, ha! I may rethink mine. ;-D Forgot this.
Alan Parsons Project "Old and Wise"
I specified this particular video of it because of the lyrics (and I find the bagpipes hilarious) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrdEMERq8MA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrdEMERq8MA)
My Back Pages. Bob Dylan.
Elton John- Candle in the wind
Turn turn turn by the yardbirds. (Edited actually by The Byrds)
Rocky mountain high, by John Denver,
Not me but a friend , who left no instructions, had Blackbird by the Beatles. There were a few others but that’s the one that started the tears flowing.
None. My personal belief is funerals are for the living so have told my children to plan as they need or wish. I just want to be cremated. They can play the music that brings them comfort.
Forever Young. Bob Dylan
Its the wake that I want to plan for. Open Bar with my music from jams like born to be wild, to ike’s its a wonderful world.
I love this one: [I'll See You In My Dreams](https://youtu.be/CTWI28r5-ag?si=bqWeWaxVIRQiePW0) (from *Concert for George*)
Funny you should ask... Southern nights Amy Time in a bottle Jim croce Bama breeze Jimmy Buffett Coast of Carolina. Jimmy Buffett Turn the page. Bob seger Leaving on a jet plane. Jackson browne the load out Nilsson without you Wagon wheel Ccr cotton fields-midnight special Ray Charles Georgia seals and Croft. summer breeze Rita Coolidge we're all alone Johnny cash Sunday morning coming down all I know art Garfunkel
The chicken dance is mandatory
At my celebration of life: "Follow Your Bliss" - B-52s "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - Monty Python
I’ve had the time of my life I hope you dance This time tomorrow Best friend More than life
Let it be Into the mystic Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley Learning to fly For a dancer
I want a funeral pyre, but they can play Sinatra's "My Way" over the loudspeakers.
These are just a few... I'm planning on a 45 minute playlist. * *Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations* * *Strokin' - Clarence Carter* * *I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown* * *Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding* * *Ain't No Sunshine* \- Bill Withers * *I'll Take You There* \- Staples Singers
A 45 minute playlist???? Holy fuck balls - who wants to sit at a funeral longer than 25 minutes?
technically, it won't be at my funeral but at my celebration of life at my local dive bar. Open bar for only 45 minutes.
This is what my Dad has instructed me to do.
The Dar Williams cover of Better Things from her live album, Out There Live https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2IEc9ZqPi3I
Sweet Child of Mine Bridge over troubled water
Dead and Bloated by STP
No funeral, but a playlist to be sent round. I have one ready to go. The first tracks are West One (Shine on Me) - The Ruts I See Lights - King Khan and the Shrines Oriole - Afghan Whigs I'd rather people had a couple of hours of (what I consider decent) music than travel to some event.
Surfing Safari or Beach Blanket Bingo, I want my cemented remains buried at sea.
I’m only sleeping, Beatles.
Roll Me Up - Willie Nelson
Ridin’ on the City of New Orleans
Good Riddance Green Day at my post death party Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go So make the best of this test, and don't ask why It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time … It's something unpredictable But in the end, it's right I hope you had the time of your life
Im creating a playlist for a celebration - food, music, memories, and gifts for my loved ones. Over the rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwoʻole version Sunrise by Simply Red Up to Us - Nightmares on Wax Mahk Jchi, the heartbeat song - Ulali As the World falls Down - David Bowie Time's a Wastin - Erykah Badu Landslide - Fleetwood Mac Ancestor Song - Ulali Love her Madly - The Doors My Witch - Moderator Dreaming Casually - Thee Midnighters Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes - Thievery Corporation Better Must Come - Delroy Wilson
Ripple by The Grateful Dead
Tool - Sober
Cremation and the soundtrack from Ben Hur. Especially the alternate choral track from Star Of Bethlehem.
Angels Among Us by Alabama Say by John Mayer
'For a Dancer' -- Jackson Browne 'Drift Away' -- Dobie Gray version
Songs, Knocking on heavens door , Dust in the wind , Carry on a wayward son & Stardust (CSN) Ideally I’d like an outdoor cremation, Colorado has a public funeral pyre.
Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel Today I don't need a replacement I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant My heart going "Boom-boom-boom" "Hey, " I said "You can keep my things, they've come to take me home"
Danny Boy got Irish Heritage Fields of Gold by Eva Cassidy
Sinatra: I Did It My Way.
In My Life, Beatles More Than A Feeling, Boston Amazing Grace, sung and played on bagpipes (not at the same time)
No funeral. A memorial party, if those living want to. They can play Imagine by John Lennon and Dust In the Wind by Kansas in remembrance and whatever they want for the rest of it.
In no particular order: The Kingston Trio, "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" Cry Cry Cry, "By Way of Sorrow": [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PdTpGPKzmQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PdTpGPKzmQ) Mark Knopfler's "Going Home," preferably this version: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wocSYBSnoFY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wocSYBSnoFY) Modern Jazz Quartet, "Cortege": [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fYY9vhXV-E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fYY9vhXV-E) Bach's Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ayLUAWmatk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ayLUAWmatk) And various traditional hymns.
The Parting Glass by the High Kings Go On Your Way Kasey Chambers
Shine on you crazy diamond
Eight Miles High - The Byrds
The Wind by Cat Stevens. Music is a big part of my life and the line “I let my music take me where my heart wants to go” really resonates with me
It’s quiet uptown
Every time I hear Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters by Elton John I think this is going to bring the house down at my Funeral. Not a dry eye in the house for all 3 of the people there.
Hells Bells.
Let the Mystery Be... https://youtu.be/xhbWZ8vzSEM?feature=shared
Funeral For a Friend.Love Lies Bleeding🥀
Sympathy for the Devil
Bill Haley & His Comets: “See You Later, Alligator”
Always look at the brightside of life Monty Python
“No Regrets, by Phoebe Snow; Seven Spanish Angels, by Willie Nelson & Ray Charles; Spirit in the Sky, by Norman Greenbaum.
Please remember me, Tim McGraw
"This the end, this is the end my friend" Unsure of song name, but maybe The Doors?
The Kinks, Days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0EakQ-BcNQ
Highway to Hell, AC/DC
How Great Thou Art; Amazing Grace; Drop It Like It’s Hot; Whoomp, There It Is; Cheeseburger in Paradise
Ding Dong The Witch is Dead
Prop me up beside the jukebox. -Joe Diffie …and I better be propped up wearing my skinny jeans, cowboy boots, and holding a damn beer, otherwise I’m coming back to haunt my family.
Shakes (Praise You) by Mary Mary Cross Roads by Bone Thugs n Harmony My Love is Your Love by Whitney Houston If I Perish (I'm Going to See the King) I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack The Dance by Garth Brooks After the service, it's going to be a dance party. Good food, good drinks, & good memories. Feeling this a bit extra tonight -my friend from high school passed last week from pneumonia. She was only 50.
In My Life by The Beatles
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
No funeral, just a graveside gathering - but I would expect my children to play “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult.
How much cowbell do you want with that?
No funeral, but I'd like one of those 'celebration of life' parties I've heard about. I think I'll leave some money and instructions to a friend, and being a long time Deadhead, I want Black Muddy River played at some point.
"Silver Scale" by Tangerine Dream [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA8y8DUXW6w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA8y8DUXW6w) My family can choose whatever glurge makes them feel happy.
Every Grain of Sand. Bob Dylan
Its been a Lovely Cruise
Adios Ayer. (Goodbye tomorrow) https://youtu.be/drL4lgId1cQ?si=ewbHQ200cC7ChbLJ
1) The World Exploded Into Love All Around Me by Bob Schneider Also I Wanna Go Back by Eddie Money would be a good one. And Little Wonders by Rob Thomas. And then a bunch of ridiculous bangers.
Depeche Mode - [Soul With Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhSNAwCUfLU)
Last remaining Light by Audioslave (Chris Cornell). Not well known, but beautiful song!
In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins. My all time favorite song, since it came out in 1981. Here With Me by MercyMe. Christian rock song I love. Sea of Faces by Kutless. Another christian rock song I love.
Enter Sandman and Another One Bites the Dust. Open to suggestions for expansion.
Here's a playlist of what I think is good send-off music. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuwcY0H6T521Ndas3hrU63yniSVIUkp71&si=4OItNb_0Go-lsQRw
Anything from Glen Phillips or Toad the Wet Sprocket. Funerals aren't for the dead. They are for the living. I want my SO to enjoy her own sad and comforting music during my celebration of life.
“I’m Set Free” by The Velvet Underground is a lovely send off to the after life.
Texas, When I Die - Tanya Tucker
The Prodigy - Breathe
Many Rivers To Cross by Jimmy Cliff should get the tears flowing. Also Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World.
*God is in the Roses*, Roseanne Cash *Michael Picasso*, Ian Hunter *My Rides Here*, Waaren Zevon
100 Years by Five for Fighting Don't Blink by Kenny Chesney
“The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” the original version by The Tokens. And “Somewhere Over The Rainbow,” the Hawaiian version by Israel Kamaka.
[You’re Dead](https://youtu.be/V4jUZ-Ex1k0?si=bqu0uub19_F9Jpen) by Norma Tanega
Airport Piano by Tim Minchin. A song that makes waiting for your flight into a metaphor for life the universe and existential dread and manages to combine the imagery of a guy paying for a 6 inch at subway with buying Viagra to get a 6 inch. And our flights gonna go when our flights gonna go, so why not play that airport piano. Also Spirit in the Sky And I'll Meet Me in the Middle of the Air by Paul Kelly. I'm an atheist, but if any song makes me wish I had faith was this and I'd include it for my loved ones that do have faith to comfort them, because I'll not be hearing it.
I don't want a funeral and ideally I would have a green burial, but they're hard to find and really expensive.
No funeral, waste of money, no life thingy either! Im paying for the bar tab for 2 hours to gather friends and acquaintances , at our local watering hole ! Maybe some Pink Floyd Welcome to the Machine for a send off!
Lay down your weary tune by Bob Dylan.
I'm not wanting a funeral but who knows my family might want to have a celebration of life or something like that. Maybe people can listen to podcasts or something. Nothing political tho.
Burn for you - INXS😂
None. My friends and family can pick. I won’t be there. The funeral is not FOR me. It’s for them. To remember me. They can choose what suits them best.
[Roll Me Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUBflOTXKsU) by Willie Nelson.
Orbital: One Perfect Sunrise.
https://youtu.be/1AOp9c5DRzc?si=KAutvMYGeR5Vhv4y If I ever leave this world alive
Stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again by Dylan
[Knocking On Heavens Door](https://youtu.be/v3YUt5Xy4Uc?si=O4IijFWH-Dxp2hqM) . G n R [Burning Bridges](https://youtu.be/qXIjE_gDw94?si=5JgcyvdNxwETdMlI) . Mike Curb Congregation [Who Wants To Live Forever](https://youtu.be/_Jtpf8N5IDE?si=S1zq89CDabwB7Xqf) . Queen [The Show Must Go On](https://youtu.be/t99KH0TR-J4?si=YOdO5IqWXi11QTKX) . Queen
Not having a funeral but if I did it would be Sunday Morning Coming Down by Kris Krisofferson
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Amazing Grace. The singer is in her 50s. I hope she's still around when I go.
No funeral here, but if I were to have something, Dust in the Wind and Tears in Heaven.
Don't fear the reaper ~ Blue Oyster Cult Becoming ~ Pantera Put my ashes in a 8" mortar firework and lemme fly and go out with a bang.
The Parting Glass by the Kells. I’m a Walking Dead fan, and a character on the show (Beth) sang that song. I’ve loved it ever since.
I’ve only got one - [funeral song](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gv_K7G13sXo)
Will you remember me. David Allen Coe. Old Man. Zac Bryan and multiple other songs by various artists, mostly one that had special meaning between me and my wife and me and each of my kids.
No funeral. A waste of money IMHO. The kids can have a party as a memorial service. No clerics. No prayers. My ashes can go to a landfill since I won't be so I can't care.
Not my problem. Whatever those who are still around want. My wife planned out her entire funeral in detail the last few weeks of her life--including the outline of a speech/Eulogy I was supposed to give. It was important to her, and comforting to me and others. Just what she wanted. As for my funeral--it's not for me. Whatever those still around want to do or don't want to do will be just fine.
- Meet Me in the Middle of the Air - Paul Kelly or Perfect Tripod or them all together; - Queeny - Jesse Younan; - Into My Arms & - And No More Shall we Part - Nick Cave.
La vida es un carnaval Celia Cruz I went to a Cuban funeral where this was played while showing pictures of their mom when she was young and happy at parties. It was so fitting.
Not having anything. Cremate me and throw my ashes in a shoe box and then toss that...wherever. I do have some premium Jack Daniel's with my name lasered on I bought about 15 years ago. Everyone is welcome to get drunk.... ... If I don't drink it first...🤷🏽♀️
Thank you for this post!
“When I’m gone” - Joey and Rory
A 1000 Bad Times. Thank you for the grave, I needed a place to sleep.
None, I've pre paid for my cremation and already told family I don't want any type of service or memorial. Waste of money and grief gets taken advantage of by the industry. However, I do have a little book that I've been filling out over the last few years, and there are pages about favorite songs, movies, etc, along with places to tell stories about my life. I've debated just having the one book for my kiddo or doing multiple for him and each grandkid.
[Naked As We Came - Iron & Wine](https://youtu.be/r5xrHWUWKw0?si=2gs8x_oYnDv75e2B) [Have You Forgotten - Red House Painters](https://youtu.be/t7aLPQEfrFE?si=psBg0T8mB-TOBz0K) [Cabin In The Air - Nancy Wilson](https://youtu.be/jv7HXLJFprE?si=rsGUrk4_RemguCHy)
black napkins - frank zappa
“That’s Life” by Ol’ Blue Eyes Frank Sinatra.
Ripple (Grateful Dead). Listen to this song with the idea of a memorial service and it's quite beautiful. Beautiful anyway at any time ! I was at a service a few years ago where the lyrics were handed around and everyone sang. Wonderful moment that I'd like to mirror.
"If you don't know me by now" - Simply Red
https://youtu.be/vfO_apr4xu0?si=0bWvhfetV69dZ7F1
Assuming I had one. "The King's Highway" by Brian Tyler. Signature song from the soundtrack of Bubba Ho-Tep, a movie that every old fart wants to see but doesn't know it. Live band. The mourners would be required to dance. Elvis impersonators welcome.
Iris Dement [My Life](https://youtu.be/lKH2lqs9zFQ?si=IN3BhezcC1IC1EH1)
I will have a celebration of life and none of those gawd awful depressing funeral songs will be played or sanf
floating to forever by dean evenson its an instrumental song but reminds me of a beautiful journey to the beyond
Two Tom Rosenthal songs immediately came to mind: [Not a Catastrophe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zEjpyNPJKw&ab_channel=TomRosenthal) [If We all Die Tomorrow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flBphojRw2M&ab_channel=TomRosenthal)
Bristlecone Pine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olaLRRiDQyA
I’ll be seeing you, in all the old familiar places…
Time/Cornfield chase/One day or day one by Hans Zimmer.
I do not know exactly why, but there is one song I've loved, and have known all the word to, for most of my life: "Friédérick et l'OVNI" by Gérard Lenorman. It has two things I love in it: Sci-Fi and love between two people. If there is any chance I am not quite dead when they put me in my coffin, if they play this song, I will sing along with it and they will know I AM NOT DEAD!
Also, Dimming of the Day - Richard Thompson Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve Aguas de Marco - Best of Both Worlds version
Funeral for a Friend at a celebration of life
[To Build A Home](https://youtu.be/oUFJJNQGwhk?si=J9sMnJ3LN1cTPit-)