What song do you want played at your funeral? (page 3)

Francois

I think I want Princess Leia's Theme from the original Star Wars. That's me.

QCA1

I want I HAD A DREAM by Abba
WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME by Diana Ross
THE PRAYER by Celine Dion

"Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison would start out the funeral and when everyone started to get a little choked up then I'd have the music quickly switched over to "We Are The Champions" by Queen and then have a round of drinks served to everyone

VanMorrison's mom was a JW and dragged him to meetings as a little boy. Its one of the reasons he always considered himself to be an outsider and not fit in with the rest of the world .I really connect with his music and Mystic is one of my favorite songs of all time.

Van even wrote a song titled "Kingdom Hall."
http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/van/glossary/kingdom.html

Into the Mystic

We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic

And when that fog horn blows I will be coming home
And when that fog horn blows I want to hear it
I don't have to fear it
I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
Then magnificently we will float into the mystic
And when that fog horn blows you know I will be coming home
And when thst fog horn whistle blows I got to hear it
I don't have to fear it
I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will float into the mystic
Come on girl...

We Are The Champions

Words and music by Freddie Mercury
I've paid my dues- time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes, I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face
But I've come through

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions -
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the world

I've taken my bows and my curtain calls
You've bought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it - I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses no pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions -
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the world

El Kabong

Touch of Grey by the Greatful Dead!!!

Seven

Flower Duet, Lakme-Delibes
Slievenamon, Galway version
Ode To My Family, The Cranberries
And while they're shoveling the dirt in my face smile and sing along to:We Are Monkeys-Travis

People think they're funny when they haven't the wit
Others think they're gorgeous but inside they feel shit
Many think they're brainy but they haven't a clue
And I think I'm clever cos I'm singing this to you

We are wrong, we are wrong
We are all so, so wrong
We are monkeys
We are false, we run true
We should be in the zoo with our uncles
And if you don't believe
Go and climb up a tree and you'll love it
You're a fool to believe anymore
So believe you're a monkey

All the clever monkeys telling us what to do
Telling us to stay in line and join the monkey queue
Thinking that they're special cos they went to private zoo
One day soon they're gonna end up in a monkey stew

They are wrong, they are wrong
They are all so, so wrong
They are monkeys
They are false, They run true
They should be in the zoo with their uncles
And if you don't believe
Go and climb up a tree and you'll love it
You're a fool to believe anymore
So believe you're a monkey

conflicted

There are some really good ones listed already.

I have never really thought about it, but how's this?

1) "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Guns 'n' Roses
2) "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zepplin
3) "Life by the Drop" by Stevie Ray Vaugn
4) "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC

JanH

Well, when I like a song, I usually like to be around when it is played, so it is tempting to reply "who cares?"

Funeral rites are for the living, and the music should perhaps be about healing for those left behind. Hopefully, they will mourn, and not celebrate (A scene from a television version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carrol comes to mind!)

Yet, let offer what I think is a good suggestion.

Who Wants To Live Forever

by Queen

There's no time for us,
There's no place for us,
What is this thing that builds our dreams, yet slips away from us.

Who wants to live forever,
Who wants to live forever.....?
There's no chance for us,
It's all decided for us,
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us.

Who wants to live forever,
Who dares to love forever,
When love must die.

But touch my tears with your lips,
Touch my world with your fingertips,
And we can have forever,
And we can love forever,
Forever is our today,
Who wants to live forever,
Who wants to live forever,
Forever is our today,
Who waits forever anyway?

- Jan
--
Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. [Ambrose Bierce, The Devil´s Dictionary, 1911]

JWinSF

"You'll Never Walk Alone", by Rodgers and Hammerstein, from the musical "Carousel"

wasasister

I'm been thinking about Mozart's Requiem Mass. To me, it's the greatest celebration of life I have ever heard. Not sad as much as it is reverent. Parts of it sound like, "Gee, I'm glad it's not ME in that box. I think I'll go out after this deal and enjoy something fun."

I know it's sappy and religious, but I still love it. I won't hear it, of course, but maybe if anyone bothers to attend my wake, they could learn to appreciate Mozart.

Kent

Weasels ripped my flesh - Frank Zappa

Yakki Da

Kent

"The only difference between a fool and the JW legal department is that a fool might be sympathetic ."

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What song do you want played at your funeral?