Bruciethefish Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 A recently departed friend chose three helpings of unintelligible scandinavian heavy metal which had most of us looking at one another in utter confusion, then as the curtains closed we got the goon's 'Ying tong song' to walk out to... I bet he was laughing.... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted December 31, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2018 I would want John Prine's Please Don't Bury Me (I'd rather have them cut me up and pass me all around}. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Living in a box by Living in a Box Got to leave em either laughing or totally appalled is my motto. Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 'Always look on the bright side of life' - Monty Pythons Life of Brian. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Surprised this has not yet be mentioned ......Stairway to Heaven Led Zepp...........although one might being a little presumptuous maybe !! Our local music shop has a notice on the acoustic room door forbidding Stairway, along with Smoke on the Water, on the basis that no one likely to attempt to play either, is worth allowing to try out an expensive guitar... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Our local music shop has a notice on the acoustic room door forbidding Stairway, along with Smoke on the Water, on the basis that no one likely to attempt to play either, is worth allowing to try out an expensive guitar... Presumably Sweet child of mine and Thunderstruck are ok? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Presumably Sweet child of mine and Thunderstruck are ok? Not named, but “guilt by association” probably applies... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) 'Always look on the bright side of life' - Monty Pythons Life of Brian. I think that has already reached the status of monotonous regularity at funerals - or "done to death" if you will. Edited to add that if you don't believe me - here you are:- Top 20 songs played at a UK funeral 1. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Eric Idle 2. The Lord is My Shepherd - Traditional 3. Abide with Me - Traditional 4. Match of the Day theme 5. My Way - Frank Sinatra 6. All Things Bright and Beautiful - Traditional 7. Robbie Williams - Angels 8. Enigma Variations (Nimrod) - Elgar 9. You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry and the Pacemakers 10. Cricket Theme/Soul Limbo - Booker T & the MG's (test match TV theme) 11. Canon in D - Pachelbel 12. My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion 13= Last of the Summer Wine theme 13= Only Fools and Horses theme 14. Time to Say Goodbye - Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli 15. Four Seasons - Vivaldi 16. Ava Maria - Schubert 17. Coronation Street theme 18 = You Raise Me Up - Westlife 18 = Over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy 19. World in Union (Rugby Theme) - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and other versions 20= Nessun Dorma - Puccini 20= Adagio - Bizet/Albinoni Source: The Co-operative Funeralcare Edited December 31, 2018 by jonny777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rembrow Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 My significant other already knows my choices: Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly - Moonlight Shadow Strawbs - Lay Down Strawbs - Will you go Lay Down seems quite appropriate, based on Psalm 23, but said to have been written by Dave Cousins while high on a magic mushroom. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43110andyb Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 End of the line - Travelling Wilburys - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVjToYOjbM Taken - Francis Monkman - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T63bdMxFeUM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Maybe I'll have Aerosmith's "(take me to) The Other Side". And obviously the Benny Hill music to leave to... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Something upbeat but tuneful. I think Desolate Shore by The James Dance Quartet would be appropriate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcombe Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Why Me? by Kris Kristofferson because I’m a struggling Christian. Rock and Roll Dreams by Meatloaf because the chorus is meaningful. Lacrimosa from Mozart's Requiem because the music is poignantly beautiful. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted December 31, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) I want to leave the church to the sound of a 9F going up the Long drag on Argo Transacord. Jamie Edited December 31, 2018 by jamie92208 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 HANK WILLIAMS III - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive https://www.bing.com/search?q=aint+ever+going+to+get+out+of+this+world+alive&form=EDGTCT&qs=PF&cvid=d0665ebe57234df9a053781c14119002&cc=GB&setlang=en-US 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I want to leave the church to the sound of a 9F going up the Long drag on Argo Transacord. Jamie Excellent choice. Although I rather like the V2 slipping regularly on re-starting a heavy overnight train from Grantham on a damp humid night. (It rather sums up my life more accurately). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Sadly, audio files would be too much bandwidth for this site (especially if we all started), and so I can only post a link, However, GWR fans should be pre-warned that this kind of efficient and sure-footed LNER start is not designed for their delicate ears. http://www.mediafire.com/file/zjsjr595rm117t7/v2+leaving+grantham.mp4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Sympathy for the Devil, but played on kazoos by a bunch of people in Napoleon costumes with vocals by a bunch of men on helium. Because death is the great mystery. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted December 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2018 Let The Mystery Be, by Iris Dement? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two_sugars Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Into The Mystic by Van Morrison Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Interesting to see so many sports and TV themes on that list. I went to a friend's funeral a couple of years ago and unfortunately his parents listened to the wrong friends and he got Z Cars (Everton's tune). Whilst that was appropriate as he was an Everton fan, I knew that he would have wanted something by Faith No More as he was a massive fan. Much more that he was interested in football. He would have probably wanted "Surprise! You're Dead!". He had that sort of humour. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Interesting to see so many sports and TV themes on that list. I went to a friend's funeral a couple of years ago and unfortunately his parents listened to the wrong friends and he got Z Cars (Everton's tune). Whilst that was appropriate as he was an Everton fan, I knew that he would have wanted something by Faith No More as he was a massive fan. Much more that he was interested in football. He would have probably wanted "Surprise! You're Dead!". He had that sort of humour. Jason Amazing what you learn on the internet. I’d always known “Z Cars” as “Bobby Shafto”, a rather scurrilous reference to a Tyneside MP and naval officer of dubious fidelity, but it seems to have been originally a Merseyside folk song called “Johnny Todd” along the same lines. This led me to a cover by no less than Bob Dylan and The Band https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WnNBrjsP2uo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
choo1choo Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 'Til I die..........Brian Wilson Sail on sailor....The Beach Boys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2018 Why Me? by Kris Kristofferson because I’m a struggling Christian. Rock and Roll Dreams by Meatloaf because the chorus is meaningful. Lacrimosa from Mozart's Requiem because the music is poignantly beautiful. I hope I go first...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcombe Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I hope I go first...... So do I!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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