A song for your funeral

Hi,
I'd like to have Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler played at my funeral because that's how I've felt for many years.

Malfunc

 

otherside by pearl jam probably. just for the line 'death ain't the same without you, dear'

or maybe american wedding by gogol bordello. just to confuse things a bit.

 

Smash by Offspring! aka the last trakc on the 1994 album with the same name.. that ought to liven things up

 

one way - levellers


no mans land, celtic legend, and sidecar - jackie McAuley and the poor mouth long since deleted but i have it on vinyl

 

Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum

"Goin' up to the spirit in the sky
that's where Im gonna go when I die
When I die and they lay me to rest
gonna go to the place that's the best"

Sounds like a good enough song for a funeral to me!! Plust its got a killer groove to it...I want people to dance at my funeral

 

oooh I've known this for a while. I have a feeling I'm gonna die young, so one must plan these things

At first when everyone is gonna be like 'oh noes' and they're burning my body and everything is a little sad, they're gonna play 'In my time of dying' by Led Zeppeilin.

Then after that everyones gonna get good and pissed and have a good time to lots of Queen (that's the band everyone associates me with lol. Every time 'I want to break free' comes on all my mates think of me ^_^).

I want there to be laughter and smiles at my funeral. I'm a happy person, so my funeral should be a celebration of my life

 

love lies bleeding/funeral for a friend by elton john...................had it picked ot for over 35 years

 

A song I heard on an episode of Stargate Atlantis called Beyond The Night:

Beyond the night, a rising sun
Beyond the night, the battle's won
The battle is won.

Fear and shame now in the past
Pain and sorrow gone at last
Gone at last.

Circle renewed, peace will be found
Beyond the night on sacred ground.

River flows led by the wind
First new breath, our journey begins
Our journey begins.
​

Gotta hear it to understand why I chose it.

Edit: Just found a video exceprt from Stargate Atlantis on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JWdpthP1qk

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changed my mind - tonight we fly by the divine comedy. it's pretty and emotional and has nice lyrics.

and when we die
oh, will we be that disappointed
or sad
if heaven doesn't exist
what will we have missed?
this life is the best we've ever had

 

Put a banana in your ear
"I know what can make that pain go away, just put a banana in your ear... put a banana right into your favourite ear..."

 

i'd have born 2 be wild by Steppenwolf cos it's not wat u'd expect and it represents my personality.

 

Well, scratch Joe Satriani, I made my will a few months ago and said I wanted Ave Maria by Schubert to be sung.

Just been listening to this incredibly beautiful version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsTJU27a1uc

it actually made me cry, heavens I'm going soft in my old age!

 

Lyrics in their original language (Gaelic I think):
Siulaigi a chairde, siulaidh liom
Mar cheo an tsleibhe uaine ag
imeacht go deo
D’ainneoin ar dtuirse leanfam an tsli
Thar chnoic is thar ghleannta
go deireadh na scrib’


Seo libh a chairde is canaidh liom
Lionaigi’n oiche le greann is le sport
Seo slainte na gcarad ata imithe uainn
Mar cheo an tsleibhe uaine,
iad imithe go deo


English translation:
Wander my friends, wander with me
Like the mist on the green mountain, moving eternally
Despite our weariness, we'll follow the road
Over hills and valleys, to the end of the journey


Come on my friends and sing with me
Fill the night with joy and sport
Here's a health to the friends who have gone from us
Like the mist of the green mountain, gone forever

 

i always fancied 'goodbye, farewell' from the sound of music as the curtain closed on my coffin. that or ring of fire.

 

I've changed my mind so often on these songs, as there are so many appropriate tunes to choose from... I simply cannot decide...

 

Waterloo Sunset and Penny lane for me.

 

I would write and record a song about what I really think of my family and have it played.

 

Because a friend of mine and I have a deal. If I die first, he'll sing this at my funeral. If he goes first, I'll sing it at his.

"]Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (Lyrics) - YouTube

 

The Beatles, In my life.....

 

a rainy night in soho by the pogues,to show how much i love my friends individually