My ideal funeral.

[ApolloandDaphne]

Ok, I have Covid and although not likely to die soon I have talked through with my DH my ideal funeral.

The full 23 minute of Echoes by Pink Floyd.
Sling me in the burny pit.
Go out to itchyco park by the Small faces.
Retire to the pub for sausage rolls and gin.

I am honoured. Thank you for coming.

What would be you ideal send off!

@bloodywhitecat

This is a bit outing as I’m sure I’ve told most of my friends but I want “Ding Dong the Witch is dead” played when my coffin makes its entrance, it’s so inappropriate which sums me up to a tee and I would imagine my friends and family finding it hilarious.
On a more serious note I’ve told my husband and oldest child that they can do whatever brings them the most peace in terms of funeral and the like. I’ve realised that all of these things (burials v’s cremation etc) are for the living.

@SilverSplitsTheBlue

DM wants her coffin lowered to Bruno Mars Uptown Funk, I told her the best I can do is the Tetris background song.

DP and I just laughed out loud at that! You and your mum clearly have a wonderful sense of humour

I want a green burial, non-religious, and have several songs that I'd quite like to be played though DP has his own ideas apparently, in the event that I predecease him. Mine are a rather random but very specific selection: I definitely want Eliza Carthy and Salsa Celtica's Grey Gallito, probably also Warsaw Village Band, Do ciebe Kasiuniu, and either This Mortal Coil's version of Song to the Siren or some old-time New Orleans jazz by Tuba Skinny. Left to his own devices DP will no doubt play something by Neil Young. I mean, ultimately I'll be dead and won't know anything about it, so if they do something completely different it's not like I'll know!

@PenguinPup

Cheery idea for a thread My family can do what they like. I won't know anything about it so they may as well choose songs they want to hear.

Please, please don't do this.

I've just organised a funeral for my mum, who refused to discuss anything about death, dying, living will, actual will, or funeral plans.

The utter, absolute emotional DESPAIR of having to organise a funeral, on top of the shock of her sudden, unexpected death has completely broken me.

Please, have that discussion. Even if it's along the lines of 'direct cremation OR cheap casket, no flowers, no fancy cars, x piece of music, bun fight in y pub after. To have sat in the undertaker's office for an hour choosing a coffin/music/words/flowers/car/order of service etc etc (before we even start on untangling the rest of her affairs) was heartbreaking.

Would you want to do that to your kids?

@Motheranddaughtertotwo

This is a bit outing as I’m sure I’ve told most of my friends but I want “Ding Dong the Witch is dead” played when my coffin makes its entrance, it’s so inappropriate which sums me up to a tee and I would imagine my friends and family finding it hilarious. On a more serious note I’ve told my husband and oldest child that they can do whatever brings them the most peace in terms of funeral and the like. I’ve realised that all of these things (burials v’s cremation etc) are for the living.

This makes me think of Series 9 of John Finnemore's Souvenir Prog where they imply that playing Ding Dong at a previous funeral had not been appropriate despite what the closest relative claimed

Woodland burial with Christian prayers.
Then a memorial service in our local church with my favourite hymns and a sausage roll buffet in the church hall.

Went to an outdoor funeral/burial because of covid. It was so lovely, the sun was shining, a beautiful warm breeze and all the congregation amongst the trees. I’d like that.

I’ve also opted for direct cremation. Paid in advance.
I did toy with the idea of making people listen to Another One Bites the Dust.

I've just organised a funeral for my mum, who refused to discuss anything about death, dying, living will, actual will, or funeral plans

We've just had to do similar for dmil who wouldn't ever even say if she wanted burial or cremation. Dh still worries that he made the wrong choice for her.

Just leave a note of the main things if nothing else.

@Xpologog

I’ve also opted for direct cremation. Paid in advance. I did toy with the idea of making people listen to Another One Bites the Dust.

Excellent choice. Also a bit squirmy.

Dd has planned mine - full requiem mass with her singing the solo. She's a singer

Direct cremation.
I hate having to wear stuffy clothes for a service, sitting still for half an hour and that godawful receiving line wondering what to say.
Dd has been told to put me in an appropriate pot, round up my mates and I'll leave a list of pubs to visit. She's been to to glue the lid down. She's clumsy.

@gogohm

Dd has planned mine - full requiem mass with her singing the solo. She's a singer

I would actually like someone to sing the Miserere even though it isn't a funeral thing.

Well I'm definitely getting older - when you mentioned Itchycoo park I mixed it up with MacArthur Park - now that might be fun !

I want people to wear what they want- including black. I really don’t like wearing bright colours to funerals, it makes me so upset and I don’t even know why

@SilverSplitsTheBlue

DM wants her coffin lowered to Bruno Mars Uptown Funk, I told her the best I can do is the Tetris background song.

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I would like a funeral of some sort, mainly because I find they seem to begin the process of acceptance and healing, for me at least. Obviously if my family feel differently, they can do as they see fit - it's not as though I'll be around to worry about it. I have chosen a poem I like as well as some music which I luke but which also has significance for me. Again, if my family decide otherwise I won't know, but I'd like to think they would go along with my wishes.

I want the Masterplan by Oasis and As (I will love you always) by George Michael and Mary J Blige. And I want lyric sheets passed out so the two many people there can sing their hearts out (and dance!).

Strike out fail!!

I quite fancy getting a speeding ticket on my final journey. I'll leave the money for the fine.

@Thesefeetaremadeforwalking

I'm not having a funeral.

My body's going to the Medical School Anatomy Department at the local Teaching Hospital, as it won't be any use to me any more.

Have a back up plan because certain illnesses disqualify you from being able to donate your body. Also don't pop your clogs just before Christmas because the medical schools close and they won't accept then either.

@wanttomarryamillionaire

I want a wicker coffin, hundreds of brightly coloured flowers, horse and carriage rather than a hearse! Humanist celebrant, all my favourite songs, then buried with a bloody great big memorial stone! I want the works!

You get to have the horse drawn and a hearse. The horses go as fast as the car in front of them so the hearse goes in front and paces for the horses. It's also there in case of emergencies (eg a horse going lame suddenly).

@SilverSplitsTheBlue Is your user name from the Aztec Camera song Somewhere in my heart? I bloody love Aztec Camera. Saw them live in the 80s. That is one of my fave songs ever.

I'm glad you all see the brightside of this! Unfortunately for me my wonderful, poor DM had a torrid year of cancer treatment and a week before her death said she didn't want any sort of funeral. Direct funeral as per her wishe it was but my gosh left us without the goodbyes and then the country lockdowned 2 days after. Horrendous.