So you're dead

[Balloonhearts]

So you're sadly dead, you got hit by a bus, which was unfortunately on time for a fucking change, what song would you want at your funeral?

I think I'd want Little Wonders by Rob Thomas. I like to think I'd have something really funny and inappropriate but realistically some of my family would not find that funny.

I'll have "Fields of Gold" - the Eva Cassidy acoustic guitar version, played when my ashes get scattered. No funeral.

Sorry, it is not MY normal, it is the church's normal to have religious hymns inside and secular songs outside of church. Nothing to do with me, it is a centuries-old thing.

Have left instructions re my funeral. Includes hiring a trumpeter and bass-baritone to perform 'And the trumpet shall sound' from the Messiah. My late H was sent to his Maker with his favourite songs-'Ying tong iddle I po' and 'I'm a lumberjack'!

No time just now but can't wait to listen to such soul searching music.Thanks for posting 😊

Do you also burn heretics and dunk witches?

I want the hymn that goes “light up the fire, let the flames burn.” I am not religious at all but I love singing that hymn it’s so rousing.

Other than that I am not really fussed, I’ll be dead so won’t know.

PP that song is called Colours of Day.
It used to be a firm favourite in Primary Schools.

It's My Life by Bon Jovi and Speak To Me by Amy Lee.

Fun fact for you @TheyCallMeMrsBug

Your choice reached number 31 in the UK charts. I used to work with one of the composers.

https://www.godsongs.net/2015/09/colours-of-day-light-up-the-fire.html

Oh wow, I love a fun fact. Thank you for that!

I love it, I remember it from school and it just makes me happy. Great song.

I'm going to perform a message from the beyond. I think those drop down screens in crems should be used much more creatively.

I cheered myself up enormously at DF's funeral imaging it suddenly flickering with static and him appearing to give his own eulogy.

I plan to arrive to It Must Be Love by Madness and exit to Ride of the Valkyrie.

I insist on hats, mantilla optional, enough flowers to fill a ship, tears with rending of garments again optional but recommended.

Baby Jane-Rod Stewart
Inspector Morse theme

Candle in the Wind by Elton John, but the Goodbye Norma Jean version. I just love the song.

Roadrunner by The Animals. I just love the tune.

Both Sides Now by Judy Collins.

Free bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd, I love it and have already asked my DP to play it at my funeral

What a thrilling thread 🫥

No Ordinary Morning by Chicane

@wanttokickoffbutcant Entirely your prerogative of course. However just remember that funerals are for your loved ones. They're of no benefit to you personally once you're dead.

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Ode to Joy

One I definitely want is by The Fray, Be Still.
Possibly Eva Cassidy, song bird or over the rainbow.
And another I can't remember but is on my Spotify playlist.

I'm dead but have the ability to know/hear/opine on music choices? Nah bugger that. I'm off to the sweet shop (don't laugh, they still exist) if I can taste things. Failing that I'm haunting a couple castles then getting the ferry to France and haunting some chateaux. Oh and popping off to the White House so I can play with Trump's hair at opportune moments and make it flap all over his face during speeches.

@sashh no I didn’t know that. Maybe not appropriate then.

I’d have The Lark Ascending V Williams, Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd, and something crazy and uplifting at the end - Probably Jump by House of Pain because it’s always got me moving especially in the morning - and hopefully it will do the same for anyone there. It’s also utterly incongruous for the situation and would hopefully make some of my oldest dearest friends smile. An eclectic selection for an eclectic life.

:)

@Costcolover now that’s a great tune! Love it!

@Hwi Do you walk around with your nose in the air?

I don't want anyone to have to sit through a funeral so I'm going for direct cremation.