To ask for your funeral music

[Margotshypotheticaldog]

I've narrowed it down to The Only living Boy in New York by Simon and Garfunkel ( I'm obsessed with the weather forecast, only news I need)
And Raise Hell by Brandi Carlisle. Also something by Magnetic fields....Andrew in Drag probably not appropriate though...

From this I am thinking I need to make a nice long playlist for the piss up after too!

Good Riddance (Time of your Life) by Greenday

The Leona Lewis version of Run, which we had at my daughters funeral.

They're in my will!

@Paddingtonthebear @PerspiringElizabeth

Have you listened to the Radio 4 series Soul Music? There's an episode on both of your choices, well worth a listen

Paul Weller . Broken Stones
Nick Cave . In to my arms
mark Knoffler . Going Home.

Misiere by allegri
Goodall setting of the lords my shepherd (vicar of dibley)
Lord bless you and keep you by rutter

Hopefully sung by my DD's! Though dd1 is threatening durufles requiem as she prefers singing that

I want a direct cremation, but Precious Time by Van Morrison.

Holy Mother- Eric Clapton. My darling mum had this at hers recently. I will have the same. It’s beautiful

@FrillyGoatFluff . Sorry for you loss. X

The Lark Ascending
In a Monastery Garden

Queen days of our lives
Somewhere over the rainbow 🌈 by that Hawaiian dude (can't remember his name)
And the final song.....switch 625 by def Leppard. That will make everyone jump;!!
Hymns all things bright and beautiful and Jerusalem

Into the west -Annie Lennox

Ordinary World by Duran Duran

Atheist/ nihilist here so it has to be ‘Road to Nowhere’. Just can’t decide between the original by Talking Heads or the pretty Nouvelle Vague cover.

The only one I know I want is "Sh-boom" from the soundtrack of Cars

"Life would be a dream, sweetheart"

I've nothing against anyone wanting a proper funeral ceremony, but I have a very small family, so there wouldn't be too many who would attend anyway. I'd rather anyone who wanted to say their goodbyes would go for a lovely meal or something and share any memories while toasting me, rather than spending thousands for a half hour session in the crematorium.

New World Symphony (2nd movement - Largo) - Antonin Dvorak

beethoven - moonshine sonata, first movement (second movement if the person had a strong character)

None - just the wind and birds singing at an outside memorial service is what I want.

I'd hope - as a Catholic - to have a requiem mass. Ideally, I'd have the whole of Fauré's requiem. Assuming that's possible, I'm only thinking of hymns and pro/recessional music:

Procession: Prelude on Rhosymedre (Vaughan Williams)

Hymns (there are normally four):
(In any order):

Come down, O love divine (compulsory);

And then any of:

Praise to the holiest in the height (ONLY TO THE TUNE CALLED GERONTIUS)
How great thou art
Lord of the dance
The king of love my shepherd is
Before the throne of God above
Drop, drop, slow tears
I heard the voice of Jesus say
How great thou art
Praise to the Lord, the almighty
Hail, queen of heaven
Follow me, follow me, leave your home and family

Genuinely don't mind which happens to be chosen - I love them all.

Recession: Toccata in 7, by John Rutter

Basically, nothing too sad - I'm going to see my God! - and nothing boring. Beyond that, my family can choose what they like. They've got my Spotify data anyway, so they'll find the stuff that I love!

Aretha franklin say a little prayer.
Not particularly religious but
I loved that song as a child.

Beyoncé- I was here

Crossing the bar. Tennyson/ Parry.

In my Life-The Beatles, I’m waiting for You-Johnny Flynn & Long Slow Goodbye-QOTSA, Into the Unknown -Panic at the Disco, although that might be because I’ve watched Frozen 2 a billion times with the grandchildren & might have been brainwashed🙄

I want "you'll never walk alone". Only because my family are huge huge huge Everton fans and it would really annoy them.

I love my family but I love then idea of them all having to sit there listening to it.

Closing Time - Leonard Cohen
Every Grain of Sand - Bob Dylan

My choice is also by I Am Kloot; Northern Skies.