What are your funeral songs?

[RainbowZebraWarrior]

Appreciate it's a bit of a morbid question, but an important one (I feel) nonetheless. My family have always been quite pragmatic and have wills, but also a document entitled 'in the event of my death' My Mum keeps a copy of hers in her mobile phone case.

I think it's a last opportunity to tell people who you are / how you feel / what music you loved. Apart from that, it's also an opportunity to leave some potential comforting 'words'

My sister died young - aged only 29 - of complications from a heart issue related to her Downs Syndrome. At her funeral she had Alone by Heart and Lily The Pink played. She alos had the theme from Heartbeat. For a short time afterwards I couldn't listen to the former, but now it makes me smile. Lily The Pink made us all smile, as did Heartbeat as it was what made her smile too.

Anyway, mine are:

Stop Crying Your Heart Out by Oasis, and
White Lies by Stereophonics (I love them, amd this is my favourite song of theirs)

Apologies to anyone recently bereaved. I hope this isn't upsetting.

Disco inferno, to play so you hear "burn baby burn" as I go through the curtains to get cremated.

I think music is a huge thing at funerals. My Dad died last year and we had Billy Joel River of dreams and Fleetwood Mac Rhiannon. Both songs take us back to our childhood and him playing them on our many caravan tours. I would have Eva Cassidy Time after time for my kids to say I will be waiting. Makes me cry just thinking about it!

Every grain of sand, Bob Dylan
Closing Time , Leonard Cohen
When the deal goes down, Bob Dylan

(S)he lives in you from the Lion King

I hope all my children and grandchildren stand up and sing it really loud to show that I will live on in them 🩷

The Willows - Absent Friends. It's a beautiful gentle but upbeat song about having a smile while remembering people you love who aren't here right now but you know you'll see again.

Honestly if you haven't listened to it you should- it always makes me a little happy teary.

Dionne Warwick's That's what friends are for, for a moment of reflection, Together In Electric Dreams at the end.

"Be still my soul" to Finlandia.

"Sand and water"- Beth Neilsen Chapman

"Spirit in the sky" - Norman Greenbaum

The "Lachrymosa" from Mozart's Requiem.

I've told my daughter not to hold a funeral for me but if she does, I hope she plays Goodnight, Travel Well by the Killers.

I work in the funeral industry and we have the usual...lots of abba, time to say goodbye, nimrod (today) but the best was in a Sally army church....highway to hell!!!

I am coming in to gene Vincent's version of somewhere over the rainbow. No hymns but during the service Elvis how great thou art, Eddie Cochran three steps to heaven. Going out to buddy holly it doesn't matter any more. I would perhaps have Elvis and return to sender Wanda Jackson lets have a party

Its a really good thing to let people know what you want even if it's not for 80years! There's nothing worse than hearing when you drive the family away "oh mum wouldn't have liked that" or " they played the wrong version...mum told me she wanted cliff 's one". I always feel like saying did you tell us that...because I know they didn't

For my Dad, I will have to play something by Pink Floyd, but there will also have to be a Dylan or Cohen song as he loves them both. He's the only member of our family who won't discuss death (which is entirely understandable and his choice)

Who knows where the time goes - Fairport Convention

Makes me blub like a baby

Dancing in the Sky - Dani & Lizi
..for coming in.
Sign of the Times - Harry Styles ...to reflect on my life
Thank you for loving Me - Bon Jovi... as the curtains close.
Green Green Grass - George Ezra. ... on everyone's way out.

My funeral is mostly all planned as I have Stage 4 cancer. I've even written my eulogy, although I expect my family to add to it when they speak to the celebrant.

Einaudi The Waves, I picked that song for my best friend who died 19 years ago now and for my 2 very dear Aunties who died 11 years ago. You'll Never Walk Alone for my DC. Montagues and Capulets for DH. He had that music when he walked down the Isle with his best man.

For Good from Wicked.

A piper playing Highland Cathedral before and after
Queen Don't Stop Me Now
Hymn-How Great Thou Art

Champion of the World - Coldplay.

Land of Hope and Dreams - Bruce Springsteen.
A Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay.

I've asked that heh congregation should sing

'Always look on the bright side of life' as the wheelie bin containing my remains is emptied into the dustcart

Leaving New York - REM

Barber's Adagio for strings - William Orbit (Ferry Corsten remix)

When I am laid in earth (Dido's lament) from Dido and Aeneas by Purcell. The version by Alison Moyet.

This is outing because it was recent, but my DH died recently and was only 59. We had:

Going in: Gone Too Soon by Michael Jackson
Slideshow: Over The Rainbow by Eva Cassidy
Reflection: One More Day by Diamond Rio
Going Out: Smile by Nat King Cole

I don't want a funeral (direct to cremation for me) so not worried about choosing music.

Elbow one day like this absolutely love this song. Somewhere over the rainbow by the big guy with the ukele. (Played it at my mum's funeral). Last song would have to be switch 625 by def leppard.....a right rocking song to go out on. Yes I'm crying but I think its a good idea to have a plan for the end. At least it your next of kin won't have to worry about the details.

Perfect Day, Lou Reed
Morning has broken, Cat Stevens.

I attended a very important funeral this week and vowed to have no hymns at my funeral. Even with a large congregation the voices are thin and sad and drowned out by the organ ( in church).

This.

I'd pick some inappropriate pop punk from the early 00s. Blink 182, anythin that was on Ameican Pie. Anything not serious. Which I suppose is a personal choice.