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.

My ex-MiL chose Lord of all Hopefulness to the tune of Be Thou My Vision for her funeral. I think it's beautiful and love the phrasing. However, in the small congregation the only people with a churchgoing background were my XH and me, so it was us and the vicar trying to do justice to the organ playing at full volume. XH is a good singer, but I don't have a strong singing voice and the vicar was about 90 years old and hard of hearing.

I learned a lesson from that. When my own parents' time comes I'll let my DC and other family members know what the hymns will be beforehand so that they can learn them if they don't know them.

Beautiful choice too.

Very sensible! A lot of my friends are from Spain from when I lived there and for my wedding we will send QR links to youtube videos for the hymns on the invitations as they have said they want to learn and join in.

I don’t really want a funeral, but I have songs picked out anyway (much like wedding songs that won’t be happening 🤣).

Drops of Jupiter by Train and Bittersweet Symphony are my choices. But (and this will sound silly), there’s a song from Bluey that is so bittersweet it makes me cry and think fits beautifully in a reflective sense.

(Edit, not sure if the link is working but it’s called I Know A Place)

This one, just change the name:

So much joy.

I'm interested "no funeral" camp too, but it's quite a fun game.
I used to think "You've Got A Friend" by James Taylor, but actually I think I'd want to avoid any hint of sentimentality. So something "unsuitable" like Ride of the Valerie's or the BBC Wimbledon theme!
In reality, I'm just glad there won't be any of this nonsense for me. At. All.

I'm in the "no funeral" camp.... autocorrect so annoying!

I’ve already made my family aware I want

the killers - mr brightside
pogues - fairytale of New York.

these are the 2 songs people would associate with me and if I die at Xmas time when my time comes all the better 😂

I want everyone bawling, so I'm going for

Who knows where the time goes by Fairport Convention

Sunshine on Leith by The Proclaimers

Galloping Home

And a piper playing Sleep dearie sleep on everyone's way out.

Splendor by M83 because its so ethereal and makes me think of fresh beginnings after trauma.

Going underground & Funeral pyre by The Jam

Whatever the people who turn up to my 'memorial service' want - if they're happy then I'm happy - although I'll actually be dead and without a care nor thought.

Mondnacht, from Schumann's Liederkreis.

Angels - The Levellers.

sad one to eek out a few tears. The Shining - Badly Drawn Boy

One for heading to the fire. What else is there?(Thin White Duke remix) -Röysopp

one for the reflection time. Asleep - The Smiths

Light hearted one to send everyone out with a smile. Love is in the air - John Paul Young

Not my funeral but when my Dads ashes are finally laid to rest with my Mums (she's still alive) , I;d like to play "Going Home" from Mark Knopflers "Local Hero" soundtrack .

I walked down the 'aisle' to The Detectorists (we married in a wood). It's a magical tune.

I only have one song that I definitely want played for my final departure and it's Flogging Molly "If I Ever Leave This World Alive"

This is beautiful if I'm allowed another one:

Aurora and wardruna live version of Helvegen

That sounds beautiful @Downtoyou. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Praise my soul the king of heaven
Anything sung by Mike Patton
Toxicity -System of a Down

Music Sounds Better with You - Stardust (just because it’s my favourite song)

Wouldn’t it be Nice - the Beach Boys (went through a phase of loving them in my teens)

Into the Mystic - Van Morrison ( because I kind of relate that one to dying)

My sister wants Teardrops by Massive Attack - so I hate hearing that song and already well up

I have hymns picked out. No songs, maybe I will choose some for the wake at some point. I'd rather not have songs in the service itself. I feel like the songs I want or find most meaningful might change before I kick the bucket.

For hymns I'd like The Day Thou Gavest Lord is Ended (my grandmother had that,) Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, and A Mighty Fortress Is Our God which was my favorite as a child. I'd really like my daughter to sing Bist du bei mir, but will leave it up to her to decide if she is up for it . And I want Carillon de Westminster on the organ.

BWV 170

This amazing but unreleased song from Gary Barlow - when I say goodbye
Describes how I want to have gone, living a full life but also signalling the love for those who I'll have left.

L_

I've written down my wishes for my funeral, partly because my husband doesn't share my faith and wouldn't know what to pick and partly to make it easier for everyone left behind. 4 hymns chosen, want to be brought in to All Things Bright and Beautiful (I walked up the aisle on my wedding day to it) and the service starts with the words "May the Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end" as that's how I'd like my death to be, quiet and perfect.