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It's your funeral (boogie on down)

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kazzi · 07/05/2003 18:06

I have just heard on the radio that Amanda Holden actually has it in her will that she would like Abba's dancing queen played at her funeral and wants everyone to dance to it.Got me thinking just for fun what song would mumsnetters have played at theirs which best discribes their personality.

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kazzi · 07/05/2003 18:26

O.K I'll start then I reckon Girls just wanna have fun would be at the top of my list.It's my theme tune what life is all about and sometimes easy to forget.

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lilibet · 07/05/2003 18:26

Only picked hymns for mine - but very happy clappy ones. A vicar I know has had some very strange ones, - coffins carried down the aisle to 'He aint heavy he's my brother', and coffins being cremated to 'Return to Sender' and 'Come on baby light my fire'!

edgarcat · 07/05/2003 18:26

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batey · 07/05/2003 18:29

I've always fancied "Days' by Kirsty Mac Coll.

whymummy · 07/05/2003 18:31

i want the whole church doing the conga,even the priest,my dh says he wants everybody to sing cliff richard`s congratulations to him(at my funeral,not his)

hmb · 07/05/2003 18:31

I want to have 'Don't fear the reaper' by Blue oyster cult at mine! Peter Sellers had 'In the mood' as the coffin disapeared in his

edgarcat · 07/05/2003 18:37

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grommit · 07/05/2003 19:35

Definitely has to be David Bowie "Ashes to Ashes"

ks · 07/05/2003 19:39

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Chinchilla · 07/05/2003 19:46

I want 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' - of course I want to be cremated

megg · 07/05/2003 20:32

Oh no I've got something in common with Amanda Holden I can't stand her. If I can't have Abba I'll have Elvis Costello 'She'.

Hilary · 07/05/2003 20:57

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verona · 07/05/2003 20:58

A friend of mine wants Elvis' 'Burning Love' at his funeral.

Naughtynoonoo · 07/05/2003 21:13

me and my best mate are both going to have "ding dong the witch is dead" from the wizard of oz! I also like Time to Say Goodbye by Sarah Brightman

Mum2Toby · 07/05/2003 21:31

Steps version of Tragedy! And everyone must learn the dance before it!

I love cheesy music, ALL my friends hate it! It would be my last stand.

Moomin · 07/05/2003 21:33

Design for Life by the Manics

Bobbins · 07/05/2003 21:35

One of my friends dreamt that she went to my funeral and they played "You Abandon Me". This was 12 years ago. I din't know quite how to take it.

Naughtynoonoo · 07/05/2003 21:51

I have just been doing a lot of gardening and it has got me thinking, because I dug up a lot of bones and burnt a load of leaves etc. which way would you like to go / end up? Sorry to nick the thread - but it is linked in a way! I think I'd like to be buried as I would be scared of waking up burnt alive!

ks · 07/05/2003 22:02

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whymummy · 07/05/2003 22:04

naughtynonoo how about waking up covered in maggots?? definitely want to be cremated after i have donated all my organs,apart from my liver

robinw · 07/05/2003 22:07

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SamboM · 07/05/2003 22:09

I think you'd be dead by the time the maggots came along. Unless you were a keen fisherwoman and were buried with your maggots.

Naughtynoonoo · 07/05/2003 22:23

I have thought about been frozen, but then again scared that I would get too cold. We have been digging up our garden path, I hope nobody thinks we are burying anytrhing under there, btw I have been good with the bones I have dug up, I have buried them again, but didn't have a ceremony!

whymummy · 07/05/2003 22:27

oooooh no,not frozen,it`s terrible for your skin

sambo good point but you`ll never see me anywhere near maggots

JanZ · 08/05/2003 10:13

The memorial service I went to last week played the rap version of "Every Breath You Take". Very poignant and appropriate to celebrate the lives of a 16 and 19 year old.