The last song you hear before they nail the lid shut

Posted by: redeye on 16 March 2004

Since we're all speculating on what works and what doesn't..

Heart on sleeve time. Better pick something really good eh?

I'll go..

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou

Yep, that'll work
Posted on: 16 March 2004 by J.N.
'For a dancer' - Jackson Browne.

A beautiful song about death.
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by BLT
"Dead" - The Pixies
A great song, and very much to the point.
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by kj burrell
Everything Flows by Teenage Fanclub, preferably the version broadcast on Radio 1 sometime in 1993 and given away with an edition of Vox, but failing that any other. Close the lid as the guitars come in. Wonderful....

Kevin
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by Minky
Little Feat - "Long distance love". LOUD.
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by Willito
Another Pixies choice could be This Monkey's Gone to Heaven.
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by DavidY80
How about "Gravedigger" by Dave Matthews

or maybe "Don't fear the reaper"
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by Madrid
How about "I´m in Heaven"?
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by Tim Jones
Bowie - 'Time'

Maybe 'A Day in the Life'.

Failing that, the whole of the Ring cycle so that vital developments in cryogenics and genetic tissue pathology could be made.

Tim J
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by Rasher
Very, very loud
Ace of Spades.
...."You win some, lose some, it's all the same to me..." Smile
Die happy & deaf
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by Brian OReilly
Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Dylan

followed by,

I Hear You Knockin' (but you can't come in) - Dave Edmunds

Brian OReilly
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by domfjbrown
Syd - can I come to your funeral!? Sounds like the ULTIMATE two tracks - Arthur Brown RULES (but I missed him at Glasters Frown).

I'll take "Gobbing on life" by Albertos Y Los Trios Paranoias, particularly for the bit
"don't wanna be cremated
or buried in a grave
just dump me in a plastic bag
and leave me on the pave-ment"

...or then again, maybe "Break on through" by the Doors Smile

__________________________
Make your choice, adventurous Stranger;
Strike the bell and bide the danger
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by Rasher
As the coffin moves through the curtains..Aphex Twin..Come to Daddy.
Smile
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by long-time-dead
Two tracks from The Wall might suffice :

Waiting for the worms
Goodbye Cruel World

But then again - The Birdy Song (The Tweets) would be a real hoot. Everyone in sorrow, tracks plays unnanounced. The temptation for everyone to go "da da da da" would be unbearable. You'd die laughing !!
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by sideshowbob
The Clash, Straight to Hell.

-- Ian
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by velofellow
Son of Mr. Green Genes -Zappa
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by J.N.
Hi Buffy

quote:
"In the shape of a heart" - Jackson Browne



What album is that from please?
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by monkfish
Hi
"Going underground" - the Jam
Regards
Jim
Posted on: 17 March 2004 by MichaelC
Down Down - Status Quo

Apt but enough to leave you hammering on the lid...

Mike
Posted on: 19 March 2004 by Sir Crispin Cupcake
Nick Cave - Death is not the end
Posted on: 19 March 2004 by Dan M
Worms-Pouges

"The worms crawl in and the worms crawl out
The ones that crawl in are lean and thin
The ones that crawl out are fat and stout
Your eyes fall in and your teeth fall out
Your brains come tumbling down your snout

Be merry my friends
Be merry"

-Dan
Posted on: 19 March 2004 by starbuck
Robbie Williams singing 'Angels', in the flesh, and from inside the coffin.

It'd be my last gift to my species.
Posted on: 23 March 2004 by Onthlam
Why get up? -Fab Thunderbirds...
Posted on: 24 March 2004 by Ian Hughes
To be played at the crematorium

- Smoke gets in your eyes
Posted on: 24 March 2004 by AL4N
last track?either too much love will kill you--queen
or --i recall a gypsy woman---don williams
Posted on: 24 March 2004 by Not For Me
Iggy & the Stooges - Your Pretty Face is going to Hell

DS

OTT - Will & Grace