Funeral Music

Posted by: Diccus62 on 02 October 2006

After reading the bbc article it doesnt suprise me that the wonderful Jimmy Blunt's 'goodbye my lover'tops the list of requested funeral songs. 'Angels', Robbie Williams Elton Johnesque song is second and a change in mood with 'I'm having the time of my life' by jenny Warnes and Bill Medley. I don't know if a thread like this has been done but what would you have played at your funeral?

'Who knows where the time goes' - Fairport Convention would be a first thought.Any suggestions? I certainly wouldn't want anything cheerful. I'd want buckets sobbed, i'd want 'Now thats what i call Tearjerkers Volume One' on repeat. Mind I would probably end up with the theme tune for Benny Hill.

Funeral music

Diccus
Posted on: 04 October 2006 by Mike1380
Cremonstration dematorium! Razz
Posted on: 04 October 2006 by woodface
Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk would be prefect.
Posted on: 04 October 2006 by Guido Fawkes
I suppose you could play an entire side of Live Desd - maybe Dark Star.
Posted on: 07 October 2006 by Sandy8
Another one bites the dust by Queen perhaps?
Posted on: 09 October 2006 by SteveGa
Movin' Out - Billy Joel.
Only The Good Die Young - Billy Joel
I'm having a BJ kind of evening, no idea why!
Posted on: 09 October 2006 by JWM
Before :
JS Bach, Passacaglia and Fuge in C minor

During :
Durufle, Requiem,
Bainton, And I saw a new heaven
Plainsong (simple tone), Salve Regina

After :
Alain, Litanies
Posted on: 11 October 2006 by KenM
I don't suppose I'll care all that much.
Posted on: 11 October 2006 by SteveGa
quote:
Originally posted by KenM:
I don't suppose I'll care all that much.


Ah but that's defeatist Ken. Just imagine being/lying there and hearing Barry Manilow / Chris De Burgh (insert the worse thing you can think of here) being played through a portable cassette. Then think you could have sorted it all before, and got your dealer to set the Naim up for the service and played you off with Ace Of Spades or whatever floated your boat Smile .

On another subject - anyone seen the creator of this thread around? Last I heard Durham had been put on the Naim forum access blacklist Eek .

Steve
Posted on: 11 October 2006 by SteveGa
quote:
Originally posted by SteveGa:
On another subject - anyone seen the creator of this thread around? Last I heard Durham had been put on the Naim forum access blacklist Eek .

Steve


Totally off topic but I've found him! You can just see him in picture discussing with the builder the progress of his new house - it'll be finished by Christmas



On topic

How about
Los Endos - Genesis
Don't Take Me Alive - Steely Dan
Posted on: 11 October 2006 by Wolf
I'd like the group to groove to Traffic's The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys. Just to be perverse.
Posted on: 12 October 2006 by KenM
quote:
Just imagine being/lying there and hearing Barry Manilow / Chris De Burgh (insert the worse thing you can think of here)


I'd know that my sins had finally caught up with me and that Hell really does exist. In that case, I'll choose any of the Mozart String Quintets, played by the augmented Arthur Grumiaux Trio.
Posted on: 12 October 2006 by Diccus62
quote:
Originally posted by SteveGa:
quote:
Originally posted by SteveGa:
On another subject - anyone seen the creator of this thread around? Last I heard Durham had been put on the Naim forum access blacklist Eek .

Steve



Totally off topic but I've found him! You can just see him in picture discussing with the builder the progress of his new house - it'll be finished by Christmas



On topic

How about
Los Endos - Genesis
Don't Take Me Alive - Steely Dan



No Steve, my two fingers are turned the other way.

Decorators, builders chunter etc.............

diccus
Posted on: 12 October 2006 by Diccus62
quote:
Originally posted by Wolf:
I'd like the group to groove to Traffic's The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys. Just to be perverse.


Have you heard Rickie Lee Jones superb (IMO)version?

diccus
Posted on: 12 October 2006 by Diccus62
Went to a funeral today and came into crematorium to Elvis costello's 'Shipbuilding' and then Stairway to heaven. Always preferred Robert Wyatts version of Shipbuilding but Costello's is still crackin

diccus
Posted on: 14 October 2006 by northpole
What has sparked this thread off - is it the end of summer, the longer nights, the rains, lower temperatures?? But saying as you ask, I would select a couple of Marley tracks - there's something extremely spiritual in much of his music which could provide just the right vibe.

Peter
Posted on: 15 October 2006 by Sicey
I would have to pick a couple of boyz ii men classics -

Its so hard to say goodbye to yesterday &
Can you stand the rain
Posted on: 23 October 2006 by Howlinhounddog
DARK WAS THE NIGHT, COLD WAS THE GROUND
-Blind Willie Johnson (?)
But Catfish Keith does a pretty wonderfull rendition on "Twist it Babe"
You can't beat the blues for a good send off Winker
Posted on: 23 October 2006 by John M
quote:
Originally posted by Nigel Cavendish:
For a cremation:

Light my Fire

Burn baby Burn

Smoke gets in your eyes.


Ha ha. Very nice.

and to that I add

You Light Up My Life
Smokin' (Boston)
Catch A Fire
It's Hot In Here (Nelly)
Posted on: 23 October 2006 by Messenger
What a great thread - some great musical choices and some great humour - with a soupcon of philosophy.

I always thought that the music played at the funeral in the Big Chill was entirely appropiate. The Stones 'You can't always get what you want'.

For humour? The blues singer's tomstone which was inscribed 'Didn't wake up this morning'.
Posted on: 24 October 2006 by Diccus62
quote:
Originally posted by Messenger:

For humour? The blues singer's tomstone which was inscribed 'Didn't wake up this morning'.

du,du, du du,du so I don't know if the wife ran away, du, du, du du, du...... can someone tell me if the dog gone died too, du, du, du, du, du....is it pissing downa rain............. I donno coz i'm as stiff as a board and I aint got the blues nomore........... but i'm having one hell of an outta body experience here upabove.... du,du,du, du... etc

Old Blind Lemon No Teeth Ramblin Bo Diccus Winker
Posted on: 24 October 2006 by The Fat Cat
Nobody mentioned: "knockin' on heaven's door" and for all the Floyd fans: "dark side of the moon"

However, I would choose "Eiledon" by BIG COUNTRY

Miow,

The Fat Cat
Posted on: 25 October 2006 by JohanR
On 'Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman' where other artists makes new versions of classic RN songs, there is a beautifully sad version of 'Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father' sung by Kim Richey.

JohanR
Posted on: 25 October 2006 by Chris Kelly
"Call Me The Breeze" by J.J. Cale, already requested!