2 songs to play at a funeral or cremation -your choice

[NEVCAR28]

Sorry if this question seems a bit morbid,but I'm just curious to know what people,if they had the choice of 2 songs,would choose to be 'sent over to the other side' with.My 2 choices would be the obvious 'Time To Say Goodbye' by Andrea Bocelli + Sarah Brightman,and the not-so-obvious choice of 'Angel' by Chiara,the Maltese Eurovision entry of last year and a fine song to boot.I could imagine popular choices would be Angels by Robbie Williams,or You Raise Me Up by Westlife or Brian Kennedy,for example.

[troot28]

I'm On Fire by Springsteen

Redemption Song by Bob Marley

[Ging]

@Richard1966
I agree with Comfortably Numb, but I also quite like the Scissor Sisters version.

[MadlySane]

I would like Some Fantastic Place by Squeeze. The words are uplifting and then something fun like the Monty Python song already mentioned to lighten the mood.

[Johnny Doe]

definitely disco inferno for a cremation, for the "burn baby burn" refrain and...

for burial, its got to be 'Going Underground' by The Jam!

[ianess]

In my Life.......The Beatles

Spirit in the Sky.....Norman Greenbaum

[oldbadmod]

frightened by paul weller

dont fear the reaper by blue oyster cult

[malajusted1]

This reminds me of a story i heard about some poor soul who had drown. the family requested REM 'everybody hurts' but they played 'nightswimming' by accident.

[Cathy]

Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong

for a cremation - smoke gets in your eyes

for a burial - down, down, deeper and down by Status Quo.

[mightyWBA]

"When I rest my weary head

after all my words are said.

When my eyelids close,

on the weight of a hundred years.

Let me down easy"

"Let me down easy" by The Stranglers is booked at my demise,along with Stairway to Heaven.

[Jacksonville]

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Ryan Adams - The Bar is a Beautiful Place

Ryan Adams - Harder Now That it's Over

Bruce Springsteen - You're Missing

[Ward-Minter]

Absolute Beginners, David Bowie

Add Some Music, The Beach Boys

[Jenjen86]

For a quite poignant but not too sad song I think I'm having Champagne Supernova by Oasis.

My brother says he wants "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" by The Smiths for another idea

At some point I'll probably have to squeeze PJ and Duncan into my funeral though!! :D lets get ready to rhumble!!!

[Richard1966]

Ging.

Its not just the lyrics for Comfortably Numb but Dave Gilmore's guitar playing that has so much emotion in it.

Richard

[Charliebrown]

One would have to be: Remember Me by Diana Ross

and just because it is one of my all time favs: Uptight by Stevie wonder

[Azimov]

I confess I haven't read the whole thread (I'm lazy, so sue me!) so my reply may duplicate someone elses!

Anyway during the service (probably a cremation) I favour Billy Connolly's choice of "Mother O'Leary's Cow" - or "There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight" followed by Prodigy's "Firestarter" as I disappear through the curtain!

This will inevitably cause inconsolable weeping and hysterical laughter in equal amounts, so I guess I got the balance right!

If the ******* bury me there'll be a lot of confusion regarding the music!

[laughy_girl]

cremation: "what it is to burn" by Finch

[maglet]

Depending on the day whether it is religious or not I would have Sarah Brightman singing Pie Jesu, and Andreas Bocelli singing Panis Angelicus...........however depending on how many of my freinds turn up I may possibly switch to Queens Who wants to live forever and James Blunt's Goodbye my Lover

[alankinguk]

My funeral CD is already cut:

Who Wants To Live Forever by Queen

The Opera Bit from the film Hannibal

Always Look On The Bright Side of Life

plus a couple of Poems read out by me

Seems morbid but why not

[jonskinner28]

just to see peoples faces

Live and Let Die - the bond theme

and

I feel good by James Brown or get up off of that thing and dance till you feel better also by James Brown.

Jon

[kevb0444]

My choice would be Isreal Kamamawiwo'ole's "Somewhere over the Rainbow"