funeral songs

[Ohio8]

Sometimes songs on a CD or a tape are played at a funeral. Here's what I'd like to have played at mine, which won't be for a couple of decades*:

Pink Floyd: "Great Gig in the Sky." The Byrds: "Turn, Turn, Turn." Blind Faith: "Can't Find My Way Home." Jeff Beck: "Another Place." Led Zeppelin: "In My Time of Dying." The Talking Heads: "Heaven."

[Janice]

They played, Oh Danny Boy, at my father's funeral. Perfect for the big Irishman. It wiped me out.

[*MIBabe03*]

My dad says when he dies he wants us to play "Happy Trails." I think he was just kidding though.

[HuntingtonM15]

I think There Will Come a Day by Faith Hill would be a good one to play.

[Steve M.]

Songs for a funeral -

"Eleanor Rigby" - the Beatles
"Let Me Die In My Footsteps" - Bob Dylan
"The Weaver's Answer" - Family
"Funeral For a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding" - Elton John

[DuhDuh539]

"its so hard to say goodbye to yesturday" by boyz 2 men

[Pus$y Galore]

Amazing Grace done by a solo piper is always really moving.

I always wanted "Funeral For A Friend" by Elton John until I heard the final song in the Life of Brian - "Always Look On The Bright Side (Of Life)" - now that's the one I want played for sure! And I want everyone up singing, clapping and dancing to it!!

[Rhiannon]

freebird by lynard skynard

[ABlairican Pie]

Electric Funeral--Black Sabbath.

[Hollow]

surfacing by slipknot.

[Jrnygrl]

OMG, I though I was the only one who thought about songs I would like to be played at my funeral.

The songs I away thought about are:

Let It Be - The Beatles
Sweet and Simple - by Journey of course
Angel - Sarah McLachlan
Angel - Jimi Hendrix
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
Ave Maria - Celine Dion
Home - Stephanie Mills
Closer To Fine - Indigo Girls
Stay Gold - Stevie Wonder
A Place In The Sun - Stevie Wonder
Please Celebrate Me Home - Kenny Loggins
Thank You - Dido
Time of Your Life - Green Day
Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns & Roses

[Dr. Jazz]

True story, my grandmother's neighbor Freddie died several years ago and when we walked up in the funeral home they were playing "Freddie's Dead" by Curtis Mayfield over the speaker system :lol: I busted up lol

"Freddie's Dead, that's what I said!" That song was never the same for me after that :lol:

[Jrnygrl]

True story, my grandmother's neighbor Freddie died several years ago and when we walked up in the funeral home they were playing "Freddie's Dead" by Curtis Mayfield over the speaker system :lol: I busted up lol

"Freddie's Dead, that's what I said!" That song was never the same for me after that :lol:

No way! If that is true, OMG! :crazy: :eek: :lol:

[MandieR1980]

Angel & I Will Remember You by Sarah McLachlan

[musicradio77]

If one of those people dies, I should play:

1. "Goodbye" - The Spice Girls
2. "Let Me Be Your Angel" - Stacy Lattisaw
3. "I Die Without You" - PM Dawn
4. "A Song for You" - The Carpenters
5. "Tonight's the Final Night" - Douglass Alan Davis (a rare song was played on Phoenix KRIZ back in 1978).
6. "Goodnight My Love" - Jesse Belvin
7. "Make It Last Forever" - Keith Sweat
8. "The Last Song" - Hilary Duff
9. "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" - Boyz II Men
10. "Kiss and Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans
11. "Last Dance" - Donna Summer
12. "One Last Cry" - Brian McKnight
13. "Stairway to Heaven" - The O'Jays

[Ohio8]

The Beatles? Yes, definitel will be played on my funeral mix CD! "Let it Be." "In my Life." Perhaps one or two other songs by them as well. And R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" will definitely be on it.
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"I will not say: do not weep!, for not all tears are an evil." -- Gandalf

[Pus$y Galore]

True story, my grandmother's neighbor Freddie died several years ago and when we walked up in the funeral home they were playing "Freddie's Dead" by Curtis Mayfield over the speaker system :lol: I busted up lol

"Freddie's Dead, that's what I said!" That song was never the same for me after that :lol:


Now that's what I like - someone with a sense of humor!! That's why I want "Always Look On The Bright Side (Of Life)" - Monty Python!! :lol:

[Belair]

They played "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole at my Grandfathers funeral.It couldnt have been more appropriate.

I think that Goodbye by Spice Girls is a good song for a funeral.Definetly a tear jerker.

I want 1000 Oceans by Tori Amos played at my funeral someday.

[musicradio77]

How about "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" by Billy Ocean? That's a great song for a funeral.

[MariposaLKB]

"To Where You Are" and "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" by Josh Groban
"Stairway to Heaven" - Led Zeppelin
"Breathe" - Pink Floyd
"Lorelei" - Styx (it's my nickname)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon and Garfunkel
"I Know You're Out There Somewhere" - Moody Blues
"A Dream Within a Dream" - Alan Parsons Project
"Wasted Time" - Eagles
"Creed" - Rich Mullins (The Apostle's Creed set to music with the words slightly modified, by a man who died relatively young and tragically, in a car crash)
"Elijah" - Rich Mullins (About how he wanted to go to heaven like Elijah did, in a chariot of fire)
"Song to My Parents" - Keith Green (Another Christian singer who died very young, in a plane crash--my final testimony to all my friends and relatives who are not believers in God)
"How Great Thou Art" by Sandy Patti (it was sung by church soloists at both my maternal grandparents' funerals and will likely be sung at my mother's--kinda a family tradition)

[Pus$y Galore]

They played "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole at my Grandfathers funeral.It couldnt have been more appropriate.

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That would do me right in!!

[phoebe7165]

There's a song that not alot of people are familiar with unless you're a fan of the band Dream Theater, but it's called "The Spirit Carries On".

Example of some of the lyrics--

I used to be frightened of dying
I used to think death was the end
But that was before
I'm not scared anymore
I know that my soul will transcend.

Move on, be brave
Don't weep at my grave
Because I am no longer here
But please never let
Your memory of me disappear

Alot of DT fans already said this is the song they want played at their funeral.

[TJL]

Okay, first of all, I'm 100% serious. I'm going to do this.

During the eulogy part of my funeral, I'm going to have someone read aloud a statment I will one day write about how much I enjoyed my life, etc. and my last request is to pay the one song that best describes my philosophy of life...

Then they'll play the song where a bunch of dogs bark "Jingle Bells."

If everyone in that room doesn't laugh, I will be so disappointed.

;)

[AllIWantIsYourClutch]

"Hear You Me" by Jimmy Eat World.

[Ohio8]

Before I forget any further, add these: The Beatles: "Eleanor Rigby" and "Come Together." Jeff Beck: "Love is Green" and "Sleep Walk."
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[Pus$y Galore]

Okay, first of all, I'm 100% serious. I'm going to do this.

During the eulogy part of my funeral, I'm going to have someone read aloud a statment I will one day write about how much I enjoyed my life, etc. and my last request is to pay the one song that best describes my philosophy of life...

Then they'll play the song where a bunch of dogs bark "Jingle Bells."

If everyone in that room doesn't laugh, I will be so disappointed.

;)

Well you'd sure have me laughing!!

My mother always wanted on her headstone, "I Told You I Was Sick" and I want "What Are YOU Looking At - You May Be Next!!" ;)

[musicradio77]

What about "The End" By the Beatles? That might be a funeral song.http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif

[theanswerman]

rufus wainwright - agnus dei
rufus wainwright - in a graveyard
weezer - only in dreams

[Georgia's on my Mind]

i like "on eagles wings'

[Steve M.]

i like "on eagles wings'

They played that song at both the funerals of my paternal grandfather and my maternal grandmother. :( I don't know what they played at the funerals of my maternal grandfather or my paternal grandmother, I was only a toddler then.

[Kristen J.]

"I Can Only Imagine" - I forgot who it's by though. My sister Jayme said she wants that song played at her funeral.

"In My Life" and "Yesterday" - Beatles. I want "Yesterday" playing at my funeral :D

"When I Look To The Sky" - Train. BEAUTIFUL song!! It's my favorite! I also want this song playing at my funeral. ;)

[Sara Micelli]

"I Can Only Imagine" - I forgot who it's by though. My sister Jayme said she wants that song played at her funeral.



MercyMe :)