The Ace Of Spades by Motorhead, Forty Six & 2 by TOOL, A Stranger by A Perfect Circle and Martha's Harbour by All About Eve.
Mind you though, it's not as if I'm going to be there so what do I really care ?
I'll be off having fun somewhere else when this vehicle crumbles around me.
I should choose some songs that my friends like so they can enjoy them before the party afterwards.
Tim Barkey
"sweet surrender"
Re: What song would you like played at your funeral? Reply
g__day wrote:I have often wondered this - its a defining moment in your being, your last chance to put on a show and/or to raise others spirits. In another thread someone remarked I'd like that song played at my funeral, it tweaked my memory to ask this question. I am still thinking on it too!
So please tell us - what are your choices and why?
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (sung by the one and only Eric Clapton)
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home,
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home.
I looked over Jordan, and what did I see?
Coming for to carry me home,
A band of angels coming after me,
Coming for to carry me home.
Refrain
If you get there before I do,
Coming for to carry me home,
Tell all my friends I'm coming, too.
Coming for to carry me home.
Refrain
I'm sometimes up and sometimes down,
Coming for to carry me home,
But still my soul feels heavenly bound,
Coming for to carry me home.
Refrain
The brightest day that I can say,
Coming for to carry me home,
When Jesus washed my sins away,
Coming for to carry me home.
Refrain
Reason: it is a beautiful song and I love it for me that is reason enough.
"And in the end...the love you take...is equal to the love you make".....
"Whole Lotta Love"
You need coolin', baby, I'm not foolin',
I'm gonna send you back to schoolin',
Way down inside honey, you need it,
I'm gonna give you my love, X2
*Wanna Whole Lotta Love? X4
You've been learnin', baby, I been learnin',
All them good times, baby, baby, I've been yearnin',
Way, way down inside honey, you need it,
I'm gonna give you my love X2
* Chorus
You've been coolin', baby, I've been droolin',
All the good times I've been misusin',
Way, way down inside, I'm gonna give you my love,
I'm gonna give you every inch of my love,
Gonna give you my love.
Yeah! All right! Let's go!
* Chorus
Way down inside, woman, You need love.
Shake for me, girl, I wanna be your backdoor man.
Hey, oh, hey, oh, Oh, oh, oh, Keep a-coolin', baby,
Keep a-coolin', baby.
Satisfied mind. The way jeff buckley plays it. Beautiful, inspiring, heartbreaking and true.
Okay, maybe "Peace of Mind" and "I Can See Clearly Now". Also, "I Hope You Dance".
I have chosen long time ago. I want 'Je ne regrette rien' by Edith Piaf
Non, rien de rien,
non, je ne regrette rien!
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait,
ni le mal;
tout ça m'est bien egal!
Non, rien de rien,
non, je ne regrette rien!
C'est payé,
balayé,
oublié.
Je me fous du passé!
Avec mes souvenirs
j'ai allumé le feu!
Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs,
je n'ai plus besoin d'eux!
Balayés les amours
avec leurs trémolos,
balayer pour toujours!
Je repars à zéro.
Non, rien de rien,
non, je ne regrette rien!
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait,
ni le mal;
tout ça m'est bien egal!
Non, rien de rien,
non, je ne regrette rien!
Car ma vie,
car me joies
aujourd'hui
ça commence avec toi!
Good choice, Dag
So much cooler than "My Way".
dagmaraka- Great choice.........so elegant.
B.B. King Going Down Slow lyrics
I've had my fun If I don't get well no more
I've had my fun, people, If I don't get well no more
My heath is fallin' on me
Yes, and I'm going down slow
I want you to write my mother and tell her the shape I'm in
Oh please write my mother, tell her the shape I'm in
I want you tell her to pray for me, people
Well, to forgive for my sins
On that next train South, mother
You can look for my clothes on
On that next train South, mother
You can look for my clothes on
Yes, I had my fun, mother, this is all in prayers
Yes, I had my fun, people, mother, this is all in prayers
Yes, if you don't see this old body, mother
You know I'm gone out of this world somewhere
Bi-Polar Bear wrote:"And in the end...the love you take...is equal to the love you make".....
There are many however, who feel that "Highway To Hell" would be a more appropriate choice for the bear.
Mendolsohn or Tchaikovsky's violin concerto. Both would be nice.
BBB
BumbleBee Boogie, of course.
BBB
The complete 'Metal Machine Music' by Lou Reed, because they would all have to stand around and be tortured by it.
As for an epitaph...maybe "This space for rent", or "Honk if you really believe in an afterlife."
Lord, folks. We really won't care what is played...this thread is just an excuse to sing...
The Navy Hymn:
Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard
And hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walked'st on the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
Most Holy Spirit! Who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
O Trinity of love and power!
Our brethren shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them wheresoe'er they go;
Thus evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.
No more apologies,
I love the words,
but more importantly,
I love the music.
Still looking at clouds from both sides.
BP, haha!
I'm also thinking a song by the Beatles: Help!
(Gawd, wouldn't that be awful)?!
I hope nobody has chosen mine yet:
The mexican national anthem. For the sole purpose of making the congregation even more uncomfortable than me.
Ooooh! The beatles Ogladi Oglada song (or whatever the name is). Just because it's fun and funny.
