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Going out to "My Way"
Posted by Carl Parker on 20 October 2009 - 12:48pm.
A vicar is fed up with pop songs being played at funerals and has said so:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6881679.ece
I'm not a Christian, but aesthetically I think I'd rather go out to either Mozart's or Faure's requiems than Simply The Best or My Way. Not of course that I'll know.
You, of course, may have already programmed your own service which you might care to share.
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Can't choose between
Killed By Death - Motorhead
or
Wake Me Up before You Go Go - Wham
Little Black Buzzer
By Ivor Cutler is a definite. Are there any Morse Code experts out there, as I've been told that the "dit-dit-dah" bit in the song spells "Fuck off"?
Used to be
Stop That Train by The Wailers, but then it was One For My Baby by Frank Sinatra, or something by Mahler. But as I get closer (!) I am seeking something a bit less maudlin. Ongoing...
I think...
The Clash - 'Should I Stay or Should I Go' would be a quite amusing send-off.
For some time now, I've believed that
Mahna Mahna by the the muppets would be the only way to go.
It's got to be
Down Down by Status Quo (if l get buried), or Fire, by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (if l get cremated). I am not really bothered what happens to me really, as l think once you die, that's it - finito.
Depending on how I go...
Wipeout - The Surfaris
Surprise You're Dead - Faith No More
and, of course, as the coffin slips under the curtain it would have to be either:
Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Burn - Deep Purple
No problem...
...Hit the Road Jack. Pallbearers would have less than 2 minutes to get me down the aisle and out of the door, which seems about right.
People Get Ready
The Everly Brothers' version, that is.
Not sure
but I'll try and come up with something that will help the people I've left behind feel a bit better.
Which is what the vicar in the original piece should be doing. The milk of human kindness just overflows in him doesn't it? I've changed my mind on Dawkins - send him round to duff this pillock up.
I
will, of course, be quite dead, thus won't really care that much.
But if Rebel Yell by Billy Idol is not played at 11, I'll become a ghost and haunt everyone everywhere!
I did go to a funeral recently
Where "Light My Fire" by The Doors was played at the crem as the coffin disappeared behind the curtain
Sid Vicious' version of My Way
the one that plays out at the end of Goodfellas. I could live with that (see what I did there?) coat, retrieving, now......
Always said I'd like to go out to Kelis's "Trick Me".
My Way
I cannot stand that song. It's a heinous dirge, the beloved anthem of villains and ne'er do wells world over. I wouldn't mind going out to HJHs 'I'll Be Back' though.
Happy Days
Are Here Again is my exit tune of choice.
Depends how whimsical I feel when I do keel over...
... but this appeals just now
Louie Louie
Simple - go out on a high
"Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now"
Is what I want to go out to.
Doff of hat
Most of the above amused me, but yours is the first that made me laugh.
It's Over by ELO
thank you and goodnight
Exit Music (For A Film) - Radiohead
that would cheer people up
worked at the end of father ted
Toss up between
ELP - Lucky Man
Stackridge - Teatime
- "Goodbye the fire has stopped burning..."
or
Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side of Life
Monty Python can work
I have taken a funeral service which ended with this.
The lady had survived a particularly nasty form of cancer which had led to the removal of most of her stomach. She had a wide circle of friends and was very extrovert. Then she suddenly dropped dead from a brain anuerism (spelling's wrong I know). The teenage daughter said that her Mum wouldn't want everyone to be miserable and could she have "Always look on ....". I asked if she was sure and checked that her Dad, who was in shock from the sudden death, was ok with the idea. She was sure and he was happy to let her organise things.
The crematorium was packed with dozens standing. There was a lot of sniffing and the rustling of tissues. The curtains closed, I said the final blessing and pressed the button. The tearful silence was broken by Eric Idle "When you're chewing on life's gristle". All these heads looked up in disbelief. I waited until the first chorus before I moved, by which time smiles had started to appear. By the time the daughter and the husband led out the first of the mourners the atmosphere had that sense of celebration which I usually try to aim for.
As she passed me, the daughter said, "That worked didn't it?" And it certainly did.
Morecambe and Wise
Bring Me Sunshine
My Dad....
was an Elvis fan when he was younger and so when he died a few years ago, I thought it would have been appropriate to play "Return To Sender" at his funeral. Rest of the family was a bit more conservative though and stuck with the usual. I like to think it would have brought a smile to his face....
An American Trilogy
went down well at my Mum's funeral.
I'm With The Vicar
A good old Requiem Mass or Tina screeching her way through Simply The Best? Does anyone seriously want to plump for the latter? As my father would have said, what a bunch of heathens.
I was asked to compile a CD
of 3 tunes for my mother-in-law's funeral.
The congregation arrived to the music of the Pearl Fisher thingy, her coffin disappeared to Castle In The Cloud from Les Miserables and it ended with everyone walking out with It's A Small World from Disney World. Smiles all around.
Wonder if anyone has been cremated to the tune Fire by Arthur Brown?
"I am the god of hellfire..."
Could It Be Forever - David Cassidy
and the vicar to start the service with the words "Well obviously not!".
Haven't written my will yet
but I'm sorely tempted to have this as my final tune at the crem -