NationStates Jolt Archive

Mine:
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Ode to Joy

And some Irish tune so the people can dance happily around my urn.

Metalica, Un-forgiven

Bananaphone

The Emperor Waltz by Strauss and the Planets by Holst.

Highway to Hell would be funny, but I think I'll go for something more mellow.

Lateralus, the whole album, by Tool.

Afterward, there will be a dinner where my chef-prepared remains will be eaten.

oasis, 'life forever'.

seriously, id like 'exit music (for a film)' and 'true love waits' by radiohead to be played.

'Celestial Voices' - part four of 'Saucerful of Secrets' by Pink Floyd.

I have a wicked urge to say Supper's Ready by Genesis just to piss my brother off (25 minutes of prog, he'll be joining me in the incinerator ;D).

In all honesty I think it would be Innuendo by Queen.

the Entire Ring Cycle. just To be awkward.

the Entire Ring Cycle. just To be awkward.

Ouch!

Danny Boy and then some A.F.I. song just to show my roots.

"Stand Back" -- Fleetwood Mac (from Live in Boston)
"Fall From Grace" -- Stevie Nicks
"Destiny Rules" -- Fleetwood Mac
"Edge Of Seventeen" -- Stevie Nicks

Ouch!
that'll Teach those bastards for letting me die.

The crazy frog ringtone over and over. Yes, I am that evil.

Mine:
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Ode to Joy

And some Irish tune so the people can dance happily around my urn.


beck....loser
or maybe weezer..hash pipe

Danny Boy and then some A.F.I. song just to show my roots.
OHHH the leaving song part 1 and 2!!! That would be perfect !

The theme tune from Steptoe and Son.

'Celestial Voices' - part four of 'Saucerful of Secrets' by Pink Floyd.
Good by blue skies would be awesome too!

Simon & Garfunkel - "My Little Town"
Led Zeppelin - "Bring It On Home"
"And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time"

this is dedicated - mamas and papas
can't find my way home - blind faith

but i want them played on the pipe organ

If I was feeling gothy (yeah right) I would say "The Leaving Song part I" by AFI and Moonlight Sonata....

But I think maybe some Tenacious D or "Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet. Or some Deftones- "Back To School", yeahhhh

Anything by the Libertines. Lessens my chances of hearing that shite whilst i am still alive.

If I was feeling gothy (yeah right) I would say "The Leaving Song part I" by AFI and Moonlight Sonata....

But I think maybe some Tenacious D or "Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet. Or some Deftones- "Back To School", yeahhhh
Lol I seem to remember pointing out the leaving song ... both 1 and 2 :) awsome

Good by blue skies would be awesome too!

Whenever I hear Gilmour's wordless singing on 'Celestial Voices', somehow I see footpaths on mountain ranges. It really takes me somewhere else, some place timeless.

Whenever I hear Gilmour's wordless singing on 'Celestial Voices', somehow I see footpaths on mountain ranges. It really takes me somewhere else, some place timeless.
Awesome singer …

Though for weirdness maybe I should have them play the whole wall (maybe the movie!)

Why Does This Always Happen To Me by Weird Al. its so morbid. itd remind everybody( even if the fact that they are at a funeral didnt) that their days are numbered. my final practical joke, as it were.

freebird,the nobodies

Why Does This Always Happen To Me by Weird Al
Oh or everything you know is wrong!!!!

If I was cremated, then "Jump in the Fire" by Metallica!

Seriously, I would pick "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel.

Awesome singer …

Though for weirdness maybe I should have them play the whole wall (maybe the movie!)
The Wall is the most overrated album ever, except for Nirvana's Nevermind. Listen to Meddle or Animals instead.

Sound of silence would be an awesome sad song … Simon and garfunkle rock (maybe bridge over troubled waters as well)

The Wall is the most overrated album ever, except for Nirvana's Nevermind. Listen to Meddle or Animals instead.
I own them all … and I did not say it was my favorite just meant for a weird funeral arrangement.

I own all the released pink Floyd lol everything from echo’s to dark side of the moon

highway to hell and meant to live by switchfoot, great songs

edit--

and dream on by aerosmith

bitter sweet symphony - dunno who made it
and something by moby
and breathe by telepopmusik

I've already told my sons what I want for my funeral:

* A full military funeral with honor guard, rifle squad, pallbearers in dress uniform, buglers, flag-drapped coffin. etc. ( By God, I earned it, and if I have anything to say about the matter, I'll damned well have it! )

* For music, although I was tempted to go with something really upbeat and happy, it probably wouldn't fit well with a military funeral. I've decided on "I Will Always Love You" ( mostly a final message to my family ), "Battle Hymn of the Republic," and for the actual interment, a single bagpiper playing "Amazing Grace;" not because of any religious reasons, it's just a very haunting and melancholy sound when played on the pipes. I also asked my youngest daughter ( the first biological child I ever had ... so far as I know! ) to pick some music that she thinks would be appropriate. ( I like participation ) :)

* I had to insist to my sons that everyone get together after the graveside services to have a big dinner and some drinks. I want them to tell each other funny stories about my life and some of the things we did when they were growing up. I even wrote a toast I want them to offer: "Here's to Dad and Poppa, a kind and loving father, and one hell of an old fart!" :D

bitter sweet symphony - dunno who made it
and something by moby
The verve is the version I know

The Sun Is Burning'd be another good Simon And Garfunkel one.

can't believe this hasn't been posted yet
"Stairway to Heaven"-Led Zeppelin

also have to have Simon and Garfunkel "Sound of Silence"
and
"I Hope You Dance"-Lee Ann Womak

I've already told my sons what I want for my funeral:

* A full military funeral with honor guard, rifle squad, pallbearers in dress uniform, buglers, flag-drapped coffin. etc. ( By God, I earned it, and if I have anything to say about the matter, I'll damned well have it! )

* For music, although I was tempted to go with something really upbeat and happy, it probably wouldn't fit well with a military funeral. I've decided on "I Will Always Love You" ( mostly a final message to my family ), "Battle Hymn of the Republic," and for the actual interment, a single bagpiper playing "Amazing Grace;" not because of any religious reasons, it's just a very haunting and melancholy sound when played on the pipes. I also asked my youngest daughter ( the first biological child I ever had ... so far as I know! ) to pick some music that she thinks would be appropriate. ( I like participation ) :)

* I had to insist to my sons that everyone get together after the graveside services to have a big dinner and some drinks. I want them to tell each other funny stories about my life and some of the things we did when they were growing up. I even wrote a toast I want them to offer: "Here's to Dad and Poppa, a kind and loving father, and one hell of an old fart!" :D


Yeah played on the pipes that song is eerie … I love it

Also Danny Boy is awesome with bagpipes accompanying

can't believe this hasn't been posted yet
"Stairway to Heaven"-Led Zeppelin


Right. And other clichés like 'You can't always get what you want" by the Stones (or perhaps the organ version from the movie 'Big Chill').
And of course "My way" by Sinatra... or mayhaps Sid Vicious.

This song!!!!!!!
http://www.zippyvideos.com/162356247488965.html

Yeah played on the pipes that song is eerie … I love it

Also Danny Boy is awesome with bagpipes accompanying
Yes it is. I consdiered that but decided not because I don't want the damned services to drag on. My grandchildren will be there and the little people tend to get a bit antsy at things like that. ;)

Right. And other clichés like 'You can't always get what you want" by the Stones (or perhaps the organ version from the movie 'Big Chill').
And of course "My way" by Sinatra... or mayhaps Sid Vicious.

aye-another good one...Green Day "Time of Your Life"

Anything by the Libertines. Lessens my chances of hearing that shite whilst i am still alive.

the libertines are one of the best british bands of the noughties so far. word.

"It's Time to Party" by Andrew W.K.

Life's a party. Might as well end it with one too

EDIT: Also by Andrew W.K....
Party Hard
I Love NYC
Party till you Puke
Fun Night
I Get Wet

The Tenecious D with the line
"What we ganna do with all the cash?/Smoke hash!/And then we thrash!/Throw a big ol' bash y'all/And everybody is invited to the bash/And everyone you're all invited to the bash"

Not really a funeral song, but one of my favorite parts from any song.

To Another Abyss - Bad Religion

Curse of a Fallen Soul - Dropkick Murphy

Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye (Just because of Remember the Titans)

The entire score of Phantom of the Opera

Forvere, Upstarts and Broken Hearts - both Dropkick Murphy (these songs have meaning for me and my girlfriend, I'd especially like her to hear "Forever" at my funeral)

I don't know, I'll probably think of some other stuff latter. This is a very odd funeral I'm gearing up for....

The Beatles - "Within You Without You"

It's kind of upbeat, really trippy, and hey, it's the Beatles.

"And life flows on within you and without you."

Echoes, from Pink Floyd's Meddle

My favorite song.

The Wall is the most overrated album ever, except for Nirvana's Nevermind. Listen to Meddle or Animals instead.

Meddle, yes, though a little too commercial for my tastes. Animals, very good Roger Waters album, not much of a group effort on that one...

I recommend 'Ummagumma' both live and studio discs, esp. the version of 'Celestial Voices' ending 'Saucerful of Secrets'.

In descending order of preference (Ummagumma being first and foremost in my mind):

Dark Side of the Moon
Saucerful of Secrets
Soundtrack to the film, 'More'
Wish You Were Here
Obscured By Cloud
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Animals
Atom Heart Mother
Meddle

And, waaaaay down at the bottom of the list, in no particular order:

A Momentary Lapse of Reason
The Division Bell
The Final Cut
The Wall

Best bootleg:

The Coming Of Kohoutek (Winter Tour '72, IIRC)

The Beatles - "Within You Without You"

It's kind of upbeat, really trippy, and hey, it's the Beatles.

"And life flows on within you and without you."

How about 'Tomorrow Never Knows' or 'The Inner Light'?

Meddle, yes, though a little too commercial for my tastes. Animals, very good Roger Waters album, not much of a group effort on that one...

I recommend 'Ummagumma' both live and studio discs, esp. the version of 'Celestial Voices' ending 'Saucerful of Secrets'.

In descending order of preference (Ummagumma being first and foremost in my mind):

Dark Side of the Moon
Saucerful of Secrets
Soundtrack to the film, 'More'
Wish You Were Here
Obscured By Cloud
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Animals
Atom Heart Mother
Meddle

And, waaaaay down at the bottom of the list, in no particular order:

A Momentary Lapse of Reason
The Division Bell
The Final Cut
The Wall

Best bootleg:

The Coming Of Kohoutek (Winter Tour '72, IIRC)

Piper at the Gates of Dawn, is that the one by Van Morrison?

All of them.

Yes, that's right, I will have every piece of music every created played at my funeral (which, of course, excludes rap). It shall go on for generations to come! No one shall ever forget the might Dancing Penguin!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Sorry about that...

Piper at the Gates of Dawn, is that the one by Van Morrison?

Nooo... it's the first Pink Floyd album, the one written by Syd Barrett.

stairway to heaven- led zeppelin

The Final Cut
The Wall

Best bootleg:

The Coming Of Kohoutek (Winter Tour '72, IIRC)

The Final Cut is a very underrated album. :(

Ever listen to Rhapsody in Pink, which covered all their BBC sessions? Very good bootleg, I can't believe they haven't done an official BBC release for them yet.

Nooo... it's the first Pink Floyd album, the one written by Syd Barrett.
It was their debut album was it not?

another one
U2 "With or Without You"

"wish you were hear" pink flyod
then maybe
"better off" by Theory of a Deadman. :p

or or or maybe the "Dance of the Diva" from the 5th Element. That is a kickarse blue opera singer. :p

O.A.R. - "crazy game poker" would make me laugh my arse off in my tomb.

whats that opera song they always play on nip/tuck when they're operating? i like that song.

I want the people at my funeral to think, "That asshole, I'm glad he's dead!"

What's a good song?
Wonderful World
Happy Happy Joy Joy, surely you all remember Ren and Stimpy.
I have it! The theme from Sanford and Sons!

the libertines are one of the best british bands of the noughties so far. word.

Absolute roobish. The Libertines are the worst kind of half arsed nonsense foisted upon us by the IPC conspiracy at NME towers. They sound like a crack addict singing along to "Ogdens Nut Gone Flake" through a heavily padded wall.

I knew that my ex girlfriend had lost her previously razor sharp taste when she started raving about them. We lay in bed listening to them, and i recognised every single note, every vocal styling, as done before, better, by far more talented individuals.

And Doherty is an ugly gimp, to boot.

<watches the reasonable, fence-sitting posture of all his other posts so far fly out the window>

Oh lets run the gambit here.

"Wake me up before you go go" Wham (Hate the song but in the context it's funny)

"Gods Comic" Elvis Costello

"Pass me the wine & the dice" Andrew Lloydd Weber

"Hell" Squirel Nut Zippers

"Requiem" Motzart

"The Week Before Easter" Wylde Nept

"Lilly the Pink" The Irish Rovers

"Maxwells Silver Hammer" The Beatles

"I'm not Dead Yet" Spamelot

"Bohemian Rhaposdy" Queen

"Finnigans Wake"

"Dust In The Wind" Kansas

Why Does This Always Happen To Me by Weird Al. its so morbid. itd remind everybody( even if the fact that they are at a funeral didnt) that their days are numbered. my final practical joke, as it were.

"I'll be mellow when I'm dead", By Weird Al, is on my playlist for my funeral. :)

How 'bout, either, both parts of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells (takes 50 minutes and was also the theme tune to the Exorcist) OR that Tenacious D song that takes like 6 hours. :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

It was their debut album was it not?

They'd already debuted on the charts several years earlier. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was their first full-length album. Up 'til then, it'd all been singles.

They'd already debuted on the charts several years earlier. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was their first full-length album. Up 'til then, it'd all been singles.
But not as an album … which is why piper at the gates is traditionally referred to as their “debut album” lol

"What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong.

*thinks long and hard*


"eyes closed from birth" by southern sludgecore maniacs Kylesa to represent the beginning of life

"blood and thunder" by f*****g Mastodon to represent the middle of life

and "change" (in the house of flies) by the goddamn deftones who need to release a new album to represent its tragic and gruesome close at the hands of martian assassins (or so im guessing, it will be the future after all)

It's got to be, in my memory, *for he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow...*

Absolute roobish. The Libertines are the worst kind of half arsed nonsense foisted upon us by the IPC conspiracy at NME towers. They sound like a crack addict singing along to "Ogdens Nut Gone Flake" through a heavily padded wall.

I knew that my ex girlfriend had lost her previously razor sharp taste when she started raving about them. We lay in bed listening to them, and i recognised every single note, every vocal styling, as done before, better, by far more talented individuals.

And Doherty is an ugly gimp, to boot.

<watches the reasonable, fence-sitting posture of all his other posts so far fly out the window>

Well im with Tavernham High here The Libertines are one of the greatest band of the noughties. The bit about them being half arsed is nonsense, its good fun music with a twangy edge (especially on Up The Bracket), though I never got why the released there best song only as a single.

Any on to what Id have at my funeral:

I would start it with:

Don't Look Back Into The Sun - The Libertines

In the middle of the service I would have:

Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - The Jam

Followed by:

Town Called Malice - The Jam

Finnishing with:

Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix

I think I'd like 'High Hopes' by Pink Floyd, or is it called the Division Bell? And then if my younger sister is around, I'd like her to sing 'Ave Maria'. I know it's old fashioned, but it's one of my favorites.

Opening: *Every one sits down, lights dim, spot light on organ, silence* *waiting* E1M1 Music From DooM 1

Middle: Surfin' Bird by the Trashmen

Ending: DooM 3 Theme

Bowe River by Cold Chisel

Burning Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash

Morning Has Broken (I'm an atheist, but the song has lots of associated memories, plus I think it's a beautiful tune).

The Safety Dance

Megaman 3 intro

The Black Mages First CD, all songs

TISM - Professor Derrida Deconstructs

I know that the Romans came after the Greeks;
I went to a lecture to hear Robert Hughes speak -
I am honoured, cultured, literate - and yet
All of my life I've had one main regret.

I wish I'd slept with more girls;
I wish I'd had more sex;
I wish my wife had'a sucked my dick.

They told me the yobbos would turn out no good -
I did my homework, they turned into hoods -
I have a family. I am happy and proud.
I said no to anything I wasn't allowed.

I wish I'd done more drugs;
I wish I'd snorted coke;
I wish I had taken the risk.

The Angel of Death hovers overhead.
My family, come, gather 'round the bed;
Come my colleagues, come literate friends.
Here is my last wish, as my life ends.

I wish you'd written my books;
I wish you'd married my wife;
I wish you owned my home;

I wish my thoughts were yours;
I wish my life weren't mine;
I wish you'd never known me at all;

I wish you'd take my place;
I wish it were you lying here;
I wish you'd all get fucked.

Gary Jules - Mad World.

That'll get the tears going.

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

That will get the tears going :p

Also "Boys Don't Cry" by The Cure...

Metallica - One

Meagdeth - Go To Hell

Metallica - One

Megadeth - Go To Hell