Not to be morbid but…

[greendaze5]

I recently finished watching the excellent HBO series ‘Six Feet Under’ on DVD. For those who don’t know it’s a quirky show about a family who runs a funeral home in Los Angeles.

Anyways, watching the show made me wonder - what songs(s) would I want at my funeral or memorial if I had one?

Off the top of my head: Stevie’s ‘Touched By An Angel’ or ‘Sleeping Angel’ comes to mind, and Green Day’s ‘Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)’.

What would y’all pick?

[MissLadyLoki]

Hmmm...i know it's morbid, but first off, I'd want my funeral to be a celebration of my life, not a mourning of my death. As for songs, I'd probably have In My Time of Dying by Led Zeppelin, Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks (I read somewhere the white-winged dove bit is to symbolize death), and I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor.

[GypsySorcerer]

Storms - Fleetwood Mac
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
Forever Young - Bob Dylan

[Nico]

In My Life by the Beatles.

[Silver Springs]

Haha. I was just trolling past threads and came across this. I thought I was the only one who had already decided what she wanted for her funeral. I don't want a miserable funeral. I want a fun day. As such I straight out ban black. Anybody wearing black should be issued with a Hawaiian shirt at the door Anyhoo, songs :-

* R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People (Sing along version like on Man On The Moon)
* Fleetwood Mac - That's Enough For Me ()
* The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice

Maybe :-

* Loudon Wainwright III - Heaven

I toyed with the idea of having my favourite song of all time (They Shoot Horses, Don't They by Racing Cars) but that's too depressing lol.

[ButterCookie]

Oh Well part 1

[estranged4life]

be my choices since I already had them played when my wife Debbie died in October 2008:

"Rain" - Yoko Kanno (From episode 5 of Cowboy Bebop "The Ballad of Fallen Angels" - The BEST anime episode in history IMHO)




Jane Siberry - "It Can't Rain All The Time" (From the motion picture "The Crow"...And I am crying as I watch and listen to it at this moment)

[jaycee]

Well, I remember I once commented that I wouldn't be worthy of having John Lennon's "Imagine" played, but I think I'll ultimately change my mind about that. Cat Steven's "Father And Son" could make the mix. Maybe ELO's "Wild West Hero" would sneak in there... Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" would probably be too long, as would The Moody Blues' "Nights In White Satin"... their song "Watching And Waiting" comes in around four minutes though...
Originally I planned to have all these happy/humorous songs! However, my favourite songs are mostly rather emotional, if not depressing, so it wouldn't really be representative of me to have happy/humorous songs...

[tilthefirefades]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

be my choices since I already had them played when my wife Debbie died in October 2008:

"Rain" - Yoko Kanno (From episode 5 of Cowboy Bebop "The Ballad of Fallen Angels" - The BEST anime episode in history IMHO)

It is an amazing anime, and that is a great episode. My favorite though is Waltz for Venus, it brings me to tears each time.

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by tilthefirefades

It is an amazing anime, and that is a great episode. My favorite though is Waltz for Venus, it brings me to tears each time.

is amazing, the best anime ever in my opinion - even the movie was great. I can relate to all the characters, minus Ein of course, but if I had to say the one I am most like, it would be Vicious.