Tunes to die for...

Following on from Jocks ditty on another thread, what tune will you have played at your funeral?

I'd always thought Louis Armstrong - Wonderful World, but have actually instructed the missus that it will be this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK8hB1sUzPQ&feature=fvwrel



Even the lyric (singular) is poignant, and the haunting start and the way the tune builds will guarantee floods of tears -

Turn it up loud!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKH9enYiFIU

From the best Stones album.

I hope to curl my toes up at a ripe old age and mawkish pop tunes seem somewhat inappropriate so I intend to shuffle of after a lifelong seamans existence to the old standard hyms :-

Eternal father strong to save &

Will your anchor hold

and avoid "Sailing" like the plague!

That said my 13 year old nephew departed his secular celebration, after suffering greatly with cerebal palsy, to "Here comes the sun" and I can't ever remain dry eyed when it comes on the wireless.

As I said yesterday, mine is Shipbuilding by Elvis Costello. I didn't realise it was about the Falklands War until I searched for the video on Youtube. I just think it's beautiful and emotional.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuPrrdRzlxc

If no-one can find a copy of this, not hard as it's on my I-pod and I have it on CD, then I would like this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci40ae8BlcE

Saltash green is currently a fan of " call me maybe " by carly Rae jepson

Charlie Wood wrote:

That said my 13 year old nephew departed his secular celebration, after suffering greatly with cerebal palsy, to "Here comes the sun" and I can't ever remain dry eyed when it comes on the wireless.

Sorry to hear that Charlie. Life is so unfair sometimes ain't it. Wonderful tune tho'.

Greenjock wrote:

As I said yesterday, mine is Shipbuilding by Elvis Costello. I didn't realise it was about the Falklands War until I searched for the video on Youtube. I just think it's beautiful and emotional.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuPrrdRzlxc

If no-one can find a copy of this, not hard as it's on my I-pod and I have it on CD, then I would like this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci40ae8BlcE

How apt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lf2-ZCti_g

my friends got married to this, id like it at my wake, no funeral (organ donater, scientific use for the rest of me)

Sneinton Green wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lf2-ZCti_g

my friends got married to this, id like it at my wake, no funeral (organ donater, scientific use for the rest of me)

Great tune. Very apt as well.

I like Marche Funebre-Chopin

Funnily enough, one of the things in my will that I'm very specific about are the tunes that I want played at my Leaving Do.

In no particular order:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR594Kkxmzg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hKSYgOGtos
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUgwM1Ky228&ob=av2e

Saltash green has concerns about you Andy

Saltash green wrote:

Saltash green has concerns about you Andy

Andy_Symons doesn't give a flying one about what Saltash green thinks.

Saltash green is only showing concern an doesn't know why you are getting so touchy about the situation.

Saltash green will continue to raise concern as and where he feels it's needed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJHoZBJYxI
I've lived my life as the character in this song, 'tis only right I am buried to it.
BTW feckin mournful thread or what? Yeh, nights are drawing in, not had a summer have we?

Love lift us up - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, no idea why

This thread could of course be renamed "Tunes you want to listen to just before having an operation", just in case like.

Greenjock wrote:

This thread could of course be renamed "Tunes you want to listen to just before having an operation", just in case like.

This is the song before any operation Jock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDgS6qLsVM4

gasser9 wrote:

Greenjock wrote:

This thread could of course be renamed "Tunes you want to listen to just before having an operation", just in case like.

This is the song before any operation Jock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDgS6qLsVM4

Put the feckin dog in the basket

I shall be having an op in just over a week. I shall be thinking of this song:

Let's hope you didn't watch Awake on Channel 5 last night.

anyone having something removed from their arse would love this ....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bk37gg7esY

For my funeral, I'm having three songs.

You're A Lady by Peter Skellern.

These Boots are Made for Walking by Nancy Sinatra.

And then, as the coffin disappears into the flames, The Clapping Song by Shirley Ellis.

For my funeral it could only be:



followed by

Rock And Roll All Nite (& Party Every Day) - Kiss

and as I go through the curtain at the crem,

Hotter Than Hell - Kiss