Songs to be played at my funeral
Submitted by P Pogo on Fri, 09/23/2005 - 02:18
Tags:
- Johnny Cash / Ring of Fire
- Flaming Lips / Do You Realize
- Galaxie 500 / Blue Thunder
- Ramones / I Wanna Be Sedated
- Superchunk / Late Century Dream
- Talking Heads / Road to Nowhere
- Velvet Underground / What Goes On
- John Cale / Hallelujah (L. Cohen cover)
- Postal Service / Such Great Heights - yeah, I know I'm a p*ssy
- Modern Lovers / Roadrunner
Author Comments:
When you've shuffled off this mortal coil and you want people to remember you, why not let 'em do it in song?
Ah, "Blue Thunder." A great pick. I always loved Galaxie 500.
Compelling idea for a list.
Me, I'd want "Blackbird" and "In My Life" by the Beatles, "Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra, "Imagine" and "Stand by Me" by John Lennon, "Hurt" by Johnny Cash, "Yes Sir, No Sir" by the Kinks, "Return to Oz" by Scissor Sisters, and "Hallelujah" by Rufus Wainwright.
I like your choices overall, but I prefer the Cale version to Rufus'.
I want "Wake Up" by the Arcade Fire. Right now, I think that's all I'd need. Though part of me thinks it'd be really amusing to have a next-of-kin spin Frank Zappa's "Billy the Mountain"....