So... what totally inappropriate song would you have played at YOUR funeral?

[Rhythm]

Everyone has one... like a friend of mine whose daughter played (at her mom's behest) "Prop Me up Beside the Jukebox When I Die."
Totally made sense in context, but garnered a lot of indignant sighs from people who didn't know the deceased all that well.

So... what's yours?

These are mine, although Lyric says i should play The Cramps' "Surfin' Dead"... and that would work too. *L*

My intro: Joy Division - "Atrocity Exhibition"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oughpxt8_Xc

Conclusion: Joy Division - "Atmosphere"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQSpJfpVHmg

[Missy Vixen]

1. Born to be Wild

Or, if my husband's feeling especially frisky, he knows I love "It's the End of the World As We Know It".

Let's just say there will be lots and lots of totally inappropriate things at my funeral. If anyone's wearing black, I'll be back to haunt them.

:woohoo:

[Rhythm]

2. There'll be a lot of 'black-wearing' folks at mine...

But that's because most of my old friends are punks, goths , and metalheads... Black is the whole wardrobe!

Love that REM song, btw...

[Missy Vixen]

36. I danced to it on New Year's Eve, 2000

My husband spent the previous two years doing Y2K remediation. It's the only time our phone rang after midnight when it wasn't an emergency. ;-) The guys he worked with were calling us as the clock rolled over around the world...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

The song that really will be played at whatever gathering there is, besides "Born to Be Wild": "In My Life"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0Q8ytD44Y

Let's hear it for the punks, goths and metalheads. Another great song for a funeral, in my opinion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCC5sTdef5U

[polly7]

3. If it's up to my friends they'll play this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9qsq7KeYqE

[struggle4progress]

4. Stayin Alive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vj092UgKwQ

[tblue]

60. I just took CPR and they played that song

while we were pushing on the dummy's chest. They said the beat was perfect.

But we all laughed

[Arugula Latte]

72. You needed Andy Bernard to really get into it:

:rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhy54miOmlM

[seabeyond]

5. by by miss american pie, drove my chevy to the levy and the levy was dry

good ole boys a drinkin whiskey and rye singin this will be the day that i

diiiiiie

i never get words right, but i sure like singing. i think this one i am pretty close

[MorningGlow]

6. Oh lots

How about this one to start?

"And When I Die", Blood Sweat & Tears

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rjMB0JotHM

:rofl:

[tblue]

61. LOL!

Yes, I really laughed.

[Deep13]

65. That's a good one. Not really inappropriate. nt

[MorningGlow]

67. Especially appropriate because I believe in reincarnation

"And when I die / and when I'm dead, dead and gone / There'll be one child born in this world / To carry on..." :)

However, my "Catholic fundie" aunt would be appalled at how cheerful it is! :D

[av8rdave]

7. Always Look at the Bright Side of Life

[progressoid]

27. That's what I'm having at mine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ

[FloridaJudy]

33. Make that three of us

And if I can get Cleese to do the Dead Parrot Sketch - as he did at Chapman's funeral - that would be perfect!

[hobbit709]

8. Shel Silverstein.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqUmy6F5nCg

Followed by the 13th Floor Elevators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHK9vj0VE7w

[charlie and algernon]

9. "Zombie" by the Cranberries

:evilgrin:

[Iggo]

10. Code Blue -- TSOL (n/t)

[Ineeda]

11. Knocking on Heaven's Door and

Stairway to Heaven. Even though I don't believe in heaven, and don't want any type of funeral, these are the ones I'd pick.

[Tikki]

12. 'Way of the World"....Flipper...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJIgmW6a9pQ

prob won't happen...
Tikki

[Recovered Repug]

13. There's two songs that I want played at my funeral.

It will start with "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsDpznl8eIs

At the end I want "Wake Me Up Before You Go-go" by Wham!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A&ob=av3e

[Chan790]

14. I actually wrote and stage-designed my entire funeral.

Made all the arrangements including asking my friends to learn their respective roles. One's presiding, another is playing the music on his guitar and he had to learn the acoustic versions of the songs, I also arranged the speakers, readings and "ceremony" of the whole thing. It's what I gave myself for turning 23.

It's going to be an interesting experience.

This is the processional. Elliott Smith-A Fond Farewell http://youtu.be/nabO_UXb6MM

The rest of the ceremony is every bit that fucked up.

[struggle4progress]

15. Happy Days are Here Again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqsT4xnKZPg

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. If I can't get the entire Bach B Minor Mass,

I want it to be as inappropriate as possible: "Big Bottom" by Spinal Tap, or "The End" by The Doors, or "Whip It' by Devo.

[struggle4progress]

17. Wish You Were Here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCQTr8ZYdhg

[Iggo]

18. I like that one.

[alphafemale]

54. brilliant minds....

That'd be my choice.

My cool friends would be trying to hold back the sniggers. End up making that odd snorty throat noise...have to pretend they were coughing.

That'll work.

:woohoo:

[Fire Walk With Me]

19. Something by Rick Astley.

[Deep13]

66. I suggest "Never Gonna Give You Up."

:7

[Fire Walk With Me]

71. That would be it. The one time I'd use a Rickroll would be at my funeral.

[dbt]

20. Lovely, sensitive piece by The Pogues:

Fuck everything, shut up and drink.
I don't wanna hear your shit tonight
And I don't wanta think...

Can't seem to find it on YouTube now; it tends to come and go.

:evilgrin:

[MrScorpio]

21. James Brown - Sex Machine. nt

[murielm99]

22. I've instructed my family not to have a funeral.

Who would come anyway? People who want to gloat?

If I were to have a funeral, they could play "Bye, Bye Baby," by Janis Joplin.

But they better not do that. I will haunt them.

[pinboy3niner]

23. Joy to the World, Three Dog Night

Joy to the World (3:20):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xB4W8thG28

[polly7]

24. As long as we're going for nice ones too ....... this is the one I would want:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybkb6Kj6HUI

We Laughed.

[XemaSab]

25. Parting of the Sensory by Modest Mouse

Especially the ending that goes "Someday you will die and somehow something's going to steal your carbon."

[mulsh]

26. a tender ballad of love and devotion

Meet me with your black drawers on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfXNE9kHJ0U

[liberaltrucker]

28. A couple

Pink Floyd-"Time"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSLqbl2Xshs

Elton John-"Funeral For a Friend/Love lies Bleeding"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAhpIjazFN0

[ProdigalJunkMail]

29. I Will Survive...though I like the choice of Zombie above n/t

[Enrique]

30. Another one bites the dust

:toast:

[datasuspect]

31. "I Kill Everything I Fuck"

[nomorenomore08]

32. How 'bout "When I Die"?

And they better bury me with that fuckin' Jim Beam bottle!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

34. If You See Me Getting Smaller, I'm Leaving -Jimmy Webb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bidya1ZgVE

[7wo7rees]

35. "Who Wants To Live Forever?"

http://youtu.be/5L8-FTvSVxs

[polly7]

37. I've always loved this song ........ it could be very nice at my funeral.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3lBF2h-Pl0

Poe~Haunted

[mysuzuki2]

38. "He stopped loving her today", closely followed by

"Your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore".

[givemebackmycountry]

39. Sympathy For The Devil.

LOUD.

'nuff said.

:evilgrin: :hippie: :beer: :party:

[cyberswede]

40. "Electric Funeral" - Black Sabbath

The best part starts at 2:15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsLkL8DTHeg

[applegrove]

41. "I'm Down To My Last Cigarette" by K.D. Lang.

[rurallib]

42. I told the kids to prop me up in a drive-thru window and make my arm wave

so folks could drive thru and wave good bye to me.

Song? How about "Is that All There Is?"

[polly7]

45. LOL

That's funny.

My Dad used to tell me he wanted buried standing up with his hand stuck out, so he could collect his Pension check ..... cause he'd damned sure paid enough into it.

[Zorra]

43. Truckin' by the Dead. nt

[Ilsa]

44. The end title song to

a Bugs Bunny cartoon with Bugs saying "abee-ba-bee-Uh, That's all Folks!"

[Maccagirl]

46. Stairway to Heaven

My brother, who is an embalmer/funeral director says he won't retire till someone requests that song and he gets to blast it over the speakers.

[astonamous]

47. "Please Don't Bury Me" by John Prine

This is not too far from what I have instructed my friends and family.
Donate my body parts to whoever needs or wants it...burn what ever is left. I would like my skeleton to hang in some classroom somewhere.

Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE-d3IDwPVc&hd=1

Lyrics:

I woke up this morning
Put on my slippers
Walked in the kitchen and died

And oh what a feelin
When my soul went through the ceiling
And on up to heaven I did ride.
When I got there they did say
"John, it happened this 'a way:
You slipped upon the floor and hit your head!
And all the angels say, just before you passed away,
These were the very last words that you said:

Chorus:

Please don't bury me down in the cold cold ground!
I'd rather have them cut me up and pass me all around!
Throw my brain in a hurricane,
The blind can have my eyes,
And the deaf can take both a' my ears if they don't mind the size!

Give my stomach to Milwaukee if they run out of beer,
Put my socks in a cedar box - just get 'em outta here!
Venus de Milo can have my arms -
Look out, I've got your nose!
Sell my heart to the junk man,
And give my love to Rose!

(chorus)

Give my feet to the footloose,
Careless fancy free.
Give my knees to the needy -
Don't pull that stuff on me!
Hand me down my walkin' cane;
It's a sin to tell a lie.
Send my mouth way down south
And kiss my ass goodbye!

(chorus)

[blogslut]

48. This one

This version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkXdoLue34

sweet Rosetta fat
she thought she was a cleaner
but she was a frying pan...

[LeftishBrit]

49. It would have to be:

Ain't It Grand to be Bloody Well Dead? (Traditional)

Look at the coffin
With golden handle
Isn't it grand, boys
To be bloody well dead

Chorus:
Let's not have a sniffle
Let's have a bloody great cry
And always remember the longer you live
The sooner you bloody well die

Ah, look at the mourners
Bloody great hypocrites
Isn't it grand, boys
To be bloody well dead... etc.

Ah, look at the flowers,
All bloody withered
Isn't it...

Ah, look at the vicar,
Bloody sanctimonious,
Isn't it ...

[mikeargo]

50. Take Me Out to the Ballgame

I like baseball. They can play it on the organ as they carry me out of the church. And everybody must stand up, stretch, and sing.

[Ptah]

51. Life's Been Good to me so far

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ocviQ3ux0

Lucky I'm sane after all I've been through
I can't complain but sometimes I still do
Life's been good to me so far

[Iggo]

64. Now THAT is some travelin' music!

:thumbsup:

[Arkansas Granny]

52. "Forest Lawn" by Tom Paxton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JV-_1ZAH_0&feature=related

[argyl]

53. Maybe this one. "Tom Ames's Prayer" by Steve Earle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG7LdC9xjzo

[quakerboy]

55. heh... Baby got Back

I could get at least one last grin outa my wife with that one.

[Posteritatis]

56. "The Night Pat Murphy Died" by Great Big Sea

And I'd damn well expect the attendees to parse the song as an instruction manual.

[Faygo Kid]

57. "Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones. What else?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzlgJ-SfKYE

[BlueJazz]

58. Wake me up before you Go-Go

[tblue]

59. One Less Bell to Answer

by The 5th Dimension
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzWPZP0iVlE

[tblue]

62. She's Not There

by The Zombies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5IRI4oHKNU

[zanana1]

63. My song is official and in my Last Wishes.

"Ripple" by the Grateful Dead WILL be played at my funeral.

[Deep13]

68. This, and yeah, I'm going to insist on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcXNXKtu8z4&feature=related

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

69. maybe not so inappropriate

Good Riddance -- Green Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQ8N1KacJc&ob=av2e

[Doc_Technical]

70. "Life sucks, then you die" - The Fools (NSFW)

I love threads like this!!111

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gejSEOnaYek

[HughBeaumont]

73. "My Erection is Over" by The Mentors.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

74. The Night Pat Murphy Died

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Bsb-8pxG8