Songs to Die To...

okay, i hope this is not too morbid. i'm not trying to be. my dad and i have said we both want to have certain songs played at our funerals (my playlist is growing all the time. so much so that it may not be practical, but none the less...) i joke sometimes about having "lake of Fire" by the Meat Puppets played, a suggestion that my mother appreciates none too much) anyways, a definite for my funeral playlist would be "I've Seen It All" from Bjork's Selmasongs

Foo Fighters - My Hero

I had to get it in here first.

well, i spend a good amount of time obsessing over my own mortality (kinda strange considering some of my past... not relevant to this thread). like i said "Lake of Fire" was a joke, but it's interesting to think about. i mean, if you died and needed some else to convey your thoughts about life to the people you loved and who loved you back (or who loved you in spite of what your life might have amounted to), what song(s) would you really want them to hear?

i hear that. its funny how we can look back on albums (or anything really) we liked at one point in our lives and say, "good god, what was i thinking?!?"
also, calling an Offspring song "old" makes me feel old. thanks for that.

well, i guess that's true. it just seems strange to hear someone talk about about a band like the offspring as an old band. i mean, i'm 32!

really, all i know of them is radio. i didnt realize they were that old. i remember them having some hits in the nineties, but like i said never a big fan.

getting back to the thread... i think i might also add Johhny Cash's cover of "In My Life"

hello? do you have a favorite funeral song?

There coming to take me away Ha-haa~ Napoleon XIV

"Song for Strayhorn" from Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker, Live at Carnegie Hall. It's one of the most achingly pretty songs I know, but it still swings. It's a perfect mix of joy and sadness, longing for what's gone but appreciating what was had.

a singing wrestler?!? i used to watch wrestling when i was a kid; i've never heard of a singing wrestler. strange.

robelanator, i listened to "song for strayhorn." very cool.

I'd either Like There coming to take me away Ha-haa by Napoleon XIV or This is Halloween by Marilyn Manson. Something strange.

mdklanica wrote:

robelanator, i listened to "song for strayhorn." very cool.

Glad you liked it. :)

The whole album is really pretty cool. And it's only $6 on Amazon right now!

okay, i should have known the conversation would take a turn for the morbid. leave it to the adolescents. j/k yall.

okay, well if we're going light hearted, then i'm playin' "stayin' alive" -- BeeGees

charis, i really like that pre-disco BeeGees. My Pop listened to that stuff when i was younger. kinda grew up with it.

i agree. The BeeGees and M*A*S*H were passed down from my parents. if i stop in to see my parents in the evening, nine time outta ten, my dad will be sitting in his chair watching an episode of M*A*S*H. He can quote almost all of the episodes. I think I've seen all of them several times.
But the BeeGees, too. I really like "New York Mining Disaster 1941" I think thats the name.

i think i might want to have "Midnight in a Perfect World" by DJ Shadow. the music sets the tone.

A song to die to huh? That's a very interesting Idea right there... I've never thought about that... hmmm... I suppose it would either have to be something nice and slow and peaceful, or maybe something unusual and creepy (Like American Death Metal/Metal/Soft Metal music made by Japanese guys lol)


Oh wait, you mean playlists for funerals, I was thinking songs RIGHT when you die... I don't really know... Maybe a few sad tunes... don't know what... but I'll think about it...

man, i'm really glad to see people still posting on this list. actually, i cant believe its still going.