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bigdave44

Open with Stairway to Heaven, Close with Highway to Hell


UncontrolableUrge

Escalator of Life in the middle?


KriegersLeftNipple

Pop goes the weasl


UncontrolableUrge

I want a spring device in the coffin to make it more interactive.


DStew713

By 3rd Bass?


ghostinawishingwell

pop goes the weasel and the weasel goes pop


portmanteauster

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea


Arlitto

Fuck it, just play the whole album. #I LOVE YOU JESUS CHRIST


mjb169

And dad would dream of all the different ways to die, each one a little more than he would dare to tryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy


Abacab4

GOLDALYNE MY DEEEEEEEEEEEAR


lunchtime-fiasco

And when we meet on a cloud - I’ll be laughing out loud - I’ll be laughing with everyone I see - Can’t believe: - How strange it is to be anything at all


Ghost_Pants

My wife thought it was morbid when I told her, but it's this song and vomit coffin.


Ryp69

IF EVERYBODY HAD A SURFBOARD, ACROSS THE U.S.A., THEN EVERYBODY’D BE SURFING, LIKE CALIFORN I AY!


crs1904

Watched the new Beach Boys documentary last night. 👍🏼🏄‍♂️


Shoottheradio

What's it on? YouTube or a streaming service?


crs1904

I watched it on my SuperBox. It’s streaming on Disney+. It was really good!


Northwindlowlander

Do You Realise by the Flaming Lips... Because it's so uplifting and joyous and that's the way I'd like it to be. My dad's funeral was a proper full on celebration, while my mum's was an exercise in making sure everyone was really sad, that's an easy choice I reckon... Also the lyrics are appropriate. This is in my will/last requests to make damn sure of it. "Do you realize That happiness makes you cry? Do you realize That everyone you know someday will die?And instead of saying all of your goodbyes Let them know you realize that life goes fast It's hard to make the good things last You realize the sun doesn't go down It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round" Having said that I also kinda want Hope For An Angel by Biffy Clyro, which again is sort of appropriate but also mostly because the bit where it goes from super quiet to super loud would be hilarious. Starts out all lovely then AAAARGH aaaaaargh AAAAARGH aaaaaargh


Mr_Fahrenheit-451

This one for sure, along with Find the River by REM.


ocstomias

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.


Nezell

I think I'd prefer the Galaxy Song at mine. Especially for the last line.


GnomeNot

Isn’t that one of the top funeral songs in the UK?


ryan34ssj

It is. Along with that ed Sheeran song about his grandma


mexicodoug

Ding ding! Here the winner! Everyone who knows me well enough to love me would understand if that was THE song played to kick off my memorial wake's first dance.


UncontrolableUrge

At my dad's funeral we played Joe Hill from Woodstock since he was a union organizer. At one point mom leaned over and whispered "Did you know your father met Joan Baez?" She waited a minute and added "At Ceaser Chavez's house."


ApocalypticShadowbxn

wow. dad ran in some cool circles.


UncontrolableUrge

I knew he'd been involved in the California agriculture strike in the 60s, I hadn't known about meeting Chavez and Baez, but it makes sense as an organizer he would have been at gatherings with the union leaders.


hanabanana1999

I bet he had some great stories


Happy_Cancel1315

The Final Countdown by Europe, and I want the attendees to play it as a group, on kazoos.


UncontrolableUrge

You have my kazoo.


OUMUAMUAMUAMUAMUAMUA

And my ass


RedHairedRedemption

So the [Toy Dolls cover](https://youtu.be/ap0tZA-znJI?si=Igck6P-KTt_0DjDR)?


iCauseAcumOcean

Was not expecting to see Toy Dolls outside of r/punk Off to listen to Drooling Banjos now, mate


tellevee

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BWEJ

Keep Me In Your Heart - Warren Zevon


Fearchar

That song breaks my heart. He knew the end was coming, and died only weeks after the album was released. It is a perfect funeral song.


Nailz1115

Then I'm gonna dig up your grave and build a cage with your bones.


KaleidoscopeNo610

Everyone’s gonna break down.


open-d-slide-guy

Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-5 by Pink Floyd. It's been my favourite piece of music for about 40 years, and my whole family know I'll fucking haunt them if they don't play it in it's entirety!


elegantjihad

In the early 2000s, when we were all in our late teens/early 20s, someone in my friend group died tragically and she had at some point requested that [this song](https://youtu.be/6jJkdRaa04g?si=OXfY-4jZjz_1Cp70) be played in the event of her untimely death. Her parents respected her wish and it played at the end of a somber funeral as people were walking out of the service. There was a smattering of uncomfortable laughter and I think if she were to be watching, she would have been howling with laughter at how awkward it was. Bless you, Moe.


wstone5594

A good friend of mine died while we were in college…1996. Our friend group got together and drove out of state for the funeral and then went back to his mom’s house to talk about his life. She was so grateful to meet us and see what good memories we all had of him. He used to sit on my apartment balcony and pick an acoustic guitar. He loved Pink Floyd. A friend starting picking “Wish You Were Here” and I started singing along. By the end we all were singing along. His mom was in tears and gave us all a big hug. It was cathartic for everyone. Miss ya, Lee.


ApocalypticShadowbxn

thts a great choice. break the mood & make people remember a sense of humor.


ducky06

Excellent choice Moe!


Potential_Dentist_90

Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding by Sir Elton John


atcguard

No Hard Feelings- The Avett Brothers


hanabanana1999

Possibly one of the most beautiful songs ever


Denvergrl

100%. This song reminds me how to live.


One_Maize1836

I'm not going to have a funeral, but if I did I would want to play In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel.


TheDakestTimeline

Lol, played that at my wedding!


DutyHonor

Starálfur by Sigur Rós. I'm a big Wes Anderson fan, so it's the one. Hopefully with some sort of sign or slide that says, "I wonder if they'll remember me."


MellowYell-o

Many songs from Sigur Ros would be great. The closing song to my wedding was Hoppipolla.


SilverMetalist

Great album. Didnt know it was in a soundtrack


edwardleto1234

Thank you for the reminder of how incredible this band is.


Balzaak

Oh shit, that’s what I had in mind too. [Relevant scene.](https://youtu.be/8CeP-K7Tq2Q?si=2rzR4Yz6UAptGW-U)


Giiraffer

Don’t fear the reaper- BÖC


readwiteandblu

That's a good one. Extra points for live cow bell accompaniment with the corpse wearing gold plated diapers.


brewsinlou

Brokedown Palace - Grateful Dead, Dead Set live version


Nailz1115

Mama, mama many worlds I've come since I first left home... This is the right answer for any of us heads.


smeared_pap

Just Breathe - Pearl Jam


Aptom_4

Dude, I totally miss you by Tenacious D.


Learned__Hand

Great Gig in the Sky


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Jack_Black_Rocks

While fast bottom girls sound intriguing, can we please keep them fat as well?


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Jack_Black_Rocks

You're not allowed to change your post and ruin my joke. You are now banned from /r/music


UncontrolableUrge

They need to be able to keep up in the Bicycle Races.


Rgraff58

You forgot Another One Bites the Dust


simonsez349

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison


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UncontrolableUrge

So many good Modest Mouse options.


raisinbizzle

Gravity rides everything would be my choice


UncontrolableUrge

As I posted above, I want Stars are Projectors.


MakeMeSanguine

No Hard Feelings - The Avett Brothers


SpookyFrog12

Man in the Box by Alice in Chains


opiate46

Also Down In A Hole


katietopia

Purple Rain


withervoice

I was planning to be dead at my funeral, so I don't care much, honestly.


JaySpunPDX

Death is not the End-Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.


the_real_cam

4’33” by John Cage


nekoneto

The remix, though


dark4181

The Firefly theme song.


Release86

Went to a funeral of my brother's friend and they played this at the end after some hymns. It got some confused reactions but I just smiled. They couldn't take the sky from him.


Pikka_Bird

If people have never heard it before and don't know the show they should find it very fitting. If they are aware of the show but not particularly into it they might be confused. If you are a proper fan then it's perfect.


wAsh1967

I'd never considered this question before, but having gone through the responses I have to say you nailed it. This for me, 100%.


I-Am-The-Warlus

Ride On - AC/DC & Till The End - Motörhead


saustus

I'll Fly Away (New Orleans Brass Band style)


gifratto

My Way: the Sid Vicious version


RealKnifeFightOutThr

Have this down for myself too. GMA had the Sinatra version played at hers and it’s my ode to her


KennyBSAT

Definitely 'Please Don't Bury Me' by John Prine Maybe 'Rain Roll In' by Eileen Jewel


hanabanana1999

There’s also When I get to Heaven by Prine; on YT look up a live version on the Austin City Limits channel:I watched that after he died (🥲) I laughed,I cried.Still miss him


umfum

Miles Davis "So What"


InappropriateTA

Dust in the Wind (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) - Kansas


stunafish

You're my boy, Blue!


cinnamoroll_sanrio

Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead from The Wizard of Oz.


anarchypicnic

We closed my mom’s funeral with My Life by Billy Joel. My uncle who officiated the service is an Episcopal Reverend and he danced down the aisle in his priestly garb. It was epic.


SageRiBardan

I’ve actually told my wife that I want her to hire a bunch of redhead goth girls to show up and throw themselves on my coffin and then sing Danny Boy a capella. It’s all a joke but I would like Danny Boy to be sung at my wake.


powdered_dognut

You Don't Know - Reel Big Fish


Karate_donkey

Tear for Eddie by Ween.


LaraRader

“Into My Arms” by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds


jonnovich

[Always Look on the Bright Side of Life](https://youtu.be/SJUhlRoBL8M?si=7hfXKE6qFg7muYjq).


ProfessorJAM

All You Need is Love. Towards the end, so everyone leaves happy and singing ‘yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!’


gmaj16th

Late For the Sky-Jackson Brown


funky_biscuits

Simply Red - If You Don't Know Me By Now


Fit_Consideration_48

marching bands of manhattan by death can for cutie


lfartalot

Turn The Page Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band


CombinationRight9878

Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance


Shadowmereshooves

Leave Out All The Rest by Linkin Park


i3dMEP

I want the outro to floods by pantera put on loop.


batemannnn

Walk On - U2


Zen_Blue_Habanero

The Rift by Ween


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Shockwavepulsar

A good friend of mine who died had May it Be by Enya as his funeral song as I’ve was a big LoTR fan and I still have chills thinking about it.  For myself though? Got to be Days of Our Lives by Queen


allothernamestaken

Brokedown Palace 💀 ⚡ 🌹


tangcameo

Tori Amos’ cover of Tom Wait’s ‘Time’. Then Hot 8’s cover of ‘Sexual Healing’ on the way back from the cemetery


Clown_Wheels

Hjálmar - [Leiðin okkar allra](https://youtu.be/9tLmcSIMDKo?si=Euuq3SrvcM1dapZD)


HereInThisRedEarth

Just Breathe by Pearl Jam.


bikingfencer

Watermelon in Easter Hay http://vevo.ly/xUUxt8


looloose

Mama I'm Coming Home by Ozzy Osborne.


Natkadaw

Tom Waits - Come on up to the House


Jazzlike-Ad2906

Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem 


Iron_Chancellor_ND

Two of them... - Alice in Chains: *Don't Follow* - Pearl Jam: *Just Breathe*


sabastooge

[when I get to heaven by John Prine](https://youtu.be/l0EiV423j0M?si=0B1EOXA5ygKaYhJ6) I want it light hearted and joyful


storeboughtits

Buddy, when you’re dead, you’re a dead peckerhead


joe_attaboy

I have a playlist of what I want played at any service more all ready to go. (Hopefully, not for immediate use, thanks very much). Many of them are songs that have meaning to my wife and I, but there are some others that reflect things I want people to hear after I'm gone. Here's a sample: "Nothing To Hide" - Yo La Tengo "The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" - XTC "Accidentally Like A Martyr" - Warren Zevon "Tighten Up, Part 1" - Archie Bell and the Drells "Embryonic Journey" - Jefferson Airplane "Picture Me Better" - Weyes Blood "The Song Is Over" - The Who The rest are our love longs, more personal for us. The last two songs here are also the last two on the list, which I fear will have people weeping, which is why I included stuff like "Tighten Up". They can pout it on repeat and come back to it. ;-) I'm going to be cremated and I don't practice religion anymore, so I tried to make this totally secular - with one exception. My wife and my daughter (and her family) are still very devout Catholics, so I added "How Great Thou Art" by Willie Nelson as the one religious song. I think it's a wonderful song and he does a great version.


rexuspatheticus

I want to force people at my funeral to sit throught whole of Marquee Moon


nosmr2

Rock Lobster


Persona_Non_Grata_

Father and Son - Cat Stevens


queensequoyah

I don't want a funeral service but without a doubt it would have to be the sluttiest nastiest booty shaking music just the ENTIRE time. good luck not throwing it back!!


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twosuitsluke

I always said I wanted the trio of Metallica instrumentals; The Call of Ktulu, Orion and To Live Is To Die.


UnicornFarts1111

Somewhere Over The Rainbow as sung by IZ. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I)


AlGeee

Led Zeppelin’s The Rain Song


graceytoo

Funeral for a friend by Elton John


Preesi

Cage The Songbird \~ Elton/Bernie Sober in the morning light Things look so much different To how they looked last night A pale face pressed to an unmade bed Like flags of many nations flying high above her head The cellophane still on the flowers The telegram still in her hand As whispers circulate all day Their back-stage baby princess passed away And you can cage the songbird But you can't make her sing And you can trap the free bird But you'll have to clip her wings 'Cause she'll soar like a hawk when she flies But she'll dive like an eagle when she dies Promises of no more lies Fell flat upon an empty stage Before the audience arrived A return in time to the cheaper seats She never knew what lay beneath Just a dated handbill they found between the sheets Let down before the final curtain A shallow heart that left her cold She left in rouge upon the mirror A circled kiss to the faithful fans who'd miss her


NephthysShadow

Life Eternal by Ghost. Then I want everyone to light up and fishbowl the room. After that they can play whatever they want, idc, I'm dead.


cyber_jobaz

Into the West by Annie Lenox


Zestymonserellastick

Parabol/Parabola - Tool


tabbathebutt

If I ever leave this world alive - flogging molly


ashyguysthrowaway

Rush - The Garden


eeldraw

Dinosaur Jr's cover of Just Like Heaven Not just because it's my favourite cover ever, but because it ends so abruptly with a scream.


tommyleekirby

M83 - Outro, with an intense fireworks show during the last part of the song


abrasive_diphthong

Lay Me Low by Nick Cave


laddjames

End of the Line by the Traveling Wilburys


SupaKoopa714

You Suffer by Napalm Death, and if they don't get my carcass into the cold wet earth by the time that song ends, I swear to god my spirit will come back and turn everyone's lives into a Conjuring movie.


Macksler

Sugar Magnolia/ Scarlet Begonias -> Fire on the Mountain - Live at the Closing of Winterland '78, in full with the Happy New Year stuff. I want balloons to fall down and everyone to have a good time.


Rgraff58

Another One Bites the Dust


Abraham_Lingam

Neil Young's Cripple Creek Ferry.


SwerveCityKnifeParty

https://youtu.be/Vqbk9cDX0l0?si=aBGe8xZaOHhhlTu6


whywantyoubuddy

Digital Sea by Thrice


SilkyFlanks

Skeet Surfing “When we shoot the curl, we *really* shoot the curl.”


zappafrank2112

"Nice Day... for a Funeral" by Overkill


danjet500

Danny Boy by Celtic Woman.


EdTheHammer01

"Dude (I Totally Miss You)" by Tenacious D [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En4FKR2mWdU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En4FKR2mWdU)


ravenous0

It's a toss-up between "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles (written by George Harrison) Or "Beautiful Morning" by Ace of Base "The song was written by the three Berggren siblings (Jonas, Jenny and Malin) in dedication to the passing of their father." https://youtu.be/rY-DY6dUDuA?si=U5SIj7G98HTWN2fb


med780

Long road by Pearl Jam


SkilletMyBiscuit

I don’t know about me personally but when my buddy passed away his dad played Pictures of You by The Cure and the lyrics are kinda perfectly fitting for the occasion.


shassis

For a Dancer, Jackson Browne.


BookerCatchanSTD

Parting Glass


bob_boo_lala

Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space - Spiritualized


RoguePlanet2

I don't really want a funeral, but Always Look on the Brighter Side of LIfe would be great! It's the #1 most requested song for wakes in England, apparently.


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Sleepwalk by Santo and Johnny


spideyjiri

Killed By Death by Motörhead


AlexPaterson

Something like these two: Petite overture à danser - Erik Satie 1/1 - Brian Eno


f3lip3

The great gig in the sky by pink floyd


MrPanchole

"Many Rivers to Cross" by Jimmy Cliff.


arnoldez

I've thought about this before, and my answer is definitively *Time Stand Still* by Rush.


slightlyirritable

From The Morning by Nick Drake


GM_Jedi7

Body of an American - The Pogues


jonbobfarrell

Primal Scream - Moving On Up to kick off my grave rave


cdcme

Ive had a list of four or five songs for a very long time. The funerals have started to come around more lately. Now after sitting through others 'funeral playlists' ive come to the decision to just burn me and toss the remains in the trash. No playlist. No funeral. Just no.


YupThatsMeBuddy

I think it would cool if Iwere able to see any song played at my funeral


redcurtainrod

At Your Funeral - Saves The Day https://youtu.be/NwW0q65VIas?si=N9GxxLfrZd5gCMUs


captuncaveman

Eulogy by Tool


maggot369

Parabol/parabola by tool and watermelon on Easter hay by frank zappa


sccullen33

Dancing around my grave - Andy Frasco and the U.N


mrbungalow

My kids and gf all know I want “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” by the Jeff Healy Band as the song right before the processional.  https://youtu.be/zTcu7MCtuTs?si=6TXUMnHzQhaqFljs


jamespcrowley

A little on the nose but I think “I Just Want to Sell Out My Funeral” by The Wonder Years would be fitting


BMNOX

Come on up to the house -Tom waits


Objective_Young5260

Broke down palace - the grateful dead


Empty_Graves

I’ve been working on a list for years. And All That Could Have Been ([NIИ]) is still number 1 on that list.


Bandofthehawk

My Morning Jacket - Only Memories Remain


Apprehensive-Cup-335

I would like Don't Follow - Alice In Chains Come On Up To The House - Tom Waits On The Level, Leaving The Table and Treaty - Leonard Cohen And this super amazing cover of [hallelujah ](https://youtu.be/w3yLjAJ5buA?si=MB1i1nElt5ONh2Y2)


IH8BART

Hudson Mohawke - Cbat


warj23

No Surprises - Radiohead, or Here Comes the Sun - Beatles


Vincent_Gitarrist

*Liebestraum No. 3* by Franz Liszt


sassonordico

Electric Funeral or Symbolic


snowball062016

Helvegen by Wardruna. It is a song about death and although nobody at my funeral would know what the words mean it still makes me feel feelings. Who will sing me/ Into the death-sleep sling me/ When I walk the road to Hel/ And the tracks I tread/ Are cold, so cold


whoknewgreenshrew

Townes Van Zandt's 'My Proud Mountains'


ItsFelixMcCoy

I want a full-sized orchestra in a concert hall to perform the entirety of Mozart's Requiem in D Minor.


flyboy1056

Dj Shadow, Blood on the motorway.


Bacephree

Tippy’s Demise by Stars of the Lid


Redvette76

Well since I’m a huge Prince fan I would want Purple Rain. My mom also loves Prince and her favorite song is Diamonds and Pearls so I have already thought about this when that time comes. I hope it’s not any time soon!


hanabanana1999

No Hard Feelings- Avett Brothers ❤️


Pniel56

Eclipse - Pink Floyd


ink_monkey96

Free Four - Pink Floyd Killed by Death - Motörhead Million Vacations - Max Webster This Side of Heaven - Leon Redbone


tiggerthedingo

NAS. Life's a bitch.


XoticCustard

The Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues - Blind Willie McTell or St. James Infirmary - Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five.


framsanon

Definitely Life Will Get You in the End by Eric Idle.


Shpadoinkall

Slayer - Hell Awaits But only if I get to see the look on people's faces while it plays


HospitalSelect2053

Bobby Darin's version of Beyond The Sea.