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Alexandra - Top song for funerals

gilliedewgilliedew Posts: 7,605
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It seems Hallelujah is one of the most popular songs played at funerals

Of course another is My Way and Wing beneath my Wings but a humourous one is Another one bites the dust.

Has anyone else got humorous songs which could be played at funerals

I did see one once on TV where he was a drag artist and at the end the curtains opened and shut for an ovation when the coffin disappeared to Life is a Cabaret.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,585
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    gilliedew wrote: »
    It seems Hallelujah is one of the most popular songs played at funerals
    Of course another is My Way and Wing beneath my Wings but a humourous one is Another one bites the dust.

    Has anyone else got humorous songs which could be played at funerals

    I did see one once on TV where he was a drag artist and at the end the curtains opened and shut for an ovation when the coffin disappeared to Life is a Cabaret.

    I'd be glad I was in the box if that was played.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7
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    I just heard from a friend that a guy who arranged his own funeral had return to sender played as he went on the conveyer belt and behind the curtains :D
  • dog biscuitdog biscuit Posts: 107
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    Well considering the song is all about how we can never really conncect with people even those with whom we are most intimate and as death is the final solitary act, it could seem appropriate for a funeral, but only if the deceased had a strong sense of irony. Think most people are probably swept along by the sentimentality of the music without listening to/interpreting the lyrics.
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    "Highway to Hell" was just played on the radio along with the news report on the same subject...

    I know a vicar who cannot stand to hear "Time To Say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli because she hears it so much...
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 918
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    Well, she did murder the song so it's only right that it should be played at funerals.
  • GetMeOuttaHereGetMeOuttaHere Posts: 17,357
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    You're As Cold As Ice by Foreigner :o
  • WAKEYLASSWAKEYLASS Posts: 6,085
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    I thought Hallelujah was about orgasms?!! :eek::eek::eek::o
  • glyn9799glyn9799 Posts: 7,391
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    My Mum wants 'Walking on Sunshine' by Katrina and the Waves
  • LittleChickenLittleChicken Posts: 5,916
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    Fire - Crazy World of Arthur Brown
    Burnin' Love - Elvis
    Feelin' Hot, Hot, Hot - Arrow
    Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
    Firestarter - Prodigy
    Light my Fire - Doors
    Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
    I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen

    :D
  • tinmantinman Posts: 3,938
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    Come up and see me -Steve Harley
  • SloopySloopy Posts: 65,209
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    Alexandra's pained, screeching rendition of Hallelujah is enough to make anybody curl up and die.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 253
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    my mom wants 'always look on the bright side of life' off the life of brain. She wants everyone 2 have a laugh.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,853
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    My mum wants "Staying Alive" :eek:
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,433
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    jeff buckley's version will be played at mine. it has emotion in it, unlike Alexandra's version:yawn::sleep:
  • SystemSystem Posts: 2,096,970
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    WAKEYLASS wrote: »
    I thought Hallelujah was about orgasms?!! :eek::eek::eek::o


    I'm pretty sure it is! It is a beautiful song though, when sung by Jeff Buckley or even Rufus Wainwright. I didn't like Alexandra's version, but I have to say it was better than the mind-numbingly awful version which U2 did.
  • SloopySloopy Posts: 65,209
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    reginald1981 wrote: »
    I'd be glad I was in the box if that was played.

    Indeed.

    I get depressed just listening to a few bars of that dirge.
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    Buster Poindexter's Feeling Hot Hot Hot would be a good 'un, especially for cremations.

    For burials, Status Quo's Down Down takes some beating.
  • kazzykazzy Posts: 1,515
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    I know someone who had "Burn baby burn Disco Inferno", at her cremation.

    I would like "To where you are", by Josh Grobin.
  • Toby LatimerToby Latimer Posts: 4,095
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    haweitogs wrote: »
    Buster Poindexter's Feeling Hot Hot Hot would be a good 'un, especially for cremations.

    For burials, Status Quo's Down Down takes some beating.

    I was just thinking about Nelly's 'Hot In Here' ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRgtofyvUIA , & East 17s 'Deep' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_XP7ksgN9k for the same events ! :D
  • gilliedewgilliedew Posts: 7,605
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    How about being buried to Down Down Deeper and Down by Status Quo

    God it makes you shudder thinking about it
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 58
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    I'm having the Theme From Shaft played at mine when they carry me in and Telstar when they carry me out.

    I've left strict instructions!
  • FringoFringo Posts: 7,995
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    Living in a box by Living in a box?
  • SystemSystem Posts: 2,096,970
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    I read an article in the DM today about this very subject - the 10 most popular funeral songs, and I must say I didn't like any of them. :o To me they're all too predicatable, cliched and mushy. Apologies to anyone who actually wants any of them at their funeral - no offence.

    At my funeral I'd want stuff like this:

    The Police, 'Message In A Bottle'
    ABC ,'The Look of Love'
    Calvin Harris, 'Vegas' and or 'Acceptable in the 80s'
    Paolo Nutini, 'Last Request' and 'These Streets'
    Hue and Cry, 'Mother Glasgow'
    The Corries, 'Flower of Scotland'
    Swing Out Sister, 'Break Out'
    The Script, 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved'.

    In no particular order!

    What a morbid post!
  • FringoFringo Posts: 7,995
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    Pint of Stella wrote: »
    I read an article in the DM today about this very subject - the 10 most popular funeral songs, and I must say I didn't like any of them. :o To me they're all too predicatable, cliched and mushy. Apologies to anyone who actually wants any of them at their funeral - no offence.

    At my funeral I'd want stuff like this:

    The Police, 'Message In A Bottle'
    ABC ,'The Look of Love'
    Calvin Harris, 'Vegas' and or 'Acceptable in the 80s'
    Paolo Nutini, 'Last Request' and 'These Streets'
    Hue and Cry, 'Mother Glasgow'
    The Corries, 'Flower of Scotland'
    Swing Out Sister, 'Break Out'
    The Script, 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved'.

    In no particular order!

    What a morbid post!

    Break out??? Seriously??
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
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    LittleChicken wrote: »
    Fire - Crazy World of Arthur Brown
    Burnin' Love - Elvis
    Feelin' Hot, Hot, Hot - Arrow
    Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
    Firestarter - Prodigy
    Light my Fire - Doors
    Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
    I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen

    :D

    Burn Baby Burn (Disco inferno)? :p

    I once went to a funeral where they had Katie Melua closest thing to crazy. Very teary.:o
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