A not really recent news lists the top 10 requested Funeral songs.
What is your Funeral Song of choice?
Me, well, I would request from the Queen the "Another one bites the dust".

Hey, don't look at me like that, it is a better choice for a funeral than "Don't stop me now" or the Monty Python's "Always look at the bright side of life".

Motley Crue: Shout at the Devil!

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Oingo Boingo - No One Lives Forever

If I were to die any time soon, it would have to be "Curse of a Fallen Soul" by Dropkick Murphys.
For those unfamiliar:
Lyrics
mp3
It is punk, so it may draw undue attention if you're at work.

My will already states that my funeral will include "When You Walk Through a Storm".

I remember when I first learned that it was also Liverpool's song. It kind of creeped me out at first, but as an American who loves the EPL, it's kind of cool now.

Queen - Bohemiam Rhapsody

and I would request people to get drunk, sing along, and jam out at the end ala Bill & Ted

Any song by Boards of Canada.

For example..

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Queen - Show must go on

Longplayer, played in its entirety

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Christina Aguilera Fighter Lyrics

Well I, thought I knew you
Thinking, that you were true
guess I, I couldn't trust
Called your bluff, time is up
'Cause I've had enough
You were, there by my side
Always, down for the ride
But your, joy ride just came down in flames
'Cause your greed sold me out of shame, mmhmm

After all of the stealing and cheating
You probably think that I hold resentment for you
But, uh uh, oh no, you're wrong
'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do
I wouldn't know how just how capable I am to pull through
So I wanna say thank you, cause it...

makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter

Oh, ohh

Never, saw it coming
All of, your backstabbing
Just so, you could cash in
On a good thing before I realized your game
I heard, you're going around
Playing, the victim now
But don't, even begin
Feeling I'm the one to blame
'Cause you dug your own grave, uh huh

After all of the fights and the lies cause you're wanted to haunt me
but that won't work anymore
Uh, no more, oh no, it's over
'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture
I wouldn't know how to be this way now, and never back down
So I wanna say thank you



'Cause it makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
Makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
It makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter

How could this man I thought I knew
Turn out to be unjust, so cruel
Could only see the good in you
Pretended not to see the truth
You tried to hide your lies, disguise yourself
Through living in denial
But in the end you'll see
You won't stop me

I am a fighter and I
I ain't goin' stop
There is no turning back
I've had enoughhhhhh

makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter

Thought I would forget
But I, I remember
I'll remember, I'll remember

'Cause it makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter

Pink Floyd - Time

Grateful Dead- Friend of the Devil

If I Ever Leave this World Alive - Flogging Molly:

If I ever leave this world alive
I'll thank for all the things you did in my life
If I ever leave this world alive
I'll come back down and sit beside your
feet tonight
Wherever I am you'll always be
More than just a memory
If I ever leave this world alive

If I ever leave this world alive
I'll take on all the sadness
That I left behind
If I ever leave this world alive
The madness that you feel will soon subside
So in a word don't shed a tear
I'll be here when it all gets weird
If I ever leave this world alive

So when in doubt just call my name
Just before you go insane
If I ever leave this world
Hey I may never leave this world
But if I ever leave this world alive

She says I'm okay; I'm alright,
Though you have gone from my life
You said that it would,
Now everything should be all right

She says I'm okay; I'm alright,
Though you have gone from my life
You said that it would,
Now everything should be all right
Yeah should be alright

Jackson Browne - Rock Me on the Water


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thats cool. I think I am a bit old fashioned, I would do the Howling Wolf version of it. But if it is Howling Wolf than I would want more like the "Shake it for me"

Red red wine

UB40

pshhh

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It would also HAVE to be Klaus Nomi cause he's amazing.


seriously, I want fun stuff when i die. and I want purple and green flowers and shiny stuff and and dinosaurs!

I also want to be buried/burned with my big boots on.

I love this song, and this is what I would want at my Funeral:

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Queen- These Are The Days Of Our Lives


This was the last video Freddie Mercury ever made before he died. Freddie Mercury has always been my idol.

Seconded! I'm going to see them live on Single awareness day!

Some others:
Micah P. Hinson - Don't You
Tom Waits - Old shoes and picture postcards
Modest Mouse - Life like weeds
Elliot Smith - Fond Farewell

There's plenty more I'm sure, but that'll do for now.

Jeff Buckley's, "Grace."

i think it's a love song, but i also think it's about being unafraid to die because you've found love. i think it's about love being so powerful that it makes you unafraid of everything, including death. it's absolutely beautiful. i hope that when i die, i'm not afraid because i'll have found everything i was looking for in life. and i hope that when i die, my family and friends will play this song and not be sad for me.

"there's the moon asking to stay
long enough for the clouds to fly me away
well it's my time coming, i'm not afraid to die
my fading voice sings of love,
but she cries to the clicking of time
oh, time

wait in the fire...

and she weeps on my arm
walking to the bright lights in sorrow
oh drink a bit of wine we both might go tomorrow
oh my love

and the rain is falling and i believe
my time has come
it reminds me of the pain
i might leave
leave behind

wait in the fire...

and i feel them drown my name
so easy to know and forget with this kiss
i'm not afraid to go but it goes so slow"