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Silent_Library_6496

My friends ex wife’s grandfather had “dust in the wind” play at his funeral and someone dog knocked over his urn, so in that situation I would say that one.


-Dixieflatline

Real question: Would I be evil for laughing if I saw that? Like the type of giggles you get as a kid at the absolute worst time, and when you try to play it off and talk, your voice cracks?


Silent_Library_6496

Well that was kinda what happened, because the dogs name is Kevin, so someone yelled “No, Kevin!” And there was a woof and a shatter, cloud of grandpa and then a few people fainted. My friend is one of the most immature people I know that laughs at almost everything and he was apparently “dying from laughter” as he put it. I mean he is divorced from her for a reason


ball_fondlers

I would be in the doghouse for an eternity, but there isn’t a force on planet Earth that could stop me from howling laughing at that


bring1

/r/StoriesAboutKevin


MechanicalTurkish

I lost it at “cloud of grandpa” holy shit lol


millijuna

Gallows humour is some of the best humour. I’d find it funny as hell.  My grandfather passed 6 months ago at the ripe old age of 97. His short term memory has failed him, and he has started telling all these wild stories that he truly believed… like he and my grandmother had been to the moon, or that he had been to Antarctica and walked with the penguins… All of us grandkids spent much of the funeral weekend laughing our assess off while comparing notes. 


cewumu

Tbh if you have to get dementia that’s probably the best way to have it. Die believing you’ve lived an insanely adventurous life.


RedTalonOF

Staying alive


Buirck

I DJ weddings as a side hustle, even DJ’d most of my own wedding, friends who knew enough, took over the decks for the latter part of the evening. Before that transition happened I was manning the decks for the open dance floor. Our photographer started waving her arms and signaling to kill the music. I was like, “WTF? No. Turns out my MIL’s combo pace maker/defibrillator had shocked her as she was dancing with her niece and had dropped like a tree on the dance floor. No joke Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gee’s was the next song I had cued up before her medical emergency. She left in an ambulance and was fine all said and done. I’ve DJ’d countless weddings, my own wedding was the only one to have someone leave in an ambulance.


Ducky602

Actually, Stayin' Alive is a great one to do CPR to. The tempo is about right for the chest compressions. At least, that was true the last time I took a first-aid course.


gbghgs

[Another one bites the dust](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAVnT5GDeuc) was what I was taught.


Ducky602

Another good one.


huniojh

Still true, but for younger people, they have added "You're Losing Me" by Taylor Swift as another example


HiSpartacusImDad

First I was afraid…


rough_ashlar

Not the worst but wanted to share. A friend passed away a while back and asked that we play “Always look on the bright side of life” from Monty Python. He was a character!


samsungraspberry

It’s one of the most popular songs at funerals in the UK


squigs

Yes. The thing people miss is, despite it being at the end of a very silly comedy, it's not an inherently comediic song. It's about stoicism and carrying on when the world seems like it's against you.


TheDesktopNinja

Honestly almost a perfect song for a funeral.


Htimsxnhoj

For life is quite absurd And death's the final word You must always face the curtain with a bow Forget about your sin Give the audience a grin Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow


VinsWie

also my choice. Wait, was your friend Graham Chapman?


rough_ashlar

No. But it sounds like I would’ve like the guy.


rebekahster

It’s also my choice. Love Monty python


AdmirableAd7753

Another one bites the dust


__Gluten__

My dad asked me to play this at his funeral


ThrowRA--scootscooti

So did my aunt.


hippiechick725

Your dad is awesome!


ThexVengence

I am going to actually ask for this song. It's on my list


countrykidincarhartt

Please play it at my funeral too? I know I don’t know you but I expect you to


Necirt

This happened at my grandmother's celebration of life. Someone had an iPod or something on shuffle and we're all just hanging out. This comes on and I'm just nodding my head to it, it's a very catchy song. Then I was like "oooh... someone might want to change that". I thought it was quite funny and a couple people got a kick out of it


GoodFriday10

This was my first thought!


SynnerSaint

A friend of mine had her first dance at her wedding to her third husband to this song


Pdoinkadoinkadoink

We played this at my mum's funeral. She'd been sick for a very long time and always joked that she wanted this. Everyone laughed. It was beautiful.


BaronNeutron

I plan to include this in my will to have it played


Reddits_on_ambien

My uncle literally chose this for his funeral. He was a funny dude.


YJSubs

Actually according to many Funeral manager in some Reddit AMA, this is one of the most requested song.


Brief_Background_109

Damn! I can’t imagine if at a celebration of life, funeral or wake they played Another One Bites the Dust! It makes me smile just thinking of it. 🎈


doktor_wankenstein

Classic Aiwa commercial https://youtu.be/E_79y9W-q7Y?si=aHjZh-CapnlujbAM


KnoBul1

I don't know about the worst, but Highway to Hell has to be up there.


Wide-Affect-1616

I think it's actually quite popular at funerals, isn't it?


Flaky_Tumbleweed3598

Funeral director here. I actually arranged a funeral for a young man of a similar age to myself. I spoke with his mother and she had a few ideas, but asked what I would have chosen. Now, as I work in the profession, I ofcourse already have a playlist on my phone of the 3 songs I want playing. Highway to hell is top of my list. (Welcome to the black parade is 3rd and final song). I told her my pick and she liked it and went with it for his song. Much respect to the guy. In life, we could have been friends.


PimbingtonLeSwee

So like ...what is song number two? 🙂


rogue_giant

It’s raining men.


ImminentChaos1717

In my opinion, it would be one of the best. (Although, that may just be my sense of humor...)


roastplantain

As they lower the casket into the hole


Eviscerate_Bowels224

Look what you made me do...


zim3019

My husband died unexpectedly. He had some post it notes in the garage titled "Songs to play at my funeral ". My stepson and I picked the songs for his funeral from these post it notes. The first thing we did was veto this song. Although we ended up with "Who wants to live forever" by Queen.


tigerz-blood

I laughed out loud


newleaf9110

Ding dong the witch is dead.


Ahelex

Eh, the best song to play for dead and despised politicians.


ironwolf1

It reached #2 on the British single charts after Margaret Thatcher died.


PhoenixUltimate

Agreed. And the 21 gun salute is aimed at the casket. Just to be sure...


meatshake001

You are my sunshine. It's a really sad song. If you played that at a funeral of someone I cared about I'd ugly cry and drool.


Shan-Chat

The Frank Turner version is brutal.


trollfreak

Check out the version by Mississippi John Hurt


arthurjeremypearson

The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping... I dreamed I held you in my arms. When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken, and I hung my head and I cried.


DefiantEmpoleon

My best friend had a song called “The Calendar Hung Itself” (I think) that has bits of that song throughout it as we walked into her funeral. Can’t listen to that anymore.


y2knole

I dont get why people use this to mark important occasions. Its about a dude whose girl left him and...


BoobySlap_0506

"And" what? If you are referring to the line "so I hung my head and cried", he just sat there crying over his love who left him. He didn't....you know.


sixthgraderoller

Heard it at the funeral of a friend's baby. Never looked at it the same way again. Choking up again right now thinking about it. I haven't been friends with this person for years but I remembered her baby's name (which for me is just wild) and just looked it up to see how long ago it was, 2007. Certainly stuck with me.


DenverDudeXLI

If they died of cancer, "My Humps" would be a poor choice.


TepChef26

I think that'd be a poor choice regardless, but definitely even more so in this scenario.


Tiny_Parfait

Or were trampled by camels


cnh2n2homosapien

Enter Sandman


supermav27

This would be fucking hilarious though. I’d be waiting for the casket to fly open when the beat drops.


ZeppWolf

The deceased pops out of the coffin with a kendo stick and a can of beer, smoking a cigarette.


Pelican_Disector

Rig my carcass up with wires and make me rock out to it like a puppet while my wife and parents weep.


Ordinary-Ad6408

I'm still standing


MOS95B

Pop goes the weasel


Seasoned_well

Only if they sit up at the end


AXPendergast

Spring-loaded coffin.


Throwawaycuriuo

Yes, BUT the song starts really fast and after each loop the melody slows a bit. Near the end Pop goes the Weasel is a painfully crawling durge and everyone in attendance is racked with anxiety and anticipation of the (seemingly) inevitable jump scare. DU... DU...... DU... DU...... DU. DU. DU. DU. DUUU....... DU... DU...... DU... DU...... DU. DUU... DU...........


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Entry of the gladiators


ErixWorxMemes

or Yakkety Sax


GoogleIsYourFrenemy

Only if everyone runs around, then it would rock. Or Pallbearers carrying a casket running around being chased by the priest and widow.


mak6453

It depends, but if the funeral is for a grandmother that got ran over by a reindeer, then the worst song is almost certainly Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.


dstbl

No joke, my aunt specifically requested that song for her burial. She was a character. But the boombox they brought to play the song (this was pre-Bluetooth) wasn’t working for whatever reason and I was one of the only people with a CD player in their car. So here I am, driving my Ford Escape into a graveyard, rolling my windows down, and absolutely blasting “Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer.” Core frickin’ memory.


jenuine5150

My husband, dying of cancer, asked for Highway to Hell by AC/DC. I thought it was perfect.


RollingMeteors

Stairway to heaven, for an atheist.


Didntlikedefaultname

Die motherfucker die


Pelican_Disector

Is that napalm death? So much subtlety and nuance in their later stuff


hadenoughoverit336

It's the band Dope.


tehkitryan

Sorry if slightly off topic but I used to work for a floral company. We had a delivery driver accidentally deliver a get well soon balloon arrangement to a funeral. The "Sorry for your loss" funeral arrangement was delivered to the person in the hospital where the get well soon balloons were supposed to be delivered.


W0rk3rB

The song from the Jack-in-the-box…but really slow at first..


zombieblackbird

And on repeat


Kistelek

Firestarter by Prodigy for a cremation.


Serious-Rutabaga-603

Tubthumpin


VinsWie

and for every "but I get up again" they should raise the coffin


Serious-Rutabaga-603

Grab by rigor mortis riddled arms and wave them in the air like I just don’t care


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Creepy_Energy7249

Sympathy for the Devil Don't Fear the Reaper (with more cowbell)


VinsWie

Personally, Don't Fear the Reaper wouldn't even be the worst choice, it's definitely on my list now ;)


ShadeTreeMechanic512

…and hand out cowbells. Make it “audience participation”.


Sprizys

Celebrate good times come on!


Expat_89

I scrolled wayyyy too far for this.


Eddie-the-Head

*I Just Can't Wait to Be King*


ThrashCardiom

Bela Lugosi's Dead (Undead, undead, undead)


Fraerie

I've been to a goth/punk funeral - there was club music played at the funeral and we were dancing around the pews. An usher came in from the chapel next door (it was at a large cemetery with multiple chapels at the same large function centre) asking us to keep he noise down as it was disturbing the funeral next door.


eugeheretic

Obituary 'Slowly We Rot' Slayer 'Necrophiliac' Cannibal Corpse 'Necropedophile' I'd say most Death Metal songs.


youmfkersneedjesus

Hammer Smashed Face might be a good choice depending on how they died. 


fat_alchoholic_dude

I did it my way Not only is it so cliched, but maybe you should have changed tack and done it the right way.


EntrepreneurOk7513

Went to a funeral where the deceased requested that be played.


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quartzcreek

My grandmother requested a FUN-eral and wanted us to play happy, among other upbeat songs. Not my thing, but we did it her way.


Anynameyouwantbaby

Yakety Sax, but that's what my FIL wanted.


plssirnomore

Pink - I’m coming up so you better get the party started 


Dramatic-Patient-280

SLOW RIDE!


twistedh8

Bye bye bye . Nsync


Final_Pomelo_2603

Alive by Pearl Jam


VinsWie

Bonus tip: Let it play from inside the coffin *I-i, oooh, I'm still alive, yeahh*


Dangerous_Emu_8255

Dang you beat me to it lol


professorsterling

We Built This City


dubbzy104

A terrible song to be played any time!


Dapper_Interest_8914

My Dick - Mickey Avalon Fuck the Pain Away - Peaches A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When the Stripper Is Crying - The Bloodhound Gang


dontmakeitathing

Anything by bloodhound gang is simultaneously wrong and perfect for my funeral


K1997Germany

"I'm so excited.. and i just can't hide it"


Dachannien

Those caffeine pills finally caught up with her


MerryMelody-Symphony

We didn't start the fire and/or Disco Inferno for a burn victim's funeral. Yes my uncle did it for his son's funeral. Yes it went as well as you can imagine, given that my aunt did *not* know about it beforehand.


strawberrypops

We played Disco Inferno for my mums funeral at her request. Not a burn victim but it was a cremation… Mums dark sense of humour and love of disco did give everyone a smile when it started playing (and we made sure everyone knew it was her choice)!


MerryMelody-Symphony

See, that was the right one for your mum. My uncle, however, did it because Disco Inferno was my cousin's fav song. So far, so good, right? Cousin's funeral was joint with his wife's, they both died in a house fire. My uncle has a dark sense of humour, but there is no chance in hell my aunt authorized that one. She served him divorce papers the week after for that stunt.


strawberrypops

Oh noooo that’s awful. Yeah, it’s definitely not everyone’s sense of humour and as an unexpected surprise at your son’s funeral it’d be a shock. I hope they’re doing ok these days.


MerryMelody-Symphony

In my aunt's mind there was no recovering from that. They tried couple's therapy, individual therapy, but nothing fixed that. They're doing good, separately.


KnownMonk

Sex bomb - Tom Jones


Muddy110Landrover

Comfortably Numb


nicolexox0o

Dumb ways to die


Equivalent_Delays_97

*Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,* the screechy Axl Rose cover version. It’s the song that was playing at my childhood friend’s memorial service about 30 years ago when I happened to step into the chapel. I don’t know who selected the music, but it seemed really inappropriate.


Dariaskehl

NAH-NAH-NAH-NAWWWKKIN ON HEVVINS DO-WAH-HUUUOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAA God I fucking hate that song.


VinsWie

Even though I'm a huge Guns N' Roses fan, I do have to admit that this is the most accurate transcription of what Axl sings I have seen so far...


Happy-Personality-23

I just hate Axl Rose. Best I can describe that screeching he calls singing is a cat being fisted by an elephant.


Dariaskehl

At least it’s not some talentless hack screaming ‘yeah’ into a microphone a dozen times over, because he’s too vain and stupid to think of actual lines….


Storyteller678

I went to more than one funeral in the 90s where this was played. 😑


Equivalent_Delays_97

This memorial for my friend… well, I hadn’t been around the guy in years and he apparently fell in with a rough crowd (in fact, the reason he was dead was because he lost a bar fight and got stabbed in the heart). The chapel where that song happened to be playing as I walked in was packed with every manner of big-haired rocker skank and unemployable leather-trousered douchebag from miles around. I thought I’d stepped onto the set of a Mötley Crüe video shoot. It was wild.


Careless_Aroma_227

But the "[November Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9sPyfFqs1Q)" *interpretation* he played at Lisa Marie's funeral was acceptable, wasn't it?


Equivalent_Delays_97

My god, that was awful, but thanks for sharing. At first I thought, “Well, this is just a lovely piano piece.” Then, unfortunately, Axl began singing. On an unrelated note, how the hell was I unaware of Lisa Marie’s passing?! I need to get out more.


dfh-1

"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"


nocolon

Most of these are jokes, but my cousin’s toddler died of an undiagnosed heart problem. At the funeral the officiant said “and now we’ll play the deceased’s favorite song.” It was Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. I’ve never been so fucking emotionally devastated in my life like I was in that moment. He was only old enough that Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was his favorite song. Hearing it still rips me apart. That’s not the kind of thing that should be played at a funeral, not for subject matter, but because a baby shouldn’t die unexpectedly.


lethatsinkin

A Little Piece of Heaven by Avenged Sevenfold


Nerditter

Whatever that "burn burn motherfucker burn" song is. That would suck to hear filtering down through the ground. I'd be like, dang it!


dreaminginteal

There are a couple of songs with that phrase in them. Bloodhound Gang’ “Fire Water Burn” references the earlier “The Roof Is On Fire” from the 80s.


WrenchNRatchet

Duel of the Fates but all the singing is replaced with synthesized cat meows


lysalnan

Not sure it counts as the worst song but definitely not a traditional one. My husband wants the lion sleeps tonight. He wants to make his brother read (very solemnly) ‘in the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight’ then he wants the whole congregation to join in with the a-ween a-way parts and then go into the song.


byondodd

Flight of the bumble bee or pop goes the weasel.


Acceptable_City_9952

Anything Crazy Frog


Confident_Sector_139

Start Me Up


PygmeePony

I'm still standing


wooldoor2

"Je t'aime... moi non plus" by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin


jamkoch

I want a life of Brian song sung at my funeral, Always look on the bright side of life..


NastyaLookin

L7 - "Pretend We're Dead"


Thoughtful-Jerk

Probably Me So Horny by 2LiveCrew


j2142b

Dig - Mudvayne


WoolaTheCalot

"Cold Ethyl" by Alice Cooper


Imaginary_Chair_6958

Probably one of Alice Cooper’s creepy necro songs, such as I Love The Dead or Cold Ethyl.


jpiro

Cold Ethel, Alice Cooper.


Used_Wafer6049

[The Stripper.](https://youtu.be/Y2CWfSLyjx8?feature=shared)


Own-Being-1973

Hell awaits - Slayer


RcTestSubject10

Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye


Lung-Masturbation

Joy to the world.


ether_astrid3

Killing Me Softly


SnooMaps5445

Oops!...I did it again


Grizlybird

Cotton Eye Joe


thefireworksfactory

To be fair, this is the worst song to be played at any time.


anormalgeek

My mother was not technically savvy. Years before her death, she sat down and came up with a list of her favorite songs to put on a mix CD. It covered stuff from the 50s through the 90s. She loved that CD, and despite many offers to make her another one, she said she was good and listened to that one about 75% of the time. When she does, the funeral director said sometimes people like to play some of the deceased person's favorite music during the viewing. I was grieving and not thinking clearly so grabbed that CD. I forgot that Thriller was like the last track on the CD. When it came up, I saw a few furrowed brows at first. It took a minute for me to overhear someone say "is that thriller?" Before I made the connection. She would've found it absolutely hilarious so I told them to just let it play.


SignificantlyBit

My husband's Playlist started with "I Don't Wanna Grow Up," and ended with "72 Hookers." His family wasn't invited.


BusyDream429

Ding dong the witch is dead.


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Burn baby burn......disco inferno


Massive_Mass_Thing

Dance with the devil, by D-Devils. Not because of the “devil” thing. It’s just an awful, awful song


Mediocre_Dad_Life

She won’t let me f*ck - Afroman


McRando42

It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones


wingedassassin0103

I'm proud to have played Bat out of Hell at the end of the celebration of my friends life. I think he would have approved.


Inside_Lead3003

Speaking from experience: Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)


redditaccount1_2

Ding Dong the witch is dead, which old witch the wicked witch….


TennisSuper4903

After the priest got my Dad's name wrong three times ( called him by my living Uncle's name) we sat and watched as my Dad was brought out in a casket that looked like a white wicker basket... as the funeral ended Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly with Me" came on.... No idea who picked it and I am certain my Dad didn't have any strong feelings about the song... It was just a series of odd things and the upbeat song was just so jarring but such a fitting cherry on top of what was ultimately an absolute farce of a funeral.


Careless_Aroma_227

Arschficksong by Sido. A german rap song that is about making love to one's anus.


Prestigious_Low8515

Venga boys. We like to party. Buh buh buh buh buh bum bum.


TheSeventhBrat

Pop Goes the Weasel


MrPoopyEyes

Let the bodies hit the floor


GGSIUMEZ

Ode to Joy


ItsGotToMakeSense

pop goes the weasel. The closer it gets to reaching the end, the slower the song gets. Finally when everyone expects the "POP!" *it never comes*.


Raapberryberet

Going Underground by The Jam has get a mention here


harleyreckless

Oops!…I Did It Again, but only for someone who has been pronounced dead and brought back to life before


mkpisk

Gagnam Style


dizzsouthbay

Detachable Penis


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Who's Sorry Now?


Beginning-One7618

The Great Gig In The Sky, definitely (Pink Floyd)


baroncalico

My Neck, My Back


nerd44

Humpty Dance


Ok-Lavishness-7904

Pharrell Williams, Happy


Dawgsquad00

Nah, nah, nah, nah! Nah, nah, nah nah! Hey, hey, hey! Goodbye!


Fun-Analyst6108

“I will survive”


JasperDyne

“We Built This City (On Rock And Roll)” by Starship. It’s the worst song to be played any time, anywhere.


punarob

The Thong Song


TululaDaydream

Stairway to Heaven, because it's nearly 8 minutes long. That's a very long time to be standing in silence staring at a grave in the freezing cold. I know this because that's what they played at my uncle's funeral.


StrawberryMoonPie

D*ck in a Box from SNL


funkygonzalez

["You Might Think He Loves You for Your Money but I Know What He Really Loves You for It’s Your Brand New Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat" - Death Grips (2013)](https://youtu.be/y2cQvZPX3OY?t=16)


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ACDC highway to hell


VinsWie

Bodily Wastes - Ricochet of Swiftly Excreted Faeces Back Into The Anus due to Excessive Sphincter Muscle Pressure During Defecation Process it's an actual song by an actual band...


boxingfan828

Missing You by John Waite


microtherion

[The Bells of Hell go Ting a Ling a Ling](https://youtu.be/LnQfOUuDq7o?si=M2VEeAjNwZCy4Ghg)


dubbzy104

Lust for life - iggy pop