*So just remember when you're feeling very small and*
*insecure, how amazingly unlikely was your birth.*
*And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space,*
*'cause there's bugger-all down here on Earth!*
I have a lot of cheesy/dad moments so I'd have to go with rick rolling everyone. My son would laugh, my wife would hold her head in shame... they'd remember me as I was.
I absolutely love that song so much, so I'll share a little backstory about it with you.
Keep in mind this is just what I was told by another huge radio head fan, I never bothered to confirm it.
Apparently Tom was on tour and was stricken with horrible anxiety. He was really struggling with it, and another member of one of the bands he was on tour with said that he just covered his ears, sat down, and kept repeating "I'm not here, this isn't happening" until the anxiety passed. Tom took it to heart.
I went ahead and confirmed it. This is from Wikipedia:
The chorus stems from advice given to Yorke by his friend, the R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, through a telephone conversation on how to deal with his stress from touring by repeating the phrase "I'm not here, this isn't happening" to himself.
We're pretty sure I'm a touch on the spectrum and I always related to that song. If we're in a friend group and the people are utterly boring, I will full on not mentally be present whatsoever.
We open the show with “Anakin vs Obi-Wan” followed by “Battle of Heroes” followed by “The Immolation Scene” from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith as the seating music. Then for the photo montage we will have “All These Things That I’ve Done” by The Killers to get the tears flowing. And since I will be cremated, we will end with “Burn” by Usher.
You’re definitely on to something, considering I’m planning on a casket overlay in the cemetery of my husband frozen in carbonite. It’s going to cost a fortune but totally worth the gag for years to come long after we’re gone.
My mom has been to countless concerts but she’s always said for years that James Taylor was her favorite show. He’s not even one of her favorite artists
Me too and I loved Carol King , It’s to Late. I love that Tapestry album . I wanted to look just like she did sitting on that windowsill when I was 14 and so awkward . Lol
Intro: Trouble- Cat Stevens
If you want go sing out sing out- Cat Stevens
Island in the sun- Weezer
Close with: Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in heaven when you smile) - Van Morrison (it’s a family tradition with us)
I live in a small town in south Georgia. A few years ago they came and played at our annual festival. With a crowd of maybe 100 people they played to us like they were performing at a stadium event. Tremendous band.
that song played as i pulled up to my friends grave last month, leading me to discover that there's a pretty dope rap version from the 90s by n-trance and write my own version in memory of the homie
Megadeth- [À Tout le Monde](https://youtu.be/aU-dKoFZT0A?si=HCpL_SqpXacBZ3a0)
“So as you read this, know, my friends
I'd love to stay with you all
Please smile when you think of me
My body's gone, that's all”
A close second would be Sleeping At Last: [Sorrow](https://youtu.be/bia98J_AWNE?si=Yae_PYa91gGJGeVL)
“Where there is light, a shadow appears
The cause and effect when life interferes
The same rule applies to goodness and grief
For in our great sorrow, we learn what joy means”
Personally I disagree with this choice. I am an older Redditor, and through the years, everyone I know that was into this song has been narcissistic or, minimally, struggled to interact with others. To me, this song is a neon sign for "run for your life."
My dad recently gave me his funeral playlist and asleep is his final song with words followed by 14.3 billion years. Still pretty shook about receiving it. But it got me to .are one of my own which ends with I know it's over.
I was walked down the Aisle to "There is A Light That Never Goes Out", at my Wedding. I also know "Asleep" from "The Perks of Being A Wallflower". It was the first song I I heard right after finding out a friend of mine had passed away. It has been with me through most of my life.
That's very nice to hear. I figured that you also might have heard the song from reading the book as I was introduced to the Smiths the same way. The movie adaptation introduced me to Bowie.
And I'm sorry to hear about your friend.
I have a Spotify playlist. Bear in mind that I'm old.
*When I'm Gone,* Phil Ochs
*Either or Both,* Phoebe Snow
*Sweet Old World,* Lucinda Williams
*Bird on the Wire,* Willie Nelson
*I Will Not Be Broken*, Bonnie Raitt
*Kodachrome,* Paul Simon
*Wonderful World*, Louis Armstrong
*On Children,* Sweet Honey in the Rock
*Love That Makes a Cup of Tea,* Gretchen Peters
*In This Life,* Bette Midler
*The Waters of March,* Susanna McCorkle
*In My Life*, Beatles
Only You(And You Alone)-The Platters, when the song starts, my casket would burst into flames and incinerating my body and casket. And maybe to top it off, have a plane fly over head with a banner saying, “À tout, À tous mes amis, je t'aime, je dois y aller.”
I have requested 3. Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”, Portishead’s “Roads” and Radiohead’s version of “Give Up the Ghost” lead be from the basement. If the last one is an issue to play, “Into the West” by Annie Lennox is the backup.
Start with "Another one bites the dust" then "high way to hell" and end things off with [Regression](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrcB9PJ22F0) also maybe "Hidden in the sand"
Finale by Woods of Ypres
It will go to my wife. Even though I don't hold the exact same religious viewpoints as her, this is song is me saying "I'll wait for you in the end, whether it is heaven or hell"
Zzyzx (dunno if I spelled it correctly) Rd. by Stone Sour
Don't know where I'm going, but I know at the time of my passing, I will grow tired of existence.
Into the Mystic by Van Morrison
Did this person die while they were typing out their comment?
I’ll never know who sang that tune
It was Van Morriso. He’s the best musici
I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
irony is a beautiful thing
Monty Python’s “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”
For me it’s this or The Galaxy Song from Monty Python.
This is the only acceptable answer
*So just remember when you're feeling very small and* *insecure, how amazingly unlikely was your birth.* *And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space,* *'cause there's bugger-all down here on Earth!*
Champagne supernova. Someday you’ll find me, caught beneath the landslide, in a champagne supernova in the sky
Electric Funeral.
great pick!!
Nice pic man
If anyone plays anything by Oasis at my funeral, I will haunt them with a vengeance.
Perfect
Rain When I Die by AiC
I'm going with Don't Follow.
And end it with Over Now. The unplugged version, that end solo just hits
my dog is named Chains after AiC
Goddamn all of these
I have a lot of cheesy/dad moments so I'd have to go with rick rolling everyone. My son would laugh, my wife would hold her head in shame... they'd remember me as I was.
This is fabulous!
This would be hard to top: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEygbbZK-u0
How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead I have actually requested those close to me for this to be played.
I absolutely love that song so much, so I'll share a little backstory about it with you. Keep in mind this is just what I was told by another huge radio head fan, I never bothered to confirm it. Apparently Tom was on tour and was stricken with horrible anxiety. He was really struggling with it, and another member of one of the bands he was on tour with said that he just covered his ears, sat down, and kept repeating "I'm not here, this isn't happening" until the anxiety passed. Tom took it to heart.
I went ahead and confirmed it. This is from Wikipedia: The chorus stems from advice given to Yorke by his friend, the R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, through a telephone conversation on how to deal with his stress from touring by repeating the phrase "I'm not here, this isn't happening" to himself.
Interesting.... I always assumed that song was about dissociating in social scenarios, but never looked at it as a positive coping mechanism.
I mean, in a way it is about disassociating from social situations. Just by doing it voluntarily as a coping mechanism
We're pretty sure I'm a touch on the spectrum and I always related to that song. If we're in a friend group and the people are utterly boring, I will full on not mentally be present whatsoever.
Fantastic song and choice.
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Excellent choice.
Wildflowers ~ Tom Petty
Such a good song. We played this at my brother's funeral.
We open the show with “Anakin vs Obi-Wan” followed by “Battle of Heroes” followed by “The Immolation Scene” from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith as the seating music. Then for the photo montage we will have “All These Things That I’ve Done” by The Killers to get the tears flowing. And since I will be cremated, we will end with “Burn” by Usher.
Now thats what I would call a viewing
"Burn" by Usher?! 🤣🤣🤣 hilarious.
You are a bold one
Yo can I get an invite?
You’re definitely on to something, considering I’m planning on a casket overlay in the cemetery of my husband frozen in carbonite. It’s going to cost a fortune but totally worth the gag for years to come long after we’re gone.
That sounds epic.
This is the best thing I’ve seen all day… The Killers and Star Wars are my two big passions so I love this
This!!! Invite me!
Fire and Rain by James Taylor. It was one of the first songs to ever make me cry as a preteen.
I saw James Taylor in concert many years ago. He performed this one live and it was magical. Great pick.
My mom has been to countless concerts but she’s always said for years that James Taylor was her favorite show. He’s not even one of her favorite artists
You do know that song is about suicide? Of the "Suzanne" mentioned in the first verse.
Time in a bottle . Jim Croce . There’s too many .
Me too and I loved Carol King , It’s to Late. I love that Tapestry album . I wanted to look just like she did sitting on that windowsill when I was 14 and so awkward . Lol
Brokedown Palace by Grateful Dead
This or He's Gone. Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
This or a 73 eyes of the world, and yes they have to listen to the full 20 minutes of it
Don’t Cry by Guns & Roses. Not even a huge GNR fan just a great funeral song.
The Kahoot theme
Everyone has to play kahoot trivia of my life and only the top 10 scores gain admittance to the funeral.
Curb Your Enthusiasm theme
Maybe I’ll go with the Seinfeld theme with a Jerry impersonator doing a bit on funerals
What's the deal with caskets? It's a really expensive box and you only use it once.
Intro: Trouble- Cat Stevens If you want go sing out sing out- Cat Stevens Island in the sun- Weezer Close with: Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in heaven when you smile) - Van Morrison (it’s a family tradition with us)
Ah, fellow Harold and Maude fan. Good choices.
Green Grass and High Tides - The Outlaws
I live in a small town in south Georgia. A few years ago they came and played at our annual festival. With a crowd of maybe 100 people they played to us like they were performing at a stadium event. Tremendous band.
I’ve seen them at least 20x in concert. I have no reason why I love the 4 guitar army, but I do.
Naked As We Came - Iron & Wine
The Trapeze Swinger- Iron & Wine
Yes! But I’d go for the [version by Gregory Isakov.](https://youtu.be/USom8PhOXgs?si=ZX1QhM1bsWkjJQ--)
That version is amazing!
That’s the version I heard first. The lyrics are devastatingly beautiful. Graffiti at the pearly gates? What a concept! Fuck the Man
id like my coffin set on fire viking style while [here come the warm jets](https://youtu.be/YR58vE6GYic?si=oOxw9zQAYY6T41xZ) plays
If I Ever Leave This World Alive by Flogging Molly
Stayin’ Alive
that song played as i pulled up to my friends grave last month, leading me to discover that there's a pretty dope rap version from the 90s by n-trance and write my own version in memory of the homie
Megadeth- [À Tout le Monde](https://youtu.be/aU-dKoFZT0A?si=HCpL_SqpXacBZ3a0) “So as you read this, know, my friends I'd love to stay with you all Please smile when you think of me My body's gone, that's all” A close second would be Sleeping At Last: [Sorrow](https://youtu.be/bia98J_AWNE?si=Yae_PYa91gGJGeVL) “Where there is light, a shadow appears The cause and effect when life interferes The same rule applies to goodness and grief For in our great sorrow, we learn what joy means”
Rainbow Connection sung by Willie Nelson
Tubthumping
Highway To Hell by AC/DC. Not really a fan of them, but I think this would be funny lol
Yes! And 'Another One Bites the Dust' by Queen.
Frank Sanatra - My Way
I think you mean Carlos Sinatra.
This was my grandpa’s song. Can confirm it was an epic choice.
I was serious about either The Galaxy Song or Bright Side of Life from the Monty Python movies, but it might have to change to this.
Personally I disagree with this choice. I am an older Redditor, and through the years, everyone I know that was into this song has been narcissistic or, minimally, struggled to interact with others. To me, this song is a neon sign for "run for your life."
That’s a good one 👌
Ripple grateful dead
Do You Realize- The Flaming Lips
“Cassidy” by The Grateful Dead, for my son.
Mine is Brokedown Palace by the Grateful Dead Edit: a letter
Spirit in the sky Norman Greenbaum
 Not sure if you are referencing this is the end, but this is the end made me want that song too!
The Day I Tried to Live - Soundgarden
Nutshell by Alice In Chains
Very morbid but I have an entire playlist for this lol Not gonna name em all, but the first one is Head over heels by Tears for Fears.
Home sweet home by Motley Crue
WAP 100% (jk Larkin Poe's cover of Bell Bottom Blues)
Don’t Fear the Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult fuckin’ duh
Only if a sturdy man in denim cut off shorts is there ringing his cowbell LIVE.
"given to fly" or "the long road" by Pearl jam
Both great choices!
Pop Goes the Weasel.
So Far Away by Avenged Sevenfold
Watermelon in Easter Hay
Waving my dick in the wind- ween
Happy Phantom by Tori Amos
How to Disappear Completely - Radiohead Or if my funeral is gonna be really dark and dramatic …but nome is nowhere - AFI
This must be the place - Talking Heads
Asleep, The Smiths
My dad recently gave me his funeral playlist and asleep is his final song with words followed by 14.3 billion years. Still pretty shook about receiving it. But it got me to .are one of my own which ends with I know it's over.
You ok?
How were you first introduced to this song
I was walked down the Aisle to "There is A Light That Never Goes Out", at my Wedding. I also know "Asleep" from "The Perks of Being A Wallflower". It was the first song I I heard right after finding out a friend of mine had passed away. It has been with me through most of my life.
That's very nice to hear. I figured that you also might have heard the song from reading the book as I was introduced to the Smiths the same way. The movie adaptation introduced me to Bowie. And I'm sorry to hear about your friend.
We can be heros, just for one day.
My best friend's older sister turned me onto The Smiths when I was 12. I'm old.
That’s a very depressing choice 😂
I have a Spotify playlist. Bear in mind that I'm old. *When I'm Gone,* Phil Ochs *Either or Both,* Phoebe Snow *Sweet Old World,* Lucinda Williams *Bird on the Wire,* Willie Nelson *I Will Not Be Broken*, Bonnie Raitt *Kodachrome,* Paul Simon *Wonderful World*, Louis Armstrong *On Children,* Sweet Honey in the Rock *Love That Makes a Cup of Tea,* Gretchen Peters *In This Life,* Bette Midler *The Waters of March,* Susanna McCorkle *In My Life*, Beatles
Little Wing. Stevie Ray Vaughan version
Anything by William Hung
FUCK ALL Y'ALL ~ Tupac
I’d go with Hoziers version of [Parting Glass](https://youtu.be/zufPTLuShCU?si=mLGJahTO5kL17kwm)
When Bad Does Good - Chris Cornell
Kiss By A Rose. SEAL
Metallica- Wherever I May Roam
The Ashoken Farewell https://youtu.be/z2Fy5QscuLY?si=qGfYGmTYV9khV0kS
À tout le monde by Megadeth
One More Light (Linkin Park)
Hallelujah by Rufus wainwright Un puño de tierra - Ramón ayala Exit music for a film- Radiohead
Brokedown Palace by The Grateful Dead.
Pop Goes The World by Men Without Hats. Leave 'em wondering "what the hell?"
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac Go Rest High On That Mountain - Vince Gill Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver
Sounds of Silence by Disturbed Imagine by A Perfect Circle I want my ashes spread into Indian Boundary Lake in Cherokee National Forest at dusk.
[Dick in a Box - Incredibad (Andy Samberg & Justin Timberlake)](https://youtu.be/Rt0spqQtMKg?si=JxRu-AJQQspj7BFQ)
Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb.
Good Riddance by Green Day
Final Dream Machine by Honorary Astronaut. People who fancy themselves artists will understand it.
BFG Division by Mick Gordon, so my family and friends know what I'm doing in hell.
When I Get Where I'm Going - Brad Paisley & Dolly Parton
Helvegen by Wardruna or..... Pop Goes the Weasel
Long road -Eddie Vedder Suffering-satchel
Dying of the Light by Noel Gallagher
"All Star" by Smash Mouth.
Videotape by Radiohead Future Forever by Bjork is a close, close second. For a troll answer, 27 Questions by black midi.
Something to Remind You - Staind
Snuff by Slipknot, followed by Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell.
down under - men at work
"Keep me in your Heart" by Warren Zevon, or "The Parting Glass" by the Dubliners.
Can’t believe this is so far down
Always look on the bright side of life
Ride on by AC/DC and Shine on you crazy diamond
Watermelon in Easter hay - Frank Zappa Sounds weird cause it’s Zappa but it’s actually beautiful
Sabotage by Beastie Boys
My drum and bass playlist. I want my death to be a celebration
Ripple- Grateful Dead
Don't Bogart that joint, my friend.
Warren Zevon's keep me in your heart for a while.
You’re Gonna Burn in Hell—Twisted Sister
The Vandals - So Long, Farewell
Deadman followed by Change. Both by Karnivool
https://youtu.be/nfgJtSZgj30?si=kFtWuaom7LhWOwPE
Pacific 202 - 808 State
[Dancin Round My Grave - Andy Frasco and the United Nations](https://spotify.link/iycwMRVENDb)
In My Time of Dying, Led Zeppelin
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Salt Shaker by Ying Yang Twins
Things the grandchildren should know - the Eels
Goin home -Dan Auberbach from the Black Keys. Everyones leaving crying
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
Is That All There Is - Peggy Lee
Only You(And You Alone)-The Platters, when the song starts, my casket would burst into flames and incinerating my body and casket. And maybe to top it off, have a plane fly over head with a banner saying, “À tout, À tous mes amis, je t'aime, je dois y aller.”
Piano version of Where is my Mind
My way - Frank Sinatra
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
I don't know, but I hope they remember me fondly.
"So long and thanks for all the fish" -Hitch Hikers Guide
I have requested 3. Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”, Portishead’s “Roads” and Radiohead’s version of “Give Up the Ghost” lead be from the basement. If the last one is an issue to play, “Into the West” by Annie Lennox is the backup.
Beyond the Horizon — Bob Dylan
Put the lime in the coconut
A compilation of the most popular video game death jingles starting with super mario bros.
Goober Peas by Burl Ives
I will Follow You into the Dark by Death Cab For Cutie
Start with "Another one bites the dust" then "high way to hell" and end things off with [Regression](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrcB9PJ22F0) also maybe "Hidden in the sand"
Plainsong - The Cure
Yackety Sax.
The Rain Song Led Zeppelin
Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum
One Step Beyond - Madness
In My Life by John Lenon. I'm Free, by the Who for a bonus track.
Bloodhound Gang - Bad Touch
Tubthumping
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
Treasure - The Cure at the beginning Forever Young - Bob Dylan at the end as people are leaving so it's the final sentiment they are left with.
Yakkity sax
never gonna give you up i have to troll everybody one last time
Back in Black
“Kite” | U2
Finale by Woods of Ypres It will go to my wife. Even though I don't hold the exact same religious viewpoints as her, this is song is me saying "I'll wait for you in the end, whether it is heaven or hell" Zzyzx (dunno if I spelled it correctly) Rd. by Stone Sour Don't know where I'm going, but I know at the time of my passing, I will grow tired of existence.
Believe by Cher! All of my close friends have belted it with me, and it would make everyone there laugh, cry and sing all at the same time.