what would be your funeral set list

Clark Kent

i know its a strange thread, but you never know. this is what i want played at my funeral. hopefully there will be a lot more to add in the coming years, but for now.....

life wasted ( if you die by accident )
present tense
society
parting ways
off he goes
givin to fly
arc
soon forget
come back
the end
i guess you can add satans bed if you deserve it.....

Stephen Flow

Green Disease
Blood

Tonykin

I think Yellow Ledbetter would be the one... Because it's the way to say good bye and you know the show is over...

gremmiedotnet

fellas......what about man of the hour?

cause the man of the hour is taking his final bow/ as the curtains come down/ i feel that this is just/ goodbye for now...

Stephen Flow

k here's my serious list.

Long Road
Soon Forget
Light Years
Otherside
Off He Goes
Man of the Hour
In My Tree (fav PJ song)
Come Back
Yellow Ledbetter
Arc
The End

w/ a set like this... my funeral doesn't seem so bad.

Clark Kent

oh wow i cant beleive i forgot man of the hour. one of my favs.....

gremmiedotnet wrote:

fellas......what about man of the hour?

cause the man of the hour is taking his final bow/ as the curtains come down/ i feel that this is just/ goodbye for now...

DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn

Stephen Flow wrote:

k here's my serious list.

Long Road
Soon Forget
Light Years
Otherside
Off He Goes
Man of the Hour
In My Tree (fav PJ song)
Come Back
Yellow Ledbetter
Arc
The End

w/ a set like this... my funeral doesn't seem so bad.

I'm not wishing death on you by ANY means but that's a FANTASTIC SETLIST! :P

Latin Square

I would probably just play Rise on a constant loop...not for any symbolic reason, but because I really like that song.

Claireack

I've thought about this a lot over the past few years, been to quite a few funerals. Still not decided on full list, and think it may have to continue over to the tea afterwards.

Given to Fly
Sleight of Hand
Nothing as it seems
I am mine
Long night (I sing it a lot in the car)
Alive (because I sent it to my brother on tape in a war zone many years ago and he loved it)
Daughter (because I tried singing it to my mum & stepdad when I was in hospital whilst doped up on morphine & entonox, so they'll remember it)
Any other PJ song my husband chooses

The rest are other stuff which I'm not sure if I'm getting the titles right as I'm useless at reading covers;

Kate Bush The man with the child in his eyes (for my husband as we listened to a lot of Kate Bush when we got together)
Norah Jones Sunrise
John Martyn Solid Air
Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb
Dead can dance/Liza Gerrard (hubby can choose)
King Crimson In the court of the crimson king (reminds me of my youth)
The Doors (hubby can choose)
Joni Mitchell Blue
Tom Waites Somewhere
....... heck loads & loads more of all sorts of stuff

Also want to be buried in a wicker basket with red poppies on and don't want people to wear black. Also want a group of my friends who refused to wear big bushy moustaches when we went out for our joint 40th to wear them on the day - they can hardly refuse!

Sorry to ramble, get carried away sometimes.

mattoscarson

I'm not so sure about "Soon Forget." I don't want people to think of me that way at my funeral. "A man we'll soon forget?" How about this set:

Release
Given to Fly
Unthought Known
Man of the Hour
Around the Bend
Light Years
Present Tense
Immortality
Thumbing my Way
Around the Bend
I'm Open
Arc

Claireack

Ooops should I have just stuck to PJ?? Apologies

Evergreen

Well, I am not having a "funeral" just close friends and family at our house on the coast, it has to be outside, and I wish to have my ashes scattered off the cliff at the end of our property. I don't think you can legally do this, but whatever, it's our land.

I am only sure of the order of a few songs, though. The rest I need to think about.

Oceans, I Am Mine, Life Wasted (as friends and family arrive - these songs have great meaning to me and my life)
Ballad In Urgency - Black Crowes (as I am scattered)
Ocean - John Butler (after scattering is done, to celebrate good thoughts)

These are the others...
Garden
Gone
Long Road
Immortality
Thumbing My Way
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

Come Back (when it is done and everyone is gone)

decides2dream

Stephen Flow wrote:

k here's my serious list.

Long Road
Soon Forget
Light Years
Otherside
Off He Goes
Man of the Hour
In My Tree (fav PJ song)
Come Back
Yellow Ledbetter
Arc
The End

w/ a set like this... my funeral doesn't seem so bad.

that's a damn good line-up!
i personally would leave out soon forget, but the others...quite fitting. off he goes and man of the hour are perfect tunes, but alas, as a female....hahahaha. i am not a morbid person, but i have often thought about this. i also would have to add in a few fitting peter gabriel tunes, such as i grieve....and i also would want some uplifting tunes as well, perhaps like given to fly. i think i'd want hail, hail too. unthought known might be a great addtion as well. idk if i will actually have a 'funeral' per se as i am not religious. i also plan on being cremated immediately, but i would think a memorial service would suit me just fine. hell, i've told my husband to take everyone to my fave restaurant, eat, drink, reminisce...

MO286886 wrote:

I'm not so sure about "Soon Forget." I don't want people to think of me that way at my funeral. "A man we'll soon forget?" How about this set:

Release
Given to Fly
Unthought Known
Man of the Hour
Around the Bend
Light Years
Present Tense
Immortality
Thumbing my Way
Around the Bend
I'm Open
Arc

ooooooooooo...like that as well! i think oceans would be a great addition too!
evergreen, we have similar desires.......

FinsburyParkCarrots

Just the one song: Ask Me No Questions by Bridget St. John.

Oh, PJ? Er, um. I dunno. It's all too life-affirming to waste on the dead.

soulsinging

I can't believe nobody has listed the one song I'd have played on a loop the whole time:

Last Exit

And then they would roll my corpse into the hole so I hit the ground at the same as that "mmmyyyyy... last exit" note.

dimitrispearljam

ALIVE

decides2dream

dimitrispearljam wrote:

ALIVE

well done!

hollow bottle

Man in a Box :twisted:

This question is dark.

Clark Kent

i didnt realize there was that much stuff relating to death... well it is our mortality.. or should i say immortality.... lets go philly.... also go soxxxxxxx

dimitrispearljam

decides2dream wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

ALIVE

well done!

..and my friends will sing.. :'WHY GO HOME"

Evergreen

that's a damn good line-up!
i personally would leave out soon forget, but the others...quite fitting. off he goes and man of the hour are perfect tunes, but alas, as a female....hahahaha. i am not a morbid person, but i have often thought about this. i also would have to add in a few fitting peter gabriel tunes, such as i grieve....and i also would want some uplifting tunes as well, perhaps like given to fly. i think i'd want hail, hail too. unthought known might be a great addtion as well. idk if i will actually have a 'funeral' per se as i am not religious. i also plan on being cremated immediately, but i would think a memorial service would suit me just fine. hell, i've told my husband to take everyone to my fave restaurant, eat, drink, reminisce...

ooooooooooo...like that as well! i think oceans would be a great addition too!
evergreen, we have similar desires.......

We do...I am not religious either...but I am spiritual and my memorial, or whatever you call it needs to be a celebration of my friends and my immediate family, it also need to be earthy and natural...I want to finally be one with nature.

I want to add Porch to the list too.

dpmay

i've actually thought a little about this, and i'm surprised no one has mentioned my first choice:

can't keep

PillowPants

leaving here

and porch

decides2dream

Ayudante de Santa wrote:

leaving here

and porch

excellent choices....and, duh! of course leaving here!




evergreen, i want my ashes scattered from a very specific spot on the long island sound.
and you bet, a celebration of life, my life...life in general. sure, miss me .....reminsce.....but life is for living!

mensane

when my mom died 2 years ago, i chose Long Road to be played. not just because it is a great song and perfect for the occasion, but my mom was a huge Neil Young fan. this became a bonding point over the last several years. she never got to see him live, but i called her from bridge school once so she could listen.

PillowPants

decides2dream wrote:

Ayudante de Santa wrote:

leaving here

and porch

excellent choices....and, duh! of course leaving here!

i was shocked no one had said it yet

Yellow Ledbelly

Long Road
Man of the Hour
Danny boy (Clapton's acoustic version)
Uncloudy Day (Willie nelson)
Had me a real good time (The Faces)
Yellow Ledbetter

81

dimitrispearljam wrote:

ALIVE

damn you, i was going to go with that.

PillowPants

Just Don't Bite It - NWA




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Who Princess

Some people are going to have really long funerals.

redeye

soulsinging wrote:

I can't believe nobody has listed the one song I'd have played on a loop the whole time:

Last Exit

And then they would roll my corpse into the hole so I hit the ground at the same as that "mmmyyyyy... last exit" note.

ha ha very cool...

i want no rain and holyman by blind melon

for pj it has to be just breathe, cos its so damn beautiful ...