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2 years, 2 months ago

What song would you most want played at your funeral?

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rdmcurator | 2 years, 2 months ago
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Blue Highway has a song called 'Some Day' that they do a capella and that I couldn't agree with more.

Some Day
(Words, Olive Stockton-Music, Tim Stafford/ Daniel House Music , BMI)

Some day when my last line is written
Some day when I’ve drawn my last breath
When my last words on earth have been spoken
And my lips are sealed in death:

Don’t look on my cold form in pity
Don’t think of me as one dead
It will just be the house I once lived in
My spirit by then will have fled

I’ll have finished my time here allotted
But I won’t be in darkness alone
I will have heard from heaven
The summons to come on home

And when my body is in the grave
Don’t think that I’ll be there
I won’t be dead, but living
In the place Jesus went to prepare

And after all is said and done
Know that my last earnest prayer
Was that my loved ones be ready
Some day to meet me there

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jeffvirtanen | 2 years, 2 months ago Report

Wow! Incredible lyrics. Great choice.

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trmbngrl | 2 years, 2 months ago
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Great question! I actually think about this all the time... I guess that's a little weird. But anyways, I would like to have Morten Lauridsen's "O Magnum Mysterium" played at my funeral.

There aren't that many good recordings of this piece out there, but this'll give you the gist of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn5ken3RJBo

It can also be played by a brass or wind ensemble; I'm still not sure if I would perfer something like that, or the vocal arrangement. I guess I have time to think about it... hopefully.

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I've sung and played this song and it's beautiful!

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jeffvirtanen | 2 years, 2 months ago Report

Nice choice.

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potterarchy | 2 years, 2 months ago
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I'm still pretty undecided what I want to do when I die. I want my friends and relatives to have fun after I go, and I think I'd like to organize a game where my ashes are spread in very weird places. But regardless, I think if they play any kind of song at my funeral, it's going to be happy and danceable! This would be a good candidate, I think.
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tweety_bird | 2 years, 2 months ago
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In the Garden - I like relating the simple pleasures in nature to faith and completion of the life cycle. It was also played at my grandmother's funeral. Vist the site for a playing of it with the words written out.

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buddawiggi | 2 years, 2 months ago
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Leonard Cohen "One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong"
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davesplace | 2 years, 2 months ago
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In My Life by the Beatles - love that song.
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jeffvirtanen | 2 years, 2 months ago Report

Great tune. I used to have a version of Rod Stewart doing this tune and it was fantastic.

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willrusk | 2 years, 2 months ago
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I would choose the traditional Irish song The Parting Glass, preferably as sung by the Clancy Brothers. The lyrics utilize a person's last round in a pub as a metaphor for their "last call" on earth. It is a bittersweet song that reminds us to remember the good in our time of sorrow. I listen to it a lot when I am thinking of friends and relatives that have passed on.

"But since it falls unto my lot
that I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call
good night and joy be with you all"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1se8_-fcxZs

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jeffvirtanen | 2 years, 2 months ago Report

I had no idea this song existed. Thanks for letting me know about it.

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