Funeral Music

fieldgrade said:
During the depths of the great recession 10-12 years ago when it was clear that my business was failing, I used to listen to Claire De Lune and other classics over and over (while drinking too much bottom shelf scotch).
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That means you have excellent taste in music... maybe not so much in scotch, LOL...
 
Matt.Cross said:
That means you have excellent taste in music... maybe not so much in scotch, LOL...
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And this was the other song beside Debussy that could calm a troubled spirit. Bach Cello Suite No.1 in G

 
A college buddy who actually started me skydiving had the craziest “burial”. He had a normal funeral for his family but afterwards his wishes were to be cremated and a few buddies “spread” him at 5000 to 6000 feet. On the ride up several of his favorite song were blasted in the plane … but his “exit” song was Willie Nelson singing Angel Flying To Close To The Ground. Everyone cleared the plane and formed up for the urn to be opened. POOF … then everyone popped their chutes and hit the landing zone.


 
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I've already written and recorded the song, and if I die with enough money in the bank and enough loved ones to enforce my final wishes, everybody at the memorial will be locked in the room, with no lights, and will endure all 12 minutes of the ordeal. Upon leaving, everyone gets a box of Little Debbie Fudge Rounds, but inside is expired Raisin Creme Pies. It should also be raining.

Knowing me in death needs to be every bit as stressful as knowing me in life.
 
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yard mongrel said:
I've already written and recorded the song, and if I die with enough money in the bank and enough loved ones to enforce my final wishes, everybody at the memorial will be locked in the room, with no lights, and will endure all 12 minutes of the ordeal. Upon leaving, everyone gets a box of Little Debbie Fudge Rounds, but inside is expired Raisin Creme Pies. It should also be raining.

Knowing me in death needs to be every bit as stressful as knowing me in life.
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yard mongrel said:
I've already written and recorded the song, and if I die with enough money in the bank and enough loved ones to enforce my final wishes, everybody at the memorial will be locked in the room, with no lights, and will endure all 12 minutes of the ordeal. Upon leaving, everyone gets a box of Little Debbie Fudge Rounds, but inside is expired Raisin Creme Pies. It should also be raining.

Knowing me in death needs to be every bit as stressful as knowing me in life.
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This is the most moving and wonderful end-of-life plan I've ever heard...
 
Time for a true story:

I was in the barber shop one day, and as my hair was being cut my barber was having a very amusing conversation with a gentleman who was something of a local legend. He was a fantastically enthusiastic, comedic, and outgoing personality, and enjoyed some dangerous personal hobbies such as amateur fireworks experimentation and the like. The conversation had turned to end-of-life plans and such, and this gentleman was explaining some insider knowledge about the proceedings of funerals where the deceased is cremated. He explained that a friend from the funeral home had told him that when the urn is present during the memorial service, it is left empty until the proceedings are completed, then the urn has the ashes placed inside and is returned to the family/responsible persons. Since the prior conversation had involved some hilarious ideas about how to sabotage his own memorial service, I saw an opportunity in this revelation. He had shared that he was to be cremated upon his death, so I offered to attend his memorial ceremony with the promise that if he so wished, I would arrange to "accidentally" upend his urn as I passed by, hopefully to the shock & surprise of folks who had no concept it would be empty. This was very much to his liking, he laughed until he cried at the idea, and actually took down my phone number and info. I suppose it wasn't meant to be, because I was never contacted, but I absolutely would've done it, purely out of respect for his wishes and admiration for his outsized personality.
 
A friend of mine has strict instructions to play this video for me.

I want to leave the crowd like whoa, what was that?

Who loves ya baby!

 
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Matt.Cross said:
Time for a true story:

I was in the barber shop one day, and as my hair was being cut my barber was having a very amusing conversation with a gentleman who was something of a local legend. He was a fantastically enthusiastic, comedic, and outgoing personality, and enjoyed some dangerous personal hobbies such as amateur fireworks experimentation and the like. The conversation had turned to end-of-life plans and such, and this gentleman was explaining some insider knowledge about the proceedings of funerals where the deceased is cremated. He explained that a friend from the funeral home had told him that when the urn is present during the memorial service, it is left empty until the proceedings are completed, then the urn has the ashes placed inside and is returned to the family/responsible persons. Since the prior conversation had involved some hilarious ideas about how to sabotage his own memorial service, I saw an opportunity in this revelation. He had shared that he was to be cremated upon his death, so I offered to attend his memorial ceremony with the promise that if he so wished, I would arrange to "accidentally" upend his urn as I passed by, hopefully to the shock & surprise of folks who had no concept it would be empty. This was very much to his liking, he laughed until he cried at the idea, and actually took down my phone number and info. I suppose it wasn't meant to be, because I was never contacted, but I absolutely would've done it, purely out of respect for his wishes and admiration for his outsized personality.
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Que up 4:00
 
Natural funeral and home burial.
This song plus whatever family wants.

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Just put my big ass in a cardboard box and burn me up. Then, get a flatbed trailer and put it in a field somewhere and put out the word that any band who wats to play to just show up. The louder and more obnoxious the better. I will require a minimum of 3 kegs of Busch Light. Afterwards, take my ashes to The Point in Buxton and dump me in the ocean.
 
Ammoholic said:
Rather stick with humor, however:

On a serious note, while maybe over used by now…..”Go Rest High“always causes me to think back through my own life.
Played it for my unconscious mom during the night/several nights while she was in hospice….still brings tears.

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I second that emotion. This came out a couple years after my best friend was taken by cancer at the young age of 34. No matter how good I feel, It is hard to listen to this song with eyes leaking a little.
He wrote a Christmas song around the same time. Both were after his brother passed away. He has a hard time getting through that one without getting a little choked up in concert.
 
I told my Wife and Mom to play this.

@34 I've lived a crazy very fulfilled life...



"Gonna ride the lightning
Feel the thunder
'Til the darkness pulls me under
Gonna fly on
Wings of fire
Pray the good Lord lifts me higher
Singing, "oh, when they call me home"
Singing, "oh, when they call me home"
Gonna ride the lightning"
 
Went to the funeral of a co-worker’s mother. Some of the finest people I’ve ever known. They were also self admitted the biggest bunch of Rednecks ever put on earth. When the funeral started, the speakers opened up with “Someone’s Crying in the Chapel” by Elvis. My buddy also wore his Jim Bean Belt Buckle to the Service. Told me he only wore it to Weddings and Funerals!
 
Cremated and funny stories being told. This played at some point.

 
HMP said:
I went to a funeral last Saturday, some very close family friends, their mother/grandmother passed
As I sat in teh chapel before the service, and then during the service, I thought about the music.
It should reflect the person, yes?
It got me thinking about my own funeral which, hopefully, is many years from now.
What would i want, what would 'fit' me.

Have you ever considered it? Honest thoughts on what you'd want?

At the recent one they ended with The Dance by Garth Brooks...I like it, I think it'd be one Id want

Sadly, the event made me think about a lot of things about the subject. Where would the ceremony happen? What do I want with my body? If casket, what to wear? Where would I be buried or kept?
When the fianceand I talk I always say just put me in a cardboard box out in the backyard...but I dont think she'll go for that.

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No question for me. It is sometimes called "For all the Saints" and sometimes "Rutherford's Hymn" and has the most beautiful lyrics about what life and death is all about ...... Should I die in the near future and any of you come (I would sincerely hope some guys in here would!), you will sing this:

 
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