Rock and Pop: What songSSSSS do you want played at your funeral?

Question

Write a set list of songs to be played at your funeral! Influenced by that other Q..TD bad ones, TU good ones!

For me it would definitely be this set list:

Belphegor - Graves Of Sorrow
Cryptopsy - Graves Of the Fathers
the Faceless - All Dark Graves
Bloodbath - Ways to the Grave
Death - Beyond the Unholy Grave
Goatwh*re - Graveyards and Dead Angels
Naglfar - And the World Shall be Your Grave
Zyklon - A Cold Grave
Beatles - I want to Hold Your Hand
Brain Drill - Bury The Living
Arch Enemy - Dead Bury their Dead
Cannibal Corpse - Rotting Head
Cannibal Corpse - A Skull Full of Maggots
Goatwh*re - As the Sun Turns to Ash
Death - Jealousy
Death - Crystal Mountain
Decapitated - Spheres Of Madness
Psycroptic - The Colour Of Sleep

And to finish it all off:

Behemoth - At the Left Hand Ov God


Make yours as LONG as possible to be cool. Lol.

Answer 1

IAG(BOB), "Don't Worry, Be Happy," by Bobby McFerron

Answer 2

Blue Blood - X Japan

Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden

Bloodrocuted - Dethklok

Tornado of Souls - Megadeth

I Will Live Again - Arch Enemy

Some Heads Are Gonna Roll - Judas Priest

Poison - Dust for Life

Reminded - Drowning Pool

Dead Is The New Alive - Emilie Autumn

Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath

Vanishing - A Perfect Circle

Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie

Down With the Sickness - Disturbed

Drag You Down - Finger Eleven

Stay and Drown - Finger Eleven

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Under - Breaking Point

I Fuc*ing Hate You - Mudvayne

Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

Fade to Black - Metallica

One - Metallica (that's right; Metallica gets three!)

Raining Blood - Slayer

Tears - X Japan

Answer 3

Dream On- Aerosmith

Don't Fear The Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult

Blowin' In The Wind- Bob Dylan

Sunshine Of Your Love- Cream

Home- Foo Fighters

Leave The Memories Alone- Fuel



those are all just ones that I've thought that about, not all that I'd play at my funeral, cause it would be more of a concert at that point lol.

Answer 4

AC/DC - Have A Drink On Me lyrics George Thorogood 1 Bourbon, 1 Scotch, 1 Beer POISON - Unplugged Every Rose Has Its Thorn Ozzy - Momma I'm coming home

Answer 5

Nirvana-All Apologies

R.E.M-Sweetness Follows

Nirvana-Come as you are

Nirvana-Lake Of Fire

Smashing Pumpkins-Farewell and Goodnight

Pink Floyd-Comfortably Numb

Pink Floyd-Learning to Fly

Radiohead-No Surprises

The Doors-Break on through (to the other side)

Lynyrd Skynyrd-Free Bird

Answer 6

Guess you have rather a macabre mind.



Mine would be



Time heals a broken heart - Bonnie Tyler

Free Bird - Lynryd Skynryd

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zep

My sweet Lord - George Harrison

Sounds of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel

Remember - Josh Brogan

I'll be watching you - The police

Dont cry - Guns N Roses

Spirit in the Sky - Dr and the Medics

Answer 7

Peligro Social- El Comienzo (Instrumental)

Peligro Social- Amor Termino,

Peligro Social- Todos A La Mierda,

Peligro Social- Solo Creo En Mi.

the Casualties- F*ck You All

Cock Sparrer- Because You're Young

Complete Control- Keep Me Out

the Virus- So Long

Answer 8

Injection - Rise Against

A Little Piece of Heaven - Avenged Sevenfold

Lady Marmalade - various artists

Blackout - Muse

Samson - Regina Spektor

Seize the Day - Avenged Sevenfold

The Guide - Borne

I will follow you into the dark - Death cab for cutie

Tears Don't Fall - Bullet for My Valentine

Saturday - Kids in Glass houses

Down and Out - the Academy is

Afflicted - Age of Daze

This Could be Anywhere in the World -Alexisonfire

Learning to Fall - Boys Like Girls

My World - sickpuppies

Diary of Jane - Breaking Benjamin

Straight Jacket Fashion - chevelle

I get it - Chevelle

The Red - Chevelle

The fad - Chevelle

All Nereids Beware - Chiodos

The Suffering - Coheed and Cambria

The Pretender - Foo Fighters

A favor house atlantic - Coheed and Cambria

The reason - hoobastank

Rapture - Hurt

shadow of the day - linkin park

walk on water or drown - mayday parade

control - metrostation

I'm not your boyfriend baby - 3oh!3

stockholm syndrome - muse

nothing like you and I - the perishers

carnival of rust - poets of the fall

your guardian angel - the red jumpsuit apparatus

the approaching curve - rise against

a twist in my story - secondhand serenade

your call - secondhand serenade

what a shame - shinedown

comatose - skillet

where does the good go? - tegan and sarah

darkness - third eye blind

jumper - third eye blind

just a dream - carrie underwood

remembering sunday - all time low

semi-charmed life - third eye blind

never too late - three days grace

typical - tickle me pink

madeline - tickle me pink



I think it's neat how so many people had "Seize the Day" as a song to be played at their funeral *grin*

Answer 9

Iron Maiden- Wasted

Answer 10

I Shall Be Released by the Band

Bird On A Wire by Leonard Cohen

Every Grain Of Sand by Bob Dylan

Wide River To Cross by Levon Helm

Keep Me In Your Heart by Warren Zevon

Last Mornin' by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show

Amazing Grace by the Blind Boys Of Alabama (it's sung to the tune of House Of The Rising Sun)

Answer 11

Wires- Athlete

Dreaming of you- The Coral

So Long- Dashboard Confessional

With or Without you- U2

Falling Away with You- Muse

Spend a Lifetime- The Rifles

Forget About tomorrow- Feeder

Answer 12

I used to think about this a lot because every time a Soldier died in Afghanistan they would play Toby Keith and other such songs at his ceremony. I told the guys I wanted



Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young



played if I ate it.

Answer 13

The whole Shine On You Crazy Diamond album and the whole Animals album by Pink Floyd... on the other hand I don't think I want anyone to attend it but I still want the music to play while my body gets stiff over the earth for this final time before going 6ft under to rot...

Answer 14

Life is beautiful by Sixx am

Afterlife by Avenged Sevenfold

November rain by Guns N' Roses

Nothing else matters by Metallica

One by Metallica

These days by Bon Jovi

Cassie by Flyleaf

Something i can never have by Flyleaf

Wake me up when september ends by Green day

Answer 15

Ha Ha Your Dead- Green Day

Dead- My Chemical Romance

God Killed the Queen- Louis XIV

Untitled Finale- Atreyu

Answer 16

I don't know about a set list, but I choose Good Riddance by Green Day



Oh and Seize the Day and Afterlife by A7X

And I Won't See You Tonight Pt 1 by A7X just cause I love it

Answer 17

seriously, the first song is by belphegor? couldnt you at least pick bondage goat zombie and put what you love to talk about in it if you have to use a song by belphegor



okay here goes:



behind blue eyes- the who

free bird- lymyrd skynyrd

i feel free- cream

that 70s song- cheap trick

the joker- steve miller band

love aint for keeping- the who

i wupped batman's a*s- wesley willis

the song is over- the who

help- the beatles

i am the walrus- the beatles

lucy in the sky with diamonds- the beatles

baba o'riley- the who

armenia, city in the sky- the who

sunshine of your love- cream

tales of a brave ulysses- cream

swlabr- cream

white room- cream

born under a bad sign- cream

anyone for tennis- cream

revolution- cream

get together- the youngbloods

eleanor rigby- the beatles

trouble no more- the allman brothers band

Answer 18

Don't Fear The Reaper - BÖC

The End - The Doors

Knockin On Heaven's Door - Dylan

Answer 19

Killswitch Engage-Rose of Sharyn is real appropriate for that purpose. Heavy but not morbid. It is a beautiful song especially if you listen to the words.

Answer 20

seize the day by Avenged Sevenfold

Afterlife by Avenged Sevenfold

Its not my time by 3 Doors Down

one by Metallica

Run to the hills by Iron Maiden

Through the fire and the flames by Dragonforce

Blurry by Puddle of Mudd

Let it be by the Beatles

Come together by the Beatles

Walk this way by Aerosmith

Cryin' by Aerosmith

Jaded by Aerosmith

How far we've come by Matchbox

Psychosocial by Slipknot

Duality by Slipknot

Spit it out by Slipknot

Left behind by Slipknot

this would be what i would want to play at my funeral

Answer 21

You must be so popular to think that people would hang out that long, wow!



Interesting question, something funny, hmmmm.....



Just a Gigolo, by David Lee Roth

Answer 22

lol. your a funny dude. at my funeral i want them to play



my life - styles p

echoes - pink floyd

high till I die - 2pac



then big poppa by notorious BIG haha

Answer 23

tony the beat - the sounds

summer hair=forever young - the academy is...

hips don't lie - shakira

lollipop - lil wayne

sugar we're goin down - fall out boy

northern downpour - panic at the disco

no time for tears - ashlee simpson

hot n cold - katy perry

sorrow - flyleaf

the (after)life of the party - fall out boy

forgotten - avril lavigne

closer - ne-yo

forever - chris brown

a milli - lil wayne

never again - kelly clarkson

gone - kelly clarkson

sweet dreams - the eurythmics

tainted love - medley of every artist who covered the song, including, but not limited to, the pussycat dolls, rihanna (S.O.S.), marilyn manson, soft cell, the original from the 60s, and pretty much every other one that exists.



long enough for you?

lol

Answer 24

Enter Sandman.



PS. Dude, you want them to play I Want to Hold your Hand? I am sensing heavy 'shroom usage.

Answer 25

death rides a horse - russian circles

the funeral party - the cure

funeral - band of horses

death disco - public image limited

i die: you die - gary numan

my ashes - porcupine tree



its gonna be a short service.....

Answer 26

o wow,long funeral & sounds extra depressing,i bet none of those songs are happy ones................i dont have a list,sorry,cos if i was all as ready as you id probably die the next day(ive a paranoid way of thinking) but the music would definitely have to be lively & happy for mine..........best of luck for yours,hope everyone enjoys it :-)

Answer 27

Avenged Sevenfold- Seize the Day

Answer 28

Dust in the Wind - kansas(i think) hahaha



thats the only one i want

Answer 29

Dem Bones '' Dem Dry Bones''? lmao if its int Sea it'l be Dem Wet Bones''?

Answer 30

Baby Got Back and Me So H*rney.

Im serious.

Answer 31

I don't want to think about death but if I had to choose on I would go with a happy song.

Answer 32

Why are you planning your funeral?



As far as a song ... it should be a happy one. A funeral should not be for mourning, it should be about celebrating and remembering the deceased life!

Answer 33

i don't know mate but your ones are gonna kill everyone else off, a skull full of maggots? jaysus holy moly!!

I dunno I'd like ones that say I'm brilliant and remember me or i'll haunt you...nah not really, i'll have loads of bob marley with everyone dancing all slow and raggae-ish

Answer 34

Helena by My chemical romance :D

Answer 35

when i see mommy i feel like a mummy- captain beefheart

Answer 36

I think I'd have to go with Don't Fear the Reaper

Answer 37

Hells Bells by AC/DC

Answer 38

ok, well you took most of mine, but another would be hurt by christina aguilera and what about now by daughtry

Answer 39

i only want one. "in my life" by the beatles. love that song.

Answer 40

Doors - This is the end

Paradise Lost- As i Die

Answer 41

Ding Dong the Witch is Dead. Or at least, that's what others would want.

Answer 42

seize the day- avemged sevenfold

Answer 43

wish you were here ~ pink floyd

the end ~ the doors

Answer 44

nothing else matters - Mettalica

Answer 45

god, your funeral is gonna go on for ages!!! Erm i'm not entirely sure myself,maybe one of my favourite tunes or something else that means something

Answer 46

paper planes MIA

Answer 47

idk