What song will they play at your funeral?

Nathon Detroit

Nathon Detroit

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The most popular song played at a funeral is "My Way" by Frank Sinatra. What would you have played at your funeral should you die today?

I think I might choose a hymn, possibly "in the Garden"

In The Garden
I come to the garden alone,
while the dew is still on the roses.
And the voice I hear, falling on my ear,
the Son of God discloses.

Chorus:
And He walks with me,
and He talks with me,
and He tells me I am His own;
and the joy we share as we tarry there,
none other has ever known.

Verse 2:
He speaks and the sound of His voice,
is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
and the melody that He gave to me
within my heart is ringing.

Chorus

Verse 3:
I`d stay in the garden with Himm
though the night around me be falling,
but He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling.

Chorus​

According to this recent report the top funeral songs are as follows:

Top 5 popular songs:
1. "My Way" - Frank Sinatra/Shirley Bassey.
2. "Wind Beneath My Wings" - Bette Midler/Celine Dion.
3. "Time To Say Goodbye" - Sarah Brightman/Andrea Bocelli.
4. "Angels" - Robbie Williams.
5. "Over The Rainbow" - Eva Cassidy.

Top 5 hymns:
1. "The Lord Is My Shepherd".
2. "Abide With Me".
3. "All Things Bright And Beautiful".
4. "Old Rugged Cross".
5. "Amazing Grace".

Top 5 classical pieces:
1. "Nimrod" from "Enigma Variations" - Elgar.
2. "Pie Jesu" from "Requiem" - Faure.
3. "Ave Maria" - Schubert.
4. "Nessun Dorma" - Puccini.
5. "Canon in D Major" - Pachelbel.

Other chart movers (no rankings):
- "Hallelujah" covered by talent show winner Alexandra Burke.
- "Bat Out Of Hell" - Meatloaf.
- "Spirit In The Sky" - Doctor and the Medics.
- 'Highway To Hell" - AC/DC.

What song would you have played at your funeral?
 
ebenz47037

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Another One Bites the Dust ( :jessilu:'s suggestion)

Rock the Casbah
 
chickenman

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"Bring the Rain" ~ Mercy Me

I hope that at the end of my life, others will know that I never let any circumstances change my understanding of who "I forever am in You."

{verse}
I can count a million times
People asking me how I can
Can praise You with all that I've gone through.
The question just amazes me.
Could circumstances possibly change
Who I forever am in You?

{verse}
Maybe since my life was changed
Long before these rainy days
It's never really ever crossed my mind
To turn my back on You oh Lord,
My only shelter from the storm,
But instead I draw closer through these times.

So I pray...

[chorus]
Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there'll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that's what it takes to praise You...
Jesus bring the rain.


{verse}
I am Yours regardless of
The clouds that may loom above
Because You are much greater than my pain.
You who made a way for me
Suffering your destiny
So tell me...what's a little rain?
 
assuranceagent

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Stephen Curtis Chapman's "Magnificent Obsession"


There's also a song comparing God to the seasons that I love. It always brings my grandfather to mind. I think it's by Watermark, but I can't remember the name and I can't seem to find it on google.

A lyric exerpt in case anyone knows which one I'm talking about:

"But even now in death,
you open doors for life to enter.
You are Winter..."
 
assuranceagent

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Found it. Beautiful song.

Nichole Nordeman - "Every Season"

Every evening sky, an invitation
To trace the patterned stars
And early in July, a celebration
For freedom that is ours
And I notice You
In children’s games
In those who watch them from the shade
Every drop of sun is full of fun and wonder
You are summer

And even when the trees have just surrendered
To the harvest time
Forfeiting their leaves in late September
And sending us inside
Still I notice You when change begins
And I am braced for colder winds
I will offer thanks for what has been and was to come
You are autumn

And everything in time and under heaven
Finally falls asleep
Wrapped in blankets white, all creation
Shivers underneath
And still I notice you
When branches crack
And in my breath on frosted glass
Even now in death, You open doors for life to enter
You are winter

And everything that’s new has bravely surfaced
Teaching us to breathe
What was frozen through is newly purposed
Turning all things green
So it is with You
And how You make me new
With every season’s change
And so it will be
As You are re-creating me
Summer, autumn, winter, spring​
 
Wamba

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A backwards/forwards song, played backwards, then recorded, then played backwards backwards which is in fact forwards. A really really awesome song.



Fount Thou Come




(Yes, yes I know, Lighthouse)
 
Town Heretic

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:think: Possibly "Sexual Healing" just to make everyone as uncomfortable as I am at the thought of the occasion. I think the "Get up, get up, get up" would take on an especially creepy feeling.

Or "Let's Get It On"...same reason.

Otherwise, I suppose "Simple" by K.D. Lang or "Time" by Tom Waits...

Or anything by a live marching band really.

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