What song at your funeral?

[Jaygetsreal]

What song would you like played at your funeral?
(Not being morbid. Just planning haha)

Let's get this one out the way before we start - thanks for the idea https://www.talkbass.com/members/sam-evans.132077/

 

[pfschim]

I got to think about this pretty concretely some years ago when I was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. Oncologist told me I needed to get my end-of-life plans in order (!). Scary stuff at 45. But in the end, after agressive surgery and a very challenging 8 solid months of heavy chemo, I survived (20+ years now) and those plans never had to be put in place. But I did think about what music I wanted at my service at the time.

2 from Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds Of Fire

Thousand Island Park


Hope

 

[Michedelic]

 

[Jeff Scott]

 

[basst scho]

 

[Geepers]

 

[Zooberwerx]

"Poor Jud is Dead"....

 

[JPK_DK]

There are so many candidates really... I would like the people attending to be moved by the music, but it should also give hope and lift their spirits.

The Scandinavians do it best when you want heart-wrenchingly sad, yet hauntingly beautiful stuff:



More uplifting because of its soaring brass, the driving rhythm section and the mindblowing harmonies and stacking of chords is this one:



And for more bass, this is just so beautiful and uplifting as well:

 

[bholder]

Off the top of my head:

• As Long As I Can See The Light - Creedence
• Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
• Starless - King Crimson
• On The Turning Away - Pink Floyd
• In My Life - The Beatles
• Here Comes The Flood - Peter Gabriel

I've got to get the full list together, at that point in life where planning is past due, doing my will and all that for the first time.

 

[Wesley R]

Pishing to hard by The Seeds

 

[Bunk McNulty]

 

[outoftune]

 

[JazznFunk]

Definitely thought about this when I made a living will before surgery. Pat Metheny & Charlie Haden's 'Spiritual', and Chicago's 'I've Been Searchin' So Long'.

 

[yodedude2]

 

[ahbradot]

Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath" song.

 

[Skeezix]

 

[Crispus]

Ventura Highway by America

 

[FugaziBomb]

 

[Crispus]

I got to think about this pretty concretely some years ago when I was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. Oncologist told me I needed to get my end-of-life plans in order (!). Scary stuff at 45. But in the end, after agressive surgery and a very challenging 8 solid months of heavy chemo, I survived (20+ years now) and those plans never had to be put in place. But I did think about what music I wanted at my service at the time.

2 from Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds Of Fire

Thousand Island Park


Hope

That an amazing story, glad you got through it! It gives people hope!

 

[roccobass]