I like PEACE IN THE VALLEY by Red Foley, CLINGING TO A SAVING HAND written by Bill Mack. A little sarcastic STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN !
Has anyone given thought to the music at their funeral?
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Squarebutt
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"Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door" Bob Dylan's original version, not those other guys.
Bkreutz
US Veteran
Taps, I think they take care of that at Arlington.
Murphy's Law
Member
Navy hymn for me. I want everyone who attends to go through a lot of tissues. 
Not even a piece of me...
I've never liked the idea of being buried in the ground.
One time a young woman came to my door and showed me an aerial view of a complex of buildings and said, "Do you know what this is?"
"Um, is it that new low cost housing they've been talking about?"
"No, these are our new mausoleums at XXX memorial gardens. Would like to buy a space (hole) for when you die?"
"Um, no thanks."
"Well, that's ok. We know we are going to get your business sooner or later."
That fixed it for me. No burial, no vault, no cremation. Let the new doctors hack on me and maybe it will help somebody in the future.
Now, maybe I WILL have a memorial service and music has been a large part of my life, so I have considered it.
"I like "Be Still My Soul" (Finlandia) and "Be Thou My Vision". I will specifically ask that if they bring in bagpipes, play 'Highland Cathedral" or anything except 'Amazing Grace'.
Secular music is much harder to put down.
Something that comes to mind is Karn Evil 9 from ELPs "Brain Salad Surgery"
"Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, we're so glad you could attend, come inside come inside."
Or "Stuck In The Middle With You" or "Jack and Diane"
This is tough, I'll come back to it later.
The Minstrel Boy
Classical Selection, some Mozart.
I definitely want it to end by everyone laughing their heads off because I always like to see people having a good time.
Everytime We discuss my final departure and I tell her I wish to be cremated she keeps wanting to call the funeral home to make an appointment?
So we don't ever get past that?
I've never liked the idea of being buried in the ground.
One time a young woman came to my door and showed me an aerial view of a complex of buildings and said, "Do you know what this is?"
"Um, is it that new low cost housing they've been talking about?"
"No, these are our new mausoleums at XXX memorial gardens. Would like to buy a space (hole) for when you die?"
"Um, no thanks."
"Well, that's ok. We know we are going to get your business sooner or later."
That fixed it for me. No burial, no vault, no cremation. Let the new doctors hack on me and maybe it will help somebody in the future.
Now, maybe I WILL have a memorial service and music has been a large part of my life, so I have considered it.
"I like "Be Still My Soul" (Finlandia) and "Be Thou My Vision". I will specifically ask that if they bring in bagpipes, play 'Highland Cathedral" or anything except 'Amazing Grace'.
Secular music is much harder to put down.
Something that comes to mind is Karn Evil 9 from ELPs "Brain Salad Surgery"
"Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, we're so glad you could attend, come inside come inside."
Or "Stuck In The Middle With You" or "Jack and Diane"
This is tough, I'll come back to it later.
The Minstrel Boy
Classical Selection, some Mozart.
I definitely want it to end by everyone laughing their heads off because I always like to see people having a good time.
doublesharp
Member
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJoWiOZSIpk[/ame]
TomkinsSP
Member
What ever they play it will have to be really, really loud so I can hear it, at least that is what mom said many years ago.
Yes, but it was a short discussion. Cremation, no service, no funeral home hoe-down. I'm dead. Why spend good money on a lost cause -- fancy funeral?
Dump the ashes at the local lake where I fish or spread them on a prairie dog town in SD, WY, CO. I don't care, just pick one. And no funeral or flag.
No flag is my final protest about American lives wasted in Viet Nam.
Dump the ashes at the local lake where I fish or spread them on a prairie dog town in SD, WY, CO. I don't care, just pick one. And no funeral or flag.
No flag is my final protest about American lives wasted in Viet Nam.
music at my funeral.......any or all of these would be just fine.....
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THE PILGRIM
Member
When my Buddy Milt passed, he didn't want a service and he did not want to be buried in the closest Veteran's Cemetery,
which is in Santa Fe.
So he was cremated.
His Son rented a large window van so we could all ride together.
We went up in the mountains to the Pecos Wilderness Iron Gate.
His family spread his ashes in the Wilderness Area while we watched.
I recall that when I held his ashes, I thought they were heavy.
But He still carrying some good old Commie iron from Korea.
So I guess we spread some of that in the Pecos!
which is in Santa Fe.
So he was cremated.
His Son rented a large window van so we could all ride together.
We went up in the mountains to the Pecos Wilderness Iron Gate.
His family spread his ashes in the Wilderness Area while we watched.
I recall that when I held his ashes, I thought they were heavy.
But He still carrying some good old Commie iron from Korea.
So I guess we spread some of that in the Pecos!
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joeintexas
US Veteran
Amazing Grace played by a lone bagpiper
Be Thou My Vision
Hard Way Every Time - Jim Croce
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Be Thou My Vision
Hard Way Every Time - Jim Croce
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47g1jS7G8OQ[/ame]
kenv1950
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For me, it is a toss up. I am torn by Garth Brooks ' "Friends in Low Places", Toby Keith's "Angry American" , or a medley of Marty Robbins.
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FWIW, I've always liked Ronnie Earl's version...
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31FordA
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The hymn "Eternal Father Strong to Save" is at the top of the list because we sang it at Mass every Sunday at Parris Island. I also want "Immaculate Mary" and "Let There Be Peace on Earth". I'd like "Roll Out the Barrel" as I get carried out.
When we buried my Dad we had a Mummers string band contingent, in costume, playing as we carried him from the church to the hearse. It was something my Dad always said he wanted, and friends of my Mom arranged it. The reaction from the mourners was great, people were laughing, smiling, taking pictures, even dancing. It was like a party, and I'm sure Dad approved.
One thing I want for my funeral is souvenir t-shirts. Everyone who shows up to make sure I'm really dead gets a "I went to Franks funeral and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" shirt. I'm sure many people will be horrified by the poor taste of it, but that's half the fun. Wherever I am at that point I'll get a laugh out of it.
When we buried my Dad we had a Mummers string band contingent, in costume, playing as we carried him from the church to the hearse. It was something my Dad always said he wanted, and friends of my Mom arranged it. The reaction from the mourners was great, people were laughing, smiling, taking pictures, even dancing. It was like a party, and I'm sure Dad approved.
One thing I want for my funeral is souvenir t-shirts. Everyone who shows up to make sure I'm really dead gets a "I went to Franks funeral and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" shirt. I'm sure many people will be horrified by the poor taste of it, but that's half the fun. Wherever I am at that point I'll get a laugh out of it.
Fishslayer
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
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carpriver
US Veteran
I was planning my final exit, I called the funeral home, made and appointment. I told the director I wanted to be cremated, He looked at and said well we can handle that for you; but we have to add a special fee for your cremation. I asked so what kind of a fee. he said, we have to have the local fire department stand by in case you cause a grease fire. Now I am thinking just stick a wick in my belly button and use me as a torch.
I don't want a funeral, Toast me, bag me up deposit me in a hole at the a military cemetery. no music except Taps.
I don't want a funeral, Toast me, bag me up deposit me in a hole at the a military cemetery. no music except Taps.
"I don't want a big funeral. I'd just like a few of my friends to get together,,,, and try to bring me back to life"...Maxwell Smart.
No funeral for me. Never cared for them. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
..Maxwell Smart.No funeral for me. Never cared for them. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
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