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For Whom teh Bells Tolls might be a little overwhelming for teh audience...
 
The Final Cut from Pink Floyd would be the one!!!
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Pink Floyd's Time. Just to remind the guys, that's now it's me. Following will be somebody else...Evil Smile
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anything from LOVE BEACH, obviously!~
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Whatever's top of the prog archives in the year 2060.
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In order:
 
Tried So Hard - Gong
Carpet Crawlers - Genesis
Throw Down the Sword - Wishbone Ash
 
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Genesis - Carpet Crawlers
VdGG - Pilgrims
Eloy - Up and Down
Yes - Soon
KC - Moonchild
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No prog at my send off! I want  Tavares - Don't take away the Music...........and yes I expect singing and dancing! Cool
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Supper's Ready.   Everyone would be expected to sing along.
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I'd have The Sheltering Sky (King Crimson) on loop until the funeral starts, then close with Eclipse (Pink Floyd).

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I already posted my sincere side on this thread anough so to make the people laugh at my funeral I would play these songs in this order:

1. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
2. Nanook Rubs It
3. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp!

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The serious, sentimental side of me says "Easter" by Marillion. 

But the irreverent child inside would prefer a scene more akin to the funeral in the movie "P.S. I Love You," which featured a version of the Pogues' "Fairy Tale of New York."
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I would have to be sarcastic, even beyond the grave, so I'd have Bigelf's ironically named "Counting Sheep" be played.
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Prog song: Snowman - Frost*

Non-prog song: The Theme From Thunderbirds (but only if I can have my coffin disappear down a chute as they play it).
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Haven't given this any thought really but I had Opeth's In My Time of Need at my wedding so I'd probably want to end with Closure or Death Whispered a Lullaby

Another option - that is if we want to drive everybody to tears - would be Heart and Soul by (the obviously not so prog) Joy Division.


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Probably Take a Pebble by ELP or
Bel Air by Can.
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Edited by DamoSuzuki - December 06 2009 at 16:39
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I know that I said 10 but that is not enough:
14)Shine on You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
15) My entire music collection (they won't forget my funeral... that's for sure!!! and it would last a few weeks...)
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I have a 10 song selection:
1)I Talk To the Wind - King Crimson
2)Epitaph - King Crimson
3)Tarkus - ELP
4)The Revealing Science of God - Yes
5)Ritual - Yes
6)Firth of Fifth - Genesis
7)Gates of Delirium - Yes
8)The Snow Goose (the entire album) - Camel
9)Eat That Question - Frank Zappa
10)Prologue - Renaissance
11)What God Said the First Time - Matti Caspi & Shlomo Gronich
12)Elephant Talk - King Crimson (that's something they will remember!!! XD)
13) The entire Concierto de Aranjuez - Paco de Lucia's version
That is going to be a really long funeral....and they have to stay there till the end JAJAJAJAJAJAJA!!!!
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'Shine on your Crazy Diamond' and 'Epitaph'.
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I'd have to say several songs from Opeth's Damnation.
 
Death Whispered a Lullaby
Closure
Hope Leaves
To Rid the Disease
Closure
 
First of all, the songs are all of a dark mood quite fitting for a funeral. Secondly, the album title is fitting for what my family (devoutly religious) thinks will happen to me (devoutly non-religious). The song titles noted above couldn't be more funerary. And certain lyrical passages, not necessary the entire songs, but certain lines are quite aproppos:
"Sleep my child"
"Awaiting word on what's to come, in helpless prayers a hope lives on"
"There is a comfort in silence"
 
In all of progdom, I can't think of another 5 consecutive songs from a single album that would be more fitting for my funeral.
 
RIP me whenever that may be.
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