Funeral music!
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Topic: Funeral music!
Posted By: erlenst
Subject: Funeral music!
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 17:37
Ok, I will try making a silly but maybe fun topic  If you should choose one song to be played in your funeral, which one should it be ? For me I think Think Of Me With Kindness by Gentle Giant would be a perfect choice !  Best regards, Erlend |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 17:39
| Id take "One of These Days" from Pink Floyd... A nice fast rythm to walk up heaven's stairs |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 17:39
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Los Endos - Genesis ------------- 
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Posted By: Syntharachnid
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 17:40
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Close to the Edge. Or if they wouldn't play one quite so long, Great Gig in the Sky. ------------- 
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Posted By: Syntharachnid
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 17:40
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Wow, three people just posted almost simultaniously! -------------
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Posted By: Arioch
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 17:41
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Death Walks Behind You by Atomic Rooster. ------------- Knight of the Swords Lord of Entropy Duke of Chaos |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 17:43
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Bwana Dick by The Mothers of Invention ------------- 
"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 17:43
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The 4th movement of the 9th symphony of Gustav Mahler.
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 17:58
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Ow God again the same topic.. anything by Anathema (Judgment album) but if I'd have to choose: "One last goodbye" ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Gluonio
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 18:16
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King Crimson's EPITAPH maybe? ------------- ...But my dreams are for dreaming and best left that way-and my zero to your power of ten equals nothing at all... |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 18:18
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That Faith No More song where they go: "SUPRISE! You're dead!"
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 18:22
I can't recall what i said before, but now i will say: Weasels Ripped My Flesh by FZ. This would ensure a quick service as it will cause almost everyone to run from the room  ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: nacho
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 18:25
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DEAD PEOPLE CAN'T HEAR!!! I repeat myself when under stress
------------- Eppur si muove |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 18:33
Yeah, but what song would you want others to hear? And yes, dead people can hear; the spirit of music carries even into the eternities.... |
nacho wrote:Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 18:34
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The second movement from Dvorak's Symphony #9. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 18:36
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super furry animals - a really trippy happy song, gruff sings it so positively.. yet the lyrics are "you deserve to die!" the jam - going underground queen - another one bites the dust rage against the machine - sleep now in the fire (if its a cremation) apparently the most common funeral rock song to be played is metallica - nothing else matters ------------- The Worthless Recluse 
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Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 18:38
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"Celebrations" - DJ Bobo remix.... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5">
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 18:38
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Of course, if I wanted to annoy people, I'd prefer Danzig's Black Aria. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: sonic wizard
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 18:39
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To Be Over - Yes Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Wish You Were Here, Us And Them - Pink Floyd In The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson Cest La Vie - ELP The Spirit Carries On - Dream Theater
------------- Arguing on the internet is a lot like the special olympics - even if you win, you're still retarded. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 18:51
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Dusk by Genesis ("Never to recall this passerby, born to die). Or, not prog, but for humor, how about The Worms (The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out - this song is the primary reason I will be cremated when I die). ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: felona
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 18:59
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... David Sylvian ... Forbidden Colours ------------- I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ...... The Church "After Everything Now This" |
Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 19:10
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Journey's End from Grave New World By Strawbs Cold is Being by Renaissance and quite seriously, the song I AM using at my funeral, Running to the Light by Runrig from their brilliant Stamping Ground album (which none of you will have heard of, I suspect, because they're not a prog band). However, I hope not for a while yet!!!! |
Posted By: progod
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 19:47
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Repent Walpurgis by Procol Harum ------------- Fernando Coto Posse |
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 20:25
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Watermelon in Easter Hay - Frank Zappa (I read somewhere that they
played this at Franks funeral. If it's good enough for Frank, it's good
enough for me.) Maggot Brain - Funkadelic (Before recording Eddie Hazel was asked to play as if his mother had just died. Breathtaking results.) |
Posted By: Scrambled_Eggs
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 22:27
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Lucky Man by ELP for obvious reasons, plus I plan to die in battle (a pike finds my heart after penetrating my hauberk durning a cavalry charge on the enemy's right flank. Fortunately for me, it's a quick death. Yes, I know I'm wierd ------------- And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime. I never said I was frightened of dying. |
Posted By: nousommedusolei
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 02:15
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The song "Islands" by KC, followed by "The Letters". ------------- I don't believe in demons I don't believe in devils I only believe in you |
Posted By: the dragon
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 03:28
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Strange topic. Anyway... Beatles - Yesterday
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Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 03:30
| Dream Theater: "The Spirit Carries On" |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 04:16
| Death-Pull The PLug !!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: mono
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 04:33
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Death - Voice of the Soul The Doors - The End |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 04:47
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Queen - "Another one bites the dust"
OK, seriously, Mostly Autumn's "The gap is too wide" |
Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 05:27
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For me Blue blue sky by Alan Parsons ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 05:44
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"Row Jimmy Row" - the Grateful Dead ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: Moribund
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 05:51
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The Dream of Gerontius - Elgar. All of it!!! (and I'm not a Catholic...) ------------- New Progressive Rock Live show now touring UK theatres! www.masterpiecestheconcert.co.uk |
Posted By: iguana
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 06:20
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just why is everybody so obsessed with funeral
music... anyway, my personal choice would be "heroes" by david bowie, altho', come to think of it "they're coming to take me away" would be fun... |
Posted By: Dennis
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 10:49
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Man-Erg by Van Der Graff Generator. Why? Because we all have as Peter Hammill's lyrics say "Killer's, Angels, Refugees, Dictators, Saviors, etc. etc. in all of us. The human is basically all big ego with out of control emotions, and of little importance to the universe in its short time of existence. Real positive, huh? ------------- "Day dawns dark, it now numbers infinity" |
Posted By: Arteum
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 11:57
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The 9th part of "Wish You Were Here" by PINK FLOYD -- at least it will
sound truly tragic. The downside is that, if played separately, without
the first eight parts, it does not sound so magnificent. I don't think
they will play all nine parts! If by the time I am ready to kick the bucket I acquire a better sense of humour, I'll order "Who dunnit?" by GENESIS At least it is short.
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Posted By: Hammill
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 12:20
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goodbye blue sky-pink floyd only for its title
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Posted By: wiggy
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 12:24
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i always wanted Wish You Were Here but now i want See The Lights by Simple Minds (not really a prog track i know ) |
Posted By: nacho
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 12:59
(1)- I don't give a damn: I'll be dead by then... ------------- Eppur si muove |
Posted By: artsagile
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 13:20
| One vote for "Undertow" by Genesis |
Posted By: DolphinFan
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 16:10
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Maybe something to accentuate my humble nature...how about "Portrait" by Kansas? |
Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 18:07
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I browse through today's topics and find nothing interesting to discuss. Just out of boredom I decide to post at least something here, and after having thouroughly considered a dozen of could be suitable tracks, I suddenly realise that I absolutely do not give a sh*t whatever music is going to play on my funeral.... I mean, really, I could not care less... And, frankly, who gives a damn? - I definitely don't... I don't give a flying fart about it. Well, I guess, I expressed my thoughts clearly enough - thanks for listening I'm off to bed, good night....
------------- carefulwiththataxe |
Posted By: Dream Theater
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 18:12
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Dream Theater - The Spirit Carries On Dream Theater - One Last Time Symphony X - A Lesson Before Dying ------------- [IMG]http://www.travelwithachallenge.com/Images/Travel_Article_Library/Sacred-Travel/Machu-Picchu-350.jpg"> [IMG]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/panchopc1/machupicchu-1.jpg"> |
Posted By: Losendos
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 18:16
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Rick Wakeman's versio of Blakes Elegy in a Country Churchyard ------------- How wonderful to be so profound |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 18:16
Too late. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Astaroth
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 19:00
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I'd like to hear in my funeral: Opeth - Death whispered a lullaby KC - Epitaph Mago de Oz - Danza del fuego Pink Floyd - wish you were here Porcupine tree - hatesong (or maybe "halo" Jetrho tull - wind up ------------- "I need you more that you can know ... and if I hurt myself it's just for show" |
Posted By: Proglover
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 20:02
| 2nd movement to Beethoven's 3rd symphony.....the Eroica |
Posted By: The Minstrel
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 20:13
| I think "The End" by the Doors is perfect funeral music. |
Posted By: Lyzarrd
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 20:39
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Opeth - To Bid You Farewell Yes...yes...that will suffice. ------------- Can you tell me where my country lies... |
Posted By: shaden
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 21:51
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I don't know...Pink Floyd's "Waiting for the Worms" ?
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Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 02:45
Ahem...wasn't "Elegy written in a Country Churchyard" written by Thomas Gray? ------------- A flower?
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Posted By: AtomHeartMother
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 03:22
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Syd Barret's last Floyd song Jugband Blues to me in a sense sais, "goodbye world, goodbye Floyd, goodbye all sanity!" and with all of that goodbye stuff i would choose that one or, probably Echoes, and even if no one likes it, that might be my song.
------------- "http://tinypic.com""> 
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Posted By: Tiresias
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 09:33
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Eulogy by Tool Open Wide the Flood Gates by Spock's Beard A Pillow Of Winds by Pink Floyd The very end of a Saucerful of Secrets (the church organ) by Pink Floyd ------------- Wh'ghal ng'fth mglw'y Ry'leh, Cthulhu fhtagn... 
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Posted By: riversdancing
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 09:55
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Not prog, but AC/DC - Hells Bells or Highway To Hell |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 10:02
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Posted By: Politician
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 10:20
| You Can't Kill Me by Gong |
Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 10:44
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Yakety Sax, the Benny Hill "chase" theme tune. The female mourners will be required to wear french maid/naughty nurse uniforms and should run after the coffin in fast mo. No, I'm serious! ------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 10:46
Definitely ROTFL! ------------- A flower?
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Posted By: jonirob
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 11:05
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The Dust Blows Forward & The Dust Blows Back Captain Beefheart. ------------- 
Red Prog |
Posted By: AbsentEnemy
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 12:11
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Road by Nick Drake then Memorial by Explosions in the Sky ------------- "If the company of tumbleweed is unexpected fun, you're a cactus..." 
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Posted By: Schizoid Man
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 12:27
| Something peaceful and quiet. Erik Satie's "Trois Gymnopodies" prolly. |
Posted By: Prog-Brazil
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 13:05
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Queen - Procession (without father to son). ------------- Let the sunshine in |
Posted By: nacho
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 13:31
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I've changed my mind, I do want some music in my funeral. How about: Camel - One of these days I'll get an early night ------------- Eppur si muove |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 13:34
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easy solution, but beautiful music ------------- 
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Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 13:38
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the lovely medieval / world relaxing song Earth by Third ear band. Also the celestial chorus of Aguirre by Popol Vuh -------------
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Posted By: Schizoid Man
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 14:22
To my ears there is no other piece of music as graceful. |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 14:24
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HEROES NEVER DIE - MOSTLY AUTUMN
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Posted By: Schizoid Man
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 14:24
I will have to check those out. |
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 14:33
Good one. Great song. I put that as one of my choices for a similar thread in the Digital Dream Door forums. Forgot about it when putting my choices down for this one though. Oh well. |
Posted By: Mlaen
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 14:41
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Procol Harum - Repent Walpurgis Joe Satriani - Always with me, always with you; Hill of the skull ... |
Posted By: Baazetu
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 16:19
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I'd like some pianist playing The End of August by Yanni.
------------- I am the cold trembling of your hands, your wet dreams and your broken reality... I soak your temper warm, I am the incubus... |
Posted By: 4stringer
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 16:29
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For peopole who are REALLY full of themselves I say Verdi's Messa da Requiem Personally I'd go with The End by The doors. If I really had to go prog I guess I'd pick roll the bones by rush. That'd make people smile at least. |
Posted By: artsagile
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 17:56
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Another one: Coltrane Sundia from Köhntarkösz (MAGMA) |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 23:50
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Non-Prog: Keef Hartley Band - _Born To Die_ or Fleetwood Mac - _Man Of The World_ Prog: Van der Graaf Generator - _Childlike Faith in Childhood's End_ or maybe something more upbeat, like Caravan - _In the Land of Grey and Pink_ -------------   
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: July 04 2005 at 23:59
 Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: terramystic
Date Posted: July 05 2005 at 20:34
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Some not mentioned yet: IONA - Journey Into the Morn, Open Sky, When I Survey... KANSAS - Dust In the Wind RENAISSANCE - Island QUEEN - Who Wants to Live Forever |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: July 15 2005 at 23:52
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Funeral for a Friend by Elton John..... |
Posted By: sonic wizard
Date Posted: July 15 2005 at 23:58
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How about some Tenacious D? ------------- Arguing on the internet is a lot like the special olympics - even if you win, you're still retarded. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: July 16 2005 at 01:36
A mate of mine has the lyrics to this song tattoed on his right arm..., rather him than me! James. -------------
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Posted By: basurero de pie
Date Posted: July 16 2005 at 18:40
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ORK ALARM-MAGMA (FOR A MACABRE FINAL) ------------- por que el sol no es de mitad y la otra mitad de aquella mitad?? |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 16 2005 at 19:42
| Just to piss everyone off, it would need to be Velvet Voyage by Klaus Schulze, and they would have to stand for the full 29 minutes.......ha ha. However seriously it has to be Lucky Man by ELP, thats my life with my wonderful wife and interesting children. |
Posted By: plodder
Date Posted: July 16 2005 at 19:48
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I went to a funeral of a mate whowas just 28 when he died. The funeral
was very formal, but the wake was a 70s rock/prog fest. The happiest,
drunkedness wake I've ever been to. At mine, I dunno, at the moment the song I share with someone is Watching Over You by ELP. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/plodder/?chartstyle=basicrt10"> 
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Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: July 16 2005 at 20:43
| From Opeth's Damnation album, Death Whispered a Lullaby and Closure. |
Posted By: Mr_Upside_Down
Date Posted: July 17 2005 at 12:00
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"At The End Of The Day" - Spock's Beard. One of my all-time favourite prog songs, and very much "on topic" for a funeral. |
Posted By: Fearless
Date Posted: July 17 2005 at 13:14
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Genesis - Mad Man Moon, Afterglow, or For Absent Friends Billy Joel - And so it Goes Pink Floyd - Wish you were Here Coldplay - In my Place Porcupine Tree - Collapse the Light Into Earth Jackson Browne - For a Dancer Jethro Tull - Elegy Also, maybe Rain or Whats Within My Heart from Uriah Heep, and Eagles Desperado....i can think of a whole bunch, but i'll stop right there. ------------- If you don't stand up You don't stand a chance! |
Posted By: Frasse
Date Posted: July 17 2005 at 13:52
Hey, I was going to say that! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: July 17 2005 at 14:20
| It will be CORNERS from IQ |
Posted By: Mr_Upside_Down
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 01:14
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Where? In the wooden box, keeping you company?
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Posted By: lmollea
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 10:01
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"When you're asleep they may show you, aerial views of the ground, freudian slumbers empty of sounds..."
Entangled - Genesis ------------- Semm che, semm che settà giò in del bar / a cercà l'universo nel bucèer del Cynar cosmonauti al tavolino cun la sigareta in bùca / che vemm a cambià el mund apena finissum la sambuca |
Posted By: Humanizzimo
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 10:58
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Slayer - Hell Awayts
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Posted By: bityear
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 11:35
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Maybe "Dead Souls" by Nine Inch Nails. or "Them Bones" by Alice In Chains. Or maybe "Secret World" by Peter Gabriel, off Secret World live. Or, if I was unhappily in love, "Again" by Archive and "Love Will tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. Or, "The Effect" by A.C.T. But maybe that's too pretentious? Maybe if there's only one or two people attending the funeral.  Starless is a great funeral song, too, but I never really figured out what it is about...  Then again, if my grandma would attain my funeral, I'd play "Good Beginnings" by Edgar Meyer, to make an okayish last impression on the poor devil. A great song, too! ------------- www.geocities.com/joelbitars |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 11:47
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Ma-na, Ma-na by Pierro Umiliani (or the Muppets version at a push). ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 01:40
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For starters (not by order): The apostle in triumph & To bid you farewell - Opeth Dogs - Pink Floyd Travel in Stygian - Iced earth 299 796 Km/s - In the woods The Dead Flag Blues - GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR! My Kantele (acoustic version) - Amorphis As I die - Paradise lost Monolith & Wheel - Anekdoten Afterglow & The musical box - Genesis Starless and bible black & Fallen angel - King Crimson Empty Words - Anathema Trapped in a corner - Death Sleeping Village & Warning - Black Sabbath I'm sure I forgot some... Now to bands names because I haven't decided yet on which songs: White Willow, Kaipa, Tool, Anglagard, Arena, Atoll, Maxophone, PFM and many more... I can't wait..... |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 04:34
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Dead As A Brick from Jet Throw Dull! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 05:09
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In My Time of Dying by Led Zeppelin! Or else what Graham Chapman (of Monty Python fame) had at his funeral - "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 05:31
I will survive, by the prog singer Gloria Gaynor. ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: Sir Hogweed
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 06:09
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If I can afford a 24 piece boyschoir they should perform a vocal treatment of Dance Of Eternity Don't bring me down will be played when the chest descends. |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 06:29
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 06:42
Yuck!! and have worms eating into your eyes?!?!?! Funeral Pyre!!! Baby won't you light my fire!!! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |