Song (or music) you want played at your funeral.


This is a variation on the "Favorite song" (or Classical composition) choice, as this title should in some way be related to mortality. Can you tell I'm approaching the end of mine? For me the choice is obvious; imo one of the three greatest songs I've ever heard (the other two being "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" and "No Time To Cry"): "God Only Knows", music by Brian Wilson, lyrics by Tony Asher, recorded by The Beach Boys in 1965. Light years above what anyone else in Pop music (or even Classical and Jazz) was doing at the time (or has done since), including The gd Beatles.
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“Lay Down” by The Strawbs, “Songbird” by Christine McVie, “Mister, You’re A Better Man than Me” by The Animals and “Mess” by Ben Folds Five. 
No particular order, but my fav songs...many more as well, but a few:

Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller)
When the Night Comes Falling From the Sky (Jeff Healey Band)
Stormy Monday (Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East)
These Arms of Mine (Otis Redding)
Blue Christmas (Elvis)
Pancho and Lefty (Emmy Lou Harris)
Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee!)
Johnny Be Good (CHUCK!)
Born to Run/Stand On It (BRUCE!)
Ohh, Baby Baby/Second That Emotion (SMOKEY! and the Miracles)
16 Candles (The Crests)
Peggy Sue/Rave On (Buddy Holly)
Silver Threads and Golden Needles (Linda Ronstadt)
Dancin' In the Street(Martha and the Vandellas)
Be My Baby (The Ronettes)
Can I Get a Witness (Marvin Gaye)
I Heard it Through the Grapevine (Gladys Knight and the Pips)
Breakfast in Bed (UB40 w/Chrissie Hynde)
Roundabout (Yes)
Hotel California/Already Gone/Please Come Home for Christmas (Eagles)
I Saw Her Standing There/All My Loving (Beatles)
Without You (Heart, but credit to Harry, of course...)
Come Monday/Why Don't We Get Drunk (Jimmy Buffett-You Had to be There Live)

And LOTS of DANCING and singing to these songs and more as the Neptune Society scatters me in the Atlantic...

Stick this play list on your ol' hi-fi today and see if you don't wanna dance and sing!

Cheers!

Richard
Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah -- Long Time Gone
Silver Apples -- Whilybird
Beatles -- Across the Universe
Louis, Louis -- Kingsmen
Smash Mouth -- Walkin’ On The Sun
Allman Brothers -- Stand Back