Most requested funeral songs

HBADPi · #1 10-03-2006, 11:12 AM

33girl, thats true I didnt think that there would be more British singers/bands included in this list than others...

Just posted it because I was interested in GC's take on funeral songs...

MysticCat · #2 10-03-2006, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by HBADPi

Just posted it because I was interested in GC's take on funeral songs...

My take is that there must be a whole funeral world out there that I'm not familiar with. I knew I was in a different world when I didn't see "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" anywhere on the list.

AlphaFrog · #3 10-03-2006, 11:23 AM

I sang "The Greatest of These" from the musical Philemon (which is basically a musical adaption of 1 Cor 13:1)...that's about the most contemporary thing I've ever heard at a funeral.

Sophist08edLady · #4 10-03-2006, 11:30 AM

What ever happened to Amazing Grace?

honeychile · #5 10-03-2006, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sophist08edLady

What ever happened to Amazing Grace?

That was my first thought - I have never been to a Christian funeral without Amazing Grace (extra points for having a bagpiper).

Still BLUTANG · #6 10-03-2006, 12:39 PM

i've heard secular music played at wakes / memorial services but not at actual funerals.

this whole thread is making me giggle.

Taualumna · #7 10-03-2006, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

That was my first thought - I have never been to a Christian funeral without Amazing Grace (extra points for having a bagpiper).

I think Amazing Grace at funerals is a very North American thing. I hear that in the UK, they prefer "All Things Bright and Beautiful" (personally, I find the hymn a little irritating, but anyway)

In terms of secular songs, Sarah McLachlan's "Angel" (don't know if I'd use it. Isn't it about a recovering heroine addict??) used quite a bit, as is her "I Will Remember You"

MysticCat · #8 10-03-2006, 02:09 PM

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I hear that in the UK, they prefer "All Things Bright and Beautiful" (personally, I find the hymn a little irritating, but anyway)

They use a different tune from the standard North American one, though. Always makes me think of the Monty Python take-off, Ode to Creation:

All things dull and ugly,
All creatures short and squat,
All things rude and nasty,
The Lord God made the lot.

Each little snake that poisons,
Each little wasp that stings --
He made their brutish venom.
He made their horrid wings.

epchick · #9 10-03-2006, 05:17 PM

Sarah McLachlan's "I Will Remember You"

That is what I would have thought. I remember when a good friend of my aunt's died, this was the song they played at her funeral.

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bust out crying every time I hear Amazing Grace.

I'm the same way! My grandmother died 10 years ago, and that was the song they played at her funeral. Her death had a huge impact on me, so to this day its hard to hear the song (i have to plug up my ears, but i still cry).

So i kinda thought as a way to heal, i'd get the first few bars (musical notes and all) of Amazing Grace tattooed on my lower back. Don't know if i'll actually do it though! lol

DolphinChicaDDD · #10 10-03-2006, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

That was my first thought - I have never been to a Christian funeral without Amazing Grace (extra points for having a bagpiper).

I bust out crying every time I hear Amazing Grace. I cry everytime I hear bagpipes. Put the two of them together, and I'm a MESS. We used to run at Belmont Plateu in Philadelphia, and one time this bagpiper was practicing (I guess when you live in a city, a park is probably one of the few apporpriate places to practice) before the race. Oh man, I was a mess that race. I think it might have been one of my worst times ever.

Back to the topic at hand...

CrimsonTide4 · #11 10-03-2006, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Sophist08edLady

What ever happened to Amazing Grace?

LMBO, I wondered the same thing but substitute "Amazing Grace" for "Precious Lord, Take My Hand."

#12 10-03-2006, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Sophist08edLady

What ever happened to Amazing Grace?

Thats what i am thinking too

dekeguy · #13 10-03-2006, 04:50 PM

A few years back, during undergraduate days, one of my brothers was musing about his idea of an ideal funeral for him when that time came. He wanted to be cremated, have his friends gather near a fast running creek near where he grew up, pop a bottle of champagne, scatter his ashes over the waters of that creek, and everyone lift a glass to his memory as they played a recording of the Canto in D.
I thought this was pretty good but suggested for mine I would like everyone to gather in the party room of our chapter house, pop a fresh brew, play Louie, Louie on the juke box, and flush my ashes down the john.
Stricken, he looked hard at me and allowed as to how I had ruined his funeral.
I asked, you are kidding, right? Naw, he answered, I like your idea a whole lot better!
So, when that day comes, and not too soon I hope, there will be a gang of us having a unique send off.

RU OX Alum · #14 10-03-2006, 05:09 PM

dekeguy, that's awesome

when i was an undergrad, unfortuneately, one of my brothers biological older brother died in a car wreck.

They played amazing grace, but here is something you might not know, protestants and catholics have different lyrics for that song. I don't think in the first part, but after that I was lost and could not sing them. Just thought I should share that.

KatieKate1244 · #15 10-03-2006, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sophist08edLady

What ever happened to Amazing Grace?

Very true. Also, what about Ave Maria?

I've also heard of one case where "Seasons of Love" from Rent was played.