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Music for your final farewell

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(@valentina16)
Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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Ok, so we know what you’ll be wearing in your casket. We also know what your favourite song is. But, come the fateful day (not just yet), what song/music will be played just before they read out your eulogy.

For me, it will be Dave Edmunds, ‘I hear you knocking but you can’t come in’.

Yours?

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(@fabulous1)
Joined: 8 months ago

Reputable Member     Forest Hill, Maryland, United States of America
Posts: 145

@valentina16 This is easy. I already have it picked out. It’s “Please Forgive Me” by David Gray.

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(@valentina16)
Joined: 1 month ago

Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@fabulous1 lovely that you have, and lovely song. 💚

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(@hiddentruth)
Joined: 1 year ago

Trusted Member     Taylor, Michigan, United States of America
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@valentina16  Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day

Another turning point
A fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist
Directs you where to go

So make the best of this test
And don't ask why
It's not a question,
But a lesson learned in time

It's something unpredictable,
But in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life

So take the photographs
And still-frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf 
And good health and good time

Tattoo's of memories 
And dead skin on trial, go
For what it's worth 
It was worth all the while

It's something unpredictable,
But in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life

It's something unpredictable, 
But in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life

It's something unpredictable, 
But in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life

Wake me up when September ends
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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@hiddentruth beautiful whilst also being poignant. 💚

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(@lizk)
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Illustrious Member     North County San Diego, California, United States of America
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@valentina16 

'Jesus Built My Hotrod' seems appropriate today.  Yeah I know.  Somewhat unconventional.  Tomorrow I'll probably be in the mood for something else.

/LK

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@lizk it’s your funeral of course. Just a goddamn minute, that could be read at least two different ways! I meant to say, good choice! ☺️

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Lady
(@briana)
Joined: 2 years ago

Estimable Member     Florida, United States of America
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@valentina16 The Bright Side of Life----MontyPython.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@briana not the lumberjack song then? #justasking! 🎶☺️🎶

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Lady
(@harriette)
Joined: 2 years ago

Illustrious Member     Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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@valentina16 I have been collecting music tracks to be played at our wakes.

I am not finished yet! 🤣

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@harriette …when you say our wakes, Harriette, do you mean, I mean, *coughs nervously*, you mean me and you us? *Valentina blushes and slithers off her rock into the briny sea, and returns with flowers from the sea bed…*

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Lady
(@harriette)
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Illustrious Member     Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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@valentina16 Yes, of course. 😁

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(@heels234)
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Prominent Member     Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
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@valentina16 Anything by Johnny Cash,Willie Nelson or the Beach Boys.

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(@heels234)
Joined: 9 years ago

Prominent Member     Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
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Plus Amazing Grace and I didit My Way by Frank Sinatra.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@heels234 Pay my airfare, get someone to put me up, and I’ll be there for you, for I do often go on stage and announce myself in my deepest man-voice as “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash”. I do also enjoy mixing up the arrivals at hotels (I used to work away as a consultant, 13 years, that alone almost wrecked my marriage while my good lady held down her job as well as looking after the 3 kids) answering the Q ‘good evening sir; your name please?’ with a ‘Valentine. Valentina Valentine’. Either a would-be James Bond or a weary-want-some-fun traveler.

JC was a legend. And a decent songwriter too. He of course did the San Quentins and the Folsom Prisons, but he also did many more from the soul type songs. I love his From Sea To Shining Sea album, it introduced me to accessible poetry, the Flint Arrowhead being the first poem I actually learned off by heart. ‘Hurt’ of course was genius. I also do Ira Hayes, the whiskey drinking Indian (the word he used himself, btw, to any Native Americans), but it gets a different reception at a folk festival. I also do a veritable acoustic guitar version of Always On My Mind, I did it in a sing around in Dallas a couple of years back on his 90th (how did that man make it to 90 I do wonder with some incredulity!? But he did, fair play). But I ramble. This post is almost getting as long as recent ‘My Mermaid’ article, just published here. Let’s move on. 💚

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(@bellaz76)
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Prominent Member     London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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@valentina16 I know the exact answer to this already told close family ... the superman song - no not the song to the superman film nor a song related in anyway to the films but that party song for kids where it says "1,2...1234 here we go .... and it goes a little something like this ... clap your hands .... and spray/ ring the bell/ ski / wave your hands etc .... then superman 🥰" and I've made everyone promise they must do the actions and then when it says superman run round the room like the song says to do. Fun eh 🤣and embarrassing for them! My final laugh ❤️

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@bellaz76 lol. You’re quite a hoot, aren’t you Mrs N.

I can only counter with “I hear you knocking but you can’t come in” 😉

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Lady
(@timidboi)
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Trusted Member     Northern Mariana Islands, United States of America
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@valentina16 Green Day  - Good Riddance AKA Time of Your Life

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Lady
(@sunnyday)
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Estimable Member     Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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@valentina16 "Nellie the elephant waved her trunk and said goodbye to the circus/Off she went with a trumpty trump/trump, trump, trump."

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@sunnyday I have to be honest and say, this is nothing in the slightest near to any song I expected to be offered up. But, if I should hear this at one of my dear friends funeral, I will have a wry knowing smile that I might know what you are wearing as your final resting attire Ms Alli. Whatever prompted you to choose this song. Are you a dress-size 26, he asks tentatively?! 💚😂💚

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Lady
(@sunnyday)
Joined: 2 years ago

Estimable Member     Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Posts: 139

@valentina16 - "The head of the heard was calling far far away/They meet one night in silver light/On the road to Mandaley."

It's all a bit of a circus in which we're trained to perform tricks. Take it all too seriously and we'll end up mad.

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(@valentina16)
Joined: 1 month ago

Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@sunnyday Wise words indeed, wise words indeed. This gets you a FR 💚

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Lady
(@jillleanne)
Prominent Member     Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Maybe “the long and winding road”, or something from John Prine, or something from Queen, or something from Stevie Ray Vaughn, or something from George Strait, or something from Santana, or maybe, something from Prince or someone formally known as Prince, or, maybe, well, you get the idea. In all fairness, I would prefer to hear the song just before the moment I pass as once I’m gone, I real doubt I’ll be hearing much of anything except maybe te whistle blow.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@jillleanne Looks like yours could be quite a looooonnnnngggg ceremony!! lol. 💚

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Lady
(@briana)
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Estimable Member     Florida, United States of America
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@jillleanne When I Get to Heaven---john Prine

 

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@briana Just listened to this, brilliant, ty! Gonna smoke a cigarette that’s 9 miles long!! 💚🎶💚

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Lady
(@timidboi)
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Trusted Member     Northern Mariana Islands, United States of America
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@jillleanne nice choices

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Lady
(@jillleanne)
Prominent Member     Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Maybe “the long and winding road”, or something from John Prine, or something from Queen, or something from Stevie Ray Vaughn, or something from George Strait, or something from Santana, or maybe, something from Prince or someone formally known as Prince, or, maybe, well, you get the idea. In all fairness, I would prefer to hear the song just before the moment I pass as once I’m gone, I real doubt I’ll be hearing much of anything except maybe the whistle blow.

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(@valentina16)
Joined: 1 month ago

Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@jillleanne Sorry Jill, but I’m getting deja vu here, you’ve accidentally duplicated your answer. No matter, we can cope. Either that or you’re going to have two lives and two funerals. Can I suggest therefore the James Bond theme “You only live twice”? Tee-hee. Take care. 💚

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Lady
(@jillleanne)
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Prominent Member     Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Lady
(@jillleanne)
Prominent Member     Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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How the heck did that happen?

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@jillleanne dunno, but it got you a second reply as well! 💚

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(@melodeescarlet)
Famed Member     DC/Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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@valentina16 "Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World" by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. 

One part sadness, one part hope, and deeply moving.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@melodeescarlet beautiful song played so differently. Good choice. 💚

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(@gisellereeves)
Estimable Member     Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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Ain't that a shame.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@gisellereeves that works too! 💚

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Baroness
(@ryanpaul)
Famed Member     Outer Eastern Suburbs Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Joined: 7 years ago

Broken down old rocker here who was inspired to learn the guitar by the 60's English instrumental group The Shadows with the one and only hank Marvin as lead guitar.

I'm also an ex four decade recreational fisherman, so when I first heard the "Shads" version of Rod Stewarts "Sailing" That made  the "double I was looking for.

Another favorite is a little known genius Canadian song writer and singer, Richard Samuels.

These words ring so true from his song "Hold On to your dreams".

"Troubles long past are only worth it now,

If you make hope as real as it seems

Be true to yourself, you know what I mean,

No jewels have the value of your dreams"

Many moons ago I had the pleasure of meeting him and seeing him perform.Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto, if this old brain can get this right.

Caty.

 

 

 

 

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Lady
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(@valentina16)
Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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Posted by: @ryanpaul

Be true to yourself, you know what I mean,

No jewels have the value of your dreams"

Now that’s special. 💚

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Lady
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(@valentina16)
Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
Joined: 1 month ago

As it’s my post, may I have another real go? For “I hear you knocking” was really in jest, for fun, to cheer you up. I might actually choose, sentimental old sausage that I am, “The Parting Glass”. See Liam Clancy”s version on YouTube.

As some of you have picked up, I’m not a bad guitarist and singer-songwriter if I say so myself. My longstanding friend of 50+ years actually asked for me to sing this at his funeral, which given that he can drink a bottle of Gentleman Jack in just two nights, on top of a bottle of red wine, washed down with a large gin & tonic, might not be that far away. I will of course oblige if the loving family still wish it. How I’m going to keep the tears from falling, heaven knows. 🎶😔🎶

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Lady
(@wendye47)
Estimable Member     Clwyd, United Kingdom
Joined: 9 months ago

All Along The Watchtower by Bob Dylan.

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(@satiny)
Trusted Member     columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
Joined: 2 years ago

the watchman's gone Gordon Lightfoot

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@satiny my voice apparently sounds a bit like James Taylor, a bit like Johnny Cash (I wish), but interestingly, also been compared by a guy in Nashville to the late-but-great Gordon Lightfoot. I’ll take that!

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Lady
(@dee2)
Trusted Member     Iowa, United States of America
Joined: 3 weeks ago

Moody Blues Nights in White Satin

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(@gracepal)
Noble Member     South Carolina, United States of America
Joined: 5 months ago

If “Old and Wise” by Alan Parsons doesn’t move you, you might not be human. The YouTube video with lyrics and over 11 million views is a masterpiece. It makes me cry every time.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@gracepal …just listening to it now…

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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Beautiful, as the final curtain falls, as far as my eyes can see. 🎶💚🎶

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(@rebeccabaxter)
    Cornwall, United Kingdom
Joined: 1 year ago

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Ralph Vaughan Williams 1910) -- or at least an exceprt from it as it is quite long -- with a video of an animation of the Voyager missions. 

We came from the stars, we will go back to the stars.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@rebeccabaxter A billion year old star dust, as Joni reminds us. She was so young when she did.

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Duchess Annual
(@firefly)
Noble Member     Panama, Panama, Panama
Joined: 7 years ago

Ave Maria by Franz Schubert. 

Or maybe "El muerto se fue de rumba" by Rafael Blanco Suazo. It means something like the death person went out partying. 

I just hope they don't sing "Thank you very much" to me like at Scrooge's funeral.

Gisela

 

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