What song would you have at your funeral?
When I was younger, I always thought it would be You can't always get what you want by the Rolling Stones, but that's a bit cliche. I guess it should come down to a mixture of songs that mean something to you and pertinent lyrics.
I was thinking about this while reading an old music review. I would concur with the reviewer, who said it would be Sometimes by James. James are my favourite band of all time, and this one of their best songs, especially live when you have a 5000 strong crowd chanting it for 5 minutes with the band off stage, before they come back and reprise it. Sends shivers down my spine just thinking about it. But lyrically, I understand there is little connection between the chorus and the verses. And I heard Tim Booth and James do a gig in Portugal and remember him saying afterwards something like "We don't believe in souls, we're all atheists."
http://youtu.be/ejU5YAHN3vQ So, what would be your song to play at your funeral, and why? Is there an atheistic song packed with meaning? A song written as a eulogy? Perhaps I could go with one of Shelly Segal's excellent songs off her album "An Atheist Album". Cracking stuff. There is no original to this on You Tube, but there is this acoustic live version: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SCiwK_cSf0[/youtube] Actually, I've changed my mind - I want this one, since it is about wanting to believe in an afterlife but not being able to comply. The original version is brilliant.