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Following on from the melancholy thread, anybody been party to strange ones being played at funerals, cremations etc. I’ll start Steve Edwards life long Rangers fan at his cremation in Chichester had Pig Bag playing as he went into the burner. Went to a neighbours a couple of years back he had “Feeling, Hot, Hot, Hot” playing as the curtains drew around him !
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Songs played at funerals on 22:40 - Nov 27 with 547 views
I want Gorecki symphony no 2 symphony of sorrowful songs Followed by Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb. Primarily for first 2 lines Hello, hello is there anybody in there Just nod if you can hear me
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Songs played at funerals on 10:12 - Nov 28 with 477 views
Dad's coffin came in to this. He was a huge Ian Dury fan, and everyone just cracked up, which was a relief as my eulogy was just gags about him
Dad has said there were four songs he wanted played, which we said was too many. But one he was adamant, would be the Stingray theme tune. "It would be hilarious" he said.
We were discussing it when he was very ill in hospital, and he was proper out of it on painkillers. Having not said anything in hours, he suddenly bolted upright and went "yeah, Stingray! Will be so funny!" then passed out again. Due to timings we didn't play it, but I did tell him several times to his face I'd have to die first before it would be allowed.
He told us he had text mum all the instructions, but going through their whatsapp my sister and I could not find them for love nor money. Finally we found an unlistened to voice message. This would be it. We braced ourselves to hear our departed father's voice one last time, and pressed play
"Can I have some orange juice please?"
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Songs played at funerals on 10:13 - Nov 28 with 475 views
It's also worth adding guys, at a crematorium, the coffin doesn't immediately go into a furnace, spent a week convincing my distraught mother she wasn't going to watch it go into an oven in real time
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Songs played at funerals on 10:13 - Nov 28 with 475 views
Songs played at funerals on 10:13 - Nov 28 by robith
It's also worth adding guys, at a crematorium, the coffin doesn't immediately go into a furnace, spent a week convincing my distraught mother she wasn't going to watch it go into an oven in real time
I think it’s better now that most crematoriums tend to leave the curtains open as you file past the coffin.It seemed to be a bad way to end the ceremony as the curtains closed.
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Songs played at funerals on 10:39 - Nov 28 with 454 views
I had to organise my Grandads funeral in the summer and he never had any real instructions on what to do (he didn't care, mostly) so it was down to me to make it as best as I could.
The only thing I definitely knew was that he would be buried with my Grandma (who died 18 months prior) and he didn't want an indoor service.
We were blessed with a beautifully sunny day (not sure it would have been as nice on a freezing rainy November morning!), we had an outdoor graveside service and we could have music still as the undertakers had outdoor bluetooth speakers to use.
So I went with...
Entrance - Symphony No 3 in C Minor - Camille Saint-Saens - my Grandad always listened to Classic FM at home and this always seemed to get played when we visited him.
Eulogy/Reflection - Days by The Kinks. My choice - I loved my Grandad to bits so the lyrics felt relevant.
Exit - Dad's Army Theme. I put in my section of the service that I had many happy memories of us watching Grandads being silly on Dads Army together, so using the theme felt a bit of a silly, happy ending to what was a very difficult morning.
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