Updated:2006-10-03 15:46:35
Survey Reveals Most Popular Funeral Song
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Theo Wargo, WireImage.com
When it comes to mourning music, James Blunt's 'Goodbye My Lover' hits the spot.
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Talk About It: Post Your Thoughts LONDON (Oct. 13) - James Blunt 's "Goodbye My Lover" is the song most requested at British funerals and remembrance services, closely followed by Robbie Williams 's "Angels," according to a survey released on Monday.

Research for the Bereavement Register found just over a half (51 percent) of people ask for a specific song be played at their funeral and 79 percent have talked with family and friends about possible song choices. The survey of 5,000 people also uncovered some unusual final choices for the final goodbye with rock songs like "I'll Sleep When I am Dead" by Bon Jovi , competing with classical tracks and soul.

"The top 20 really shows how far we have come in terms of saying goodbye. Gone are the days dirges of yore, instead we are seeing contemporary music that is easier to relate to," said Mark Roy, founder of the Bereavement Register, which removes the names and addresses of people who have died from databases to reduce junk mail.

"Everyone has a favorite song that means something very special to them, often connected to a particular time and place. When the song is played this can be a very emotive reminder of that person," he said in a statement.

Although fashions change there have been some consistent favorites over recent years like "Wind Beneath My Wings" at number four and "Candle In The Wind" -- a reworked version of which played at Princess Diana's funeral in 1997 -- which was at number six.

Many of the songs represented the different ages of the deceased.

Songs like "Danny Boy" (number 11 in the list) tended to be played at the funerals of the elderly while S Club 7's "Reach For The Stars" (number 20) was more usual at children's funerals, the survey showed.

Others in the top 20 included "Knocking On Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan and, perhaps unexpectedly, Fame's "I Want To Live Forever." The top 10 requested songs were:

1 - "Goodbye My Lover" - James Blunt
2 - "Angels" - Robbie Williams
3 - "I've Had The Time Of My Life" - Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley.

4 - "Wind Beneath My Wings" - Bette Midler
5 - "Pie Jesu" - Requiem
6 - "Candle In The Wind" - Elton John
7 - "With Or Without You" - U2
8 - "Tears In Heaven" - Eric Clapton
9 - "Every Breath You Take - The Police
10 -"Unchained Melody" - Righteous Brothers.


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2006-10-03 12:02:30

How come nobody picked 'Another One Bites the Dust' ?

coolcat said:

No Stayin' Alive?

IN Kazakhstan, number one dead people song is Everybody Dancing Now, by C & C Music Manufacturing Plant



Everybody Dance now ...
Everybody Dance now ...
Give me the music
Give me the music
Everybody Dance now ...
Everybody Dance now ...
Yeah ... Yeah ... Yeah
Everybody Dance now ...
Yeah ... Yeah ... Yeah
Everybody Dance now ...
[rap by Freedom Williams]
Here is the doe, back with the bass
The jam is live in effect and I don't waste time
Or the mike if it don't rhyme
Jump to the rhythm jump jump to the rhythm jump
And I'm here to provide
Peace and lyrics to make your shake your pants
Take a chance, come on and dance
Guys grab a girl, don't wait, make a whirl
It's your world and I'm just a swirl
Trying to get a nut to move your butt
To the dance floor, so yo what's up
Hands in the air, Come on say yeah,
everybody over here everybody over there
the crowd is live and I feel this groove
Party people in the house
Move ... (Let your mind)
Move ... (Put me online)
(Chorus)
Come on let's sweat, baby
Let the music take control
Let the rhythm move you
Sweat, sweat
Let the music take control
Let the rhythm move you
Everybody dance now ...
Da da da da
da da da da
da da da da, da da da
da da da da, da da da
la da da da
la da da da
dum da dum da dum
everybody dance now
[rap by freedom williams]
Pause take a breath go for yours
On my command now hit the dance floors
I'm gonna make you sweat till you bleed
Is that ... enough, indeed
I pay the price, control the dice
I'm more precise, to a point I'm nice
The music takes control, your heart and soul
Oh, your body is free and a whole
Dance till you can't dance
Till you can't dance no more
Get on the floor and get warm
Then come back and upside down
Easy now, let me see ya
Move ... (Let your mind)
Move ... (Put me online)
The music is my life ...
everybody dance now ...
everybody dance now ...
everybody dance now ...
everybody ...
(Repeat Chorus)

anyone plays james blunt at my funeral and i'll haunt your ass until you die. and i'm not just talking rattling doorknobs and shakey water glasses. i'm talking some hardcore poltergeist shit, like bodies popping out of your swimming pool and vortexes in your toilet bowl and things. so don't do it.

Anx said:

thanks for the heads-up!

by the way, you're beautiful...

Fury said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

you better get a good exorcist and keep the ghostbusters hotline number taped to your fridge.

Number23 said:

this would be awesome if the deceased were a really bitter, hateful person.

Anx said:

done!

soooo worth it!

I've always planned on having Life by Sly and the Family Stone played at mine.

but now that I see James Blunt...
[Edited 10/4/06 6:40am]

Spookymuffin said:

actually, i would allow the entire james blunt album to be played at my funeral, but only if everyone attended my funeral completely naked.

Number23 said:

That song was the theme of my high school prom.

I hated it then.

Anx said:

I was laughing thinking of the 'Just remember!' bit. Mourners could all shout that part together.

Anx said:

and drunk? because I'd be there if we could be drunk.

Whatever happened to Amazing Grace?

Spookymuffin said:

if a funeral is going to be a big circus of wrong, i say don't fuck around. go all the way. drunken nudity and james blunt albums.

gemini13 said:

oh, she'll be there.

Anx said:

I only wanted to be drunk so that I wouldn't be so self-conscious about my really tiny willy.

Anx said:

JUST REMEMBER!

Spookymuffin said:

just show up wearing a really big merkin. nobody will notice. people may even want to pet your crotch.

Anx said:

Spookymuffin said:

you say that now.

Fury said:

oh, god, now i want that at my funeral. and when it gets to the point in the song that he lifts her over his head in the movie, i want anx to lift the coffin over his head while wearing a patrick swayze wig

oooh, and i want him to pull my body out of the coffin and say "nobody puts baby in the corner"

cborgman said:

if you were just like, freeze dried and stuffed, then anx could lift you without danger to his back going out due to the coffin weight..between the nudity and JUST REMEMBER! having anx's back be injured would be an embarrassment...this is a funeral after all.

bluesbaby said:

whatever it takes to achieve that 80s fluff movie moment, i am fine with. they can empty me insides and fill me with helium for all i care.

cborgman said: