Busta Nut Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 I need to have this conversation with my auld man. He's got terminal cancer and he's probably not got too long. He's sorted the ceremony but I dunno what's what. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 That's fair enough. What I want to leave my kids is a phone number - they call it and everything is taken care of. The stress of this month has absolutely led me to that conclusion.My old man passed away in 2018. When he was admitted to the Marie Curie he told us to bring up a box file which was in his bedside drawer. It had everything in that we needed. Funeral plan, copy of his Will, banking details, investments etc. Sat and talked through everything with us, his only request about his funeral was that a minister conducted it. Made something that could have been very stressful relatively easy.We were left to pick the music. He went to lots of gigs himself in his later years, two of his favourites were Van Morrison and Jools Holland. When he was being brought into the Crematorium we had Into The Mystic by Van Morrison playing, and at the end Enjoy Yourself, It's later Than You Think by Jools and Prince Buster.I've told my missus that I want Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye by Gracie Fields played at mine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 The old dear picked her own tunes, Whiter Shade of Pale by Procal Harum to carry the coffin in and Rebel Rebel by Bowie at the end. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, scottsdad said: Right, serious time. I need 3 songs. One for folk entering. One for them to fire me into the sun. One for folk to leave with. I think for the final one I'll have Don't Stop by Fleetwood Mac. I like it, it's a bit jaunty. Just need to find the first two Entree - Arvo Part - "Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten" Main Course - Bonnie Prince Billy "I See A Darkness" Dessert - Daniel Lanois "The Maker" Edited December 3, 2022 by Florentine_Pogen can't spell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 9 hours ago, Busta Nut said: I need to have this conversation with my auld man. He's got terminal cancer and he's probably not got too long. He's sorted the ceremony but I dunno what's what. Very sorry to hear that, bud - terrible time for you all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, paranoid android said: Very sorry to hear that, bud - terrible time for you all. Thanks. It's been 4 years since his diagnosis and he was given 6-9 months. So we've all been good. Him making his own Cannabis oil helped him massively. Not sure what I'd choose as my tunes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 What's the point in music at a funeral? None at mine please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 20 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: What's the point in music at a funeral? None at mine please. I'm going to have karaoke at mine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 2 hours ago, DA Baracus said: I'm going to have karaoke at mine. Only works with a decent bar as well…could be expensive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 9 minutes ago, TxRover said: Only works with a decent bar as well…could be expensive. They can put it on my tab... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 1 hour ago, DA Baracus said: They can put it on my tab... Typical Pars… Sorry, but if you’re gonna lob a softball… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, TxRover said: Typical Pars… Sorry, but if you’re gonna lob a softball… That's you off the guest list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 4 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: That's you off the guest list. I don’t want to be a member of any club that would have me as a member! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 We thought that my dad had all his music planned for his funeral. He had put pretty much everything else in place. In the end, mum had to choose. I think he would have liked it. His coffin left the funeral to "Hello Mary Lou", which was one he and my mum danced the quickstep to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Having put more thought into this since it was originally posted, I came to the conclusion that funerals are for the living and I don’t give a f**k how it transpires as long as the c***s who attend get whatever it is they want from the occasion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Should I stay or Should I go? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stimpy Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) On the day that JFK was killed Bobby Hebb took himself home and was shocked like the rest of the country. Then that night he found out that hid brother had been murdered outside a nightclub. He looked up and saw the sunrise and wrote this. He said he wanted something joyful. Fancy it for mine. Edited June 29, 2023 by stimpy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Ross. said: Having put more thought into this since it was originally posted, I came to the conclusion that funerals are for the living and I don’t give a f**k how it transpires as long as the c***s who attend get whatever it is they want from the occasion. A jukebox is a great idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Mine: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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