your last song before death

[Dillenger]

ever so slightly morbid, but what song would you want to hear before the final curtain.

i've whittled mine down to three,

1) amejelo by Don Cherry, cos it's just so groovy daddy-0/cat/baby etc.
2) jelly roll by Charles Mingus, as makes me smile in a slightly deranged fashion.
3) knocking on heavens door by Bob Dylan, not by guns and roses - they play that in hell ( the devil does have a great sense of irony).

i would like to stress that i am in fact a serial killer, compiling lists of songs to play to people before granting them eternal rest, therefore those replying to this post do so at their own risk. i thank you.

[Kevin T]

In that case I opt for some long and wailing Led Zeppilin number that will go on forever :)

[David Murray]

The last post
Mull of Kintyre
Ave Maria
Beethovens unfinished symphony ;)

[Dillenger]

prog rock is barred i'm afraid. i just cant get in the homicide vibe with all those tubular bells

[1957Eagle]

"Tora pou fevgo ap ti zoi"
by Stelios Kazantzidis

[Lords Eagle]

Goodbye,
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore

[Simon Forrest]

'Mandy' by Barry Manilow :cool: , or

'Sweet Caroline' :afro: by Neil Diamond.

<:)Glad all over, echo-ing in the background:)>

[willythesqueeze]

'Life is a cabaret old chum' Liza Minnelli

What a way to go.

I suppose I could settle for 'Way down in a hole' by Tom Waits

[charltonhater]

It's My Life = Bon Jovi

[Gooders]

The sun has got his hat on.

[willythesqueeze]

Originally posted by Gooders
The sun has got his hat on.
:D ::D :D I could die to that.

[ruediger]

Brothers in arms / Dire Straits

[David Murray]

I hear Psychokiller wants the National Anthem played over and over again :o

[Men At Work]

Any song by Steps - then I'd look forward to death.

[Harry Holmesdale]

Simple..........Glad all Over

[TAK]

Is that all there is?

By Peggy Lee:p

They don't come any more apt and better than this which is one of my all time favourites:

I remember when I was a little girl our house caught on fire
I'll never forget the look on my father's face
as he gathered me up in his arms
and raced through the burning building onto the pavement
and I stood there in my pyjamas watching the whole world go up in flames
and as I sat there shivering
I said to myself
is that all there is to a fire?

is that all there is
Is that all there is
if that's all there is, my friends,
then let's keep dancing
let's break out the booze
and have a ball
if that's all there is

And then when I was twelve years old
my daddy took me to the circus,
the greatest show on earth
there were dancing bears, and elephants,
and a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our head
but as I sat there watching I had the feeling that something was missing,
i don't know what
but as I sat there I said to myself,
is that all there is to the circus?

is that all there is
Is that all there is
if that's all there is, my friends,
then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze
and have a ball
If that's all there is

And then I fell in love
with the most wonderful boy in the world
we'd take long walks down by the river
just gazing into each other's eyes,
we were so very much in love
and then one day he went away
and I thought I'd die
but I didn't
and when I didn't, I said to myself,
is that all there is to love?

is that all there is
Is that all there is
if that's all there is, my friends,
then let's keep dancing
let's break out the booze
and have a ball
if that's all there is--

I know what you must be saying to yourselves
If that's the way she feels about it,
why doesn't she just end it all
oh no, not me
I'm not ready for that final disappointment
For just as sure as I'm standing here talking to you
I know when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my last
I'll be saying to myself

is that all there is
Is that all there is
if that's all there is, my friends,
then let's keep dancing
let's break out the booze
and have a ball
if that's all there is

[Gooders]

Originally posted by ruediger
Brothers in arms / Dire Straits

That would make me cry, Rue, but not for the reasons you'd anticipated!

[Cleon]

Hmmm, I feel that:

Shuttuppa your Face, or
Diamond Lights, or
Spirit in the Sky

would all be classy numbers to play...

[willythesqueeze]

Originally posted by TAK
Is that all there is?

By Peggy Lee:p

Cheers TAK. I'd forgotton all about that song. It's bloody fantastic, and I shall be singing it for the rest of the day.

[Mat ov CPFC]

For me it would have to be '1000,001 Green Bottles, standing on the wall '

[AddiscombeEagle]

My Old man wanted Tears of a Clown by the Kinks

[David Murray]

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds would probably be another for me.

[willythesqueeze]

Originally posted by AddiscombeEagle
My Old man wanted Tears of a Clown by the Kinks
Wasn't it 'Death of a clown' by the Kinks (before my time)?
'Tears of a clown' was erm....Smokey Robinson??? (before my time)

[David Murray]

Originally posted by Mat ov CPFC
For me it would have to be '1000,001 Green Bottles, standing on the wall '

Followed by Old MacDonald had a farm in 16 different languages ;)

[TAK]

Originally posted by willythesqueeze

It's bloody fantastic, and I shall be singing it for the rest of the day.


You are a man of taste.

[Sandowneagle]

Wade in the Water - Marlena Shaw

[El Aguila]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by TAK
[B]Is that all there is?

By Peggy Lee:p

They don't come any more apt and better than this which is one of my all time favourites:

Did you ever hear a Version of this song by a singer called Christina at the end of the 70s, Tak? It was the first time I ever heard the song and it was a kind of electronic beat with f*ck off New York Jewish princess vocal over the top. Sounds like sacrilege but it was a great single. Attractive girl too.

[Hugh Cheddyk]

Either:

It's All Over Now by the Rolling Stones
or
It's Over by Roy Orbison
as already stated
Glad (it's) All Over by the DC5

Is there a pattern emerging here?

[Gooders]

Originally posted by willythesqueeze

Wasn't it 'Death of a clown' by the Kinks (before my time)?
'Tears of a clown' was erm....Smokey Robinson??? (before my time)

It was Death of a Clown (I assume) but it wasn't by The Kinks - I think it was Ray Davies' brother that sang it.

[jlmatthews]

Id go with Linkin Park - Crawling...so i get ready for the worms when i get thrown in a hole....:eek:

[Daddy Long]

99 Red Balloons - I'd like to give the congregation something other than my death to cry about.

[The Blackadder]

Whiskey in the Jar.........
Thin Lizzy or
Hendrix Angel,

fly on my sweet angel.........

[brighton_eagle]

Thats Life - ol blue eyes

:cool:

[TAK]

Originally posted by El Aguila

Did you ever hear a Version of this song by a singer called Christina at the end of the 70s, Tak? It was the first time I ever heard the song and it was a kind of electronic beat with f*ck off New York Jewish princess vocal over the top. Sounds like sacrilege but it was a great single. Attractive girl too.


I thought I was the only person in the world ever to have heard that, it is about the rarest single you could come across, for some reason it was deleted on the day of release, so I'm told. Been looking for it on an off for years, that's what got me into Peggy Lee in the first place.

[Bintang]

"Always look on the bright side of life"

[bert head is god]

I think I would go for the entire Ring Cycle by Wagner.

Firstly it lasts about twenty hours and secondly I'd probably be ready to top myself about two hours into it.

[paf]

Originally posted by Daddy Long
99 Red Balloons - I'd like to give the congregation something other than my death to cry about.

In English or German ???

Originally posted by El Aguila
[QUOTE]Originally posted by TAK
[B]Is that all there is?

By Peggy Lee:p

They don't come any more apt and better than this which is one of my all time favourites:

Did you ever hear a Version of this song by a singer called Christina at the end of the 70s, Tak? It was the first time I ever heard the song and it was a kind of electronic beat with f*ck off New York Jewish princess vocal over the top. Sounds like sacrilege but it was a great single. Attractive girl too.

There's also a brilliant version on PJ Havey's album Dance Hall At Louse Point...the one she made with John Parish

[Rash the Smash]

Originally posted by Sandowneagle
Wade in the Water - Marlena Shaw

Wot Sandowneagle, no Dean Parish? I'd have thought Tobi Legend's "Time will pass you by" pretty apt as well. :cool:

[Dead Cell]

Recently on the BBS there has been alot of threads about death and funerals and stuff. Can any one explain why? Or is it just a coincidence?

[Rash the Smash]

You're asking that, with your name and that funny little picture thing under it...........we thought you'd be pleased.

[van Niewenhuyze]

'The worms will eat my eyeballs' by Alan Smith and the Coffin Dodgers, on Pye Records and Cylinders.

[Dead Cell]

Originally posted by Rash the Smash
You're asking that, with your name and that funny little picture thing under it...........we thought you'd be pleased.

Oh you did all of this for me?!?!

Im speechless, Im so thankfull, i dont know what to say.

[Finnish Eagle]

Keith Reid: A Whiter Shade of Pale

[Rash the Smash]

Originally posted by Dead Cell


Oh you did all of this for me?!?!

Im speechless, Im so thankfull, i dont know what to say.


AAAAAAaarrrrrggggghhhh..........undone by irony!

[Dead Cell]

Originally posted by Rash the Smash



AAAAAAaarrrrrggggghhhh..........undone by irony!

HaHaHaHaHaHaHa!

[Jason]

Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Says it all really

[baroli]

"I Can't Do My Belly Button Button Up", but I can't remember who recorded it.

[Tripod]

"Someone up there likes you" by Simple Minds.A quality instrumental.

Failing that,"Welcome to Dying" by Onslaught.

[Andrew Aitchison]

Can't believe no one's come up with this yet, but if you are on your last legs it can only be Going Underground by The Jam

[mike]

Oh by Jingo - David Bowie or Old - Dexy's Midnight Runners

[mike]

P.S. I'm downloading Peggy Lee now, hope it's as good as you say! Mike.

[Blind_Eagle]

Originally posted by willythesqueeze
'Life is a cabaret old chum' Liza Minnelli

What a way to go.



The day she died the neighbors came to snicker:
that's what comes from too much pills and liquor.
But when I saw her laid out like a queen,
she was the happiest corpse I'd ever seen :D

Classic!

That's Life - Frank Sinatra
Allways look on the bright side of life - Monty Python

[TAK]

Originally posted by mike
P.S. I'm downloading Peggy Lee now, hope it's as good as you say.

What did you think?

Originally posted by TAK

I thought I was the only person in the world ever to have heard that, it is about the rarest single you could come across, for some reason it was deleted on the day of release, so I'm told. Been looking for it on an off for years, that's what got me into Peggy Lee in the first place.
I think this was the version that Anne Nightingale used to play rather often on her Sunday evening Radio One show in the 80s (back in the good old days when DJs were DJs and not kids' TV presenters). Loved it.

Personally I think I'd have to go out to the sound of some choice goth. Would have to be early Sisters of Mercy, or Bauhaus. Yeah, got it! 'Bela Lugosi's Dead'! Perfect :)

[mike]

Just listened to it now, it's a bit like a female Frank Sinatra kind of song, I'm sure after a couple more listenings I'll be hooked, can't wait till I get my CD Writer, thanks for the tip, I take it you now how I've got it so quick, KaZaA, which you can download on CNET, thanks again Mike.

[What?]

Wake Me Up Before You Go Go! And hopefully they will!

[Si121]

Either "I will survive" :D, "My heart will go on" or most probably Glad all over!

[Si121]

Forgot to mention. If a dog bites me to death then it will have to be "who let the dogs out". :p