I never give much thought to my funeral to be honest lol.
Ummm, I suppose I'd have Albatross by Fleetwood Mac playing as it's my favourite instrumental of all time, plus it's not too long either.A few other songs would be...
Song To the Siren by This Mortal CoilOn the floating, shapeless oceans
I did all my best to smile
til your singing eyes and fingers
drew me loving into your eyes.
And you sang "Sail to me, sail to me;
Let me enfold you."
Here I am, here I am waiting to hold you.
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you here when I was full sail?
Now my foolish boat is leaning, broken love lost on your rocks.
For you sang, "Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow."
Oh my heart, oh my heart shies from the sorrow.
I'm as puzzled as a newborn child.
I'm as riddled as the tide.
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or shall I lie with death my bride?
Hear me sing: "Swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you."
"Here I am. Here I am, waiting to hold you."
Nutshell by Alice In ChainsWe chase misprinted lies
We face the path of time
And yet I fight
And yet I fight
This battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home
Oooh...oooh...
Oooh...oooh...
My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find
And yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I cant be my own
Id feel better dead
Oooh...oooh...
Oooh...oooh...
And of course.....
Ace of Spades by MotorheadIf you like to gamble, I tell you I'm your man,
You win some, lose some, all the same to me,
The pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say,
I don't share your greed, the only card I need is
The Ace Of Spades
Playing for the high one, dancing with the devil,
Going with the flow, it's all the same to me,
Seven or Eleven, snake eyes watching you,
Double up or quit, double stake or split,
The Ace Of Spades
You know I'm born to lose, and gambling's for fools,
But that's the way I like it baby,
I don't wanna live for ever,
And don't forget the joker!
Pushing up the ante, I know you've got to see me,
Read 'em and weep, the dead man's hand again,
I see it in your eyes, take one look and die,
The only thing you see, you know it's gonna be,
The Ace Of Spades
That because it's just a ballsy classic rock song that will be turned up fucking LOUD!
I'd also have Eagle Fly Free by Helloween, Fucking Hostile by Pantera, Resurrection by Fear Factory, Run To the Hills by Iron Maiden, Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed by Thin Lizzy, Cheap Sunglasses by ZZ Top aaaaaand Saltwater by Clannad playing as those are all songs anyone that knows me in real life will probably associate me with....perhaps not lol.
My list of songs changes all the time by the way.
As for dress code....everyone will be dressed just as I knew them. None of this shirt and tie shite. I didn't know you all with shirts and ties and nicely polished fucking shoes and I certainly don't want you all standing there looking like arseholes as I'm buried. Wear the tatty jeans you had on that morning...wear the scruffy tshirt with fried egg stains on the chest......for fucks sake be yourself!
As for the actual burial, I don't want buried in a graveyard next to everyone and anyone. I want somewhere different and out of the way from people. I'd be happy being buried on a cliff top overlooking the sea so whenever people came to visit they'd be soothed by the sound of the ocean plus have a top class view. I think I'll be cremated though so it may just be a little pot under a big lump of concrete that just looks like a random stone left there by the melting of some iceberg 70 million years ago........or something like that, I dunno
And yes Andriea, I have a fair idea that your funeral will probably be like a Rob Zombie film lol.....fire-eaters, freaks, people juggling knives, a cake tent of course and random industrial music playing through huge fucking speakers about the size of a house!