Topic: Songs to die to. (Read 24001 times)

MrNovember · « **on:** 30 Jul 2008, 22:44 »

Kind of morbid, but still interesting.

Ennio Morricone - "The Ecstasy of Gold," Seriously, how fucking badass would that be?
Tom Waits - "Come on Up to the House"
Wilco - "Via Chicago," if only because I'm a Chicagoan and, no matter where I live, I always will be.
Spiritualized - "Death, Take Your Fiddle"
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Just about the entirety of "I See a Darkness."
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Lay Me Low"
Pretty much any version of "Hallelujah," though I still think Cohen's is the best, with Buckley's a close second.
Ween - "The H.I.V. Song"

tomselleck69 · « **Reply #1 on:** 30 Jul 2008, 22:57 »

"Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens, but sung by the guy from the B-52s, and he changes the lyrics so that it is about cruising male prostitutes
e.g. "Drove to Chicago---I hope there are men!"

The sadder the circumstances of my death, the more flamboyant the song will be.

yes, perfect

est · « **Reply #2 on:** 30 Jul 2008, 23:02 »

There is no death scene that could not be improved by Yakety Sax

ViolentDove · « **Reply #3 on:** 30 Jul 2008, 23:13 »

At first I thought you were talking about Yackety Yak by the Coasters. Now I find out that there are two well known yackety sax players! My world has been (slightly) rocked.

Tom · « **Reply #4 on:** 30 Jul 2008, 23:24 »

Quote from: est on 30 Jul 2008, 23:02

There is no death scene that could not be improved by Yakety Sax

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Inlander · « **Reply #5 on:** 30 Jul 2008, 23:51 »

I don't know about songs to actually die to, but recently I've decided that when it eventually comes time for them to carry my coffin out the church doors, I want them to play Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love" really loud.

Caspian · « **Reply #6 on:** 30 Jul 2008, 23:56 »

it all depends, really. I don't want a super depressing and morbid song if I'm lying in a hospital dying when I'm 85 or so. Give me some happy hardcore, flower metal or perhaps one of the more cheerful Jesu songs. (Stanlow would be rad)

Alternatively, dying in a large explosion- I've always thought the best way to go would be via a nuclear bomb- then perhaps The Angelic Process' Coma Waering song would be a sweet way to go. Car crash/fight to the death? That would be some early thrash; probably something off Kill 'em All but some Razor would also go down well.

Oh, also, Summoning. Farewell or Land of the Dead.

For my funeral, some sort of really inappropriately happy tune would be rad, but I guess The Angelic Process's Shielded by Death would be an appropriate tune. I mean, it is going to be a major bummer for the rest of the world when I'm no longer around; I guess a depressing funeral dirge would set the tone nicely.

Johnny C · « **Reply #7 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 00:03 »

I think it was Ray who said he wanted his coffin launched into space or somethin' to this song. I agree.

Caspian · « **Reply #8 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 00:17 »

I guess that's the thing though: would you really want to go out on an ironic note? The shot into space thing is a good idea, I'm just sayin' that perhaps something a bit more serious or appropriate would also be good.

ashashash · « **Reply #9 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 00:18 »

The album "Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?" by the Unicorns. (So I guess technically the song "Ready to Die", but it's not as cool without the build up.)

gospel · « **Reply #10 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 00:44 »

Bruce Springsteen - The River
Radiohead - No Surprises
Spiritalized - Ladies and Gentleman
Bowie - Space Oddity
Beck - Lost Cause
Iron and Wine - Naked as We Come
Roy Orbison - In The Real World
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah - "Life is not a victory March.."
Gary Julies - Mad World (unrelated to Donnie Darko death, ugh.)
DeVotchKa - How It Ends
Sigur Ros - Untittled #1 (Vaka)
Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy Jr. (The part where he starts likes howling.)
Nick Drake - Way to Blue
Nick Cave - Sad Waters
Joy Division - New Dawn Fades
Belle & Sebastian - Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying (this would only work if I was being chased and shot to death.)
Modest Mouse - Bankrupt on Selling
Band of Horses - Funeral
Mew - Forever and Ever

Personally? I'd want to die to Bowie's "Heroes". But, I'm weird. Maybe, Jose Gonazlez's version of "Teardrop" depending on the death.

RedLion · « **Reply #11 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 01:28 »

"Suzanne" by Leonard Cohen. For my money, it's one of the simplest yet most beautiful songs ever written.

Patrick · « **Reply #12 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 02:05 »

These are some of my favourite songs. They are all plenty depressing.

"Close Your Eyes", "Shower The People" - James Taylor
"Remember When" - Alan Jackson
"Us and Them" - Pink Floyd
"Blue" - The Seatbelts
"Bell Bottom Blues" - Blind Faith (while I'm on a Clapton note)
"Perfidia" - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (if only for the chorus of "Goodbye" at the end)
"Dear Prudence" - The Beatles

Thrillho · « **Reply #13 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 05:52 »

The entirety of Notorious BIG's first two albums. Especially 'Ready to Die.' I'd love to offend people with the Ike and Tina line AS I died.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #14 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 06:12 »

"Keasbey Nights" by Catch 22. Yes, it's ska (or ska punk, whatever you want to call it), but it's so god damned awesome. Especially the chorus.

snalin · « **Reply #15 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 06:42 »

Weird (unchecked) fact: In Australia, the most popular burial tune is Highway to Hell.

BlakeJustBlake · « **Reply #16 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 07:23 »

The Teddy Bear's Picnic Song

Bowers · « **Reply #17 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 08:00 »

"Sleep" by The Smiths

gardenhead_ · « **Reply #18 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 08:34 »

Absolutego.

It would be a long death.

Lines · « **Reply #19 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 08:34 »

The only two songs I would want to die to are "Lux Aterna" by Mozart and Barber's "Adagio for Strings." I will, of course, have an orchestra follow me around as I die.

imagist42 · « **Reply #20 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 08:52 »

"Remember Me" by British Sea Power

BlakeJustBlake · « **Reply #21 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 09:25 »

Also Sippin 40z by Gravy Train, it would sum up what I did in my life.

ComfortEagle · « **Reply #22 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 11:17 »

Some how I see my self dying of a horrible accident while "These Snakes Get High" by Awesome Snakes plays loudly in the background.

Barrabas · « **Reply #23 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 12:49 »

This.

Be My Head · « **Reply #24 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 12:51 »

I think I'd like to die to the song "Blood Vortex" by Bloodbath.

Seems fitting. But depending on the cause of death it might not be, I get the image of me taking a whole bunch of people with me and then jumping off of a building in flames with that song.

s42 · « **Reply #25 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 13:21 »

Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd.

Tehz · « **Reply #26 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 17:02 »

May not be the best for everyone, but for me personally...

4 - Aphex Twin
Nanou 2 - Aphex Twin
Pitter Patter Goes My Heart - Broken Social Scene
Starálfur - Sigur Rós
Everyone Says Hi (Metro Remix) - David Bowie
Days Were Golden - Sunny Day Real Estate
Landslide - The Smashing Pumpkins
Every Time Is The Last Time - Bloc Party

I'll update the list if I think of any more.

20 jazz funk greats · « **Reply #27 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 17:20 »

Quote from: tomselleck69 on 30 Jul 2008, 22:57

"Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens, but sung by the guy from the B-52s, and he changes the lyrics so that it is about cruising male prostitutes
e.g. "Drove to Chicago---I hope there are men!"

best post so far.

dancarter · « **Reply #28 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 18:16 »

everytime i make one of these lists i feel like kicking myself in the head afterward because i've thought of about a dozen others....with that in mind, the list would have to contain at some point, these songs:

together we will live forever /death is the road to awe - clint manselll & kronos quartet
alice / i'm still here - tom waits
the first time i saw your face - stendeck
small days / we all have a window - autoclav 1.1
this night has opened my eyes - the smiths
burn(acoustic) - android lust
suni c / beauty in the eyes - download
romulus and venus - the tear garden
haze / smothered hope / the choke(regrip) - skinny puppy
crystalline hush / candle burns blue - interlace
fade into you (mazzy star cover) - stray

commence kicking...

Liz · « **Reply #29 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 18:24 »

Quote from: Linds on 31 Jul 2008, 08:34

The only two songs I would want to die to are "Lux Aterna" by Mozart and Barber's "Adagio for Strings." I will, of course, have an orchestra follow me around as I die.

I like your style.

dalconnsuch · « **Reply #30 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 18:51 »

the only one i'd listen too while i was dying was "downtown train" tom waits or "don't fear the reaper" by blue oyster cult

BlakeJustBlake · « **Reply #31 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 20:28 »

I just noticed how the Music Talk section on here reminds me of the guys from High Fidelity.

But outside of songs I die to, hopefully after I die they play a salutary 4'33 by John Cage

MrBlu · « **Reply #32 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 20:45 »

"Because I Got High"- Afroman

Akeboshi · « **Reply #33 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 21:05 »

The Decemberists - "California One / Youth And Beauty Brigade"

Scarychips · « **Reply #34 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 21:09 »

Obviously

Shadows Collide · « **Reply #35 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 22:22 »

Talk Talk - Myrrhman or Eden (the part where Hollis sings "Everybody needs someone to live by")

Tom Waits - Train Song

Morricone - Ecstasy of Gold or Once upon a time in the West

John Zorn (Naked City) - Chinatown (the greatest thing I've ever heard appears in this rendition of the song = from 3:29 to 4:00 - the chilling guitar chords with reverb, Zorn's delicate-as-hell sax, the little piano notes that appear here and there, the fact that this song appears amidst the brutal death metal on the album - perfect!)

or anything on Torture Garden (a swift, triumphantly LOUD death)

Johnny C · « **Reply #36 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 22:49 »

Quote from: Caspian on 31 Jul 2008, 00:17

I guess that's the thing though: would you really want to go out on an ironic note? The shot into space thing is a good idea, I'm just sayin' that perhaps something a bit more serious or appropriate would also be good.

The song's not for you and it's not for me. It's for the people of Heaven, telling them to watch the fuck out.

Anyways, why does everyone want to die to something really slow or mournful? If I had to pick a soundtrack to my demise it would probably involve Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak" in some capacity.

est · « **Reply #37 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 22:57 »

SHOT THROUGH THE HEART

AND YOU'RE TO BLAME

DARLIN' YOU GIVE LOVE

A BAD NAME

gospel · « **Reply #38 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 23:32 »

Quote from: BlakeJustBlake on 31 Jul 2008, 20:28

I just noticed how the Music Talk section on here reminds me of the guys from High Fidelity.

But outside of songs I die to, hopefully after I die they play a salutary 4'33 by John Cage

You just called somebody Jack Black. I hope it wasn't me. God, I hope it wasn't me.

Johnny C · « **Reply #39 on:** 31 Jul 2008, 23:45 »

Quote from: est on 31 Jul 2008, 22:57

SHOT THROUGH THE HEART

AND YOU'RE TO BLAME

DARLIN' YOU GIVE LOVE

A BAD NAME

dude

"wanted dead or alive"

pwhodges · « **Reply #40 on:** 01 Aug 2008, 04:29 »

Any Bach Cantata.

Nearly half of the music that Bach wrote was church cantatas (the surviving ones - about half - take 60CDs in the recording I have, which would fit the whole of Beethoven's output). Whether they are sad or joyful or thoughtful or admonitory, they all radiate his his simple and absolute faith, and this certainty makes them the most relaxing music to listen to that there is (as well as stunningly beautiful, of course).

But perhaps, just at the end, the Quodlibet from his Goldberg Variations - this is a remarkable combination of the theme of the variations with a medley of popular songs - leading into the final statement of the theme.

Paul

Border Reiver · « **Reply #41 on:** 01 Aug 2008, 04:40 »

Not sure about the music to have playing WHEN I pass over - although Bob Seger's "Like a Rock" wouldn't be horrific, particularly if I'm wearing the silly green suit in a far and distant land at the time.

At the funeral though the only absolute is "Amazing Grace" and that MUST be played on the bagpipes. Anyone who has ever heard a massed pipe and drum band do that song will understand why.

Thrillho · « **Reply #42 on:** 01 Aug 2008, 04:58 »

Quote from: BlakeJustBlake on 31 Jul 2008, 20:28

I just noticed how the Music Talk section on here reminds me of the guys from High Fidelity.

It used to be worse, and a lot of people are usually joking.

Quote

But outside of songs I die to, hopefully after I die they play a salutary 4'33 by John Cage

You're either very funny, or I hate you. Which one is it?

BlakeJustBlake · « **Reply #43 on:** 01 Aug 2008, 10:25 »

I just meant they reminded me of the guys from High Fidelity with all the lists that they make, not being music snobs.

It's 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence.

Trynant · « **Reply #44 on:** 01 Aug 2008, 10:56 »

Well sheesh guys has I'm surprised nobody mentioned Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek" already.

Thrillho · « **Reply #45 on:** 01 Aug 2008, 11:13 »

Quote from: BlakeJustBlake on 01 Aug 2008, 10:25

I just meant they reminded me of the guys from High Fidelity with all the lists that they make, not being music snobs.

Ah, well that's me all over. The central character in High Fidelity is essentially, me.

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It's 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence.

Re-read the question and try again. I know what the piece consists of.

BlakeJustBlake · « **Reply #46 on:** 01 Aug 2008, 12:23 »

It has been reread and reunderstood. I don't know, that's for you to decide, it was meant as a joke. Like, I hope they play that after I die, as in I hope they give me a moment of silence.

De_El · « **Reply #47 on:** 01 Aug 2008, 12:45 »

I may be a big ol' dork, but I think "Waltz for Zizi," from the first Cowboy Bebop OST would be a pretty nice way to go out.
Also possible: "My Body Is a Cage" - Arcade Fire
or if I happen to be in a pretty good mood when I'm dying, the cover Bauhaus did of "Ziggy Stardust."

Thrillho · « **Reply #48 on:** 01 Aug 2008, 13:52 »

Quote from: BlakeJustBlake on 01 Aug 2008, 12:23

It has been reread and reunderstood. I don't know, that's for you to decide, it was meant as a joke. Like, I hope they play that after I die, as in I hope they give me a moment of silence.

My point was that I hate that piece and that if you like it, by extension I hate you. It was a joke. Sort of. I don't hate you, actually. I do hate the piece.

BlakeJustBlake · « **Reply #49 on:** 01 Aug 2008, 13:55 »

Yeah, actually I pretty much despise John Cage, and that piece. But it's good for jokes, like if it were used after you die it would be like a moment of silence.

I guess all of my posts on here have been rather silly.

Here's a serious list:

Explosions In The Sky - A Song For Our Fathers
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Ode to Isis
The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
At The Drive-In - Arcarsenal
Sigur Ros - Se Lest
Yndi Halda - We Flood Empty Lakes*

*This is the one that I would want to be playing the most

Also there would be certain circumstances that I would like to die under in which I want Too Many Puppies by Primus playing.

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MrNovember

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