This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on March 28, 2005). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.
Prairie just pointed out this list of the top ten favorite funeral songs in Europe:
- Queen’s “The Show Must Go On”
- Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven”
- AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell”
- Frank Sinatra’s “My Way”
- Mozart’s “Requiem”
- Robbie Williams’ “Angels”
- Queen’s “Who Wants to Live Forever”
- The Beatles’s “Let It Be”
- Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters”
- U2’s “With or Without You”
I’m finding the mental image of a full congregation of mourners standing in a cathedral, colored shafts of light cast through the stained glass windows slowly moving across their faces, sadly and somberly intoning AC/DC’s ‘Highway to Hell’ to the accompaniment of a church organist and choir far too amusing for my own good.
“Firemission” by Noxious Emotion from the album This Hallowed Ground (1995, 5:27).