What song would you like played at your funeral?

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The Importance Of Being Idle by Oasis. I’m in the video, which is basically my own funeral, so it’d be nice and macabre.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2019 source ↗

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A song I wrote called I Want to See You. It’s about reunion – about seeing your loved ones again in heaven. That’s the message I’d want to leave behind.

Recorded The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 21 June 2026 source ↗

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