The question
What song would you want played at your funeral?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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As a native-derived person, we don’t believe in death. Death is a western, fear-based concept. We believe that an eternal spirit is housed into a temporary vehicle, and when that vehicle no longer becomes tenable to inhabit, we just move on. If I had to play music, I’d insist on Beethoven’s Triple Concerto.
The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 26 October 2025 source ↗
Reasons To Be Cheerful, by Ian Dury.
Is That All There Is? by Peggy Lee. I find it uplifting, because we all suffer these things in life. Will my funeral be happy or sad? Depends who you’re talking to. Some people will be happy. A couple will be sad. But I’d like a jolly affair.
One written in 2057.
The Resurrection Shuffle.
Gary Numan, Emeli Sandé, Ronnie Wood, Viv Albertine, Bill Bailey, Suzanne Vega
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