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Tag Archives: Funeral Music
Elvis’ “Blue Christmas”
A song for those enduring sadness over the holidays
This classic soul piece, originally penned by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson, has established itself as an enduring holiday classic, and an ideal funeral song for those late-December memorials. For this writer, at least, it helps him to feel … Continue reading
“Hey Hey My My”, by Neil Young
He sings that once you're gone, you can't come back
We all know rock and roll can never die and we can count on Neil Young to employ his wonderful lyrics to speak to us about the important things in life — including death. A classic icon of the Boomer … Continue reading
Posted in Expressive Music
Tagged Funeral Music, Funeral Song List, Funeral Song Lyrics, Funeral Songs, Hey Hey My My, Lyrics for Memorial Service, Memorial lyrics, Memorial Music, Most Popular Funeral Songs, Neil Young, Neil Young Lyrics, Neil Young Songs, Our Beautiful Funeral Music, Popular Funeral Songs, Song Lyrics
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Our Beautiful Funeral Music: “Shine On (There’s Another Day After Tomorrow)”, by Soundtrack of Our Lives
An original, hopeful look on recovery from grief
For another entry in our series on beautiful funeral music and songs on death, here, Swedish rock band The Soundtrack of Our Lives here performs “Shine On (There’s Another Day After Tomorrow)”, a rousing, hopeful song on death that urges … Continue reading
“Videotape,” by Radiohead
"When I'm at the pearly gates, this will be on my videotape"
I’ve always been of the opinion that the last song on an album holds a special significance. An artist will usually leave the listener with a parting shot– a summation, perhaps, of the album’s themes, or some poignant words of … Continue reading
Our Beautiful Funeral Music: “The End,” by the Doors
Songs to guide you through a loss, to play at a funeral, or to enjoy on your own
“The End,” one of the Doors’ most famous, and impenetrable songs, in its final stanzas, reveals itself as a song on death. Immortalized in Francis Ford Coppola’s viciously brutal war film, Apocalypse Now, “the End” tells a long, winding, haunted … Continue reading
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Doors, Doors The End. Doors, Eulogies, Funeral Memorial Songs, Funeral Music, Music
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Our Beautiful Funeral Music Series: Sheltering Sky
Ryuichi Sakamoto's music for the film speaks volumes on the vast desert landscape of life and death
The film, Sheltering Sky evokes the most exotic and memorable moments of life through a musical score perfectly suited as beautiful funeral music. We provide a brief narration from the film to accompany the main musical score: Narrator: Because we … Continue reading
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Funeral Memorial Songs, Funeral Music, Music, Sheltering Sky
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