At my funeral, the song(s) will be....

[Cruisin Loser]

The Silent Boatman by Parliament:



And Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum to get the foot stomping and hand clapping going:



Whaddya got?

 

[No Bargers]

 

[White Lightning2]

Is there a limit?? I hope they play everything and play it loud!

WL

 

[chester]

 

[Point Break]

Oh……no contest for me. Our pipes playing “Going Home” in the App room. Just like this Chicago ceremony.

 

[herbie verstinx]

Oh……no contest for me. Our pipes playing “Going Home” in the App room. Just like this Chicago ceremony.

Is that a standard firefighter protocol? That was played at my friends services. He was a captain with Ventura FD.

 

[Rambler]

The Carnival is Over by the Seekers

 

[P_Wop]

 

[Autonomous]

Pink Floyd esp. David Gilmour. Loreena McKennitt too.

 

[basketcase]

just this one.........

 

[Marty Gingras]

For the survivors of course, though most will be heathens such as myself:


Paging @veni vidi vici

 

[Waiex191]

 

[chinabald]

Well I don’t want a funeral. But they better have a really good wake. And the music can be anything from Led Zeppelin to Parliament Funkadelic.

 

[WhoaTed]

My wife has transcribed it and learned the piano part, we have a fiddler lined up to play that part (she comes by occasionally for “music nights” and to drink too much wine).

 

[familysailor]

No songs, no funeral.
No plan to die.

 

[Keith]

 

[Point Break]

Is that a standard firefighter protocol? That was played at my friends services. He was a captain with Ventura FD.

Interesting history. When big cities first began to hire full time firefighters it was considered a fairly menial low level profession and as such many came from recent immigrants which at the time were often Irish. Hence the cultural connection to bagpipes and other things Irish that endures to this day. So bagpipes at funerals is a frequent tradition.

A couple videos I’ll post next are from the annual ceremony at the Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Colorado Springs. It is an annual ceremony attended by thousands.

First is the day of the actual ceremony when the names of the fallen from the past year are inscribed on the wall. Worth noting that everyone marching in the massed pipes and drums is an active or retired firefighter most donating their time.

Next will be the “parade” down the Main Street attired in the “informal” uniforms of personal kilts etc. This is a prelude to everyone adjourning to the local bars to drink in memory and celebration of those departed.

Third is the massed “Amazing Grace” which is always the last moment before the crowd heads into the local bars.

 

[Point Break]

The “parade” that evening.

 

[Point Break]

Amazing Grace

 

[Mrleft8]