Your Funeral Music

[Chris]

It is something that happens to all of us eventually.

So, when you kick the old bucket, what do you want your mourners to listen to that will remind them of you?

My list includes, but is not limited to...

Stop Stop Give It Up EBN OZN
Old And Wise Alan Parsons Project
Journey 54-40
Some Other Time Alan Parsons Project
Cynical Days XTC (This one would be more like a joke from beyond the grave. ;D )
Tomorrow Wendy Concrete Blonde
Understanding Evanescense
Half Moon Janis Joplin
Forever Autumn Justin Hayward
Castles Made Of Sand Jimi Hendrix
The Wind Cries Mary Jimi Hendrix
Little Wing Jimi Hendrix
All We Are Kim Mitchell
Do It Again The Kinks (Just because it is an irony too delicious to pass up.)
Flyin' Shoes Lyle Lovett
Step Inside This House Lyle Lovett
Babes In The Woods Lyle Lovett
Closing Time Lyle Lovett (He always closes with this song, so I want this to be the last one played.)
Echoes Pink Floyd
Terminal Frost Pink Floyd
Somehow I would love to have both First Landing by Ned Liben and Haunted House by Dada Nada played.
Silent Lucidity Queensryche
Ship Of Fools Robert Plant
Tempted Squeeze
I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats
More Than This Roxy Music
Wizards In Winter Trans-Siberian Orchestra
They Moved The Moon Warren Zevon
Dear God XTC (Must be after Tomorrow Wendy for the ultimate atheist attack!)
Heart Of The Sunrise Yes
Who's Behind The Door? Zebra

I know what you are thinking...."How long is this damn funeral gonna be?"

That will be my ultimate joke.

;D

[Chris]

Another one I want played is Days Are Numbers (The Traveller) by The Alan Parsons Project. This is simply one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard both lyrically and musically.

Chris Rainbow - Lead Vocals

The traveller is always leaving town
He never has the time to turn around
And if the road he's taken isn't leading anywhere
He seems to be completely unaware

The traveller is always leaving home
The only kind of life he's ever known
When every moment seems to be
A race against the time
There's always one more mountain left to climb

Days are numbers
Watch the stars
We can only see so far
Someday, you'll know where you are
Remember
Days are numbers
Count the stars
We can only go so far
One day, you'll know where you are

The traveller awaits the morning tide
He doesn't know what's on the other side
But something deep inside of him
Keeps telling him to go
He hasn't found a reason to say no

The traveller is only passing through
He cannot understand your point of view
Abandoning reality, unsure of what he'll find
The traveller in me is close behind

Days are numbers
Watch the stars
We can only see so far
Someday, you'll know where you are
Remember
Days are numbers
Count the stars
We can only go so far
One day, you'll know where you are