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jerryjg

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Okay, why no giggs at funerals? Surely its preferable to that canned miserable syrupy crap they play over their cheap in house sound system at the funeral parlor.
I say protocol needs to be changed, and gigs need to  start happening at wakes   and funerals. Its good for everyone concerned. It benefits the working musician, the families and even the parlor who can charge extra for it.
What would be a good set list?
 
I hate playing weddings and private parties because everyone thinks you're their personal juke box.  For these "happy" occasions, it already ruins someone's day if you don't even try to play "The Macarena" or "Sweet Home Alabama."  Can you imagine seeing Aunt Gertrude cry because you can't play "Spirit in the Sky" or you think "Highway to Hell" is innappropriate.
 
I played NiN at my own wedding and dedicated it to my wife.
Most at funerals people want me to play Amazing Grace on the 'pipes.  I tend to decline lately, mostly out of not having my own set anymore.
 
I played a funeral once.  Not like the church service or anything, but the gathering afterwards.    My old band, we did our full normal set.  A friend of ours from HIgh School was killed in a car accident when he was like 18.

It defintely had a strange vibe to it.
 
Unless the deceased has a prior input into the song set selection, there'd be at least one relative who'd argue that such-an-such song was inappropriate to the deceased and/or family.

If I left it to my friends to select music for my funeral, the smartasses would probably choose "La Grange" by ZZ Top, "House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals, and "One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer" by John Lee Hooker!

Does an organ player or a piper count as live performers? I say yes, and there's been plenty of times at funerals these players have been used.

Would be a bit strange playing a normal live set if you were in a band, but the venue was a solemn place like a Funeral Home or Crematorium.

Would imagine you'd have to scratch songs mentioning anything about fire, or songs like "Enter Sandman"!
 
OzziePete said:
Unless the deceased has a prior input into the song set selection, there'd be at least one relative who'd argue that such-an-such song was inappropriate to the deceased and/or family.

If I left it to my friends to select music for my funeral, the smartasses would probably choose "La Grange" by ZZ Top, "House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals, and "One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer" by John Lee Hooker!

Does an organ player or a piper count as live performers? I say yes, and there's been plenty of times at funerals these players have been used.

Would be a bit strange playing a normal live set if you were in a band, but the venue was a solemn place like a Funeral Home or Crematorium.

Would imagine you'd have to scratch songs mentioning anything about fire, or songs like "Enter Sandman"!
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:laughing7: That deserves hand shake.
 
Keep an eye out for the next You Tube "sensation". They'll be dancing down the aisle with the coffin on the shoulders to the strains of Dave Dobbin's Slice of Heaven...
 
jerryjg said:
What would be a good set list?
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Stairway to Heaven?
Almost Paradise?
Inagadadavida?
For Whom the Bell Tolls?


I think Highway to Hell would be pretty funny ... but I'm sure that most people at the funeral parlor would not appreciate my sense of humor ....
 
I started up a setlist for those free old folk's homes gigs you can play - like, they can't run out.... :evil4:

"Don't Fear the Reaper"
"Paint it Black"
"Suicide Solution"
 
I've created my own DVD to play at my funeral.  It's a slide show of the years, set to music (my music), along with a couple of short video clips.  I keep it updated regularly with new pictures and/or music.  I personally don't care if anyone likes it or not.
 
stubhead said:
I started up a setlist for those free old folk's homes gigs you can play - like, they can't run out.... :evil4:

"Don't Fear the Reaper"
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MORE COW BELL!!!  :icon_thumright:  :laughing3:  :laughing7:  :cool01:  :hello2:
 
PitchShifter said:
Keep an eye out for the next You Tube "sensation". They'll be dancing down the aisle with the coffin on the shoulders to the strains of Dave Dobbin's Slice of Heaven...
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For those not familiar with the song: (Was a number 1 in Australia and New Zealand, used as a soundtrack for the animated film "Footrot Flats". Footrot Flats was a popular cartoon in newspapers throughout Australia and New Zealand, and its popularity rose to the point where they did this animate film. Cartoon by Murray Ball. Main character is the sheep dog "Dog" and his adventures.)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQT0t2s1MoE&feature=related[/youtube]
 
Wasnt live music, but my cousin Mark had 'Disco Inferno' by The Trammps played in the crematorium when he 'went'.  Everyone burst out laughing.  Exactly what he wanted. 
The story made the local newspaper, and eventually onto national radio.
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jimh said:
Wasnt live music, but my cousin Mark had 'Disco Inferno' by The Trammps played in the crematorium when he 'went'.  Everyone burst out laughing.  Exactly what he wanted. 
The story made the local newspaper, and eventually onto national radio.
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Is that the song that goes: "Burn baby Burn..(Disco Inferno)......"!!  What a way to go, lol! :icon_biggrin:
 
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