[jonathanjong]

Inspired by the Top 5 songs about death, a tribute to Laura's dad in High Fidelity: What are the top 5 songs you'd like to be playing as you die? (NB: Not at your funeral.)

 

[choomanchoo]

At Last -- by Etta James

 

[lobster999]

Today - Ian Moore

 

[bigshot]

St James Infirmary Blues (Cab Calloway)
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (Louis Armstrong)
Long Black Veil (Left Frizzell)
Six More Miles To The Graveyard (Hank Williams)
Blood On The Saddle (Tex Ritter)
Leah (Roy Orbison)
The Streets of Laredo (trad.)

 

[351Cleveland]

Last Song - Edward Bear
The End - The Doors
Goodbye-Goodbye - Oingo Boingo
Sleepy Time Time - Cream
Now I Lay Me Down - Sophie B. Hawkins

 

[saintalfonzo]

Steely Dan - "Your Gold Teeth II"

 

[scytheavatar]

Amon Amarth - Valhall Awaits Me
Manowar - Hail and Kill
Manowar - The Crown and the Ring
Death - Voice of the Soul
Opeth - Dirge For November

 

[jonathanjong]

Three to start:

Mozart's Requiem, III/5. Confutatis.
Beethoven's 7th Symphony, 1. Allegro con brio
Hallelujahs, performed by Jeff Buckley

 

[JSTpt1022]

"Mad World" - Gary Jules

"Brothers in Arms" - Dire Straits

Piano Sonata No. 14, "Moonlight" 1st mvt. - Beethoven

Symphony No. 9 in e minor, "From the New World" - Largo - Dvorak

"Letting the Cables Sleep" - Bush

 

[electropop]

Quote:

Originally Posted by saintalfonzo /img/forum/go_quote.gif Steely Dan - "Your Gold Teeth II"

Hahhah! See how they roll

 

[jonathanjong]

I'll add: Angel, Sarah McLachlan.

Also, I might drop Mozart's Requiem for Brahms's, but there's no particular bit of Brahms's I'd pick...unlike Mozart's Confutatis.

 

[Maxvla]

A320 - Foo Fighters

I feel like I die a little bit every time I hear it. So beautiful.

 

[pjw241142]

Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd. The guitar solo!

 

[fatgh0st]

Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
On The Turning Away (Live from Delicate Sound of Thunder) - Pink Floyd
Rooster (Unplugged) - Alice In Chains
Everybody Pays - Mark Knopfler

 

[Tridacnid]

"Nutshell"- Alice In Chains
"Dying Days"- Screaming Trees