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I'm not currently dying that I know of and it's kind of morbid but:

 

Is there a more beautiful song than Brokedown Palace, 1972 Grateful dead? That might be my choice right now.

 

 

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I thought of this a long time ago. Basically I guess it's supposed to be more like a wake, where you kind of party, because I selected a lot of songs and it's supposed to be my own mini-show. :blush

 

I haven't looked at this in a long time, though. Just copied and pasted it from my "will."

 

1. The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want [Let It Bleed]

2. Miles Davis – Flamenco Sketches [Kind of Blue]

3. Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road [born to Run]

4. Paul McCartney – Maybe I’m Amazed [McCartney]

5. Sigur Rós – Starálfur [Ágætis byrjun]

6. The Beach Boys – I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times [Pet Sounds]

7. Band of Horses – The Funeral [Everything All The Time]

8. Radiohead – No Surprises [OK Computer]

9. Elvis Costello – Deep Dark Truthful Mirror [spike]

10. Dmitri Shostakovich’s 8th String Quartet (in its entirety)

11. Fleet Foxes – Drops in the River [sun Giant EP]

12. John Lennon & Harry Nilsson – Only You (Demo) [unreleased]

13. Andrew Bird – Scythian Empires [Armchair Apocrypha]

14. The Clash - Rudie Can’t Fail [London Calling]

15. George Harrison – My Sweet Lord [All Things Must Pass]

16. Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945 [in the Aeroplane Over the Sea]

17. Ringo Starr – Photograph [Concert For George [Disc 2]]

18. The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [The Band]

19. Bob Dylan – Desolation Row [Highway 61 Revisited]

20. The Beatles – In My Life [Rubber Soul]

 

Encore 1:

 

21. Wilco – Hummingbird [A Ghost Is Born]

22. Beirut – Postcards From Italy [Gulag Orkestar]

23. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water (Demo Take 6) [bridge Over Troubled Water]

24. Iron & Wine – Muddy Hymnal [The Creek Drank the Cradle]

 

Encore 2:

 

25. The Beatles – Hey Jude [The US Singles Collection]

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Elton John - Goodbye from Madman Across The Water

John Lennon - Love

Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed

Pearl Jam - Man Of The Hour

James Ingram & Linda Ronstadt - Somewhere Out There

Michael McDonald & Patti LaBelle - On My Own

The Killers - All These Things That I've Done

R.E.M. - The Great Beyond

Wilco - Everlasting

U2 - The First Time

 

And I've always had this fantasy that some beautiful, tearful woman would insist on "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" by Gladys Knight.

But who would that woman be?

;)

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Tom Waits- Come on Up to the House

Tom Waits- Somewhere

Tom Waits- If I Have To Go

Tom Waits- Time

Tom Waits- Innocent When You Dream

Wilco- How to Fight Loneliness

Wilco- In A Future Age

Wilco- Airline to Heaven

Wilco- Everlasting Everything

M. Ward- Blake's View

Bob Dylan- I'll Remember You

Dr. Dog- I'm in the Light

Heartless Bastards- So Quiet

Queen- Another one Bites the Dust

Joe Henry- God Only Knows

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I'm not currently dying that I know of and it's kind of morbid but:

 

Is there a more beautiful song than Brokedown Palace, 1972 Grateful dead? That might be my choice right now.

I can't decide on Brokendown Palace or Ripple, both beautiful...

 

Besides these two I only have one other for sure on my list... Check Your Tears At The Door - drivin' n' cryin

 

I have been thinking of Hummingbird and So Much Less Than You Think...maybe Hell is Crome...

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1. The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want [Let It Bleed]

 

I'm contractually obligated to say "Immediate disqualification because of association with The Big Chill." I know you understand. I would also have that song at my funeral. Hey Jude would also be just about perfect.

 

--Mike

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I've said this before around here but I went to a funeral of a young guy's about 15 years ago (he was only like 25-26 yrs old) and they played "Attics of My Life" in his honor. really moving.

 

I've always maintained I want "Bertha" played, just 'cause.

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