OK to play a recorded song at a funeral?

Subject: RE: OK to play a recorded song at a funeral?
From: Peter the Squeezer
Date: 16 Feb 12 - 05:11 AM

In the early years of CD players, if you left them on pause, after about ten minutes, they started to play again.

I heard a story about a fan of Queen, who wanted Bohemian Rhapsody played at the end of his funeral. That funeral party left the chapel, and as people were going in for the next funeral, the following track began to play on the CD.

It was - Another One Bites The Dust

Subject: RE: OK to play a recorded song at a funeral?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 16 Feb 12 - 07:42 PM

Thread drift a bit, but the same track , "Another one...." got played when I phoned a life insurance company and was put on "hold"! Just as well I wasn't grieving relative phoning them!

Subject: RE: OK to play a recorded song at a funeral?
From: frogprince
Date: 23 Feb 12 - 08:53 PM

A friend brought a "boom box" along to the graveside ritual for his uncle and played "Spirit in the Sky", per the request of the deceased. A woman friend a few years back requested that the Beatle's "In My Life" be played at her funeral. One of my best friends says that he wants Jimi Hendrix's version of The Star Spangled Banner played at his burial; If he kicks off before me, I'll try to see to that.

Subject: RE: OK to play a recorded song at a funeral?
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Feb 12 - 04:26 AM

Beware using a CD player. At the funeral of one of my morris dancing friends the CD player stuck after about twenty seconds and kept up a chk-chk-chk sound until someone had the presence of mind to unplug it. The recently deceased had been famously technophobic, and I swear I heard a ghostly chuckle as the silence descended.

Subject: RE: OK to play a recorded song at a funeral?
From: Trevor Thomas
Date: 24 Feb 12 - 07:37 AM

A story I'd very much like to believe is true involves a CD at a funeral.

A hapless man was apparently in charge of the CD player at the funeral of his mother in law. The track chosen was 'Somewhere over the Rainbow', a favourite of hers.

He duly got the soundtrack from the Wizard of Oz, and got it ready. Unfortunately, at the emotionally climactic moment, either the CD skipped, or he managed to press the wrong button. In any event, instead of 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow', the song that came out of the speakers was 'Ding Dong the Witch is Dead'.

Subject: RE: OK to play a recorded song at a funeral?
From: goatfell
Date: 24 Feb 12 - 09:43 AM

wish me luck as you wave me goodbye

Subject: RE: OK to play a recorded song at a funeral?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 24 Feb 12 - 02:56 PM

Re Trevor T's post, best to copy the tracks you want on to a new CD so you can only get the ones you've chosen!
Trying to find a particular bagpipe tune my Dad liked, I listened to about 80 versions of (allegedly!) the same one on iTunes before finding THE one: far too many versions had been messed up by needless over-arranging and electronica.