The question
What song would you want played at your funeral?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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My daughter Dolly singing Your Song by Elton John when she was 11. I was filming and the filming is pathetic because you can tell I’m just wobbling with tears. I want everyone to cry at my funeral, including my daughter.
The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 13 January 2025 source ↗
The theme tune to Countdown.
At my late brother Martin’s funeral we played He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother by the Hollies. Martin lived a life that inspired me with the way he approached his learning difficulties and the love he showed us all with his Down’s syndrome. I often think that extra chromosome of Down’s syndrome is a chromosome of love, and you can’t have too much love in the world, can you?
Highway To Hell.
A song I wrote years ago called Remember Me With Love.
A spreadsheet that, taking into account all other people’s experiences, makes it absolutely clear that I do have enough sex.
I cry a lot. Especially on planes. What is that about? On a plane, I’ll be in floods at The Good Dinosaur.
The comedian Norm Macdonald. He’s the funniest man in the world, but so committed to being funny, he’s continually screwing up his career.
I’ve never been entirely happy, although for about 45 seconds after David Platt scored the winning goal against Belgium in the World Cup in 1990, I kind of blacked out with joy.
My parents, for my new show.
Mark Gatiss, Julie Andrews, Viv Albertine, Adrian Edmondson, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Jessica Hynes
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