What song would you like played at your funeral?

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Recorded Sara Pascoe said elsewhere, not written here
Nothing – I don’t like music. I want my funeral to be uncomfortably quiet.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗

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Adrian Edmondson English actor, comedian, musician and writer
Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Whenever Rik and I got stuck writing a script, we would put this on and the world would immediately seem to be a more stupidly brilliant place again.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 July 2018 source ↗
Simon Le Bon English singer
I’m torn between Fauré’s Requiem and The Long And Winding Road.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 September 2015 source ↗
Timmy Mallett Broadcaster and painter
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?
Recorded The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 1 January 2024 source ↗

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