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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It’s another bloody Prince song, I’m so sorry – Mountains. I love how the chord structure ascends and the vocals – “It’s only mountains and the sea / There’s nothing greater than you and me” – feel like an ascension. I’d like to think, when I shuffle off this mortal coil, I’m going to be ascending as opposed to descending. I think I’ve been a good girl.
The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 21 December 2025 source ↗
Monster Mash, by Bobby Pickett.
Paprika Plains by Joni Mitchell.
Don’t Stop Believin’ [by Journey].
An incredibly long one – maybe the entire St Matthew Passion – just so everybody would have to sit in the church for hours.
Some of the neuroses of my 20s. I knew I had a great talent, but I thought it was unmarketable because I felt ugly.
On a flight to Newcastle, when we had terrible storms. The plane dropped quickly and the oxygen masks fell down. We had to land in Manchester.
I am a shoe and bag freak. I shelled out for a Chanel handbag on eBay and it was still four figures!
Having a career that’s 29 years in.
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