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[Pimp_skitters]

  I think what music I'd have depends on who's going. As I'd want a short funeral, and if I liked who was coming, I'd have a string sextet play Strauss's Capriccio Prelude.
  However, if I was rich and famous and knew my funeral was going to be attended by tons of public dignitaries, I'd put on music I love but most people would hate: Varese's Deserts, Boulez's Book for Strings, Penderecki's Threnody and Schnittke's Viola Concerto.

[Limmo]

But enough about us-  how did people in England feel?

[V-Adore]

Others in the top 20 included (...) perhaps unexpectedly, Fame's "I Want To Live Forever."

9 - "Every Breath You Take - The Police

Proof positive that people don't freaking listen to lyrics or understand dramatic irony. (Hint to the British public: "I'm Gonna Live Forever," in the context of eventual death, is fundamentally a song about tragic hubris, and "Every Breath You Take" is a song about stalking.)

[robot_god]

Perhaps the country is full of arrogant stalkers?  I dunno.  Can anyone confirm this?

[Doc]

'Every breath you take' has always confused me because it is so obviously a creepy stalker song so I could never figure out it's popularity I just assumed there was probably some context I was missing.

[CortJstr]

These are the same people that used to want The One I Love played as a dedication.

[V-Adore]

These are the same people that used to want The One I Love played as a dedication.

Well, as a dedication for a simple prop to occupy your time, there are worse songs.

[slink]

Perhaps the country is full of arrogant stalkers?  I dunno.  Can anyone confirm this?

I think there's still a greater proportion of idiots here than there are arrogant stalkers.

Otherwise I might have more friends...

[linnea]

I think that the arrogance is pretty much par for everyone's course these days. For example, most traditional church funerals have strict controls. For example, when a good friend of mine's son died unexpectedly, I was there when they were planning the funeral. My best friend who has an amazing voice was going to sing the prelude, but for the Catholic ceremony there were only a few choices of songs that they could pick. Like, they had a choice between 2 hymns or something. I was surprised that there was so little freedom of choice, but then again we are talking about the Catholic church (heh, awesome pun).  They have this thing where they want to keep the focus on God, I guess.

[theinevitable]

Dies Irae-- what a great way of consoling the grieving mourners.