c/asklemmy · by weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world · 2y

You're on your death bed, the end credits music to your life starts to play. What song plays?

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134 Comments

humorlessrepost@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 2y (4 replies)

This was a triumph.

I'm making a note here:

Huge success!

toiletobserver@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y (3 replies)

It's hard to overstate my satisfaction

Mac@mander.xyz · 10 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Aperture Science:
"We do what we must because we can"

w00@feddit.de · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

For the good of all of us..

XPost3000@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y

Except the ones who are dead

TheRaven@lemmy.ca · 27 pts · 2y

Queen - Another One Bites the Dust

PP_BOY_@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y

Highway to Hell

EchoCranium@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 2y

Always look on the bright side of life - Monty Python

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y

IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!

recursive_recursion@programming.dev · 15 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Sea Shanty2

weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Who could forget the shirtless accordion man cover

HurlingDurling@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Crub your enthusiasm theme song

TIMMAY@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

lmaooo yes, perfect

VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Don't fear the reaper, obviously.

Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2y

Great choice. Such a good song and oddly calming.

Mr_Blott@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y

Well it's got to be Frank Turner's "Eulogy" innit?

Not everyone grows up to be an astronaut

Not everyone was born to be a king

Not everyone can be Freddie Mercury

But everyone can raise their glass and sing

Well I haven't always been a perfect person

Well I haven't done what mum and dad had dreamed

But on the day I die, I'll say at least I fucking tried

That's the only eulogy I need

toiletobserver@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yakety sax.

MrsDoyle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Ha ha, that would be my choice too, to wind my friends up. That or Jeff Buckley singing Dido's Lament, everyone weeping into their hankies. "Remember me, remember me, but oh forget my fate...."

Nah, Yacketty Sax!

leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl · 14 pts · 2y (1 reply)

directed by:

Robert B. Weide

Godric@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

RIP Richard Lewis

LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2y

Caramelldansen

Magister@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y

My Way by Sinatra

Varyk@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Anything by tropical fuck storm. Maybe "it's getting boring by the sea" by blood red shoes.

Hm.

I don't think I can pick one. I don't know if that means I don't know myself or I know myself too well.

"The egg and I" by the seatbelts?

That's pretty good

al177@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 2y

You're gonna carry that weight

TheFriar@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

Wow. I’ve never encountered someone mentioning tropical fuck storm in the wild.

EssentialCoffee@midwest.social · 9 pts · 2y

Kansas - Dust in the Wind

PoorYorick@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

Metallica - Fade to Black

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9HZ_tx8aWuA

ivanafterall@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y

I like to think that'll be the day the music dies, so I'll go with American Pie.

weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Komm Süsser Tod - Evangelion

Black Hole Sun - Sound Garden

tiredofsametab@kbin.run · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Evangelion

0.o

Komm, süßer Tod: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komm,_s%C3%BC%C3%9Fer_Tod,_komm_selge_Ruh

Eccitaze@yiffit.net · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It's not that song, it's a song that plays during the climax of End of Evangelion and has very strong themes of suicide and loss, played over an upbeat, lively tune. Just imagine these lyrics over something reminiscent of a Beatles song circa Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:

*I know, I know I've let you downz

I've been a fool to myself

I thought that I could

live for no one else

But now through all the hurt and pain

It's time for me to respect

the ones you love

mean more than anything

So with sadness in my heart

(I) feel the best thing I could do

is end it all

and leave forever

what's done is done it feels so bad

what once was happy now is sad

I'll never love again

my world is ending

It's one of my favorite scenes in animation, just because of how utterly fucked up everything is and how many layers there are to everything

weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Also orange juice... A whole Lotta orange juice. Like so much orange juice. But yes, this one xD

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Scatman

henfredemars@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Those things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y

Scatman is legend. RIP. Just got done watching a few of his old interviews, what a nice, humble guy.

EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9434BoGkNQ

meyotch@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 2y

Yakkety-sax

jerrythegenius@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

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son_named_bort@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

Loser by Beck

Twattymctwatterson@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

I would hope it's something good, something with a nice beat and maybe a piano. A song I adore but haven't heard in a decade.

My grandfather died listening to Willie Nelson it was peaceful at least.

MamboGator@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

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HelixDab2@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

John Cage, 4'33"

davidgro@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

The true answer.

Side note, there used to be a YouTube video of this song where the audio was muted for a copyright violation.

Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Sigur Ros - Hoppipola

Mastengwe@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

Fantastic song! Definitely end-credit music!

RGB3x3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Love that one. I'm partial to Agætis Byrjun as a closing song. Despite what Agætis Byrjun means.

Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Also great :D
I could probably pick 10 songs that fit this category from Sigur Ros~
Scratch that I could pick all 11 songs from "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust" alone

wolfruff@pawb.social · 6 pts · 2y

The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y

Another One Bites The Dust

jordanlund@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Chris Smither - Place in Line

https://youtu.be/djzR7594I1U

j_roby@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I really enjoyed that, thank you

jordanlund@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Smither is pretty brilliant...

https://youtu.be/THQO-JLjMnA

https://youtu.be/1HtvroTf9d4

j_roby@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y

Hell yea. I got these saved for later!

I feel like you'll probably really enjoy Charlie Parr as well, if you don't already know him

FartsWithAnAccent@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y (4 replies)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M

NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 2y (3 replies)

George Harrison mortgaged a house to see this movie.

monsterlynn@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

@NaibofTabr your comment led me to give op an up vote without listening because I knew exactly what song it was from yours!

@weirdbeardgame @FartsWithAnAccent

NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 2y

I've been reading Eric Idle's autobiography recently ("Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life") - you might enjoy it too. He talks a lot about his relationship with George.

One fun bit, they were in Tunisia filming Life of Brian at the same time that Star Wars was filming the Mos Eisley scenes, and the cast of both movies would hang out together.

FartsWithAnAccent@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

Classic post mortem song.

forty2@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Fuck This Shit I'm Out

thezeesystem@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Fuck you... By lilly Allen

cactus_head@programming.dev · 5 pts · 2y

Mr. Blue sky

Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y

The closing theme from MST3K

roguetrick@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y

T.S.O.L. - Code Blue

Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Spanish Flea

ben16w@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

This brass band cover of Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack https://youtu.be/ZeI0PXj7LIw?si=BlnYr_o8IfJ9FKy9

Apeman42@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Afroman - Because I Got High

Dr. Hook - I Got Stoned and I Missed It

Same song in two genres, really.

Tyfud@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

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Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

So long, and thanks for all the fish

Jubei_K_08@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

An old Mexican song, Guitarras, Lloren Guitarras., something like Guitars, Cry Oh Guitars. The music is fantastic and it seemed to me he wasn't singing about guitars at all.

Lyrics translation:

Guitarras, lloren guitarras,

Guitars, cry oh guitars

violines lloren igual;

violins you cry as well;

no dejen que yo me vaya

don't let me leave

con el silencio de su cantar.

with your song silenced.

Gritemos a pecho abierto

Let's yell with a full chest

un canto que haga temblar

a song to make tremble

al mundo que es el gran puerto

this world that is the great port

donde unos llegan y otros se van.

where some arrive and others go.

Ahora me toca a mí dejarlas,

Now it's my turn to leave you,

ahora me toca a mi marchar;

now it's my turn to part

guitarras, lloren guitarras

guitars, cry oh guitars

que ahí queda lleno de amor,

that there remains so full of love,

prendido de cada cuerda,

clinging to each string,

llorando a mares mi corazón.

crying oceans, my heart.

LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

My Way - Frank Sinatra. I've always said if I were to follow through on my suicidal ideations I'd do a cover of that as my farewell to my loved ones.

TheBest@midwest.social · 4 pts · 2y

Colt 45 And two zig zags BABY THATS ALL YOU NEED

Presi300@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

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NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 2y

Windows 95 startup music, but vaporwave

AmosBurton@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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gofsckyourself@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Don't even need to click the link to know

Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 2y

https://youtu.be/bVjeYbRmkQ4

Jesus Don't want me for a sunbeam, from the Nirvana MTV Unplugged Album

stackPeek@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Videotape - Radiohead

No matter what happens now

You shouldn't be afraid

'Cause I know today has been the most perfect day

I've ever seen

A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Sound of Silence cover by Disturbed

RinseDrizzle@midwest.social · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Legit a solid cover.

Edit: lol down voters, have you even listened to it? Definitely thought it was a meme until I heard it too!

A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Man has the voice of a god.

BugleFingers@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

"Don't want to be an american idiot" -Green Day

LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Weezer Island in the Sun

AquaTofana@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Dropkick Murphys - Going Out in Style - https://youtu.be/D7g3RuoreRc?si=XXRp3T4RFFCEbPqq

Jikiya@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Thought Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve was the one that played for everyone?

j_roby@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 2y

Grateful Dead - Brokedown Palace

HeChomk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

It's been a long road, gettin from there to here... #ent

Water1053@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Well Done by The Afters

LovePoson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Sewerslvt - goodbye

HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone · 2 pts · 2y

My Marie

by Vernon Geyer

IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Dirt in the Ground - Tom Waits

Failing that, either Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes by Thievery Corporation or Hell is Round the Corner by Tricky.

deezbutts@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

Miss new booty

archonet@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 2y

I'd prefer "Beloved" by Mumford & Sons, ideally. Though, I'd need someone to sing it for me, so... probably not. nice to think about though.

farfarawaay@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Nothing because no one will be there to experience it. It’s kinda like the tree falling in the forest with no one around to witness it. Fade to black, this hermit bag of meat is gone.

swordsmanluke@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y

Today - Smashing Pumpkins

RedStrider@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

hopefully Aram Khachaturian - Sabre Dance but i dont know if im cool enough.

thefactremains@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

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Snowpix@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y

Somewhere In The Between by Streetlight Manifesto. One of my favourite songs for sure.

"So you were born, and that was a good day. Someday you'll die, and that is a shame. But somewhere in the between there's a life of which we all dream. And nothing and no one can ever take that away"

"Well someday soon my friends, this ride will come to an end. But we can't just get in line again..."

beirdobaggins@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Drifter in the dark by Ween

udon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

WARNING - please enable DRM module for audio playback

ElderberryLow@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y

Baby don’t do it - The Band

But then a mid-credit scene appears showing that it was all a plot and I faked my death, AND IM STILL HERE SUCKERS.

CharlesReed@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y

I'd probably opt for something instrumental. Ephemeral by Pelican.

apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Andrew Bird - Drunk by Noon

https://piped.video/watch?v=5aOwtRCbU9E

themeatbridge@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Hopefully some song that will be written by someone who hasn't been born yet.

Quazatron@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Monty Python's Flying Circus theme song.

wabafee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Eduard Khil - I am very glad, because I'm finally returning back home, also known as trololo song.

june@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

This is how you remind me

Nickelback

Or maybe My Own Prison by Creed

Grayox@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y

I'll Try Anything Once - The Strokes

Whitebrow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI

Salad_Fries@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Every time I open spotify, I always start my music experience with one of 3 songs..

"Numb" by Linkin Park

"Complicated" by, Avril Lavigne

"Perfect Day" by Hoku (legally blonde soundtrack)

so probably one of those 3 songs

disk42@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

VNV Nation - The Great Divide

eightpix@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Purple by Crustation as remixed by J Dilla (6:47)

and

"Lonely as the sound of lying on the ground of an airplane going down", the first three tracks off of He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corners of Our Rooms by A Silver Mt. Zion (19:54)

Jóga by Björk interpolated with the coda from Timabaland's video mix of Hit 'em wit da Hee by Missy Elliott. (about 6:28)

and

You Got Me by The Roots (4:19)

and

Roads by Portishead (5:03)

So... end credits for 42:31.

and, finally, after the credits

Last Donut of the Night by J Dilla; played on an hour-long loop. In my head canon, when he was in hospital, just before he died, this was the last track Dilla constructed.

kureta@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y

https://youtu.be/IONLm457jZQ

Khtkiller@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

https://youtu.be/rnjvn67GDfo?si=polhAOR_5Hm-mxhv

ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y

my time by bo en

Hate@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y

Femtanyl - AND IM GONE

other_cat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

"Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan

Mango@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

November rain