Best Songs About Dying?

**howyadoin** · 02-25-2007, 10:35 PM

Lefty Frizzell - "Long Black Veil"

Metallica - "Fade to Black"

Gram Parsons - "In My Hour of Darkness"

Your turn.

**rick** · 02-25-2007, 11:08 PM

Funeral of Amenhotep III by Philip Glass

By the Rivers Dark by Leonard Cohen

Dire Wolf by the Grateful Dead

**Jonathan Bogart** · 02-25-2007, 11:38 PM

Ralph Stanley, "O Death"
Johnny Cash, "The Mercy Seat"
The Misfits, "Die, Die My Darling"
Randy Newman, "Old Man"
Tom Waits, "Poor Edward"
Peggy Lee "Is That All There Is?"
Blind Lemon Jefferson, "See That My Grave Is Swept Clean"
Ella Fitzgerald, "Miss Otis Regrets"

**Motormouse** · 02-26-2007, 12:49 AM

"The Drugs Don't Work" ~ The Verve

**Ml490** · 02-26-2007, 04:15 AM

Bob Dylan - Knocking on heavens door

**DDM** · 02-26-2007, 08:48 AM

"Are You Still Dying Darling?"--Siouxsie & the Banshees
"Stay"--Shakespeare's Sister

**Slam_Bradley** · 02-26-2007, 10:18 AM

Death Letter Blues - Son House

See that my Grave is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson

Will You Miss Me - The Carter Family

Tom Dooley - Kingston Trio

Redemption Song - Bob Marley

Delia's Gone - Johnny Cash

**pauwoo** · 02-26-2007, 10:34 AM

Wake up Boo - The Boo Radleys

**Matthew E** · 02-26-2007, 10:47 AM

A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request - Steve Goodman
Bury Me In My Shades - Jughead
Life'll Kill Ya - Warren Zevon
Don't Let Us Get Sick - Warren Zevon
Charlie's Medicine - Warren Zevon
My Shit's Fucked Up - Warren Zevon
Keep Me In Your Heart - Warren Zevon
Pepper - Butthole Surfers
Bury My Body - Animals
People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
Let Go the Line - Max Webster
(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Graveyard Train - Creedence Clearwater Revival

**Rob Allen** · 02-26-2007, 05:13 PM

St. James Infirmary - Louis Armstrong (and others)
He's Gone - the Grateful Dead

**Jessica Drew** · 02-26-2007, 09:48 PM

"Fixin' to Die" - Bob Dylan
"I Wanna Die" - Jolie Holland
"Death Letter" - Son House
"Wayfaring Stranger" - Neko Case (among many others who've sung this one)
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (among others)
"Long Black Limousine" - Elvis Presley

**howyadoin** · 02-26-2007, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by Jessica Drew

"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (among others)

Oh, nice. I love that tune.

**Jessica Drew** · 02-26-2007, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by howyadoin

Oh, nice. I love that tune.

Yeah, me too. Makes me tear up. I went to a funeral several years ago of a fellow musician whom I knew well, and two of her close friends sang a medley of this, "I'll Fly Away," and "I Saw the Light" at the service. The medley ended with the latter song, and they were so bereaved that they choked up crying and couldn't finish singing. The congregation filled in and finished singing it for them. One of the most touching and heartbreaking experiences I've ever had.