Your final playlist...?

Your dying, and you know it.

You have time to listen to 5 songs before leaving the world (Okay, we all know that if you had that much time you would say goodbye, talk to the person you love etc. but just for this topic lets say you want to listen to music.)

Give an explanation of what the song means to you if you want :]

And remember to make the last song you hear the best.

5. For The Love of God - Steve Vai w/ The Metropolitan Orchestra

In that one live moment, Steve Vai conveyed all of his emotion into one moment.

4. Concerto De Aranjuez - Joaqluin (sp?) Rodrigo

This is the song that introduced me to classical music. Rodrigo's use of dynamics stuns me to an extreme.

3. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin

Yes, its cliche. However, when I hear this song, something sort of changes in me. Its like I feel alive, almost.

2. Hotel California - The Eagles

'Nuff said.

1. Deathbed - Relient K

I cry when I hear the first few notes of this song. I don't know how to explain it.

Surprising absence of classical music :0

Remember, respect other's personal opinions and what not.

Surprising absence of classical music :0

Remember, respect other's personal opinions and what not.

NEVER!!!! :angry:

1. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - Monty Python

2. Feldman's 2nd String Quartet

3. Feldman's "For Philip Guston"

4. Cardew's "The Great Learning"

5. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - Monty Python

Hey, what! I want to live for a long time! :P

1. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - Monty Python

2. Feldman's 2nd String Quartet

3. Feldman's "For Philip Guston"

4. Cardew's "The Great Learning"

5. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - Monty Python

Hey, what! I want to live for a long time! :P

that would be LONG farewell :D

"This Time Imperfect/....but home is nowhere" - A.F.I.

"Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean" - Explosions in the Sky

"Run" - Snow Patrol

"The Scientist" - Coldplay

"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen

And then I could die.

Some close runnerups would be:

"Colorblind" - Counting Crows

"Us" - Regina Spektor

"Don't Hold Your Breath" - cky

I might go make a dying playlist...

In order from first to last.

1. Wasp/Behind the Wall of Sleep/Bassically/NIB - Black Sabbath

2. Light - Stockhausen

3. I Don't Care About You - Fear

4. Lonely Woman - Ornette Coleman

5. Always Look On The Bright Side of Life - Monty Python (Sorry juji, when you're right, you're right)

So hypothetically, death is gonna wait for us to finish our playlist, right? In that case, I choose Organ2/ASLSP by John Cage :p

For real though, I'd have to say, in no particular order:

Venus - Holst

Adagio for Strings - Barber

Sleep - Whitacre

Vokuro - Bj

1. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - Monty Python

2. Feldman's 2nd String Quartet

3. Feldman's "For Philip Guston"

4. Cardew's "The Great Learning"

5. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - Monty Python

Hey, what! I want to live for a long time! :P

Then I'd suggest listening to John Cage's Organ

Then I'd suggest listening to John Cage's Organ

5. Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity --Holst

4. Russian Easter Festival Overture --Rimsky-Korsakov

3. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte --Ravel

2. A Little Priest --Sondheim

1. Five Variants on 'Dives and Lazarus' --Vaughan Williams

So hypothetically, death is gonna wait for us to finish our playlist, right? In that case, I choose Organ2/ASLSP by John Cage

It'll suck pretty much though when you're a 200 years old wreck with every illness mankind has ever seen, blind, deaf, depressed, paraplegic since your last suicide attempt (which failed because death was still waiting for the piece to finish) and in unbearable pain. But you still have to wait more than 400 years until you may finally die.

Personally, rather than listening to something I already have heard lots of times, I'd prefer to be surprised with something completely new and utterly amazing shortly before my death.

Personally, rather than listening to something I already have heard lots of times, I'd prefer to be surprised with something completely new and utterly amazing shortly before my death.

You know what'd be amazing? If you had Altzheimer's, so you heard a completely new and utterly amazing composition by.. yourself. :x I think that'd be awesome.

1. "Chopin" from Schumann's carnival.

2. "Unfinished" symphony by Schubert.

3. Clarinet concerto in A major by Mozart

4. Nocturne in D flat by Chopin

5. Faure's requiem.

i dont really know why. i just want to listen to them, because they sound "dead" to me. 0.o

It'll suck pretty much though when you're a 200 years old wreck with every illness mankind has ever seen, blind, deaf, depressed, paraplegic since your last suicide attempt (which failed because death was still waiting for the piece to finish) and in unbearable pain. But you still have to wait more than 400 years until you may finally die.

Not to mention you'd have a ridiculously loud buzzing in your ear the entire time (the actual music).

Not including any works over 5 hours long:

1. Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden

2. Symphony No. 7 by Sibelius

3. Charles Ives's String Quartet No. 1

4. Stockholm Syndrome by Muse

5. Berlioz's Grande Messe de Morts

Is NO ONE going to scallop about "your"?!?!??!?!

Don't make me the one to do it. =/

The assumption was that we were addressing a person who had considered the possibility of putting Organ2/ASLSP on their death playlist and telling them the possible consequences of that action. Therefore, "your" is correct.

But in any case, Organ2/ASLSP has no tempo marking, so we could pretend "as slow as possible" means quarter note=10000000000000000000000.

Erm, I was referring to the OP.

It'll suck pretty much though when you're a 200 years old wreck with every illness mankind has ever seen, blind, deaf, depressed, paraplegic since your last suicide attempt (which failed because death was still waiting for the piece to finish) and in unbearable pain. But you still have to wait more than 400 years until you may finally die.

Very true. My concept of hell is doing nothing for eternity, and listening to a centuries-long Cage piece comes pretty close. :cool:

Erm, I was referring to the OP.

Oh, I see what you mean. I thought you were turning into Caldwell. :P

Oh, I see what you mean. I thought you were turning into Caldwell. :P

Hell, if it means being filthy rich, then that'd be fine by me!

If I had the time:

5: Atom Heart Mother Suite - Pink Floyd

4: Swords and Knives - Tears for Fears

3: Sweet Thunder (quite a symphonic song) - Yello

2: Mudmen - Pink Floyd

1: Echoes - Pink Floyd

Schumann Piano Concerto - very romantic piece, evokes feelings

Finale of Mahler's VIII Symphony - great, magnificent finale in Mahler's style

Orff's O Fortuna from Carmina Burana - also magnificent

Mahler's Funeral March from I Symphony - delicate, but there are changes of mood

La Marseillaise performed by Mireille Mathieu - very beautiful anthem with strong voice of a famous singer