With the top ten funeral songs revealed and a list of songs to avoid at weddings, we ask Birmingham residents what songs they’d want played at their own funerals or weddings, and which ones they’d definitely avoid. What makes a song meaningful for these occasions, and how do people go about picking the right one?
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00:00Funeral would be Highway to Hell, just for the crack of it.
00:05Wedding, I don't really know of weddings.
00:08Something Bon Jovi, when I'm of that age, I know something.
00:11It's the mood light.
00:13Funeral, it's got to be Lord's My Shepherd,
00:16because, one, I'm a West Bromwich Albion fan, so it's a must.
00:19That's for the funeral.
00:21Wedding, well, I'm married anyway,
00:24and it was Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
00:28I think I would have the same song at my wedding
00:31as I would at my funeral,
00:33and it's that old-school house song called Gypsy Woman.
00:36People may have heard of it.
00:38And I think I would want it played at my wedding
00:41to get people up dancing,
00:43and I would want it played at my funeral for the same reason,
00:46to get people up dancing.
00:48And actually, just in my family,
00:50a lot of people know The Electric Slide.
00:52I'd play that. It always gets people up.
00:54So funeral and wedding, the same.
00:56Gypsy Woman and The Electric Slide,
00:58I know you're a nice woman, we're giving you two.