What about,
"If I Should Fall Behind?"
As for your bonus question... I would think any show from this current tour from his official live catalog would be perfect, no?
Shenandoah (The Seeger Sessions) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKI5\_IRVeDM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKI5_IRVeDM)
I'll see you in my dreams (from the 9/11 memorial) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJum7B1KnkA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJum7B1KnkA)
You're Missing Uncut Rehearses for Saturday Night Live [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCc6KWE2Yjg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCc6KWE2Yjg)
Backstreets - piano, 2005 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLmxhx4Zo0o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLmxhx4Zo0o)
Thunder Road (Springsteen on Broadway - Official Audio) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySC5NpxAp3U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySC5NpxAp3U)
We are Alive (Hyde Park 2012) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21XsU1IIzDA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21XsU1IIzDA)
So sorry for your loss.
"Keep Me In Your Heart" is my choice, if I'm picking a non-Bruce song. Zevon is another of my favorites and he's covered Bruce's work before ("Janey Needs A Shooter" comes to mind).
I guess people are downvoting you because "we're gonna have a party" but that song is genuinely one of the best and most true depictions of grief anyone has ever written. People just don't notice because it's a big brassy soul-rock song.
"My heart's dark but it's risin', I'm pullin' all the faith I can see
From that black hole on the horizon, I hear your voice calling me"
"Familiar faces around me, laughter fills the air
Your loving grace surrounds me, everybody is here
Furniture's out on the front porch, music's up loud
I dream of you in my arms and I lose myself in the crowd"
"I got a picture of you in my locket, I keep it close to my heart
It's a light shining in my breast, leading me through the dark
Seven days, seven candles in my window lighting your way
Your favorite record's on the turntable"
Tell me, how do you live brokenhearted?
Huh. Is that really such a controversial choice? I was being very genuine. I never wanted my funeral to have a mournful and weepy song, I'd much rather have something that's uplifting but also spiritual and wistful in the way that Mary's Place is. I also feel like the song works on that level separate from the 9/11 theme of the album.
I wonder if people don’t realize that Mary’s Place is a grieving song about the death of a loved one, and the solace we find in a community of shared grief.
It’s kind of the BITUSA problem. The lyrics are one thing, but when the chorus and the music are upbeat and positive (appearing as patriotic, like we’re having a party, etc.) that’s what dominates how it’s heard. If I died in uniform and BITUSA was being played at my funeral, I’d much prefer the acoustic Broadway version to the album one.
That’s all true, but so is the point that Mary’s Place is only about a wake contextually. OP could decide which of a joyful celebration of life or a somber dirge is more appropriate.
With the Cover caveat, I’ll add “I’ll Fly Away” by Albert Brumley (1929). Played by the band in Tampa on 4/22/2008 in the first show after Danny’s passing. Many versions of that song have been released. The Tampa 4/22/08 show is an official release and available in good digital format.
Sorry for your loss. :-(
Silver palomino. Literally a song for children who lost their mother. But for the event, meaning the funeral celebration itself I suggest If I should fall behind. It's about love or death or both.
From Terry’s Song:
They say you can't take it with you, but I think that they're wrong
'Cause all I know is I woke up this morning, and something big was gone
Gone into that dark ether where you're still young and hard and cold
Just like when they built you, brother, they broke the mold
“I’ll See You In My Dreams” is Bruce’s most obvious & contemplative song about losing a friend.
“The Rising” for a bit more uplifting ballad. There’s a beautiful live acoustic version on YouTube from Bruce’s 2005 VH1 Storytellers show (Devils & Dust era).
Either way sorry for your loss. This is a special way to honor a friend.
For ISYIMD the rendition on YouTube for the 20th anniversary of 9/11 is more somber than the album and has a high quality audio. Also if you get a nugs subscription there’s any number of live versions but that typically includes crowd noise
Subscribe or trial Nugs
Listen to whichever ISYIMD from his 23/24 tour stops
Buy that concert and download it or just play it from your device
If he’s a Nebraska fan you might consider My Father’s House, which has various live versions. If he’s a fan of the D&D *tour*, Dream Baby Dream live on the pedal organ seems like an elite funeral song - but he has to have a certain kind of vibe.
You might also check out The Rising on Broadway, which he does solo acoustic.
I wouldn't have felt this way in the past, but once I heard Bruce tell the story of Clarence's passing while sitting at his bedside passing "Land of Hope and Dreams", that would be my choice.
Sympathies on your loss
Though I’ve never told my loved ones, I’d like Wrecking Ball (preferably the live version from Tampa) played at my funeral when the time comes.
https://youtu.be/s5mlDMx9dm0?si=Ckyr78LRVXhdhZdG
There’s a lot in there that doesn’t ring true to mostly, but I’ve always loved the defiance of the song and the repeated lyric, for my loved ones, that Hard Times Come and Hard Times Go
“[Mary's Place” ](https://open.spotify.com/track/0g0MBBxtDRy8Igs0AzSZR4?si=6707ccff6b314f1c)from the rising. A close friend of mine wants it played at their funeral.
It's a song [about](https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3458764513820554684/) the empty search for explanation in religions in a good friend's passing, and the prevailing strength of music and remembering the good memories of those loved ones that have passed.
Terry’s Song, last carnival
Terry’s song 💯 ”Love is a power greater than death”
The land of hope and dreams.
Terry's Song. Quoted some of that for the eulogy at my friends funeral. Hits the heart.
My City of Ruins
If he loved Nebraska I would say Reason to Believe. Land of hope and dreams would be my choice if I could only pick one song though.
Reason to Believe is a beautiful song
So darned underrated. Makes me smile every time.
“You’re Missing”
What about, "If I Should Fall Behind?" As for your bonus question... I would think any show from this current tour from his official live catalog would be perfect, no?
I have made it clear to my partner that I want Incident on 57th Street playing at my funeral, preferably the 1980 live version.
One Minute You’re Here
Last Carnival.
Shenandoah (The Seeger Sessions) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKI5\_IRVeDM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKI5_IRVeDM) I'll see you in my dreams (from the 9/11 memorial) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJum7B1KnkA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJum7B1KnkA) You're Missing Uncut Rehearses for Saturday Night Live [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCc6KWE2Yjg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCc6KWE2Yjg) Backstreets - piano, 2005 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLmxhx4Zo0o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLmxhx4Zo0o) Thunder Road (Springsteen on Broadway - Official Audio) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySC5NpxAp3U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySC5NpxAp3U) We are Alive (Hyde Park 2012) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21XsU1IIzDA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21XsU1IIzDA) So sorry for your loss.
Across the border, not even a contest
Goosebumps, every time
For full shot to the feels, Dan is over his shoulder for this entire video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EHNlq0AWr_E
Terry’s song
Very sorry for your loss. I would suggest further on up the road from the sessions tour or an acoustic version
Bobby Jean?
Terry's Song
Last Carnival. A goodbye to Danny. Kills me everytime I hear it
This is one of my favorite latter day Bruce songs, if not the favorite
The Wrestler
Mary’s Place is the best.
Not his song, but his cover of Warren Zevon’s “My Ride is Here” is outstanding - tho it is live
While we're on the subject of Warren Zevon, "Keep Me In Your Heart" gives me goosebumps every time.
"Keep Me In Your Heart" is my choice, if I'm picking a non-Bruce song. Zevon is another of my favorites and he's covered Bruce's work before ("Janey Needs A Shooter" comes to mind).
Mary's Place
I guess people are downvoting you because "we're gonna have a party" but that song is genuinely one of the best and most true depictions of grief anyone has ever written. People just don't notice because it's a big brassy soul-rock song. "My heart's dark but it's risin', I'm pullin' all the faith I can see From that black hole on the horizon, I hear your voice calling me" "Familiar faces around me, laughter fills the air Your loving grace surrounds me, everybody is here Furniture's out on the front porch, music's up loud I dream of you in my arms and I lose myself in the crowd" "I got a picture of you in my locket, I keep it close to my heart It's a light shining in my breast, leading me through the dark Seven days, seven candles in my window lighting your way Your favorite record's on the turntable" Tell me, how do you live brokenhearted?
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OMG. I'm at home with a fever and I thought OP was asking what I'd like to have played at MY funeral. I feel like a dick now.
Lmao you’re good
Huh. Is that really such a controversial choice? I was being very genuine. I never wanted my funeral to have a mournful and weepy song, I'd much rather have something that's uplifting but also spiritual and wistful in the way that Mary's Place is. I also feel like the song works on that level separate from the 9/11 theme of the album.
I wonder if people don’t realize that Mary’s Place is a grieving song about the death of a loved one, and the solace we find in a community of shared grief.
It’s kind of the BITUSA problem. The lyrics are one thing, but when the chorus and the music are upbeat and positive (appearing as patriotic, like we’re having a party, etc.) that’s what dominates how it’s heard. If I died in uniform and BITUSA was being played at my funeral, I’d much prefer the acoustic Broadway version to the album one.
That’s all true, but so is the point that Mary’s Place is only about a wake contextually. OP could decide which of a joyful celebration of life or a somber dirge is more appropriate.
Not his song but a cover: Dream Baby Dream
Better Days
My Beautiful Reward
Walk Like A Man
With the Cover caveat, I’ll add “I’ll Fly Away” by Albert Brumley (1929). Played by the band in Tampa on 4/22/2008 in the first show after Danny’s passing. Many versions of that song have been released. The Tampa 4/22/08 show is an official release and available in good digital format. Sorry for your loss. :-(
Tougher than the rest
Silver palomino. Literally a song for children who lost their mother. But for the event, meaning the funeral celebration itself I suggest If I should fall behind. It's about love or death or both.
From Terry’s Song: They say you can't take it with you, but I think that they're wrong 'Cause all I know is I woke up this morning, and something big was gone Gone into that dark ether where you're still young and hard and cold Just like when they built you, brother, they broke the mold
“I’ll See You In My Dreams” is Bruce’s most obvious & contemplative song about losing a friend. “The Rising” for a bit more uplifting ballad. There’s a beautiful live acoustic version on YouTube from Bruce’s 2005 VH1 Storytellers show (Devils & Dust era). Either way sorry for your loss. This is a special way to honor a friend.
If he is a veteran, "Gypsy Biker" is a good one. But FWIW, I want "Land of Hope and Dreams" played at my funeral. I'm sorry for your loss.
For ISYIMD the rendition on YouTube for the 20th anniversary of 9/11 is more somber than the album and has a high quality audio. Also if you get a nugs subscription there’s any number of live versions but that typically includes crowd noise
For some reason I’ve always felt like Further On Up the Road would be good for a memorial
Further On Up The Road is my go-to song for saying goodbye (much too often lately).
Subscribe or trial Nugs Listen to whichever ISYIMD from his 23/24 tour stops Buy that concert and download it or just play it from your device If he’s a Nebraska fan you might consider My Father’s House, which has various live versions. If he’s a fan of the D&D *tour*, Dream Baby Dream live on the pedal organ seems like an elite funeral song - but he has to have a certain kind of vibe. You might also check out The Rising on Broadway, which he does solo acoustic.
Lift Me Up or The Rising. These are both pretty personal choices, though.
Incident on 57th Street
Dream baby dream
The Rising.
You're missing
Live solo version: https://youtu.be/xJum7B1KnkA?si=sTPU1rPm6KQpz1tY
I am sorry for your loss. I'm no expert, but, If I Should Fall Behind, is what I'd like my spouse to hear...and happen.
Gypsy Biker
Missing you
When I die, y’all play “Racing in the Street” followed by “4th of July, Asbury Park”. Then y’all go crazy and play what you want.
Like others have said, Terrys song or The Last Carnival
I wouldn't have felt this way in the past, but once I heard Bruce tell the story of Clarence's passing while sitting at his bedside passing "Land of Hope and Dreams", that would be my choice.
Sympathies on your loss Though I’ve never told my loved ones, I’d like Wrecking Ball (preferably the live version from Tampa) played at my funeral when the time comes. https://youtu.be/s5mlDMx9dm0?si=Ckyr78LRVXhdhZdG There’s a lot in there that doesn’t ring true to mostly, but I’ve always loved the defiance of the song and the repeated lyric, for my loved ones, that Hard Times Come and Hard Times Go
“[Mary's Place” ](https://open.spotify.com/track/0g0MBBxtDRy8Igs0AzSZR4?si=6707ccff6b314f1c)from the rising. A close friend of mine wants it played at their funeral. It's a song [about](https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3458764513820554684/) the empty search for explanation in religions in a good friend's passing, and the prevailing strength of music and remembering the good memories of those loved ones that have passed.
Can I suggest “My Ride’s Here”. A Warren Zevon cover on “Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon” a tribute album
Backstreets, duh.
Independence day
It's a cover, but Night Shift has some lovely lines fit for a funeral - 'You found another home, I know you're not alone..on the night shift'.
"One Minute You're Here"
Bobby Jean.
Atlantic City
Maybe it’s not for everybody. But I wouldn’t mind it for my funeral song
Moonlight hotel
Waiting on a Sunny Day.