Though exercise. What song would you wish to be the last you've heard...

[Cooley Hurd]

...like, ever? You're on your deathbed (or in a jetliner screaming to Earth, or whatever) ; what is the last song you'd want to hear the moment you die?

I'm having a hard time with this one, although it would likely be a Beatles song.

[hobbit709]

1. Probably this one.

[murielm99]

2. Janis Joplin

Piece of My Heart.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. This:

[calimary]

4. "Miles from Home."

A ballad my kid wrote, that's on the latest album by his band, ACIDIC. He wrote it in response to the drummer breaking up with his girlfriend while out on the road in the Midwest. My husband even plays keyboards on it.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/creatures/id978924913

Track 11. To preview a song, mouse over the title and click Play.

[demmiblue]

5. Mazzy Star- Into Dust

[Arugula Latte]

23. I love that song. So pretty and haunting. And kinda calming.

[seveneyes]

6. Koyaanisqatsi

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. Great! If it's the last song before I croak ...

... make it a long song.

[Major Nikon]

7. ...

[progressoid]

29. OK,

WTF was that?

[Major Nikon]

30. That's exactly what I'd want people to say

I should keep it on my phone if for no other reason than to have playing if I get stopped by the cops.

[Special Prosciuto]

8. Richard Harris' 'MacArthur Park' was agonizingly too long for a plane crash.

I'd still be strapped in my airline seat going to the sea bottom hearing something about a cake left in the rain, baking time, lost recipe and a guy screaming "Oh noooooo!" repeatedly with rising inflection and echo fading orchestra.

Then came The Knack's 'My Sharona.' I became musically militant and to this day, I want to see that band terminated with extreme prejudice.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

9. Molly Hatchet

Dreams I'll Never See (the acoustic version). Gonna have it played at my funeral.

[GeorgeGist]

10. Obviously ...

[shenmue]

11. Handel, "Messiah"

[kwassa]

12. Don't Worry, Baby.

[Terra Alta]

13. easy question.

It would have to be this one.

[nirvana555]

14. "A Day in the Life". N/t

[magical thyme]

15. tough one...kind of a toss up

[CBGLuthier]

17. Even in the quietest Moments by Supertramp

Ahh it was what I was downloading at the moment anyway.

&list=RDwfPT0ODaM1Q

[Scuba]

18. Anything but "Build Me Up, Buttercup"

However, I'd really prefer "Blackbird."

[dawg]

19. I'm not sure about the name of the song ...

but it's a prog-rock mini-epic by that band fronted by Miley Cyrus's grandson. You know, the one he wrote about turning 40.

[Tom Ripley]

28. Nicely done!

[lastlib]

20. Kansas, "The Pinnacle":

"The Pinnacle":

"Cast the shadow long,
That I may hide my face,
And in this cloak of darkness,
A world I will embrace!....

I've stood where no man goes,
Above the din I rose!
Life is amusing, Though we are losing,
Drowned in tears of awe!"

[madamesilverspurs]

21. This.

[WinkyDink]

22. This is freaky. As soon as I thought "Amazing Grace," a bagpipe began playing it on my TV (PBS).

[LeftInTX]

24. If it's on a doomed flight:

"Whatever is about to happen shall happen, then what is the use of crying"

[hifiguy]

25. "Box of Rain" is the first one that came to mind.

[olddots]

26. Copland's 3rd.symphony

[polly7]

27. That's a tough one ...

I'd have to say this one, it's my go-to comfort song. I make believe that certain parts of it are my Dad speaking to me.

[Doc_Technical]

31. "Expecting to Fly"- Buffalo Springfield

[Skittles]

32. "Learning to Fly" - Pink Floyd

[rug]

33. Three Little Birds

[Lyric]

34. Hallelujah...Rufus Wainwright's version

[Duppers]

35. Rhapsody in Blue // Here Comes the Sun King

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Edited to add these beautiful songs:

Samba Pa Ti

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Clair de Lune

Ashokan Farewell

[bobjacksonk2832]

38. Wish you Were Here by Pink Floyd

It was played at a close friend's funeral. Very moving.

[GP6971]

39. Tuesday Afternoon

By the Moody Blues