Funeral Songs and Chemical Songs

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 As I was driving past the Korean shops and restaurants of New Malden this morning, BBC Radio 4 was running a piece on the songs being chosen for funerals now, in a shift away from traditional religious music. After a few bursts of "My Way", "Time to Say Goodbye" and curiously "Highway to Hell", the presenter said that a list of the most popular choices was on The Today Programme website, so here it is, and it reminded me of one of the most popular Blog postings we ever had: Top 10 Chemical Songs.
 
Top 10 Funeral Songs
 
My Way - Frank Sinatra/Shirley Bassey
Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler/Celine Dion
Time To Say Goodbye - Sarah Brightman/Andrea Bocelli
Angels - Robbie Williams
Over The Rainbow - Eva Cassidy
You Raise Me Up - Westlife/Boyzone/Josh Grobin
My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry and the Pacemakers
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
 

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE.jpgTop 10 Chemical Songs

1 Anything by "The Chemical Brothers" or "My Chemical Romance"
2 Careless Whisper - George Michael (price reporting)
3 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (more price reporting)
4 Killing me Softly - The Fugees (chemicals - just joking guys!)
5 It's Now or Never - Elvis Presley (last chance for a price hike)
6 The Carnival is Over - The Seekers (recession)
7 Stuck inside of Mobile (with the Memphis Blues again) - Bob Dylan (this one for Tobias with his phenol plant in Mobile)
8 N E C A (to the tune of YMCA - Village People)
9 Can we fix it? - Bob the Builder
10 Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead

And more suggestions in readers' comments:

Polyethylene - Radiohead

Polythene Pam - Beatles

Plastic Fantastic Lover - Jefferson Airplane

Toxic - Britney Spears (MTBE)

I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar (ethanol)

Wipeout - The Ventures (US economy)

Thanks for the Memories - Fall Out Boy (cheap crude)

All Mixed Up - 311 (the US presidential run)

Push It - Salt 'N Pepa (green chemical industry)

 

 
 

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Barbara

Stuff's comment links to an organic chemistry-themed music video parodying Robert Palmer's 1985 "Addicted to Love" - it's very good. In the YouTube "related videos" see also "Good Will Hunting piano organic chemistry".

Dr Schwarzkopf

forgot to mention, for your collection, Rod Stewart's mega-anthem "I am Xylene...I am Xylene...home again...cross the sea."

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