High Fidelity - "Top 5 Songs About Death"

[@iRuaraidh]

"Tell Laura I Love Her." That would bring the house down, her mum could sing it." Kills me everytime.

[@stopitwithusernames]

I was at a party and I was talking to a friend about "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", and a woman, I had never met, leans in and says "Bastard, that should have been mine!". Naturally, we became good friends.

[@blobcity3591]

rip lightfoot

[@merleinaustin]

epic moment

[@jerryknuckles736]

I always quote the line at the end, "Let them fucking riot, we can handle it!" Also if I'm ever at a music store and anything remotely punk plays, I just ask if it's the new Green Day. Sadly, no employees under the age of 30 ever catch on.

[@johngilmore697]

Well, that never happened.

[@PSTA]

That's awesome!

[@t3rr3nc388]

The night Laura's daddy died. Sha na na na na na na na na! Brother what a night it really was. Mother what a night it...anginas tough...

[@angelurbina8158]

*Starts shaking you and slapping you in the face*

[@darkhorse306]

The “Anginas tough” part is killing me haha

[@animaljustice7774]

Lol!

[@Nickplay21]

It kills me every time

[@michaelm4464]

​@@darkhorse306killed her dad too

[@geraldspencer1956]

In the book, Rob explained that Laura's dad liked him because he made him a mixed tape once. Rob then added, "You see where random acts of kindness gets you? To a fucking funeral."

[@rotcod2886]

Makes me want to read that book again. I read it a long time ago

[@FBI_Informant]

The irony of the book is that Rob is an awful, selfish guy and a serial cheater, who learns nothing by the end

[@kneeblock]

Literally every time someone dies, because I'm an idiot, this song flashes into my head. Angina's tough!

[@BobMinelli]

One of my favorite movies of all time. RIGHT up THERE! Love it.

[@demongo2007]

"The night Laura's daddy died...! Brother what a night it really was! ...Angina's tough..." Lol

[@jcraigshelton]

5.) Think of Laura - Christopher Cross 4.). Dancing With Tears in My Eyes - Ultravox 3.) He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones 2.) Knocking on Heaven’s Door - Bob Dylan 1.) The Show Must Go On - Queen

[@jacobcore6278]

fuck yes

[@andrewtripp8921]

He Stopped Loving Her Today easily in the top 5.

[@binarystar21]

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was indeed a great pick!

[@Junior13113]

Whenever I'm out record shopping and I see copies of The Big Chill soundtrack, I always think of this scene.

[@callumdavies5967]

why does he disqualify it for being involved with the big chill?

[@Junior13113]

@@callumdavies5967 I have yet to see it, but I can only assume they think it's a bad film or something.

[@stinkingyeti]

@@Junior13113Not a bad film, but it got way too much attention for a while there.

[@blondegirlsezthis8798]

your comment was disqualified because of its mention of the Big Chill

[@Junior13113]

@@blondegirlsezthis8798 Ohh God, you're right😖

[@jgarceau3285]

Top 5 1) Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald definitely belongs there 2) The Ballad of Ira Hayes, Townes Van Sant version 3) Long Black Veil, Johnny Cash version 4) The Show Must Go On by Queen 5) Crossroads by Bone Thugs n Harmony

[@toyman81]

D.O.A by Bloodrock 1971, If you have never listed to it, please do so.

[@jonphillips2123]

Wayfaring Stranger pick any version you like.

[@kevinknott4404]

no fade to black-metallica?

[@PSTA]

GREAT LIST!

[@OneFreemanC17]

The scene lives in my head rent free.

[@bossfan49]

They would all slap you for saying that. As would I.

[@blondegirlsezthis8798]

"Actually you've been paying rent on it this entire time you just didn't know it... and now it's here" -- Anton Chigurgh

[@houseofdny]

Top 5 songs about death, my British Invasion Childhood edition 1. I Will Follow - U2 2. Death's Door - Depeche Mode 3. Biko - Peter Gabriel 4. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths 5. Ordinary World - Duran Duran

[@alexinanalogue2645]

You have great taste my friend.

[@johngilmore697]

Those are all terrible apart from the smiths obviously

[@johngilmore697]

And why do you think There Is A Light That Never Goes Out is about death?

[@houseofdny]

@@johngilmore697 Heh, first off, thank you for telling us you have sh*t taste in music without telling us, I do love it when people say the quiet part out loud. The themes of misery and isolation in a youth who welcomes a death shared over an existence alone in TIALTNGO speak for themselves. Thanks for playing.

[@johngilmore697]

@@houseofdny Quite a seminar. You know Barbara went home crying.

[@luisalonsoecheverria]

1. Black Muddy River by Grateful Dead 2. Heaven by Talking Heads (Jimmy Scott version) 3. I Can't Cry Hard Enough by Julie Miller 4. Summer's End by John Prine 5. Keep Me In Your Heart by Warren Zevon

[@maryquinneth]

Angina's tough.

[@indiansfever11]

my favorite part of the whole movie lol

[@benking5488]

watched this film again for the first time in at least 10 years.. long enough to forget this scene and how funny it was. Had me in tears

[@roxannabradford1110]

That's sweet.

[@toddself5838]

"Dig" - Incubus "MY Fathers Gun" - Elton John "Little Wing" - Jimi Hendrix "Thirty -Three" - Smashing Pumpkins "Tears In Heaven" - Eric Clapton I could totally rethink this but right now it sounds good.

[@gulleyjimson]

Top 5: 5) Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks 4) Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden 3) We Will All Go Together When We Go - Tom Lehrer 2) Sweetness Follows - REM 1) Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan

[@mikekollross8810]

Seasons in the Sun. Hell yeah.

[@TimCarter]

When you know that your time is close at hand, maybe then you'll begin to understand life down here is just a strange illusion.

[@marieadams3720]

Oh Seasons in the Sun!

[@Fordham1969]

The problem with the You Can't Always Get What You Want/Big Chill reference here is that the only association that song has with death that I can find is with the film itself, the song was never about death either explicitly or implied that I'm aware.

[@oliverzenz5388]

Now that's what you call irony

[@rockoperajon]

Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell Warren Zevon - My Shit’s Fucked Up Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky Elton John - Funeral For a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding

[@LiamQuinn7]

1. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot 2. Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen 3. Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry 4. Mother and Child Reunion by Paul Simon 5. Sam Stone by John Prine

[@jcraigshelton]

Ooooh good one with the Paul Simon choice! Totally didn’t even think of that.

[@AnotherTsav]

Jungleland is a great pick (especially for that sax solo that hits the soul). Initially I was thinking Incident on 57th Street (the live solo piano version kills is) but it ends with an ambiguous finale compared to the briutally sad end in Jungleland.

[@DDavis-mg9nd]

"Candle In The Wind" by Elton John. Might be cliche, but the dude literally sung this song at a funeral to his friend. That's legend stuff.

[@wnerko7484]

And he tweaks it whenever a female celeb dies

[@DDavis-mg9nd]

@@wnerko7484 only once when Princess Diana passed.

[@blondegirlsezthis8798]

yah but he was an old queen and she was just a defrocked princess

[@copee2960]

That gets automatically thrown out cause it's...SH*T.

[@patrickpattik1274]

For now, 1. Say Hello to Heaven (Temple of the Dog) 2. Miles From Nowhere (Cat Stevens) 3. Without You (Harry Nilsson version) 4. Back on the Chain Gang (The Pretenders) 5. The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn (The Pogues)

[@mtrainor999]

That’s a pretty good list my friend.

[@nathanbranson9149]

Say Hello to Heaven. Great choice. I had that song in my head the night before Chris Cornell died. I was so mad when he died.

[@Mattgyver31786]

Paper Lace - "The Night Chicago Died". LOL hilariously AWESOME!

[@kaspermygenfordt2323]

hmm right now I'm feeling 5. The Biggest Lie - Elliott Smith 4. River Man - Nick Drake 3. New Flesh - Current Joys 2. Waiting Around to Die - Townes Van Zandt 1. I Know It's Over - The Smiths

[@CogensFamilyTV]

Top 5: 1) The Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd, 2) Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot, 3) There is a light that never goes out by the Smiths, 4) Miles from Nowhere by Cat Stevens, 5) I'll be seeing you by Billie Holiday

[@SacInTheSheets]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!! BEST SCENE IN THE WHOLE MOVIE!! Angina's tough was my senior quote in high school...

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

No way, that was my senior quote 😂

[@rotcod2886]

You bastard! That should have been mine!

[@larrycanupp411]

Neil Young's, "The needle and the damage done." "Every junkie's like a setting sun". I mean. come on.

[@halloweenjack95]

1. Lazarus by David Bowie 2. Say Hello 2 Heaven by Temple of a Dog 3. Jesus to a Child - George Michael 4. Death is not the end - Nick Cave 5. Them Bones - Alice in Chains

[@blondegirlsezthis8798]

should have gone just to a Grunge-only list and added All Apologies and Black Hole Sun

[@halloweenjack95]

@@blondegirlsezthis8798 you choose well

[@jlobiafra]

My nick cave choice was the mercy seat

[@mdub1419]

My Top 5: 5. Let it be - The Beatles 4. Last Kiss - Pearl Jam's cover 3. Flowers - Chris Young 2. Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton 1. He stopped loving her today - George Jones. What's yours?

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

Last Kiss is on mine, but I prefer the J. Frank Wilson version because it's more authentic.

[@PacquiaoEPO]

I just like the way Barry automatically disagrees with Dick, no matter what he says, and no matter how right he is. It was Jan......It was Dean! Whatever!

[@rotcod2886]

So funny. He calls him a fucking idiot when he thinks he's wrong. But when he realizes he himself is wrong he says whatever. So good.

[@pradabears]

laura wit da ‘92 thom yorke haircut

[@jesusjavierondo6774]

My top 5: 1. -Stand by me ( always i asociated with River Phoenix's dead). 2.- You can't always get what you want ( for same reasonof the they says) 3.- Wind beaneth my wings (for movie beaches) 4.- Breathe me (for six feet under ending). 5. - We'll meet again (dr strangelove).

[@rotcod2886]

I've been waiting years for this scene to appear on youtube. I stopped after years of looking. I wish I knew it's been here for 3 years. How come nobody told me? 1:18 Sha na na na na na

[@willgold664]

The worst part? I tell people this is still Jack Blacks best film and they have no idea what I'm talking about.

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

Will Gold This, Kung Fu Panda trilogy and Tenacious D and the pick of Destiny are in my opinion are the best movies he has been in.

[@dwaynerichardson5380]

Will Gold The Truth! Almost every scene he's in he steals it from John Cusack.

[@chocolatemilkhotel96]

Nacho libre

[@bluetrailerproductions7488]

5. Wrecked by Imagine Dragons 4. Death is Life by The Amboy Dukes 3. Fiction by Avenged Sevenfold 2. American Pie By Don McLaren 1. Sign of Life by Motionless in White

[@seththomas9105]

Came back to comment. GREAT songs by all the posters. How many of you have been listing these and listening to them?

[@JMaxfield09]

0:44 - 0:52 "Immediate disqualification because of its involvement with The Big Chill." "Oh, god, you're right!" LOL, I guess that same "involvement" has tainted over a dozen other classics on said soundtrack.

[@shaozzt1873]

Fuck, I forgot how much I loved this movie. Top 5 movies on nostalgia

[@jorgecalvo2878]

How in the world did everyone here forget about, 'Seasons in the Sun' by Terry Jacks. Also, 'One Tin Soldier' by Coven

[@Lmclean89]

1. Eleanor Rigby 2. American Pie 3. Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carrol. 4. Don't Fear The Reaper 5. Turn, Turn, Turn

[@Nick-wl2xq]

Nice list.

[@tomtrinchera8405]

Good list.

[@Shapes_Quality_Control]

Don’t fear the reaper would be on mine

[@mayorjimmy]

needs more cowbell.

[@howardtennenhouse7849]

Of course.Eleanor Rigby is both obvious and brilliant choice

[@mryodak]

1. Sad Lovers and Giants - 50 50 2. Earth - Bees made honey in the lions skull 3. ミラクルミュージカル - Space Station Level 7 4. Super Hell - Hell Nino 5. Tim Ripper Owens tribute to Ozzy - "Mr. Crowley"

[@tazmon122]

1) Whiter Shade Of Pale-Procol Harum (i know it's not really about death, but it's a great melody, implies haunted themes aligned with death, and it's a boomer. like straight up that's my uncle and aunt's wedding song) 2) Like No Surprise-Oldsoul (yea, i'm pandering cuz Jess is a homie, and most of the people reading this comment aren't in tuned with the Boston local indie/emo scene....but whatever, the song is a bop, and really vulnerable) 3) Death Is Not The End-Nick Cave (honestly it was just the first one i thought of by him, it's an interchangeable song....but how can you have a top 5 songs about death and omit Nick Cave?) 4) Helena-My Chemical Romance (interchangeable with Welcome To The Black Parade. you fucking heard me. spin My Chem or there will be 2 funerals) 5) The Night Laura's Daddy Died.

[@miketuttlesmusic]

Sorry, but Whiter Shade of Pale is immediately disqualified due to its association with The Big Chill. But damn, I love that song.

[@scotts.2484]

I don’t even know if all of these are about death, but they are to me: 1. Oh Sweet Nothin’, Velvet Underground 2. Go It Alone, Beck 3. American Pie, Don McLean 4. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Warren Zevon 5. Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf

[@nathanracher2911]

1. Dont fear the reaper 2. Black hole sun 3. Strange fruit (if we're not being constrained by grenre) 4. Hurt ( johnny cash ver) 5. Aint no grave

[@TimCarter]

#3 👍

[@birderjohn3396]

Blue Öyster Cult

[@corinshearston2324]

Hmmm, it's a good playlist prompt: • Death Don't Have No Mercy In This Land - Rev. Gary Davis • Carpe Diem - The Melvins (cover of The Fugs) • In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel • Maybe - Dan Reeder • I've Flirted With You All My Life - Vic Chesnutt

[@SergeantBagel]

I love how at 1:36, Dick looks at them as if saying, "Oh fuck, there they go again."

[@GutturalReef]

"One Step Beyond" is number one on my list!!

[@Glitcher2000]

Bastard, that's so good. That should have been mine.

[@masterjedi89]

"Leader of the Pack" fucking love that song

[@blondegirlsezthis8798]

"Brutha what a night it really wuzzzzzzz...ANGINA'S toughhhh"

[@TyWorth]

That Yanni shirt kills me...

[@ryansmith8]

Stan Rogers - White Squall Zac Brown Band - Lance's Song/On The Day That I Die Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky Johnny Cash - I Corinthians 15:55 Great Big Sea - The Night Pat Murphy Died

[@eddymannylow8216]

happy 10 years, video upload!

[@artdeco64]

Top 5 Album Covers: Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan Rumors - Fleetwood Mac Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin

[@theguywhoisaustralian1465]

Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd Chop Suey - System of a Down American Pie - Don McLean Adam's Song - Blink 182 Dust in the Wind - Kansas

[@plcmts17]

5) Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders 4) Did She Jump or Was She Pushed - Richard and Linda Thompson 3) Tonight's The Night - Neil Young 2) The Ledge - The Replacements 1) Elegie - Patti Smith

[@TimCarter]

Black Cadillac - Joyce Green Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix Funeral for a Friend - Elton John For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica Billy, Don't be a Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods

[@ricardolucioferrari]

Show Must Go On by Queen

[@hoshbrown41]

i fucking love their music discussions

[@JosephPage]

Fun fact: In the book, Laura's dad does actually die from angina.

[@AElias409]

And the movie...

[@SKTVX]

Top 5 Songs about death 1. King Crimson - Epitaph 2. ELP - Lucky Man 3. Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name 4. Santo And Johnny - Sleepwalk 5. The Beatles - In My Life.

[@spence524]

I’ve seen this movie 1,000 times and never noticed that Rob rips Barry’s Yanni shirt when he grabs him. You can tell when he stops holding his shirt and grabs him around the neck shoulder. I guess John Cusack improvised a little.

[@thevoid99]

for me, top 5 songs i want played at my funeral... 1. david bowie - "my death" from the final ziggy stardust concert 2. the cure-"funeral party" 3. the smiths-"there is a light that never goes out" 4. joy division-"atmosphere" 5. bob dylan-"knockin' on heaven's door"

[@robertwhough]

Death Don't Have No Mercy ... Reverend Gary Davis

[@Prosopagnosia11]

haha Jack with a Yanni Live in Acroplis Shirt! Cool!

[@dennisyanan9728]

I really need to watch that movie again. I've only seen it once. need to buy it now.

[@CycolacFan]

It was Jan, though it was closer to two years after they recorded it. 🙂

[@johnolson3270]

My pick would be earl brand by the Cecil sharp project. Flat out incredible story telling

[@martinXY]

The Carnival Is Over, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.

[@williammccormick2802]

I want the Binary Sunset played on the violin. It's fucking beautiful.

[@rarebikes88]

what a great scene!

[@PSTA]

Top 5. Amor Eterno (Rocio Durcal) Miss you when your Gone (The Cranberries) In my life (Beatles) The Same Deep water as you (The Cure) So Many Tears (Tupac)

[@RossIsFine]

This film really encapsulates 90s culture.

[@seththomas9105]

Don't Pay the Ferryman, Chris DeBurg Don't Fear the Reaper, BOC Old Violin, Johnny Paycheck Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot Red Headed Stranger, Willie Nelson

[@biggamenerves5250]

1:31 Gllllooooryyyy Beeee!!!

[@Greg-om2hb]

Pretty Polly - Doc Boggs (1927 version) Detroit Rock City - KISS Creeping Death - Metallica Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd Gallows Pole - Led Zeppelin

[@buckyohare4341]

this list of music suggestions is comedy itself

[@Alberto-ny7kf]

Tearz by wu-tang

[@RM-jb2bv]

Almost none of the songs from the film or the comments are even about death. 1) Like a Stone - Audioslave 2) Harvest - Opeth 3) For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica 4) Waiting Around to Die - Townes Van Zandt 5) In the End - Linkin Park

[@dwaynerichardson5380]

Now I know why I fucking love this film... My Top 5 Songs About Death: "Spirit In The Sky"- Norman Greenbaum "Little Wing" - Jimi Hendrix "Just Breathe" - Pearl Jam "A Sort Of Homecoming" - U2 "Breathe Me" - Sia

[@Whatchamawhozit]

And with 5 likes... WTG!!!

[@amphitheatre]

very pussy

[@trysometruth]

+rss313 A sly declaration of New Classic status slipped into a list of old safe ones...

[@toyman81]

D.O.A. by the Texas band Bloodrock, released in 1971.

[@svengalisounds4471]

Angina's tough 🤣🤣🤣🤯

[@spidervenomkilljoy]

Highway To Hell AC/DC, Break On Through (To The Other Side) - The Doors, Who Wants To Live Forever/ Another One Bites The Dust (Queen), Asleep by The Smiths

[@stevebb2915]

personally i would have picked when the musics over or the end by the doors. break on through is more about the psychedelic experience

[@rockoperajon]

I never interpreted Highway to Hell as being about death. More about just living a fun life, doing whatever you want. Saying they’re on a highway to Hell is AC/DC’s way of dismissing the moral guardians who disapprove of the rock n’ roll lifestyle. Not to say you’re wrong in your own interpretation. I just have a different perspective on it.

[@ZRN959]

Nebraska-Bruce Ohio-CSNY 25 Minutes To Go-Johnny Cash Oh Comely-Neutral Milk Hotel Do You Realize??-Flaming Lips

[@merleinaustin]

Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo, Waiting for the Worms - Pink Floyd, Elegia - New Order, In My time of Dying - Led Zeppelin, Blasphemous Rumors - Depeche Mode

[@irmasil3]

"bla, bla, bla...angina's tough!!..." kills me every time.

[@alexcamacho4880]

"It was Dean you fucking idiot." Cruel, but fucking funny.

[@CycolacFan]

And inaccurate since it was Jan 🙂

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

5. Battle of New Orleans -- Johnny Horton: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2HCmoV_mN2msJI 4. Mack the Knife -- Bobby Darin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXbLpmeVYtqlh7c 3. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHa6iGWmgr1gnZI 2. End of the Line -- The Traveling Wilburys: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i365m4eljrSdmK8 1. Ghost Riders In the Sky (The Highwaymen, Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990): kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIC6m4tqd9V2aJY

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

Great scene but an actually good song, since they're picking songs from the 60s and 70s would have been Bread's "Everything I own" which actually about a child losing their parent.

[@Canceriansoul]

Great song. Most people interpret it as a broken relationship type love song.

[@jimsheppard3166]

Cusack teleports at 00:00 and 00:10

[@czoraa21]

how has nobody said tears in heaven- eric clapton!!

[@YanniEcuador]

I love his Yanni T-shirt!!! :D

[@thenewyorkpauls]

The Big Chill trailer brought me here. And won't take me back.

[@bossfan49]

Wreck On The Highway - Bruce Springsteen In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley Carved In Stone - The Subdudes Green Grass of Home - preferred Tom Jones version Will The Circle Be Unbroken - The Staple Singers

[@TimCarter]

#2 👍

[@OggyBleacher]

1) vincent 2) bat out of hell 3) the end ( doors) 4) for a dancer 5) shannon

[@katebadley2765]

When we actually had to go the Yanni concert to get his t-shirt. Now that sort of thing is available at Target and/or Urban Outfitters. No homework. Like wearing a costume. Post-modernism sucks as#

[@angelurbina8158]

Dude, kids don't even know who Yanni is. I'm on my early '30s and even I didn't know who he was until some former friend told me about him. Overall I understand your point, but you make it seem like it's a bad thing, where I see it as a great thing to have the marvelous Internet at our disposal to search for stuff that otherwise would be impossible. You should consider that, too. Not just talking about tees. All sorts of stuff. So much easier, much practical. You gotta be grateful for that.

[@TheSuperChronic]

Immediate disqualification because of its involvement with The Big Chill.

[@grapefruitm00n]

Oh God, you’re right!

[@noahmosher6543]

1. Obituary- The end complete 2. Napalm Death - Death by manipulation 3. Death - Leprosy 4. Cannibal Corpse - The bleeding 5. Slayer - Die by the sword

[@marieadams3720]

1. Fade to Grey Visage. 2. Say Hello Wave Goodbye Soft Cell. 3. Time Pink Floyd. 4. Sweet Gene Vincent Ian Dury. 5. Halo Texas.

[@alexcamacho4880]

Strangers - The Kinks I want that played at my funeral

[@PSTA]

"Brother what a night it really was........"