What will my coda be?

Okay, now it's time to start talking about really heavy issues, like death. One particular aspect of death has been bugging me for a while, and it's based on a simple question: "What's the song that will be running through your head right before you die?"

At first it seems like an insignificant, trivial question to ask, but then it starts to loom over you. You see, you'll want this last song to be an eloquent and well-constructed summation of your years on this planet. This is the big send-off. It has to be damn good. And, your brain may well likely start getting deprived of oxygen at around this time, which may start clouding up such matters.

So my central fear is that instead of thinking about the last bars of, say, The Beatles' "A Day in the Life", I'll have Boy Meets Girl's "Waiting for a Star to Fall." Or instead of The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" or Satie's "Gymnopedie", I'll have DeBarge's "Rhythm of the Night." I can't leave like that, and am not sure how to remedy this. The emergency injection of a random Hall & Oates song might cleanse the palate, but I'm still worried.

So here are my top seven Songs I Definitely Would Not Want to Have Running in My Head Moments Before I Die (But Probably Can't Help):

  1. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), by Dead or Alive
  2. I Like Steak and Mushrooms! (the Skillet Sensations song from Applebee's)
  3. The Glamorous Life, by Sheila E.
  4. Leon Neon, as discussed earlier
  5. That part of They Might Be Giants' "Fingertips" song where the guy's singing, "I'm Having a Heart Attack" (extra points if I'm actually having a heart attack)
  6. Get Out of My Dreams (Get Into My Car), by Billy Ocean
  7. Do the Mario, by Captain Lou Albano
03:57 PM 01 Apr 2004

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LOL. You are such a "Gotttthh".... ;)

- George C 05:55 PM 01 Apr 2004

yeah, one thing that I've been wondering about lately is that people who get killed in car crashes might have their last words be belted-out lyrics to funkytown or something...

- maggie 08:42 AM 03 Apr 2004

LOL. I am laughing hystericallywith your sister and uncle. Keep up the good work!!!

- auntie K 08:39 PM 03 Apr 2004

What's the next line of Skillet Sensations!?!?!?!?!?!?
I like steak and mushrooms,........

- ambs 08:00 PM 10 Oct 2004

LOL @ steak and mushrooms!

mine would be the cheesy jingle for the local amusement park i used to work at

- Amy Smith 03:29 PM 25 Sep 2005

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