Docs Love To Rock and Funerals, Too
Rock music has no limits, from operating rooms to funeral homes…
According to Men’s Health, a recent survey revealed that 90% of surgeons listen to music in the operating room. 49% of them listen to rock songs. Their favorite rock tunes include:
1- Rock You Like a Hurricane – Scorpions
2- Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses
3- Break on Through (To the Other Side) – The Doors
4- Paint It, Black – The Rolling Stones
5- Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
6- We Will Rock You – Queen
7- Back In Black – AC/DC
8- Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
9- Like A Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
10- Rebel Rebel – David Bowie
Yes, there is also a top 10 list of rock songs commonly played at funerals.
According to Co-Op Funeral Care, research has found that half of adults believe music provides a feeling of nostalgia at ceremonies; a third of them said it makes them happy, another third said it makes them sad and only 14 percent said they would laugh. Meanwhile, just over a quarter of adults said they’d want to make people laugh at their own funerals.
The Co-op’s director of funerals said, “We all live such unique lives and funerals should completely reflect that. Each element of a funeral is a very personal decision, which is why the music choice plays such an important and impactful role.”
Now maybe rock and roll at a funeral doesn’t seem so strange; the obvious #1 is Stairway to Heaven, but Queen actually appears 40 percent of the time on the list. And then there are some other interesting choices like, Highway to Hell and Bat Out of Hell. Surprising Billy Joel’s Only the Good Die Young did not make the list! Check it out for yourself:
1- Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
2- Bat Out of Hell – Meatloaf
3- Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
4- Who Wants to Live Forever – Queen
5- The Show Must Go On – Queen
6- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Guns ‘N’ Roses
7- Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
8- Highway to Hell – AC/DC
9- Another One Bites the Dust – Queen
10- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
