Most inappropriate hospital play list

When I used to work in A&E many years ago, we often had to phone the poisons unit at a London teaching hospital for advice. The hold music was the theme from MASH - 'Suicide is Painless!

Physiotherapy department - 'Bend me shape me'

Rocking pneumonia and the boogie woogie Blues - New Orleans Musicians Clinic

I had a colleague who was an extreme Elvis fan. He let it be known that he wanted ‘Burning Love’ played as his coffin disappeared behind the curtains

Staying Alive Bee Gees

Urology ward - 'Yellow River'

Most if not all the music played by hospital radio has been requested by patients. Or at least it was when I was doing it.

Stay with me
Needles and pins
Three steps to heaven

Many years ago in the 1960s when I was about 8 my mum was in hospital with a broken leg (in them days you were kept in for weeks) and we was only allowed visiting on Saturday afternoons if you was under 14. So my siblings and I put in a radio request forher t which was.. a song called Bits and pieces, by the Dave Clarke 5. My mum though it was hilarious and really cheered her up.

Led Zeppelin In My Time of Dying

Please don't make me cry - UB40
Heaven can wait -Meatloaf
I don't wanna lose you - Tina Turner
Running in the family - Level 42 -in the genetics clinic
Hole hearted - Extreme - cardiac dept.
It's a heartache - Bonnie Tyler - also cardiac.
I could go on all day ?.....

Many years ago my friend had a full New Orleans version of ‘When The Saints Go Marching In’ played just as the curtain closed at the crem. His wishes.

My Way, the first line us "and now the end is near and I face the final curtain"
I believe that was actually played at Sinatra's funeral.

When I'm Dead and Gone McGuinness Flint

Always look on the bright side of life. (Monty Python)

Another bites the dust?

Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die by Jethro Tull

We also did have Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye as the last piece of music. Put a smile on everyone’s face

My mum, aged 86y says she wants the song from ‘Grease’.... ‘I’ve Had The Time of My Life’ played at her funeral service. Bless her, her own mum died when she was only 9yo, she and her siblings then had a truly awful time of things with a wicked stepmother and then her first husband died after 24y of marriage of cancer at the age of 47y. Fortunately ever since then, good things in her life. A second lovely husband at the age of 60y (I remember mum saying to me if you’ve had a good marriage it’s easier to believe in another one), grandchildren and still here to enjoy 2 great grandchildren now aged 5y and 12 months. I so admire my mum’s outlook on life. I’m filling up now though, even thinking of playing that song at her funeral..... ?

We had Comfortably Numb at my husband’s funeral (his choice) but I got my son to edit it so it didn’t play the first line “hallo hallo hallo is there anybody in there” as I thought that could be a step too far!

Thanks for the laughs everyone. Busset135 thanks for the work you do. It must be difficult and so emotional. You are appreciated.

In a maternity ward apparently one mother heard 'Stand and Deliver' by Adam and the Ants at the crucial moment.

I work on a stroke unit and we tend to have the radio on most of the time. Just before Christmas we had three end of life patients in a row in our side rooms, suddenly every single song played was completely inappropriate . As the third in a row started I was seen jumping up shouting ' Turn that * radio off'. We didn't know if we should laugh or cry
As an aside I was once walking down an acute medical ward singing to myself when I realised 'The Drugs don't Work ' wasn't a good choice

“ Don’t go taking my heart”

My friend wants Hunk of Burning Love played at her cremation !!

Husband has requested cremation and ‘Wish me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye’ ......