Concerts Are Life – From Death Cab to Barbra Streisand, Musician and Singer Laura Noelle Takes Us On A Journey Through Her Live Music Adventures
Play This At My FuneralShow Notes
💐 Episode Summary A singer, pianist, guitarist, all around lover of all things musical, Laura Noelle bestows upon us nearly two dozen amazing music recommendations in the episode (to say nothing of her three amazing playlists she’s also sharing). When it comes to creating the mood and tone for a funeral playlist, no one has thought as long and as hard about this as Laura has. We’ll talk emo screamo memories, how certain songs encapsulate a decade perfectly, and we’ll hear the full gamut of artists and genres from Barbra Streisand to The Beatles, from Death Cab For Cutie to Jimmy Eat World. 💿 Songs Mentioned “Do You Miss Me” by Jocelyn Enriquez “I’d Do It All Again” by Corinne Bailey Rae
Songs from the Broadway Musical “Maybe Happy Ending”
“Bittersweet” by Lianne La Havas
“Courage” by Lianne La Havas
“Echo” by Incubus
“Your Hands in Mine” by Explosions in the Sky
“Transatlanticism” by Death Can for Cutie
“The Way We Were” by Barbra Streisand
“Yesterday” by The Beatles
“Let Go” by Frou Frou
“Broke down - Parts 1 and 2” by The California Honeydrops
“True Colors” by Cyndi Lauper (not on Laura’s list but mentioned)
“Cross Out The Eyes” by Thursday
“Sweetness” by Jimmy Eat World
“Everything” by Mary J. Blige
“Everything to Nothing” by Manchester Orchestra
“Surprise Yourself” by Jack Garratt
“Angel Standing By” by Jewel
“Hands” by Jewel
Laura's Funeral Playlist: Laura’s Funeral Wildcard playlist Laura’s What’s The Prettiest Song You’ve Ever Heard? Playlist
🎙 About the Guest Laura Noelle is a multidisciplinary artist and musician based in Asbury Park, NJ. Outside of her day job as a marketer in tech, she loves discovering new music, going to shows, debating “shows” vs “concerts”, and exploring new places with her husband and their dog. She agonized writing this bio, too. Follow her on IG @lauran0elle 🙏🏽Thank You to Our Supporters TremFit: Discover Tremfit by Kara Tremel, a boutique online training experience designed to help every body feel strong, confident, and cared for. Second Home First: What if your 401(k) came with a fire pit and alake view? That’s the question behind the hit podcast, Second Home First, which explores an untraditional approach to homeownership and wealth-building. If you thought owning any home, let alone a ‘second’ home was out of reach, this is the show for you. 🌹 About Play This At My Funeral Play This At My Funeral is a deeply fun, slightly macabre, always heartwarming show about the songs that shape our lives — and the ones we’d play at our funerals. Each episode invites a guest to curate the playlist for their own (hypothetical) send-off and share the stories that made those songs matter. Host Dinah and the guest talk through the soundtrack of their life: the songs that have held them in moments of anguish, haunted them on the regular, and maybe just maybe even saved them. It’s a cozy journey through meaningful lyrics, vivid memories, and the emotional mixtapes that mark our most human moments. The show is created and hosted by Dinah Susan Alobeid and is edited and co-produced by Alice Marcondes. 💜 Stay Connected Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts
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🎙 About the Host Dinah Susan Alobeid is a writer, dancer, and VP of Communications & Content by day (not always in that order). Her fiction has appeared in Porter House Review, Five on the Fifth, and Reverie Literary Magazine and her nonfiction and poetry can be found in Spectrum Magazine, MediaPost, and more. She lives in New Jersey (even though she’s a born and bred New Yorker) with her partner and their rambunctious toddler.
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