Funeral Music

[SMc55]

That's really sad. I don't know what else to write.

Oh Chills, didn't mean to make you sad. We had a big family party at the weekend. Her parents almost didn't go but I'm glad they did. We all thought about her and said "Gill would have loved this" without crying. It was a step forward  :)

[Chills]

Oh Chills, didn't mean to make you sad. We had a big family party at the weekend. Her parents almost didn't go but I'm glad they did. We all thought about her and said "Gill would have loved this" without crying. It was a step forward  :)

Yeah, that's a cool thing  :)

[plank10]

now I have to listen to Robert Johnson.

[primushead]

now I have to listen to Robert Johnson.

Good call, I think I may do the same.

P.S.  If Satan is somehow roaming this board, I will be more than happy to sell my soul if I could play like Mr. Johnson  ;)

[tomEisenbraun]

i think maybe Gideon, from what I've heard of it, might be appropriate. Or Steam Engine. Or One In The Same, because the way it ends is perfect for a funeral. It ends on that last chord which is just a step away from resolution, and i think that's cool, because the resolution is implied, with going Home, i guess. I don;t know. Plus, it forces you to imagine that last chord, and it's major, and happy, even though the song is slow and sad sounding-ish, it ends with you imaging that last happy chord. And that's where I'll be, strummin happy chords for eternity praising the One who made me.

I most definitely want my funeral to be happy.

[Specialist]

Good call, I think I may do the same.

P.S.  If Satan is somehow roaming this board, I will be more than happy to sell my soul if I could play like Mr. Johnson :)

have any of you guys seen The Search For Robert Johnson? if not, you should go out of your way to see it. That and the movie Crossroads (1986). Even though it's not about Robert directly, it is still a fine film.

next year i am making my way down to Mississippi to visit Robert's grave, well, at least the supposed grave(s) and will be visiting the famous crossroads, though i won't be making any deals.

[primushead]

Oh wow, what an incredible idea.  I'd love to see his grave/crossroads.

[dragonboy]

That and the movie Crossroads (1986). Even though it's not about Robert directly, it is still a fine film.

next year i am making my way down to Mississippi to visit Robert's grave, well, at least the supposed grave(s) and will be visiting the famous crossroads, though i won't be making any deals.

That's the one with the Karate Kid & Steve Vai, right? I remember seeing that & liking it at the time.

I went to visit Jim Morrison's grave when I was in Paris. That was interesting.

I wanted to visit Nick Drake's grave after reading his biography by Patrick Humphries.
It's a very small grave that's quite hard to find in a small rural church somewhere in England.
I forget where...
It seemed to add to the Nick Drake myth perfectly.

[Specialist]

That's the one with the Karate Kid & Steve Vai, right? I remember seeing that & liking it at the time.

I went to visit Jim Morrison's grave when I was in Paris. That was interesting.

I wanted to visit Nick Drake's grave after reading his biography by Patrick Humphries.
It's a very small grave that's quite hard to find in a small rural church somewhere in England.
I forget where...
It seemed to add to the Nick Drake myth perfectly.

yeh, that's the movie, it's cheesy at times but hotdamn, it reeks of the blues.

i've seen pictures of Nick Drake's grave and it is wicked small. as for Jim Morrison's grave, my aunt lived in Paris for some time and took loads of pictures of his grave, it is pretty crazy site. I can't believe what has become of it.  I heard there is a security guard there 24/7.

[dragonboy]

No shit?!! Not when I went but that was something like 6 or 7 years ago so maybe they do now.
There were a lot of people there, that's for sure.

[Billo]

Knocking on Heaven's Door- Dylan
Death is not the End (Live) - The Waterboys
I'll be there when you die-MMJ
Spirit- The Waterboys
I know it's over - The Smiths
There's a light that never goes out- The Smiths
A Pagan Place- The Waterboys
Ava Maria- A Mass Choir
In the Celtic tradition, the wake should be festive.
 
Actually not feeling overly morbid.
Realizing its a part of life.

[Oz]

I'm still in doubt wether I want to have 'I will be there when you die' played at my funeral. I mean, it's more or less my favorite song of all times, but the subject makes it a bit... too obvious. And I don't like that.

One song that I definitely want at my funeral, however, is 'Wherever I lay my head' by Tom Waits. It's the most bittersweet song I ever heard and it makes me so happy and sad at the same time..

'I don't need anyone
Because I learend to be alone
Wherever I lay my head
I call my home'

[EC]

I'm pretty sure I want More Than Words by Extreme at my funeral.

With a slideshow/video of me in my various tapdance/synchronized swimming/jazz dance club costumes.

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[dragonboy]

That's so funny!
I was thinking of starting a worst songs of all time thread with more than words in mind!  ;D

[dragonboy]

Wait, you were kidding right?
Not about the video (sounds great!) but about the song, right?  :-/

[EC]

Wait, you were kidding right?
Not about the video (sounds great!) but about the song, right?  :-/

Actually, well, yes and no.  I would like that to happen, but only as a big joke that everyone would laugh at.  Maybe it would cut the extreme misery that the five hundred thousand attendees will be experiencing.  ;)

(Okay.  I'm volunteering this information, which automatically means nobody can bug me about it.  I loved that song.  When it came out, I played it so much on my tape that it broke.  It's all because of a boy, of course.  I think we made out to it in my car when I drove him home one night, and then he wouldn't talk to me anymore, and that song was all I had left.  hahaha.  Sad, but true.)

[dragonboy]

That's nothing - I saw their first UK show at the Astoria in London  :-[

[EC]

That's nothing - I saw their first UK show at the Astoria in London  :-[

YES!!!!  Holy shit, really?!  :D hahaha.  How was it?  

[dragonboy]

Young, stupid & therefore didn't know any better?!!

Pornograffitti had just been released, I was a 16 year old heavy-metal kid & Nuno Bettencourt was the next-best-thing with the six string.

Not something I'm proud of!

Can't believe I'm sat here listening to Leonard Cohen talking about Extreme  ;)

[EC]

Can't believe I'm sat here listening to Leonard Cohen talking about Extreme

Ahhhh.  See how we've grown... ;)