I lost my dad to cancer a couple days ago and my goddam fucking sister wants this played at his funeral
OK, dark sense of humour in these tough times, but Glen fucking Madeiros? He fucking would hate that!
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colmcq2, Tue 1 Jan 2019, 16:38,
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Sorry for your loss, man.
Glen fucking Madeiros, jesus you have to veto that. Threaten to play the birdie song at her funeral if she pushes this through.
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Tusk knows where you live, Tue 1 Jan 2019, 16:54,
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Sorry to hear that mate.
Also your sister is a prize numpty.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 1 Jan 2019, 17:01,
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Wow
Talk about prolonging the pain. Sorry to hear about that, but no. That song is not acceptable.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 1 Jan 2019, 17:02,
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Sorry to hear that.
I would suggest this.
It's what I want at mine.
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MyFrontFellOff ; his mouth full of teddies, urinating defiantly, Tue 1 Jan 2019, 17:08,
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Seriously Colm, you have to override her decision. You'll know the right thing to play
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RompaStompa Stick it up your jumper, Tue 1 Jan 2019, 17:48,
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My condolences
You could probably get the real Glenn Medeiros to sing it over Skype for a tenner.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 1 Jan 2019, 17:51,
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my dad passed due to cancer on the 22nd
all the best x
edit: at my mum's funeral he wanted to have fucking Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh
me and my bro worked very hard to persuade him not to
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mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Tue 1 Jan 2019, 18:07,
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PM me if you want to chat.
I'd kinda like that, or even phone.
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colmcq2, Tue 1 Jan 2019, 18:33,
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Oh my
Sorry to learn this too Micto.
Take care chief.
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unclepills Sixty 25th of Decembers, Wed 2 Jan 2019, 16:04,
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I have not yet had a friend or relative make us listen to a pop song
I composed a few replies to your tweet, but ended up liking it. Both of which felt wrong footed.
I am not sure what that song is meant to evoke, but it's dire.
That said, the funeral is for the living, and if that helped your sister in some way, putting your love of music to one side shouldn't diminish you any.
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Tue 1 Jan 2019, 18:47,
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That last sentence is the only sensible thing anyone's said in this thread.
edit: OK, not the only sensible thing, but the most relevant sensible thing.
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Hope your 2019 is a lot less shit
Peter Sellers had instructions for "In The Mood" to be played at his funeral, specifically because he hated it and wanted to inflict it on everyone there; Milligan, Bentine and Secombe had forgotten about the conversation years before, and were all pissing themselves laughing in the middle of the service.
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Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Tue 1 Jan 2019, 22:23,
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So sorry to hear this Col
But thank you for trusting us enough to share your sister's delusions with us.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Wed 2 Jan 2019, 11:11,
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Sad stuff Col. Sorry for your loss. Truly.
Obvs...funerals are also seen as for the living and 'left behind' and if that's really how she needs to take comfort and process her grief then it's tricky to contest. Some folks need to be more 'obviously expressive' about their grief (and might.. maybe... seem to others to be oblivious or even attention seeking / all about them ) but that's their thing, even if they truly are in actuality, somewhat self centred... ('look at me, I'm suffering more than you' so to speak) but in my little experience, the main folks are in their own dazed bubble and those that ain't, already know / are understanding of all the personalities involved.
Sorry to all if this sounds eggsucking or wayward. Just an opinion from personal experience and no way gospel. However it pans out, know that you will get through this.
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unclepills Sixty 25th of Decembers, Wed 2 Jan 2019, 12:01,
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So sorry to hear that mate, hope you're getting through it ok.
I've written it into my will that I want this played at mine...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH8nfp5sD_s
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Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Wed 2 Jan 2019, 12:47,
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Really sorry to hear that.
My Mum died suddenly at the end of October. The music we chose to be played at her cremation ceremony included the theme from Jurrasic Park, which might have raised some eyebrows, but, even though she wasn't especially a fan of the film, she liked a lot of modern classical film themes, including that one (there was a Lord of the Rings track in there too, a seties of films which she was a big fan of). We found a hand-written copy of the lyrics to Always Look on the Bright Side of Life amongst her paperwork (she wrote a lot of notes and lists), but decided not to include it -- I prefer to keep that as part of a personal memory soundtrack of her...
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Wed 2 Jan 2019, 22:17,
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