Putting the Fun in FuneralSome deaths come suddenly or too soon and can really hit hard, others seem to be a blessed relief. Similarly, some funerals can be deeply upsetting and sad, others can make you want to hug the world.
Mmm, don't want to bring you down or anything, but tell us your funeral stories...
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chthonic, Thu 11 May 2006, 9:31)
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Music at funerals.Tricky one this. Like a lot of the suggestions, and for a long time I wanted to go out to 'Song from under the Floorboards' by Magazine. (You lot will all be too young to remember.) Anyway I reckoned it would stir a few guilty hearts.
Still, a story puts me off the idea. Way back lost in the mists of time I attended the funeral of a close mates brother (also a mate) after an unfortunate incident involving a bus and a tab of acid. (The bus was totally straight, believe.) Anyway the deceased was a bit of a hippy and his bro was too, and the tune was 'Goat Willow', a Hawkwind instro from the early 70's. A nice enough piece, and poignant and all that, the moment spoiled only by one of the deceased's buddies - another stoned hippy - coming to his senses mid-track and announcing loudly:
"Oh wow! The 'Wind man! This is soooo cool, I'm so glad I came."
Don't think the family were any too impressed. Perhaps we should be very careful with the tunes then?
(, Wed 17 May 2006, 18:44, Reply)
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