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Tangle Member Posts: 8579 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 2.9 |
I posted this in another forum but thought it might spark an interest on its own.
I went to my first humanist funeral yesterday. It was pleasant enough, just a bit naff. But at least god wasn't splashed about all over the place like it was ok for my mate to die because, well, godidit. In god's place as the panacea for death we had love, family, friendship and memories etc. As a service of remembrance it worked ok, but personally the last thing I want is all that miserable malarky pretending that the deceased was perfect. I'm straight off to the crem - on my own - and then delivered in a bottle to the local pub where I'll be buying everyone drinks. My kids are going to put me in a firework and blow me up over the sea at midnight whilst playing Pink Floyd. It's called a Direct Funeral, or, as the Guardian newspaper called it, a disposal service. It became fashionable after David Bowie did it. I want Pink Floyd but I'm not sure which one. Comfortably Numb is the obvious one. As is Crazy Diamond - but that's reserved for one guy really. Granchester Meddows is lovely but I can't see it going with fireworks. Favourite poem for sad times (even though the poet now hates it and it's now too well known for my liking): 'Sometimes' Sometimes things don’t go, after all, A people sometimes will step back from war, Sometimes our best intentions do not go Sheenagh Pugh Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
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Tangle Member Posts: 8579 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 2.9 |
I don't think Waiting for the Worms would go down well - but, hey, why should I care?
Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
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Tangle Member Posts: 8579 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 2.9 |
Mercedes Benz
Janice Joplin? Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
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Tangle Member Posts: 8579 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 2.9 |
![]() Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
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Tangle Member Posts: 8579 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 2.9 |
Only for me. A friend chose 'Days' , the Kinks. Caught a few of us out. Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
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Tangle Member Posts: 8579 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 2.9 |
Apparently 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' is very popular
Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
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Tangle Member Posts: 8579 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 2.9 |
Great song but somewhat challenging for a funeral.
The End" This is the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Can you picture what will be? Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain There's danger on the edge of town The killer awoke before dawn Come on baby, take a chance with us This is the end It hurts to set you free Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
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Tangle Member Posts: 8579 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 2.9
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It was written for Syd Barret of course so it would be blasphemy to use it. Anyway, the words don't apply.
That's the trouble with Floyd; great music but very specific - and usually paranoid - lyrics. Shine On You Crazy Diamond Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun Edited by Tangle, : No reason given. Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
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Tangle Member Posts: 8579 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 2.9 |
It's a great song and a great tune and it's incredibly sad.
But it's a bit presumptuous for a funeral, saying everybody's sad because I'm not there etc. Tricky business this funeral song lark. Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
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