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When I was young and immature, as opposed to now being old and immature, and those sometimes awkward silences descended in the pub or wherever, we used to wait for someone to break the silence then all pour scorn on them for piping up and trying too hard. You'd see everyone looking round waiting for someone else to crack. Told you it was immature...
Anyway, this recent summer break in activity on forum reminded me of those childish days. In the long grass indeed!
So, in spirit of trying to reignite some banter, and in recognition of fact I'm over the hill and on the downward trend, thoughts recently turned to the increasingly popular use of 'modern' songs at funerals. My uncle went out to a Beatles number (In My Life), a work colleague preferred Angels; set me wondering to whether I'd choose a song from my favourite band and if so which
Drag Me Down seemed quite apt for the crematorium, thought about The Bitter End, Go Man Go, and considered Close as You'll Ever Be as a parting shot, but eventually decided I like the idea of Geldof's tinny guitar and Cheerio as most apt.
Any other suggestions? Don't have to be Rats songs. And apologies up front to anyone who's horrified by the idea of anything other than hymns.
Not especially - in my mind I've still got time to relive my youth, have another favourite band and choose another song .
Buf if someone decides different then I quite like the idea of a long pause then 'ok, that's fine by me...cheerio' etc.
Strange that immediately after life is possibly the one time in your life when you, albeit fleetingly, have everyone's attention. Good time to make a statement or do something memorable.
Strange that immediately after life is possibly the one time in your life when you, albeit fleetingly, have everyone's attention. Good time to make a statement or do something memorable.
God you're such a drama queen! Bit drastic though, and anyway then you wouldn't be around to reap the benefits of doing something memorable - unless you're going to be a ghost and come back to haunt everyone ...
What have you been drinking/smoking anyway??
I can't really think of an ideal song at the moment - apart from Like Clockwork perhaps with the classic line "you're born in tears and you die in pain"!
See what you've done now, you're dragging the mood down!
How morbid. A great song by Carter USM - Suppose You Gave A Funeral and Nobody Came.
Or Funeral Pyre by The Jam. Perhaps Down Down Deeper and Down!
Best advice I ever heard about aging is when you're young live clean and healthly, and when you get to about 55 start hitting the class A drugs and partying like you didn't when you were young. Last twenty years should be opening up to psychedelics, dmt, weed. Pensioners on acid anyone?
Not sure about which Rats song but I have always loved WB Yeats gravestone epitaph- 'Cast a cold eye/on life, on death/ horseman,pass bye...
The must be loads of songs from the Goth songbook about death and funerals.
Someone once asked What will death be like? and the answer given was 'Remember the French Revolution?' (er no) Or Tennesee Williams famous quote 'I Slept through the sixties' sleep being the little death, which incidentally is a Rats song!
Another good funeral song Glad It's All Over by Captin Sensible.
-- Edited by noelindublin on Friday 20th of July 2012 08:26:29 PM
Strange that immediately after life is possibly the one time in your life when you, albeit fleetingly, have everyone's attention. Good time to make a statement or do something memorable.
Mmmm, to be honest I don't care what they play or say when I die. They could play Phil Collins and Genecide. For what it's worth I have told the missus to just call up the council and have me taken away. I be buried along with name like Eleanor Rigby rather than kicking at the perfumed air. I have a very athiest view of death. It's the end, all that's left is the results of your procreative activity.
Suppose I'm just taken with the idea that nowadays it seems more acceptable to go out with something more contemporary, and why not remind those present that a band or song that played a big part in your life is there to/at the end.
Saying Cheerio in a Palace shirt will do for me.
I'll never know how many could be bothered to show up for the occasion of course
A great song by Carter USM - Suppose You Gave A Funeral and Nobody Came.
-- Edited by noelindublin on Friday 20th of July 2012 08:26:29 PM
Agreed. "Here's the church, here's the steeple, open the doors, where's all the people?"
Also has one of my favourite song lines in 'light up the sky with sub Standard fireworks'.
Another band who knocked out 3 tremendous albums then tailed off a little...
Just like the Rats Carter USM were/are considered a bit naff nowadays but who can argue with great tunes and lyrics.
Another great Carter song dealing with fireworks from 1995 is Born On The 5th of November. I used to listen to this when I lived in London back on the nineties and it brings a tear to my eye- a great London song and a great Carter song. Worth googling.
Sometime in the nineties the NME decided that Oasis were the new new thing and bands like Carter USM were relegated to a footnote in musical history. Give me Carter any day.
Just like the Rats Carter USM were/are considered a bit naff nowadays but who can argue with great tunes and lyrics.
That's the good thing about fora (haven't forgotten my Latin ) - when you think you're in a minority of one you find a kindred spirit. We've covered it on other threads I know but I love the way Carter played on words and phrases; lyrical genius.
Definitely one of the factors that made the Rats a favourite. Remember Geldof frequently drawing attention to his 'punky' reversal of Beatles' Help! sentiment with 'when I get old, older than today'...etc. Did the same thing with Donne's 'No man is an island, entire of itself'. I'd never heard of Donne until then I have to say, Who hasnt got their mental picture of some drunk bloke in an Italian cafe, or a classroom with some teenage temptress?
Can't think of any current chart songs that conjure images in same way - A Team maybe.
Just like the Rats Carter USM were/are considered a bit naff nowadays but who can argue with great tunes and lyrics.
That's the good thing about fora (haven't forgotten my Latin ) - when you think you're in a minority of one you find a kindred spirit. We've covered it on other threads I know but I love the way Carter played on words and phrases; lyrical genius.
Definitely one of the factors that made the Rats a favourite. Remember Geldof frequently drawing attention to his 'punky' reversal of Beatles' Help! sentiment with 'when I get old, older than today'...etc. Did the same thing with Donne's 'No man is an island, entire of itself'. I'd never heard of Donne until then I have to say, Who hasnt got their mental picture of some drunk bloke in an Italian cafe, or a classroom with some teenage temptress?
Can't think of any current chart songs that conjure images in same way - A Team maybe.
I love the image of 'Disneyland under martial law'. Might just pop up on CNN or Fox News sometime in the near future, the way the world is going.
The girl in the cake jumping out too late by mistake is good too. Perhaps the Diamond Smiles video should have had Paula Yates jumping out of a cake or Diana Doors, who turned up in Adam and the Ants Prince Charming video, doing the same.
Hot Chip are pretty good regards 'modern music'. Listening to them at the moment.
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