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Planning my funeral
Alex K Offline
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RE: Planning my funeral
February 13, 2015 at 1:43 am (This post was last modified: February 13, 2015 at 1:47 am by Alex K.)
(February 12, 2015 at 8:06 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:
(February 12, 2015 at 5:56 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Mozart's Requiem?

May as well go big.
...

Musically, it would be hard to do better than that piece. But the lyrics are quite religious. Whenever I hear it, I am thankful that I do not understand much Latin. But, it is a great piece of music, and otherwise very fitting for the occasion.

No problem, for these occasions I can recommend Brahms' German Requiem (which is only called that because of the language of the lyrics). The guy really knew his bible, but was basically a deist or atheist, so he managed to write a requiem based on scripture which is close to dogma-free. He himself said it was supposed to be a requiem not for the dead but for those left behind. It nevertheless is at parts gloomy turned up to 11 Big Grin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LydPLNdob1c

(best ignore Karajan's ridiculous film aesthetic)
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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RE: Planning my funeral
February 13, 2015 at 8:03 am
(February 12, 2015 at 5:05 pm)Alex K Wrote: Erm, I'll keep thinking... My tastes in music are too gloomy

Gloomy? I must have some strange definition of gloomy, then.

Personally, I'd record myself screaming "I was just kidding! Let me out!" and play it in the middle of the funeral.
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RE: Planning my funeral
February 13, 2015 at 8:10 am
Job jobbed. You're welcome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj1ar0Ma_kA
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#44
RE: Planning my funeral
February 13, 2015 at 10:12 am
(February 12, 2015 at 5:54 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote:
(February 12, 2015 at 5:15 pm)robvalue Wrote: [...]
What about some Queen music?

Yes, I was thinking of Queen, maybe "Who wants to live forever" ?

Oh... I thought the obvious choice would be "Another One Bites The Dust"... Wink
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RE: Planning my funeral
February 13, 2015 at 2:25 pm (This post was last modified: February 13, 2015 at 2:27 pm by zebo-the-fat.)
Thanks for all your suggestions, I really like the O Fortuna, would be good as the guests (victims?) walk in, with the amps cranked up to 11
Another one bites the dust is good too

Any suggestions for readings? I have decided (I think) on this for one of them:-

While You Live
Native American Indian

When I am dead
Cry for me a little,
Think of me sometimes
But not too much.
It is not good for you
Or your wife or your husband
Or your children
To allow your thoughts to dwell
Too long on the dead.
Think of me now and again
As I was in life
At some moment it is pleasant to recall,
But not for long.
Leave me in peace
And I shall leave you, too, in peace.
While you live
Let your thoughts be with the living.
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.

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RE: Planning my funeral
February 13, 2015 at 2:31 pm
(February 13, 2015 at 1:27 am)rexbeccarox Wrote:
(February 13, 2015 at 12:55 am)vorlon13 Wrote: I want my partner, Sam Elliot, overwhelmed by grief, to hurl himself into my funeral pyre.


Tongue

Dude! He just. Keeps. Getting. Sexier! How is this possible?

I'd carry his baby to term. Don't even have to see Sam to get a hard-on, just hearing his deep sexy growl on those pickup commercials is enough.

Wish he start doing beef commercials again. Pile of steaks and Sam Elliot is my idea of heaven. He could eat the steaks first and bet they'd still be tasty . .

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RE: Planning my funeral
February 13, 2015 at 2:49 pm (This post was last modified: February 13, 2015 at 2:49 pm by Norman Humann.)
(February 13, 2015 at 2:31 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I'd carry his baby to term. Don't even have to see Sam to get a hard-on, just hearing his deep sexy growl on those pickup commercials is enough.

Wish he start doing beef commercials again. Pile of steaks and Sam Elliot is my idea of heaven. He could eat the steaks first and bet they'd still be tasty . .

Confusedhock:

I googled Sam Elliot and I'm seriously disappointed. You describe him like he's a pile of free bacon or somethin'. And he's just an old dude.
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RE: Planning my funeral
February 13, 2015 at 2:59 pm (This post was last modified: February 13, 2015 at 3:02 pm by Nope.)
I thought my friend was the only person alive with a Sam Eliot fetish. She told her husband thay she would cheat on him with Sam
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