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A friend asked me to play this recording at his funeral. Can you have it played at mine?

~ I seriously am considering on having this specific video of Enya's song with lyrics shown as the only music -- if I even have a service
~ I love the song, the lyrics and this artwork.



Posted - June 1, 2017

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  • 46117
    Okay.  You are going to party your way out of here then?
      June 1, 2017 7:22 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    I'm not partying out of her anytime soon. 
    Or is that directed at Enya's kick-a** party music sound! (Sarcasm here, yes!
    :)

    hi Shar to the Rona!
      June 1, 2017 7:30 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    I do, too. I'm beginning to think you and I are linked somehow to the same "out"let.
    :)

    The first time I heard this song I thought, "This is more than just someone walking home to their house at night."
      June 1, 2017 7:34 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Me, too!!!

      June 1, 2017 7:46 PM MDT
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  • Nice song, Welby :) I've decided I want this song played at my funeral ... Or if I ever get married again..

     https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE
      June 1, 2017 7:27 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Few voices, if any, are better than Mercury's! Excellent!
    :)

    I'm glad you liked Enya's song, too.
    :)
      June 1, 2017 7:31 PM MDT
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  • :)
      June 1, 2017 7:40 PM MDT
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  • 16199
    I like Enya, but I've already picked my funeral songs.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NDjt4FzFWY

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq2i8jwRlE8
      June 1, 2017 8:21 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    I like both of those songs!
    :)
    As much as I like Norman Greenbaum's original version of the song, I liked the Dr and the Medics cover to "Spirit in the Sky!" The drummer is cute to me, too. After I listened to the song, Dr and the Medics's cover to ABBA's "Waterloo" came on --  I liked that, too!

      June 1, 2017 8:40 PM MDT
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  • 16199
    Greenbaum built that fuzz box in his garage, using a de-tuned valve amp. Hence the pops, whistles and general feedback issues. I'm usually all for originals over covers, but in this case Dr & The Medics had overdrive and distort pedals to generate that sound without the feedback. The song was too early, the technology didn't exist in 1969.
      June 1, 2017 8:46 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Wow! I never knew that!
    And my ears haven't been in tune enough to decipher what you have! Cool!
    :)
      June 1, 2017 8:48 PM MDT
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