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Do you want a dirge played at your funeral? I'm choosing Beethoven's 7th, second movement.

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Posted - January 15, 2018

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  • 5808
    doubt if there will be a funeral
    when this body is finished.
    chop it up for dog food
    I don't care.
    I won't be living there any more.
      January 15, 2018 9:11 AM MST
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  • 13277
    Doesn't matter to me, I won't hear it. And Jewish funerals traditionally do not include music.
      January 15, 2018 9:48 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I don't plan on inviting anyone.  
      January 15, 2018 9:53 AM MST
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  • Beethoven is my favorite composer, but I wouldn't want any of his work played at my funeral. We Pentecostals love our music. The more upbeat the better. So we'll have some good ole, toe tapping, hand clapping numbers for the send off.
      January 15, 2018 5:58 PM MST
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  • 5835
    I have arranged to be absent from my funeral. I suspect that my family units will get together somehow just because they have no other reason to seek one another's company. I don't care if they play music or dance jigs or anything they choose to do. 

    When my oldest brother died, the body was sent to the crematorium and the rest of us had a quiet lunch at the country club. Nobody in the family has ever been to a country club for any other reason. There was no music. A guy from his church spoke but I couldn't hear what he was saying. #2 brother was only interested in getting a share of the gold that #1 had been holding for Mom. He said he had debts, so I gave him the gold coins that I had collected. He is much more relaxed since then.
      January 16, 2018 2:25 AM MST
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  • 23749
    That's my Number One Favorite Beethoven piece! I'm not a Beethoven fan at all, but, to me, of those Beethoven pieces I've heard, this second movement outshines everything he's written.
    :)

    I know I didn't answer your question.

    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at March 26, 2018 7:24 PM MDT
      March 26, 2018 3:38 PM MDT
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  • 23749
    I have often thought of having this one Enya piece be the only music played (if I choose to have a service)

    I like Enya's music
    I like the simplicity of the song
    I like the lyrics especially
    And I'd ask to get permission to have this piece of artwork enlarged for everyone to see --  in fact, I'd just have them play this specific youtube video - - I love that piece of art.

    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at March 26, 2018 7:24 PM MDT
      March 26, 2018 3:45 PM MDT
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  • 44698
    Wow...an old question...Enya's music is mezmorizing. This post was edited by Element 99 at January 20, 2025 7:28 AM MST
      March 26, 2018 7:26 PM MDT
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  • 23749
    I'm even older now.


    Yup,  EnyaElement combo :)
      January 20, 2025 7:30 AM MST
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  • 897
      January 18, 2025 3:10 AM MST
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  • 16909
    These two: I know this version of Spriit in the Sky is a cover, but it doesn't have the pops, whistles and feedback issues that Greenbaum had. Effects pedals are easier than de-tuning a valve amp.



    This one is from the Greek part of the old Catholic Mass (Richard Page is Catholic), it translates as "Lord have mercy". Appropriate, don't you think?

    This post was edited by Slartibartfast at January 20, 2025 7:27 AM MST
      January 19, 2025 2:55 AM MST
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  • 3982
    I love Spirit in the Sky. 


      January 19, 2025 5:50 AM MST
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  • 23749
    Me, too.  :)
      January 20, 2025 7:34 AM MST
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  • 23749
    I like Doctor and the Medics version, too. unsure if I've heard it til now.

    I love Norman Greenbaum's original a lot, too. Lots of good feelings for me.
      January 20, 2025 7:34 AM MST
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  • 23749
    I like Mr. Mister, too.
      January 20, 2025 7:40 AM MST
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