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Devils Islander
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
101 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2003 :  14:23:17  Show Profile
Inspired by the roaring success of Ramona's top five thread, the two FB songs that I would like to accompany the sound of the soil hitting my lid are:
Monkey Gone To Heaven (yeah, I know it's a P****s song, but he still does it live, so it's in)
...and Horrible Day, because its got that always look on the bright side of life vibe which sort of says "shit happens - let's get bladdered".

NB: "bladdered" is English for extremely drunk. Also, if anyone who reads this happens to be terminally ill, I apologise in advance.

...where the Ballyhoos and the Tritons are.

NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1938 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2003 :  14:28:49  Show Profile
As much as I like Frank Black, I don't think any of his songs will be playing at my funeral


"Who the Hell is Frank Black? / I'm just in it for the free beer"
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massif snake
= Cult of Ray =

United Kingdom
282 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2003 :  14:30:09  Show Profile  Visit massif snake's Homepage  Click to see massif snake's MSN Messenger address
my personal fave terms used in england for "extremely drunk" are "rat-arsed" or "wankered". lol

i think i'd have the snake- cos no one can have a funeral without a wicked saxophone solo

and..........

space is gonna do me good. blatantly because i'm gonna be the first person ever to have my ashes scattered in space. maybe just my rotting carcass if i decide cremation ain't for me.

*has anyone ever done that before?*

have sex with the nuns at my school.
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

USA
5454 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2003 :  14:32:31  Show Profile
"Where is my mind?" and "Abstract Plain" seem appropriate for the lyrics. I'll be feed into the fire. Maybe "Blast Off" makes sense then.

But, I would probably pick something timeless and classic, like Duke Ellington and his boys showing how it's done (sorry I don't want to divert this thread off of FB)
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

USA
5454 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2003 :  14:34:05  Show Profile
Didn't someone already have their ashes blasted up into space? Not sure if they were scattered or if they took a roundtrip. It may have been Gene Roddenberry.
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massif snake
= Cult of Ray =

United Kingdom
282 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2003 :  14:35:20  Show Profile  Visit massif snake's Homepage  Click to see massif snake's MSN Messenger address
awwwwwwwww damn.

have sex with the nuns at my school.
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1738 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2003 :  15:25:37  Show Profile
Probably someone has already done this, because that's always what I've wanted to have done with my remains, and I doubted I was the first one to think of it.

I want my body propped up in a chair at my funeral, with some sort of intricate electrical system that can make my hand move back and forth in a waving motion, and my eyes blink, and a tape recorder that says "Welcome to my funeral...please be seated..." in my voice. And in the background would be playing "Dead" by the Pixies.

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Edited by - glacial906 on 09/19/2003 15:26:17
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Blank Frack
- FB Fan -

USA
24 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2003 :  16:20:40  Show Profile  Click to see Blank Frack's MSN Messenger address
"Ten Percenter."

Jerk!...Jerk!...Jerk!
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =

Canada
3581 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2003 :  16:22:07  Show Profile
Glacial, that would easily be the creepiest/coolest thing ever done by anyone. And I know a thing or two about cool.....


ixies
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DruggedBunny
= Cult of Ray =

United Kingdom
395 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2003 :  16:58:31  Show Profile
I had Adda Lee playing in my head all through my grandmother's funeral, years ago... it served me well.

I'd have the Pixies' take on Cecilia Ann at concert volume. Blast Off would be a good 'un too.
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kip1981
- FB Fan -

9 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2003 :  17:56:11  Show Profile
I'll Be Blue
Motorway To Roswell
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Sheamus
= Cult of Ray =

Australia
345 Posts

Posted - 09/19/2003 :  21:15:51  Show Profile  Visit Sheamus's Homepage  Click to see Sheamus's MSN Messenger address
Crack Crack, Crackity Jones. YIP YIP.

I'm sure my family would love that.

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NATURE'S TIME IS CUBIC AND PERPETUAL. LINEAR TIME IS WRONG AND SUICIDAL
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Chris Knight
= Cult of Ray =

USA
899 Posts

Posted - 09/20/2003 :  04:26:47  Show Profile  Visit Chris Knight's Homepage
Satan Gave Me A Taco! Oh wait...

When the hell is CBS gonna do a Murphy Brown reunion?
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Blank Frack
- FB Fan -

USA
24 Posts

Posted - 09/20/2003 :  06:55:03  Show Profile  Click to see Blank Frack's MSN Messenger address
quote:
Originally posted by DruggedBunny

I had Adda Lee playing in my head all through my grandmother's funeral, years ago... it served me well.




*LOL* Did your gramma whisper and leave you a man for the world?
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Brackish Girl
~ Soul Eater ~

Ireland
1750 Posts

Posted - 09/20/2003 :  08:24:53  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by Blank Frack

quote:
Originally posted by DruggedBunny

I had Adda Lee playing in my head all through my grandmother's funeral, years ago... it served me well.




*LOL* Did your gramma whisper and leave you a man for the world?


thats a teeny bit insensitive, don'tya think?


"In the Cult of Frank/it pays off to be an 'Irish Chick'"
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massif snake
= Cult of Ray =

United Kingdom
282 Posts

Posted - 09/20/2003 :  09:54:16  Show Profile  Visit massif snake's Homepage  Click to see massif snake's MSN Messenger address
Bunny wudnt hav mentioned it at all if it was still a sore issue.

have sex with the nuns at my school.
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leokearse
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
203 Posts

Posted - 09/20/2003 :  10:06:37  Show Profile  Visit leokearse's Homepage
Manitoba so that everybody will cry into their pints and Headache so that people realise that I'm not actually dead coz time is not a linear thing, so maybe later they can go through a wormhole and see me again.

- Leo
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frank_black_francis
= Cult of Ray =

Canada
895 Posts

Posted - 09/20/2003 :  10:51:29  Show Profile  Visit frank_black_francis's Homepage
Dog In The Sand and then Surf epic played in a loop throughout...
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dougit
- FB Fan -

87 Posts

Posted - 09/20/2003 :  12:08:52  Show Profile
.
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dog gone & i need peace.


because of the lyrics.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =

Mexico
15297 Posts

Posted - 09/20/2003 :  13:57:49  Show Profile
i think i'd have to go with Tony's Theme for one of them.. hmm.

Surf Epic might actually be apprropriate for a funeral.. in a David Lynch sort of way..

i'll have to think about it
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
6214 Posts

Posted - 09/20/2003 :  14:49:06  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address
anouncement

that always had a funeral vibe to me

''it's not a box, it's a submarine''
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monkey40258
- FB Fan -

USA
9 Posts

Posted - 09/20/2003 :  15:10:30  Show Profile
I think i would have to pick "Blast Off" cause my soul is free, "Hermaphroditos" cause by then every one will be wondering what the hell is going on, and finally "St. Francis Dam Disaster" cause there is nothing like a song about a disaster to liven things up
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DruggedBunny
= Cult of Ray =

United Kingdom
395 Posts

Posted - 09/20/2003 :  15:33:24  Show Profile

quote:

> *LOL* Did your gramma whisper and leave you a man for the world?

thats a teeny bit insensitive, don'tya think?



Not to worry.

No, she didn't literally whisper anything like that, but the strangely positive feeling was there throughout the funeral, despite the sadness of the circumstances -- purely because of that song, and lines such as that quoted/"Heroine from the stars", etc...
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Kingmob999
- FB Fan -

57 Posts

Posted - 09/21/2003 :  14:07:05  Show Profile
Um, I dont think I care whats playing at my funeral cause, well cause I'll be dead.Shit they could be playing" If loooving you is wroong, I dont wanna be right, cause if being right is livin without you , than I'd rather live a wrong-doin life" And I wouldnt give a shit. Man, what stupid lyrics.
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blarg007
= Cult of Ray =

USA
493 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2003 :  08:52:50  Show Profile
funeral?

R
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Bartholomew
= Cult of Ray =

USA
344 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2003 :  09:26:58  Show Profile
Actually, I have told my wife repeatedly to make sure and play Freedy Johnston's "Arriving on a train". And if there's time, if no one's in a big hurry to leave the funeral home I'll also have her play Sparklehorse's "It's a wonderful life". No Frank Black. None of his songs fit the mood. I'll enjoy him while I'm alive, I guess.

Idea for a new topic: Songs you'll have playing from a discman inside your coffin...I'd probably have White Zombie's "Dragula". Or maybe "Why me Lord?" as covered by Johnny Cash.
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blarg007
= Cult of Ray =

USA
493 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2003 :  10:04:36  Show Profile
'i wannna live on an abstract plain' i suppose.
-listening to white zombie for eternity puts a
very ugly picture in my head...

R
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blarg007
= Cult of Ray =

USA
493 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2003 :  10:06:25  Show Profile
and of course that would have to be a newer 'discman'
with the extra long life batteries...

R

Edited by - blarg007 on 09/22/2003 10:06:45
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FrequencyOfGlow
- FB Fan -

USA
157 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2003 :  12:46:43  Show Profile  Visit FrequencyOfGlow's Homepage
The Last Stand of Shazeb Andleeb
The Whispering Weeds

I like that lemur, I lick it. That's velvety!
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blarg007
= Cult of Ray =

USA
493 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2003 :  13:07:14  Show Profile
how about 'bad harmony' and 'it's a horrible day'?

R

Edited by - blarg007 on 09/22/2003 13:11:45
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BrendanT
= Cult of Ray =

Canada
907 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2003 :  13:10:16  Show Profile
Announcement to begin.
At The End Of The World to close!

Strummer-man
I had me a vision!

It's step, hip, step, pivot! Are you trying to piss-off the volcano?!
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Itchload
= Cult of Ray =

USA
891 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2003 :  13:36:12  Show Profile
Dancing the Manta Ray and Bailey's Walk, and ahead of time I'd have planned a synchronized dance for everyone to do around my coffin as these songs played (naturally with breaks so everyone could stop, tap, and spin when needed)
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *

1446 Posts

Posted - 09/22/2003 :  18:40:59  Show Profile
The "Duke of Earl" cover.

I can't think of anything else. I'll be dead. I don't care what they play.
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Dishboy007
- FB Fan -

USA
13 Posts

Posted - 09/23/2003 :  03:40:03  Show Profile  Click to see Dishboy007's MSN Messenger address
No Frank Black or Pixies. I aways pictured the song "there's a place in Hell for me and my friends" by Morrissey

Dishboy007
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Devils Islander
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
101 Posts

Posted - 09/23/2003 :  04:05:10  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by Itchload

Dancing the Manta Ray and Bailey's Walk, and ahead of time I'd have planned a synchronized dance for everyone to do around my coffin as these songs played (naturally with breaks so everyone could stop, tap, and spin when needed)



That is one of the best ideas I have ever read. They should have done it at Princess Di's funeral. The very thought of the great and the good (including that fat ponce, Elton John) stopping, tapping, and spinning in a kind of Danse Macabre sends me into convulsions.

...where the Ballyhoos and the Tritons are.
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1772 Posts

Posted - 09/23/2003 :  05:42:00  Show Profile  Visit PsychicTwin's Homepage
I think "Man of Steel" would have to be the one for me.

~Our children are all released, since the river flushed them clean~ ---> http://psychictwin.tripod.com
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