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Re: OTR, friends, and grief...
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 GidgetTMsMan at aol_com wrote:
> Hey all,
> I was looking for some opinions, and I can't think of anywhere else
> to go at the moment. I am working on a project, and I am trying to find
> some modern songs that accompany grief. My cultural studies seminar got
> into a big argument last night about the use of modern music in
> funerals, etc. I agreed with them that I really could do without "wind
> beneath my wings" or "candle in the wind." Maybe I'm just a morbid
> person but a number of recent events and then this discussion led me to
> ask, "What modern music would you have played at your funeral?" Or if
> you don't want to delve there, then which songs most accompany your
> personal feelings of grief?
great questions.
i'd say:
amazing grace, for no real reason.
i'm tired of sappy songs. songs that make me cry.
my aunt sang the wind beneath my wings. it was ok.
dad sang amazing grace. that worked better.
and probably for no real reason either, Just a closer walk with thee.
calling all angels.
least in a bittersweet way, Little Blue River will always make me
picture my granddad smiling vaguely and waving his hands; sketching out
the beat.
the bagpiper's lament, and shenandoah, the old whaler chantey.
not super traditional.
i think music has a place everywhere, even in grief or in funerals. and
the over used are used for a reason, even overused. people can't imagine
maybe, intheir grief, of something different. or it's just so
overwhelming, that the most common rises to mind first.
if i had dared, i would've had little blue river played.
rhys
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