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Re: OTR, friends, and grief...
Hey Rhys, you mentioned the song calling
all angels last week, and I was wondering
who sings that? Because I think I heard that
song in the end of the movie Pay it Forward,
and I really liked the song. I always wondered
who sang it.. Do you think that s the one your
talking about?
patty
>From: rhys daily <shadow at teuton_org>
>Reply-To: rhys daily <shadow at teuton_org>
>To: Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com
>Subject: Re: OTR, friends, and grief...
>Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 09:22:25 -0600 (MDT)
>
>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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