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Post by Jane on Jun 8, 2008 10:53:25 GMT -5
Taking off on a post of slb's: what songshymns/instrumentals do you want at your funeral?
For me:
Imagine (the sentimental favorite of boomers everywhere)
for my daughters: You Are the Love of My Life by Carly Simon
if a hymn is neccessary: The old hymn "Be Thou My Vision" but with the unitarian lyrics
for the recessional: What a Wonderful World by Louie Armstrong
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Post by Jane on Jun 8, 2008 10:57:18 GMT -5
Here are the Carly Simon lyrics
I love lilacs and avocados
Ukuleles and fireworks
And woody allen and walking in the snow
But youve got to know that
Youre the love of my life
You are the love of my life
You are the love of my life
You are the love of my life
>from the moment I first saw you
The second that you were born
I knew that you were the love of my life
Quite simply the love of my life
I love lucy and pumpernickel bread
The statue of liberty and standing ovations
And falling into bed
But get it through your head that
Youre the love of my life
You are the love of my life
You are the love of my life
You are the love of my life
>from the moment I first saw you
The second that you were born
I knew that you were the love of my life
Quite simply the love of my life
You an drive me crazy
You can drive me anywhere
Here are the keys
Just do as you please
It may not always be easy
But youre the love of my life
My heart is riding on a runaway train
You are the love of my life
Through all the pleasure and pain
>from the moment I first saw you
I knew it right away
I knew that you were the love of my life
Simply the love of my life
You are the love
The great love of my life.
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Post by gailkate on Jun 8, 2008 11:18:58 GMT -5
As usual, I'm going to have to ponder.
Is the Carly Simon song about a baby?
Here's my hymn. The melody could make an ogre cry:
Softly And Tenderly Lyrics:
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me;
See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching,
Watching for you and for me.
Come home, come home,
You who are weary, come home;
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
Pleading for you and for me?
Why should we linger and heed not His mercies,
Mercies for you and for me?
Come home, come home,
You who are weary, come home;
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!
Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,
Passing from you and from me;
Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming,
Coming for you and for me.
Come home, come home,
You who are weary, come home;
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!
O for the wonderful love He has promised,
Promised for you and for me!
Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon,
Pardon for you and for me.
Come home, come home,
You who are weary, come home;
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!
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Post by Jane on Jun 8, 2008 16:19:55 GMT -5
Yes, Simon's song is about her children.
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Post by joew on Jun 8, 2008 17:30:09 GMT -5
gailkate —
That hymn would have been a great fit with today's gospel reading: the call of Matthew, ending with Jesus quoting Hosea to the Pharisees, "It is mercy I desire, not sacrifice," and adding, "I came to call not the righteous but sinners."
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Post by joew on Jun 8, 2008 17:32:35 GMT -5
For my hymns, I'd definitely want "Abide with Me" and "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" the latter sung to the tune of Duke Street.
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Post by gailkate on Jun 8, 2008 18:48:15 GMT -5
I know I've referenced this before but you can hear just about every hymn in every version (including the Duke Street tune which had me scratching my head) here: www.cyberhymnal.org/I've thought some more and don't know why these didn't spring instantly to mind: A Simon and Garfunkel medley, including Bridge Over Troubled Water, Homeward Bound, Bookends, Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes...maybe everything they ever wrote.  Recessional: Here Comes the Sun |
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Post by joew on Jun 8, 2008 22:00:14 GMT -5
The cyberhymnal is great! The former organist at my church bad sent me the link some years ago. One tune I found on it and like very much is Avondale. I listened to it because I have cousins in Avondale, CO. But it is good enough in its own right. And I also like the words of one of the hymn texts which are given with it: The Tender Love a Father Has. www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/t/t/ttlafhas.htmBTW Duke Street was my father's favorite tune (probably because it has a good bass line — Dad sang bass). As I have mentioned, he was a Unitarian. So he went to church by himself. Sometimes when he came home he would say, "We sang Duke Street in church today." He never mentioned any of the other tunes they sang, so it was obvious that it was his favorite. But it was only after he died, when we had it played at his funeral, that I heard it and realized what a fine tune it is. |
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Post by slb2 on Jun 8, 2008 23:37:41 GMT -5
I'm not a hymn-girl. I grew up in the Catholic church with the Glory & Praise songbook, guitars both acoustic and electric, upright bass, drums, tamborine, etc. But I'm listening to Duke Street version of I Know That My Redeemer Lives and I wish that I could sing it with y'all right now. I'm not terribly partial to it, but I love to sing with others. Once in a great while, 8 y.o. and I will sing a good-night song. He has a most wonderful voice, like his dad, and I can hear the potential power, like his Uncle Jim. It warms my heart to near ecstacy. And sometimes we sing together. If you could only hear us, " Land of the silver birch/Home of the beaver/Where still the mighty moose/Wanders at will/Blue lake and rocky shore/I will return once more/Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, bo-oo-oom |
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Post by joew on Jun 9, 2008 9:07:19 GMT -5
That sounds like fun. I wish the audio version had given us the whole song, or at least the second verse.
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Post by slb2 on Jun 9, 2008 9:38:44 GMT -5
Maybe I can get him to do something on youtube with me, joew.  |
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Post by joew on Jun 9, 2008 14:05:32 GMT -5
Yesss!
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Post by michael on Jun 9, 2008 17:05:21 GMT -5
What song will be played at my funeral? I ponder this question almost daily (chuckle).
At the moment, I’m thinking Herb Alpert’s instrumental version of “Girl Talk” from his 1969 album Warm. Herb’s version is so laid back and smooth, it reminds me of a '60s summer in upstate New York; driving in an old Chevy convertible with the top down – cut-off shorts, barefoot, radio blaring as we head to Letchworth State Park. Yes, it’s the song I want played at my funeral.
Mike
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Post by booklady on Jun 9, 2008 19:17:35 GMT -5
"Be Thou My Vision" is perhaps my most favorite hymn and I'd love it played at my funeral. "Like A River Glorious," too.
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Post by slb2 on Jun 18, 2008 1:50:19 GMT -5
I love jane's choices. I also want A Wonderful World by Louie Armstrong. And I want my Cajun music, but I want both of my favorites, even though that squeaky fiddle and too-loud accordion might bug others. So, the priest will have to play BeauSoleil's Tasso/McGee's Reel and Chez Denouse. No one plays it better than The Band, so it'll have to be recorded music for that part. Fields of GoldForever Young by DylanAnd we'll end with a hymn, believe it or not: How Can I Keep From Singing?I realize this doesn't include Calling on Angels by  but maybe that can be playing as people enter or exit the room? For the life of me, I can't remember the trio of women who sing that song; ThoS posted an exquisite link to them singing it on APHC, but I can't find it, even using the search function. |
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Post by Thomas Scheuzger on Jun 18, 2008 9:26:32 GMT -5
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Post by gailkate on Jun 18, 2008 9:39:59 GMT -5
The Wailing Jennys. I thought it was Calling All Angels. No wonder I can't find it - but I don't think they've actually recorded it yet.
I just found it, by Jane Siberry(?). I like the Jennys better.
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Post by slb2 on Jun 18, 2008 10:10:51 GMT -5
Thank you Sir ThoS. And now I, too, have that song in my head. I'm listening to it at the moment. My 15 y.o. is sitting at the kitchen table behind me listening as well. Amazingly, she likes lots and lots of "my" music, having uploaded dozens of my CDs to her iPod. I think she'll be won over by the Jennys after this.
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Post by liriodendron on Jun 18, 2008 10:16:12 GMT -5
The Wailing Jennys. I thought it was Calling All Angels. No wonder I can't find it - but I don't think they've actually recorded it yet. I just found it, by Jane Siberry(?). I like the Jennys better. It's not on iTunes. Maybe Thomas could put a bug in their ear that there are people out here willing to pay cold hard cash to buy it if they'd record it. |
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Post by gailkate on Jun 18, 2008 19:10:57 GMT -5
I hadn't seen Thomas's note when I started looking for covers I could listen to. No one does the lovely high notes as well, not even Siberry. At least of the ones I found. There were a lot of versions, including one by Train which sounded like something else entirely. Bu all means, those sweet women need to record that song immediately. I might even buy an iPod |
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but maybe that can be playing as people enter or exit the room? For the life of me, I can't remember the trio of women who sing that song; ThoS posted an exquisite link to them singing it on APHC, but I can't find it, even using the search function.
