ICF

Simon Pearson - minor9th.com

Thursday, February 2, 2006

posted in Music

Cast your mind back to the wake of the July 2005 bombings in London - remember when everyone was adding ICE to their mobile phones - a number to contact In Case of Emergency? Here’s a little explanation in case it passed you by.

Well - I think there are more important things. Think the unthinkable, if you will: you’ve put ICE in your phone, paramedics have to call your nearest and dearest to inform them of the terrible news, and then they go and ruin it all by playing inappropriate music at your funeral. Rubbish!

I’m not expecting to die any time soon. I don’t have a death wish; I don’t even have a ‘death wish’ like those those ‘crazy’ guys at Channel 4. However, if I am inadvertently run over by a golf cart on my daily commute, or pawed to death by a giant bear in my office, I know full well that my well-meaning parents will play Rainy Days and Mondays by The Carpenters at my funeral, possibly followed by a little Norah Jones or Hayley Westenra. No no no. Definitely not over my dead body.

Bloggers: I propose ICF - In Case of Funeral. Unlike those people who say they’d like See You Later, Alligator at their funeral, I want my passing to be marked by a complete blubfest. Ergo, here’s my ICF music:

Bjork - Unison
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (after much consideration this is much better than the Leonard Cohen version)
Simon Pearson - Bells (not sure about this - depends on how pompous I want this sombre occasion to be)
Debussy - Bruyï¿½res

I shall add to this list as I think of more suitable tunes to choose from.

What about you - what music do you require at your funeral?

9 comments on “ICF”

There’s a fab piece by a guy called Derek Bourgouise (or some similarly french-looking spelling) called Serenade - in 13-8 and 11-8. I love the idea of my coffin being carried down the aisle to a piece it is impossible to walk in time to.After that, I’ve always liked the idea of all my tearful friends singing Taverner’s Funeral Ikos, but I’ll leave that to you guys!Maybe something by The Killers, or Keane’s Bend and Break - just for the lines “I’ll see you on the other side, I’ll meet you in the light”.
Martyn
February 2nd, 2006 at 8:20 pm
i also want jeff buckley’s hallelujah, and apart from that i haven’t really thought too much about it. when i saw the turner prize 2005 exhibition darren almond’s exhibit, ‘if i had you’, included a piece of piano music which was very pretty and i was sure i’d heard it before, but i can’t remember where, and i can’t find out what it is.
penny
February 3rd, 2006 at 10:26 pm
ooh apparently it’s taken from a richard james album, as in aphex twin. maybe it’s on one of the mixes you’ve made me si! x
penny
February 3rd, 2006 at 10:31 pm
the smiths - there is a light that never goes out
peter gabriel - here comes the flood
jeff buckley - satisfied mind
mishie
February 4th, 2006 at 7:14 am
Me and Davros were discussing precisely this a few weeks ago, after having a few shandies and I came up with a totally musical programme for my see-off. No words at all. If you’re there, you most probably knew me, so don’t need to hear about me.
Song wise……..Run For Home - Lindisfarne, one of my own that I haven’t written yet (but wil let you know when I have). And the classic ‘Golden Slumbers, Carry that Weight, the end’ finale from The Beatles’ Abbey Road would be nice. Ta.
Andy
February 4th, 2006 at 12:54 pm
You know, I’ve had this conversation many times with friends and every time I fail to come up with anything serious. The idea of an event that reduces everyone I love to tears is bad enough, but with music? I just end up suggesting “Fox - S-s-s-single bed” and the Kink’s “Death of a clown” followed by something by half-man half-biscuit. Seriously.
sarah
February 4th, 2006 at 11:49 pm
My choice of songs here.
rich_w
February 13th, 2006 at 8:36 am
I’d quite like to have “Dido’s Lament” from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. It’s very cheesy and over the top, but it should induce a suitably large amount of wailing and knashing of teeth from the mourners. I also have a friend who is a church organist - and he’s horrified at the idea that someone else will get to play at his funeral (and not do it the way he likes it). Therefore, I suspect he may be planning to record a CD in advance of his death that can be played on the day.
Richard
February 14th, 2006 at 9:21 pm
I have every intention of being immortal….might not pan out though…so

Anything Buddhist like to ensure re-incarnation

Cremation : Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

Burial : Living in a Box - Living in a Box

Either : Good Riddance (Time of your Life) - Green Day

Finishing with the 1812 Overture as I head for the flames/the hole in the ground.

(Please inform my wife if such an eventuallity unexpectedly occurs - thank you)
Four Dinners
February 15th, 2006 at 5:28 pm

Flicktures

Roasted butternut squash with goat's cheese

I'd love to shoot sparklers on super-slow camera

There’s a fab piece by a guy called Derek Bourgouise (or some similarly french-looking spelling) called Serenade - in 13-8 and 11-8. I love the idea of my coffin being carried down the aisle to a piece it is impossible to walk in time to.After that, I’ve always liked the idea of all my tearful friends singing Taverner’s Funeral Ikos, but I’ll leave that to you guys!Maybe something by The Killers, or Keane’s Bend and Break - just for the lines “I’ll see you on the other side, I’ll meet you in the light”.

Martyn

February 2nd, 2006 at 8:20 pm

i also want jeff buckley’s hallelujah, and apart from that i haven’t really thought too much about it. when i saw the turner prize 2005 exhibition darren almond’s exhibit, ‘if i had you’, included a piece of piano music which was very pretty and i was sure i’d heard it before, but i can’t remember where, and i can’t find out what it is.

penny

February 3rd, 2006 at 10:26 pm

ooh apparently it’s taken from a richard james album, as in aphex twin. maybe it’s on one of the mixes you’ve made me si! x

February 3rd, 2006 at 10:31 pm

the smiths - there is a light that never goes out
peter gabriel - here comes the flood
jeff buckley - satisfied mind

mishie

February 4th, 2006 at 7:14 am

Me and Davros were discussing precisely this a few weeks ago, after having a few shandies and I came up with a totally musical programme for my see-off. No words at all. If you’re there, you most probably knew me, so don’t need to hear about me.
Song wise……..Run For Home - Lindisfarne, one of my own that I haven’t written yet (but wil let you know when I have). And the classic ‘Golden Slumbers, Carry that Weight, the end’ finale from The Beatles’ Abbey Road would be nice. Ta.

Andy

February 4th, 2006 at 12:54 pm

You know, I’ve had this conversation many times with friends and every time I fail to come up with anything serious. The idea of an event that reduces everyone I love to tears is bad enough, but with music? I just end up suggesting “Fox - S-s-s-single bed” and the Kink’s “Death of a clown” followed by something by half-man half-biscuit. Seriously.

sarah

February 4th, 2006 at 11:49 pm

My choice of songs here.

rich_w

February 13th, 2006 at 8:36 am

I’d quite like to have “Dido’s Lament” from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. It’s very cheesy and over the top, but it should induce a suitably large amount of wailing and knashing of teeth from the mourners. I also have a friend who is a church organist - and he’s horrified at the idea that someone else will get to play at his funeral (and not do it the way he likes it). Therefore, I suspect he may be planning to record a CD in advance of his death that can be played on the day.

Richard

February 14th, 2006 at 9:21 pm

I have every intention of being immortal….might not pan out though…so

Anything Buddhist like to ensure re-incarnation

Cremation : Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

Burial : Living in a Box - Living in a Box

Either : Good Riddance (Time of your Life) - Green Day

Finishing with the 1812 Overture as I head for the flames/the hole in the ground.

(Please inform my wife if such an eventuallity unexpectedly occurs - thank you)

Four Dinners

February 15th, 2006 at 5:28 pm

Simon Pearson - minor9th.com

ICF

9 comments on “ICF”

Leave a Reply

Flicktures

tunes