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 – Bruy�res
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?
