Ship of Fools: Singing our way to the other side (music you've been listening to)

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Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :

Simon posted a summary of a mix CD that Erin had burned for him back in the day in this comment; he was himself inspired by Louise's recollection of music she played the night she heard.

I thought this topic was interesting enough for its own thread. I have definitely had my own "playlist" and have seen some other "music" comments as well. And we had what I thought was an inspiring hymn-sing in the Cafe during our vigil. So with that in mind ...

What's in your mind's ear? What are you listening to and/or singing as you process the shock and grief? Share titles, and audio clips or other links if you've got them.

(I'll start with some of mine in a separate comment to keep this post a bit shorter.)

Peace!

Charlotte

Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :

A small part of my mental soundtrack:

"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone"

Alison Moyet's version of "Dido's Lament"

and the Kontakion for the Dead (thank you Spike for doing it in the Cafe).

A friend had posted a link to Faure's "In Paradisum" very recently, which made me think of the Rutter Requiem our choir did last All Souls and the haunting "Lux Aeterna" at the end.

Posted by jlg (# 98) on :

Before the Vigil started, I happened across Zappa's Gerry Rafferty RIP thread in All Saints and ended up listening to Baker Street a few times.

When I couldn't get into the Cafe for the Vigil, I dug up Simon's CD playlist and googled some random pieces. I ended up listening to a lot of Dido (starting with Thank You) which segued into lots of Loreena McKennitt.

Sometime in the next week I'll find a couple of hours and settle in with some vodka or Cabernet Sauvignon (her cited drinks of choice - I don't do champagne by myself) and the Verdi Requiem.

Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :

Well if you want something gentle and soothing DO NOT listen to this.

But if you like black humour and some gutsy blues rock try:
you're only a breath away from your Personal Judgement Day

by Big tent Revival.

My family are appalled that I want the casket carried out to this at my funeral, which is probably why I want it all the more.

Posted by Amorya (# 2652) on :

Song for Athene.

"Give rest, O Lord, to your handmaid, who has fallen asleep."

(Full lyrics are in the comments to the Youtube vid.)

Posted by OliviaG (# 9881) on :

I mentioned during the wake that I was listening to the Emperor Concerto. I like Beethoven for tough times because for me, his music captures the human condition: one foot in the grave and one hand reaching for the stars. OliviaG

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

I mentioned elsewhere that the Spinners' "Mighty Love" was going through my head incessantly for the couple days before we found out.

It occured to me yesterday that this one needs to be on the playlist.

[ 08. January 2011, 01:58: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]

Posted by jlg (# 98) on :

Kelly, those lyrics really say it.

Posted by tomb (# 174) on :

Amorya: thanks for the Tavener.

Posted by RooK (# 1852) on :

Good Riddance by Green Day

Posted by Autenrieth Road (# 10509) on :

After the cafe crashed midway through the wake, my software install was done and my mother wanted me to do some errands with her. So instead of waiting for the cafe to come back up (which I understand happened quickly with Pease on the job), I headed out and turned the radio on in the car. It was playing the end of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2. I will look for this on CD and listen to it all the way through. I don't know if Erin liked this kind of music, but I hope she doesn't mind if I think of it as Erin's Song.

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

quote:
Originally posted by RooK:
Good Riddance by Green Day

oh yes! what a perfect song.

I have been listening to Wyclef's "Knocking on Heaven's Door" which is a little maudlin but fit my mood exactly.

Posted by Think² (# 1984) on :

I had this on. But I have to admit I have always loved this for its black humour. (It came very close to being a Christmas number 1 in the UK one year - I was gutted when it was bumped off by some easy listening rubbish.)

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

'Spirit of the Lord come Down' by John Harper, words posted here as a prayer for the Ship as she sails on.

But I suspect Erin would rather like the black humour ones that are running through our heads as well, such as 'Always look on the bright side of life / death' - one my brother chose for his funeral, and 'We'll all go together when we go'.

(People of a very sensitive flyffye bynnye nature probably should not click on the second link above as the words and pictures might upset.... Everyone else join in.)

Posted by Ricardus (# 8757) on :

As a bellringer, there is only one possibility.

(Totally incomprehensible explanation here.)

Posted by ostiarius (# 13726) on :

I think this is a beautiful video. The Kievan chant has been used at clergy funerals at our church.

Posted by Adeodatus (# 4992) on :

I listened to exactly that recording yesterday, ostiarius! And this. Call me kitsch, but it seemed right.

Posted by Rossweisse (# 2349) on :

Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem.

Posted by Amorya (# 2652) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Ricardus:
As a bellringer, there is only one possibility.

(Totally incomprehensible explanation here.)

I think I'll have a go at ringing that on Monday. (I've rung Stedman before and it doesn't look any harder.)

The song I came to this thread to post is It is Well with My Soul.

Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :

Kel, excellent!

Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :

I also want to say that we sang "I want to be a child of the light" as our final hymn at our Epiphany service the night before Erin's funeral, in which it was included.

I usually think it's too twee and tend to roll my eyes, but not that time. Now I think I know why [Biased]

.

Charlotte

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

I think the Green Day song is perfect, too.

Posted by jlg (# 98) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Amazing Grace:
I also want to say that we sang "I want to be a child of the light" as our final hymn at our Epiphany service the night before Erin's funeral, in which it was included.

I usually think it's too twee and tend to roll my eyes, but not that time. Now I think I know why .

Charlotte

I had the same feeling of reassessment about that song, Amazing Grace. Erin was a consummate 'gator, and could be a tough bitch, but she was also an innocent, wondering, wandering, sometimes unhappy child when she let us get a glimpse of her faith.

Posted by tomb (# 174) on :

"I Want to Walk as a Child of the LIght" was written by Kathleen Thomerson when she was loosely affiliated with the Church of the Redeemer in Houston, Texas--hence the tune name, Houston. Commentators tend to discount the hymn because of the "intensely personal" nature of the sentiments expressed in it and to damn it with faint praise. Still, it is one of only a handful of new hymns/songs from the Charismatic Movement that made it into the 1982 American Episcopal hymnal and is arguably strikingly important because of its inclusion there. It probably has a corollary in those Lutheran pietistic hymns that so annoy ELCA theologians and musicologists.

All that being said, it probably annoyed the hell out of Erin when it was visited upon her in Divine Service. That misery was probably salutary for her soul.

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
I think the Green Day song is perfect, too.

since RooK mentioned it I've been practicing it all afternoon. I'll get it eventually. whatever the reason for the reminder, it's a lovely song. thanks, RooK.

Posted by jlg (# 98) on :

quote:
Originally posted by tomb:
All that being said, it probably annoyed the hell out of Erin when it was visited upon her in Divine Service. That misery was probably salutary for her soul.

Maybe, maybe not, tomb. Her playlist, as evidenced by the CD burn posted by Simon, shows a lot of schmaltzy emotive sad stuff. (I suspect she made it during a bad time in her life.) The kind of schlock I like. And despite my intellectual brain telling me that Child of the Light is a stupid song, my emotional brain likes it. Just like it likes the Verdi Requiem.

None of us are one-dimensional.

OK, I'll admit that she might have rolled her eyes when that particular song hit her in Heaven.

That's an interesting thought: Do we observe our Last Rites after we die? And if so, what do we think of them?

Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :

Radio 2 is currently playing the recent version of 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' by Israel 'IZ' Kamakawiwo'ole.

I believe this was used in the TV show 'Scrubs' which I know Erin loved - Dr Cox was, shall we say, something of an inspiration. [Big Grin]

Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :

I don't know about Scrubs, but the version combined with 'what a wonderful world' featured on ER for Mark Greene's death. I've often thought it's one of the most mournful songs I've ever heard.

Posted by Moo (# 107) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Amorya:
The song I came to this thread to post is It is Well with My Soul.

Here is the music.

Moo

Posted by Beenster (# 242) on :

As someone who likes Tallis, I have had If ye love me playing. The words struck me as appropriate:

If ye love me
Keep my commandments ..

Although I am wondering how "another comforter" will unfold.

Not sure if necessarily this is the best setting but I was attracted to the video with the number of people tramping their way up hills, down hills, through woods - all carrying lights. All journeying on.

Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Eutychus:
I don't know about Scrubs, but the version combined with 'what a wonderful world' featured on ER for Mark Greene's death. I've often thought it's one of the most mournful songs I've ever heard.

Ah, maybe I'm getting my hospital programmes mixed up then. I don't follow either.

Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :

I lit a candle this morning at church, and was at peace during my prayer in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel.

Then when I went to the service, the opening hymn was this:

quote:
Here in this place, new light is streaming
Now is the darkness vanished away,
See, in this space, our fears and our dreamings,
Brought here to you in the light of this day.
Gather us in the lost and forsaken
Gather us in the blind and the lame;
Call to us now, and we shall awaken
We shall arise at the sound of our name.

I wept a bit. And it has stayed with me all day

Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :

Obscure but appropriate?

Omaha return by Rolfe Kent from the soundtrack to About Schmidt

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :

This thread is a real comfort. 'Scrubs' theme here.

Posted by morningstar (# 15860) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Ricardus:
As a bellringer, there is only one possibility.

(Totally incomprehensible explanation here.)

Incomprehensible? Maybe but also very apposite. I love the bit that says:
"Erin can be used as a 'stepping stone' to move the band on towards Stedman" Stedman, apparently, being "very useful for ringers learning to hunt"

What could be a better preparation for what's needed on the Ship right now? (pace Rook).

[ 10. January 2011, 18:30: Message edited by: morningstar ]

Posted by Squibs (# 14408) on :

Casimir Pulaski Day

"Oh the glory that the Lord has made
And the complications you could do without
When I kissed you on the mouth..."

Posted by Lesedi (# 5234) on :

I've not been around in quite a while so my grief for Erin is limited, not nearly what it is for others on this board. I'm more aware of the corporate grief at a variety of levels.

All that said, two songs are rumbling around my brain. The first is Roseanne Cash's Will You Remember Me. They used it at the funeral of her father, Johnny Cash.

The second is Warren Zevon's Keep Me in Your Heart. It is part of his final cd.

Cherie

Posted by Nunzia (# 4766) on :

I keep hearing, Everything in Heaven Comes Apart by Martyn Joseph and Steward Henderson. It's not very Erin-specific;I always think of it when somebody dies.

But also, One Last Drink.

Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :

Comfort music...

Deep Enough To Dream

Nearer, My God, To Thee

Mistaken

Untitled Hymn

Amazing Grace

Posted by dolphy (# 862) on :

I posted this on another thread for Erin but this is one song that we shared together when Miss Molly passed on, and it speaks volumes for Erin also x

For a Friend

Another song Erin and I shared is another one by Sarah McLachlan. This song she sent to me on an email when we were talking about my Dad who was, at that time, very seriously ill and who passed away only a few weeks later. I am sure that Erin would not mind me posting here the first line from that email:

"Dear dolphy, I want to give you this song because I feel it might help you to come to terms with the grief you are feeling at this point in your life."

She went on to write much more in the email but, once again, I will not share those private moments with you all.

She signed the email as follows:

"With all my love and prayers, Erin. P.S. If you ever post in hell that I can be a fluffy bunny, I will flame your dolphin tuna stinking butt!"

Well Erin, you never said anything about posting here. God bless you, dearest Croc! and I never thought I'd be sharing this song you gave to me in memory of you....

Hold On

[ 11. January 2011, 15:34: Message edited by: dolphy ]

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

quote:
Originally posted by dolphy:
She signed the email as follows:

"With all my love and prayers, Erin. P.S. If you ever post in hell that I can be a fluffy bunny, I will flame your dolphin tuna stinking butt!"[/URL]

Posted by dolphy (# 862) on :

[Big Grin]

and

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

...and a great sig it is, Dolphy. [Cool]

Posted by Mr Curly (# 5518) on :

I've been listening to The Unforgettable Fire frequently lately. Not sure how it started, but it has suited my mood - from Erin's passing, and other events.

If I get to plan my funeral, there will be no singing. But a song by Tiddas, Waving Goodbye, will be played. I was unable to find a link to this melancholy masterpiece to introduce it to you all.

mr curly

Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :

See You Later Alligator, in the purity of its original form... hee... [Tear]

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