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Title: 'Til I Die Post by: buddhahat on August 10, 2011, 03:54:21 AM Just stumbled across this recent article whilst googling "Beach Boys Smile Sessions" in vain hope of new info.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2022367/DYLAN-JONES-Say-goodbye-Beach-Boys.html Dylan Jones, editor of GQ, lists 4 BB songs that he wants played at his funeral. Anyone else have similar plans? I always thought 'Add Some Music' might be a good song to bow out to. That or Breakaway. In fact, the more I listen to Breakaway, the more I think it is a perfect funeral song, and quite morbid in its own way. Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: The Heartical Don on August 10, 2011, 03:59:44 AM Interesting. Although I think I might live forever, which may be not necessarily a good thing, I have pondered some BBs-related funeral songs.
'Til I Die' is not among them, mostly because it is about someone in depression, passive, not in control, until he expires. A great song, just not fit for leaving this world. 'Surf's Up' is certainly one of mine. The theme is: sadness, decadence, decay, the collapse of something important, but all of that is trancending into hope for the future, new things, the spirit of youth and creation. 'Let's Go Away For Awhile' is another. Can't exactly say why. 'Diamond Head' might be another candidate. I don't want morose stuff, whilst people are toasting on my demise with a glass of good red wine. But it should not be festive either. When I think of more, I'll come back. Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: theCOD on August 10, 2011, 05:26:12 AM Four from Smiley:
Vegetables Heroes and Villains Fall Breaks and Back to Winter Whistle In Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Chris Brown on August 10, 2011, 06:50:04 AM I've long desired to have my funeral open and close with "Our Prayer" - my (yet to be completed) version to open and the Beach Boys version to close.
Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: The Heartical Don on August 10, 2011, 06:56:07 AM I've long desired to have my funeral open and close with "Our Prayer" - my (yet to be completed) version to open and the Beach Boys version to close. Not bad. Opening with One For The Boys and closing with Our Prayer would be aesthetically pleasing too. Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: ghost on August 10, 2011, 06:58:51 AM Student Demonstration Time. (Mike Love agrees to perform it at my funeral wearing a fake beard, this is just a little opening to the funeral).
Take Good Care Of Your Feet (I died of foot related problems - this song makes everyone cry uncontrollably). Don't Go Near The Water (a jellyfish stung my foot in the ocean). Brian performing selected Baldwin organ excerpts to a reading of the Psychedelic Book Of The Dead (So that my soul can traverse the bardo successfully and find suitable parents to be born as a male again to attain supreme enlightenment in my next life, like Mike Love). Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: 2 and a half on August 10, 2011, 07:16:23 AM Be Still
All Alone Busy Doin' Nothin' Forever Here Comes the Night I Went to Sleep It's Over Now Shut Down there are so many... Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: buddhahat on August 10, 2011, 07:24:19 AM Take Good Care Of Your Feet (I died of foot related problems - this song makes everyone cry uncontrollably). Love it! Here Comes the Night I Went to Sleep Shut Down Also very funny Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: ghost on August 10, 2011, 07:24:35 AM ENDLESS SLEEP
(didn't Brian do a song called this? I've never heard it so for all I know it could be about how Brian accidentally killed his surfer girl while making love and now she's in endless sleep laying on his bed) Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: rab2591 on August 10, 2011, 07:25:32 AM When I die and my corpse is being wheeled around some dingy funeral hall, the last thing i'd want is a Beach Boys song being played. Funerals are normally bleak affairs and I wouldn't want the attending people thinking of my dead body every time they heard 'California Girls' on the radio anytime after the funeral.
Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: ghost on August 10, 2011, 07:31:14 AM When I die and my corpse is being wheeled around some dingy funeral hall, the last thing i'd want is a Beach Boys song being played. Funerals are normally bleak affairs and I wouldn't want the attending people thinking of my dead body every time they heard 'California Girls' on the radio anytime after the funeral. That's why you, with your death, have to change things. You have the power, Rab. When you die - make it a celebration. Rab has entered the Unknown. His corporeal form lays lifeless before us but his spirit liveth on forever. Shining Mike Love's gold shoes in heaven. *cue Funky Pretty* Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: 37!ws on August 10, 2011, 07:46:34 AM Hmmm.....my response obviously didn't go through...ah well...here goes...
Personally, I don't want a funeral. But if people insist on funeralizing me, I want it to be New Orleans-style, complete with people dancing on my casket at some point. Only thing, though, is that nothing Beach Boys-related has that New Orleans vibe to it. HOWEVER -- maybe "All Summer Long" would work for this. Why? Well, I dunno about the rest of the tour, but at Brian's concert in St. Charles, for the final encore Brian and the guys processed out on stage New Orleans-style to a rhythm Mike tapped out on his snare. (They didn't do this in Toronto, which is why I'm wondering if they did that for any other show.) Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Magic Transistor Radio on August 10, 2011, 08:03:20 AM Mount Vernon and Fairway
Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: The Heartical Don on August 10, 2011, 08:21:51 AM Opening: Ding Dang
Closing: Shortenin' Bread Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: rogerlancelot on August 10, 2011, 08:35:50 AM "Farewell My Friend" and "The End Of The Show" from POB. Makes perfect sense.
Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: bossaroo on August 10, 2011, 11:14:09 AM HOWEVER -- maybe "All Summer Long" would work for this. Why? Well, I dunno about the rest of the tour, but at Brian's concert in St. Charles, for the final encore Brian and the guys processed out on stage New Orleans-style to a rhythm Mike tapped out on his snare. (They didn't do this in Toronto, which is why I'm wondering if they did that for any other show.) they did this in Atlanta. and the final encore was..... All Summer Long! Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Heysaboda on August 10, 2011, 11:14:43 AM My funeral will start out with:
"Still I Dream of It" (demo version) just to get people unsettled. Then it will continue with: "Lay Down Burden" just to provoke uncontrolled and convulsive weeping. Then, in closing, I'll send them out with: "Do the Hustle" Why not? Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Bill M on August 10, 2011, 11:43:12 AM "Ding Dang."
Over & over & over again. Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: stack-o-tracks on August 10, 2011, 12:13:04 PM People already mentioned them, but Ding Dang & Shortenin' Bread are excellent funeral songs.
Also Good Vibrations. My friend told me he'd do an a capella version. Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Myk Luhv on August 10, 2011, 01:40:34 PM "Ding Dang" or the "Radio King Dom" snippet on an endless loop!
Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Mr. Cohen on August 10, 2011, 10:07:13 PM "Metal Beach". What else could it be, y'dig?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtsitzByy7I Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: The Heartical Don on August 11, 2011, 01:20:25 AM 'Life Is For The Living' ---> 'Wouldn't It Be Nice (To Live Again)'.
Yes, that's it. Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Cliff1000uk on August 11, 2011, 04:01:11 AM 'Life Is For The Living' ---> 'Wouldn't It Be Nice (To Live Again)'. Yes, that's it. Life Is For The Living-definitely. Especially if you could time the yell at the end to coincide with the flames wrapping around your coffin!! ;D Mine would have to include IJWMFTT and end on Tear Drops Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: The Heartical Don on August 11, 2011, 04:17:44 AM One could also have 'Summer In Paradise' played in full.
To remind the visitors that there may be good reasons to shuffle of this mortal coil. Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Paulos on August 11, 2011, 05:18:08 AM Well the obvious choice for when my coffin dissapears behind that creepy curtain and heads towards the incinerator is 'Mrs O'Leary's Cow (Fire)'. Then perhaps 'Let The Wind Blow' for the scattering of the ashes? For the actual funeral service I want 'My Solution' played on a loop. Also, all the mourners have to wear striped blue and white shirts with tight white trousers.
Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Big Bri on August 11, 2011, 05:27:24 AM Interesting topic indeed!
I've always relayed to family and friends that at my service I want the "Seconds Out" version of "Supper's Ready" by Genesis to be played in it's entirety. The end of this masterpiece alone is worth it.........."To take them to the new Jerusalemmmmmmmmmmmm" Still sends shivers up my spine. Then the "In Concert" versions of "Sloop John B." and "Let The Wind Blow". And of course to me the Greatest song Brian ever wrote....................."At My Window". Fitting send off to this Musician. Bri~ Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: The Heartical Don on August 11, 2011, 05:28:01 AM Well the obvious choice for when my coffin dissapears behind that creepy curtain and heads towards the incinerator is 'Mrs O'Leary's Cow (Fire)'. Then perhaps 'Let The Wind Blow' for the scattering of the ashes? For the actual funeral service I want 'My Solution' played on a loop. Also, all the mourners have to wear striped blue and white shirts with tight white trousers. Not bad. To take your idea a logical step further: I'll have my funeral fire started by a real cow. A big, fat, Dutch cow, fed appropriately, to get the biggest fart ever. I'll have a good friend at the ready with his Zippo. When the cow announces her Big One, he lights up. And thus, my friends, the incinerator will be started. (Of course the risk is that the whole town nearby then will go up in flames. Well, that's good for my necrology, I guess.) Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: filledeplage on August 11, 2011, 06:06:35 AM Interesting. Although I think I might live forever, which may be not necessarily a good thing, I have pondered some BBs-related funeral songs. 'Til I Die' is not among them, mostly because it is about someone in depression, passive, not in control, until he expires. A great song, just not fit for leaving this world. 'Surf's Up' is certainly one of mine. The theme is: sadness, decadence, decay, the collapse of something important, but all of that is trancending into hope for the future, new things, the spirit of youth and creation. 'Let's Go Away For Awhile' is another. Can't exactly say why. 'Diamond Head' might be another candidate. I don't want morose stuff, whilst people are toasting on my demise with a glass of good red wine. But it should not be festive either. ... Quote Last weekend I caught part of Brian's BWPS movie on one of the Indie stations. He spoke about Til I Die and he spoke about it very lucidly, and what emerged was the classic poetic trilogy of three: the cork in the ocean, the rock in the landslide, and the leaf on a windy day, indeed hauntingly beautiful, but more serious in tone rather than "depressing" IMHO. It reminds me in a way of the Armando Manzanero song Somos Novios, translated into English and made wildly popular by Perry Como, "It's Impossible" ~and there is an interesting back story for this song which was nominated for a Grammy, but which had a judgment by an American Court, of plagiarism, but it was later acknowledged that Manzanero was the actual composer (sorry for the digression.) What I find it is that it is contemplative, poetic work, and begs the question of our relative stature as being a community of sorts, as corks on the ocean, rocks in a landslide and leaves on a windy day, wiithin their various environments of the land, water and air. It is a beautifully composed simple metaphor of life, not death. And food for thought and reality check when we start to think we are more important than we really are. Sometimes the world is just not ready for artists' new thoughts or technique and by putting it out there risks rejection, which can be tough. And, I find that Summer in Paradise contains a couple of little gems as well! ;) Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: theCOD on August 11, 2011, 06:18:25 AM Ok, I'm going to change my answer to Ding Dang on repeat. ;D
Earlier this year I became convinced that song is the meaning of life. Perfect for a funeral. Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: ghost on August 11, 2011, 09:04:14 AM Ok, I'm going to change my answer to Ding Dang on repeat. ;D Earlier this year I became convinced that song is the meaning of life. Perfect for a funeral. What were you on? What is its meaning to you? If it can be expressed in words...? It is interesting that your meaning of life seems to includes, erm, dongs. :afro Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Myk Luhv on August 11, 2011, 12:03:08 PM Where is the a cappella mix of "'Til I Die", huh? I need it. It is a necessity for any upcoming rarities disc.
edit: and an a cappella mix of the "Day In The Life Of A Tree" coda! Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: rab2591 on August 11, 2011, 12:49:47 PM Where is the a cappella mix of "'Til I Die", huh? I need it. It is a necessity for any upcoming rarities disc. edit: and an a cappella mix of the "Day In The Life Of A Tree" coda! :rock Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Myk Luhv on August 11, 2011, 01:12:38 PM a day in the life of a tree more like a day in the life of :rock
Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: ghost on August 11, 2011, 01:22:45 PM a day in the life of a tree more like a day in the life of :rock Hhahaa what is this? i see Jonas doing it all the time andseeing soemoen else sod oit ahas madei t hilaruosu Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Magic Transistor Radio on August 11, 2011, 08:14:09 PM Mrs O'leary's Cow may be appropriate for anyone going to hell
Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: The Heartical Don on August 12, 2011, 12:39:07 AM Mrs O'leary's Cow may be appropriate for anyone going to hell Hehe... thing is: hell doesn't exist. There is no single place in the whole of the Bible that indicates a fiery afterlife for ever, not even a purgatory. These things were thought up by pretty mad church fathers who wanted to exert as much power as they could over their subservient herds. The Bible only mentions a couple of landfills near Jerusalem of old, where also cadavers of animals, and bodies of criminals were disposed of, mainly for hygienic reasons. Names: She'ol and Gehenna. They're not named often, and have a very minor importance in the Holy Book. Now, a glaring omission in the Bible is, of course, a sort of oven, in which crimes against taste like 'Looking Back With Love/ Country Love' and 'Summer In Paradise' can be burned. But I have it on good authority that the next edition of Scriptures will rectify this situation. Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Paulos on August 12, 2011, 05:27:55 AM Mrs O'leary's Cow may be appropriate for anyone going to hell Hmmmm, you seem to have missed the link between cremation and fire. Here ya go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremation) Or perhaps you were implying that I'm going to hell, if such a place exists? It's hard to tell, you didn't use an emoticon. >:D Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Magic Transistor Radio on August 12, 2011, 05:49:41 AM Mrs O'leary's Cow may be appropriate for anyone going to hell Hehe... thing is: hell doesn't exist. There is no single place in the whole of the Bible that indicates a fiery afterlife for ever, not even a purgatory. These things were thought up by pretty mad church fathers who wanted to exert as much power as they could over their subservient herds. The Bible only mentions a couple of landfills near Jerusalem of old, where also cadavers of animals, and bodies of criminals were disposed of, mainly for hygienic reasons. Names: She'ol and Gehenna. They're not named often, and have a very minor importance in the Holy Book. Now, a glaring omission in the Bible is, of course, a sort of oven, in which crimes against taste like 'Looking Back With Love/ Country Love' and 'Summer In Paradise' can be burned. But I have it on good authority that the next edition of Scriptures will rectify this situation. I am not asking anyone to believe it, but the Bible does say there is a hell. Matthew13:41,42 Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Iron Horse-Apples on August 12, 2011, 05:53:48 AM One could also have 'Summer In Paradise' played in full. :lol :lol :lolTo remind the visitors that there may be good reasons to shuffle of this mortal coil. Here's mine 1) Our Parayer - as they enter crematorium, obvious choice 2) Ding Dang - after the eulogies, no dammit, instead of the eulogies, just the Ding Dang vocal edited together into a 10 minute uber-version 3) Chug-a-lug - as the coffin goes behind the curtain 4) Help Me Rhonda - the Murry Wilson remix, so as they leave they can be reminded that I was a genius too y'know Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Iron Horse-Apples on August 12, 2011, 05:59:28 AM Mrs O'leary's Cow may be appropriate for anyone going to hell Hehe... thing is: hell doesn't exist. There is no single place in the whole of the Bible that indicates a fiery afterlife for ever, not even a purgatory. These things were thought up by pretty mad church fathers who wanted to exert as much power as they could over their subservient herds. The Bible only mentions a couple of landfills near Jerusalem of old, where also cadavers of animals, and bodies of criminals were disposed of, mainly for hygienic reasons. Names: She'ol and Gehenna. They're not named often, and have a very minor importance in the Holy Book. Now, a glaring omission in the Bible is, of course, a sort of oven, in which crimes against taste like 'Looking Back With Love/ Country Love' and 'Summer In Paradise' can be burned. But I have it on good authority that the next edition of Scriptures will rectify this situation. I am not asking anyone to believe it, but the Bible does say there is a hell. Matthew13:41,42 The bible also says to let a sexually depraved mob gang rape your two daughters rather than let them sodomize your male dinner guest Genesis 19:1-13 I wouldn't put too much faith in an old book written by a bunch of misogynistic desert dwellers personally. Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: The Heartical Don on August 12, 2011, 05:59:42 AM Mrs O'leary's Cow may be appropriate for anyone going to hell Hehe... thing is: hell doesn't exist. There is no single place in the whole of the Bible that indicates a fiery afterlife for ever, not even a purgatory. These things were thought up by pretty mad church fathers who wanted to exert as much power as they could over their subservient herds. The Bible only mentions a couple of landfills near Jerusalem of old, where also cadavers of animals, and bodies of criminals were disposed of, mainly for hygienic reasons. Names: She'ol and Gehenna. They're not named often, and have a very minor importance in the Holy Book. Now, a glaring omission in the Bible is, of course, a sort of oven, in which crimes against taste like 'Looking Back With Love/ Country Love' and 'Summer In Paradise' can be burned. But I have it on good authority that the next edition of Scriptures will rectify this situation. I am not asking anyone to believe it, but the Bible does say there is a hell. Matthew13:41,42 Intriguing. Don't know if this qualifies as hell in the spirit of the Catholic Church, but worthy of investigation nonetheless. Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: ghost on August 12, 2011, 07:33:26 AM As someone who has died & returned back to life I feel obliged to inform you all that even I witnessed no hellfire. If I am in the clear, you will be.
What there is, in place, is an eternal Carl Wilson solo album tour going on in the beyond since the day he died on earth. >:D Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: rab2591 on August 12, 2011, 07:48:04 AM Mrs O'leary's Cow may be appropriate for anyone going to hell Hehe... thing is: hell doesn't exist. There is no single place in the whole of the Bible that indicates a fiery afterlife for ever, not even a purgatory. These things were thought up by pretty mad church fathers who wanted to exert as much power as they could over their subservient herds. The Bible only mentions a couple of landfills near Jerusalem of old, where also cadavers of animals, and bodies of criminals were disposed of, mainly for hygienic reasons. Names: She'ol and Gehenna. They're not named often, and have a very minor importance in the Holy Book. Now, a glaring omission in the Bible is, of course, a sort of oven, in which crimes against taste like 'Looking Back With Love/ Country Love' and 'Summer In Paradise' can be burned. But I have it on good authority that the next edition of Scriptures will rectify this situation. I am not asking anyone to believe it, but the Bible does say there is a hell. Matthew13:41,42 Intriguing. Don't know if this qualifies as hell in the spirit of the Catholic Church, but worthy of investigation nonetheless. I always thought it was odd that the Tanakh gives no mention of a hell or place of eternal damnation, but when Jesus shows up in the Christian gospels he is talking about hell constantly. Christians i've talked to find it hard to believe that there is no mention of hell in 'the old testament' - I ask them why it's hard to believe and then they admit that they haven't read the entire bible. LOL. I think I know more atheists that have read the bible in its entirety than Christians. Back to the topic....I may change my initial answer: i'll have Summer In Paradise on loop-play to piss everyone off in the funeral hall - why not go out with a bang? ;) Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: The Heartical Don on August 12, 2011, 07:52:10 AM As someone who has died & returned back to life I feel obliged to inform you all that even I witnessed no hellfire. If I am in the clear, you will be. What there is, in place, is an eternal Carl Wilson solo album tour going on in the beyond since the day he died on earth. >:D You are Jerry Lee Lewis and I claim my $ 2.43 Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Magic Transistor Radio on August 12, 2011, 05:30:22 PM Mrs O'leary's Cow may be appropriate for anyone going to hell Hehe... thing is: hell doesn't exist. There is no single place in the whole of the Bible that indicates a fiery afterlife for ever, not even a purgatory. These things were thought up by pretty mad church fathers who wanted to exert as much power as they could over their subservient herds. The Bible only mentions a couple of landfills near Jerusalem of old, where also cadavers of animals, and bodies of criminals were disposed of, mainly for hygienic reasons. Names: She'ol and Gehenna. They're not named often, and have a very minor importance in the Holy Book. Now, a glaring omission in the Bible is, of course, a sort of oven, in which crimes against taste like 'Looking Back With Love/ Country Love' and 'Summer In Paradise' can be burned. But I have it on good authority that the next edition of Scriptures will rectify this situation. I am not asking anyone to believe it, but the Bible does say there is a hell. Matthew13:41,42 The bible also says to let a sexually depraved mob gang rape your two daughters rather than let them sodomize your male dinner guest Genesis 19:1-13 I wouldn't put too much faith in an old book written by a bunch of misogynistic desert dwellers personally. That was an historical story about how corrupt S&G had become. The most 'righteous' man in the country apparently willing to give away his daughters like that. Very sad. Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: ghost on August 12, 2011, 05:36:45 PM Where does one find such a sexually depraved mob? I mean, I know there are questionable elements of society but I rarely see sexually depraved mobs just roaming the streets looking for male dinner guests to f***.
Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Iron Horse-Apples on August 13, 2011, 02:09:41 AM Only in the bible, and some areas of North Yorkshire
And sorry Magic, perhaps I misinterpreted the Bible ;) Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: GoogaMooga on August 13, 2011, 11:38:55 AM I'll take "Don't Worry Baby" - their crowning achievement.
Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Magic Transistor Radio on August 15, 2011, 09:58:33 AM And I hope nobody misinterpreted me. I really don't hope anyone goes to hell. >:D
Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Emdeeh on August 15, 2011, 09:29:02 PM What there is, in place, is an eternal Carl Wilson solo album tour going on in the beyond since the day he died on earth. Ya know, some of us here might just see that as a vision of Heaven rather than the opposite! Carl = :love My version of the "opposite place" is being stuck in an elevator with dreary instrumental (i.e., muzak) versions of BB songs being played loudly. :P Title: Re: 'Til I Die Post by: Jay on August 16, 2011, 12:13:15 AM Rolling Up to Heaven. ;D I hope I die right in the middle of the act mentioned in the song lyrics. >:D
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