Song

[hobbes]

Originally posted by Skweeky@14 November 2003 - 00:07
I would like ' Nothing lasts forever' from Echo and the Bunnymen. Just because it has nice lyrics, and because it has a special meaning for me (and someone else)

I particularly like the musical interlude from 2:50 to 3:15. It has that wonderful lead-up to what sounds to be a bowed instrument.


For me:

Bare Naked Ladies- Tonight is the night I feel asleep at the wheel. Ironic, clever but not cutesy and views death in a whimiscal but utimately peaceful manner. A true 2 part song spanning some 9 minutes, but well worth a listen.

Here are some nice tidbits:


Drivin' home to be with you,
The highway's defiant, the city's in view.
As usual I'm almost on time,
Your're the last thing that's on my mind.
Wish I could tell you the way that I feel,
But tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel.


From the ceiling, my coffee cup drips,
While out my window the horizon does flips.
The worst part was hitting the ground,
not the feeling, so much as the sound.

He then goes on to describe people watching the ambulance and fire department arrive, he wonders if he is dreaming. The tone is that of slight amusement at the whole spectacle.

Then, in a refrain almost reminescent of a drunken bar song, he says:
I guess it's over now,
'cause I've never seen so much, never seen so much, never seen so much...

-one more time-

I guess it's over now,
'cause I've never seen so much, never seen so much, never seen so much...
Blood!!!!


In all the confusion,there is something serene.
I'm just a post-humous part of the scene.
Now I'm floating above, looking in
As the radio blares and wheels spin, I can see my face turned up with a grin.

And you....Your're the last thing on my mind.


-Ah, so that is what he meant-

The song then transitions with a dramatic ahhhhhhhhh! to his after death experience. The music conveys a sense of "floating" and he becomes acclimated to his new existence.


Final tidbits:

Shivering madly in the dark,
like an animal abandoned in the car park.
And she held me, and then she showed me the beauty of...the human heart.
Inside ourselves, a hidden sun that burns and burns,
But never does any harm, to any one.
A hidden sun that burns and burns,
but never does any harm, to anyone.
Anyone
Ohhhhh Anyone....


Anyway, a real treat it would be to pass away to this humorous, ironic and ultimately uplifting death serenade.


@Magic Nakor- Although Moonlight Sonata is a great song, it is so melancholy. I can feel the cold hands of death about my neck even now. I can hear the coarse grating sound as the the stone tablet seals me in my mausoleum crypt.

[MagicNakor]

It is melancholy. But so is death.

I'm actually surprised that you heard of that song Hobbes. The Ladies weren't a US sensation until Stunt. Gordon was released far earlier. Although War on Drugs from Everything to Everyone'd be an interesting one to die to as well.

[j2k4]

Les Preludes, composed by Franz Liszt.

That would be PERFECT!

[hobbes]

Originally posted by MagicNakor@14 November 2003 - 05:29
It is melancholy. But so is death.

I'm actually surprised that you heard of that song Hobbes. The Ladies weren't a US sensation until Stunt. Gordon was released far earlier. Although War on Drugs from Everything to Everyone'd be an interesting one to die to as well.

Hey Magic,

Did you know I came to this forum to expand my musical horizons, I asked people to recommend songs. Can you guess who recommended the song I mentioned!

It was you! Magic

In fact, as I look at that thread, the names of the responding posters
now have meaning to me!

I guess you will be a little proud, and rightly so, of yourself this eve.

[rf9rider]

Dreamer-Ozzy Osbourne, just for the great lyrics.

[MagicNakor]

Yeah, I remember that. Although I did think that maybe someone else could've stumbled across the song as well.

[brotherdoobie]

Originally posted by Infested Cats@13 November 2003 - 20:36
Wave of Mutilation - Pixies

Great song Infested.
Mine would have to be Do You Realise by The Flaming Lips
Perfect song for those that survive me to meditate apon


Peace brotherdoobie

[cowswithguns]

'Mad World - the Gary Jules version from the Donnie Darko soundtrack. I like the original Tears for Fears version but the Gary Jules one I love.

[lynx]

Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond.

Preferably the full version from Echoes, but I don't suppose I'll mind too much anyway.

[hobbes]

I like the topic, hate to see it go so soon.

As for Pink Floyd, my favorite is "Comfortably Numb" except for the instrumental which ends the song. And I still want to know what "swollen hand blues" are all about. Some say masturbation, however that does not fit with "When I was a child I had a fever, my hands swelled up like two balloons".

I need some coffee.