What do you want them to play at your funeral?

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  • Islander,

    Sort of, Sacha - we grew up with a lot of militaria stuff, including the behaviours and the ethos, all around(I was born in 1947)but most of family service people had been demobbed by the time I came to be alive. By the time my youngest sibs (I'm oldest of 8 born, 5 living) arrived. all that stuff had pretty well gone.

    I've just sent that sketch on to one of my cousins, who was Navy (and was on the deck of the "Black Prince" when she was stood by for one of the atomic bomb tests) - he literally lives for this kind of stuff! Loves it!

    Teh Intertubes help!

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark,

    Electric light orchestra. If anything unforeseen should happen.

    70's ELO? Right on.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • dyan campbell,

    Thanks for posting that Sacha, I had relatives in the RCAF during the war - my Dad was a navigator on the bombers, my Mum was a wireless operator, and my uncle Kenneth was a wing commander. I will pass the sketch on to my Dad (the only one still alive). Cheers for that!

    auckland • Since Dec 2006 • 595 posts Report Reply

  • Danielle,

    70's ELO? Right on.

    ELO: underrated. I don't care how much everyone hates Jeff Lynne.

    I have funeral music issues. I can't work out whether I'd want 'songs I think are awesome, which I am forcing everyone to listen to, no matter how inappropriate' or 'beautiful songs which would fit the occasion'.

    Charo World. Cuchi-cuchi!… • Since Nov 2006 • 3828 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Dyan, your Dad might also need to know what a chav is to get the other half of the joke.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Isabel Hitchings,

    Danielle- I think there's a middle ground of "this awesome song helped me through some tough times - maybe it can do the same for you." which is worth striving for.

    Christchurch • Since Jul 2007 • 719 posts Report Reply

  • dyan campbell,

    Dyan, your Dad might also need to know what a chav is to get the other half of the joke.

    Thanks for that, Sacha, he would not know what that was.

    Though I think the age of the guys alone will be enough to crack him up - if you were over 24 or 25 in the crew, you got nicknamed Granpappy. My Mum said he shaved once a week when she met him.

    auckland • Since Dec 2006 • 595 posts Report Reply

  • Geoff Lealand,

    that Con Conrad song Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)

    There is a very recent version by Jolie Holland, on "The Living and the Dead" (2008). She laughs a lot.

    Jeez--how long has this been going on?

    Screen & Media Studies, U… • Since Oct 2007 • 2562 posts Report Reply

  • dyan campbell,

    There is a very recent version by Jolie Holland, on "The Living and the Dead" (2008). She laughs a lot.
    Jeez--how long has this been going on?

    It used to be called "The Continental Song" and was written by Carl Sigman and lyrics by Herb Magidson, and won an academy award for best song in Fred Astaire and Ginger Roger's film "The Gay Divorcee".

    It got re-named "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than you think) mainly because that's what everyone called it. It was a hit again, when recorded by Con Conrad, during the war years (or maybe a bit before) but became a huge hit when recorded by Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians, in 1949.

    I can't believe I know all that.

    auckland • Since Dec 2006 • 595 posts Report Reply

  • dyan campbell,

    and won an academy award for best song

    Oh, in 1934 I meant to say.

    auckland • Since Dec 2006 • 595 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie,


    Sadistic Mika Band

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • mark taslov,

    It ain’t what you know, it’s what you feel
    Don’t worry about being right, just be for real

    Te Ika-a-Māui • Since Mar 2008 • 2281 posts Report Reply

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