may I be Frank ?

music for weddings and funerals

How could I forgo our Billy for Robbie-ffing-Williams?

New entry for funeral track list:
Must I paint you a picture? by Billy Bragg.

"the temptation to take the precious things we have apart to see how they work, must be resisted for they never fit together again."

tnx G for reminding me.

there's an angel, contemplate my fate

Is it wrong to want to play Robbie Williams at your funeral?

I watched Robbie's Millions on Sunday night and it said that Angels was the most played track for hatches, matches and dispatches in the UK.

Personally I think I'd prefer something more cheeky and uplifting like I dont wanna rock DJ or perhaps more quizzical the one that goes "when there's no love in town, this new century keeps bring me down, all the places you have been trying to find a Love Supreme".

Of course there's always a spot of Take That maybe, but I guess Back for Good just isn't going to cut it when everyone's sniffing in to their hankys. A bit more pathos needed me thinks.

I came up with some oldies but goodies:
1. My Funny Valentine : Elvis Costello
Something really sweet about this song... makes you think of the one you love and makes you wanna be that Funny Valentine too.

2. Alison : Elvis Costello
Again not appropriate for a funeral but there is a longing about this song that I just love. "Alison, I know this world is killing you, oh Alison, my aim is true".

3. Speak like a child : The Style Council
Uplifting, I wish I was the girl in the song "your hair hangs in golden steps you're a bona fide in every respect you are, walking through streets that mean nothing to you, you believe you're above it and I don't really blame you"

4. Don't matter what sign you are : Diana Ross and the Supremes
"you're gonna be mine you are, don't let astrology, chart our destiny" just cool

5. By the time I get to Phoenix : Issac Hayes
Makes you wish you'd been on that road trip across America.

6. Moonlight in Vermont : Betty Carter
Ditto roadtrip. One of those places I haven't yet been in America and the song makes it seem all the more evocative.