Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
javachik - Mar 25, 2008 3:45:49 pm PDT #7461 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
Jesse - Mar 25, 2008 3:50:51 pm PDT #7462 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Tupac and Kanye each have songs about how they love their mothers, if that would be appropriate. Oh, or "Keep Your Head Up" by Tupac -- it samples "Ooh Child."
Steph L. - Mar 25, 2008 3:52:57 pm PDT #7463 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
For Lauryn Hill, she covers "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," which seems the most appropriate, lyrics-wise, out of all the songs on "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."
For Thelonious Monk, "Ruby, My Dear," which I can hook you up with via e-mail, if you'd like.
javachik - Mar 25, 2008 3:54:34 pm PDT #7464 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
I was getting "played at the memorial" and "music to be put on a cd for people to take home" mixed up.
Vortex - Mar 25, 2008 4:01:24 pm PDT #7465 of 10003
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Polter-Cow - Mar 25, 2008 5:15:21 pm PDT #7466 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love Incubus, Scrappy. I think "Warning" might be a good choice, given its chorus of "Don't ever let life pass you by."
There's also "I Miss You." And "Wish You Were Here." And I'm not entirely sure why, but I'm also suggesting "A Kiss to Send Us Off," if only because it's more upbeat and rockin' while still retaining a little bit of the moodiness. I don't know what kind of mix you want to make. Incubus covers a lot of sounds and topics, but I don't think there's a song about death.
I can send you any Incubus song you need.
Scrappy - Mar 25, 2008 5:21:42 pm PDT #7467 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Not looking for songs directly about death so much as songs about loss or love or life--so people will listen to the CD and miss Amy but also feel a bit comforted, maybe. Something they may still want to listen to in a year or so.
So far the suggestions are tremendously helpful, y'all.
Polter-Cow - Mar 25, 2008 5:39:43 pm PDT #7468 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Then definitely any of those songs would work.
Hayden - Mar 25, 2008 8:20:41 pm PDT #7469 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Oh, Scrappy. I'm so sorry for you and your family's loss.
For Al Green, "Take Me To The River" can never steer you wrong. It's a classic and it avoids his typical love-man persona.
For TS Monk, Steph's got a good suggestion in "Ruby, My Dear," but my personal choice would go towards "Sweet and Lovely" (the Thelonious Monk Trio version), "Bemsha Swing" (Brilliant Corners has my favorite version, but there's one on just about every major Monk recording), or "Brilliant Corners" itself, because it's my absolute favorite Monk tune.
I'm not a big fan of Modest Mouse, and iTunes helpfully informs me that I've never listened to the one album in my collection all the way through, but I like the name of the song "Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset."
DavidS - Mar 25, 2008 8:31:37 pm PDT #7470 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm trying to figure out how she got to be a fan of Davey, Dozy, Beaky.
Since she's a fan of Anne Frank I'll note that there are several lovely and prayerful songs about her on Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
Songs about suicide and young lives cut short and finding some peace with their ghosts.