THE THOUGHT FOR THE DAY IS.......
February 3rd 2007 02:56
THE THOUGHT FOR THE DAY IS ........CHOOSE MUSIC FOR A LOVED ONE'S FUNERAL WITH CARE, FOR IT WILL FOREVER EVOKE MEMORIES.....
13 years ago the love of my life died, sadly he never made his 40'th birthday.
He was a classical music buff and one of his favourite pieces was Pachabel's Canon in D major,so it was a shoe in for the music that accompanied his coffin arriving into the chapel.
After spending 2 months at his side in intensive care until his life support was turned off, looking back I realise that I had wrapped myself in a "bubble", everything revolved around him and his recovery or whether he wouldnt recover. I certainly was very introspective and that this music would bring up deep emotions for the rest of my life never occured to me.
The evening I returned to my flat after staying with friends after the funeral I was greeted by the sounds of the boy upstairs who was learning violin, whilst I had been away he had progressed from "Twinkle Twinkle" to murdering Pachabel's Canon. I promptly cranked my stereo up full to drown him out.
Over the years the song has caught me my suprise on many occasions, Its a real favourite as Elevator Music and in upmarket Department Stores, even in Bangkok and Bucharest.
It is of course, I later discovered, a popular choice of brides for their walk down the aisle.
I was at the airport in Vientane in Laos and it was playing. Sometimes it doesnt stir strong emotions, just a fleeting pang of sadness. Hearing it in another hospital years later when my grandmother's life lay in the balance it brought tears to my eyes. Today I was shopping at the local market and the beer bottle busker who normally plays "Banana's in Pajama's" and "Waltzing Matilda" decided to belt out a fairly cheesy rendition which curtailed my spending spree and sent me scurrying home.
In some ways I am glad I chose it as when I hear it it brings back memories, some of the memories are painful, but I choose not to dwell on those and remember the fun and good times we shared.
In my will I have requested an obscure tibetan chanting CD be played at my service, my brother and mother have copies of this along with my will....
13 years ago the love of my life died, sadly he never made his 40'th birthday.
He was a classical music buff and one of his favourite pieces was Pachabel's Canon in D major,so it was a shoe in for the music that accompanied his coffin arriving into the chapel.
After spending 2 months at his side in intensive care until his life support was turned off, looking back I realise that I had wrapped myself in a "bubble", everything revolved around him and his recovery or whether he wouldnt recover. I certainly was very introspective and that this music would bring up deep emotions for the rest of my life never occured to me.
The evening I returned to my flat after staying with friends after the funeral I was greeted by the sounds of the boy upstairs who was learning violin, whilst I had been away he had progressed from "Twinkle Twinkle" to murdering Pachabel's Canon. I promptly cranked my stereo up full to drown him out.
Over the years the song has caught me my suprise on many occasions, Its a real favourite as Elevator Music and in upmarket Department Stores, even in Bangkok and Bucharest.
It is of course, I later discovered, a popular choice of brides for their walk down the aisle.
I was at the airport in Vientane in Laos and it was playing. Sometimes it doesnt stir strong emotions, just a fleeting pang of sadness. Hearing it in another hospital years later when my grandmother's life lay in the balance it brought tears to my eyes. Today I was shopping at the local market and the beer bottle busker who normally plays "Banana's in Pajama's" and "Waltzing Matilda" decided to belt out a fairly cheesy rendition which curtailed my spending spree and sent me scurrying home.
In some ways I am glad I chose it as when I hear it it brings back memories, some of the memories are painful, but I choose not to dwell on those and remember the fun and good times we shared.
In my will I have requested an obscure tibetan chanting CD be played at my service, my brother and mother have copies of this along with my will....
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