{"id":3229,"date":"2005-03-28T18:47:39","date_gmt":"2005-03-29T02:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/28\/funeral-music\/"},"modified":"2019-12-13T10:57:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T18:57:59","slug":"funeral-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/28\/funeral-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8593,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/channels.netscape.com\\\/ns\\\/music\\\/package.jsp?name=fte\\\/funeralmusic\\\/funeralmusic&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/channels.netscape.com\\\/ns\\\/music\\\/package.jsp?name=fte\\\/funeralmusic\\\/funeralmusic&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8594,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FsongTerm=Firemission%26partnerId%3D30&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Prairie just pointed out <a href=\"http:\/\/channels.netscape.com\/ns\/music\/package.jsp?name=fte\/funeralmusic\/funeralmusic\" title=\"Netscape Music: Top 10 Strangest Funeral Songs\">this list of the top ten favorite funeral songs<\/a> in Europe:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>Queen&#8217;s &#8220;The Show Must Go On&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Led Zeppelin&#8217;s &#8220;Stairway to Heaven&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>AC\/DC&#8217;s &#8220;Highway to Hell&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Frank Sinatra&#8217;s &#8220;My Way&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Mozart&#8217;s &#8220;Requiem&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Robbie Williams&#8217; &#8220;Angels&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Queen&#8217;s &#8220;Who Wants to Live Forever&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The Beatles&#8217;s &#8220;Let It Be&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Metallica&#8217;s &#8220;Nothing Else Matters&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>U2&#8217;s &#8220;With or Without You&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m finding the mental image of a full congregation of mourners standing in a cathedral, colored shafts of light cast through the stained glass windows slowly moving across their faces, sadly and somberly intoning AC\/DC&#8217;s &#8216;Highway to Hell&#8217; to the accompaniment of a church organist and choir <em>far<\/em> too amusing for my own good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FsongTerm=Firemission%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Firemission' on the iTMS\">Firemission<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DNoxious Emotion%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for Noxious Emotion on the iTMS\">Noxious Emotion<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FalbumTerm=This Hallowed Ground%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for This Hallowed Ground on the iTMS\">This Hallowed Ground<\/a><\/em> (1995, 5:27).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prairie just pointed out this list of the top ten favorite funeral songs in Europe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2035],"tags":[6,80],"class_list":["post-3229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-humor","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}