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John Peel Gravestone

Steve points us at The Guardian's gravestone meme inspired by the news that John Peel's grave has a line from an Undertones song on it. The mind boggles as to why the Telegraph had a picture of the actual stone but none of the other media sources did, I assume stupidity? Anyway, the questions:

1) Which lyric would you have on your tombstone?
2) Which song has been the soundtrack to your life?
3) Do you have any suggestions for the pop-music epitaphs of world figures?

I answered on his post but, y'know, I was going to link the picture anyway because, well: Dude! John Peel!

And it is a most excellent gravestone. So I guess you want my answers, right?

1) Which lyric would you have on your tombstone?

Resisting the temptation of I did it my way, I'm going for If there is a hell, I'll see you there, and remind myself to get my hell icon redone as I messed the transparencies up :-(

2) Which song has been the soundtrack to your life?

I has no clue on this one, so I'm copping out. The Sound Of the Suburbs by The Members

3) Do you have any suggestions for the pop-music epitaphs of world figures?

Tony Blair, already coveredWe could've been anything we wanted to be...

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I did consider Pulp's Mis-Shapes, but that'd be silly. On the subject, while looking it up, there's a cover by Franz Ferdinand? Also considered was Radiohead's Anyone can play guitar:

Here we are with our running and confusion
And I don't see no confusion anywhere

And if the world does turn, and if London burns
I'll be standing on a beach with my guitar
I want to be in a band, when I get to heaven
Anyone can play guitar
And they won't be a nothing anymore

But, y'know, how can you really pick one song for your whole life?

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Ah well, any more takers?

Comments

[blue-condition.livejournal.com]

1. "My smile is stuck; I cannot go back to your frownland".
2. No Dice (http://www.peteatkin.com/b3.htm) - lyrics Clive James, music Pete Atkin.
3. Margaret Thatcher, Shipbuilding by Elvis Costello.

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

1. She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair

2. Only Women Bleed - Alice Cooper

3. Err pass, too late and too many cold drugs to think coherently.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

1, Um... Time, time, time, see what's become of me? Bleh, I dunno. It'll come to me when I hit post, doubtless...

2, One Way by the Levellers. Except it wasn't up on the hill, it was in the woods. It's still a comfort thing for me, woodland.

And the problems of the world
Won't be solved by this guitar
And they won't stop coming either
By the life I've had so far

It's very true that one person can't solve everything, but that's not a reason to not do what they can; I also feel the savage irony in the line all my friends and and all their jobs and all the bloody waste - people tell me I'm wasting myself being a barmaid, but I'm happier than any of them who are earning ten times what I am.

3, Can Dubya have Jesus Loves You (But I Don't) by the Almighty?

[paulatpingu.livejournal.com]

1. A bit long maybe, but I'd go for the following from Zeppelin.

"I'll leave you when the summertime,
Leave you when the summertime comes arollin
Leave you when the summer comes along."

2. Let's go for "The Seeker" by The Who. I definitely haven't found what I'm looking for yet. Don't even know what I'm looking for in the first place...

3. Not off the top of my head.

[caseytalk.livejournal.com]

Mine would be

Imagine all the people living life in peace