This was apparently the 'play list' of Heath's funeral...
What an amazing list of songs...
"These Days" - Powderfinger
"Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd
"Superstition" - Stevie Wonder
"Times Are A-Changin'" - Bob Dylan
"Seven Nation Army" - White Stripes
"The Past and Pending" - The Shins
"Here Comes the Sun" - The Beatles
"Happy Ever After" - Ben Harper
"1979" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Old Man" - Neil Young
"Come Together" - The Beatles
Old Man just happens to be one of my all-time favourite songs. I also heard it in "Lords of Dogtown" and it makes me smile. It probably also has a meaning because of Heath's Old Man River tattoo.
Come Together - The Beatles:
"Got to be a joker he just do what he please."
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles:
Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right
Wish you were here - Pink Floyd:
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have you found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
These Days - Powder Finger:
This life well it's slipping right through my hands
These days turned out nothing like I had planned
Do you have any special memories associated with any of these songs?
Certainly do, as music has always been there for me in good and bad times.
I can remember sitting doing my homework to "wish you were here" The first vinyl I ever bought was Pink Floyd,and used to save my pocket money till I had collected all they had ever recorded.
I rmember sobbing to the bob dylan track,over and over again after a painful breakup.
The beatles,come together got me right from the first hypnotic beat.I much preferred their later work to the more "pop" earlier stuff.Here comes the sun always reminds me of John Lennon,another who died too young.
Neil young I loved but preferred other tracks,like the needle and the damage done.At the time I was concerned about my brother who was dabbling in controlled substances.
The white stripes I only saw for the first time at the live 8 concert and was immediately hooked.I love it when I discover new groups and music.
Happy ever after I only became aware of when I discovered Heath's fascination with the musician.So now that just makes me cry.
I read (alluding to another post) that Heath actually played the didgeridoo(sorry if incorrect spelling) on an interview,and than got the interviewer to try and play it as well.
I have wracked my brains to remember which interview it was,but to no avail.So the playing of it at his funeral seems very apt.
I hope someone knows me well enough tp play the songs that mean much to me at my funeral.
I Thnk just maybe my older son might know.Inspite of his many problems we have a common bond at least with music.