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Rock anthems replacing hymns at funerals

Written by DeadGirl

Wednesday, 02 July 2008

Australia - Frank Sinatra, Loui Armstrong and Led Zeppelin hits are replacing hymns at funerals in Australia, according to a cemetery manager. At Centennial Park, the largest cemetery and crematorium in the southern city of Adelaide, only two hymns still rank alongside songs like Frank Sinatra's classic hit My Way and Louis Armstrong's version of Wonderful World in its top 10 most popular funeral songs: Amazing Grace and Abide With Me.

Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven and AC/DC's Highway to Hell rock anthems are also gaining ground as more Australians give up traditional Christian hymns.

"Some of the more unusual songs we hear actually work very well within the service because they represent the person's character," Centennial Park chief executive Bryan Elliott Among other less conventional choices were "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" by the Monty Python comedy team, "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead," "Hit the Road Jack," "Another One Bites the Dust" and "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/2234430/Rock-anthems-replacing-hymns-at-Australian-funerals.html

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Taphophilia?

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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According to the Japanese Shinto religion, each person becomes a supernatural "kami" at the time of death. Kami continue to influence the daily lives of the living, one of the reasons ancestors are revered in Shinto homes.

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“For thee, who mindful of th' unhonour'd Dead Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate,”

Thomas Gray 1750 from Elegy Wr

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It is well with me why dost thou weep,
As thou saw thy lov'd one in his last long sleep,
As thou, lingerest to gaze on my dwelling of clay
Forgetting my spirit in his white array.

Carlisle, MA 1844