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[Feb. 13th, 2008|03:12 pm]
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Great meme from the Guardian newspaper, after the news that John Peel's tombstone includes the line "Teenage Dreams, so hard to beat".

They ask:
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?
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[User Picture]From: [info]jackthomas
2008-02-13 04:08 pm (UTC)

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3) Blair

A little bit of Black Sabbath , War Pigs:

Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees the war pig's crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
[User Picture]From: [info]matgb
2008-02-13 08:06 pm (UTC)

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Nah. Blair should be "We could've been anything we wanted to be":
http://matgb.livejournal.com/214355.html

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:
http://www.themembers.co.uk/lyrics.html

Edit: appears I deleted the old Hell icon and gave this one the keyword, ah well...


Edited at 2008-02-13 08:07 pm (UTC)
[User Picture]From: [info]tyrell
2008-02-15 12:48 pm (UTC)

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There is no lyric in the whole of We could've been anything we wanted to be that does not apply to Blair and New Labour. The gits.
[User Picture]From: [info]clytemenstra
2008-02-13 04:51 pm (UTC)

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1. "I did it my way" (obviously)

2. Can't tell. There are at least ten of 15 that could be my life's soundtrack.

3. Bush:

"A major liar with a minor in Greed"

From "Wrong", by Ministry.
[User Picture]From: [info]alasdair
2008-02-13 05:24 pm (UTC)

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1) I'm very fond of the line "We walk but once among the living, so no regrets and no forgiving" from Firewater's Dark Days Indeed, which seems fitting for a tombstone.
[User Picture]From: [info]toriana
2008-02-13 10:06 pm (UTC)

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At my friend's funeral last month they played out the service with 'One Step Beyond'. It made me smile. :)

1)Maybe I'd have 'No tears, no fears, no ruined years, no clocks.' from Twentieth Century Fox by The Doors.

2)Land of Confusion by Genesis.

3)"Hey you. You're such a peasant.
You got as much brain as a dead ant" for George Dubya (Monty Python's Idiot Song - I know, it's just too easy...)
[User Picture]From: [info]tyrell
2008-02-13 10:18 pm (UTC)

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OMG I haven't heard that in years.
"As much imagination as a caravan si-ite..."