hereticzero Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/02/deathbed-singers-threshold-choirs-death_n_3187291.html Good idea or bad idea? Thoughts? For me, just crank up ZZ Top and I am set to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator florduh Posted May 2, 2013 Super Moderator Share Posted May 2, 2013 No. I mean hell no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator buffettphan Posted May 2, 2013 Super Moderator Share Posted May 2, 2013 Four to six singers will go to a bedside, and they pick songs based upon what a patient or the patient's family wants. The tunes can be slow or upbeat, and emotional or lighthearted, like "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," though most are original. Oh hell. I can see it now. All our xtian relatives will be requesting Amazing Grace while we're wanting to hear insert your favorite song. I really don't wanna go out angry, but if I had to hear Amazing Wretch on my deathbed --- This instead, please: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 This could become a form of abuse as much as comfort someone. Some people would welcome it, but I would sign a form that says hell no to singing if I'm on the way out on some bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DollarBill Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Swear to the FSM if anybody does this shit to me I WILL come back and haunt your ass until you go mad and hang yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boftx Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 At least in my case, as long as it's just my wife's side of the family and my younger kids, it will be all classic rock and blues. (Along with a few bottles being passed around maybe more.) Of my three older kids, two of them might be stupid enough to want something "churchy" but one would be right there with Southern Rock, some Outlaw Country and a bottle or two. (Our families are almost entirely Scots-Irish and Swede.) So I wouldn't complain about that. As for most poor bastards, yeah, coming back and haunting the pricks that made you suffer listening to "uplifting spiritual" music is a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qadeshet Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 "Imagine" by John Lennon would be nice. Just no religious music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♦ Fuego ♦ Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 For me Sinatra doing "The Best is Yet to Come" would be cool. Actually, it's cool anytime. I know a woman who is a music thanatologist, she plays harp and sings at the bedside of the dying. She's not a christian, just doing what she can to make them comfortable. Some people are genuinely scared of dying, so she helps with soothing sounds. Damn nice voice and good looking also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwc Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Not only am I dying but now I've got to fish around my hospital gown for a freaking tip? (Won't they be in for a surprise.) mwc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandora Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 This is a beautiful idea (and not really a new one... we have pretty much known for a long time that hearing is the last sense to go, and playing comforting music with or without words is a common practice in the hospice). I agree it has a huge potential for abuse. The singers need to be respectful of who the person was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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