I want several things to happen at my funeral.
I want 4 pieces of music played. 1. Soave sia il vento from Cosi Fan Tutte This should then be followed by some dialogue preferably by my family. My sons and my wife. 2. Accross the Universe by The Beatles This to be followed by some history of the life of Neville Gibb. I would hope that it would be stated that I considered that the apex of government to have happened with the election of the Labor Government in 1972 and that I considered Gough Whitlam to be the only real Prime Minister Australia has had. Gough Whitlam was my true political hero. And still is. And that I considered that Australian people to be unworthy of respect for the way they voted in 1966 and 1975. It should be stated that I was always against the Vietnam War and that this led me to feel alienated from most Australians. Plus the feeling of being excluded from my extended family. 3. Ave Vera Corpus by Mozart People should be made to sit in silence and listen to each piece of music through to the end. I am not sure if I want to much dialogue spoken. Especially by people I did not like. I want no hypocritical praise spoken over my body at all. I have always had a horror of hearing people praised to the heavens when they are dead by people who always spoke contemptuously of them when they were alive. I can quite easily believe that this could happen to me. I have always felt that most people I have known have disliked me. Most of my relatives have given me the impression they have disliked me. Some have been very pointed. Most of my work colleagues have been critical. At the same time I have not known many people I have truly liked. I have always been a moralist. I disapprove of other peoples morals. I would like it be said that I was always suspicious of intolerance. I would like it stated that I had a horror of prejudice. I would like it stated that I always had a horror of racism. I would like it stated that I looked on the majority of human beings with contempt. I would like it mentioned that I never felt Australian until I left it. In my youth I was always being accused of being un-australian - and because this was said with such passion converging on hatred I believed I was un-australian. I felt an alien within australia. I would like it mentioned that I had two years in England where I was happy and this sustained me for the rest of my life. I would like my wife and children to all speak and say something. Other relatives and friends may want to speak and are to be allowed - no matter how unimportant or unsuitable the people may be thought to be. I want it stated that I loved my wife and children to distraction. This may not have always been obvious to every one involved. But no one could have loved their children and their wife more than I did. I want it stated that I always had a temper simmering below the surface. Always there. Always close to going off. And I used it unfairly on people who did not always deserve it. I want it stated that I was not a particularly happy person. But I knew when I had done the wrong thing and always tried to recant when it was required. I definitely do not want a "professional" funeral planner speaking at my funeral. I want no funeral director organising my funeral. I would prefer that no funeral director even to be in attendance. 4. I want the modern utube version of Please Pleased Me shown on a video screen to wrap things up. This can be found on Utube and has Paul McCartney singing lead. Once again people must be made to sit in silence until the video is finished.
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