Recently grappling with the reaper has inspired me to create my Wake Playlist---or Wakelist (patent pending). While trying not to give too much space to any one artist, Cope figures highly. "Me Singing," natch. "You Will Be Mist," despite being so on-the-nose for a mortal setting. Something from Jehovakill should be there: maybe "Upwards at 45 Degrees." I'm trying to present a list that presents some insights into my life and/or would sound good while contemplating my passing. I'm trying to avoid overly bitter/angry songs, which rules out some brilliance from The Cure, Nick Cave, et al.
Part of the fun is balancing the great music, the relevant music, and figuring out just what this wakelist is supposed to be. Comments on my list (bearing in mind that it is still in progress), as well as lists of your own, are welcome. In other words:
"Speak as though you will be mist."
Johnny Cash: Like a Soldier
Robert Fripp: Exposure
David Bowie: Life on Mars
Syd Barrett: Opel
Julian Cope: Me Singing
Talking Heads: This Must Be the Place
Steve Howe: Excerpts From Tales From Topographic Oceans
Genesis: Back in NYC
Marianne Faithfull: Mack the Knife (live 20th Century Blues)
John Lee Hooker: I'm Bad, Like Jesse James
Velvet Underground: Heroin (live 1993)
Iggy Pop & James Williamson: I Got Nuthin'
Iggy Pop & James Williamson: No Sense of Crime
Rush: 2112: Overture & The Temples of Syrinx
Fleetwood Mac: Oh Well
Todd Rundgren: Honest Work
Bob Dylan: Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Neil Young: Ambulance Blues
Talking Heads: Heaven
Julian Cope: You Will Be Mist
Roky Erickson: You're an Unidentified Flying Object
Genesis: IT
King Crimson: Lark's Tongues In Aspic II
Mothers of Invention: King Kong (not sure which version)
Brian Eno: The Big Ship
Brian Eno: Golden Hours
Pink Floyd: Echoes
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