Variations on a Theme: Death

rubber soul · 10-21-2022, 12:26 PM

Psy-Fi · 10-22-2022, 05:27 AM

The Residents - Six More Miles (To the Graveyard)

Plankton · 10-22-2022, 06:57 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG4AawcYdSE

Trollheart · 10-22-2022, 07:09 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfOXu6l3WTQ

Iron Maiden - "Die With Your Boots On"

Lisnaholic · 10-22-2022, 08:50 PM

“O death, where is thy sting?” St.Paul was saying that with the JC resurrection and all, God-fearing Christians would go to Heaven and they would fear death no more. St. P was a bit premature with his optimism imo, because Medieval Europe really ramped up the fear of death with all that eternal damnation stuff. So, for me, that's a good era to go to if you want any chills up your spine from a song about death.

Lyke Wake Dirge is strong on eternal damnation and has some really old credentials: first reported as being sung in 1616, but "Though it is from the Christian era and features references to Christianity, much of the symbolism is thought to be of pre-Christian origin."

Alasdair Roberts' version has a good sinister mood and the song itself scores points for arcane language that you won't properly figure out until you read an explanation like this one:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyke-Wake_Dirge

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfOXu6l3WTQ Iron Maiden - "Die With Your Boots On" __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

10-22-2022, 08:50 PM	#15 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	“O death, where is thy sting?” St.Paul was saying that with the JC resurrection and all, God-fearing Christians would go to Heaven and they would fear death no more. St. P was a bit premature with his optimism imo, because Medieval Europe really ramped up the fear of death with all that eternal damnation stuff. So, for me, that's a good era to go to if you want any chills up your spine from a song about death. Lyke Wake Dirge is strong on eternal damnation and has some really old credentials: first reported as being sung in 1616, but "Though it is from the Christian era and features references to Christianity, much of the symbolism is thought to be of pre-Christian origin." Alasdair Roberts' version has a good sinister mood and the song itself scores points for arcane language that you won't properly figure out until you read an explanation like this one:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyke-Wake_Dirge __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953