THE SONG TO LISTEN TO WHILE YOU'RE DYING



Since I’ve tackled death (death of Rep. Crispin Beltran, the incoming death of the local movie industry because of Mark Lapid’s epic, Apoy Sa Dibdib ng Samar and the possible death of the senate as an institution if we keep electing the likes of Lito Lapid as senators) in my previous post, I might as well feature a song here about death: a song entitled The Great Gig In The Sky. (You can find and play this song at the upper-right corner of this page.)

The Great Gig In The Sky (the fifth track from the enigmatic Dark Side of the Moon album by Pink Floyd), is a truly glorious and exhilaratingly beautiful song about death. It has no lyrics, just a woman wailing beautifully and heavenly. Listening to this song is like listening to an angel singing mournfully. An angel grieving over and finally accepting the death of someone. As one music writer said about the song, 'it’s amazing how its singer perfectly captures death in this song. All the emotions of death: fear, sadness, excitement, acceptance, nostalgia, and in the end a slow decrescendo into nothingness.'

Like what morbid fans of this song are saying, this is the best song to listen to while you are dying and the best song to accompany your soul while it is on its way to heaven or, well, hell.

The following are the spoken words within the song:

"And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I
don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying?
There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime."

"If you can hear this whispering, you are dying."

Comments

Colin said…
I think that that is a brilliant commentary on such a good song. I love the picture as well.
March 28, 2009 at 6:02 AM
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