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Laura PourMeADrink

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8. thank you so much !! I may have given the wrong impression - it's kind of a

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 5, 2016, 11:07 PM

Aug 2016

joyful remembrance....But, think I can't go too somber or too upbeat. Like a mellow,happy?? Hard to describe.

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Trying to make a playlist of great songs for a memorial [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 OP

Try this Lochloosa Aug 2016 #1

Sad but nice Croney Aug 2016 #2

Sand by Heart tanyev Aug 2016 #3

This... tosh Aug 2016 #4

Thanks T !! Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #15

The Beatles' In My Life snacker Aug 2016 #5

Great Beatles addition - perfect - thanks ! Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #14

Well, there are many... hlthe2b Aug 2016 #6

thank you so much !! I may have given the wrong impression - it's kind of a Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #8

That's a great choice. 2theleft Aug 2016 #7

Hawaiian man? otr...will have to look because this is my favorite rendition Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #9

Holy cow! Her voice... 2theleft Aug 2016 #18

... Lochloosa Aug 2016 #11

Yes!!! I love his version! Thanks for posting it n/t 2theleft Aug 2016 #17

I think you mean Israel Kamakaiwo'ole, Its a Wonderful World/Somewhere Over the Rainbow hlthe2b Aug 2016 #12

I love that version! Vattel Aug 2016 #24

Every Time We Say Goodbye frazzled Aug 2016 #10

Absolutely love Skylark - added. thank you so much ! Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #13

More Upbeat BlueInPhilly Aug 2016 #16

Thanks ! I actually have Lay Me Down - but it's the old country Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #25

If I were ever to have a memorial I'd want this one. librarylu Aug 2016 #19

Very few have as heavenly a voice. do you mean Alice Doesn't Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #27

If you want something that celebrates the life of the deceased (i.e., not sad), try this: Vattel Aug 2016 #20

Great ! Thanks V Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #35

"Wings for Marie Part 2" opiate69 Aug 2016 #21

wow ! thanks for those lyrics too !! Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #37

My pleasure.. opiate69 Aug 2016 #39

wow, just listened to the KD Lang you posted. What a fucking amazing voice! Vattel Aug 2016 #22

KD is the shit. You should see her live. Lochloosa Aug 2016 #26

I like the version of Hallelujah TuxedoKat Aug 2016 #31

It was magnificent! Here you go csziggy Aug 2016 #38

Circle Game-Joni Mitchell Mendocino Aug 2016 #23

Nature Boy Zorro Aug 2016 #28

Satisfied Mind - Jeff Buckley Moostache Aug 2016 #29

Went to one that played both radical noodle Aug 2016 #30

Drift Away csziggy Aug 2016 #32

Kitaro - "The Light Of The Spirit" FuzzyRabbit Aug 2016 #33

"Ghosts That We Knew" Mumford and Sons- was very meaningful cry baby Aug 2016 #34

Beautiful randr Aug 2016 #36

Flaming Lips...Do You Realize?... GReedDiamond Aug 2016 #40

I wrote an article about this once. Here's part of my list: nolabear Aug 2016 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author struggle4progress Aug 2016 #52

Prince - Comeback greyl Aug 2016 #42

Forever Young struggle4progress Aug 2016 #43

Slip Slidin Away struggle4progress Aug 2016 #44

Pack Up Your Sorrows struggle4progress Aug 2016 #45

Be Not Too Hard struggle4progress Aug 2016 #46

Fire and Rain struggle4progress Aug 2016 #47

So Far Away struggle4progress Aug 2016 #48

Circle Game struggle4progress Aug 2016 #49

Can the circle be unbroken struggle4progress Aug 2016 #50

You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley struggle4progress Aug 2016 #51

Wayfaring Stranger struggle4progress Aug 2016 #53

Come Go with Me struggle4progress Aug 2016 #54

Good Riddance by Green Day JoeOtterbein Aug 2016 #55

God Is Alive -- Magic Is Afoot struggle4progress Aug 2016 #56

Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary struggle4progress Aug 2016 #60

it's a sad one, but DonCoquixote Aug 2016 #57

Jud Strunk - Daisy A Day greyl Aug 2016 #58

Send me on my way lapfog_1 Aug 2016 #59

Ubi caritas struggle4progress Aug 2016 #61

Down By The Riverside struggle4progress Aug 2016 #62

Going Home struggle4progress Aug 2016 #63

That was played at my father's burial malaise Aug 2016 #78

A song by Sweet Honey in The Rock: Ken Burch Aug 2016 #64

Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth trixie Aug 2016 #65

Did this a while ago myself. yewberry Aug 2016 #66

I have two for you Tom Kitten Aug 2016 #67

I was just at a memorial where we sang a shortened version of Cohen's Hallelujah Hekate Aug 2016 #68

Gotta suggest some Martin Sexton Egnever Aug 2016 #69

Ode to Joy. The Parting Glass sung by Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem. Hekate Aug 2016 #70

I'm sorry for your loss, and offer this as a possibility. cali Aug 2016 #71

I've spent way too many hours listening to her stuff on youtube....great choice Gabi Hayes Aug 2016 #77

I love her early stuff like this: cali Aug 2016 #79

those are wonderful...have you seen the documentary; the one where she's losing Gabi Hayes Aug 2016 #83

I have seen that- it's actually my favorite version cali Aug 2016 #84

100% perfect !! thanks so much C Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #80

I'm glad, Laura. Here's a version with the full band cali Aug 2016 #81

I'll Fly Away Tanuki Aug 2016 #72

Brokedown Palace by the Grateful Dead Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #73

Very nice suggestions Soxfan58 Aug 2016 #74

goodbye pork pie hat/icarus.....ralph towner/gary burton Gabi Hayes Aug 2016 #75

mordant 'humor'.....wc fields via donald fagen Gabi Hayes Aug 2016 #76

This is one that Mr BlueMTexpat has BlueMTexpat Aug 2016 #82

I picked the songs for my Dad's service Budgies Revenge Aug 2016 #85

For a Dancer, Jackson Browne GeorgeGist Aug 2016 #86

Dream a little dream of me Loryn Aug 2016 #87