{"id":9410,"date":"2011-09-27T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=9410"},"modified":"2011-09-27T11:30:03","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T15:30:03","slug":"and-when-i-die%e2%80%a6i-better-not-hear-this-song-playing-at-my-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/and-when-i-die%e2%80%a6i-better-not-hear-this-song-playing-at-my-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"And When I Die\u2026I Better Not Hear This Song Playing at My Funeral!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somewhere on YouTube there’s a person who wrote the following comment following the posting of one of many Blood, Sweat & Tears<\/strong>‘ versions of my least favorite song in the world, Laura Nyro<\/a><\/strong>‘s composition “And When I Die”:<\/p>\n

This is\ufeff the song I told my family to play at my funeral\u2014except my ‘One Child Born” is now “Four”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s kind of sweet that this person is thinking ahead. I have been too. Hear me out, Townspeople, and see that my family gets the word: This is the song I do NOT want played at my funeral!<\/em><\/p>\n

Not this version:<\/p>