{"id":303,"date":"2010-09-06T10:05:49","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T15:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=303"},"modified":"2011-01-13T10:15:53","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T15:15:53","slug":"final-vinyl-what-song-would-you-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/final-vinyl-what-song-would-you-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Vinyl. What Song Would YOU Pick?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve all played the “Desert Island Record” game: If you were stuck on a desert island, what ten records would you take with you? (Never mind the fact that there’s no likely electricity on a deserted island.) And many of us have played the contemporary version, where you list the Top 15 Or So Records<\/a> that made you who you are today.<\/p>\n

Here’s a new one: When you inevitably shuffle off this mortal coil, what record what you pick to be left on? Seriously. And Vinyly<\/a>, a British company, will bake your cremated ashes into the grooves of a vinyl record as its pressed. (Try THAT with an MP3 file.)<\/p>\n

Musician Jason Leach, company president, said he got the idea after went out on a boat with his family members to sprinkle the ashes of his grandfather into the sea<\/a>. His uncle \u201creleased them on the wrong side of the boat”, and ashes blew all over everyone. (Apparently the same thing happened to his father, too!)<\/p>\n

Many of And Vinyly’s clients choose to embed their ashes onto a recording of their last will and testament or a disc containing their favorites tunes. Sort of the ultimate mix tape…in record form. I think it’d be far more appropriate (and interesting) to pick the ultimate song you’d like to leave your physical remains on as you head up to a better place.<\/p>\n

What song would YOU pick? Something cliche? (“Stairway to Heaven”) Sarcastic (“Highway to Hell?”) A tune that gives away your ’80 roots (Motley Crue’s “Home Sweet Home?”) <\/p>\n

Me? I’d go for something traditional: The Staple Singers and “Uncloudy Day”.<\/p>\n

What song would YOU pick?<\/p>\n