[78-L] Billy Murray At Holy Rood Cemetery---Reply From Authorities

[David Lennick]

And I bow to noone in my having been a fan of Billy Murray since I first 
tripped while running with a copy of "Mother Hasn't Spoke to Father Since" when 
I was 4. Disc sustained a crack, I was already cracked. (When I finally found a 
replacement on Hawthorn's list, I was infuriated to find it was a remake!)

dl

buster wrote:
> Betcha there's an unspoken religious element in play here too.   
> Graveyards are about religion. And big bucks for the grief-exploiters  
> who run them.
> 
> Who cares where a person's dust resides?  There's way more Billy in  
> any crappy old cylinder or disc of his than in some random piece of  
> earth someplace.
> 
> On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:30 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>  
> wrote:
> 
>> Right! Play his records, put a plaque up, enjoy what he did. Who  
>> cares where
>> he's buried? I truly do not understand this constant obsession with  
>> visiting
>> graves. Anyone's. Why would you go to visit Edith Piaf's grave or  
>> Mozart's or
>> Michael Jackson's? Is it going to bring you happiness? No, enjoying  
>> what they
>> left you is going to bring you happiness. Is visiting a grave going  
>> to bring
>> the person back to life? Talk about a waste of time and energy.
>> If I sound a bit rabid about this subject, let's just say I'm  
>> letting go of an
>> irritation that has bothered me for decades.
>>
>> Yes, I stand behind every word of this and my previous diatribe, and  
>> I know we
>> haven't heard the last on the subject. I find worshipping the dead  
>> disgusting.
>> Sue me.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> John Maeder wrote:
>>> But it's not about dead people, necrophilia, or cemeteries .. this  
>>> is about Billy Murray.
>>>
>>>> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:14:07 -0500
>>>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Billy Murray At Holy Rood Cemetery---Reply     
>>>> From    Authorities
>>>>
>>>> Al, you and I seem to be in a minority here. As for the rest of you
>>>> necrophiliacs, here's a cemetery full of famous people..knock  
>>>> yourselves out.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Westwood_Village_Memorial_Park_Cemetery
>>>>
>>>> (Wonder if they're also buried alphabetically?)
>>>>
>>>> dl
>>>>
>>>> simmonssomer wrote:
>>>>> I'm not at all interested where Billy Murray is buried or how!!!!!
>>>>> Is this the business of this group?
>>>>> Cemetery research?
>>>>> Plot number. Row number, Date of interment,
>>>>> Name of artist. Type style.
>>>>> Upper or Lower case.(That's a joke son)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Al Simmons
>>>>>