Songs to die to

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My sister Angie sent an e-mail to our family the other day, saying that she wouldn’t want to die to the song “Brown Girl in the Ring” by Boney M.

She then linked to this story about a pair of mountain-climbers, one of whom “. . . was so dehydrated and his leg was causing him such pain that he began hallucinating, eventually unable to get a song by Boney M., “Brown Girl in the Ring,” out of his head (his terror at that moment, he recalls, was that he was going to die to that song).” (Go read the article, it’s very interesting.)

I replied that “Rivers of Babylon” was a better Boney M. song to die to, and my brother Michael countered with their song “Rasputin.” (Oh, those Russians!)

Naturally, since Boney M. is not the only musical artist in the world (and most of you are probably saying, “Who in tarnation is Boney M.?”), there must be songs by other artists that would be good (or bad) to die to.

For example, the mix of “Tubular Bells/Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls” by Book of Love on the Just Say Yo CD is 14 minutes and 26 seconds long. So that would be a good song to die to, if you needed time to get a few thing done first. On the other hand, if you’re in some pain and want to go quick, you might want to go with one of the various TV themes that only last 30 seconds. (“Felix the Cat,” anyone?)

So, any other nominations for good (or bad) songs to die to?