Steve O'Rourke's Coffin caught fire!

Post by **Keith Jordan** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 2:43 pm

Oh my!

http://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/news/?y=03&id=111501

Daily Mail, 20th Nov 2003, in gossip column just before centre pages.

ObscuredEchoes · Post by **ObscuredEchoes** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:47 pm

Holy smoke!

Useful Idiot · Post by **Useful Idiot** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:54 pm

Wow.

I really don't know what to say.

rosm · Post by **rosm** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:12 pm

"Funny" most of the times isn't a word you use when talking about funerals but I think I would call this funny.

A friend of mine who played drums in the band I played in died 2 years ago and on his coffin they put a cymbal. When the coffin was lowered in the grave everybody had the opportunity to throw someting in the grave and I threw a cd of some of our band's recordings. And guess where it landed... Yep with a loud splash on the cymbal. Not really funny but I think he could have laughed about it.

madcap69 · Post by **madcap69** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 3:01 am

wow thats different

Meddler · Post by **Meddler** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 7:59 am

Well atleast he went out in flames. I know, I know, but somebody had to say it. Its better to burn out, then to fade away... (I forget whos sig that is but I've always liked it!)

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 1:32 pm

It's my sig, comes from the brilliant Neil Young incase anyone hadn't picked it up

Least his funeral won't ever be forgotten anyway

syd67ro · Post by **syd67ro** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 1:33 pm

Meddler wrote:Well atleast he went out in flames. I know, I know, but somebody had to say it. Its better to burn out, then to fade away... (I forget whos sig that is but I've always liked it!)

I believe that was written on Kurt Cobain suicidal note.

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 1:35 pm

The line came from my my hey hey by Neil Young, Kurt used it in his note that made it a more famous line when associated with Nirvana and then Bonjovi ripped it of in the song These Days

Alternative 4 · Post by **Alternative 4** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 8:56 pm

Must have been trying to make it like a real floyd show.

floydianslip · Post by **floydianslip** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 5:00 pm

Then drowned in desire, our souls on fire
I lead the way to the funeral pyre
And without a thought of the consequence
I gave in to my decadence
One slip, and down the hole we fall
It seems to take no time at all
A momentary lapse of reason
That binds a life for life
A small regret, you won't forget,
There'll be no sleep in here tonight

sydcrainbop · Post by **sydcrainbop** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 1:24 am

Maybe it was the ghost of Jimi Hendrix paying his condolences in his usual guitar-toasting style.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 2:38 am

David Smith wrote:The line came from my my hey hey by Neil Young, Kurt used it in his note that made it a more famous line when associated with Nirvana and then Bonjovi ripped it of in the song These Days

It's in the song 'Rock of Ages' from Def Leppard's Pyromania album too...

*just listening to a bunch of 80s music a certain 'someone' left in my house...*

I guess I'll need my extra dose of Pink Floyd tonight...

dopey · Post by **dopey** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:32 am

Well at least no one can accuse the Floyd of not making a show out of everything they do, I imagine that this may have made the funeral a little lighter to handle and probably brought a smile to those dour faces. God on ya Steve.

olzen · Post by **olzen** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:57 am

What did I say? Roger was there! Face it people. Who else would've poured gasoline all over poor Steves coffin?

It's a good way of leaving this world, though. Maybe his way of saying "Hey, light up! This happens to everybody! It's not special!"...

Steve O'Rourke's Coffin caught fire!

Steve O'Rourke's Coffin caught fire!

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