Favorite "Real People Songs #7 - "Miles Davis' Funeral"
@teamfreak16 (43418)
Denver, Colorado
December 5, 2017 2:08pm CST
Although it's been awhile, this band has made numerous appearances in my music countdowns. We are at #7 in my Favorite "Real People" Songs series, which is just songs with a real person in the title. The seventh spot belongs to "Miles Davis' Funeral" by Morphine.
"Miles Davis' Funeral" is the final track on Morphine's 1993 album, Cure for Pain.
It is a short, haunting piece of beauty that is totally different than Morphine's usual two- finger slide bass/saxophone/ drums blues/jazz sound.
I've linked to an audio only album version, which has a cool photo of Miles playing his trumpet.
Enjoy!
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@FourWalls (67775)
• United States
6 Dec 17
@teamfreak16 -- here's Robbie's take on Miles. (If you watch at the end, after they play the opening riff of "Sixteen Tons," he points at me because I was laughing my butt off at them "quoting" that song at the end!)
Miles Davis cover performed at Merle Travis vs. Miles Davis night, The Hideout, Chicago, July 14, 2014 http://www.robbiefulks.com/blog/posts/518-miles-davis-...
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
6 Dec 17
@FourWalls - That was great! I quite liked it. That is so cool that you got to see him do this.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Dec 17
You and I just might be the biggest Miles Davis fans on MyLot!
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
6 Dec 17
Oh, thank you. You and Vince have a great day/night.
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@RasmaSandra (79714)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 Dec 17
Never heard of this before but I enjoyed the music. I will look for some more from them.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Dec 17
"Buena" is a good place to start.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
5 Dec 17
I know you are a big fan of Davis.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
5 Dec 17
I felt as if I could feel the sadness through the music.
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@FourWalls (67775)
• United States
6 Dec 17
That says quite a lot in 105 seconds.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Dec 17
@teamfreak16 I listened to it for years, and then my CD disappeared. I think my ex- psycho hose beast stole it and then had it stolen from her car.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Dec 17
I love this album. It's definitely a favorite.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Dec 17
@TheHorse - Really? That sucks. That's one you'd like to hang onto.
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