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View all 178 →Happy Day by Sarkodie. I’m half Ghanaian, and in Ghana funerals really are a celebration of life. You dance and sing; it’s just a completely different vibe to over here in the UK. I would hope at my funeral that everyone’s on their feet, having a good time.
Adrian Edmondson
English actor, comedian, musician and writer
Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Whenever Rik and I got stuck writing a script, we would put this on and the world would immediately seem to be a more stupidly brilliant place again.
Julia Stiles
American actress
When The Saints Go Marching In, by a New Orleans second line band.
The Bare Necessities.
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I am not a crier.
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