r/videos • u/-Appleaday- • 12h ago

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood perform 'Imagine' at Jimmy Carter's funeral

https://youtu.be/XtirCAzJ6ao?si=y_XTcMEMzQlEmklh
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67% Upvoted

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u/nerdwaffles 10h ago

Let the conversation begin

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u/bargellos 7h ago

HAH, stand up for Ukraine.

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u/DannyDeVitosFeet 6h ago

Lmao great reference 😂

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u/[deleted] 7h ago

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u/TriforceTeching 7h ago

Yes and yes. Try not to think about it and remember the celebrities getting together on zoom to sing the song to you while they sat in their mansions while you were essentially working during the beginning stages of covid.

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u/mrwafflezzz 1h ago

Raw stuff… I really like that

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u/choicejam 9h ago

Cool stuff, neat stuff, slick stuff.

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u/AidilAfham42 7h ago

I like that

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u/MarkEsmiths 3h ago

Raw stuff.

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u/i_like_it_raw_ 11h ago

Where are the bodies, Garth??

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u/OccupyAudio 11h ago

where was Garth exactly when Mr Carter died?

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u/heyyouwtf 10h ago

All I can say for certain is that I did not see him at all that day. Who knows what he was doing?

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u/Donnie-elfman 11h ago

Came looking for this.

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u/venkmanburninhell 9h ago

The families deserve closure.

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u/bradyblack 10h ago

Ha ha ha. Poor.

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u/droidtron 9h ago

Careful, he's got friends in low places.

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u/runningchief 10h ago

That was Chris, not Garth

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u/peppercorns666 10h ago

Should have been someone edgier. like Chris Gaines.

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u/SnuggleBunni69 9h ago

Imagine the orgy that would follow if Chris Gaines stepped up in that bitch.

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u/MarkEsmiths 3h ago

I just imagined a future where things really were collapsing and the long awaited Chris Gaines movie was released and fixed everything.

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u/BoyGeorgous 7h ago

I heard Chris Gaines is smoking that meat cigar.

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u/str8f8 26m ago

Ironically enough, it was President Carter who legalized soul patches during his administration.

They never took off like microbreweries though.

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u/ukexpat 8h ago

And of course the Right Wing Nut Jobosphere is going nuts about it, even though it was obviously Carter’s choice, as he had been closely involved in planning the whole thing.

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u/ocean6csgo 10h ago

Where are the bodies, Garth?

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u/Saul_T_Bauls 9h ago

Cool stuff, neat stuff, raw stuff.

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u/delaphin 11h ago

That seems like an odd choice for someone who was a life long Christian and Baptist Minister.

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u/Photo_Synthetic 9h ago edited 9h ago

It's Jimmy Carter's favorite song. Reddit is the worst. “My favorite is ‘Imagine,'” he said. “When I go to a strange country, Cuba and other places, in some of those nations, ‘Imagine’ has become a national anthem. If you go to Havana, for instance, you’ll see a statue of John Lennon.” He loved Lennon who was killed during his presidency and had very kind words to say about his influence in the world in the wake of his murder.

"John Lennon helped create the music and the mood of our time. His spirit, the spirit of the Beatles—brash and earnest, ironic and idealistic all at once—became the spirit of a whole generation.

In the 1960's, John Lennon and the Beatles captured the imagination of the world. Their greatest success came when they conquered America; and in recent years, it was in America that John Lennon chose to live, because he valued the atmosphere of freedom and ferment he found here. His work as an artist and musician was far from done, but in the songs he composed, both in partnership with Paul McCartney and in his own right, he leaves an extraordinary and permanent legacy.

I know that I speak for many millions of Americans when I say that I am saddened by his death, and distressed by the senseless manner of it. It is especially poignant that John Lennon has died by violence, though he had long campaigned for peace.

Rosalynn and I extend our deepest sympathy to Mr. Lennon's wife, Yoko, and to their young son, Sean."

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u/fednandlers 9h ago

Thank you.

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u/Imsomniland 4h ago

Damn, what a good guy.

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u/Background_Ad9279 8h ago

Then God Bless him. Hopefully he can imagine there is a heaven....cause he may need it more than his church.

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u/SereneMetal 5h ago

Can you explain more? I don’t understand what you’re referencing. Thanks.

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u/pomonamike 10h ago

I met Carter during his leadership of the New Baptist Covenant. We had a service at 16th Street Baptist Church (the one in Birmingham, AL that was bombed and 4 girls died). He specifically requested the song be sung and a group, I believe from Troy University, sang it.

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u/Furdinand 10h ago

I think two of his closest friends knew his preferences better than internet randos.

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u/AlverezYari 9h ago

Reddit really sucks sometimes. That was a fantastic and gorgeous rendition.

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u/claycle 11h ago

It is a call to empty your mind of all your built-in prejudices - including your closely held beliefs - so that we can try to imagine a more perfect world of peace.

Imagine if people could grasp just that?

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u/bigtime1158 9h ago

Imagine if we just tried.

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u/WhatLikeAPuma751 9h ago

It’s easy if you try

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u/TouchGrassRedditor 9h ago

The entire point of religion is for people to feel like they have a purpose of life. Asking them to imagine a word without religion is akin to asking them to imagine a world with no purpose to life

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u/claycle 9h ago

Imagine a world where we wouldn’t need religion and gods to find purpose.

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u/TouchGrassRedditor 9h ago

Already living in one. Just pointing out the obvious reason people don't like the song

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u/ToxicPolarBear 9h ago

“Imagine a world where everything is the same for me but I take away the thing that you’ve chosen to give your life purpose.”

“What do you mean that sounds awful?”

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u/whaddupdood 9h ago

Well then imagine a world with no purpose to life. Imagining something doesn't make you married to it.

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u/TehOwn 9h ago

I'm now imagining a world where all cats have laser pointers naturally attached to their heads.

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u/CrankyYankers 4h ago

Or that burns you for all eternity for not believing.

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u/TouchGrassRedditor 9h ago

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, just pointing out the obvious reason that it makes people uncomfortable

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u/tn_notahick 7h ago

I dunno, I think I'd rather just do good things and contribute to the well-being of society because it's the right thing to do . Not because of a threat of eternal hellfire if I don't.

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u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist 11h ago

Why? It's a song about Peace.

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u/KeyboardG 11h ago edited 10h ago

“Imagine there’s no Heaven” is why religious people would think it’s inappropriate.

Edit: Just like the celebrities singing it while people were dying of Covid was so poorly received.

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u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist 11h ago

"It's easy if you try"

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u/Substantial_Flow_850 11h ago

This is one of the best comebacks I’ve seen on Reddit

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u/TheCarrzilico 11h ago

What do you think the word "imagine" means?

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u/KeyofE 8h ago

Religious people: “Down is down and up is up!”

Musician: “Imagine if up were down”

Carter: “Well that’s an interesting thought experiment. I have deep seated views about these things, but I’m willing to imagine a person who didn’t and how that would result.”

Reddit: 😡

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u/Stagamemnon 10h ago

I concretely know it means to think about stuff.

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u/TheCarrzilico 10h ago

While there are a great number of religious folks that would definitely frown at the idea of thinking about stuff, I don't believe President Carter felt that way, and I'd assume that the people closest to him would know how he felt about a song that suggests thinking.

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u/Photo_Synthetic 9h ago

It's literally Jimmy Carters favorite song. You guys are idiots.

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u/TheCarrzilico 8h ago

What do you mean, "you guys"?

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u/RedSpecial22 10h ago

The prospect of heaven not existing would be a sad thought for a Christian, if they were to try and imagine that.

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u/Hushwater 10h ago

No heaven as in a reward for being good, it's saying just be good knowing there isn't a reward as in eternal bliss after death but in moments in a finite life span that propagates ripples after your physical self is over.

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u/beyondwithinitself 5h ago

He's saying live life as if there is nothing afterwards. "Imagine all the people living for today" - this could be interpreted as hedonistic since there are no eternal consequences for your actions. A "do what thou wilt" approach (Crowley)

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u/RedSpecial22 9h ago

I’m saying they could interpret it however they like. But I wouldn’t think it offensive.

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u/CrankyYankers 4h ago

No problem with unbelievers spending eternity in torment.

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u/ChaseballBat 8h ago

How weak minded do you think religious people are?

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u/tn_notahick 7h ago

I mean, they believe that an invisible sky daddy impregnated a human, that human was eventually killed but came back alive. They believe there's a place where anyone who "accepts Jesus" (no matter how evil they were) all live after they die. I could go on and on.

Yeah, they are extremely weak minded.

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u/ChaseballBat 7h ago

This shit is the most reddit comment to ever exist. Don't let your fedora fall on the ground when you roll off the couch.

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u/beyondwithinitself 5h ago

You described only one religion out of many. Even within the Christian religion there are disagreements and some sects do not believe any of the supernatural stuff you are describing. Many religions however do believe in Heaven.

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u/BaconKnight 10h ago

This song is most Boomer’s second favorite Beatles adjacent/Lennon song next to Yesterday. Whether the majority of them are looking closely at the lyrics or not, I think most old folks just like the way the song sounds and that’s the end of it.

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u/tophmcmasterson 9h ago

Yesterday is a Beatles song and it’s a McCartney one, not “Beatles adjacent/Lennon”. May not be what you meant but phrasing is odd.

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u/BaconKnight 9h ago

I wrote my reply in the other post but basically: I know. I just also know that the majority of 55-85 year old boomers who love to song think it it as “that Beatles song”, even if incorrect, that’s the general feeling/sentiment that I was trying to convey because explaining all this in detail is really useless and doesn’t help anyone and I had hoped people would be able to link the meaning, but I forgot it’s the internet and next time I will make sure to explain in excruciating detail every facet.

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u/LadyChatterteeth 7h ago

There are no 85-year-old Boomers. The oldest Boomers are 78, turning 79 throughout this coming year.

The generation before them is the Silent Generation. And Jimmy Carter was part of the generation before that, which was called the Greatest Generation.

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u/theblen 9h ago

Yesterday is a McCartney song, not a Lennon song. The most famous performance was Paul performing it solo on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1965.

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u/BaconKnight 9h ago edited 9h ago

I know, that’s why I phrased it the way it did. I meant, “Beatles song” but I am aware it’s a Lennon song. But the majority of boomers, the very 55-85 year old people I’m talking about in my post, they call it a “Beatles song” in their head just like Yesterday they think Yesterday was cowritten by Lennon when it wasn’t. But I didn’t want to try to explain this amorphous concept, yet I guess I had to in the end anyway.

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u/theblen 8h ago

Yeah, I see what you mean now. Yesterday got the Lennon/McCartney writing credit and was released on a Beatles album, so it's not Beatles adjacent to me, it is a Beatles song. I know everything got the Lennon/McCartney credit, regardless of how much the other was involved like John's The Ballad of John and Yoko or Julia, vs Martha My Dear or When I'm 64 as 90% Paul songs. Honestly there are very few Beatles songs that aren't largely dominated by single members, very few are some equal collaboration of the 4. Even with the Lennon/McCartney credited songs it's obvious who is primarily writing each one (I am the Walrus vs Hey Jude)

I think of Beatles-adjacent or mistaken solo songs on par with Imagine to be like, Maybe I'm Amazed, My Sweet Lord, Instant Karma.

Not trying to argue, btw, I totally get your point. I just like talking about the Beatles :)

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u/DrunksInSpace 10h ago

I misread that and was very confused

Why? it’s a song about Pence.

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u/veryverythrowaway 11h ago

Upvoting this comment because you got so many great responses to it.

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u/El6Diablo6Rojo6 9h ago

So people are arguing with you man, but I get it. The dude had the highest possible political position at a country while also being high up in a church. Then the first lyrics are about imagining no heaven and no country. Regardless of the song meaning it seems weird.

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u/Popular_Target 8h ago

Also with Lennon being a dedicated and avowed wife beater and abuser, you’d think after a few decades you’d find another song to appreciate that isn’t just unfettered hypocrisy in lyrical form.

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u/jtl909 8h ago

https://theonion.com/man-always-gets-little-rush-out-of-telling-people-john-1819578998/

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u/BoyGeorgous 7h ago

TIL…Mathew Broderick killed two women with his car.

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u/jtl909 7h ago

Think of all the opportunities for online sanctimony you’ve been missing out on!

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u/beyondwithinitself 5h ago

He's never met with the family either

Fifteen years later, in 2002, it was reported that Broderick would reportedly reach out to meet with the family during a visit to Ireland the following year.

However, the meeting allegedly never took place. In fact, Broderick drew sharp criticism when he starred in a multi-million-dollar Super Bowl commercial for Honda in 2012, a move many found insensitive.

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u/Popular_Target 8h ago

That man should be anybody when talking about John Lennon, it should be “John the wife beater Lennon”

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u/tn_notahick 7h ago

Love the song, and the message.. but these were my exact same thoughts.

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u/Wifflebatcandyco 10h ago

Wait, why didn't anyone applaud? Oh right... funeral

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u/Greyhaven7 9h ago

I’m impressed he sang the words as written. A lot of people try to fudge the no religion part (e.g., Cee Lo Green).

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u/mctrees91 10h ago

A haircut that can only be described as “black aerogel”

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u/SendInYourSkeleton 10h ago

Hair transplant for sure.

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u/DJ_DD 7h ago

Thanks. Was boutta ask when the fuck Garth Brooks got hair. Been at least 20 years since I’ve seen him.

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u/bradyblack 10h ago

That was beautiful.

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u/MukdenMan 7h ago

Fred’s got slacks on the boulevard

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u/Laterian 9h ago

Where the bodies G

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u/ImmmaLetUFinish 11h ago

Imagine! ❤️☮️

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u/RMRdesign 6h ago

I’m almost positive that was Chris Gains singing.

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u/misfitkid86 6h ago

Where are the bodies Garth! The families need closure!

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u/roaming_art 9h ago

Garth has hair again

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u/UnpluggedUnfettered 8h ago edited 7h ago

I was just scrolling through and actually thought that was Alex Jones with a guitar and I have a lot to think about now.

That screenshot looks like Alex jones and that isn't my fault.

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u/BelgarathTheSorcerer 11h ago edited 11h ago

In my will, there will be a song list that makes explicit that certain songs are not to be played. "Imagine," is at the very top of the list.

How about we "imagine," that a funeral not be the hokiest show imaginable. Who on earth is this for? Certainly not Jimmy.

Edit: lmfao, what? Big "Imagine" crowd in here?

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u/slamdanceswithwolves 10h ago

It was his favorite song, so… two of his friends played it at his funeral 🤯

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u/BelgarathTheSorcerer 10h ago

His favorite song was imagine? Huh.

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u/PxM23 10h ago

Imagine that.

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u/slamdanceswithwolves 10h ago

It’s not my favorite song, but yeah, it was his apparently. What’s your favorite song?

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u/droidtron 9h ago

Ain't no one playing Prince's Pussy Control.

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u/redwineandcoffee 11h ago

Top one at my funeral

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u/Phrantasia 11h ago

I really don't care - I'll be dead.

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u/ew73 10h ago

I want my funeral to be held in a public park. They can prop my urn or casket up somewhere, but as much money as my estate has left is going toward an open bar and a DJ to keep the party going as long as people are willing to drink and dance.

The whole thing will accept donations while progressing, to further fund additional bar-and-DJ time. The party goes until someone disrespects my remains by knocking the urn over or throwing up in the casket or similar. Then any remaining funds go to some charity and everyone goes home with the best story ever.

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u/kaze919 8h ago

Ohh shit she’s a real person? My partner has been watching rewatching Nashville and she came out to get a CMA award or something and I’m cackling over in the corner like “did the writers really come up with this basic ass female country music artist name like Tricia Yearwood?”

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u/XaqAlexHaq 9h ago

I'm pretty sure that is Chris Gaines singing with Trisha Yearwood

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u/Detox208 10h ago

Ewww

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u/RobbexRobbex 10h ago

Was Jimmy Carter an atheist?

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u/slamdanceswithwolves 10h ago

Far from it. He was a devoted progressive Cristian.

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u/peppercorns666 10h ago

i believe he taught sunday school up into his nineties. Maybe not the born again type?

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u/Photo_Synthetic 9h ago

Nah this was just his favorite song. Lennon also died while he was president.

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u/bradyblack 10h ago

No, but he was about taking care of the here and now.

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u/elSuavador 10h ago

Look at that ethnically diverse crowd!

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u/MostlyPropagandaHere 9h ago

Celebrities love singing that song. Weird choice too

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u/-Appleaday- 9h ago

It was actually Jimmy Carters favorite song. So it's not at all a weird song choice given that.

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u/Hmgkt 10h ago

Some of those choir boys look a bit sus.

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u/eejizzings 11h ago

Dang, who knew Jimmy Carter was so basic?

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u/Photo_Synthetic 9h ago

Lennon was killed during his presidency and he loved this song. But yea he probably should have had someone cover a Talking Heads or The Smiths song or some shit for the clout.

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u/bibblejohnson2072 9h ago

Too mainstream. Gotta play some Le Tigre to let everybody know what's up..

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u/slamdanceswithwolves 10h ago

Being basic was his whole jam.

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u/SlipperyWhenWetFarts 8h ago

Everyone? Were you expecting the peanut farmer to have eclectic musical tastes?

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u/LadyChatterteeth 7h ago

He, in fact, did have eclectic musical taste. You should watch the documentary Rock & Roll President.

He was a fan of everything from the Allman Brothers to Bob Dylan to Elvis to Willie Nelson to gospel to all kinds of jazz. There was a huge vinyl record collection at the White House while he was there.

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u/SlipperyWhenWetFarts 2h ago

I shall. Thank you for the rec.