Boney M, Touching the Void, and Death

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In the excellent movie Touching the Void, which chronicles an ill-fated mountain climbing expedition in the Andes, Joe Simpson recalls how, as he was near death from hypothermia and thirst as the base of the mountain, he couldn't get Boney M's "There's a Brown Girl in the Ring" out of his head. He recalled thinking that he did not want to die to Boney M. The song played in the movie during the reenactment and it sounded to me as if he could a lot worse.

What do you imagine playing in your head as you slip into the void?

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:31 (twenty years ago)

Birdy Song

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:40 (twenty years ago)

I would LOVE to die to "Brown Girl In The Ring". I can't think of anything more beautiful.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:12 (twenty years ago)

smog "permanent smile"

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:13 (twenty years ago)

Halo of Flies "Ain't no Hell"

― artdamages (artdamages), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:33 (twenty years ago)

"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 2 September 2004 17:17 (twenty years ago)

a friend of mine once claimed to have plotted to end his life to 'wynona's big brown beaver' (or whatever the actual title is) by primus and to put it on repeat. he didn't
especially like primus but figured that the song would soften the blow for whoever
found him.

"oh my god! you--! ERIK!?"
[wynona had a big brown beaver...]
"wha!?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... Oh dear, Erik. Such a joker. I shall miss you."

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Thursday, 2 September 2004 18:28 (twenty years ago)

Does anyone want to touch my void?

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 2 September 2004 18:42 (twenty years ago)

Dying to Boney M's song 'Brown Girl' halfway up a mountain - is that a camp death?

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 2 September 2004 20:26 (twenty years ago)

i don't have an answer but this is a great thread title

― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 2 September 2004 20:37 (twenty years ago)

when i got hypothermia and almost drowned: 'dude looks like a lady' and i'm not kidding

― jones (actual), Thursday, 2 September 2004 20:44 (twenty years ago)

Boney M. song I would not want to die to (even though it's my favorite) "Hooray, Hooray, It's a Holi-Holiday." However, I must admit it would be appropriate, as it would echo the death of Ma Baker and her gang in Boney M's "Ma Baker": "One day they robbed a bank/It was their last hooray." (I kid you not.)

Boney M. songs I would prefer dying to: "Rasputin" (if I wanted to hang on for a long time), "Sad Movies Always Make Me Cry," "Future World," "10,000 Lightyears."

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Friday, 3 September 2004 17:44 (twenty years ago)

"Rasputin" (if I wanted to hang on for a long time)

(derail)
Oh, man. I once had a gig recreating Rasputin's string line and "Ohhhh, those Russians" bit for a guy that wanted to sample it for a dance record.
(/derail)

Back on track, I think "Finally" by Kings Of Tomorrow would probably crop up in my brain if I was hanging on for my life, as it's about travelling off to meet one's maker.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 3 September 2004 22:11 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Carmina Burana. Actually, come to think of it, "In Plango Vulnera" to be precise.

― LightningHell, Wednesday, 24 May 2006 14:46 (nineteen years ago)

I almost died to "Spirit in the Sky". The lame 80's cover version.

A very painful memory. And the almost dying part was painful too.

― Lurch, Wednesday, 24 May 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

I would LOVE to die to "Brown Girl In The Ring". I can't think of anything more beautiful.

-- scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, September 2, 2004 3:12 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

otm!

― jabba hands, Thursday, 9 August 2007 01:56 (eighteen years ago)

I'd prefer the original version though.

― moley, Thursday, 9 August 2007 02:11 (eighteen years ago)

I still think of this movie, and "Brown Girl in the Ring", often.

― Mark Rich@rdson, Thursday, 9 August 2007 03:21 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

I would OD to this:

― u s steel, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 12:54 (sixteen years ago)

More euro disco sadness:

I love all of the Egyptology in the visuals.

― u s steel, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 13:18 (sixteen years ago)

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