Nola funeral

[hairyfeetdb1]

Sorry if this is a repost (i'm sure it is)
but has anyone commented on the fact that the picture is in fact a funeral celebration?


http://www.neworleansmask.com/blm4774.jpg

[jkrue22]

It's a NOLA funeral mixed with Mardi Gras (beads, bikinis, etc)... plus references to various songs on the album and, of course, Roi. Pure brilliance.

[The Mango]

how do you guys find this?

[Ryan R]

wow i actually didnt know that.

[turbo895]

i want a NOLA funeral.

[hairyfeetdb1]

Originally Posted by turbo895

i want a NOLA funeral.

I might put that in my will haha

[dmb2632]

I feel it's a mixture of both.. Mardi Gras influence also due to the bikini clad woman and beads everywhere. Seems very representative of a Jazz funeral as well.

[hairyfeetdb1]

Originally Posted by dmb2632

I feel it's a mixture of both.. Mardi Gras influence also due to the bikini clad woman and beads everywhere. Seems very representative of a Jazz funeral as well.

agreed however

The whole point is to CELEBRATE the life of the lost one. If a loved King died I imagine this is the celebration they would have.

[ryandownonme41]

that's cool, thanks for pointing that out

[DerekJTR2]

awesome

[cworty06]

very cool indeed

[Koumoulas]

Wow thats so interesting. Sickkkk

[Ericdmbfn20]

I dont know if anyone else saw the thread with the album cover art, but we're only missing one square tile in the center of Dave's drawings (of this jazz funeral scene/NOLA style) but I'm trying to figure out if and how they are gonna represent Roi in the middle of the CD cover..... any ideas?

[hairyfeetdb1]

Originally Posted by Ericdmbfn20

I dont know if anyone else saw the thread with the album cover art, but we're only missing one square tile in the center of Dave's drawings (of this jazz funeral scene/NOLA style) but I'm trying to figure out if and how they are gonna represent Roi in the middle of the CD cover..... any ideas?

It'll either be his caskey (depressing)

or he will be driving it with maybe a crown and what not

my opinion^^^

[fan42days]

good thread.

[hairyfeetdb1]

Originally Posted by fan42days

good thread.

i'm loving this album more and more every second haha I wanted it to pay a large tribute to Roi it is exceeding my expectation and i've heard maybe a minute of the whole damn thing haha

[hairyfeetdb1]

Read this Way cool
The Jazz Funeral
Originally printed in The Soul of New Orleans


© Keith Calhoun

© Keith Calhoun
One of the more distinguished aspects of New Orleans culture is the jazz funeral. Architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe noted in 1819 that New Orleans jazz funerals were "peculiar to New Orleans alone among all American cities." The late jazzman Danny Barker, writing in his book Bourbon Street Black, noted the funeral is seen as "a major celebration. The roots of the jazz funeral date back to Africa. Four centuries ago, the Dahomeans of Benin and the Yoruba of Nigeria, West Africa were laying the foundation for one of today's most novel social practices on the North American Continent, the jazz funeral."

The secret societies of the Dahomeans and Yoruba people assured fellow tribesmen that a proper burial would be performed at the time of death. To accomplish this guarantee, resources were pooled to form what many have labeled an early form of insurance.

When slaves were brought to America, the idea of providing a proper burial to your fellow brother or sister remained strong. As time passed, these same concepts that were rooted in African ideology became one of the basic principles of the social and pleasure club. As did many fraternal orders and lodges, the social and pleasure club guaranteed proper burial conditions to any member who passed. These organizations were precursors to debit insurance companies and the concept of burial insurance.

The practice of having music during funeral processions, Danny Barker said, was added to the basic African pattern of celebration for most aspects of life, including death. As the brass band became increasingly popular during the early 18th century, they were frequently called on to play processional music. Eileen Southern in The Music of Black American wrote, "On the way to the cemetery it was customary to play very slowly and mournfully a dirge, or an 'old Negro spiritual' such as 'Nearer My God to Thee,' but on the return from the cemetery, the band would strike up a rousing, 'When the Saints Go Marching In,' or a ragtime song such as 'Didn't He Ramble.' Sidney Bechet, the renowned New Orleans jazzman, after observing the celebrations of the jazz funeral, stated, "Music here is as much a part of death as it is of life."

The traditional New Orleans jazz funeral is as much a part of the fabric and rich cultural traditions of New Orleans as red beans and rice.

[hairyfeetdb1]

bump

[Point202]

This is very interesting, seems very appropriate for something that is a tribute to Roi.

[tshaw143]

very nice, very interesting.

[SpotlightEyes]

Aha. So thats why the polar bear is crying. Makes more sense now and puts me at ease.

I was really worried that Dave was injecting bullshit propaganda re: polar bear population lies.

[ant_marching41]

Sheds a whole new light on the album cover.


I used to like it, now I love it.

[davehead86]

Originally Posted by SpotlightEyes

Aha. So thats why the polar bear is crying. Makes more sense now and puts me at ease.

I was really worried that Dave was injecting bullshit propaganda re: polar bear population lies.

I doubt the polar bear is crying because of Roi, Im gonna stick with the safe bet and say this album will have some political / social commentary in it and global warming will be a part of that.

[nfggater]

Can anyone read what the girls shirt says who stands right beneath the polar bear? My eyes are not good enough to make it out. Thanks.

[theniz31]

Originally Posted by nfggater

Can anyone read what the girls shirt says who stands right beneath the polar bear? My eyes are not good enough to make it out. Thanks.

All the freaks are on parade, I am on parade, I wanna fill my belly, so i gotta get paid.

[jasondf]

Has anybody else noticed that the two horses are standing in water!? That's gotta be a reference to the flooding after Katrina.

Man, what an album cover!! I pick up on something new everytime I look at it.

[hairyfeetdb1]

Originally Posted by jasondf

Has anybody else noticed that the two horses are standing in water!? That's gotta be a reference to the flooding after Katrina.

Man, what an album cover!! I pick up on something new everytime I look at it.

yeah i noticed that too but didn't think Katrina but hey that makes sense

[solareclipse713]

with the full view now, and LeRoi in the middle, do you think the other people hanging off his big parade (dressed in purple with green masks) might be the rest of the band members?

[paulyboy998]

Fo sho dudes, this is some deep shit. I wanna funeral just like that, except I don't wanna be dead. Its just amazing to think they did LeRoi's funeral in the middle of Mardi Gras