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The Funeral (Band of Horses song)

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The video for "The Funeral" was directed by Matt Lenski with additional footage by Willy Lenski. The video tells the story of a man whose dog has died. Saddened by his loss, the man drowns his sorrows in alcohol. He then drives under the influence and the end of the video suggests he crashes head-on
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Singer Ben Bridwell said, "The basis of The Funeral was just really the start of me whining about my aversion to social occasions and holidays. The pressure of say New Year’s being the best party night of your life, or Christmas being this forced togetherness. I was quite the pessimist in those days
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into a delivery truck. The video shows a sign for the Galway Bay Bar in Chicago and the cars in the video are all 1970s models.
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when I wrote the song." Bridwell compared this dread to the feeling one gets before attending a funeral.
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from the album. A live version of the song appeared earlier on the band's
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named "The Funeral" the 67th-greatest song of the 2000s.
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Index


Single
Band of Horses
Everything All the Time
Avast Studios
Seattle, Washington
Genre
Indie rock
Label
Sub Pop
Songwriter(s)
Ben Bridwell
Mat Brooke
Producer(s)
Phil Ek
Band of Horses
The Great Salt Lake
"The Funeral"
YouTube
rock
Band of Horses
studio album
Everything All the Time
single
lead single
self-titled EP
Pitchfork Media
Ben Bridwell
Mat Brooke
Sera Cahoone

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