When Steve Jobs died, my hard drive crashed.

I think it's a strange coincidence.  It reminds of all the ghost stories where the clock stops when someone dies, which in turn brings to mind Auden's "Funeral Blues," the first six lines of which follow:

"Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

"Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead...."

I found a video on YouTube of a singer performing this poem to music written by Benjamin Britten.  The YouTube blurb says:

"'Funeral Blues' a poem by W.H. Auden, music by Benjamin Britten. Performed by Alexia Mankovskaya, soprano, Andrea Kmecova-piano, Jose Gandia viola, at a London recital given by the Vertigo Ensemble."


I'm this video here because it's a great performance, and I want to remind everyone that this poem was famous before "Four Weddings and a Funeral."