Funeral Blues Funeral Blues "Funeral Blues" or "Stop all the clocks" is a poem by W. H. Auden. An early version was published in 1936, but the poem in its final, familiar form was first published in "The Year's Poetry" (London, 1938). The first, and less widely known, version of the poem, written and published in 1936, has five stanzas; the 1938 final version has four. Only the first two stanzas are the same in both versions. The 1936 version was a satiric poem of mourning for a political leader, written for the verse play "The Ascent of F6", by Auden and
Stop the Clocks (song) said he thought putting bonus tracks on a 'best-of' album would take the focus away on what was supposed to be a retrospective collection. On BBC Radio 1 on 1 December 2006, Noel Gallagher said of "Stop the Clocks": "Everybody has got different favourite versions - and until we can decide on which one, then it shall remain in the vault. Hopefully we will get around to it next time." He also confirmed that the words on the cover of the "Stop the Clocks" album are the lyrics to the song. In late 2006 interviews to promote the "Stop the