Funeral Blues read the poem in memory of Denholm Reynholm, before he is interrupted by the return of Reynholm's son, Douglas. 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
Stop the Clocks sold. It did however enter the Japanese Oricon album charts at number one, selling 87,462 copies in its first week. "Stop the Clocks" focuses heavily on the band's first two albums, "Definitely Maybe" and "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?", with each contributing five tracks, plus four B-sides (also included on the band's other compilation album "The Masterplan") from this era. Only two tracks appear from "Don't Believe the Truth", and one track each from "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants" and "Heathen Chemistry", whilst "Be Here Now" is ignored completely. When the release of "Stop the Clocks" was first announced