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NarcisoNarciso Posts: 194
edited June 2012 in The Porch
I know some people are uncomfortable with this topic, but it's something I think about from time to time. What Pearl Jam song, if any, would you play at your funeral? Off He Goes for me. Just curious. :think:
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  • NarcisoNarciso Posts: 194
    Really? Nobody out there thinks about this? Is it weird?
    Slipped on a curb in the road.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,759
    Narciso wrote:
    Is it weird?

    Yes.
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  • gfnk001gfnk001 Posts: 652
    I actually plan on being cremated, but will have an entire soundtrack planned for any get together friends and family may have. I haven't completed it, but it starts off like this:

    Wishlist
    Black
    Wish You Were Here (not PJ but great)
    RVM
    The Trial (again PF, not PJ)
    Given to Fly
    YLB
    Present Tense
    In My Tree
    Oceans
    Betterman
    Leaving Here
    and so on and so on
    living in the present tense.

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  • RedMosquito02RedMosquito02 Posts: 2,560
    Narciso wrote:
    I know some people are uncomfortable with this topic, but it's something I think about from time to time. What Pearl Jam song, if any, would you play at your funeral? Off He Goes for me. Just curious. :think:
    Off He Goes was played at a good friends funeral...

    I guess Man of the Hour would work for me :)
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  • Aero83_Aero83_ Posts: 933
    Like I've wrote in similar threads...Ramble On, motherfuckers...
    Not sure if PJ has ever covered that, but thinking they have ;) muhaha
    ...10/31/09, 05/21/10, Peru, Los Angeles
  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    never gave it much thought....but seems the end would be a good fit
    81 is now off the air

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  • JTHJTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    Unfortunately, I've been to a lot of funerals lately so I have been thinking about this.

    Man of the Hour (for sure)
    The End (if the cause of death jibes with the lyrics)
    Off He Goes (maybe)
  • jshinjshin Posts: 1,759
    Bugs....... Looks like, thats the one...
    I ain't got no fly'n shoes..




  • tdlftdaporchtdlftdaporch Posts: 158
    Long Road. I nearly played it at my granny's funeral
    "Do you think the carpetpissers did this?" - The Dude
  • JoelInNoCalJoelInNoCal Posts: 187
    Shit, I was literally just thinking about this very thing over the last couple of days. I absolutely know one song I would love played, and it isn't even a Pearl Jam original....

    PJ's rendition of Crown of Thorns

    Yep. I want that played 100% for sure.
    Raleigh, 8/18/1992 (Lollapalooza)
    Sacramento, 7/16/1998
    San Francisco, 7/18/2006
    Oakland, 7/11/2011 (Eddie Vedder)
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  • MaxGoldenrodMaxGoldenrod Posts: 1,341
    Yeah...

    Off He Goes...cause I can be a shitty friend
    Man Of the Hour...just freakin perfect.

    Nuff said
    "Then the Spirit of God hovered over the water, and God said, Let there be music, and there was Pearl Jam."

    Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
  • JoelInNoCalJoelInNoCal Posts: 187
    JoelInNoCal wrote:
    Shit, I was literally just thinking about this very thing over the last couple of days. I absolutely know one song I would love played, and it isn't even a Pearl Jam original....

    PJ's rendition of Crown of Thorns

    Yep. I want that played 100% for sure.

    And, as an encore, I think Immortality would be a nice ironic send-off too, if only for the title (and the fact it is my favorite Pearl Jam song ever released!) :)
    Raleigh, 8/18/1992 (Lollapalooza)
    Sacramento, 7/16/1998
    San Francisco, 7/18/2006
    Oakland, 7/11/2011 (Eddie Vedder)
    Vancouver, BC, 9/25/2011
    Oakland, 10/26/2013
  • WhyGo91WhyGo91 Posts: 639
    Narciso wrote:
    I know some people are uncomfortable with this topic, but it's something I think about from time to time. What Pearl Jam song, if any, would you play at your funeral? Off He Goes for me. Just curious. :think:
    Release...beautiful power, and some personal reasons as well
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  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Hard to Imagine
  • JTHJTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    JoelInNoCal wrote:
    And, as an encore, I think Immortality would be a nice ironic send-off too, if only for the title (and the fact it is my favorite Pearl Jam song ever released!) :)
    Take me as-is.
    I don't need this.
    I die just to live.

    I won't stay long.
    I'll be long gone.
    I die just to live.
  • Music For RhinosMusic For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    Oceans.
  • JoelInNoCalJoelInNoCal Posts: 187
    JTH wrote:
    JoelInNoCal wrote:
    And, as an encore, I think Immortality would be a nice ironic send-off too, if only for the title (and the fact it is my favorite Pearl Jam song ever released!) :)
    Take me as-is.
    I don't need this.
    I die just to live.

    I won't stay long.
    I'll be long gone.
    I die just to live.

    I was being more shallow than that ... but, yes, we can go deep into the lyrics to discuss its relevance at my (or anyone's) funeral. 8-)
    Raleigh, 8/18/1992 (Lollapalooza)
    Sacramento, 7/16/1998
    San Francisco, 7/18/2006
    Oakland, 7/11/2011 (Eddie Vedder)
    Vancouver, BC, 9/25/2011
    Oakland, 10/26/2013
  • PurlyjemPurlyjem Posts: 126
    I always wanted to have Black played. And now, ever since I heard it, in case something happens to me, that they have to play the June 27th, 2006 St Paul show's version of Black. That version of Black is the best one they ever played in my opinion, and the guitar solo does all the emotions that are involved in the loss of a loved one. The passing, the pain, the missing, then comfort in the memories. To those who don't know the version, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9vrFmwiSk4
    After hearing Black for more then 20 years, it still gives me tears.
    "I'll ride the wave...where it takes me.."
  • 77777777 Idaho Posts: 164
    Other Side
    Long Road
    Arc (last song of your existance on Earth)

    I sang The End at my little sisters funeral almost a year ago. That sucked, someone acutally recorded it and then tried to make me watch it a few days later. I walked out of the room. This is private to me, but it is also real to me, that is why I posted. I always imagined her at my funeral.
  • CloneOfASonCloneOfASon Madison, WI Posts: 1,080
    I'll Echo a couple already mentioned:
      Wish You Were Here (non-PJ) The End (non-PJ again this time)
    And then would add:
      Tremor Christ Garden
  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 14,343
    Yellow Ledbetter everyone knows it's the end when that's played
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    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    No Pearl Jam music at my funeral, it's going to be an all-out Weird Al Yankovic occasion, ending with "One More Minute".

    "I'd rather have my blood sucked out by leeches
    Shove an icepick under a toenail or two
    I'd rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue
    Than spend one more minute with you

    Yes, I'd rather jump naked on a huge pile of thumbtacks
    Or stick my nostrils together with crazy glue
    I'd rather dive into a swimming pool filled with double-edged razor blades
    Than spend one more minute with you

    I'd rather rip my heart right out of my ribcage with my bare hands
    and then throw it on the floor and stomp on it 'till I die...
    Than spend one more minute with you"
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • CloneOfASonCloneOfASon Madison, WI Posts: 1,080
    SatansFuton wrote:
    No Pearl Jam music at my funeral, it's going to be an all-out Weird Al Yankovic occasion, ending with "One More Minute".

    "I'd rather have my blood sucked out by leeches
    Shove an icepick under a toenail or two
    I'd rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue
    Than spend one more minute with you

    Yes, I'd rather jump naked on a huge pile of thumbtacks
    Or stick my nostrils together with crazy glue
    I'd rather dive into a swimming pool filled with double-edged razor blades
    Than spend one more minute with you

    I'd rather rip my heart right out of my ribcage with my bare hands
    and then throw it on the floor and stomp on it 'till I die...
    Than spend one more minute with you"
    :lol::lol::lol::lol: Once again I'm wishing I didn't get rid of all my cassettes!
  • JTHJTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    And for the loss of a loved one, there's the other side of the Weird Al coin: NOFX's "Instant Crassic".

    I'm swimming in a sea of pee
    I'm hiking up a big mountain of poo
    I feel like rolling in glass when I'm without you

    I'm diving in a pool of puke
    I'm fly fishing a stream of pus
    That's how I feel when something separates us

    I'm living in Bakersfield
    I'm at a month-long hip-hop festival...
  • The OracleThe Oracle Posts: 530
    I'd rather not have a mournful, sad farewell, I wanna a rockin' party happening - so LAST EXIT is the one for me!!!
  • ItsOKayeItsOKaye Posts: 191
    "You can close your eyes" EV and Natalie Maines at Little Rock
    Im so happy with my righteous self..
  • traceysimpsontraceysimpson Posts: 326
    Narciso wrote:
    I know some people are uncomfortable with this topic, but it's something I think about from time to time. What Pearl Jam song, if any, would you play at your funeral? Off He Goes for me. Just curious. :think:


    Thanks for getting me thinking about this after you mentioned it the other day...after much deliberation, think it has to be this one..

    http://youtu.be/SjSlNE_F-g0
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  • moses-imoses-i Posts: 138
    Whatever you do, never pull a Kenny Powers

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9kn6a0xl7k
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  • jdwyer02jdwyer02 Posts: 110
    Recently had a friend that passed away. Sucks. But always thought about this subject. Long Road from the Tribute of 9/11. Best version I have heard.
    "Many people don't know what their life is worth. I do....70 Grand!"
  • dannydanny Posts: 2,281
    the end
    danny d
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