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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,875
    Yellow Ledbetter everyone knows it's the end when that's played


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton 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!"
  • CloneOfASon
    CloneOfASon 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!
  • JTH
    JTH 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 Oracle
    The 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!!!
  • ItsOKaye
    ItsOKaye Posts: 191
    "You can close your eyes" EV and Natalie Maines at Little Rock
    Im so happy with my righteous self..
  • traceysimpson
    traceysimpson 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
    Sydney Ent Centre: 10/03/1995

    All the rusted signs we ignore thoughout our lives
    Choosing the shiny ones instead
  • moses-i
    moses-i Posts: 138
    Whatever you do, never pull a Kenny Powers

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9kn6a0xl7k
    if jah is the ship, we smile at the storm.
  • jdwyer02
    jdwyer02 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!"
  • danny
    danny Posts: 2,283
    the end
    danny d
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    Probably 'Porch'...or maybe 'Even Flow'
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,656
    Interesting that this thread popped up. I was thinking this same question the other day. I would want a wake rather than a funeral. Start with a few good somber numbers like Long Road and Off He Goes and then go for a bunch that really rock!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,652
    Narciso wrote:
    Really? Nobody out there thinks about this? Is it weird?
    I think it's weird not to think about it!
    I'm not one for funerals. Mine will be more like a going away party where the guest of honor couldn't make it. So I'm just going to write "play the PJ catalogue on random shuffle, and don't forget the Led Zeppelin" in my funeral arrangement plan. :D
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • jwhjr17
    jwhjr17 Posts: 2,076
    jdwyer02 wrote:
    Long Road from the Tribute of 9/11. Best version I have heard.
    This
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  • Yield98
    Yield98 Posts: 152
    My wife has instructions that at the end of my funeral to play "Long Road" (cause we are all going to walk the same long road), then "Given To Fly" (favorite song and the message that I'm going up to heaven), then get to the drinking because the good stories will flow much better after the good alcohol has been flowing.
    Peace, Love, Pearl Jam

    Alpine 98,00,03 TFC 99, Chicago 00,03,09(2X),23(2X) St. Louis 03, Champagne 03, St. Paul 03,06(2X),14,23(2X), Noblesville 03, Toledo 04, Grand Rapids 04,06, Thunder Bay 05, Cleveland 06, Lolla 07, Roo 08, PJ20 X2, Wrigley 13 & 16, Portland/Spokane/Seattle 13, Milwaukee 14, Fenway 18(2X),24(2X), Quebec City 22, Ottawa 22, MSG 24, Philly 24(2X), Auckland 24, Gold Coast 24, Nashville 25
  • javis el errante
    javis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,144
    YLB
    ... I am not in the business of being liked anymore ...

  • iisee
    iisee Charlotte, NC Posts: 485
    Oddly enough, I too have thought about this a fair amount as well....Long Road says it all...It never fails to make me cry, but still somehow feel joyful and hopeful as well.

    I took my son to see Pearl Jam for his first rock show when he was 8 years old...1996 in Charlotte. He graduated from college with a degree in Music Education and now teaches High School here in NC and is a gifted musician. I think in some aspects he was influenced by that PJ show. The show opener that day was "Long Road". When my long road reaches the end, I want him to perform "Long Road" as my personal "closer"...but not yet..cus my wife and I are going to Amsterdam next weekend for both shows..and hoping for another Long Road opener!!!
    8/25/92 – Charlotte, NC
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  • ten2o3
    ten2o3 Wausau, WI Posts: 225
    I unfortunately had to pick out a few songs for my best friend's funeral in March. The man responsible for my addiction to Pearl Jam! Went with:
    Say hello to heaven (PJish & one of his all time favorites),
    Smile (for his contagious smile that everyone loved), and
    Just breathe

    RIP Ames
    9/3/11 PJ20 Alpine Valley
    9/4/11 PJ20 Alpine Valley
    10/19/14 St. Paul
    10/20/14 Milwaukee (Yield in full!!!)
  • MJK1889
    MJK1889 Posts: 59
    Dirty Frank.......Just kidding!

    It would have to be and will probably be Long Road.

    Then to cheer everyone up I'd have some 60's reggae like Toots and the Maytals afterward.
  • Lost In Ohio
    Lost In Ohio Posts: 7,245
    Funeral concert:

    Long Road (We all walk the long road...cannot stay)
    Release
    Given To Fly (perhaps a stretch)
    Breath
    Life Wasted (could be a stretch)
    I Am Mine (song about safety and being safe)
    Elderly Woman (maybe...might be a stretch)
    Nothingman
    Low Light
    Parachutes (a soft, beautiful song)
    Betterman (if it's a guy who died. You could also use the "guitar/organ only" mix)
    Immortality
    Who You Are
    Off He Goes
    Present Tense
    Wishlist
    Around The Bend


    Arc
    Just Breathe
    Pilate (perhaps a stretch)
    Black (We belong together...)
    In Hiding
    All Those Yesterdays
    Light Years
    Love Boat Captain (obvious)
    Thumbing My Way
    Gone
    Come Back
    The End


    Wasted Reprise
    Parting Ways (if only because of the title)
    Hard To Imagine
    Say Hello 2 Heaven
    Hunger Strike
    Last Kiss
    Indifference
    Yellow Ledbetter
    Presidential Advice from President-Elect Mike McCready: "Are you getting something out of this all encompassing trip?"

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