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One song before you died

EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
edited June 2011 in Words and Music...Communication
If you knew you were about to die, and had the choice of listening to one song , and only one song, before you died, what song would you want to hear (doesn't need to be PJ if you don't want)??

I need some time to think of mine, so I'll post mine when it comes to me
printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
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  • {[Pearl_Jam}]{[Pearl_Jam}] Posts: 852
    In My Tree... i have to go in peace
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    We could dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
    Dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
  • pleadthe5th2pleadthe5th2 Posts: 43
    not sure. I've always thought of Long Road as my funeral song, but if I get to be there to listen to it and then I go, I might take my fave, Faithfull.
    oh Ed! what big vinyl you have!


    Won't let the light escape from me
    Won't let the darkness swallow me
  • {[Pearl_Jam}]{[Pearl_Jam}] Posts: 852
    BLOOD
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    We could dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
    Dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
  • MeddleDealMeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    oh I have that song already in my mind...kind of morbid, i know.

    It would have to be "The Great Gig In the Sky" by Pink Floyd, I don't know, I have always been struck by this song when I was a teen. It is a good song to go out on ya know.
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • Atomic PunkAtomic Punk Posts: 2,941
    Mine was Crown of Thorns....but alas, I have seen them play it now and can rest in peace.
  • jimmyjazz14jimmyjazz14 Posts: 77
    How about "Say Hello to Heavan" I love Chris Cornell's voice in that song, so powerful.
    Without Me, it's just Aweso
  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    Come to think of it, I wouldn't mind hearing something by The Matthew Good Band, like Apparitions........although Great Gig in the Sky is an excellent choice
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • dharmatendharmaten Posts: 4
    Release or Arc.
    That's a tough one. Honestly, I'd die with complete satisfaction and tremendous joy to just hear Ed's baritone rattle. Lyrics would be an after-thought.
    "If you love someone set them free....if someone loves you, don't fuck it up."
    --E.Vedder

  • crazycommisarcrazycommisar Posts: 60
    hmmmmm depends on what i was dieing from. if it was suicide it would proboly be "waste" or "for you" if of something else i dont know ummmmm "Alive" or "All Apologies"
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  • violetpsychevioletpsyche Posts: 122
    Yellow Ledbetter, without a doubt. I also want this to be my wedding song though. Does that make me morbid about weddings or enlightened about death?
  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    I think it just means YLB can be taken as either a happy or sad song, depending on what you make of it. Guess that's where the ambiguous lyrics come in handy.
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • borisdiscoborisdisco Posts: 123
    The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys (Winwood/Capaldi)

    If you see something that looks like a star
    And it's shooting up out of the ground
    And your head is spinning from a loud guitar
    And you just can't escape from the sound
    Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
    We were children once, playing with toys
    And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound of
    The low spark of high-heeled boys

    The percentage you're paying is too high priced
    While you're living beyond all your means
    And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
    From the profit he's made on your dreams
    But today you just read that the man was shot dead
    By a gun that didn't make any noise
    But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest was
    The low spark of high-heeled boys

    If you had just a minute to breathe and they granted you one final wish
    Would you ask for something like another chance?
    Or something similar as this? Don't worry too much
    It'll happen to you as sure as your sorrows are joys
    And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound of
    The low spark of high-heeled boys

    If I gave you everything that I owned and asked for nothing in return
    Would you do the same for me as I would for you?
    Or take me for a ride, and strip me of everything including my pride
    But spirit is something that no one destroys
    And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
    The low spark of high-heeled boys
    the whole world will be different soon
    the whole world will be relieved
  • E.KE.K Posts: 7,720
    Release... It would be a perfect song to die to.
    Sydney, Australia - March 12, 1998; Sydney, Australia - February 14, 2003; Sydney, Australia - November 8, 2006; Sydney, Australia - November 25, 2006;  Brisbane, Australia - November, 2009; Gold Coast, Australia - January, 2014, Gold Coast, Australia - November 2024

  • lukins fridgelukins fridge Posts: 237
    immortality!
    Those undecided,........ Needn't have faith to be free
    And those misguided, There was a plan for them to be
    Now you got both sides Claiming killing in Gods name
    But God is nowhere,..... To be found, conveniently

    What goes on?
  • mookiemoochie16mookiemoochie16 Posts: 521
    Yellow Ledbetter, no question. I've always thought of it as not really what I'd want to hear when I'm about to die, but what I want to be hearing when I'm walking into Heaven itself. :]
    The oceans made me, but who came up with love?

    "You put some udder cream on that shit?" ~EV 5/17/10
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    Last Exit
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • bigballsbillybigballsbilly Posts: 67
    Bruce ... Thunder Road
    6-25-2008 MSG
    10-31-2009 Spectrum
    5-18-2010 Newark
  • prodacakeprodacake Posts: 319
    all those yesterdays, please please please play it at hyde park
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,687
    pj - Black MTV Unplugged
    not pj - FRRE BIRD
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    borisdisco wrote:
    The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys (Winwood/Capaldi)

    If you see something that looks like a star
    And it's shooting up out of the ground
    And your head is spinning from a loud guitar
    And you just can't escape from the sound
    Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
    We were children once, playing with toys
    And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound of
    The low spark of high-heeled boys

    The percentage you're paying is too high priced
    While you're living beyond all your means
    And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
    From the profit he's made on your dreams
    But today you just read that the man was shot dead
    By a gun that didn't make any noise
    But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest was
    The low spark of high-heeled boys

    If you had just a minute to breathe and they granted you one final wish
    Would you ask for something like another chance?
    Or something similar as this? Don't worry too much
    It'll happen to you as sure as your sorrows are joys
    And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound of
    The low spark of high-heeled boys

    If I gave you everything that I owned and asked for nothing in return
    Would you do the same for me as I would for you?
    Or take me for a ride, and strip me of everything including my pride
    But spirit is something that no one destroys
    And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
    The low spark of high-heeled boys
    Ah yes Traffic- awesome- from my high school days- a favorite to listen to regularly- good choice.
    For me if I'm leaving this world the voice going with me has to be Eddie's
    Indifference has always had a special meaning for me I would probably want to hear it one more time.
    Just Breathe would be a nice way out- "meet you on the other side".......
  • whatsgoingonwhatsgoingon Posts: 62
    The Song That Never Ends - then I would never die!
  • redeyeredeye Posts: 620
    hard to imagine
  • PASSION76PASSION76 Posts: 136
    Indifference & Release
  • blenderman69blenderman69 Posts: 2,104
    ozzy's see you on the other side,or maybe sinatra,s my way...but the sid viscious version
  • The OceanThe Ocean Posts: 21
    A pearl jam song: Parting Ways
    Anything else: George Harrison- All Things Must Pass
    What is human? Nature's more!
  • StarfallStarfall Posts: 548
    Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart.
    "It's not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it's yours, and then be willing to let it go." - Neil Gaiman, "Stardust"
  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    Before I die: I am Mine
    At my funeral: Funeral Song, by Brad
    "Speak clearly if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall"

    Los Angeles 10.7.2009
  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Posts: 1,189
    bigballsbilly wrote:
    Bruce ... Thunder Road

    Yup, same here.
  • Mr RockoMr Rocko Posts: 647
    Before I Sleep - Mazzy Star
    México 24/11/2011
  • voidofmanvoidofman Posts: 4,009
    Parachutes / Just Breathe
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