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A PJ Funeral song

fractusfractus Posts: 67
edited October 2008 in The Porch
I know its a little depressing but I am sure some of you have thought about this.

What Pearl Jam song would you like to be played at your funeral?

Mine is Driftn, for sure. I think it would help ease my friends and families suffering a bit.
An alien at home behind the sun
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  • luv-ed91luv-ed91 Posts: 215
    Already thought about this one - the one that will be played at mine is *Release* Thought it would be a good way to leave this world . . . maybe put my family at ease during the process . . .
    -- If I had known then, what I know now . . .

    8/31/98 - Raleigh
    8/4/00 - Charlotte
    4/16/03 - Charlotte
    10/6/04 - Asheville
    6/16/08 - Columbia
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  • mnicole22mnicole22 Posts: 417
    Moth
    AKA Cinnamon Girl :(

    05-10-06
    08-05-07
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  • DrHeidi41DrHeidi41 Posts: 106
    luv-ed91 wrote:
    Already thought about this one - the one that will be played at mine is *Release* Thought it would be a good way to leave this world . . . maybe put my family at ease during the process . . .

    Mine is "Release," too. It is beautiful, and it's one of my favorite PJ songs, too. I should actually put this in my will...
  • walkunafraidwalkunafraid Posts: 2,613
    Last Exit.

    or

    Off He Goes.

    or

    Guaranteed.

    Depends on how I'm feeling that day. :D
    Everything has chains...Absolutely nothing's changed. - PJ

    “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus
  • Strangest TribeStrangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    Release

    and probably the entire TOTD album
    the Minions
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    For me

    Say hello 2 heaven.
  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    For me it's gotta be either Release or Guaranteed. but I'm 26 now so hopefully I have a lot of time left. Those songs will be like 70 years old when I die. Like having a Edith Piaf song played at someones funeral now.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

    9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
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  • Left PorchLeft Porch Posts: 846
    Immortality, just to get people to think that maybe I'm not dead. Kind of like Andy Kaufman.
    Uniondale. 2003
    MSG 1+2. 2010
    Wrigley. Brooklyn 2. Hartford. 2013
    St. Louis. Denver. 2014
    Global Citizens Festival. 2015
    MSG 2. Fenway 2. Wrigley 1. 2016
    Safeco 2. Missoula. 2018
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    lukin and smile

    screw this depressing stuff :)
  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    Release or Sleight of Hand
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • dpmaydpmay Posts: 643
    walkunafraid wrote:
    Last Exit.

    or

    Off He Goes.

    or

    Guaranteed.

    Depends on how I'm feeling that day. :D


    i think i can guess how you'll be feeling that day!
  • MFC9289MFC9289 Posts: 144
    long road
    Boston II 9/29/04, Bonnaroo 6/14/08, Mansfield II 6/30/08

    "Ransom paid the devil
    He whispers pleasing words
    Triumphant are the angels if they can get there first..."
  • PhantomPainInMyBrainPhantomPainInMyBrain Posts: 127
    Easy one - OTHERSIDE
    "Shoe the Shoeless!"
  • monkeywishmonkeywish Posts: 79
    I would also say Driftin'. I like Guaranteed or anything with a uke as a followup.
    "I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on"

    6/11/08 West Palm
  • muiren77muiren77 Posts: 3,511
    mnicole22 wrote:
    Moth
    definitely agree
    what is essential is invisible to the eye

    apparently, 07162056 is THE date...
  • SavedFuckerSavedFucker Posts: 215
    Man of the Hour followed by Jeff Buckley's version of Satisfied Mind.....go out in style
    i'll trade you my tee shirt for a grilled cheese
  • pearljammer20pearljammer20 Posts: 116
    PJ-Breath

    But always wanted the entire nirvana unplugged album played, i don't know why, just seems fitting
    08/29 & 8/30 2000-Mansfield
    7/2 & 7/11 2003-Mansfield
    9/28 & 9/29 2004-Boston
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    6/27 2008-Hartford -Front Row Center!
    6/28 & 6/30 2008-Mansfield

    08/01 (2nd row) & 08/02/2008 (Eddie Vedder) Boston


    skinny little bitch
  • kara5419kara5419 Posts: 58
    I always thought present tense would be cool just to remind everyone to live in the moment
    Be good to Rock n Roll and Rock n Roll will be good to you. -Priceless Rock Wisdom-

    LA 7-9-06
    Can't wait to add more shows...
  • florence151florence151 Posts: 597
    Long Road
    Hold On
  • righteousbaberighteousbabe Posts: 662
    Indifference
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Parting Ways
    NERDS!
  • freealcibiadesfreealcibiades Posts: 365
    Without question, Man of the Hour fits perfectly.
    member number: 198,xxx
  • Indian SummerIndian Summer Posts: 2,296
    Light Years, Man of the Hour, and Long Road.
    "It's all happening"
  • jked3jked3 Posts: 171
    For my funeral...Man of the Hour...kind of a song you leave for others to play for you.

    Long Road, I feel, is more of a song I would play for someone else's funeral, like my wife.
    Columbia 96/98;Randall's Island 96;Tibetan Freedom 97;Late Show 98;Camden 98/00/03/06/08;E Rutherford 98/06;MSG 98/03/08;VF Choice (DC) 98;Uniondale 03;State College 03;Holmdel 03;VF Change (Reading) 04;AC 05;Philly 05; Lolla 07.....[EV Newark 08]
  • LiteTheMatchLiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    Oceans
    A child's rhyme stuck in my head...
    It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
    I've spent so many years in question
    To find I'd known this all along.
  • bovy_jbovy_j Posts: 1,008
    Man of the Hour and possibly Guaranteed...maybe even Thumbing My Way
  • yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    Gawd, thats a hard one!

    Long Rd
    Guaranteed
    Man Of the Hour

    but maybe we should think of others in this, and perhaps something more uplifting? Smile is good.

    Better pass on Bugs :eek: :D
    "....and was very surprised to see that he didnt actually have a recipe for anus-ankle soup." - Big Ed
  • UmbertotambaUmbertotamba Posts: 1,384
    LiteTheMatch wrote:
    Oceans


    Amen to that....I am gonna be burned, and then 1/2 my ashes are to be sprinkled at the beach I got married at in York, ME. , and the other half up the road at Nubble Lighthouse.

    I've always said to my wife, please just loop Oceans for the wake.
    Springfield MA 94, Hartford CT 96
  • joe2468joe2468 Posts: 3,049
    good story....... back in 2000 when pearl jam played jones beach (wantugh new york they played three shows back to back...me and five friends went to everyone. tailgated are asses off..on the way home from the last show i drove passed a funeral home one of my friends yells at me to pull the car over so i do. he gets out and yells at the top of his lungs "PEARL JAM WAKES THE DEAD" for no reason... thought i would share that lil side track of a story...

    as for a good song to play at a funeral. IN MY WILL it is stated that MAN OF THE HOUR (DEMO) has to be played.. my best friend has to make copies of it and give it to everyone for the drive to the cemitery..........ALSO on my head stone it will say " PEARL JAM WAKES THE DEAD...J.C." and im not jokin its writen in my will did it last year..
    have you seen the colors of my fathers eyes
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 41,004
    (i'm not ) Alive. have the boys play a "slightly" different version. You know how Ed likes to ad-lib!or dead man walking

    seriously I am not really sure if I would want to make a statement about who I thought I was or try to ease the hearts of those who chose to love me.

    seems to me though that Strangest Tribe fits the bill both ways
    _____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________

    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
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