So, I was at A wedding Saturday night and....

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  • T-Bone 82
    T-Bone 82 Posts: 421
    Got_Some wrote:
    T-Bone 82 wrote:
    No man should ever have to make that choice! My wife is not a huge Pearl Jam fan, but I talked her in to "Just Breathe" as our wedding song.

    Good luck to your friend. He may need it.

    How'd that work out for you? That's what my fiancee and I have decided to use for our song.

    Did you play any other PJ/EV songs at your wedding? I've got a few ideas.

    It worked out very well. It seemed like people liked it. Our wedding was in early March, so I think it was kind of the height of popularity for that song so I'm sure some people aside from the hardcore PJ fans (me, my brothers, and a few of my close friends) recognized it.

    The strings really make it a good wedding song. If it was just acoustic guitar I don't think it would work.
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  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,093
    thanks for sharing.


    sadly----i got married before PJ was formed so no PJ at my wedding. :)
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Grandmas Jam wrote:
    what a dick of a dj, i would have folded him in half and put him in my pocket....who does that?! :x
    but on a brighter note, at least i will never allow those shananigans at my wedding....if i ever decide to get married :lol:

    :lol::lol::lol:
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • Mitch8415
    Mitch8415 Posts: 227
    "Given to Fly" closed my wedding dance down. :)
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  • Shawshank
    Shawshank Posts: 1,018
    That's ok, Pearl Jam will still be there waiting for him, long after his wife has ditched him and taken everything he has. :lol::lol:
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    the mistake the guy did ,was to get married..history must give him a lesson...so many wars happen in the name of FREEDOM...!!!
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,328
    course he's gonna choose external love for the wife over pearl jam @ the wedding. but hours or day's later he will be back listening & seeing pearl jam live. guaranteed! :)
  • G Force
    G Force Posts: 1,393
    I would have been fucking pissed if that happened at my wedding. I currently hate it when anybody talks to me about pearl jam as though I'm like a teeny bopping boy band follower. Get off my nuts! At least I have a passion for SOMETHING. That's a shitty position that they put him in. He probably made the right choice instead of making a scene but honestly... I would have been terribly upset if my wife didn't want me and all that comes with me.

    Currently... I almost never play pearl jam around other people just because I don't wanna hear the comments... but I still get them all the time as if I did play PJ all the time. Those that make the comments plant negative seeds about themselves in my mind. I usually find myself very judgmental about the crap other people like when anything is said about my love for PJ.
  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty Posts: 1,910
    imagine the awkward silence if he chose the band
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • DURP
    DURP OhighO Posts: 2,180
    Wow just wow
    My butt itches!
  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    Like we all don't have about three copies of ten anyway. No biggie.
    "It's all happening"
  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    Indian Summer wrote:
    Like we all don't have about three copies of ten anyway. No biggie.
    Right......they seem to breed. Yield on the other hand seem to grow wings.
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  • Thief_of_silence
    Thief_of_silence Posts: 52
    I would have made the DJ play the CD and then perform an impromptu karaoke of "Alive" all the while guzzling the champagne that was meant for the bride and groom toast. Then after slamming down the microphone, I would then strip off my tuxedo and walk out of there wearing nothing but my boxer shorts.
  • notradebaxx
    notradebaxx Posts: 198
    I wonder if he wouldve done the same with a Benaroya vinyl...
    by nine he had deciphered the illusion, trading magic for a fact...

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  • Evel K
    Evel K Posts: 588
    notradebaxx wrote:
    I wonder if he wouldve done the same with a Benaroya vinyl...
    Back the truck up buddy. This was a funny thread til you took it to the next level.
    Things were different then
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    T-Bone 82 wrote:
    Got_Some wrote:
    T-Bone 82 wrote:
    No man should ever have to make that choice! My wife is not a huge Pearl Jam fan, but I talked her in to "Just Breathe" as our wedding song.

    Good luck to your friend. He may need it.

    How'd that work out for you? That's what my fiancee and I have decided to use for our song.

    Did you play any other PJ/EV songs at your wedding? I've got a few ideas.

    It worked out very well. It seemed like people liked it. Our wedding was in early March, so I think it was kind of the height of popularity for that song so I'm sure some people aside from the hardcore PJ fans (me, my brothers, and a few of my close friends) recognized it.

    The strings really make it a good wedding song. If it was just acoustic guitar I don't think it would work.

    good to hear. i am trying to convince my fiance to use this as our song. was it odd dancing to it though? our only issue is that song seems just a tad too fast to be able to slow dance too........congrats on the wedding!
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  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,294
    My wedding finished with our house band playing Ledbetter. Beautiful
  • Released1980
    Released1980 Posts: 1,790
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    First off...

    Congrats to the Bride and Groom!!!!
    Hope they are married for 70 years, and have lots and lots of babies....

    That said...

    I wouldnt have broken the CD...
    Not because of my Pearl Jam addiction.....FAR FROM IT!!!


    I wouldnt have broken the CD.....
    Could you imagine people in their 70's having babies!! EEK... :lol::lol::lol:
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    pdalowsky wrote:
    My wedding finished with our house band playing Ledbetter. Beautiful


    DUDE....you guys are stealing all my ideas!
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  • PRLJM1
    PRLJM1 Posts: 584
    demetrios wrote:
    course he's gonna choose external love for the wife over pearl jam @ the wedding. but hours or day's later he will be back listening & seeing pearl jam live. guaranteed! :)

    my thoughts exactly. a lot easier to choose the wife over the cd at the wedding and then on the way back to the hotel crank up some pj. the wife would likely never forget that he chose pj over her at the reception...on a side note why does the dj still have cd's
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