Pearl Jam music at your funeral?

whitepants
whitepants Posts: 729
edited June 2008 in The Porch
As my beloved sister will be passing soon, my own mortality has been on my mind a lot. I believe in the afterlife so death per se doesn't upset me so much, it's just the sorrow of missing that loved one that aches so much.

So in thinking about my own funeral, I immediately thought how appropriate it would be to have some Pearl Jam music jamming in the background of my funeral or afterwards at the family reception/gathering.

The first song that came to my mind was 'Alive'!

If I have to, I will write up some funeral terms (oh, I also want to be cremated) that will specify Pearl Jam music as my goodbye.

What about you guys? Have you attended the wake/funeral of a hardcore Pearl Jammer and they requested their music to be played?
~*~Me and Hippiemom dranketh the red wine in Cleveland 2003~*~

First PJ Show: March 20, 1994 | Ann Arbor | Crisler Arena
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  • Murderers.
    Murderers. Posts: 1,382
    I'd love to play Light years at a relatives funeral.
    What the fuck is this world?
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,235
    I'd love to play comeback, black and arc
  • luke.harvey3
    luke.harvey3 Posts: 283
    one of my very close friends passed away a few years ago and was set to get Rearviewmirror(g.h's) for Christmas. but sadly passed away unexpectedly on the 21st dec.
    at the funeral his family decided to play betterman and black.
    fitted nicely and as a big PJ fan myself it will always be with me
  • HailHailLeatherman
    HailHailLeatherman Posts: 126
    Yellow Ledbetter as they are lowering me in the ground. This would cue people as it was the end of the show and they could begin to leave :-)
  • pjalive21
    pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    Off He Goes, Man of the Hour, and Comeback
  • muppet
    muppet Posts: 980
    Given to Fly
  • Tremendous Upside
    Tremendous Upside Posts: 118
    2nd for Light Years
  • shar228
    shar228 Posts: 5
    Given to Fly, Gone, Why Go
  • yoke
    yoke Posts: 1,440
    It would have to be Present Tense for me, or should I say everyone else who is attending.
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

    www.seanbrady.net
  • stickboy
    stickboy Posts: 2,981
    Bugs :D
    Aah, fuck it, I’m just gonna go home, turn on the fuckin’ TV...
    Watch the nightly news and drink a beer...
    Like I could even change the world, yeah right...
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    I want them to play Pennywise's 'Bro Hymn' at my funeral.
    That... or 'Fuck Authority'.
    ...
    It would be fitting.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Lukin ...
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • scpjfan
    scpjfan Posts: 131
    I asked my wife to play Off He Goes if I check out anytime soon.
    Hail, hail the lucky ones, I refer to those in love.
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    After seeing the 1st encore for last night, I thought I was at a funeral. Sad, Comatose, Grievence, Black....Ed---get some help!
  • immortalityman
    immortalityman Posts: 5
    Release
    Man of the Hour
    Immortality
    "Immortality..."
  • Deadpool
    Deadpool Posts: 155
    For me it would not be Pearl Jam....it would be Alice in Chain's Rain When I Die!
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    What's the song that Ed sings with the choir? Is it Long Road? That's a good rendition.
  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Present Tense, Long Road, Given To Fly...
    A human being that was given to fly.

    Wembley 18/06/07

    If there was a reason, it was you.

    O2 Arena 18/09/09
  • bernmodi
    bernmodi Posts: 631
    Love Boat Captain/Man of the Hour/I am mine
  • Fernando Alive
    Fernando Alive Posts: 14
    YLB definitely, cause it sounds to me like something that was really good but now is over.

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