Funeral Music

Narciso
Narciso Posts: 194
edited June 2012 in The Porch
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:
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  • Narciso
    Narciso Posts: 194
    Really? Nobody out there thinks about this? Is it weird?
    Slipped on a curb in the road.
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,020
    Narciso wrote:
    Is it weird?

    Yes.
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  • gfnk001
    gfnk001 Posts: 652
    I actually plan on being cremated, but will have an entire soundtrack planned for any get together friends and family may have. I haven't completed it, but it starts off like this:

    Wishlist
    Black
    Wish You Were Here (not PJ but great)
    RVM
    The Trial (again PF, not PJ)
    Given to Fly
    YLB
    Present Tense
    In My Tree
    Oceans
    Betterman
    Leaving Here
    and so on and so on
    living in the present tense.

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  • RedMosquito02
    RedMosquito02 Posts: 2,560
    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:
    Off He Goes was played at a good friends funeral...

    I guess Man of the Hour would work for me :)
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  • Aero83_
    Aero83_ Posts: 933
    Like I've wrote in similar threads...Ramble On, motherfuckers...
    Not sure if PJ has ever covered that, but thinking they have ;) muhaha
    ...10/31/09, 05/21/10, Peru, Los Angeles
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    never gave it much thought....but seems the end would be a good fit
    81 is now off the air

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  • JTH
    JTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    Unfortunately, I've been to a lot of funerals lately so I have been thinking about this.

    Man of the Hour (for sure)
    The End (if the cause of death jibes with the lyrics)
    Off He Goes (maybe)
  • jshin
    jshin Posts: 1,759
    Bugs....... Looks like, thats the one...
    I ain't got no fly'n shoes..




  • tdlftdaporch
    tdlftdaporch Posts: 158
    Long Road. I nearly played it at my granny's funeral
    "Do you think the carpetpissers did this?" - The Dude
  • JoelInNoCal
    JoelInNoCal Posts: 187
    Shit, I was literally just thinking about this very thing over the last couple of days. I absolutely know one song I would love played, and it isn't even a Pearl Jam original....

    PJ's rendition of Crown of Thorns

    Yep. I want that played 100% for sure.
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  • MaxGoldenrod
    MaxGoldenrod Posts: 1,341
    Yeah...

    Off He Goes...cause I can be a shitty friend
    Man Of the Hour...just freakin perfect.

    Nuff said
    "Then the Spirit of God hovered over the water, and God said, Let there be music, and there was Pearl Jam."

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  • JoelInNoCal
    JoelInNoCal Posts: 187
    JoelInNoCal wrote:
    Shit, I was literally just thinking about this very thing over the last couple of days. I absolutely know one song I would love played, and it isn't even a Pearl Jam original....

    PJ's rendition of Crown of Thorns

    Yep. I want that played 100% for sure.

    And, as an encore, I think Immortality would be a nice ironic send-off too, if only for the title (and the fact it is my favorite Pearl Jam song ever released!) :)
    Raleigh, 8/18/1992 (Lollapalooza)
    Sacramento, 7/16/1998
    San Francisco, 7/18/2006
    Oakland, 7/11/2011 (Eddie Vedder)
    Vancouver, BC, 9/25/2011
    Oakland, 10/26/2013
  • WhyGo91
    WhyGo91 Posts: 639
    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:
    Release...beautiful power, and some personal reasons as well
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  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Hard to Imagine
  • JTH
    JTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    JoelInNoCal wrote:
    And, as an encore, I think Immortality would be a nice ironic send-off too, if only for the title (and the fact it is my favorite Pearl Jam song ever released!) :)
    Take me as-is.
    I don't need this.
    I die just to live.

    I won't stay long.
    I'll be long gone.
    I die just to live.
  • Music For Rhinos
    Music For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    Oceans.
  • JoelInNoCal
    JoelInNoCal Posts: 187
    JTH wrote:
    JoelInNoCal wrote:
    And, as an encore, I think Immortality would be a nice ironic send-off too, if only for the title (and the fact it is my favorite Pearl Jam song ever released!) :)
    Take me as-is.
    I don't need this.
    I die just to live.

    I won't stay long.
    I'll be long gone.
    I die just to live.

    I was being more shallow than that ... but, yes, we can go deep into the lyrics to discuss its relevance at my (or anyone's) funeral. 8-)
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    Sacramento, 7/16/1998
    San Francisco, 7/18/2006
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  • Purlyjem
    Purlyjem Posts: 126
    I always wanted to have Black played. And now, ever since I heard it, in case something happens to me, that they have to play the June 27th, 2006 St Paul show's version of Black. That version of Black is the best one they ever played in my opinion, and the guitar solo does all the emotions that are involved in the loss of a loved one. The passing, the pain, the missing, then comfort in the memories. To those who don't know the version, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9vrFmwiSk4
    After hearing Black for more then 20 years, it still gives me tears.
    "I'll ride the wave...where it takes me.."
  • 7777
    7777 Idaho Posts: 166
    Other Side
    Long Road
    Arc (last song of your existance on Earth)

    I sang The End at my little sisters funeral almost a year ago. That sucked, someone acutally recorded it and then tried to make me watch it a few days later. I walked out of the room. This is private to me, but it is also real to me, that is why I posted. I always imagined her at my funeral.
  • CloneOfASon
    CloneOfASon Madison, WI Posts: 1,080
    I'll Echo a couple already mentioned:
      Wish You Were Here (non-PJ) The End (non-PJ again this time)
    And then would add:
      Tremor Christ Garden

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