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  • PJRock75
    PJRock75 Posts: 869
    I've been saying this since Wildflowers by Tom Petty came out....I want "Its Good To Be King".

    To me it's perfect farewell message with a beautiful outro on piano.
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  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    I really love the idea of Long Road with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for a PJ one but others, The Dandy Warhols, Sleep or Sigur Ros, Von. Maybe a surpise for the mourners with Metallica's cover of Free Speech For The Dumb... :shock:
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  • Skeleton Key
    Skeleton Key Posts: 130
    PJRock75 wrote:
    I've been saying this since Wildflowers by Tom Petty came out....I want "Its Good To Be King".

    To me it's perfect farewell message with a beautiful outro on piano.

    Back in '94, a guy in my high school died and he was a big Tom Petty fan. They ended up playing the Wildflowers title track at his funeral which had just come out.
  • ThePedro
    ThePedro Posts: 330
    My brother recently passed in Feb very sad time. He turned me on to PJ glad we got to see them together in SASKATOON. At his funeral we played 3 songs to a picture montage.
    Come Back
    Red Solo Cup ( not pj but it was his favorite at the time)
    Man Of The Hour
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  • NacreRock
    NacreRock Posts: 91
    Sorry to hear about your brother...i lost my sister to cancer a year ago in Feb. After spending the night by her bed, she passed away in the morning. I was exhausted, but needed to drive a couple of hours to get my parents. To keep me alert, I chose to listen to PJ radio. First song I heard was "The End". Alone in the car, my emotions caught up with me. Not a good memory, but I will never forget the timing of that song being played. By the way, cancer sucks.

    I apologize for being depressing, but this post resonated with me.
    ThePedro wrote:
    My brother recently passed in Feb very sad time. He turned me on to PJ glad we got to see them together in SASKATOON. At his funeral we played 3 songs to a picture montage.
    Come Back
    Red Solo Cup ( not pj but it was his favorite at the time)
    Man Of The Hour
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,657
    Yield98 wrote:
    My wife has instructions that at the end of my funeral to play "Long Road" (cause we are all going to walk the same long road), then "Given To Fly" (favorite song and the message that I'm going up to heaven), then get to the drinking because the good stories will flow much better after the good alcohol has been flowing.

    Very well put. This is such a great idea. I hope you don't mind if I use this and ask my wife to do the same.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,657
    NacreRock wrote:
    Sorry to hear about your brother...i lost my sister to cancer a year ago in Feb. After spending the night by her bed, she passed away in the morning. I was exhausted, but needed to drive a couple of hours to get my parents. To keep me alert, I chose to listen to PJ radio. First song I heard was "The End". Alone in the car, my emotions caught up with me. Not a good memory, but I will never forget the timing of that song being played. By the way, cancer sucks.

    I apologize for being depressing, but this post resonated with me.
    ThePedro wrote:
    My brother recently passed in Feb very sad time. He turned me on to PJ glad we got to see them together in SASKATOON. At his funeral we played 3 songs to a picture montage.
    Come Back
    Red Solo Cup ( not pj but it was his favorite at the time)
    Man Of The Hour

    No need to apologize. Your feeling are very understandable. Many of us have been through similar difficult times. The songs really do help. Best wishes going out to the both of you, NacreRock and ThePedro..
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • deserteddotse
    deserteddotse Posts: 1,276
    Not a Pearl Jam song but a have always thought 'Upon My Shoulders' by Brad would be appropriate at a funeral.
    Love those piano and cello parts... :cry:
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  • Dercheef
    Dercheef Germany Posts: 732
    My choice would The Shadowlands by Ryan Adams. It starts as a mellow, dark and sad piano track but the end is really beautiful and kinda hopeful. Not a pj song but I always thought it would be the perfect song for a funeral.
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  • rocking horse
    rocking horse Posts: 21
    Release.

    If you love Pearl Jam and they are a big part of your life why is it weird?

    Working on final edits to my will now before heading off to Amsterdam & Arras. Maybe I should put it in.

    It's not a nice thing to think about. But its inevitable. I'm just trying to detach myself from it.

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  • rocking horse
    rocking horse Posts: 21
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Narciso wrote:
    Really? Nobody out there thinks about this? Is it weird?
    I think it's weird not to think about it!
    I'm not one for funerals. Mine will be more like a going away party where the guest of honor couldn't make it. So I'm just going to write "play the PJ catalogue on random shuffle, and don't forget the Led Zeppelin" in my funeral arrangement plan. :D


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  • gretchennichole
    gretchennichole Posts: 1
    Unthought Unknown --

    Feel the air up above, oh pool of blue sky.
    Feel the air up with love, all black with star light.
    Feel the sky blanket you
    With gems and rhinestones.
    See the path cut by the moon
    For you to walk on.
    See the path cut by the moon
    For you to walk on.
    See the waves on distant shores
    Awaiting your arrival.
  • HH140540
    HH140540 Atlanta Posts: 576
    I revisit this topic with my wife a few times a year just so she knows what PJ songs/covers to play at my exit or listen to later to think of me.

    Man of the Hour
    Long Road
    Light Years
    Throw Your Arms Around Me (played @ our wedding)
    Come Back
    The End (if circumstances are parallel)
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    gretchennichole said:

    Unthought Unknown --

    Feel the air up above, oh pool of blue sky.
    Feel the air up with love, all black with star light.
    Feel the sky blanket you
    With gems and rhinestones.
    See the path cut by the moon
    For you to walk on.
    See the path cut by the moon
    For you to walk on.
    See the waves on distant shores
    Awaiting your arrival.

    An odd bump and first post, but I do get it.

    This song has grown on me so much recently. Interesting otherview of the words. I've come to take in lyrics differently via various people, and now via you too. Thank you.

    Seems like so many have had loss lately - should you be part of that, my good wishes sent.

    I say blast / appreciate / listen to whatever brought that person happiness, and whatever helps to bind the memories.

    Cheers.
  • Given2Fly-Fish
    Given2Fly-Fish Posts: 826
    moses-i said:

    Whatever you do, never pull a Kenny Powers



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  • Given2Fly-Fish
    Given2Fly-Fish Posts: 826
    I think The End would be too brutal to be played at a funeral...That song wrecks me under normal circumstances.
  • joshualukin69
    joshualukin69 Indy Posts: 33
    Given2Fly-Fish said:

    I think The End would be too brutal to be played at a funeral...That song wrecks me under normal circumstances.

    I agree. I absolutely have to skip it when I spin Backspacer. It's just a gut punch.
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  • PP193448
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    edited September 2016
    So people are posting some non PJ stuff... specifically no Stairway to Heaven??? That's gotta be there. It would be randomly played at PJSoul's funeral, but anyone else??? With the volume of PJ and Zep catalogue, her funeral will be all weekend long... Hey, PJSoul, will there be LPs played, originals or reissues?? Then will the original LPs go with you in your casket so you can play them in your next life...
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    My funeral is going to be one big Pearl Jam party where all my PJ shit is raffled off to help offset funeral costs. There will be many songs played - rockers & ballads alike.
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  • JimmyV
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