Hi! First time post long time fan of the board.

I am trying to put together a cd of Jam tracks for a friend that has gone through a hard time. I am calling this the Pearls of Hope ep. This is what I currently have. Hoping you all can help out maybe make some suggestions missed here. Im not set on it being only 6 songs...and I am trying to use songs that someone that knows the band from only ten and VS would not know. please dont suggest songs like Alive.

Thanks

Pearls of Hope ep

1.Arc
2.In My Tree
3.Given To Fly
4.Present Tense
5.Aye Davinita
6.Inside Job

FAITHFULL!!!!!

I always felt that the "we're faithfull" refrain is essentially sarcastic. So this would be like putting betterman on a CD of love songs. Of course, that's been done, too.

I would put "Down" on there. Maybe "Who You Are."

It is a bit sarcastic but aren’t we all?

At the end I feel the song is very positive and the vive of the song is amazing!

"Just be darling and I will be too
Faithful to you"

I've always taken Faithul to be about how everyone has their faith in something, "we all believe" and by the end he simply states he too has faith and it's in his love with the person it's addressed to.

Which may or may not be kind of sad since it's most likely about Ed and Beth. I remeber reading she had a Corvette at that time and is most likely where it comes from in "Wishlist."

wishlist
life wasted (or the reprise)
down
undone
you are
can't keep
love boat captain
all those yeterdays
who you are
around the bend

Let me tell you that when I feel down, I don’t want to hear arc and inside job is just plain depressing.

I would add good rockers so he can “get the fuck out the situation” ala MFC and RVM

MFC is a good call.

isn't around the bend about a serial killer?

"No matter how cold the winter/ There's a springtime ahead"

actually it's about Jack Iron's son....

You must be confusing it with Dirty Frank...

WTF? It's a lullaby, written for Jack Irons' kid I think.

I'd add Low Light, a song that feels like peace and calm.

No that was about a bus driver

I think I had an audio interview with Ed where he said this song ”was about a child of a friend….or could be about a serial killer you never know”….i guess he was fucking with the interviewer.

No songs from Binaural please or he will try to kill himself for sure

Hmm...
my tracklist would be:

1. Red Dot
2. Who You Are
3. Given to Fly
4. I Am Mine
5. Breath
6. MFC
7. Present Tense
8. Arc
9. Can't Keep
10. In My Tree
11. Inside Job
12. Driftin'
13. Down
14. Smile
15. All Night
16. All Those Yesterdays
17. Wasted Reprise

Should fit on one disc.

jurd99 has the best sig ever.

oh um...breath?

Thanks!

And good call.

I think you should include some covers like I beleive in miracles, I got a feeling and I'm one.

yeah but the follow up line is I smile but who am I kidding.

yes, definitely breath. (#5 on my disc o' hope)