“I loved Ten when it came out, rocked the tape till it popped.”
“I was asked if I was interested in covering a pearl jam song by mtv2. I thought it was funny that they wanted to include me, being a rapper and all, but I wanted to take a shot at it. I loved ten when it came out, rocked the tape till it popped. One of my favorites on it was why go, none of the bands they asked had picked it yet so I did. I thought about reworking the original lyrics into a rap kind of situation, but then I was playing the melody on one of my keyboards and thought it might be more fun to just straight cover it. So I did. It was fun. I hope you likes it.” – P.O.S.
P.O.S.was among artists picked to cover Pearl Jam in celebration of the re-release of Ten.
Name: Heather Browne
Thanks for putting this up… i always loved that song, and kinda love this version.
Josh
Ha ha — March 31, 2009 @ 9:18 am
I’m really digging the hip hop twist to this
Jennson — March 31, 2009 @ 9:20 am
Um, fantastic.
Jim — March 31, 2009 @ 10:17 am
Love it!
Amanda — March 31, 2009 @ 2:15 pm
very cool cover. i want to vomit at the thought of hoobastank covering anything by pj.
kristen — March 31, 2009 @ 3:41 pm
Hilarious. I expect this to appear on Best Week Ever any day now.
Justin — March 31, 2009 @ 6:58 pm
That. Was. AWFUL.
Layne Staley — April 2, 2009 @ 3:12 pm
Wasn’t really expecting much, but I really like this.
Gary B. — April 2, 2009 @ 5:36 pm
[...] hop artist P.O.S. went grunge to celebrate a Pearl Jam milestone. Take a listen! [...]
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loved this! great find heather…
cwb — April 5, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
Excellent!
Halv — April 7, 2009 @ 6:28 am
This is pretty cool. I like how pearl jam’s music inspires people from all over to make their own mashups. I arranged Even Flow for orchestra = http://www.fororchestra.com/2010/09/25/for-orchestra-44-pearl-jam-even-flow/
Awesome video, ‘why go’ is one of my favorites!
Walt Ribeiro — September 27, 2010 @ 8:40 am
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