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"Why Go" (Pearl Jam Cover) (Video)

March 24, 2009 4:47 p.m. by Matthew Fiander
Average Rating: 10.00
As part of a celebration for the deluxe reissue of Pearl Jam's debut album Ten , which was released today, MTV2 asked a number of groups to cover their favorite tracks from the grunge classic. Perhaps the strangest among them is Midwestern rapper P.O.S., who takes on "Why Go" in this video. He's an even more surprising choice when you consider the other bands tapped for the project are the boring whiners of Staind and the equally pretentious and plain The Academy Is…

 

But even though P.O.S. warns us about his voice at the beginning, stating that "There's no auto-tune in Grunge Music, guys," he actually proves a very able stand-in for Mr. Vedder. He lays some nice keyboard lines over his reprogrammed version of the song, and though at its base this cover is pretty faithful to the original, it's still pretty damn good. P.O.S. pays irony-free homage and puts his own spin on the song at the same time. Not bad for an MTV2 project that is, in about every other way, a dull failure.

 
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March 24, 2009 at 5:29 p.m.

I was never a big PJ fan, but I thought this was a pretty cool cover.
March 24, 2009 at 7:34 p.m.

Here's a quote from P.O.S. about covering Pearl Jam:

"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 though 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
March 24, 2009 at 9:31 p.m.

wow. nice work.
March 24, 2009 at 9:42 p.m.

i definitely wouldn't call this a failure dude.
March 24, 2009 at 9:42 p.m.

He's POS because he turns good songs into pieces of s**t.
March 24, 2009 at 9:48 p.m.

The P.O.S. clip = opposite of failure.

The Staind and The Academy Is... stuff that was also part of MTV2's promotion (and not included here) = failure to the nth degree.
March 24, 2009 at 9:55 p.m.

Is this the new Tinted Windows single?
March 24, 2009 at 10:07 p.m.

So close. You could've taken that in so many different directions, brob.
March 24, 2009 at 10:07 p.m.

Out f---ing rageous I want him to cover the whole cd.
March 24, 2009 at 10:18 p.m.

That was actually pretty damn good :)

10 has to be one of my fave albums of all time, have to agree that this song was an awesome choice
March 24, 2009 at 10:18 p.m.

Nice... Haven't heard this song in so long. Good to hear a different take.
March 24, 2009 at 10:18 p.m.

It is great to hear a cover where you can tell the artist is a real fan of the song. It may be stripped down, but it is all love. I hope this gets other people to check out his other stuff and then hopefully Doomtree and other RSE artists. P.O.S. is one of the best in the game today and Pearl Jam wrote songs that will never get old, only better. I'm calling a WIN. Minnesota Nice!

Peace all
March 24, 2009 at 11:03 p.m.

Loved it!!! Start to finish. And I'm a HUGE Vedder fan. GREAT job :) (I listened 3 x b4 I commented, that good) You should do more songs!!!

Thanks....
March 24, 2009 at 11:52 p.m.

Nice work mate.
March 24, 2009 at 11:52 p.m.

Dude I KNOW him! Sick cover everyone should get his new cd Never Better, too.
March 24, 2009 at 11:52 p.m.

first heard pearl jam when i was about 8 years old... brother got me a Choices shirt that i still rock on UA campus today. This cover was freakin awesome; i cant think of many ways to sucsessfully incorporate hip hop elements into Pearl's grunge setting
March 25, 2009 at 1:05 a.m.

awesome! any chance we can get an mp3?
March 25, 2009 at 11:08 a.m.

that was awful.
March 25, 2009 at 11:08 a.m.

OMG This kicks ass! Go POS!
March 25, 2009 at 11:09 a.m.

im feelin it!!!!
March 25, 2009 at 1:39 p.m.

That's a cool little one-man-band thing. But it goes without saying that it doesn't have the power of PJ bashing it out.
Fun with electronics does not equal a proven group of talented musicians.
March 25, 2009 at 1:39 p.m.

brob hits one out of the park with a super-insightful comment! Way to go, rockstar! You clearly are an authority on all things good and awesome. I doubt you were asked by MTV to cover this song, unlike POS. If that was a deliberate trolling attempt, you fail. If it was your actual comment on the quality of the song, you also fail. Fail squared!

The song was very good.
March 25, 2009 at 2:59 p.m.

awe.......
.......some
March 25, 2009 at 2:59 p.m.

Pffft. This guys voice is fantastic. I don;t know if he was genuinely being modest or he was just playing with us.

Haven't checked out any of his hip-hop yet, but I sure as hell will now. Guy could easily sing his own hooks/samples!
March 25, 2009 at 3:09 p.m.

P.O.S. live performance on XM the other day (downloadable)

http://proghiphop.com/2009/03/02/subsoniq-session-with-posnew-music/
March 25, 2009 at 5:52 p.m.

I guess I'm in the minority when I say this spewed chunks. Love PJ tho.
March 25, 2009 at 5:52 p.m.

P.O.S. is Ruining My Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JQ393dovJk

That One http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFz5Fp1KAyA

Amazing
March 26, 2009 at 12:14 p.m.

Oh man, this is awesome! cover more pearl jam!
March 30, 2009 at 12:39 a.m.

Very cool! Great arrangement!!!
April 3, 2009 at 1:29 p.m.

ok, wtf, whiners of staind my ass, pearl jam is good but dont bash a band you obviously dont know anything about

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