Post Malone is a pretty big deal for much of the music listening world. Dude’s got individual songs with BILLIONS of listens on Spotify. Individual songs on one streaming service. Billions. You might not like it but if your only reaction to a pop singer far bigger than your favorite band covering your favorite band is “this is terrible,” you might be older than you think. Just sayin’
People here crap on Pearl Jam's cover of Last Kiss and it's a thousand times better.
Oh, man, you're about to get swarmed by the J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers Fan Army...
Post Malone is a pretty big deal for much of the music listening world. Dude’s got individual songs with BILLIONS of listens on Spotify. Individual songs on one streaming service. Billions. You might not like it but if your only reaction to a pop singer far bigger than your favorite band covering your favorite band is “this is terrible,” you might be older than you think. Just sayin’
Having billions of listens doesn't mean you get a pass though. People here crap on Pearl Jam's cover of Last Kiss and it's a thousand times better. As long as he can bring those billions of listeners over here. I'm happy with that.
No but it does mean he’s relevant musically. For fans of a band that was once far more relevant, it just seems odd that Post Malone covering our beloved PJ should offend us so. Really? One of the biggest pop stars on the planet for a while now covers your favorite band and all we can say is “meh. He sounds bad.”? Again, just makes a lot of us sound very old and out of touch.
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Post Malone is a pretty big deal for much of the music listening world. Dude’s got individual songs with BILLIONS of listens on Spotify. Individual songs on one streaming service. Billions. You might not like it but if your only reaction to a pop singer far bigger than your favorite band covering your favorite band is “this is terrible,” you might be older than you think. Just sayin’
Having billions of listens doesn't mean you get a pass though. People here crap on Pearl Jam's cover of Last Kiss and it's a thousand times better. As long as he can bring those billions of listeners over here. I'm happy with that.
No but it does mean he’s relevant musically. For fans of a band that was once far more relevant, it just seems odd that Post Malone covering our beloved PJ should offend us so. Really? One of the biggest pop stars on the planet for a while now covers your favorite band and all we can say is “meh. He sounds bad.”? Again, just makes a lot of us sound very old and out of touch.
It's odd that you equate a negative review / opinion with someone being offended.
Post Malone is a pretty big deal for much of the music listening world. Dude’s got individual songs with BILLIONS of listens on Spotify. Individual songs on one streaming service. Billions. You might not like it but if your only reaction to a pop singer far bigger than your favorite band covering your favorite band is “this is terrible,” you might be older than you think. Just sayin’
Having billions of listens doesn't mean you get a pass though. People here crap on Pearl Jam's cover of Last Kiss and it's a thousand times better. As long as he can bring those billions of listeners over here. I'm happy with that.
No but it does mean he’s relevant musically. For fans of a band that was once far more relevant, it just seems odd that Post Malone covering our beloved PJ should offend us so. Really? One of the biggest pop stars on the planet for a while now covers your favorite band and all we can say is “meh. He sounds bad.”? Again, just makes a lot of us sound very old and out of touch.
It's odd that you equate a negative review / opinion with someone being offended.
Do you not know the difference between the two?
No, I don’t know the difference between the two.
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Post Malone is a pretty big deal for much of the music listening world. Dude’s got individual songs with BILLIONS of listens on Spotify. Individual songs on one streaming service. Billions. You might not like it but if your only reaction to a pop singer far bigger than your favorite band covering your favorite band is “this is terrible,” you might be older than you think. Just sayin’
Having billions of listens doesn't mean you get a pass though. People here crap on Pearl Jam's cover of Last Kiss and it's a thousand times better. As long as he can bring those billions of listeners over here. I'm happy with that.
No but it does mean he’s relevant musically. For fans of a band that was once far more relevant, it just seems odd that Post Malone covering our beloved PJ should offend us so. Really? One of the biggest pop stars on the planet for a while now covers your favorite band and all we can say is “meh. He sounds bad.”? Again, just makes a lot of us sound very old and out of touch.
It's odd that you equate a negative review / opinion with someone being offended.
Post Malone is a pretty big deal for much of the music listening world. Dude’s got individual songs with BILLIONS of listens on Spotify. Individual songs on one streaming service. Billions. You might not like it but if your only reaction to a pop singer far bigger than your favorite band covering your favorite band is “this is terrible,” you might be older than you think. Just sayin’
Having billions of listens doesn't mean you get a pass though. People here crap on Pearl Jam's cover of Last Kiss and it's a thousand times better. As long as he can bring those billions of listeners over here. I'm happy with that.
No but it does mean he’s relevant musically. For fans of a band that was once far more relevant, it just seems odd that Post Malone covering our beloved PJ should offend us so. Really? One of the biggest pop stars on the planet for a while now covers your favorite band and all we can say is “meh. He sounds bad.”? Again, just makes a lot of us sound very old and out of touch.
It's odd that you equate a negative review / opinion with someone being offended.
Do you not know the difference between the two?
No, I don’t know the difference between the two.
Cool.
Carry on about people sounding out of touch.
K thanks! Some of you people are out of touch!
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I didn't really care for it, but I enjoyed the story he told about how it reminded him of driving around with his brother in Hawaii. So many memories seem to be wrapped up in the music we were listening to when they happened. I think that is why music, out of all of the arts, seems to invoke stronger feelings for me.
Post Malone is a pretty big deal for much of the music listening world. Dude’s got individual songs with BILLIONS of listens on Spotify. Individual songs on one streaming service. Billions. You might not like it but if your only reaction to a pop singer far bigger than your favorite band covering your favorite band is “this is terrible,” you might be older than you think. Just sayin’
Having billions of listens doesn't mean you get a pass though. People here crap on Pearl Jam's cover of Last Kiss and it's a thousand times better. As long as he can bring those billions of listeners over here. I'm happy with that.
No but it does mean he’s relevant musically. For fans of a band that was once far more relevant, it just seems odd that Post Malone covering our beloved PJ should offend us so. Really? One of the biggest pop stars on the planet for a while now covers your favorite band and all we can say is “meh. He sounds bad.”? Again, just makes a lot of us sound very old and out of touch.
It's odd that you equate a negative review / opinion with someone being offended.
Like or hate Post's cover, it's cool that one of the biggest pop stars on the planet - one who has a massive audience almost exclusively comprised of a different demographic than Pearl Jam's fanbase - has an opportunity to play a few songs on Stern and chooses to cover Pearl Jam. Post could have chosen most any song in the world - why not play one of his own, one that his fan base craves?? - yet he not only chose one of Pearl Jam's songs but piggybacked it with a personal story of his connection to both the song and the band. Win/win IMO.
I'm a fan of Post Malone. This cover is... not great. Still cool to see/hear. Enjoying his new album.
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Like or hate Post's cover, it's cool that one of the biggest pop stars on the planet - one who has a massive audience almost exclusively comprised of a different demographic than Pearl Jam's fanbase - has an opportunity to play a few songs on Stern and chooses to cover Pearl Jam. Post could have chosen most any song in the world - why not play one of his own, one that his fan base craves?? - yet he not only chose one of Pearl Jam's songs but piggybacked it with a personal story of his connection to both the song and the band. Win/win IMO.
I guess this is what I was getting at: one of the biggest stars on the planet gives a tribute to our favorite band. How isn't that a good/cool thing? Post Malone: hey guys, I like PJ too! PJ fans: get outta here, poser! LOL
Before anyone gets too chesty about this whole thing...I'm saying this in good fun. Post Malone covered your favorite band. It probably wasn't meant for you in the first place.
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Like or hate Post's cover, it's cool that one of the biggest pop stars on the planet - one who has a massive audience almost exclusively comprised of a different demographic than Pearl Jam's fanbase - has an opportunity to play a few songs on Stern and chooses to cover Pearl Jam. Post could have chosen most any song in the world - why not play one of his own, one that his fan base craves?? - yet he not only chose one of Pearl Jam's songs but piggybacked it with a personal story of his connection to both the song and the band. Win/win IMO.
Like or hate Post's cover, it's cool that one of the biggest pop stars on the planet - one who has a massive audience almost exclusively comprised of a different demographic than Pearl Jam's fanbase - has an opportunity to play a few songs on Stern and chooses to cover Pearl Jam. Post could have chosen most any song in the world - why not play one of his own, one that his fan base craves?? - yet he not only chose one of Pearl Jam's songs but piggybacked it with a personal story of his connection to both the song and the band. Win/win IMO.
I think it’s cool that he did it, and I think it benefits Pearl Jam. I appreciate the story and the connection he feels.
I also think its a choice (to go on Stern whose audience is 40-65, play a song/band that audience will know) that can benefit Posty.
I also did not think it was a very good performance. All of these thoughts can be held at the same time.
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Cool that he chose this tune, it's in line with many of the covers he's chosen, seems to be pretty enamored of 90s alt/rock/whatever.
Watt's fingerpicking and BVs sound great. Post's vocals are godawful, imo.
Cool he did it though, I guess.
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The word "relevant" should always take a qualifier. Nothing is relevant in the abstract. A thing must be relevant to something or to someone. Pearl Jam is relevant to its audience. Post Malone is relevant to his audience, which is larger than Pearl Jam's in 2022. Will his audience be larger than Pearl Jam's when he's thirty years in? Time will tell. And some people are part of the audience of both Post Malone and Pearl Jam. Their audiences are not mutually exclusive.
The word "relevant" should always take a qualifier. Nothing is relevant in the abstract. A thing must be relevant to something or to someone. Pearl Jam is relevant to its audience. Post Malone is relevant to his audience, which is larger than Pearl Jam's in 2022. Will his audience be larger than Pearl Jam's when he's thirty years in? Time will tell. And some people are part of the audience of both Post Malone and Pearl Jam. Their audiences are not mutually exclusive.
To recap: you lectured through a philosophical wormhole about what it means to hold relevancy because Post Malone spent 3 minutes doing a free-wheeling Pearl Jam cover.
Regardless of what anyone thinks of the execution ( Ed pretty tough to match) it was a tribute & I felt his sincerity with his lil story before about the song as well as the emotion during it.
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It's odd that you equate a negative review / opinion with someone being offended.
Do you not know the difference between the two?
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Carry on about people sounding out of touch.
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lol
I stopped caring about what other people do or don't like a long time ago.
Before anyone gets too chesty about this whole thing...I'm saying this in good fun. Post Malone covered your favorite band. It probably wasn't meant for you in the first place.
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I also think its a choice (to go on Stern whose audience is 40-65, play a song/band that audience will know) that can benefit Posty.
I also did not think it was a very good performance. All of these thoughts can be held at the same time.
But why are you offended tho
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Watt's fingerpicking and BVs sound great. Post's vocals are godawful, imo.
Cool he did it though, I guess.
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