Post Malone doing Betterman on Stern

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  • stateof10trust
    stateof10trust Posts: 12
    Was he singing under water?
  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,031
    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.
  • stateof10trust
    stateof10trust Posts: 12
    That doesn't change the fact that I don't like listening to him sing -- or that I have to bum rides off people.
  • Edved82
    Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
    Awful.
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  • Man.of.Golden.Words
    Man.of.Golden.Words Toronto, ON Posts: 134
    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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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,767
    edited June 2022

    I stopped caring about what other people do or don't like a long time ago. 
  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    jjflash said:
    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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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,059
    Merkin Baller said:

    I stopped caring about what other people do or don't like a long time ago. 
    It shows...
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,908
    jjflash said:
    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.
    this, 100% agree
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,826
    pjhawks said:
    jjflash said:
    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.
    this, 100% agree
    Yup I agree with this.  And it wasn't bad IMO.  
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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,767
    mookeywrench said:
    Merkin Baller said:

    I stopped caring about what other people do or don't like a long time ago. 
    It shows...

     :'(  
  • BloodMeridian80
    BloodMeridian80 Seattle Posts: 715
    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. 
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,767
    BloodMeridian80 said:
    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. 

    But why are you offended tho

    /s
  • Parksy
    Parksy Posts: 1,849
    BloodMeridian80 said:
    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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  • heartofadog
    heartofadog Portland, OR Posts: 357
    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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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,939
    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.
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,059
    BF25394 said:
    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.
  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 Posts: 10,803
    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.


  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Clean versions of Post Malone’s albums have been blasting in our family car for years.   He’s awesome.  
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    igotid88 said:
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    This is all I care about 
    Better Man by Pearl Jam is #97 on iTunes Alternative songs chart. https://t.co/3RO0AxzApi 
    Updated. Not on there anymore. Maybe that'll change later, hopefully 
    Up to #77 now
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