Rock Around Barack!

I love to see Stone Gossard step into the spotlight. He and most of Pearl Jam (minus Ed) recorded a cover of Rock Around the Clock, cleverly (perhaps) replacing "the clock" with "Barack". It's not musical genius, but its my boys, and I think its adorable. Besides, any effort in support of Barack Obama gets aces in my book!

Repost from PearlJam.com

02.04.08

"Stone Gossard and members of PJ spearheaded the recording of a new rendition of an old-school tune "Rock Around The Clock", cleverly changing the lyrical content to "Rock Around Barack".

Here's what Stone has to say about the recording:

was the first mainstream rock and roll hit in 1955 and it had a transforming effect on American music. At that time, rock and rhythm and blues music was traditionally only played on black radio. I am, by no means, an expert on the history of rock & roll, but this was a big deal. The rhythm of rock music and its energy were so overwhelming that traditional barriers of race and culture broke down with an enormous crash. So here's to new energy, rock and the breaking down of cultural barriers: "Hello everyone. This is a track I've been thinking about for a while. Rock Around The ClockBarack Around The Clock!"

Drums - Matt Cameron
Bass - Jeff Ament
Rock and Roll Piano - Boom Gaspar
Lead Guitar - Mike McCready
Vocals and Rhythm Guitar - Stone Gossard
Background Vocals - Barrett Jones

Recorded By Floyd Reitsma at Avast Classic
Mixed by Barrett Jones at his place.
Paid for by Stone"

Listen to the song here.