INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA: In this image released on May 2, Eddie Vedder performs onstage during Global Citizen VAX LIVE: The Concert To Reunite The World at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Global Citizen VAX LIVE: The Concert To Reunite The World will be broadcast on May 8, 2021. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Global Citizen VAX LIVE)
Flag Day, the new Sean Penn vehicle, isn't exactly lighting up the world of cinema. But the soundtrack has given us a damn good cover song.
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam throws down a pretty faithful cover of R.E.M.'s "Drive." Like, so faithful that it almost sounds like he went back to 1992, grabbed the Automatic for the People masters, took Michael Stipe's vocals out, and replaced them with his own. Listen.
The soundtrack, which released last Friday, also features Eddie's daughter Olivia Vedder, accompanied by her dad and Glen Hansard. Pretty cool!
