Pearl Jam Just Rickrolled You

Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard has effectively "Rickrolled" the entire internet by covering Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up."

Gossard's cover of the ridiculous (I don't think there's any disputing my use of that word here) '80s track was uploaded to Pearl Jam's YouTube account on Monday (Nov. 9).

You can watch it below. Note the smile on Gossard's face. It's 'cause he knows he's playing the biggest joke of 2007 on everyone. So maybe this is a little late. So what? Didn't you hear Pearl Jam were busy recording an album over the last while? Who has time to look at the internet at all when they're doing that?

Here's the cover:

Pearl Jam are playing these dates in support of this year's Backspacer:

Nov. 14 Perth, Australia @ Members Equity Stadium
Nov. 17 Adelaide, Australia @ Adelaide Oval
Nov. 20 Melbourne, Australia @ Etihad Stadium
Nov. 22 Sydney, Australia @ Sydney Football Stadium
Nov. 25 Brisbane, Australia @ QSAC Stadium
Nov. 27 Auckland, New Zealand @ Mt Smart Stadium
Nov. 29 Christchurch, New Zealand @ AMI Stadium