Red Mosquito

Kevin Davis wrote:There have been a lot of musician deaths during my lifetime but this one and Weiland have hit the hardest, this one perhaps even more so just because it came as so much more of a shock. I always feel a vague twinge of sadness when a musician whose music means something to me passes away, but these guys who were there as I was really discovering the art form -- I dunno, it's like someone came into my house with a big stick of dynamite and blew out the foundation. Now how's the thing supposed to stand? This would become the music against which all other music would be measured -- not in a raw quality sense, necessarily, an "is this as good as than that?" thing, but rather "does it take me to the kinds of far-flung places that I know this stuff can take me? does it tell me something about the world that I don't already know? does this music tell some part of my story?" So much of how my brain processes music is built on this stuff -- on Nirvana, on STP, on Soundgarden. Of course we still have the music, thank goodness. But there's just something that happens when the living, breathing spirit behind the work ceases to exist. It's not easy to explain, and is probably not practical. But I think it's nonetheless sincere and speaks to the idea of art as a sort of connective fiber between people who have never met. No question Chris Cornell impacted my life in a profound way. I wish he could have found the strength.

Kevin Davis wrote:There have been a lot of musician deaths during my lifetime but this one and Weiland have hit the hardest, this one perhaps even more so just because it came as so much more of a shock. I always feel a vague twinge of sadness when a musician whose music means something to me passes away, but these guys who were there as I was really discovering the art form -- I dunno, it's like someone came into my house with a big stick of dynamite and blew out the foundation. Now how's the thing supposed to stand? This would become the music against which all other music would be measured -- not in a raw quality sense, necessarily, an "is this as good as than that?" thing, but rather "does it take me to the kinds of far-flung places that I know this stuff can take me? does it tell me something about the world that I don't already know? does this music tell some part of my story?" So much of how my brain processes music is built on this stuff -- on Nirvana, on STP, on Soundgarden. Of course we still have the music, thank goodness. But there's just something that happens when the living, breathing spirit behind the work ceases to exist. It's not easy to explain, and is probably not practical. But I think it's nonetheless sincere and speaks to the idea of art as a sort of connective fiber between people who have never met. No question Chris Cornell impacted my life in a profound way. I wish he could have found the strength.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I wonder if SG and PJ will make a new supergroup tribute album

verb_to_trust wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I wonder if SG and PJ will make a new supergroup tribute album

Eddie feels awful im sure but man...there is a really shitty song about this he's bound to churn out isn't there?

dimejinky99 wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I wonder if SG and PJ will make a new supergroup tribute album

Eddie feels awful im sure but man...there is a really shitty song about this he's bound to churn out isn't there?

That's hardcore cynical

PHATJ wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I wonder if SG and PJ will make a new supergroup tribute album

Eddie feels awful im sure but man...there is a really shitty song about this he's bound to churn out isn't there?

That's hardcore cynical

Remember, Verb is the douche that started the autoerotic asphyxiation thread about five minutes after hearing about this death. He apparently has no heart.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:We all know verb has no soul but I'd hardly call predicting that modern-day Eddie might write a shitty song cynical

Birds in Hell wrote:I have had very real experience with both suicide and depression involving those close to me; while I have an immense amount of sympathy for anyone struggling with the latter, the former is still an immensely, almost disgracefully, selfish act. The pain and torment felt by Cornell's children will be lifelong if that's what this is. It's truly very sad in many respects.

dimejinky99 wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I wonder if SG and PJ will make a new supergroup tribute album

Eddie feels awful im sure but man...there is a really shitty song about this he's bound to churn out isn't there?

That's hardcore cynical

Remember, Verb is the douche that started the autoerotic asphyxiation thread about five minutes after hearing about this death. He apparently has no heart.

Just hope he's never touched by suicide in his family or friends. It's easy to dismiss it when it's never happened you


Unless it's just a defence mechanism and he's dealing with it through shit humour. I do that

Birds in Hell wrote:(depression) is still an immensely, almost disgracefully, selfish act.

Kevin Davis wrote:I wish he could have found the strength.

theplatypus wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:I have had very real experience with both suicide and depression involving those close to me; while I have an immense amount of sympathy for anyone struggling with the latter, the former is still an immensely, almost disgracefully, selfish act. The pain and torment felt by Cornell's children will be lifelong if that's what this is. It's truly very sad in many respects.

This is dumb and misses the point that people who are driven to suicide by depression are often (irrationally, yes, because that is how depression works) convinced the people they leave behind will be better off without them in their life.