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burl jam wrote:I remember when we saw him in 2012 on his Songbook tour he mentioned the 'questionable third album' he made. He joked that people would say to him "what did Timbaland make you do" and Chris would say listen "Timbaland didn't tie me down, didn't strap me into a chair. I chose to do that album that way, it was all me."

Made me smile thinking about it. He had a pretty solid sense of humour.

Oh my God, his sense of humor was amazing. Saw 3 of those songbook shows over the years, and he had the audience in stitches constantly.

My favorite moment in Singles is when the one dude puts the speakers in his car and Cornell walks down and just starts grooving. Fucking hilarious.

He was hilarious. I sadly only caught his solo show once, but he was so friendly, bantering with the crowd and doing requests. He even got a fan up to play Outshined on guitar with him.

He really seemed to mellow with age. A genuinely nice guy to his fans.

EDIT:

His solo shows were really great. I always thought he and Ed should go out together and do two solo sets plus a duo set.

evenslow wrote:His solo shows were really great. I always thought he and Ed should go out together and do two solo sets plus a duo set.

Who'd open?

theplatypus wrote:

evenslow wrote:His solo shows were really great. I always thought he and Ed should go out together and do two solo sets plus a duo set.

Who'd open?

Lot's great singers out there, even more great voices. Chris voice was different it was a force of nature. It was a complete primal tone from the earth. It had more in common with the song of the whales the echo of a elk the shrieking of a soaring hawk. Than the vocals of a Whitney or a Robert plant. Almost as if the planet earth used his voice to convey it's own emotions.

If I mostly hated the first album, but really like this one, what am I apt to think of the second record?

You'll probably like it, the songs are a lot more mellow. But the rockers are really great too (#1 Zero man).

It's probably Chris's worst album as a vocalist. He sounds fine, but his voice was definitely at his lowest point 2004-2005. I remember laughing when I heard he was playing the old Soundgarden songs while touring for Carry On because I assumed his voice was shot to pieces and there was no way he could handle them. Then I started seeing the YouTube clips and I was blown away. The 180 this guy did on his voice is nothing short of miraculous (or giving up cigs, who knows).

theplatypus wrote:

evenslow wrote:His solo shows were really great. I always thought he and Ed should go out together and do two solo sets plus a duo set.

Who'd open?

Jimi Hendrix if Ed gets caught in another riptide.

Has anyone noticed Chris and Ian Curtis from Joy Division both died on the same day, May 18th? I just realized this, and considering the similarity between how they died, it's fucking creepy.

Tomorrow is the 21st anniversary of Down on the Upside... fuck.

You guys can repost my article I wrote for my music blog on the main site if you like. It references a second article I haven't worked on yet, though.
https://vnnmusick.wordpress.com/2017/05 ... s-cornell/

lecherouslittlestump wrote:

If I mostly hated the first album, but really like this one, what am I apt to think of the second record?

You'll probably like it, the songs are a lot more mellow. But the rockers are really great too (#1 Zero man).

It's probably Chris's worst album as a vocalist. He sounds fine, but his voice was definitely at his lowest point 2004-2005. I remember laughing when I heard he was playing the old Soundgarden songs while touring for Carry On because I assumed his voice was shot to pieces and there was no way he could handle them. Then I started seeing the YouTube clips and I was blown away. The 180 this guy did on his voice is nothing short of miraculous (or giving up cigs, who knows).

Totally agree. I saw Audioslave around that time and he really sounded like shit. Thought he was pretty much donezo.

Then I saw him twice on his later solo tours and it was a complete revelation. I couldn't believe it was the same guy.

VinylGuy: http://www.theskyiscrape.com/2017/05/co ... -loss.html

Simple Torture wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

evenslow wrote:His solo shows were really great. I always thought he and Ed should go out together and do two solo sets plus a duo set.

Who'd open?

Jimi Hendrix if Ed gets caught in another riptide.

holy fuck this post is amazing.

B wrote:VinylGuy: http://www.theskyiscrape.com/2017/05/co ... -loss.html

nice post, vg

malice wrote:

B wrote:VinylGuy: http://www.theskyiscrape.com/2017/05/co ... -loss.html

nice post, vg

evenslow wrote:

wease wrote:

evenslow wrote:btw mods can we get this out of the Pearl Jam section? I keep forgetting about it. Help me.

Sarge says no.

Sarge went back in the jungle. I'm still here fighting the fight.

I've made the thread global.

good thinking

thanks for your story, Sarge. I'm glad you're back.

BurtReynolds wrote:Outside of the hits and a handful of others, I'm not a huge Soundgarden fan. Tried listening to their albums last night and it was a chore.

whatevs.

The listening I've done in the last few days reconfirmed that I only really enjoy Chris's contributions to Soundgarden and his work outside of that context just doesn't do it for me, with the exception of most of the ToTD songs.

Audioslave in particular, yeesh. From the first moment the band kick on Cochise, I'm out.

Birds in Hell wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:Outside of the hits and a handful of others, I'm not a huge Soundgarden fan. Tried listening to their albums last night and it was a chore.

whatevs.

The listening I've done in the last few days reconfirmed that I only really enjoy Chris's contributions to Soundgarden and his work outside of that context just doesn't do it for me, with the exception of most of the ToTD songs.

Audioslave in particular, yeesh. From the first moment the band kick on Cochise, I'm out.

Funny, I've been listening to the full range of his catalog since Thursday morning. I can't even really put into words what I'm thinking as I'm listening, this one hits deep. But regardless, every single song, every one from every band, every single one is completely sucking me in. There is something for every emotion, for every mood. And to know how his mood was so written in his being, I feel a little selfish for listening. But that is exactly what we should all be doing. Listening. In every sense

Birds in Hell wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:Outside of the hits and a handful of others, I'm not a huge Soundgarden fan. Tried listening to their albums last night and it was a chore.

whatevs.

The listening I've done in the last few days reconfirmed that I only really enjoy Chris's contributions to Soundgarden and his work outside of that context just doesn't do it for me, with the exception of most of the ToTD songs.

Audioslave in particular, yeesh. From the first moment the band kick on Cochise, I'm out.

I'm with you, dude. I loved Soundgarden, and Rage Against the Machine. Both are formative on my psyche. When I heard that Chris would be fronting the RATM band sans De la Rocha, I had visions of guitar interplay with soundgarden-equse melodies and tones over top of morello's mad guitar laboratory. Instead, what came out felt like a hastily-composed version of rage with Cornell dumbly screaming in 4/4 over top of it; without any of the interesting melodic vocal or guitar stuff. I know over time they released somewhat more dynamic music than just that; but Audioslave was a giant disappointment, IMO. I think of it as 'lost years'. In retrospect, I am sure the intent was there. But the execution just felt like watching an ex-wife with a drinking problem having a sweaty a bar stool makeout session with a dry wall contractor.