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6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Sun March 30, 2025 10:36 pm
by stip
Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Sun March 30, 2025 10:43 pm
by stip
If your name isn't Prince, or the artist formally known as Prince, you should not use the number 2 instead of to. Vote for Swallowed Whole
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Sun March 30, 2025 11:01 pm
by 96583UP
Say Hello 2 Heaven is such a special song
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Mon March 31, 2025 12:39 am
by Kalevi
Swallowed whole doesn't get it's due around here
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Mon March 31, 2025 12:43 am
by wease
Say Hello 2 Heaven. Not even close
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Mon March 31, 2025 4:18 am
by epilogue
wease wrote:Say Hello 2 Heaven. Not even close
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Mon March 31, 2025 5:29 am
by Anders
Say Hello 2 Heaven should destroy SW. This place is weird.
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Mon March 31, 2025 5:45 am
by Anders
stip wrote:If your name isn't Prince, or the artist formally known as Prince, you should not use the number 2 instead of to. Vote for Swallowed Whole
We are talking about the legend Chris Cornell writing a song in tribue to his friend Andrew Wood, and now both are dead. Seems a weird criticism. But I do wonder why he chose to name it that way. Maybe something directly related to Wood.
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Mon March 31, 2025 12:59 pm
by stip
Anders wrote:stip wrote:If your name isn't Prince, or the artist formally known as Prince, you should not use the number 2 instead of to. Vote for Swallowed Whole
We are talking about the legend Chris Cornell writing a song in tribue to his friend Andrew Wood, and now both are dead. Seems a weird criticism. But I do wonder why he chose to name it that way. Maybe something directly related to Wood.
To be clear, I don't think the use of the number 2 instead of to contributed to either untimely death.
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Mon March 31, 2025 1:58 pm
by Kevin Davis
Sometimes I marvel at where Temple of the Dog slots in Cornell's timeline -- I like early Soundgarden a lot but the idea that he released these formally beautiful, poetic, elegiac songs ("Say Hello," "Reach Down," "Call Me a Dog," etc.) into a world that had only ever heard Ultramega OK and Louder Than Love is pretty amazing, and something that I think is easy to miss in hindsight. These were massive leaps forward in his songwriting.
I like "Swallowed Whole" okay, but...easy vote for me.
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Mon March 31, 2025 4:19 pm
by stip
Kevin Davis wrote:Sometimes I marvel at where Temple of the Dog slots in Cornell's timeline -- I like early Soundgarden a lot but the idea that he released these formally beautiful, poetic, elegiac songs ("Say Hello," "Reach Down," "Call Me a Dog," etc.) into a world that had only ever heard Ultramega OK and Louder Than Love is pretty amazing, and something that I think is easy to miss in hindsight. These were massive leaps forward in his songwriting.
I like "Swallowed Whole" okay, but...easy vote for me.
Even compared to something like Badmotorfinger there is a depth of sensitivity in these songs (and Seasons). I don't recall the timing between TOTD and Badmotorfinger, but I wonder what happened (and if maybe it was the eventual success of TOTD - which didn't break until pearl jam did) and the Singles soundtrack that gave him permission to lean into this at least a little bit on Superunknown
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Mon March 31, 2025 5:03 pm
by wease
TOTD was recorded in Nov-Dec 1990 and released April ‘91
Badmotorfinger was recorded Spring of ‘91 and released October the same year.
I’d say at least some of both projects were written around the same time.
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Mon March 31, 2025 6:38 pm
by Monkey_Driven
This isn't even a contest (and I don't LOVE SH2H)
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Mon March 31, 2025 6:59 pm
by epilogue
Yeah. Say Hello 2 Heaven is decent enough. Swallowed Whole is ... not.
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Mon March 31, 2025 7:54 pm
by bodysnatcher
Swallowed Whole sounds like it was recorded through a paper towel cardboard tube
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Tue April 01, 2025 4:24 am
by epilogue
Well that's not true. It just isn't a good song. Riot Act mixing/recording/production wouldn't change that.
Re: 6-14: Swallowed Whole vs. Say Hello 2 Heaven
Posted: Tue April 01, 2025 5:38 am
by Matters
The Stray Cats More Cats version sounds better but it’s too slowed down.