I'd go so far to say that each one of the "Big Four" grunge bands featured a once-in-a-generation type of voice: Cornell, Cobain, Vedder and Staley. What are the odds?
@@BalbazaktheGreat I agree. All powerful in different ways. Layne and Chris had insane power and soul. Eddie has tons of soul and had an intensity that few could match back then. Kurt was just pure emotion and melodic sense. He could try to play and sing bad and it was somehow still good
Chris Cornell - what an incredible voice. Black Hole Sun is maybe their most iconic song, but not I think their best - check out "Fell on Black Days" and "Burden in My Hand" among others. Also, consider checking out Audioslave, Cornell's project with the guys from RATM - tracks like "Like a Stone" really show off Cornell's astounding vocal capability. While you're at it, you might also want to check out grunge supergroup Temple of the Dog to hear Cornell & Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder working together.
Chris also suffered himself from clinical depression (at least, likely more mental conditions) and so that certainly colored his lyrics and performance. IMHO the greatest voice of the Grunge movement and one of the GOAT rock voices period.
Syed…..watch Rick Beato’s segment on the grunge movement out of Seattle.. I was born and raised in Seattle…..spent first 43 years there except for college. It doesn’t surprise me at all that this particular sound came out if that city. I adore what Seattle was……but no getting around that it’s a cloudy, damp place for months on end……and then you have a bright sunny day where the beauty of its natural setting can make you gasp.
After my active duty years, (90-94 Army) I listened to Sound Garden a lot, even my dad, grew to liking, a few songs of theirs. Spoonman, black hole sun, rusty cage, were his favorites.
Remember kids this was before our phones could make your face stretch lol, I don't know much about this video but it's still one of my favorite 90s music videos, great reaction dude✌️
Limo Wreck, The Day I Tried to Live, Fourth of July, Head Down. Superunkown was one of the best albums of the 90's. Not so much as a mediocre track on the album. Every song was just fantastic. They were on top of their game for this album.
Hey man , great to see the progression of this channel. Loving the music reaction but feel like you’ve got potential for other stuff too. I’m sure you’ve got some great stuff planned. Big love.
Yes! Love everything Chris did! 3 bands and great solo career. Always on lists of top rock vocalists ever! And a beautiful songwriter!For some of his best vocals check out Slaves and Bulldozers. And my fave live performance of his ever is When I’m Down live at the Troubadour 🙂
Hey man, love watching reaction channels. Never actually commented before. You're doing something special. Your style of analysis/reaction genuinely entertains. Keep it up man and success follows. Forever subcriber here.
My interpretation is the song is about the black hole of drug addiction. And how hard it is to recover from it. Some get clean and save their lives and others don’t make it and it destroys them. Layne Staley was a sad and scary example of this. A downward spiral for 10 years. RIP 💐
Looking forward to when you do the Animals album by pink Floyd. My favourite album since 1988 when My sister had it on cassette. We played that album to death. After dark side and wish you were here. A 1977 release. The last one before the wall. Three epic songs and two really short ones. Interesting lyrics and absolutely a concept album. Angry and beautiful at the same time. Hope you choose to do the whole thing like with dark side of the moon. I think it will blow you away.
"Outshined" would be an introductory banger to react to. Chris's voice is also soaring upfront in the mix, like in many of their songs, in contrast to Black Hole Sun, where the screaming sections are very lowkey, as if it were specifically mixed for mainstream consumption.
Soundgarden is such a great band! Chris Cornell was an unbelievably amazing talent, rest his soul. Burden in My Hand, Fell on Black Days, Spoonman, some of my favorites. Would love to see your reactions to them. Like a Stone from when Cornell was with Audioslave really shows his amazing vocals and genius lyrics. Cornell also collaborated with Eddie Veder in Temple of the Dog. Some of my all-time favorite music came during the grunge era!!
The visual distortion of the faces is perhaps a reference to the effects of a gravitational field with an extreme gradient (you get stretched) as when close to a black hole. And the insectivorous lady has adapted to a new diet due to the extreme heat & prevalence of insects 😁. Also can definitely feel some Twin Peaks influence coming through.
The 80s were so bubble gum happy and poppy, that when grunge or (alternative) started creeping in from Seattle in 1989, it was a breath of rainy air. It was as if the 70s came back again. Guitars meant something again, instead of synths.
It was our final recovery from Disco that started that new wave energy that swept the 80s. This was our anti Bee Gees, Anti techno, Anti pop music bubble that lasted from 1990-1995. The boy bands crept in and ruined music as we know it and then Cher came back with strong auto tune and the music industry about died.
These guys predated Nirvana. Nirvana was one of the bands effected by the Melvins and the Pixies like Pearl jam and Alice in Chains and SoundGarden. Nirvana was not the band that started it. They were riding the wave with the rest.
You're right about the depression that laced everything GenX artists created. We were very depressed about the state of the world, the politics and what we had been taught and had modeled for us by our parents. We loved all the bleak music and identified heavily with the alienation and the desire for something different. I still love Soundgarden and believe Chris Cornell was probably the greatest singer of our generation.
If you are interested in a Seattle based rock band that started touring and recording music in the early 1970's. Listen to a band named " HEART" Founded by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson
the distinct "clean" guitar sound is achieved through a modulation effect pedal, and although I do not know which pedal was used, it sounds to me as if it was an electro-harmonix small clone or polychorus, which was also one of kurt cobain's favorites.
Certainly something forlorn pervaded the sound of Seattle at the time, but perhaps the most notable qualities of the music was its originality and passion, along with spectacular musicianship...wait a minute...a musical ship sailed from the port one day and returned with bands of musicians never seen before. Presented before the public like gods they ruled the charts for many years.
Just happened to grab a $15 ticket to the Unicorn one night. Just bored, you know. It was a triple bill. Soungarden, Pearl Jam, and Smashing Pumpkins. The last 2 we're unknown at the time. Just release there first albums, I think.
@@moondog- Kids always complain about missing all the good stuff and being born too late.... You don't appreciate you're era until it's over. I've been lucky to have some nights that made that one seem average.
Soft loud soft loud. Pixies got that going in the 80s, hugely influential. Obvious there are previous examples, but Nirvana were very influenced by Black Francis and co.
@@charliejonas4609 Burden in My Hand, My Wave, Fell on Black Days, Room a Thousand Years Wide, Spoonman, Outshined, Ty Cobb, Mailman, Rusty Cage, Kickstand… Depends on my mood, but “Black Hole Sun” is just the most radio-friendly song they have. I can barely listen to that song any more. It’s been completely ruined for me with how much it got played. And I’m not one who gets sick of every song that’s overplayed. I’ve listened to the album London Calling probably over 100 times all the way through and listened to “Like a Stone” by Audioslave over 1000 times or more. But “Black Hole Sun” loses its magic rather quickly when listening to “Superunknown” on repeat.
If I had to choose my favorite rock singer it might be Chris Cornell he had a great mix of power and grit and had a fantastic career with temple of the dog, soundgarden, audioslave, and solo
The 80s .were so shallow and dedicated to excess and the pretty people. to me the 90s say, back to reality. love 90s hate 80s im 65 and i've heard it all. you have my favorite analysis !
As with a number of other Seattle bands that broke through, the essential DNA of Soundgarden is rooted in classic rock. By contrast, Nirvana was definitely a punk band. Some Unsolicited Fun Facts™️: Cornell was called "the voice." A number of Seattle musicians (from Soundgarden to Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam) credit a little-known trio named King's X with the birth of grunge, due to their innovative use of blisteringly heavy drop D tuning (This song is in drop D.) and elaborate harmonies. King's X is worth your time and attention.
Soundgarden may have been about depression for the guys making it, but for me growing up with it the music has a great dreamlike quality. Never bummed me out.
actually, Soundgarden started in Seattle in 1984 and Nirvana formed three years later nearby. personally, i believe that Soundgarden influenced Nirvana and not the other way around. not to start a flame war or anything, but Nirvana was kind of the folllower band of the grunge movement imho who hit it big because their frontman, Kurt Cobain, was an incredible frontman. but i think Stone Temple Pilots, R.E.M., and Screaming Trees were the real Grunge Artists, like the backbone of the scene. love your reactions... you are thoughtful and i always learn something!
Just started following you. I like your interpretations of the lyrics as I think you really get it! Please check out some Van Halen and AC/DC. I think you will enjoy them
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brooooo listen to One by Metallica. Honestly considered one of the bands top 5 songs. Its the same concept as For Whom the Bell Tolls in which its a retelling of a book (not sure what the book is right now). It is packed to the brim with awesome riffs and vocals. Also, ive only recently started watching your channel and I love your content so keep up the great work
Soundgarden wasn't inspired by the grunge movement, they were the best band in the grunge era. And Cornell was the best voice since the 70s. Its such a loss for everyone still here.Depression can be lethal. But what a voice. Glad he recorded all that acoustic stuff before he left.
Washington state had/has the highest suicide rates in the USA. Much of that is contributed to the bleak weather. That might explain some of the music coming from the grunge era.
If you like Rage against the Machine, you have to check out Audio Slave. Basically Chris taking over vocals with them and going in a different yet related direction. A little taste: th-cam.com/video/vVXIK1xCRpY/w-d-xo.html As far as Soundgarden goes there are many. My personal fave is Spoonman.
That stop start/ or quiet/loud song structure that you credit Nirvana with can be traced (at least for Nirvana) to the Pixies. Cobain half jokingly said "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a ripoff of the Pixies.
I love Soundgarden but I genuinely dislike that they kinda get pitted into that "grunge" genre when they were really so much more than that. Their early work (albums like Ultramega OK & Louder Than Love) is much more hard rock/punk sounding than anything else. Badmotorfinger is almost more of a heavy metal album than grunge. I honestly wouldn't even say Alice in Chains or Pearl Jam are strictly grunge bands. They both have had grunge songs of course but overall I think they're much more than that. The only band of the "big 4" of grunge I'd classify as grunge is...welll....Nirvana. I think all of them blowing up at the same time and coming from Seattle is what pitted them into that genre.
I’m in the minority here but I think the guitar solo takes this song down a bit. You can make a case for the dissonance and it’s artistic placement, but at face value it’s kinda meh. That said, this is one of my favorite songs.
@@smolove4005 their major label debut was 2 years before Nirvana. Woulda been 3 but they wanted to say that they'd been on SST, Black Flag's label. So they put out Ultramega OK on SST in '88 then immediately went to work on Louder Than Love for A&M
@@dylandenney3980 yes, and neither album did a thing commercially. I'm not saying that's the only thing that matters but it's clear that Seattle music was more recognized post-Nevermind
Kurt Cobain Shannon Hoon Layne Staley Scott Weiland Chris Cornell Did not matter how famous they were. The countless albums and accolades they received. Their demons still took them
IMO, Chris was one of the best vocalists in rock music ever.
Without a doubt. Him and Delores O'Riordan were probably the two most powerful singers of their era.
I'd go so far to say that each one of the "Big Four" grunge bands featured a once-in-a-generation type of voice: Cornell, Cobain, Vedder and Staley. What are the odds?
@@BalbazaktheGreat I agree. All powerful in different ways. Layne and Chris had insane power and soul. Eddie has tons of soul and had an intensity that few could match back then. Kurt was just pure emotion and melodic sense. He could try to play and sing bad and it was somehow still good
That's not an opinion. It's a fact.
Chris Cornell - what an incredible voice. Black Hole Sun is maybe their most iconic song, but not I think their best - check out "Fell on Black Days" and "Burden in My Hand" among others. Also, consider checking out Audioslave, Cornell's project with the guys from RATM - tracks like "Like a Stone" really show off Cornell's astounding vocal capability. While you're at it, you might also want to check out grunge supergroup Temple of the Dog to hear Cornell & Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder working together.
You forgot his solo bit Euphoria Morning released in 1999
Rest In Paradise Chris Cornell. You Aced another review. Appreciate you Syed
Chris also suffered himself from clinical depression (at least, likely more mental conditions) and so that certainly colored his lyrics and performance. IMHO the greatest voice of the Grunge movement and one of the GOAT rock voices period.
Syed…..watch Rick Beato’s segment on the grunge movement out of Seattle.. I was born and raised in Seattle…..spent first 43 years there except for college. It doesn’t surprise me at all that this particular sound came out if that city. I adore what Seattle was……but no getting around that it’s a cloudy, damp place for months on end……and then you have a bright sunny day where the beauty of its natural setting can make you gasp.
The Pixies generally are credited for the loud QUIET loud structure.
And Zeppelin did this too about a decade earlier. They used dynamic contrasting musical interplay in their songs frequently.
there's a great movie about the Pixies called Loudquietloud
I appreciate that you called them a rock band and not a "grunge band"
Give "Outshined" by Soundgarden a listen.
Soundgarden was the first grunge band to make it big. Chris Cornell got Nirvana signed to their label.
Soundgarden with Chris Cornell were pioneers of grunge. Very influential band. And quite underrated. I love your reaction. Very insightfull.
After my active duty years, (90-94 Army)
I listened to Sound Garden a lot, even my dad, grew to liking, a few songs of theirs.
Spoonman, black hole sun, rusty cage, were his favorites.
Mailman off the superunknown album is so good. Sludgy, slow, heavy, catchy hook. It's got everything you'd want from a 90s grunge song.
Remember kids this was before our phones could make your face stretch lol, I don't know much about this video but it's still one of my favorite 90s music videos, great reaction dude✌️
Limo Wreck, The Day I Tried to Live, Fourth of July, Head Down. Superunkown was one of the best albums of the 90's. Not so much as a mediocre track on the album. Every song was just fantastic. They were on top of their game for this album.
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a great pick.
The day I tried to live is fantastic
Hey man , great to see the progression of this channel. Loving the music reaction but feel like you’ve got potential for other stuff too. I’m sure you’ve got some great stuff planned. Big love.
Yes! Love everything Chris did! 3 bands and great solo career. Always on lists of top rock vocalists ever! And a beautiful songwriter!For some of his best vocals check out Slaves and Bulldozers. And my fave live performance of his ever is When I’m Down live at the Troubadour 🙂
such a mood. such a voice. such a disturbing video - can't help but see it in my mind whenever i hear this one.
Hey man, love watching reaction channels. Never actually commented before. You're doing something special. Your style of analysis/reaction genuinely entertains. Keep it up man and success follows. Forever subcriber here.
Thanks Jacob🙏
the feeling is clear, you go from something you think is funny to total anguish..
that was the search for this topic
Big regard
My interpretation is the song is about the black hole of drug addiction. And how hard it is to recover from it. Some get clean and save their lives and others don’t make it and it destroys them.
Layne Staley was a sad and scary example of this. A downward spiral for 10 years. RIP 💐
Looking forward to when you do the Animals album by pink Floyd. My favourite album since 1988 when My sister had it on cassette. We played that album to death. After dark side and wish you were here. A 1977 release. The last one before the wall. Three epic songs and two really short ones. Interesting lyrics and absolutely a concept album. Angry and beautiful at the same time. Hope you choose to do the whole thing like with dark side of the moon. I think it will blow you away.
"Outshined" would be an introductory banger to react to. Chris's voice is also soaring upfront in the mix, like in many of their songs, in contrast to Black Hole Sun, where the screaming sections are very lowkey, as if it were specifically mixed for mainstream consumption.
Soundgarden is such a great band! Chris Cornell was an unbelievably amazing talent, rest his soul.
Burden in My Hand, Fell on Black Days, Spoonman, some of my favorites. Would love to see your reactions to them.
Like a Stone from when Cornell was with Audioslave really shows his amazing vocals and genius lyrics.
Cornell also collaborated with Eddie Veder in Temple of the Dog.
Some of my all-time favorite music came during the grunge era!!
Dude. Spot on regarding the music differences through the decades.
Sadly, very sadly the Black Hole Sun took him in the end. RIP Chris 🌻
Peter Frampton covered this song on his 2006 album "Fingerprints." He does a good version of it without upstaging Soundgarden.
The visual distortion of the faces is perhaps a reference to the effects of a gravitational field with an extreme gradient (you get stretched) as when close to a black hole. And the insectivorous lady has adapted to a new diet due to the extreme heat & prevalence of insects 😁. Also can definitely feel some Twin Peaks influence coming through.
Huge fan of Chris Cornell. Melody master, poet, incredible musician and the most phenominal vocals. He gave his heart and soul.
You ought to critique Burden in my hand by SG.
Very good song! Glad you agree.
Kim Thayil's sitar-esque guitar style gave them a really unique sound
I guess, that said, I agree with mike Crawford below, I hadn’t seen that Mike
The 80s were so bubble gum happy and poppy, that when grunge or (alternative) started creeping in from Seattle in 1989, it was a breath of rainy air. It was as if the 70s came back again. Guitars meant something again, instead of synths.
It was our final recovery from Disco that started that new wave energy that swept the 80s. This was our anti Bee Gees, Anti techno, Anti pop music bubble that lasted from 1990-1995. The boy bands crept in and ruined music as we know it and then Cher came back with strong auto tune and the music industry about died.
These guys predated Nirvana. Nirvana was one of the bands effected by the Melvins and the Pixies like Pearl jam and Alice in Chains and SoundGarden. Nirvana was not the band that started it. They were riding the wave with the rest.
You're right about the depression that laced everything GenX artists created. We were very depressed about the state of the world, the politics and what we had been taught and had modeled for us by our parents. We loved all the bleak music and identified heavily with the alienation and the desire for something different. I still love Soundgarden and believe Chris Cornell was probably the greatest singer of our generation.
Both him and Layne Staley
Both had the ability to make pain sound so beautiful.
And Eddie Vedder comes in at a close second imo
If you are interested in a Seattle based rock band that started touring and recording music in the early 1970's. Listen to a band named " HEART" Founded by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson
the distinct "clean" guitar sound is achieved through a modulation effect pedal, and although I do not know which pedal was used, it sounds to me as if it was an electro-harmonix small clone or polychorus, which was also one of kurt cobain's favorites.
Certainly something forlorn pervaded the sound of Seattle at the time, but perhaps the most notable qualities of the music was its originality and passion, along with spectacular musicianship...wait a minute...a musical ship sailed from the port one day and returned with bands of musicians never seen before. Presented before the public like gods they ruled the charts for many years.
Highly recommend spoon man from this album
Soundgarden was one of the first "grunge" bands from Seattle. Nirvana came later.
I always read the "black hole sun" as a wish for annihilation
Just happened to grab a $15 ticket to the Unicorn one night. Just bored, you know. It was a triple bill. Soungarden, Pearl Jam, and Smashing Pumpkins. The last 2 we're unknown at the time. Just release there first albums, I think.
Holy grail of concerts for that price! Lucky you.
@@moondog- Kids always complain about missing all the good stuff and being born too late.... You don't appreciate you're era until it's over. I've been lucky to have some nights that made that one seem average.
You should check out Norah Jones's solo piano version, performed shortly after Chris passed away.
The internet has his guitar effect as a delay and a fast Leslie speaker effect.
You should give floods a listen.. if you like washing away things lol.. Pantera
I am 56 and can appreciate this song, lyrically and musically.
90"s memories are good. Cornell actually was in a band with Eddie Vedder in the beginning. let's go 10,000 subs.
I highly recommend that you review Slaves and Bulldozers from Soundgarden and Say Hello 2 Heaven by Temple of the Dog, both fronted by Chris Cornell.
Listen to "Outshined" its a banger bru
Soft loud soft loud. Pixies got that going in the 80s, hugely influential. Obvious there are previous examples, but Nirvana were very influenced by Black Francis and co.
Why does it have a Beatles undertone to me?
Because all of the classic rock-y Seattle bands were ripping off King's X, to some degree, and King's X had a strong Beatlesque side.
@@KylieIsOverIt Thanks for saying that. Yes, I can see that.
Try "Outshined" :)
Soundgarden is my favorite band, but “Black Hole Sun” is not even close to their best song.
In your opinion, what is their best song?
@@charliejonas4609 Burden in My Hand, My Wave, Fell on Black Days, Room a Thousand Years Wide, Spoonman, Outshined, Ty Cobb, Mailman, Rusty Cage, Kickstand…
Depends on my mood, but “Black Hole Sun” is just the most radio-friendly song they have. I can barely listen to that song any more. It’s been completely ruined for me with how much it got played. And I’m not one who gets sick of every song that’s overplayed. I’ve listened to the album London Calling probably over 100 times all the way through and listened to “Like a Stone” by Audioslave over 1000 times or more. But “Black Hole Sun” loses its magic rather quickly when listening to “Superunknown” on repeat.
@@charliejonas4609 u didn't ask me but I'll add Slaves and Bulldozers, The Day I Tried To Live, and Nothing To Say
If I had to choose my favorite rock singer it might be Chris Cornell he had a great mix of power and grit and had a fantastic career with temple of the dog, soundgarden, audioslave, and solo
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Listen to Sound Garden. "My Wave"
The 80s .were so shallow and dedicated to excess and the pretty people. to me the 90s say, back to reality. love 90s hate 80s im 65 and i've heard it all. you have my favorite analysis !
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I’ll have to stop you right there! Soundgarden were actually before Nirvana and are kind of seen as the god fathers of the scene.
As with a number of other Seattle bands that broke through, the essential DNA of Soundgarden is rooted in classic rock. By contrast, Nirvana was definitely a punk band.
Some Unsolicited Fun Facts™️:
Cornell was called "the voice."
A number of Seattle musicians (from Soundgarden to Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam) credit a little-known trio named King's X with the birth of grunge, due to their innovative use of blisteringly heavy drop D tuning (This song is in drop D.) and elaborate harmonies. King's X is worth your time and attention.
Soundgarden may have been about depression for the guys making it, but for me growing up with it the music has a great dreamlike quality. Never bummed me out.
wow never thought of that, i can see it now though. Great username too lol
actually, Soundgarden started in Seattle in 1984 and Nirvana formed three years later nearby. personally, i believe that Soundgarden influenced Nirvana and not the other way around.
not to start a flame war or anything, but Nirvana was kind of the folllower band of the grunge movement imho who hit it big because their frontman, Kurt Cobain, was an incredible frontman. but i think Stone Temple Pilots, R.E.M., and Screaming Trees were the real Grunge Artists, like the backbone of the scene.
love your reactions... you are thoughtful and i always learn something!
Gotta do loud love!!
Just started following you. I like your interpretations of the lyrics as I think you really get it! Please check out some Van Halen and AC/DC. I think you will enjoy them
Kurt Cobain was a huge fan of soundgarden. When he was looking for a drummer put soundgarden as an influence hahaa
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To some Brit songs from around the same era, checkout Mansun - Legacy
You should listen to "Veteran of the Psychic War" by Blue Oyster Cult
If you're willing, you should definitely react to 4th of July or Head Down, great songs.
brooooo listen to One by Metallica. Honestly considered one of the bands top 5 songs. Its the same concept as For Whom the Bell Tolls in which its a retelling of a book (not sure what the book is right now). It is packed to the brim with awesome riffs and vocals. Also, ive only recently started watching your channel and I love your content so keep up the great work
Soundgarden was a phenomenal band, and Chris Cornell is one of the best singers ever. Another rabbit hole to investigate.
This song is great, but it’s closer to the floor than the ceiling in terms of songs across their discography..
Listen to loathe , they are a underrated band
Yours is no disgrace. Yes.
Rusty Cage and Jesus Christ Pose are great tracks from Soundgarden! Chris Cornell had a fantastic voice.
Soundgarden wasn't inspired by the grunge movement, they were the best band in the grunge era. And Cornell was the best voice since the 70s. Its such a loss for everyone still here.Depression can be lethal. But what a voice. Glad he recorded all that acoustic stuff before he left.
They can't be both the best band of the grunge era and not inspired by grunge
@@smolove4005 Touche'
Washington state had/has the highest suicide rates in the USA. Much of that is contributed to the bleak weather. That might explain some of the music coming from the grunge era.
If you like Rage against the Machine, you have to check out Audio Slave. Basically Chris taking over vocals with them and going in a different yet related direction.
A little taste: th-cam.com/video/vVXIK1xCRpY/w-d-xo.html
As far as Soundgarden goes there are many. My personal fave is Spoonman.
You have to explore Alice in Chains as well, my man.
Yeah, the sadness was the heroin
That stop start/ or quiet/loud song structure that you credit Nirvana with can be traced (at least for Nirvana) to the Pixies. Cobain half jokingly said "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a ripoff of the Pixies.
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That's American 90's. Back here it was lad music. Not that pity party nonsense. Gotta love Chris though. Top 5 vocalists ever.
Dig deeper into soundgarden. You are barely scratching the surface.
I love Soundgarden but I genuinely dislike that they kinda get pitted into that "grunge" genre when they were really so much more than that. Their early work (albums like Ultramega OK & Louder Than Love) is much more hard rock/punk sounding than anything else. Badmotorfinger is almost more of a heavy metal album than grunge.
I honestly wouldn't even say Alice in Chains or Pearl Jam are strictly grunge bands. They both have had grunge songs of course but overall I think they're much more than that. The only band of the "big 4" of grunge I'd classify as grunge is...welll....Nirvana. I think all of them blowing up at the same time and coming from Seattle is what pitted them into that genre.
I’m in the minority here but I think the guitar solo takes this song down a bit. You can make a case for the dissonance and it’s artistic placement, but at face value it’s kinda meh.
That said, this is one of my favorite songs.
you have a radio dj voice. you can get that effect by turning up a chorus pedal up. watching this is like being on a bad acid trip lol
Soundgarden was Grunge.
Soundgarden was way before Nirvana..lol
But finally got recognized after Nirvana lol
@@smolove4005 Kinda..Not really..lol..
@@smolove4005 their major label debut was 2 years before Nirvana. Woulda been 3 but they wanted to say that they'd been on SST, Black Flag's label. So they put out Ultramega OK on SST in '88 then immediately went to work on Louder Than Love for A&M
@@dylandenney3980 yes, and neither album did a thing commercially. I'm not saying that's the only thing that matters but it's clear that Seattle music was more recognized post-Nevermind
Kurt Cobain
Shannon Hoon
Layne Staley
Scott Weiland
Chris Cornell
Did not matter how famous they were. The countless albums and accolades they received. Their demons still took them
And they used different tunings…just sayin’:)
This song doesn’t show his voice at all listen to slaves and bulldozers!!
Nirvana?? Nope. You need to listen to lots more grunge. Nirvanas only saving grace was David Grohl. Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose is incredible.
Soundgarden was a phenomenal band, and Chris Cornell is one of the best singers ever. Another rabbit hole to investigate.