matt cameron is a good guy who writes great songs
― pickety third (stevie), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
he also warbled "puberty love" in attack of the killer tomatoes…
― veronica moser, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
yes! <3
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
i'm listening to higher truth for the first time and it's a lovely record, way way wayyyy better than carry on, idk why i didn't give it a shot when it came out
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
probably because you heard Carry On
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:51 (six years ago) link
j/k tho. I kinda wanna listen to his other solo albs now, I ignored them because I hated Carry On so much but now is the time to get acquainted.
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:52 (six years ago) link
"Follow My Way" is still my fav solo joint of his....starts out so Zeppelin-y
carry on is p bad beyond "you know my name" and "arms around your love" and i have no idea why except that maybe audioslave briefly ruined his songwriting
"follow my way" is such a jam
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
I hated Audioslave but man he he get mileage out of that material with his performances
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:23 (six years ago) link
i just revisited a few audioslave singles. "be yourself" is a great song. the more aggro audioslave tracks are dogshit imo
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
now i'm onto scream, which 1) lol 2) but i think this song is a jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A9lcO2xeMQ
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
brad, it's bad. I've wanted to defend scream so bad but in the end, it's just not possible.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
lmao i love it while recognizing it is bad
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
dang that's bad
i do feel like cornell might have been in store for an increasingly interesting solo career as he aged, cf Robert Plant.
― nomar, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
i was hoping Scream would be nothing but covers of the Michael Jackson song when it came out
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 18:52 (six years ago) link
Down On The Upside is better than I remembered. It's still too long, but that's a quibble. I had forgotten songs like Zero Chance and Tighter and Tighter.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 25 May 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
Down on the Upside is notable for being the Soundgarden record that Ben Shepherd had the largest hand in, writing-wise. Thayil contributed 'Never The Machine Forever' (a standout track, IMO) but much less compared to what he'd done before.
What I always liked about this band is that all the band members wrote songs and contributed riffs and ideas, even Matt Cameron who came up with some great stuff.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 25 May 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
you can really hear cameron's melodic sensibility and odd Soundgarden-ish chord changes in his songs for Pearl Jam
― pickety third (stevie), Thursday, 25 May 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
Cameron has "Mailman", "Fresh Tendrils", "Applebite" and "Room a Thousand Years Wide" to his credit, so fair fennel seeds to him. And your comments have aroused in me something I'd have never expected: interest in 00s PJ.
― Freedom, Friday, 26 May 2017 07:38 (six years ago) link
His stuff on Binaural is partic strong
― pickety third (stevie), Friday, 26 May 2017 09:36 (six years ago) link
"Green Disease" off the mostly ignorable Riot Act is great
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 26 May 2017 11:21 (six years ago) link
I didn't realize 'Room a Thousand Years Wide' was Cameron... it's about my favorite Soundgarden song most days.
― Max-Headroom-drops-a-deuce-while-shredding (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 26 May 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
It's a Thayil lyric, but Cameron wrote the music.
― Freedom, Friday, 26 May 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
They should have done more songs with sax on them.
― Max-Headroom-drops-a-deuce-while-shredding (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 26 May 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
or songs about improbably large rooms
― BalĂ°y Daudrs (contenderizer), Friday, 26 May 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
goddamn what a good song
― Max-Headroom-drops-a-deuce-while-shredding (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 26 May 2017 21:55 (six years ago) link
I saw some pics from the memorial & fell apart again. But it did lead me to find a full recording of his Albert Hall show from last year. He sounds so fucking good
https://youtu.be/z6qUbq6JzFo
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 May 2017 06:14 (six years ago) link
TOMORROW BEGIIIIINS
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 May 2017 11:32 (six years ago) link
NORAH JONES - BLACK HOLE SUN tribute cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbQ08Ixczvo
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Saturday, 27 May 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
Whole raft of covers here
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chris-cornell-see-best-tributes-to-soundgarden-singer-w483606
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 May 2017 16:40 (six years ago) link
Hilarious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayosR-SJMqw
― Freedom, Saturday, 27 May 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
HI DERE
― Lmao Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 May 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
xp "Get Right" sounds like a Soundgarden song.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 28 May 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
whoa, this exists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY6cyaUzuU0
― billstevejim, Sunday, 28 May 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
that clip Freedom posted is hysterically funny imo, well worth watching
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 28 May 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
lost me at spoonman
― rip van wanko, Sunday, 28 May 2017 23:46 (six years ago) link
Still cannot really believe it.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 29 May 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
clip is funny but sad... natasha schneider too...
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 29 May 2017 02:21 (six years ago) link
It's a parody of a classic Sid-era Pink Floyd interview.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 29 May 2017 06:29 (six years ago) link
i got a tattoo of the "s" on ULTRAMEGA OK
― maura, Monday, 29 May 2017 06:50 (six years ago) link
ULTRAMAURA OK
― j., Monday, 29 May 2017 08:22 (six years ago) link
Rock
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 May 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
\m/ \m/
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 May 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link
I put down some of thoughts re Chris Cornell & Seattle bands & my teenage life here, if anyone wants to read
http://tourdefrump.blogspot.com/2017/05/its-just-end-of-world-chris-cornell-and.html?m=1
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 May 2017 23:30 (six years ago) link
Wonderful work. :-)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 May 2017 23:45 (six years ago) link
I'm always struck by how few people talk about the Screaming Trees. Lanegan, yeah, but not the band. "Sweet Oblivion" is a great album.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 June 2017 22:55 (six years ago) link
Ha, I've been thinking about them randomly for the past couple of weeks. (In part due to the great new Lanegan album, admittedly.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 June 2017 23:42 (six years ago) link
Sweet Oblivion and Dust are masterpieces, and a lot of their SST output is brilliant too.
― Who's puttin' sponge in the zings I once zung (stevie), Friday, 9 June 2017 12:45 (six years ago) link
yeah, it was like there wasn't enough room in the wider world for one more Seattle grunge band
― President Keyes, Friday, 9 June 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
Screaming Trees have always been a favorite- Cornell co-produced and did backing vocals on Uncle Anaesthesia.
― Max-Headroom-drops-a-deuce-while-shredding (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 9 June 2017 21:04 (six years ago) link