Soundgarden

^ said cuz "flower" and "beyond the wheel" really ought to hold their own with "nothing to say" (along with "hunted down", "hand of god", "hands all over", about half of badmotorfinger, etc). but for the production.

uh also how did nobody let me know about the three disc set of b-sides and other rarities that came out last month

No one told me either, argghh!

There are a bunch of covers on the comp.

the covers are often great, the sabbath cover is better than the original. the first disk of rarities is often great. the third disk? i don't know who would ever want to listen to the third disk.

I thought the covers were almost uniformly awful (particularly that Sabbath tune) though the version of Budgie's "Homicidal Suicidal" is pretty decent, the rarities I could take or leave, and yeah, the third disc is pretty much disposable.

if by 'that sabbath tune' you mean their cover of into the void then O_o

i love their into the void cover

Really don't like it. Mainly because it's one of the best lyrics Sabbath ever wrote, and these clods had to fuck with it because the message wasn't heavy-handed enough for 'em.

are you trying out for bill magill?

The 'Void' cover is exactly what you'd expect (except for some lyric changes). Original is better by virtue of Iommi's tone.

The third disc has 'Karaoke', which is a monster tune, better than anything else they did in the DOTUS era.

ultramega ok is such a fucking tragedy :'(

― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Sunday, December 28, 2014 5:17 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ said cuz "flower" and "beyond the wheel" really ought to hold their own with "nothing to say" (along with "hunted down", "hand of god", "hands all over", about half of badmotorfinger, etc). but for the production.

― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Sunday, December 28, 2014 5:32 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just been reading that Kim and Jack Endino have gone in and completely remixed 'Ultramega OK' for release sometime this year, kinda jazzed about hearing a full blooded version of it.

oooooooooooo

Last night's setlist

Spoonman
Kyle Petty, Son of Richard
Outshined
Black Hole Sun
My Wave
The Day I Tried to Live
Been Away Too Long
Blow Up the Outside World
All Your Lies
Ugly Truth
Flower
Fell on Black Days
Jesus Christ Pose
Rusty Cage
Beyond the Wheel

Wow

Yea. Great set. A lot of people bolted when the big hits were out of the way

nice

Can you be more specific about when they bolted?

it was a really lame crowd. the 20k seat arena was maybe a third filled, the floor maybe 40% full, the rest of us in seats, and the intro for Soundgarden only got a meek "yay" from the crowd.

then they rolled off the biggie Superunknown songs and "Outshined" and everybody got briefly excited but once "Been Away Too Long" started, the exodus started slowly. I was surprised that "Blow Up the Outside World" didn't get more of a reaction, it was a fairly popular song when I was in high school. and then the Ultramega OK tunes was enough to thin the place out considerably.

i always love when they end with Beyond the Wheel tho. that's a killer closer.

Wish I had been in one of those empty spaces.

How was Cornell's voice during the show?

Too bad no "hands all over"

xpost he's never going to be the vocalist he was again, but he's getting a little of it back. tbh he's pretty good at the high notes when he stays up there a while (ie "Beyond the Wheel"), it's the flipping between head voice and chest that he struggles more with (but, tbh, that was true to a lesser degree even in his prime - always an inconsistent live singer).

His highs still have surprising potency even if he doesn't make them as dirty as he used to. His mid to low range actually sounds a lot closer to what it did in the 90s than it has in a while.

his yells sound more shrill than they used to, but he's doing them again which is cool. idk overall I was pleased. "Jesus Christ Pose" was kind of painful though. the verse at least - the rest of it he was pretty good.

cornell has sounded great the last few times i've seen him. he's a way more consistent live singer now afaict

he does avoid the highs on Outshined a bit tho. which is weird cos he doesn't play guitar on that one.

"Spoonman" he was actually screaming again, surprisingly.

apparently their show yesterday was same setlist, except no "Ugly Truth" and instead of "All Your Lies" was "Incessant Mace"

they're appraently on right now in Ft Myers. I should be working but I'll be watching setlist.fm to see what the nerds add in real time.

I should know their later albums better than I do, but I got off the boat after Superunknown.

down on the upside is underrated imo

i've been listening to "Zero Chance" a lot given my moodiness recently.

my fav solo song of his

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6GlbuBKu1o

cornell has sounded great the last few times i've seen him. he's a way more consistent live singer now afaict

This. Which Matt is drumming with them at the moment, Cameron or Chamberlain? Much as I loved Pearl Jam I always feel bad that SG sometimes have to tour without Matt Cameron as he's such a distinctive and inventive drummer.

Was watching some old footage of SG doing Jesus Christ Pose on YouTube a while back - Ben Shepherd was playing like a motherfucker, flayling and hurling himself around and not seeming to miss a note

I always enjoyed Shepherd's slightly psychedelic leanings and 'Switch Opens' is a lovely example and a good reason to revisit DOTUS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfdQ-u0nUmU

"Head Down" is my favorite Sheperd penned track

Chris is one of my all-time favorite vocalists. That Euphoria Morning video was nice.

I'm waiting to hear the Singles soundtrack reissue and see what the unheard tracks are like.

he was sounding kinda rough a while back, there was some throat surgery stuff in there somewhere that I think put him at a disadvantage for a while, but ever since the Soundgarden reunion shows I think he's just been going from strength to strength vocally. The Temple of the Dog show I saw at the end of last year was jaw dropping for how right-on his voice was. I mean, he can't get ALL the way up there like he used to but jesus, he's getting 90% of the way there which is awesome to see

I've forgiven him for Billy Jean and have finally moved on from those dark times lol

Uh wtf

http://abc7.com/entertainment/rocker-chris-cornell-dies-at-52-rep-says/2006846/

no no no no no nooooo

wow that is a bummer RIP

fuck WHAT

unreal that all of these dudes are gone. Cornell, Weiland, Staley, Cobain.

don't forget andrew wood

fuck i wouldn't be anywhere near here probably without soundgarden cracking open my mental door between metal and "modern" rock (1990, you know)

Gutted, what a voice. I remember someone on ILX saying he was a better singer than Robert Plant, and I think they might have been right. Will play Superunknown loud this morning.

Oh man RIP.

Soundgarden was never my thing but there was never any denying Cornell's talent and presence.

well this sucks :(

wow this is unexpected. RIP.

this fucking sucks so hard

so so so so fucking sad. and not that this is why its tragic, but there was a new SG album coming too, I heard.

this hurts