Jesus Christ Posse, although Slaves & Bulldozers kills live...
― Kings of Lygon (SeekAltRoute), Monday, 30 March 2009 05:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Slaves & Bulldozers kills live...
I was really torn on including SOMMS, but feared
a) splitting the slaves and bulldozers voteb) inability to resist voting for stray cat blues
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Monday, 30 March 2009 05:09 (fourteen years ago) link
seriously epic shit here \m/
(also seriously lolgrunge shants'n'boots... cornell rocked those pretty much nonstop 1991/1992)
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Monday, 30 March 2009 05:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Room a thousand years wide has always been my go-to-track.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 30 March 2009 05:58 (fourteen years ago) link
satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas!
I always liked that "feeling Minnesota" lyric, shitty Keanu movie be damned.
Digging this out right now to listen to it for the first time in years.
― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Monday, 30 March 2009 07:16 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess it's gotta be 'outshined' but 'room a thousand years wide' has one of the best opening riffs of the genre.
― Charlie Howard, Monday, 30 March 2009 07:57 (fourteen years ago) link
lol is he singing 'alive' in the middle of that vid???
― the most brazen explosion of clitoral lust in folk-metal history (cankles), Monday, 30 March 2009 08:08 (fourteen years ago) link
goddamn that ownes
― the most brazen explosion of clitoral lust in folk-metal history (cankles), Monday, 30 March 2009 08:09 (fourteen years ago) link
it's between Slaves/Jesus/Somewhere/Mind for me
― Zayatte Mondatta (country matters), Monday, 30 March 2009 11:38 (fourteen years ago) link
I first thought this was a "Jesus Christ Superstar" poll. :)
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 30 March 2009 12:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Hard choice for me, one of my favorite albums ever. Didn't hear much in the the cursory listen I'd given the their early records. Did not like this one at all when my younger brother's buddy were played it in the living room. All I could hear was churning songs with too many parts that went on too long. But my brother borrowed it, and I gave it a few more chances, and it was "Drawing Flies" that drew me in- 'cause it was fast, 'cause I thought the "x's in my eyes" wordplay and imagery was funny. (The whole record has great lyrics, something they aren't recognized for, 'cause their other discs aren't as tightly written.) With each subsequent play, another song would click for me. By the time the second release came out with SOMMS, there's was no question I'd be buying this disc for the second time in in six months.
All of their other albums try a lot harder for hooks- this one is more gnarled. Seems to force together guitar tones, time signatures, vocal imagery. But the chemistry of the band makes it work. Seems like getting a new member just as they were on the precipice of "making it" added the spark they needed. The credits suggest there was a division of labor on Badmotorfinger that doesn't happen in the rest of their catalog.
I'm gonna have to go with "Drawing Flies", as it was the gateway, and it might not get a lot of other votes. Take Sides: Soundgarden mood-lighteners: Kevin's Mom vs. Drawing Flies vs. Spoonman vs. Ty Cobb.
― bendy, Monday, 30 March 2009 12:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Definitely regard this as their best album.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 30 March 2009 14:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I vote for Outshined but really I could vote for most of these tracks on any given day.
FACE POLLUTION
― 6335, Monday, 30 March 2009 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
last 1/3 of that song ^ is probably my all-time fave soundgarden moment
― 6335, Monday, 30 March 2009 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link
"face pollution" is such a grunge song title XD
― the worst breed of fong (some dude), Monday, 30 March 2009 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
more epic rocking + lolgrunge fashions
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Monday, 30 March 2009 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
LOVE Drawing Flies...but it's not really representative of the album, dunno
― Hadrian VIII, Monday, 30 March 2009 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link
NEW DAMAGE also destroys. But it'll have to be Mind Riot.
― Hadrian VIII, Monday, 30 March 2009 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Jesus Christ Pose is amazing...the album is amazing...but I think Slaves and Bulldozers is my song.
Just for the ferocity of Cornell's (once) amazing shrieks...NOWWWWWWWW I KNOW WHY YOU'VE BEEN TAKKKKKKKKKENNNNNNNN!!!!!
― III IV V (Bo Jackson Overdrive), Monday, 30 March 2009 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Room a Thousand Years Wide has such an enormous riff, but it's gotta be JCP.
― chap, Monday, 30 March 2009 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Listening to this now on Spotify, rather than digging out the cd, and it just got interrupted by an advert for his new album which apparently includes his "groundbreaking single". How the mighty have fallen.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 30 March 2009 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Are you doing all the Soundgarden albums?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 11:25 (fourteen years ago) link
I have some cracking bootlegs on mp3 of early Soundgarden somewhere.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 13:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Ultramega YouBetcha, though I suspect attendance for the next couple is going to be pretty sparse.
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
What's in it for me?
Slaves and Bulldozers
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
top 4 going to get all the votes then?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
every song deserves a vote
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
i actually never quite dug rusty cage. kind of plods a bit for me, and i always found it a bit of an unrepresentative track to start the album. the closing two tracks are actually outstanding - i normally never make it that far, because i'm so comprehensively pummeled by some of the earlier tracks.
― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 2 April 2009 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
voted 'Face Pollution' for the hell of it.
this was my absolute favorite band in the world from '89 to late '91. must have seen them literally 8 or 9 times during that span (in which they toured CONSTANTLY)
disagree about "Rusty Cage" ... being a massive 'Louder Than Love' fan, I had so much anticipation for this album, first time I heard "RC" i got goosebumps: they were actually getting *better*. rest of the album didn't really maintain that level, except for JCP, for me
― Stormy Davis, Thursday, 2 April 2009 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm going to go back and listen to 'louder than love'. seems there's much more to it than i initially tapped found.
anyone hear a prelude to 'fresh tendrils' in 'mind riot'? or a precursor to 'mailman' in 'holy water'?
― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 2 April 2009 07:57 (fourteen years ago) link
no but i hear a precursor to 'holy water' in 'incessant mace'...
― Plunge Protection Team, Thursday, 2 April 2009 12:52 (fourteen years ago) link
the song that starts out with "this is a pig" and "this is the sound the devil makes" is also a good one. This whole thing is great, with special mention to "Drawing Flies". I love when the whole band drops out and its just Cornell and the bass. Very nice.
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 2 April 2009 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I feel like "Outshined" is not going to do that well. I love that song, though.
― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Thursday, 2 April 2009 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
we're way too indie around here for Outshined to win this, but it burns... it's between that and Slaves & Bulldozers for me
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Thursday, 2 April 2009 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
more badmotorfinger video lulz
it's worth remembering that Soundgarden got their major label deal years before "grunge" broke, and it would be years more still before "stoner" had a section at the record store. A&M was selling them as a straight-up metal act.
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Thursday, 2 April 2009 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i saw Soundgarden on Headbanger's Ball more than 120 Minutes, even after grunge hit, definitely.
the "Outshined" video always reminds me of Beavis & Butthead, who thought the bearded dude was the singer from the Spin Doctors. still a great song, don't think it'll suffer too much in the poll since it's by far the album's biggest hit.
― deceptigoon (some dude), Thursday, 2 April 2009 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Drawing Flies
― Joe, Thursday, 2 April 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 4 April 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I adored this album when it came out, but I re-visited it again the other day and it didn't retain the same punch for me. Alas.
That all said, I'll go with "Searching with My Good Eye Closed," as Cornell's voice is unstoppable on that one. Shame about that solo career.
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 5 April 2009 12:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Rusty Cage is a great opener and I love that slow middle section. This album trails off pretty quickly for me after the first few songs.
― Moodles, Sunday, 5 April 2009 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Searching With My Good Eye Closed is a dark horse. Hope it gets more than a couple of votes:
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Sunday, 5 April 2009 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 5 April 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I feel like "Outshined" is not going to do that well.
whoops
― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Sunday, 5 April 2009 23:28 (fourteen years ago) link
You know an album kicks ass when every single track gets at least two votes.
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Monday, 6 April 2009 00:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I was always partial to the Devo cover on SOMMS.
― pipecock, Monday, 6 April 2009 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link
"You know an album kicks ass when every single track gets at least two votes."
truth^
― Bill Magill, Monday, 6 April 2009 13:16 (fourteen years ago) link
the song that starts out with "this is a pig"
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004SPXP.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
The "See 'n' Say"! One of my favourite toys as a toddler
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 6 April 2009 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
You should have photoshopped a picture of Cornell as the farmer
― Bill Magill, Monday, 6 April 2009 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Loud Love poll?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Slaves and Bulldozers is the fuckin best
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 October 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
This album has aged really well.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 8 October 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link
otm
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Friday, 8 October 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
NOW I KNOW WHEN YOUVE BEEN TAKEN
― brimstead, Friday, 8 October 2021 15:30 (two years ago) link
why
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, October 8, 2021 7:36 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
best cornell vocal performance?
― um, i mean... im sure weve all seen the videos, so... that will help (Spottie), Friday, 8 October 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link
So many tropes of the Mainstream Rock Format come together here - drop D, jagged time signatures, over-the-top self pity and self aggrandizement, but yeah, it has so much going on and such sly humor it has really aged well. It's not brickwall compressed, so it does sound like four guys in a room, which helps. Secret weapon: horns.
― Citole Country (bendy), Friday, 8 October 2021 17:10 (two years ago) link
While I don't like this album quite as much as "Superunknown", I will say that "Outshined" is among their best songs.
― Lone Wanderer Mark II, Friday, 8 October 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
the highs are HIGH
― um, i mean... im sure weve all seen the videos, so... that will help (Spottie), Friday, 8 October 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
i much prefer this to superunknown but idk, i guess i formed that opinion when i was 14 and have stuck by it without really revisiting
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Friday, 8 October 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
yeah same but in reverse
― um, i mean... im sure weve all seen the videos, so... that will help (Spottie), Friday, 8 October 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
(but i have revisited)
the devil saysaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 October 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
the amount of time i spent with this cassette it would count as one of my best friends
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 October 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link
wdyll in a badmotorfinger shirt on my 16th (?) bdayhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154912576217912&set=a.426357297911&type=3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 October 2021 18:33 (two years ago) link
shittry that againhttps://i.imgur.com/k9isJOC.jpg
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 October 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
That photo rules.
I'm all in with Badmotorfinger over Superunknown and I'd still vote Jesus Christ Pose in this poll. I still don't really understand how they make the noise they make.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 8 October 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
A new daaaaaaamaaaaaaage
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 October 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
I vividly remember driving through the woods in the middle of nowhere with some friends looking for a party as a senior in high school listening to this a few days after it came out and REALLY digging "searching with my good eye closed" when it came on, all swirly and heavy and shit.
I also really wish someone in louisiana would stage some sort of 5k fun run and call it the 'rusty cajun run' which is the only way I hear that line these days.
― joygoat, Friday, 8 October 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
also i fucking LOVE the horns on drawing flies
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 October 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
xpost lol rusty cajun run
I saw them a few years later with blind melon and neil young (with booker t & the mgs) which is maybe the most wtf 90s lineup I can think of.
― joygoat, Friday, 8 October 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
Room a Thousand Years Wide is an all-time song
is there really any bad ones on this?
"Searching with my Good Eye Closed" is what they began the first show I saw of theirs with
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 October 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
yes, same for my first soundarden showsuch a beast of an opener
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 October 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
this is really the album where Cornell's voice got body to it. his mid-range really became more of a weapon so he wasn't just an air raid siren all of the time. just funny how different he sounded in the early days - like he sounded great, don't get me wrong, but he sometimes lived in the stratosphere ("Nothing to Say", "Beyond the Wheel"), and his mid to lower range wasn't used as well - and the music was a bit noisier, rubbery and less dense idea-wise pre-Shepherd.
here he really added dynamics and become a multi-pronged weapon. some of my favorite vocal performances from him on here.
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Friday, 8 October 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
Mind Riot isn't the greatest song on this necessarily but it's the one I spend the most time thinking about when I'm not listening to the album
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Saturday, 9 October 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
I owned it on cassette at first, so I always think of “Rusty Cage” thru “Jesus Christ Pose” as basically one long song.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 9 October 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie),
That build up! It's got a totally mental tuning as well, every string is 'e'.
― chap, Sunday, 10 October 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
I really don't think there's a bad song on this.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 10 October 2021 13:24 (two years ago) link
Mind Riot has one of the nicest melodic riffs on the entire album.
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Sunday, 10 October 2021 13:26 (two years ago) link
Holy Water is also sinister af
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Sunday, 10 October 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
I have a distinct memory of hearing Outshined for the first time on my grandmother’s clock radio and feeling like “Whoa, this is so badass, but also nerdy at the same time! Someone made metal just for me!”
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 10 October 2021 13:39 (two years ago) link
tbc I was like 11 years old
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 October 2021 02:30 (two years ago) link
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Sunday, April 5, 2009
as true now as it was then \m/
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 02:00 (two years ago) link
Tomorrow begat tomorrow...
― earlnash, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 02:20 (two years ago) link
was this posted?
An Oral History Of Badmotorfinger. How are you celebrating 30 years of 'Badmotorfinger?' https://t.co/7pph0DA6zd— Chris Cornell (@chriscornell) October 12, 2021
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
There’s a picture in there of them at the Lollapalooza show I saw in Chicago. My friends and I had gotten way into the Ohio Players and somehow discovered that Soundgarden had covered “Fopp” which of course we never actually heard because it was a small town in 1992. Anyway we painted FOPP on a bedsheet and snuck it in and unfurled it in the middle of their set and Chris Cornell started laughing and sang a line from it and we were super stoked. Later RHCP actually covered it and we thought perhaps we had inspired them to learn it backstage on a whim but it turns out they played it pretty frequently.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
Heh, someone posted "Drawing Flies" to a xenharmonic/microtonal FB group I read.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 14 October 2021 02:47 (two years ago) link