Soundgarden Kills This!! 🇺🇸 🎵 4th of July Reaction
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Thanks for checking out our Soundgarden reaction. We decided to checkout 4th of July for the holiday with the same name. We thought it could be a good song to do on the fourth. Um... yeah we were wrong about that lol. It was a cool song, but it wasn't really relevant to the holiday lol.
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Love this girl, she's officially a Grunge/Metal Head... Welcome.
Isn’t she the cutest thing?
True, but she had those red doc Martin's back in the day😊! You guys are an awesome couple and love all your reviews!
30 years on, this song still gives me shivers.
Chris said once in an interview that lyrically this was his favorite Soundgarden song. I’m in total agreement!
This track is like blues had a mental breakdown. My favourite Soundgarden track.
my absolute favorite as well, although boot camp comes close.
its a gooodun,
No one does this song. Right on
Rappers react did it today too. Two great reaction channels.
@@MacAnAirchinnighJM Oh cool, I like those dudes, primarily because they are obsessed with MJK and Tool
@@joehynes5452 for sure, that’s what got me into them too. All the reactors I follow stems from Tool reactions when I think about it haha. The boys on Trash Talkers definitely joined the Tool army and represent.
Great song
Soundgardens - Like Suicide is a beautiful song that rocks.
💯
Bird flies into the window and he goes outside and finishes it off with a brick and writes the most beautiful song about it.
My absolute fave Soundgarden song, underrated IMO.
@@clairash2004 criminally underrated man it’s such an awesome song
@@jacobansaldo7054 i whole heartedly agree.
I've always loved this song. It's so off kilter. The riff sounds so dark, dirgy & heavy, but then the vocals, lyrics & melody are so beautiful & cryptic. 🖤
The simultaneous escalating and deescalating tones on the chorus of Juuuuuullllllyyyyy is so eerie and killer
The lyrics in this song are unmatched
A bad acid trip
I have also heard that Chris has said it’s about PTSD for veterans and how fireworks can trigger them to have attacks thinking there is gun fire going off and often we are celebrating the veterans service on the 4th of July. So it’s a bit ironic that we do that and potentially hurt them by celebrating their service. And I see where it comes from but also have read this story of his acid trip a few times too.
Great review! Chris’s solo stuff is great as well as all Soundgarden albums and his lyrics on Audioslave are some of my favourite of all time.
This song is about a bad acid trip during a fireworks show lol
This lady gets it! Soundgarden got an award for best Metal song… and they said…”ummmm we aren’t metal”
The atmosphere of this song is SO heavy and just *dark.* it’s beautiful in a really morose way. I adore the vibe.
exactly
Saying Grunge is like "Meat on a smoker" is such an apt metaphor, very insightful! Grunge is dark, sorrow, hurt, pain that is so deep that it's become lethargic. That feeling of being so down that you just don't have the energy to do anything about it. The lyrics are usually poetic, sometimes meaningful too. I'd LOVE to see you two react to "Comet" by The Midnight sometime! Synthwave is such an amazing genre!
but also like meat on a smoker , it can be so moist and yummy too, don't forget the smoke ring!!
Grunge was a reaction to the previous decade of taking showmanship ( laser light shows, big pyrotechnics, hair spray, and glitter ) as far as it could go. Talent, great songwriting and passionate perfomances began to cut through the plastic, industry-driven, self-parody that eighties product had become. The opposite of performers in day-glo spandex, hair spray, and lipstick was those in ripped jeans or nylons, with unwashed hair and smudged make-up.
Yesssss, love you for this. Happy 4th!
When I think of "grunge" I think of dark abstract poetry combined with slow, sludgy, distorted guitar riffs.
Most of the bands labeled as grunge came out of Seattle, known for the constant rain which can also be very depressing. I think you hear that in their music.
My favorite song by them, I love playing and singing this. My favorite by far.
Chris himself once said in an interview that lyrically, this was his favorite Soungarden song! And I agree, always been at the top of my list.
The idea of the song came while Chris was getting pulled over by the police, while tripping on acid. The lights reminded him of the fourth of July. Chris purposely wrote lyrics that meant nothing in particular. Yes he was amused when people tried figuring the meaning
4th of July has always stood out to me on this album since I first heard it in 94. I used to listen to my dad's cassette tape of Superknown. I enjoy rediscovering music while watching your reactions! Thanks 😊
The best term Lex used was Raw! It’s real and undisguised. After the party life, hair band era, people embraced Grunge because it showed where this life may lead without putting lipstick on it. And a lot of people were suffering through it or dying because of it
"OUTSHINED" is also a must for a dive into Soundgarden!! ;) ;)
"it's like meat on a smoker! " Holy crap! Best thing I've heard in decades! OMG! Awesome analogy! Or something like that! Lol 😂
Oh my God it's funny you say that about wine. I've often compared Soundgarden's music to to a fine wine. It can be liked and enjoyed by anybody really, but it'll be best appreciated by people who can understand its structure and its layers and what has gone into making it.
I've been listing to this song, and LOVING IT for nearly 30 years, and I never knew the back story until watching your video! thank you! .....and now I love it even MORE!
- The footage is of nuclear tests.
- The song was based around a trip they took to an Native Reservation and dropped acid.
- There was this guy from Seattle who was pretty good at playing guitar, called Jimi Hendrix. Who created a psychedelic take on the Star Spangled Banner. This was Soundgarden's shoutback.
- To show how good this song is, the two voices singing are both Chris Cornell, which really shows off his range in a single song.
The guy screaming in the back is Chris LOLOL
I love the way she explained Grunge. If I had to explain it, I'd say it's raw, gritty, dirty, unpolished and pure and genuine. It's a mix of punk and metal.
This song is a mood! Every time I hear it I get reminded how amazing soundgarden is
Its a song about an acid trip. Chris had experienced once when he was younger
Lex i love your analogy for grunge. I feel that for sure. It's imperfect, it's real, it's raw, it's dark, but they don't take themselves too seriously. There's almost a crunch in the guitar riffs (this being a great example of what I mean). There's a haunting quality to a lot of it that reaches into your soul..... early 90's Seattle rock bands is what you're looking at here, in terms of what's actually classified as grunge.
It's nice to see someone doing something different for once...amazing dark album. The bass strings are practically falling off it's tuned so low...Happy Fourth of July 🎆
That's a good way to put it. I could totally see the band members trying not to trip over their strings on stage during this song
Grunge musicians were influenced by the Punk music scene of 20 years earlier. Grunge is post post punk rock
And yes. 4th of July was about an acid trip Chris Cornell had.
Do you think they would like any of the punk music from the 70's?Maybe that's going too far back lol
Post post.
Nice.
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I mean not all grunge is post punk rock, nirvana fits that description but none of the other big 4 fit that description especially SG and Alice In Chains. Grunge was more of a movement and acne and not a specific or genre, Alice In Chains sounds absolutely nothing like Nirvana but they’re still both 2 of the big 4 grunge bands. AIC were much more inspired by bands like Black Sabbath than any post punk stuff, Pearl Jam was also like more stadium rock type stuff but nothing like post punk.
Soundgarden always brings the 💥
“Slaves and Bulldozers “, good ‘heavy’ song by Soundgarden! RIP MR CORNELL😥
Damn, I had almost forgotten how much I love this song! So heavy and dark!
One of my favorite Soundgarden songs. Doesn't get the attention it deserves. I'm glad you reacted to it. Thanks.
This song absolutely kills. "Superunknown" was in endless rotation in my Walkman as a kid doing yard work.
Meat on a Smoker is perfect for grunge.
It just IS Seattle. Washington. Cloudy, rainy, Pacific Northwest. Flannel. Boots. Long hair. Of the earth. Real. Nothing phony. No bs. Just rock and roll with sprinkles of punk, classic rock, and country.
Happy 4rth. Putting you on to listen to while I drive!!
How best to describe grunge? Raw/Dirty. A little smokey a little wet.
For me this was always on of Soundgardens darkest songs. First reaction I recall seeing. Thank you.
yeah this is the sludgier side of grunge: thick, dark, heavy
"Sludgy" would also be another good description.
Slaves and Bulldozers. Chris kills it in this song. its a must hear
"Slaves and Bulldozers" is by far my favorite Soundgarden song with "4th of July" coming in at a close second! 🤘🏼
I think the word you were looking for near the beginning was "poetic." Chris's lyrics are often poetic. They're meant to evoke a feeling, rather than being a literal description of anything. In some ways I like this form of lyricism more, because it encourages you to listen to the voice part as an equal to the other instruments.
The word would be esoteric, but of course poetic is true. Not everything poetic is hard to understand though.
She was looking for analytical too haha.
One of my favorite Soundgarden songs- saw these guys tour the “Louder than Love” album back in the 80’s..... personally my favorite grunge band.
WOW was not expecting 4th of July as your second Soundgarden reaction. One of my fav Soundgarden songs!! Nothin like droppin some tabs on the 4th!! Chris' layered vocals is what makes this track so great. Man I love this album!! _Mailman, Just Like Suicide, Fell On Black Days, Day I tried To Live, Superunknown, Head Down_ shit I could list em all, just listen to this entire album
Super Layered Vocals. I swear every time I listen 2 it ...I hear more Vocals. LoL.
Still a awesome song.👍
Chris will always be one of my favs, and from what I understand, he did very little editing. He would run with the first words that came to him. Tom Morello is one record saying that they played him a sing idea and Chris had coffee and stared at the ground. The next time they played it, Chris sang the entire thing! What a gift!
Also, I really hope yall get into more Chris Cornell music, as he's one of the greatest vocalist in modern rock. Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, and Audioslave are his bands, plus his solo work. In particular, his covers of "Billie Jean" and "Nothing Compares to You" are top notch. Love watching your reviews, and listening to your often deep commentary!
Seasons is a must hear
Happy 4th America.
This has always been my favorite Soundgarden song. I always took it as a breakup song. The 4th of July is Independence Day. He was trying to ignore what was happening, but he was seeing and hearing it everywhere until he realized it was over and declared his independence from his tormenter
I think it's about nuclear war, that it inevitably will happen.
Nah, he was dropping acid
Chris Cornell once said that he writes the song but once he gives it away it's no longer his anymore it's in the consumer's hands to interpret it it in any way that it works for them
I really love the way you guys put your ideas into words- both of you, in different ways. It’s unique and interesting.
Super rad that she picked up on those octave changes in the voices during the chorus. It’s haunting and one of the coolest parts of the song. This is a bad ass slow jam. Check out: Down, Bury Me In Smoke.
DUUDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I CANNNNNNNNNNOT BELIVE YOU GUYS DID MY FAVORITE SONG. thank you so much
Grunge = "Sludgy" yet heavy instrumentals, deep/heavy (grimy/messy ie., grungy) lyrics.... that's how Grunge" has always read in my head anyway!! LOVE it!! ;)
Such a bad ass song. Love the backing vocals by the guitarist Kim
You earned a comment when you drew parallels between grunge and BBQ. Both rely on salt, grit, imperfections and heart, and the slower the better. Bravo.
Lex absolutely nailed 'grunge' 🙏❤️
I love this song. Great to see someone doing a reaction to it, regardless of reasoning.
Cornell's low register doubled with high register belting right thru the thing, on top of that dirty low-tuned core guitar riff, with bass & drums beefing it up into one of the most oppressive dirges you're ever likely to come across.... so satisfying. I got totally weirded-out when the song finished btw, & had to play the last couple of songs out immediately!! ("Superunknown" is very much an *album* to me, & should be listened to as such) :)
I haven't heard this song in years and I'm a gen X Seattle dude.
@@bothellkenmore I still listen to this album often & I'm a gen X Scotland dude! Well met :)
My take on ”grunge”: Heavy bluesy Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin grooves but with a more layered and progressive sound, at times almost jazzy, arty (and sometimes experimental) postpunk/new wave edge and feel set to Beatlesish melodies and introspective philosophical lyrics. I recommed you do ’Fell On Black Days’ next. I think you’ll might find the lyrics still relevant today.
He was high on lsd when he wrote these lyrics, he recorded that in an article i think back in the day. One of my fave SG songs!!! Heavy and sludgy!!!
The whole analogy about the wine was spot on 👌
Light a Roman Candle and hold it in your hand.....
its a song about a acid trip that happened during a july 4th. one of the best rock songs of all time imo
Light a roman candle and hold it in your hand
Favourite song of my first Love, still thinking about her sometimes, and it was so manny years ago since we broke..
I'm so glad you did this song, and so annoyed the algorithm has only now shown me!
This is one of my favourite Soundgarden songs and one that NEVER gets touched on such channels. As for its meaning, it's left open to interpretation, but for me, it's about a personal, existential apocalypse, but that's just me though.
Give me “Outshined” or give me death 💥
Rusty Cage is a must, even Johnny Cash covered it!!
No way!! I was actually binging SG yesterday cause I hadn't listened to them in years!!!
I love your body language when you rock out girl!! 👍😘😋😜🤪
Isn’t she taken?
@@bvrty.cvpxne I'd take her!!
@@jedaaa That’s not cool. She’s with somebody already.
Happy 4th yall. Ready for some more AIC and a couple Audioslave reactions. Rain when i die, down in a hole, them bones, they got some more mellow songs on their later albums over now, nutshell, no excuses. Lovin yalls channel!
Keep doing stuff like this!! You guys are awesome for going places unfamiliar to you❤❤
Beautiful description of Grunge 😁 It was a term coined by journalists about the bands coming out of Seattle in the late 80s early 90s. The main ones being Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Nirvana. They are actually all quite different, Nirvana more punk influenced, Soundgarden more blues rock. But it struck a chord at the time as a reaction to the flashy ‘hair metal’ of the 80s, because it was more authentic and raw.
Grunge was part of the early 90s most easily identified by the raw emotional lyrics, guitars strum to a slow drawn out groove. Folk background and the story at the end reminded me of the movie the DOORS. about the seventies band. Chris was a super deep personality 😈🤘glad you enjoyed it
AHHHH.. Been one of my all time favs since I first heard it high as hell one crazy ass night in the early-mid 90's .....seen visions to this song, suddenly even the trash made sense. hahaha You have no idea how long I been waiting for this to hit a reaction channel! Interesting to see how others perceive it. LEX you should check out this entire CD Its called SUPERUNKNOWN I played it all the time non stop....you also have to understand what acid actually does to certain individuals .....to some it ain't just taking a drug, its the next level, as you see how he took the experience to the next lvl lol ...LEX, LIMO WRECK
Anyone who grew up on grunge but didn't know yet what doom was, this song helped be a segue.
My favorite soundgarden song. Nobody reacts to this. You guys are awesome.
Brad, that was very astute and introspective to realize the truthful assessment of Lex having a more sensitive ear to both the new music and genres you two are delving into. She truly does pick up much more of the artists' true intent on first listening. Your mind has to have it's 3rd eye wide open to notice much of the nuance and intent this music has on the listener. You are more analytical and she is more open to deeper meanings of the same song. You two are very entertaining, and it is a joy to watch you learn about these bands. Keep it up, and you two always have a free hotel if you are passing through the 'LOU. Have a great fourth, B&L. Try "Just Like Suicide" from this same album. It is beautiful and painful simultaneously, Chris wrote it as a harbinger of his own nearing suicide. Which caused Chester Pennington, Linkin Park, to kill himself, in response. They were best friends, with Chris being a mentor as well. Two beautiful souls, gone....
Grunge came about as a reaction to the super polished pop and rock of the 80s to make something rawer and more authentic and with a particular focus on the darker sides of life - in particular addiction, mental issues and abuse. This sort of evolved into nu-metal in the 90s, with the same lyrical themes and focus on downtempo songs with downtuned, distorted guitars but with hiphop and tribal music influences.
"Grunge" evolved from the 1980s American underground -- one of the most significant movements in all of rock history.
Happy 4th from Montreal Quebec Canada
thank's guy's for the quick response.hey love the way you guy's breakdown each video.you are truly doing reaction videos love it..another rabbit hole which i think you both will enjoy going down, is the Led Zeppelin experience.they have a huge catalog .and they are considered to be the G.O.A.T. of Rock & Roll....try starting with Kashmir. enjoy the rest of your 4th .
meat on a smoker is so accurate
Soundgarden was my favorite grunge band back in those times
3:58 You were close on the visuals. The video had been playing old capture footage of nuclear detonation tests. Land and sea, both. The ship in that footage was an old decommissioned WW2 vessel being used in nuke tests during the Cold War, along with many others back in the days of nuke testing.
Lex’s Perfect encapsulation of grunge.
Love to see u guys do the day i tried to live or fell on black days or rusty cage or outshined their are so many great soundgarden songs
11:51 this part was so cute you 2 are so wonderful :D
Happy fourth, thanks for not giving up on Soudharden. Next do a banger like Rusty Cage please!
Awesome glad you got to hear this one!
Excellent song choice!
Grunge is basically a type of post-punk/metal, or rock that came out the other side of both. I dunno, but I went to loads of punk shows in the 80s, and nearly every one had at least one metal band in the lineup. Then I started hearing "grunge," and it felt like a natural progression, or a mutation that totally fit. The people in all those bands were going to the same kinda shows throughout the 80s, just in a different town.
Love this song. Great Reaction. xxx
i got this cd and played the hell out of it..this song is just one that I got into..the whole cd is great..music I didnt play into the lyrics too much
Fuck ya! Finally. Thanks for doing my personal favorite SG track. 👍
I know I'm late to the party but Chris said that this song was basically what he experienced on an acid trip, possibly his first
I love Lexis take on stuff - it’s all layers of art
Yes Girl, this IS grunge, and Finally!! Someone does my favourite Soundgarden song!! I also always thought it was about war btw, but apparently it's about being high. Would have been a great analogy though. You guys are still missing Stevie Ray Vaughan though. Gotta do Voodoo Child live, can't die without having heard Stevie.
this is my ABSOLUTE FAVE....Soundgarden song......Jesus Christ Pose is a CLOSE SECOND. But this song is DEEEEP. It is soulfull, dark, very GRUNGE. But man.....it gripped me from THE FIRST moment I heard it. And I will say this, I love the MUSIC.....not the lyrics. I cant make any sense of the lyrics....the sound....the SOUND.....not the lyrics....is what made me love this song.
And the fact that LEX said she did ACID during this react.......makes me love her EVEN MORE. Which I thought was impossible. You cute, and enlightened. Man.....
Time to do his prince cover of nothing compares to you.
Prince / Sinead O'Connor*
Gs johnny cash cover is better
@@josemadera3138 my absolute favorite is his acoustic cover of thank you by Led Zeppelin on the Howard Stern show.
@@AClark-jx9zp his cover of U2/ Metallica one is my favorite
@@josemadera3138 Johnny Cash anything is on my playlist.
Limo wreck is my favorite song tho. 4th of July is 2nd.
Thanks for doing this one!
Cornell fought clinical-grade depression his whole life, and he finally killed himself - all of this is from the heart - that's one thing about Grunge, it's not playing
Ok but Grunge was king when I was in HS and as much as I wanna go full on Aslan and say "don't quote the old magic to me witch, I was there when it was written," I can't because honestly, Lex' descriptions of grunge might be the best I've ever heard. Honestly with most of the music from that era, there is no deciphering the lyrics straight on. You gotta come at them sideways cause that was how they were written.
Anyway Happy 4th everyone!