Have a check out of this live performance. Nightwish is the band. The singer,Floor Jansen. It will knock your socks off. ua-cam.com/video/zz_7OCCQlXs/v-deo.htmlsi=MDD4CjH0vPgpurb0
He was gone just 2 days before I was going to see him at Rock on the range in Columbus, OH. I was ready to get the motorcycle and ride 6 hours for that concert. And I did it anyways. My husband woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me because he didn't want me to find the news by myself. I cried so much. I was listening it everyday so excited I was to see him again. I'm a vocalist and he inspired me so much. At least I got to see him live with Soundgarden in Brazil once. Great video, thank you! ❤
Speaking as a huge Soundgarden, Audioslave and CC fan, I’m glad you focused on this song and those unusual sounds…which I’ve always thought were a bit odd but like you still think is awesome music. I imagine Chris was going through one of his dark times during recording, possibly on or recovering from abuse and this rawness showed through with some of his vocals…so it’s a brutally honest and genuine reflection of where he was then.
@@TaylorJohnHardin cheers. I loved Chris and all his music too, grew up from my late teens listening to Soundgarden, as well as Alice in Chains etc. He was a few years older than me and I felt a connection with him like so many others.
ive always noticed that "set myself on fire part" but i always assumed it was an added sound effect over the vocal track that sounds like something being lit on fire
I knew exactly what you were going to point out when you started playing What You Are 🤟🏻 and +1 for greatest album of all time (tied with Dirt by AIC) 😄
Another Chris Cornell topic that I don’t see discussed elsewhere is his collaboration with Timbaland on the album Scream. What do you think about that recording looking back after 14 years since its release?
@@TaylorJohnHardin thank you, great to hear someone else appreciates it! Really was a risky change for Chris leaning into pop compared to his previous work including solo material. Even the album cover of him smashing his guitar was symbolic I reckon! I love the title track, Part of Me, Long Gone and Enemy but it’s really full of catchy tunes. Doing a video on a few would be awesome! 😎👍🏼
All great works of art need a layer of 'disgust' or dissonance. In cooking as well. Ingrediants that on their own can be a bit rank can elevate dishes. It's a real thing :) Saw Audioslave at the Astoria in London which was one of their first gigs live. I was only was 17. what a time to be alive.
This particular passage is in a range where a lot of male singers would choose to sing it mostly in a head voice, whereas others might choose to 'belt' it out through their chest. You don't often hear Chris do a 'pure' head voice, but I don't think he felt going pure chest would fit the 'softer' or more subdued mood he was going for, so he split the difference with this half-belt, with the excess force of his breath resonating into the 'mask' of his face, in this case giving a more nasal sound than the technique would at a higher range with more force.
I’ve read that much of the throat, breath, etc sounds were left in at the insistence of Rick Rubin. He had given Cornel albums by Frank Sinatra to listen to for Blue Eyes’ mastery of microphone technique. Rubin felt that these the extra sounds Cornell made while singing added an immediacy that would be lost if things were too cleaned up. Exhibit A: Spoonman and Chris’s extraordinary vamping.
Chris is the goat of goats! I was 18 when they released bad motor finger and I’ve been following his career since. You’re not gonna find a better vocalist from this era. Soundgarden was the first band from the grunge era to release an album with sub pop in 1989.
I think he's just taking little bits of breath. He also sometimes releases breath. You can hear he does that in some isolated vocals of older songs, I think.
I thought I was the only one that heard that. Being a professional singer and Chris Cornell being one of my huge influences, I guess I analyzed his vocal tracks more than most. Anyway, I always took it to be was that it was him doing like a post nasal drip snorting clearing your throat thing before a punch and they must have just liked where it landed and how it sounded and left it in. He's not making that sound on the vocal take that they left in. It's another track
Yes I agree this is the greatest album! Rick Rubin produced this album only of the three released and I believe is the reason for its greatness. Shadow on the sun is my favorite song of all time. Thanks for the vid!
🤔 Before everyone flames me, realize I was an early Cornell/Audioslave adopter, and love them to this day. Knowing what we know about Chris, it's entirely possible that our man had a really good opiate buzz on that day/week/month, and those takes were as precise as could be mustered.
Totally me guessing, but I think these noises are a mix of two things Chris did made his "sound". He definitely uses a lot of nasal resonance in his singing, but also seems like he almost always has this air compression thing going on in his core. Like you can hear him "load it up" in a lot of takes right before singing This song is sung more gently, but I think he always did that to some extent. So compressed air when he's starting/stopping notes and a good amount of that air is in the nasal region. Hence the snotty sniffle kind of vibe that noise gives off. My take! ✌️
Chris had to habit of singing with his mouth slightly closed sometimes I think maybe his mouth had closed completely when he tried to make the "M" sound and trying to push the air out. Maybe went a little nasal which gives it that slight snore sound
Hey brother, new sub here but I love your stuff, it was the Alice in Chains "5ths" video that got me into you because even though ivI'veeen a guitarist for 28 years, im not super ti have always wanted to know what type of harmonies that AiC always used. So then i came to this one (im 42 so this is all my shit, besides Dr. Dre and Snoop) So to be honest with you, and my opinion on the audio cliche or whatever that was
This album was destroyed by many critics when it came out initially . How wrong were they . I have loved Cochise ever since I heard it . The most exciting rock song of the 2000’s. This whole album shows the strengths of every member like nothing else.
I don’t know what it is, but I can’t let myself listen to Audioslave. I’ve always just been such a Soundgarden/Cornell/early ‘90s alt rock devotee. I also feel like Tom Morello is a little overrated. I dunno, or I’m just a bitter asshole lol. What cannot be argued, however, is Cornell’s position as THE preeminent grunge rock singer of the ‘90s, a head above Cobain, Vedder, and Staley. He is missed.
I never found his voice or songs interesting. I’ve tried recently and listened to all his songs from both bands - what am I missing? I want to like him, ha ha. Just utterly boring to me but I can’t quite figure out why. Huge Beatles, Zep, and Alice in Chains fan so I thought I could get into his stuff, but it’s just flat to me. Sorry.
@@TaylorJohnHardin Not bummed, just not my taste. I think when he’s softer it sounds slightly contrived, and when he’s loud it’s overbearing, so now that I’ve had more time to think about it, I see why I’m not into him - there’s no middle ground for me to enter his singing. I don’t like it. 🤷♂️👂👍
@@Sergio-bx4pp No, it’s not that simple. WHY is that my taste? - so I backed it up with my reasons. Otherwise it’s just “I like it l” or “I don’t like it” which isn’t helpful.
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Have a check out of this live performance.
Nightwish is the band.
The singer,Floor Jansen.
It will knock your socks off.
ua-cam.com/video/zz_7OCCQlXs/v-deo.htmlsi=MDD4CjH0vPgpurb0
Set🤧 myself on fire
Chris was incredible.. I cried when I heard that he left us.
Same. I remember waking up to the news.
He was gone just 2 days before I was going to see him at Rock on the range in Columbus, OH. I was ready to get the motorcycle and ride 6 hours for that concert. And I did it anyways.
My husband woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me because he didn't want me to find the news by myself. I cried so much. I was listening it everyday so excited I was to see him again. I'm a vocalist and he inspired me so much.
At least I got to see him live with Soundgarden in Brazil once.
Great video, thank you! ❤
Speaking as a huge Soundgarden, Audioslave and CC fan, I’m glad you focused on this song and those unusual sounds…which I’ve always thought were a bit odd but like you still think is awesome music. I imagine Chris was going through one of his dark times during recording, possibly on or recovering from abuse and this rawness showed through with some of his vocals…so it’s a brutally honest and genuine reflection of where he was then.
That's a great analysis. You're probably right. Thanks for the love!
@@TaylorJohnHardin cheers. I loved Chris and all his music too, grew up from my late teens listening to Soundgarden, as well as Alice in Chains etc. He was a few years older than me and I felt a connection with him like so many others.
ive always noticed that "set myself on fire part" but i always assumed it was an added sound effect over the vocal track that sounds like something being lit on fire
This is why I made this video! Haha thanks for watching!
I agree with you, the first audioslave album is amazing. One of my favorites of all time. Every song is great.
yeah!
I knew exactly what you were going to point out when you started playing What You Are 🤟🏻 and +1 for greatest album of all time (tied with Dirt by AIC) 😄
Hell yeah! 🤘
Another Chris Cornell topic that I don’t see discussed elsewhere is his collaboration with Timbaland on the album Scream. What do you think about that recording looking back after 14 years since its release?
I absolutely loved that album!! Listened to it all thru college! Maybe I'll do a video on some of those songs. What songs do you like from it?
@@TaylorJohnHardin thank you, great to hear someone else appreciates it! Really was a risky change for Chris leaning into pop compared to his previous work including solo material. Even the album cover of him smashing his guitar was symbolic I reckon! I love the title track, Part of Me, Long Gone and Enemy but it’s really full of catchy tunes. Doing a video on a few would be awesome! 😎👍🏼
No One Sings Like Chris Anymore✨🤘🏼😪
Loud love
All great works of art need a layer of 'disgust' or dissonance. In cooking as well. Ingrediants that on their own can be a bit rank can elevate dishes. It's a real thing :) Saw Audioslave at the Astoria in London which was one of their first gigs live. I was only was 17. what a time to be alive.
Great point! Wish I could have saw them live!
Definately noticed those sounds! I reckon it could have been Rick Rubins influence to keep that in the final take
This particular passage is in a range where a lot of male singers would choose to sing it mostly in a head voice, whereas others might choose to 'belt' it out through their chest. You don't often hear Chris do a 'pure' head voice, but I don't think he felt going pure chest would fit the 'softer' or more subdued mood he was going for, so he split the difference with this half-belt, with the excess force of his breath resonating into the 'mask' of his face, in this case giving a more nasal sound than the technique would at a higher range with more force.
I’ve read that much of the throat, breath, etc sounds were left in at the insistence of Rick Rubin. He had given Cornel albums by Frank Sinatra to listen to for Blue Eyes’ mastery of microphone technique. Rubin felt that these the extra sounds Cornell made while singing added an immediacy that would be lost if things were too cleaned up. Exhibit A: Spoonman and Chris’s extraordinary vamping.
Amazing! That sounds right!
Ive been head over heels over Jerry and Lane but my bf said u should listen to Chris Cornell and he will amaze u also!
The best musicians ever!
Chris is the goat of goats! I was 18 when they released bad motor finger and I’ve been following his career since. You’re not gonna find a better vocalist from this era. Soundgarden was the first band from the grunge era to release an album with sub pop in 1989.
I think he's just taking little bits of breath. He also sometimes releases breath. You can hear he does that in some isolated vocals of older songs, I think.
This was a brend new "reading" of this killer song!!! 😍🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥
Best singer ever in my opinion, what a loss 💔
I thought I was the only one that heard that. Being a professional singer and Chris Cornell being one of my huge influences, I guess I analyzed his vocal tracks more than most. Anyway, I always took it to be was that it was him doing like a post nasal drip snorting clearing your throat thing before a punch and they must have just liked where it landed and how it sounded and left it in. He's not making that sound on the vocal take that they left in. It's another track
Yes I agree this is the greatest album! Rick Rubin produced this album only of the three released and I believe is the reason for its greatness. Shadow on the sun is my favorite song of all time. Thanks for the vid!
Shadow on the Sun goes HARD!
🤔 Before everyone flames me, realize I was an early Cornell/Audioslave adopter, and love them to this day.
Knowing what we know about Chris, it's entirely possible that our man had a really good opiate buzz on that day/week/month, and those takes were as precise as could be mustered.
Could be!
Totally me guessing, but I think these noises are a mix of two things Chris did made his "sound". He definitely uses a lot of nasal resonance in his singing, but also seems like he almost always has this air compression thing going on in his core. Like you can hear him "load it up" in a lot of takes right before singing
This song is sung more gently, but I think he always did that to some extent. So compressed air when he's starting/stopping notes and a good amount of that air is in the nasal region. Hence the snotty sniffle kind of vibe that noise gives off. My take! ✌️
Seems like a sound take! Thanks for sharing.
Its laughing through your noise ...sorting down, to keep it quite
Exactly!
From the first time I heard that song, that guttural-nasal kind of sound made that song my favorite from that album.
Amazing!! 👍
Chris had to habit of singing with his mouth slightly closed sometimes I think maybe his mouth had closed completely when he tried to make the "M" sound and trying to push the air out. Maybe went a little nasal which gives it that slight snore sound
Totally!
Hey brother, new sub here but I love your stuff, it was the Alice in Chains "5ths" video that got me into you because even though ivI'veeen a guitarist for 28 years, im not super ti have always wanted to know what type of harmonies that AiC always used. So then i came to this one (im 42 so this is all my shit, besides Dr. Dre and Snoop)
So to be honest with you, and my opinion on the audio cliche or whatever that was
Awesome! Thanks!
This album was destroyed by many critics when it came out initially . How wrong were they . I have loved Cochise ever since I heard it . The most exciting rock song of the 2000’s. This whole album shows the strengths of every member like nothing else.
Agreed! I got destroyed for suggesting it's a great album on reddit! Lol
@@TaylorJohnHardin it’s an in incredible album. So many songs could have been singles on that first album.
Smoker I've made that sound. I had bronchitis
Goos call! Haha
I thought I was the only one that noticed Chris’s nasal sound…..😭
Hahaha it’s been a fun thing for me and my friends forever!
You have a not too shabby voice the same
❤❤👍
It's another track, weaving multiple takes together. It's not doubling, but cherry picking. Chris breathes a lot between lines. Kinda his thing.
Definitely!
I don’t know what it is, but I can’t let myself listen to Audioslave. I’ve always just been such a Soundgarden/Cornell/early ‘90s alt rock devotee. I also feel like Tom Morello is a little overrated. I dunno, or I’m just a bitter asshole lol. What cannot be argued, however, is Cornell’s position as THE preeminent grunge rock singer of the ‘90s, a head above Cobain, Vedder, and Staley. He is missed.
I totally get that. Luckily I heard audioslave first and then went back to discover the amazing soundgarden discography!
I never found his voice or songs interesting. I’ve tried recently and listened to all his songs from both bands - what am I missing? I want to like him, ha ha. Just utterly boring to me but I can’t quite figure out why. Huge Beatles, Zep, and Alice in Chains fan so I thought I could get into his stuff, but it’s just flat to me. Sorry.
buummer!
@@TaylorJohnHardin Not bummed, just not my taste. I think when he’s softer it sounds slightly contrived, and when he’s loud it’s overbearing, so now that I’ve had more time to think about it, I see why I’m not into him - there’s no middle ground for me to enter his singing. I don’t like it. 🤷♂️👂👍
@@bradashlockthere! You said it, not your taste simple as that no need for all the writing lol
@@Sergio-bx4pp No, it’s not that simple. WHY is that my taste? - so I backed it up with my reasons. Otherwise it’s just “I like it l” or “I don’t like it” which isn’t helpful.
@@bradashlockYou tried listening to bad motorfinger?