"Bro! What is going on in this music video!?" Is what we all said first time we watched it. If you continue down the Soundgarden rabbit hole I would suggest (if you haven't reacted to them yet), Rusty Cage, Outshined, Spoonman, and Fell On Black Days. All great songs with Chris Cornell singing his heart out in the earliest part of his career.
He didn't take his life. He was taken out. Was about to expose the pedo world with Chester Bennington. When his killer or killers have their judgment day with God. wish I could be there to witness it! RIP Chris. Gone way too soon!!
They want you to think those artists took their own lives. Wasn't he and that other guy in to wanting to do something about child trafficking ??? Hmm?????
@donaldshrader4612 yes, Chris and Chester Bennington were working on a documentary about child trafficking. Those involved were not going to let that happen! RIP Chris and Chester.
RIP Chris. One of a kind. Amazing voice and writer. Chris has said that the song came while driving home and hearing something about a black hole sun by the reporter. He didn't hear the rest of the story, just that line and he put it together. A song he has said is just a put together with words and phrases he thought sounded good together, almost as if the listener is supposed to figure out a meaning for it for themselves. Chris was an interesting cat. As many genius artists are. You don't always know what or why they do what they do.
Fell on Black Days is one of the greatest Soundgarden songs! Even beyond that, its personally one of my favorite songs of all time both lyrically and sonically from any artist ... period.
It's great watching you discover Chris Cornell... lots of depth, lots of great music to enjoy. My favorite voice. The world feels diminished without him in it.
Another prophetic thing is the album art to this album looks eerily like the first photo of a black hole 25 years later. Check it out. Soundgarden is tapped in, I tell ya.
There's another band Chris Cornell was a part of you may want to check out. That group is Temple of the Dog. It was formed after the death of Chris's friend Andrew Wood, who was the singer of the band Mother Love Bone, and featured two members of Mother Love Bone. They recorded one album, which had a popular single "Hunger Strike", which featured guest vocalist Eddie Vedder. Most of the members of Temple of the Dog besides Chris were, at the time, forming what would become Pearl Jam.
A lot of Chris's lyrics have a prophetic edge to them. A lot of fans think the song Limo Wreck was prophetic of the bombing of the twin towers. Im looking forward to you exploring more songs from my favorite band. ❤
U really can't go wrong with anything that Chris Cornell touches!! He definitely sits at the very top of my list of favorite male vocalists! This man is deeply missed!
this song has a special place in my heart. it was what i was listening to when i realized i had a drug problem 25 year ago. i still remember that night vividly. i was way too under the influence, flipping through a book of aliens in fiction, this song was playing in the background, and i started staring at the wall, hallucinating, felt sick to my stomach and ran to the bathroom to go throw up. i remember hugging the toilet, slipping in and out of consciousness, worried i was going to die. for me, this song was the first step in my sobriety.
I'm 61 and been stuck in the 70's and 80's music. My grandson is 16 and has introduced me to this genre of music. He'll say, you gotta listen to this. Thank you BP for doing the blind reactions, I've even started liking some country songs because of you!! God bless you!!❤
written by Chris Cornell, has a layered and open-ended meaning that invites various interpretations. It explores themes of disillusionment, concealed darkness, and the quest for individual liberation. Rusty Cage, Spoonman are great Soundgarden songs! Chris Cornell then was with Audioslave, songs include I Am the Highway, Like A Stone. Check them out! Amazing!
RIP Chris, remember going to his best friend's house and I mention to my little Sister in law that my Ex-Husband (now) was super hype to be jamming with Chris Cornell...and she was hype... saying you know he is a big deal this is 2000... as an Island Girl didn't know who he was but he was a sweetheart... of course later on I come to love his music and especially AudioSlave...
The first thing I ever heard from Chris and I was hooked… thought he would always be around… probably one of the best voices we have ever been so lucky to have graced planet…Earth not the same without Chris….🌎🌍🌏
Thanks for reacting to another classic. NGL, Chris Cornell and Maynard James Kennan helped me pull myself out of my suicidal drinking lifestyle... mostly all of Audioslave's music and the album "The Thirteenth Step" by A Perfect Circle. My drinking should have killed me, and quitting cold turkey was supposed to! Just hit 42 this month and feelin' GOOD! MUCH Love fam!
Chris Cornell was one of the greatest grunge rock vocalists of all times. I am still amazed at his vocal range and sheer power. My favorite Soundgarden song is Fell on Black Days. You should check out his super group Temple of the Dog and the song Hunger Strike wth guest vocalist Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder. What a collaboration!
Huge hit single in 1994 w/ a creepy music video... and cryptic lyrics. That was 'Black hole Sun' by Soundgarden... It was about Cornell wishing for the end of the world around him... or the end of everything. He wrote a similar song w/ Soundgarden - 'Blow up the outside world'... Chris Cornell had a history of struggling w/ depression (and drugs)... Quite a few of his lyrics are real dark and ominous... it was clear now, knowing how he died in 2017, that he was clearly struggling and considering the end of his life w/ songs like 'Pretty noose' ... 'The day I tried to live' ... 'Like suicide' ... 'Fell on black days' ... by Soundgarden 🤘🤘🔥🔥 One of the standout solo songs by Chris Cornell was "Can't change me"... from 2000. It was about how a woman he was close to has a profound effect on everyone around her, but she can't seem to make a difference w/ him. Soundgarden was the Seattle band that Chris Cornell formed around 1984 and soon rounded up the line-up w/ Kim Thayil (lead guitar), Matt Cameron (drums) and Hiro Yamamoto (bass)... They became a major attraction in the Seattle underground scene and debuted w/ 2 EP's and the album 'Ultramega OK' in 1988... and then signed w/ a major label A&M Records, releasing 'Louder than love' in 1989 before bassist Hiro Yamamoto left the band; he was replaced in 1990 by Ben Shepherd (bass) 1991 was a pivotal year for the Seattle rock scene - Alice in Chains had debuted w/ 'Facelift' in 1990... Pearl Jam recorded and released their debut album 'Ten'... And Nirvana broke the scene into commercial success w/ their 2nd album 'Nevermind'... Chris Cornell had released 2 albums that year - Temple of the Dog (as a tribute to his late friend Andrew Wood) and Soundgarden's album 'Badmotorfinger'... By 1992, both Temple of the Dog and the 'Badmotorfinger' album had sold platinum in the USA and Soundgarden was actively touring into 1993. After the death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain in 1994, the Seattle scene was starting to implode w/ Pearl Jam disappearing from public view and Alice in Chains slowly retreating from view as well... But Soundgarden released their biggest record 'Superunknown' in '94 and it was a massive hit on MTV and radio w/ 4 music videos and sold 6x platinum. In 1996, Soundgarden returned w/ the album 'Down on the upside'... it sold platinum, but the band was not functioning optimally on tour and while touring on the record, live appearances were reportedly so bad that being on tour was unsustainable. In 1997, Soundgarden shocked everyone by announcing their split. Soundgarden finally reunited in 2012 and recorded a comeback album 'King animal'... and were working on a new album by 2017. However, the same issues that broke up the band seemed to dog Soundgarden by that year... After a particularly bad Soundgarden show in 2017, Chris Cornell was apparently distraught while on the phone w/ his wife and abruptly hung up... When security went to check on Chris Cornell a while later, he had barricaded himself in his hotel room... They eventually found him dead from suicide 😪 Chris Cornell joined an ominous list of 90's rockers that passed away too soon... from Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, Layne Staley and bassist Mike Starr of Alice in Chains... Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots... Mark Lanegan of the Screaming Trees... bassist Kristen Pfaff of Hole ... Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon... Bradley Nowell of Sublime ... Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone ... Dolores O' Riordan of The Cranberries... etc.
I can’t speak on all the songs listed but “Like Suicide” tells a story about a bird which flew into a glass door and was wounded and he had to choose to let it suffer or put it out of misery.
Some of the things chris himself said about this song was, that he was just "playing with words for words sake", "guess it worked for a lot of People but I have no idea how you'd begin to taken that one litteraly" and "i sure didnt have an understanding of it I was just sucked in by the music and tried to paint a picture with the lyrics’ there was no real idea to get across" Also according to the band the video was entirely the directors idea, and at that point the only thing they wanted to do in videos was pretend to play and not look to excited about it.
Chris Cornell, Temple of the dog: 'Say hello to heaven' live at the moore theater. Or 'Beyond the wheel' live in Germany with Soundgarden. Singing his hart out, like he always did. R.I.P. Chris
Chris Cornell is absolutely one of the best male vocalists of all time. You should also check out Soundgarden "Fell on Black Days". I'd like to see your reaction to Temple of the Dog "Say Hello 2 Heaven" live. Chris' vocals are insane in that one. He has been a part of many bands and did some amazing work solo. ❤
Now if you are going down the grunge rabbit hole, check out Chloe dancer- crown of thorns by Mother love bone. They were one of the original ones. Andrew Wood was amazing, after his death, the group temple of the dog was formed to pay tribute to him.
When I was younger, I used to get Soundgarden and Savage Garden confused, maybe because of their names and sounds. I mean, you would expect with a name like Savage Garden they would sound like Soundgarden did, and vice versa....
Chris wrote about death a lot. If in doubt, it’s probably about that. Except for “Spoonman”. That one’s actually about a guy they met playing spoons on the streets. He’s in the video and they took him with them on tour for a while.
Perhaps you could react to Prince's cover of "Play that funky music white boy/Inglewood Swinging/Fantastic Voyage". Prince's live performances were epic.
Of the meaning behind the song's lyrics, Cornell has said, “It's just sort of a surreal dreamscape, a weird, play-with-the-title kind of song. Cornell added, “lyrically it's probably the closest to me just playing with words for words' sake, of anything I've written.Jun 28, 2022
What’s up from Denver, Colorado! Sound Garden wasn’t ahead of it’s time…they were right on time with us 20 year olds back in 1993-1997 grunge era (kids-young adults)
it's that kind of voice that we can call as THE voice in music, he can song classic shit like that or angrier song like "Let it drown" in the same album
From Chris Cornell by way of wikipedia.. " "I wrote it in my head driving home from Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, a 35-40 minute drive from Seattle. It sparked from something a news anchor said on TV and I heard wrong. I heard 'blah blah blah black hole sun blah blah blah'. I thought that would make an amazing song title, but what would it sound like? It all came together, pretty much the whole arrangement including the guitar solo that's played beneath the riff. I spent a lot of time spinning those melodies in my head so I wouldn't forget them. I got home and whistled it into a Dictaphone. The next day I brought it into the real world, assigning a couple of key changes in the verse to make the melodies more interesting. Then I wrote the lyrics and that was similar, a stream of consciousness based on the feeling I got from the chorus and title" " - " "It's just sort of a surreal dreamscape, a weird, play-with-the-title kind of song" " - " "Lyrically it's probably the closest to me just playing with words for words' sake, of anything I've written. I guess it worked for a lot of people who heard it, but I have no idea how you'd begin to take that one literally." " - - Which is all rather strange considering it seemed pretty obvious even at the time {I turned 18 in December 94} and absolutely certain now that this was a call for the World to End! Chris Cornell was 29 when Superunknown was released and probably 28 when he wrote Black Hole Sun, he grew up in the 70s and 80s turning 16 in 1980 and 26 in 1990. The video is clearly a play on ostensibly right of centre suburban christian and jewish americans of the 70s and 80s believing that life was a utopia whilst early members of suburban generation x like Chris grew up not knowing their place in that fake world. - Generation X were born as of 1964 so yes Chris Cornell was Generation X - Boomers were 46-63, Gen X 64-81, Millennials 82-99, Gen Z 00-17, Alphas 18-35. Jan 1 46 to Dec 31 63 is 18 years - A Generation Jan 1 00 to Dec 31 17 in 18 years - It may look like 17 but you're counting the full year of 2000 and the full year of 2017.
The entire summer of 1994 I could not get this song out of my head! Probably my favorite Soundgarden track is Blow Up the Outside World. I also love Burden in My Hand.
NIce reaction, I saw a nice interview with Chris about 10 years ago. He said he wrote this song in about 2 hrs while driving home from a gig. Wrote the music and lyrics in his head and when he got home he sang it into a recorder in case he was too high to remember. But said he did remember every note the next morning. Just an amazing talent.
Wikipedia-Chris Cornell said I wrote it in my head driving home from Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, a 35-40 minute drive from Seattle. It sparked from something a news anchor said on TV and I heard wrong. I heard 'blah blah blah black hole sun blah blah blah'. I thought that would make an amazing song title, but what would it sound like? It all came together, pretty much the whole arrangement including the guitar solo that's played beneath the riff. I spent a lot of time spinning those melodies in my head so I wouldn't forget them. I got home and whistled it into a Dictaphone. The next day I brought it into the real world, assigning a couple of key changes in the verse to make the melodies more interesting. Then I wrote the lyrics and that was similar, a stream of consciousness based on the feeling I got from the chorus and title.
I did a comparative paper on this song and the book Pedro Paramo. 2 different languages but the exact same imagery. Cornell is quoted as saying he wrote this song after seeing the moon rock Seatle used to have. The song is more of a reflection of that experience.
Ya,thats what everyone thought the first time we watched this video too!!! 😂😂😂I recommend Rusty Cage,Outshined,& most other songs...spoon man is a trippy video as well.😂chris actually had an AWESOME vocal range and tone...he was an incredible singer.🎶❤✌
Here you go and thank you! Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Chris Cornell - "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Prince Cover)! BRUH!!!! ua-cam.com/video/yTov1s4AK_g/v-deo.html
I still want to see the...proof?...files?...on who was jiggling away their body fat. It honestly seems so stupid that if was introduced today it would be endorsed by Kim Kardashian on insta.
NEVER another CHRIS CORNELL!! RIP, CHRIS!!! SO MANY great tunes this man leant his talent to...and, they're ALL SUPERB!!! I miss him: SO MUCH!! I still like COCHISE with Audioslave...and, the video that goes with it is: FIRE!! But ANY Soundgarden or Audioslave with Chris is a TRUE TREAT!!! ...and, usually VERY DEEP & DARK! They will truly make you think: FOR SURE!! HUGS!
I’m 36 when I was young me and my sister were scared of this music video…I liked the scare and love this channel thanks for watching all diff kinds of music🎉
Chris said this song had no real meaning, he said something along the lines of, "just playing with words for words’ sake. It’s just sort of a surreal dreamscape, a weird, play with the title kind of song. The title was a misheard sentence on the radio, he wrote in in 30 minutes in the car. He said it is a "sad" song but no real meaning.
Oh you where questioning the lady with the vibrating belt on. Back in the 50s and 60s that was a big part of home exercise equipment. It was believed with just 15 minutes of exercise a day with it you to could lose pounds and inches. The man was choosing the traditional way of exercising while she was just doing the "easy" way.
There is a park in Seattle called A Sound Garden. It really someone’s piece of art and It’s actually a very cool spot. I am not 💯 sure that’s where the name came from, but it’s definitely possible. You can look up videos on UA-cam of the park and hear what gives it its name.
He explains how this song came to him while driving (lyrics, arrangement, everything as we hear it) in an interview on Howard Stern. Then goes straight into an awesome acoustic performance of the song. Rock God!
You definitely are starting to understand Chris's writing, I absolutely agree with feeling like we are in a twilight clown world 🤔and how alot of his songs are relevant today. Definitely check out some interviews. Be prepared to dive deep down the rabbit hole 😜
Black Hole Sun is occultic language for the opening of the bottomless pit and the fallen angel Apollyon or Abbadon, coming with his legions of locusts to plague mankind, basically the beginning of woes foretold in revelation. Tons of occult sybolism throughout the video.
You should check out the Temple of the Dog tune Call me a dog. How Chris had that much soul at the age of 27 is an enigma. Also Holy Water and 4th of July by SoundGarden are some of his most soulful jams.
4:07 Your look of dismay! 😂 Enjoyed watching your range of facial reactions throughout. But thank you for staying the course and not being distracted by the video … good thoughts.
i highly recommend you to listen to some more soundgarden they are super diverse so listening to only one song doesn't give you the full spectrum to their sound i recommend you Outshined, The Day I Tried To Live, Blow Up The Outside World, Fell On Black Days ect, Burden In My Hand, Spoonman ect ... they are just really good
Soundgarden is one of the groups whose genre is debated. While they were initially greeted as a part of the rising Grunge genre, many in the heavy metal community place them squarely in the Stoner Metal genre. So, what is Stoner Metal? It is a subgenre of Doom Metal. Doom Metal exemplified by Black Sabbath is metal that slows the music down. Instead of speeding guitars you have a ponderous brontosaurs pounding along. Doom is also notable for being depressing hence the name Doom. As the name indicates while not required many of the bands focus on drug themes. Stoner Metal basically is Doom Metal that is too happy. Soundgarden is possibly the most widely known artist in this genre. Other artists to checkout: Sleep "Dopesmoker," Kyuss "Demon Cleaner," Bongzilla "Grim Reefer," and Church of Misery "Brother Bishop."
Funny how badly I wanted him to hit that Smashing Pumpkin's video suggestion at the end and keep the amazing early 90's soundtrack going, god I feel lucky to have been in my early to mid teens back then and have all those bands peaking.
An amazing songwriter. I recommend doing a deep dive into their Badmotorfinger album. It was this album before this one, Superunknown, which is a phenomenal album in it's own right.
Drinking would go along with the video too. I don't see the people as fake, I see them acting like we all do every day of our lives. people come to me because they are afraid. It does them no good for me to cry because my grandfather is dying, the man I loved abandoned me and I am too devastated to try again so I will be alone forever, my employer is replacing me with someone with almost no training after I moved to take the job, I have no retirement, etc etc etc. so I smile and try to be reassuring for them. being "fake" takes a lot of strength. I think almost everyone does it to some extent. the black hole sun (which actually looks like the vortex created in a tall glass) takes away all the BS so the people can express how they really feel. they aren't hypocrites, they're desperate, and now they're free.
If you haven't yet...You should do chris' other band temple of the dog "hunger strike" the band he was in with eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam... it's a huge hit that still played every day on rock stations 30 years later they both have great vocals and trade off vocal spotlight back and forth
"No one sings like you anymore."
RIP Chris
I thought the same.
"Bro! What is going on in this music video!?" Is what we all said first time we watched it. If you continue down the Soundgarden rabbit hole I would suggest (if you haven't reacted to them yet), Rusty Cage, Outshined, Spoonman, and Fell On Black Days. All great songs with Chris Cornell singing his heart out in the earliest part of his career.
Johnny Cash does a good cover of Rusty Cage.
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And soooo good looking
Fell on Black Days is one of my all time favorite songs by anyone, and that says a lot!
Outshined outshined outshined ohh yeeaahhh
It's like "everyone is fake and people suck. I'd be cool with our sun going black hole and wiping everyone out" kind of song.
He was voted the best rock vocalist of all time because of his rage and sound. He was a magnificent artist! Very good person. Huge loss.
Exactly how I and many others would talk about him. Tragically sensitive. This world bully’s the sensitive.
He sang Billie Jean Acapella. It was beautiful. A must watch.
Hell ya! A must watch. Made me start to cover Billie Jean, kinda like Chris Cornell ✌️💙🎵
Number 1 for seven weeks. This was the number 1 song of 1994. Grunge had fully arrived
This was a great song but I remember the radio played it every 5 minutes so I just got tired of it.
Number one on rock radio not hot 100. Big difference. Still a dope song. My favorite by them.
#1 in Australia. Only for a week but still an achievement.
Chris Cornell was like others that took thier life, very conscious of the world he lived in, deep and sensitive...having a hard time living in it
Totally agree, very sad
He didn't take his life. He was taken out. Was about to expose the pedo world with Chester Bennington. When his killer or killers have their judgment day with God. wish I could be there to witness it! RIP Chris. Gone way too soon!!
Chris didn't take his own life! He was taken out!
They want you to think those artists took their own lives. Wasn't he and that other guy in to wanting to do something about child trafficking ??? Hmm?????
@donaldshrader4612 yes, Chris and Chester Bennington were working on a documentary about child trafficking. Those involved were not going to let that happen! RIP Chris and Chester.
Chris Cornell’s Nothing Compares to You is his vocals at his finest
That is definitely a great one with Chris
RIP Chris..Such a beautiful song. 🔥
Seems odd that the line goes, "Heaven sent hell away no one sings like you anymore" Aint that the damn truth! No one sings like Chris anymore.
I miss him
@@willynillylive same
Times are gone for honest men, sometimes far too long for snakes. Prophetic words indeed.
RIP Chris. One of a kind. Amazing voice and writer. Chris has said that the song came while driving home and hearing something about a black hole sun by the reporter. He didn't hear the rest of the story, just that line and he put it together. A song he has said is just a put together with words and phrases he thought sounded good together, almost as if the listener is supposed to figure out a meaning for it for themselves. Chris was an interesting cat. As many genius artists are. You don't always know what or why they do what they do.
Spoonman is one of my favorites!! for the most part I think you nailed the basic meaning behind this song. Fake people.
Fell On Black Days would be the next port of call. Chris also has a couple of great acoustic versions where he really lets his voice rip.
Definitely, Fell on black days is always on my playlist.
Some of Chris' best vocals were with the band Temple of the Dog. Unbelievable album they put out in 1990.
Must react to Chris Cornell "Say Hello to Heaven" from Temple of the Dog Live at the Moore Theater next.
Fell on Black Days is one of the greatest Soundgarden songs! Even beyond that, its personally one of my favorite songs of all time both lyrically and sonically from any artist ... period.
It's great watching you discover Chris Cornell... lots of depth, lots of great music to enjoy. My favorite voice. The world feels diminished without him in it.
Another prophetic thing is the album art to this album looks eerily like the first photo of a black hole 25 years later. Check it out. Soundgarden is tapped in, I tell ya.
There's another band Chris Cornell was a part of you may want to check out. That group is Temple of the Dog. It was formed after the death of Chris's friend Andrew Wood, who was the singer of the band Mother Love Bone, and featured two members of Mother Love Bone. They recorded one album, which had a popular single "Hunger Strike", which featured guest vocalist Eddie Vedder.
Most of the members of Temple of the Dog besides Chris were, at the time, forming what would become Pearl Jam.
A lot of Chris's lyrics have a prophetic edge to them. A lot of fans think the song Limo Wreck was prophetic of the bombing of the twin towers. Im looking forward to you exploring more songs from my favorite band. ❤
Me and my neighbor made a parody of this song and was for both our brothers and called it Asshole Son. RIP Chris Cornell
You will love his Cover of Michael Jackson Billie Jean, So soulfull😊
U really can't go wrong with anything that Chris Cornell touches!! He definitely sits at the very top of my list of favorite male vocalists! This man is deeply missed!
this song has a special place in my heart. it was what i was listening to when i realized i had a drug problem 25 year ago. i still remember that night vividly. i was way too under the influence, flipping through a book of aliens in fiction, this song was playing in the background, and i started staring at the wall, hallucinating, felt sick to my stomach and ran to the bathroom to go throw up. i remember hugging the toilet, slipping in and out of consciousness, worried i was going to die. for me, this song was the first step in my sobriety.
I'm 61 and been stuck in the 70's and 80's music. My grandson is 16 and has introduced me to this genre of music. He'll say, you gotta listen to this. Thank you BP for doing the blind reactions, I've even started liking some country songs because of you!! God bless you!!❤
written by Chris Cornell, has a layered and open-ended meaning that invites various interpretations. It explores themes of disillusionment, concealed darkness, and the quest for individual liberation.
Rusty Cage, Spoonman are great Soundgarden songs! Chris Cornell then was with Audioslave, songs include I Am the Highway, Like A Stone. Check them out! Amazing!
RIP Chris, remember going to his best friend's house and I mention to my little Sister in law that my Ex-Husband (now) was super hype to be jamming with Chris Cornell...and she was hype... saying you know he is a big deal this is 2000... as an Island Girl didn't know who he was but he was a sweetheart... of course later on I come to love his music and especially AudioSlave...
Outshined from Soundgarden - also great song with great writing
So amazing
The first thing I ever heard from Chris and I was hooked… thought he would always be around… probably one of the best voices we have ever been so lucky to have graced planet…Earth not the same without Chris….🌎🌍🌏
Thanks for reacting to another classic. NGL, Chris Cornell and Maynard James Kennan helped me pull myself out of my suicidal drinking lifestyle... mostly all of Audioslave's music and the album "The Thirteenth Step" by A Perfect Circle. My drinking should have killed me, and quitting cold turkey was supposed to! Just hit 42 this month and feelin' GOOD! MUCH Love fam!
Spot on.... R.I.P. Chris Cornell.... Hypocryte's not comfortable in they're own skin.... This is great👈🎶🎵🎸
This song is so f*cking great! RIP Chris. 🤘🏻❤️
Forgot to mention, he can sing in 8 Octaves. 👌
Chris Cornell was one of the greatest grunge rock vocalists of all times. I am still amazed at his vocal range and sheer power. My favorite Soundgarden song is Fell on Black Days. You should check out his super group Temple of the Dog and the song Hunger Strike wth guest vocalist Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder. What a collaboration!
Huge hit single in 1994 w/ a creepy music video... and cryptic lyrics. That was 'Black hole Sun' by Soundgarden... It was about Cornell wishing for the end of the world around him... or the end of everything. He wrote a similar song w/ Soundgarden - 'Blow up the outside world'...
Chris Cornell had a history of struggling w/ depression (and drugs)... Quite a few of his lyrics are real dark and ominous... it was clear now, knowing how he died in 2017, that he was clearly struggling and considering the end of his life w/ songs like 'Pretty noose' ... 'The day I tried to live' ... 'Like suicide' ... 'Fell on black days' ... by Soundgarden 🤘🤘🔥🔥
One of the standout solo songs by Chris Cornell was "Can't change me"... from 2000. It was about how a woman he was close to has a profound effect on everyone around her, but she can't seem to make a difference w/ him.
Soundgarden was the Seattle band that Chris Cornell formed around 1984 and soon rounded up the line-up w/ Kim Thayil (lead guitar), Matt Cameron (drums) and Hiro Yamamoto (bass)... They became a major attraction in the Seattle underground scene and debuted w/ 2 EP's and the album 'Ultramega OK' in 1988... and then signed w/ a major label A&M Records, releasing 'Louder than love' in 1989 before bassist Hiro Yamamoto left the band; he was replaced in 1990 by Ben Shepherd (bass)
1991 was a pivotal year for the Seattle rock scene - Alice in Chains had debuted w/ 'Facelift' in 1990... Pearl Jam recorded and released their debut album 'Ten'... And Nirvana broke the scene into commercial success w/ their 2nd album 'Nevermind'... Chris Cornell had released 2 albums that year - Temple of the Dog (as a tribute to his late friend Andrew Wood) and Soundgarden's album 'Badmotorfinger'... By 1992, both Temple of the Dog and the 'Badmotorfinger' album had sold platinum in the USA and Soundgarden was actively touring into 1993.
After the death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain in 1994, the Seattle scene was starting to implode w/ Pearl Jam disappearing from public view and Alice in Chains slowly retreating from view as well... But Soundgarden released their biggest record 'Superunknown' in '94 and it was a massive hit on MTV and radio w/ 4 music videos and sold 6x platinum.
In 1996, Soundgarden returned w/ the album 'Down on the upside'... it sold platinum, but the band was not functioning optimally on tour and while touring on the record, live appearances were reportedly so bad that being on tour was unsustainable.
In 1997, Soundgarden shocked everyone by announcing their split.
Soundgarden finally reunited in 2012 and recorded a comeback album 'King animal'... and were working on a new album by 2017. However, the same issues that broke up the band seemed to dog Soundgarden by that year... After a particularly bad Soundgarden show in 2017, Chris Cornell was apparently distraught while on the phone w/ his wife and abruptly hung up... When security went to check on Chris Cornell a while later, he had barricaded himself in his hotel room... They eventually found him dead from suicide 😪
Chris Cornell joined an ominous list of 90's rockers that passed away too soon... from Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, Layne Staley and bassist Mike Starr of Alice in Chains... Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots... Mark Lanegan of the Screaming Trees... bassist Kristen Pfaff of Hole ... Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon... Bradley Nowell of Sublime ... Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone ... Dolores O' Riordan of The Cranberries... etc.
Thanks for sharing that!
I can’t speak on all the songs listed but “Like Suicide” tells a story about a bird which flew into a glass door and was wounded and he had to choose to let it suffer or put it out of misery.
@@peegee4229 I hate to tell u this but most people equate taking their own lives to ending their suffering and put them out of their misery...
Some of the things chris himself said about this song was, that he was just "playing with words for words sake", "guess it worked for a lot of People but I have no idea how you'd begin to taken that one litteraly" and "i sure didnt have an understanding of it I was just sucked in by the music and tried to paint a picture with the lyrics’ there was no real idea to get across"
Also according to the band the video was entirely the directors idea, and at that point the only thing they wanted to do in videos was pretend to play and not look to excited about it.
Chris didn't take his life! He was taken out!
Chris Cornell, Temple of the dog: 'Say hello to heaven' live at the moore theater. Or 'Beyond the wheel' live in Germany with Soundgarden. Singing his hart out, like he always did. R.I.P. Chris
Chris Cornell is absolutely one of the best male vocalists of all time. You should also check out Soundgarden "Fell on Black Days".
I'd like to see your reaction to Temple of the Dog "Say Hello 2 Heaven" live. Chris' vocals are insane in that one. He has been a part of many bands and did some amazing work solo. ❤
Sound gardens , audio slave, Temple of the god and solo career !!! Truly a amazing man
RIP Chris Cornel l 😭😭🩷🩷🩷what a great singer 🩷 you have to listen to more Soundgarden! Fell on black days, Spoonman, Outshined, just to name a few.
Now if you are going down the grunge rabbit hole, check out Chloe dancer- crown of thorns by Mother love bone. They were one of the original ones. Andrew Wood was amazing, after his death, the group temple of the dog was formed to pay tribute to him.
When I was younger, I used to get Soundgarden and Savage Garden confused, maybe because of their names and sounds. I mean, you would expect with a name like Savage Garden they would sound like Soundgarden did, and vice versa....
And Chris did one of the best James Bond songs of all time😊
Hell yeah he did!
He also did Live to Rise for the Avengers 😊
He'll never beat Shirley Bassey! 😂👍
@@eggboundanddown9851 Yes, his song is one of the greatest, but no one beats Shirley, you’re right😉
@@eggboundanddown9851 it all comes down to preferences
Chris wrote about death a lot. If in doubt, it’s probably about that. Except for “Spoonman”. That one’s actually about a guy they met playing spoons on the streets. He’s in the video and they took him with them on tour for a while.
I am loving watching you fall down the rabbit hole that is my childhood soundtrack. They just don't make music like the 90s anymore.💜
RIP Chris, you are much loved by your fans
Another great band to come out of Seattle, I remember this song well, 1994, Chris Cornell’s vocals were amazing may he RIP 🙏
Perhaps you could react to Prince's cover of "Play that funky music white boy/Inglewood Swinging/Fantastic Voyage". Prince's live performances were epic.
Of the meaning behind the song's lyrics, Cornell has said, “It's just sort of a surreal dreamscape, a weird, play-with-the-title kind of song. Cornell added, “lyrically it's probably the closest to me just playing with words for words' sake, of anything I've written.Jun 28, 2022
What’s up from Denver, Colorado! Sound Garden wasn’t ahead of it’s time…they were right on time with us 20 year olds back in 1993-1997 grunge era (kids-young adults)
There's a couple of solo acoustic versions of Chris doing this that are very beautiful.
it's that kind of voice that we can call as THE voice in music, he can song classic shit like that or angrier song like "Let it drown" in the same album
Spoonman (Official video) from Soundgarden would be another great choice - feat. Artis the Spoonman playing the Spoons :)
Chills this gives me.Soundgarden Is Perfect.
This video hit MTV when I was 10 and it scared the living bejesus out of me.
I have always loved this song but I love the acoustic version even MORE!!!!!! ✌️💙🎵
From Chris Cornell by way of wikipedia..
" "I wrote it in my head driving home from Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, a 35-40 minute drive from Seattle. It sparked from something a news anchor said on TV and I heard wrong. I heard 'blah blah blah black hole sun blah blah blah'. I thought that would make an amazing song title, but what would it sound like? It all came together, pretty much the whole arrangement including the guitar solo that's played beneath the riff. I spent a lot of time spinning those melodies in my head so I wouldn't forget them. I got home and whistled it into a Dictaphone. The next day I brought it into the real world, assigning a couple of key changes in the verse to make the melodies more interesting. Then I wrote the lyrics and that was similar, a stream of consciousness based on the feeling I got from the chorus and title" "
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" "It's just sort of a surreal dreamscape, a weird, play-with-the-title kind of song" "
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" "Lyrically it's probably the closest to me just playing with words for words' sake, of anything I've written. I guess it worked for a lot of people who heard it, but I have no idea how you'd begin to take that one literally." "
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Which is all rather strange considering it seemed pretty obvious even at the time {I turned 18 in December 94} and absolutely certain now that this was a call for the World to End!
Chris Cornell was 29 when Superunknown was released and probably 28 when he wrote Black Hole Sun, he grew up in the 70s and 80s turning 16 in 1980 and 26 in 1990.
The video is clearly a play on ostensibly right of centre suburban christian and jewish americans of the 70s and 80s believing that life was a utopia whilst early members of suburban generation x like Chris grew up not knowing their place in that fake world.
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Generation X were born as of 1964 so yes Chris Cornell was Generation X - Boomers were 46-63, Gen X 64-81, Millennials 82-99, Gen Z 00-17, Alphas 18-35.
Jan 1 46 to Dec 31 63 is 18 years - A Generation
Jan 1 00 to Dec 31 17 in 18 years - It may look like 17 but you're counting the full year of 2000 and the full year of 2017.
Soundgarden, one of the Seattle Big Four; ALICE IN CHAINS, SOUNDGARDEN, NIRVANA and PEARL JAM!
The entire summer of 1994 I could not get this song out of my head! Probably my favorite Soundgarden track is Blow Up the Outside World. I also love Burden in My Hand.
NIce reaction, I saw a nice interview with Chris about 10 years ago. He said he wrote this song in about 2 hrs while driving home from a gig. Wrote the music and lyrics in his head and when he got home he sang it into a recorder in case he was too high to remember. But said he did remember every note the next morning. Just an amazing talent.
Audio slave is also one of his bands you really should check them out
Wikipedia-Chris Cornell said I wrote it in my head driving home from Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, a 35-40 minute drive from Seattle. It sparked from something a news anchor said on TV and I heard wrong. I heard 'blah blah blah black hole sun blah blah blah'. I thought that would make an amazing song title, but what would it sound like? It all came together, pretty much the whole arrangement including the guitar solo that's played beneath the riff. I spent a lot of time spinning those melodies in my head so I wouldn't forget them. I got home and whistled it into a Dictaphone. The next day I brought it into the real world, assigning a couple of key changes in the verse to make the melodies more interesting. Then I wrote the lyrics and that was similar, a stream of consciousness based on the feeling I got from the chorus and title.
I love this song. Thank you for doing this review. RIP Chris, you will always be remembered in your music.
Watch and react to his live version of “nothing compares to you”…. You’ll love it :).
Had the pleasure of seeing him on various projects over the years. What an amazing soul he was.
I discovered this album in seventh grade. The early 90s, thanks Columbia House! Changed my life. 40!
P.S. You're five months older than me. 1980 was the best year to be born! 40!
I did a comparative paper on this song and the book Pedro Paramo. 2 different languages but the exact same imagery. Cornell is quoted as saying he wrote this song after seeing the moon rock Seatle used to have. The song is more of a reflection of that experience.
Ya,thats what everyone thought the first time we watched this video too!!! 😂😂😂I recommend Rusty Cage,Outshined,& most other songs...spoon man is a trippy video as well.😂chris actually had an AWESOME vocal range and tone...he was an incredible singer.🎶❤✌
You TOTALLY NEED TO hear his cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U"!!!
Here you go and thank you! Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Chris Cornell - "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Prince Cover)! BRUH!!!!
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@@BlackPegasusRaps I saw that right after I dropped the comment! LMAO! 🤣
"Jane's Addiction" (been caught stealing) would be a good reaction
it's a Vibrating belt machine and was popular in the 1950's as gym workout. its a belt that goes around the wait and shakes.
I still want to see the...proof?...files?...on who was jiggling away their body fat. It honestly seems so stupid that if was introduced today it would be endorsed by Kim Kardashian on insta.
NEVER another CHRIS CORNELL!! RIP, CHRIS!!! SO MANY great tunes this man leant his talent to...and, they're ALL SUPERB!!! I miss him: SO MUCH!! I still like COCHISE with Audioslave...and, the video that goes with it is: FIRE!! But ANY Soundgarden or Audioslave with Chris is a TRUE TREAT!!! ...and, usually VERY DEEP & DARK! They will truly make you think: FOR SURE!! HUGS!
I’m 36 when I was young me and my sister were scared of this music video…I liked the scare and love this channel thanks for watching all diff kinds of music🎉
This video is embedded in my brain from my childhood lol. Seen it first time on beavis and butthead I think. Rip Chris Cornell.
Chris said this song had no real meaning, he said something along the lines of, "just playing with words for words’ sake. It’s just sort of a surreal dreamscape, a weird, play with the title kind of song.
The title was a misheard sentence on the radio, he wrote in in 30 minutes in the car. He said it is a "sad" song but no real meaning.
The loss of Chris was crushing. Still is.
Oh you where questioning the lady with the vibrating belt on. Back in the 50s and 60s that was a big part of home exercise equipment. It was believed with just 15 minutes of exercise a day with it you to could lose pounds and inches. The man was choosing the traditional way of exercising while she was just doing the "easy" way.
There is a park in Seattle called A Sound Garden. It really someone’s piece of art and It’s actually a very cool spot. I am not 💯 sure that’s where the name came from, but it’s definitely possible. You can look up videos on UA-cam of the park and hear what gives it its name.
He explains how this song came to him while driving (lyrics, arrangement, everything as we hear it) in an interview on Howard Stern. Then goes straight into an awesome acoustic performance of the song. Rock God!
He misheard some one saying something on the radio "Black hole sun" and used that to create the entire song, pretty amazing.
@@viracocha03that is what I remember too from one of his interviews
You definitely are starting to understand Chris's writing, I absolutely agree with feeling like we are in a twilight clown world 🤔and how alot of his songs are relevant today. Definitely check out some interviews. Be prepared to dive deep down the rabbit hole 😜
Black Hole Sun is occultic language for the opening of the bottomless pit and the fallen angel Apollyon or Abbadon, coming with his legions of locusts to plague mankind, basically the beginning of woes foretold in revelation. Tons of occult sybolism throughout the video.
You should do Fell on black days next. It’s awesome. Great singer who struggled with depression and suicidal ideation. RIP Chris.❤
Many great songs in this album. Superunknown, spoonman. The day I tried to live, etc. masterpiece!
You should check out the Temple of the Dog tune Call me a dog. How Chris had that much soul at the age of 27 is an enigma. Also Holy Water and 4th of July by SoundGarden are some of his most soulful jams.
I think this came out when I was 3. my dad told when it would come on MTV I was so fascinated by the video lol 😅😂
Spoonman is my favorite soundgarden song. This is 2nd. My favorite song of all time is tomorrow silver chair.
4:07 Your look of dismay! 😂 Enjoyed watching your range of facial reactions throughout. But thank you for staying the course and not being distracted by the video … good thoughts.
🖤 this one is awesome 🖤
Rip Chris Cornell 🕯️🖤
Chris Cornell characterized the lyrics as a stream of consciousness, inspired by the emotions evoked by the chorus and title.
i highly recommend you to listen to some more soundgarden they are super diverse so listening to only one song doesn't give you the full spectrum to their sound i recommend you Outshined, The Day I Tried To Live, Blow Up The Outside World, Fell On Black Days ect, Burden In My Hand, Spoonman ect ... they are just really good
Soundgarden is one of the groups whose genre is debated. While they were initially greeted as a part of the rising Grunge genre, many in the heavy metal community place them squarely in the Stoner Metal genre. So, what is Stoner Metal? It is a subgenre of Doom Metal. Doom Metal exemplified by Black Sabbath is metal that slows the music down. Instead of speeding guitars you have a ponderous brontosaurs pounding along. Doom is also notable for being depressing hence the name Doom. As the name indicates while not required many of the bands focus on drug themes. Stoner Metal basically is Doom Metal that is too happy. Soundgarden is possibly the most widely known artist in this genre. Other artists to checkout: Sleep "Dopesmoker," Kyuss "Demon Cleaner," Bongzilla "Grim Reefer," and Church of Misery "Brother Bishop."
God I loved this video when it first came out. Shout Out to good ole Much Music! Which was our version of MTV here in Canada 😊
Funny how badly I wanted him to hit that Smashing Pumpkin's video suggestion at the end and keep the amazing early 90's soundtrack going, god I feel lucky to have been in my early to mid teens back then and have all those bands peaking.
This was the first music video I ever saw when I was 5 and it creeped me out so bad 😂
An amazing songwriter. I recommend doing a deep dive into their Badmotorfinger album. It was this album before this one, Superunknown, which is a phenomenal album in it's own right.
Drinking would go along with the video too. I don't see the people as fake, I see them acting like we all do every day of our lives. people come to me because they are afraid. It does them no good for me to cry because my grandfather is dying, the man I loved abandoned me and I am too devastated to try again so I will be alone forever, my employer is replacing me with someone with almost no training after I moved to take the job, I have no retirement, etc etc etc. so I smile and try to be reassuring for them. being "fake" takes a lot of strength. I think almost everyone does it to some extent. the black hole sun (which actually looks like the vortex created in a tall glass) takes away all the BS so the people can express how they really feel. they aren't hypocrites, they're desperate, and now they're free.
Black hole sun , I played this all day for the eclipse last week
This song was my first slow dance. At a Skate-Estate no less.
You should listen to Golden Earing - "Twilight Zone", it's a really wild song that holds up incredibly well in 2024. The 8 minute version is best.
If you haven't yet...You should do chris' other band temple of the dog "hunger strike" the band he was in with eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam... it's a huge hit that still played every day on rock stations 30 years later they both have great vocals and trade off vocal spotlight back and forth
It's the beauty of music ... Art in general ... It's how it affects you that's important.
Take a listen to the pear jam/Soundgarden collab.. Temple of the Dog