I still get chills when I hear Chris Cornell sing. While Pearl Jam was my favorite band in the 90's, Chris is by far my favorite male vocalist. He may even be my favorite male vocalist of all time. What a loss. RIP.
The guy could sing alright! if you listen to all his back catalog, he could sing everyone else's song and own it - VERY few can sing a Chris Cornell song and do it justice. His loss still saddens me daily.
Audioslave with Chris Cornell on lead vocals was great. His lyrics are superb. Songs like “ I AM THE HIGHWAY “ and “ SHOW ME HOW TO LIVE” 2 examples from as great of a debut record as has ever been released in my opinion. Take care.
Like everything else sang and composed in the mind of Chris Cornell, this album has SOOOO much raw, vivid emotion that I can never make it through a full album without shedding at least one tear. I wore this cassette out twice, have bought the CD twice and now have it on digital. I've introduced my wife, daughter and now granddaughter to Chris through this album. A top 10 album of mine ever, and a one off at that. Brilliant. Devastating. Epic.
I knew this story and loved all the bands involved. When I first heard Eddie’s voice I was home. Andrew’s death was tragic losing Chris later on just hurt so much. Eddie is still standing and I love him still to this day. I listened to the Temple of the Dog album on repeat for years and it helped me stay in this world when I was trying hard to leave it.
Hunger Strike is such a beautiful and rocking song. Thank you for this song and thank you for anything from the 90's. The decade that shaped my musical taste that has lasted to this day. Grunge, alternative, pop punk, post grunge, call it what you will, I loved it all. Thank you Professor, 3 Chords and the truth and Godspeed! Say Hello to Heaven! R.I.P. Andrew Wood and Chris Cornell
When Eddie Vedder leans into the mic & lets out that first line, you know you’ve heard something. You’re not sure what. But you heard it. And my god… WHAT DID I JUST HEAR?! WHO IS THAT?! GIVE ME MORE!! Thank you Chris & Eddie. My own love & appreciation of music changed from that day forward. My son is even named in honor of Andrew Wood. Not for his short time here & certainly his tragically all too early end, but for what he could have been & now looking back at what he inspired. So many bands. So much amazing music. From Nirvana to the current lineup of the Foo Fighters of today, Andrew Wood was that guy. We can only wonder what would have been if he was here today. Thanks for this one Professor!
Saw Soundgarden / Pearl Jam show back in early 92 in a hollowed out grocery store in Houston (Unicorn Ballroom). Instead of a Soundgarden encore, it was Temple of the Dog. Actually met both bands before the show hanging out behind the venue. Amazing show.
Temple Of The Dog is such a great record...start to finish imo...gets played often in my world, as well as Mother Lovebone, turned more than a few into fans over the years. Keep on rockin!! Cheers!!!!
I love this song... I bonded with a younger coworker over this years ago. We were talking about Cornell’s great voice, and I mentioned this song and the way he got up into that higher register as a counterpoint to Eddie’s baritone...Mark had heard the song but had somehow forgotten it (did I mention he’s younger than we are?) ...And suddenly standing in the stockroom chucking boxes in the baler, I’m singing Eddie’s part and Mark’s killing Chris’s part, and there was a pure joy in that moment.
Another fascinating story. It’s amazing that some songs start out as throwaway tracks but end up becoming huge hits. The Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder collaboration on Hunger Strike it’s so good it’s hard to believe it started out as happenstance. Certainly Eddie was in the right place at the right time.
Dude, thank you so much for covering this song. It has a lot of sentimental value to me. I was class of '90. Freshly outta school when "the scene" blew up. I remember Andy's tragic death and how it affected the community, and shortly thereafter Mia Zapata from The Gits was taken from us. I got to see many of the once-famous Seattle bands in their prime. I used to be in a band that jammed in a winery, called NAF Productions, run by the soundman from Alice in Chains. I even jammed with Sean Kinney once. Back then, around NAF, we'd see rock stars all over the place, but we were never star-struck. To us, they were just cool cats to hang out with. Man, you sure know how to hit a fella right in the nostalgia...! Keep it up brother.
I read that Eddie was really shy and uncomfortable about being on camera and that's why they had him stand in the reeds, rather than the director wanting to film someone there and picking Eddie. Regardless, the video gives me chills every time.
It's become tradition to listen to the song/group you highlight right after each episode. Headphones, just me and the song, but now I have some insight I didn't have years ago. You're like fudge on ice cream, professor, making that good thing even better. Thanks bro. Off to do hunger strike 🎧
Mid 80's to early 90's was a great time in country music. That was what I was listening to at the time. My son was in high school and listening to the new "grunge" music and I loved that new rock music was coming back again. I still have all my CD's from that great era of rock music! Thanks for keeping it alive!
This is one song that has always hit me right in the feels. A friend of mine has a band. And he wanted to cover this song, but couldn't find anyone that could do the Vedder part. Until one night at Karaoke we tried it. Now when ever his band is playing somewhere, and I am there. He will call me up to do this song. When it is over. I hop off the stage emotionally drained. It still hits me in the feels, and a tear is running down my face when I am done. Love this song.
I was blown away with this duet the first time I heard it,like everyone else I'm sure, but had no idea how it came about until today. That was one fantastic break down professor. Still one of my absolute favorites of the whole grunge era, really a masterpiece with depth and structure.
My exhusband loved SG as we were going through our divorce and I swore to never listen to that band. I went the opposite way in the 90s and started listening to Garth, Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, etc. On the first date with my now husband back in 2005, he was listening to Pearl Jam and finally the words meant something to my soul. Then I found Audioslave and after that gave SG another chance. At this point, I stopped listening to the mainstream radio and discovered the roots of grunge. I went to my fair share of concerts but Pearl Jam was worth every single penny and then some. I regret that I missed seeing Chris Cornell when I had the chance.
I already liked the song from massive airplay in 1992-93....but I never knew the story. NOW, it's one of my most cherished songs of that era. Thank you for this. What an amazing story for an amazing song.
Hunger Strike is the most beautiful song of the grunge era. Temple of the Dog ended up as a gift for grunge fans to uncover after they'd got tired of the commercialisation of the scene. Vedder and Cornell singing together is a dream. Great rundown!
I know everyone has a favorite singer of the grunge era. All of these great front men will be immortalized as some of the best. But when I saw MTV's Unplugged of Pearl Jam, I was completely blown away by Vedder. He is my favorite from that era. Having graduated in 90 and going into college, this new grunge era music scene and culture was a huge welcome, becoming one of the greatest moments in my life. Amazing days to live through.
12 people made them. The release dates spanned one year, and just shy of three months. Magic. Mother Love Bone - Apple (19 Jul 1990), Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (16 Apr 1991), Pearl Jam - Ten (27 Aug 1991), Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (8 Oct 1991).
I was 19 and living in Tacoma (20 miles from Seattle) whilst all this shit was going on. I feel blessed by them circumstances. As asshole teenagers, I can say that me and my friends didn't really know the true intensity of the cultural tornado we were being swept up in during the early Nineties. Seriously. We would go and see these bands because it was the thing to do, never thinking how much widespread success they would soon enjoy. I would like to say that my fandom was instrumental, but... Fuckit. It's been 30 years. Now I just sound like a nostalgic numbnut.
I love this song so much. It’s one of those songs I never get tired of hearing. Two legendary voices. Still so sad Chris is gone. Reach Down is also a killer track. I love Halestorm’s cover of Hunger Strike, and Daughtry recently released another amazing cover.
This is my all time favorite time in music. I really wish that I was living there and seeing the bands play live before they made it big. Andy Wood would have been a huge 🐶 star! Love Mother Love Bone!
I always loved that entire album. The song say hello to heaven helped me through the death of my mother. It was truly an album to stand the test of time.
This is one of those albums you think is all yours. You know it front to back and think nobody knows about it. Then you realize everyone is like you, has this album and recognized something very real happened here, and they love it too. Its a personal album but it appeals to everyone. Incredible.
One of my favorite Rock records ever. Say Hello 2 Heaven was one of the best examples of C.C.'s vocal abilities and range. Hell of a tribute to a friend, indeed....
As soon as I read this videos title I knew what story you'd be telling. I love this song, it's truly one of the greatest songs ever created and Eddie and Chris are two of the greatest vocalists to ever walk the face of the earth. I'm so glad you covered the story of this song, too few even know this song in this day and age and even fewer know the story behind it. What you do here is a great thing. You're keeping alive music that holds real power within and sadly would be fading into the background if not for you and the few others like you. Again I thank you. Godspeed my friend.
Chris and Eddie were pure magic I had no idea who they were yet but they had me from that moment on. Temple of The Dog is a classic. Chris Cornell got me through a lot of dark days, his voice screamed for me when I couldn’t. Maybe one day I can listen to Say Hello To Heaven again. Rest Easy Andrew Wood and Chris Cornell…Legends
Being a big 80s rock fan I wasn't big on grunge when it took over. This song however was undeniably special. Also the video was just so perfect in every way.
This is so interesting - I'd always thought that *"Temple of the Dog"* was formed because Eddie and Chris were already both superstars. Imagine my surprise in discovering that this is the tune that introduced Eddie Vedder to the band that would become *Pearl Jam...*
I'd assumed the same thing because the video for Hunger Strike was released after Pearl Jam made it big. I knew Temple of the Dog was a tribute album to Andrew but I didn't know it was made before Pearl Jam became a band. I was already a fan of Soundgarden.
the song didn't introduce eddie to the pearl jam guys. eddie was in the studio rehearsing with the pearl jam guys, getting hired as their singer. he had been flown up by stone and jeff to audition for their new band which became pearl jam. chris was also using the same rehearsal space and they would practice the temple of the dog songs in between the soon to be pearl jam songs. eddie was just hanging around watching chris rehearse until the point he stepped in to help.
Love the song. Absolutely love it's honest simplicity. But your video brings to mind Eddie Vedder's interview w/ Howard Stern at the end of 2020. He talked about Chris a lot. It was hard to listen to parts of it. It's tragic that in the end, Chris broke someone's heart the way Andrew broke his.
Man, I know I’m 2 years late - but not far behind the other reply on your comment - as someone who heard that Stern interview, you nailed it with your comment. The other guy does make a hell of a point; but your comment didn’t need fixing, brother.
Songs like this, when talent comes together to record something much deeper, honestly (for me anyways) seem to transcend even the genre they are labeled with. I was amazed at how even though Eddie really never knew Andrew, he was able to convey close to the same amount of loss that Chris did.
It's interesting you say how natural Cornell looks with the guitar on the beach. I've always wondered "what the hell is he playing? Because it looks like he's playing something completely different from what I'm hearing." Every time I hear This song, I think about listening to it on a my walkman (cassette of course) walking home from the butcher shop I worked at my sophomore year of highschool, that would have been 1992-93. I remember right around this time, there was a playground with a public pool at the end of the street I grew up on. We would hang out and huddle behind a they stored the maintenance equipment in whenever we wanted to get stoned. The river was pretty close and there were a few U-Mass buildings that were tall and done in that 1950's/60's brutalist architecture, the kind you'd find in those eastern Soviet block nations during the cold war. Their shape, combined with the wind off the river, and the fact the park had a high hill on one side and downward slope resulted in a situation where a normal day with 5 mph wind would ramp up to 25+mph. We would all have to huddle in a circle to block the wind just in the attempt to light the damn joint, and even when we did it would go out all the time. I was there with my headphones on, not because I was listening to anything but because (I don't know what they do now) but teenagers never dressed from the weather and I was wearing a sweatshirt with a Levi's denim jacket over a sweatshirt (Champion? IOU? BUM equip?), and a baseball hat: the headphones were more like earmuffs. I had just picked up the first Pearl Jam album a week earlier and I distinctly remember the conversation: my friend Jay: "Tim, what are you listening to?" me: "Pearl Jam," J: "Who!?"(trying to be heard over the howling wind and the cursing from whoever was trying and failing at getting and keeping the joint lit). "Pearl Jam " "Who the F'ck is Pearl Jam?" "I it's Temple of the dog, without the guy from Soundgarden." Long rambling story that seems to go nowhere, the point was this was the spot in time when most knew Temple of the Dog, but Pearl Jam were an unknown. Within a few months from this moment, I suspect the line "who the F'ck is Pearl Jam isn't uttered too often.
I really must thank you for this. I'm a kid from Seattle and a massive fan of the grunge era and especially of Chris Cornell. It hurts my heart knowing he's gone too. Thanks Professor!
This song in my opinion, is one of the greatest crafted songs. The blueprint [my words] as Adam stated had some adjustments, then when finished, needed no polishing. Pain isn't something that can be polished and we just move on. Addiction is a prick. I was in denial (alcohol) for 38 years. I was in obvious denial and untill I went through a recovery program, I looked down at addicts, not realizing my hypocrisy. Coming through this Program, I'm learning more and more about empathy and sympathy for people with Addiction/s. I understood the lyrics about the corruption of the rich (which seems to come from people of generational wealth) and not harming/disrespecting people who have less than I. I had no idea this was about the loss of a best friend. Thank you Adam for sharing your gift you have, sharing it with all who watch your well put together videos. I'm 54, and the songs you tell the background of being each song more to life than they already are to me. Music is a gift, cathartic, and the soundtrack of each generation for each individuals reason.
they were ALL so, so powerful and influential in my world. too much to put in words, but I can say that I still get the same chills, the same haunting longing, and the same want for a better world each time I hear any of those songs/artists. What a revolutionary time we lived in...what a time indeed.
Hunger Strike: an amazing song and a foreshadowing of the music that swept the world. I had no idea the fun music of the ‘80s would bleed into the heavy music of the ‘90s and I am fortunate to have been here for both.
I got into music around '94, and like a lot of people, I bought it because Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder did a song together. I wasn't even aware of the history of the album when I bought it. I initially didn't pay much attention to the rest of the album, until I heard the background story. It is truly an amazing album. In my opinion, Cornell's vocals on "Times of Trouble" are among the best he ever did. In addition, the album is an absolute masterpiece from a production standpoint. It was mixed and recorded flawlessly. Any aspiring producer should be familiar with this album. The emotion and love comes through on every song, and they did a wonderful job of capturing that moment in time. I own around 2,000 albums today, and it is definitely among my favorites.
A beautiful record from start to finish, no question. I was lucky enough to be able to go to one of the 25tth anniversary shows back in late 2016 a few months before Cornell sadly passed and it was easily one of the top 5 concerts I've ever attended in my life. They played the whole Temple of the Dog album plus about half of the MotherLoveBone album released after Andy Wood's death, and a bunch of great covers by bands like Sabbath, Zeppelin, the Cure, Hendrix and Bowie, and even a solo track of Cornell's that appeared on the OST for "Singles" and an unexpected tribute to another fallen comrade by playing a cover of Mad Season's "River of Deceit," originally sung by the late Layne Staley from Alice In Chains. I remember walking into a bar earlier that day with my friends who'd traveled with me to the city the band was playing and the bartender just took a single look at us bunch of almost-forty-year-olds and said without missing a beat, "So, you guys are here to see Temple of the Dog tonight, uh?"
I wanted to go to one of those shows but couldn't. I had NO idea they added in covers of MLB and Mad Season. Really kicking myself for not going now, ha
This song was the one that opened my ears to grunge; Nirvana wasn't doing it for me. I loved the lyrics, the melody, the voices, the instrumentation. I kept hearing it on the radio, but I never heard the name of the band, or the name of the song, so I had a hard time finding the album to buy it. I even bought Pearl Jam's Ten, because I had heard one of their songs and recognized one of the singers on Hunger Strike (disappointed at first because the song wasn't on it, but eventually really dug that album). I finally figured it out and bought this one. My brother and I would sing this song at the top of our lungs. Great memories.
I was fortunate enough to see Chris Cornel at Center Stage in Atlanta. What a fantastic concert . His voice was perfect. What a shame he left us so early.
12 yrs old New Yorker when this dropped. K-Rock coooonstantly played this and while I loved it then the saturation became too much at that age. After not listening for years it's still embedded in my brain forever and love the song. Nostalgia at it's finest.
I absolutely love this whole album. Every song was a hit in my opinion. I kind of grew out of the grunge era long time ago but this is the one that I still listen to.
These are the lyrics that are absolutely absent from popular radio today. Depth is so desperately needed. I am quite sure it exists beyond radio/spotify/ect. If only those looking for new music were searching.
The song is, and has always been one of my personal favourites, at the time I first heard it, I just found it such a powerful message, then as I learned who these guys were and are, it took me on a life long musical journey. Not only were they talented singers and musicians, but there was an emotional depth to the words of a lot of their songs. I'm gonna go give it another listen, see where the music and memory takes me.
I love this song and it’s always a pleasant treat to know how great songs originate and it seems like great songs almost never make it to the album. So glad this song made it.
Watched for over a year now but never written a comment. Thank you so so much for your brilliant work and insights into music! These videos just make me smile ear to ear
First time I heard Hunger Strike, I couldn't move. I was staring at the tv screen, chills running up my spine, and my breath was caught behind a lump in my throat. To me, that song was emotional fire and ice, and it still has an effect on me to this day.
“Seattle” bands and “grunge” in general resonated with me most as a teenager and young adult, experiencing it when it was all new. “Nevermind” changed my perspective on popular music, and captivated my attention like no other record had before. What I find interesting is despite my decades-long fanhood of Soundgarden and Alice In Chains (and Pearl Jam but to a much lesser extent), the albums that are on very regular rotation in my house are the one-off projects by musicians in these bands. “Temple of the Dog” is a forever classic I never seem to get sick of. Also great is “Above” by Mad Season, featuring members of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Screaming Trees, and “Interiors” by Brad, featuring Stone Gossard.
I, too, purchased this in mid-1991. I was purchasing CDs like crazy, replacing my album and tape collections, and dipping my feet into new stuff. I was really getting into the alternative stuff coming out of Seattle, and saw this album, and purchased it. Didn't know the significance, didn't understand that these guys would go on to do anything else, just loved it. Have always loved it. Thanks for the story!
My vocal hero in my almost 57 years is Tom Jones, BUT my all-time fav rock vocalists are Paul Rodgers and ESPECIALLY Chris Cornell. That dude could sing ANYTHING. GOD BLESS you Chris!
I definitely remember playing “Hunger Strike” on my college radio station - fantastic song and album. It’s the first song I think of when I think about grunge.
Coming into music of my own beginning in late 93 early 94 and living in the puget sound was a great time to listen to music on the radio. Such a great time with so much raw energy and experimentation going on in alternative rock. Mother lovebone, mad season, screaming trees, green apple quick step, sound garden, nirvana, Pearl Jam, the Presidents, candle box, sunny day real estate, Alice-in-chains, etc.
This album is amazing start to finish. One of the best of all time and certainly of the 90s. This is what happens when a gifted songwriter is infinitely inspired. 🙌🏻❤️ It's heartbreaking that Chris and Andrew are both together again. For nearly 5 years already! 🤯💔
If there is any album tied to my soul, this was it. I connect with every song, remember who gave me the cd, what they said when they gave it to me, and where I first listened. I have to admit I was first hooked with “your savior”, but every song is perfect to me. Absolute perfection in my opinion.
I knew about Alice In Chains before they came out. I saw The Screaming Trees in 1988. I had Pearl Jam's "Alive" in 1991. I bought Temple of the Dog when it first came out. My one and only child is named after an Andrew Wood song. That said, I didnt hear the full Mother Love Bone album until about 4 years after Andy was already dead. 4 years late to the party seems like nothing this long after the Grunge golden era, but it was an eternity that I could never get back. Ive made up for lost time by replaying MLB over and over again in the decades since my first listen. I love that The Professor took time to say what an excellent front man Andy was. There is nothing more charismatic than somebody being exactly who they want to be (even if it's an Eternal Olympian God of Love in kabuki make-up named Landrew The Love God) and bursting with a love that they bestow like flower petals on the ground, wherever they go. Obviously, Andrew had a lot of demons...and it wasnt just the drugs...but he deserves every statue of him (and there ARE statues of him) and to be remembered, as The Professor just did, as the All Time Great that he is. Love Rock Awaits You, PEOPLE!
I remember hearing Hunger Strike the first time. I was like, WHO IS THAT? WOW!! That was my initial reaction, but when I came to know Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder and their music I had another reaction when I first saw their video for Hunger Strike years later. My comment was: "Hear the young lions roar!" Everytime I watch that video and listen to the pure, young vocals of Chris & Eddie at the precipice of what would become legend, it is still my favorite song from all of the 90s. Yeah Nirvana broke out and took over grunge, but Pearl Jam had the emotion of Eddie Vedder in a powerhouse tenor. His vocals coupled with the lyrics of Hunger Strike and later with Black and Even Flow, Jesus his talent was electrifying! Losing Andy, then Kurt and then Chris, it hurt then and it hurts now when I let my mind take me back there. Eddie and Pearl Jam remain and I will always be grateful for their music. Eddie's cathartic lyrics spoke straight to the soul. I'm sure new Pearl Jam fans are discovering all that great music as I type. I hope so. Just like generations of people young and old listen to The Beatles, grunge will be almost as iconic to the 90s and beyond as The Beatles were to the 60s. Hear the young lions roar!
I don't know how to express my gratitude for this video Adam, you left me speechless once again....! 🔝🔝🔝 Just as you, I so much love and respect these legendary artists from both eras: the mighty '80s and the roaring '90s. There'll never ever be bands or music to those levels!! Here's an excerpt from a song I'm working on these days... it gives an idea of how I'm forever "caught in between" these 2 decades: 😊 "Last time I tried, my life was a fairytale As that summer when I met you, when "The Final Countdown" was on the radio As that winter when I lost you, and Chris Cornell sang... Black Hole Sun, won't come and wash away the rain?" R.I.P Chris & Andy, never to be forgotten. ❤️
I don't know if it's me being 49 years old, being a lover of so many styles of music going back centuries, being a lover of stories, or just being a big over-sensitive boy, but I'm not sure I've ever watched one of your "story" videos--upbeat or tragic--without getting at least a little choked up. The power of music and story. Having a huge connection to early alt rock in the late '80s and into the '90s definitely adds to the emotion here. All that to say, keep up the amazing work and thank you for documenting the so many of the best songs of my life. Also, just saying, but I'm still not convinced Chris or Chester committed suicide. 😢😠
Man, I said it before and this is true. Chris gave me food when I told him I was starving. What a sweet soul. God Bless.
Eddie Vedder- one of my all time favorite singers. Love his voice!
I still get chills when I hear Chris Cornell sing. While Pearl Jam was my favorite band in the 90's, Chris is by far my favorite male vocalist. He may even be my favorite male vocalist of all time. What a loss. RIP.
I loved it when Pearl Jam and Soundgarden basically came together! Pearlgarden! Or Soundjam!
The guy could sing alright! if you listen to all his back catalog, he could sing everyone else's song and own it - VERY few can sing a Chris Cornell song and do it justice. His loss still saddens me daily.
Same here. Cornell had the best pipes of that generation. Pearl Jam is also my fave and it's a shame we'll never truly get a TOTD 2.
Chris Cornell was the 90s version of Early Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant.
Great rock singers.
My favorite , Soundgarden from those bands
I love Chris Cornell. His songwriting and phenominal vocals are amazing. His passing was heartbreaking. Thank you for this story.
Yeah, he was such a legend. So sad he passed away. I love “Black Hole Sun” so much.
My favorite performance of his was “A Day In The Life” at Albert Hall. Just amazing.
Audioslave with Chris Cornell on lead vocals was great. His lyrics are superb. Songs like “ I AM THE HIGHWAY “ and “ SHOW ME HOW TO LIVE” 2 examples from as great of a debut record as has ever been released in my opinion. Take care.
I love so many of his songs. "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" from Higher Truth gives me goosebumps. Chris always bared his soul when he sang.
He had a lot of talent, but he was unstable. He took the cowards way out. Don't be like him.
Like everything else sang and composed in the mind of Chris Cornell, this album has SOOOO much raw, vivid emotion that I can never make it through a full album without shedding at least one tear. I wore this cassette out twice, have bought the CD twice and now have it on digital. I've introduced my wife, daughter and now granddaughter to Chris through this album. A top 10 album of mine ever, and a one off at that. Brilliant. Devastating. Epic.
I knew this story and loved all the bands involved. When I first heard Eddie’s voice I was home. Andrew’s death was tragic losing Chris later on just hurt so much. Eddie is still standing and I love him still to this day. I listened to the Temple of the Dog album on repeat for years and it helped me stay in this world when I was trying hard to leave it.
Eddie Veddar is such a great and often overlooked vocalist. Chris has range, but Eddie has emotion. Together, they were amazing.
Eddie's vocals in Hunger Strike are like warm caramel.
Often overlooked????
@@rileyk5228 yes. Every list of great grunge vocalist include the obvious big three, but Eddie is usually not even considered.
Yeah they all tun together like melted candy
Last man standing
Chris Cornell has a voice that leaves me dazed and confused. He is the best for me.
My dads always told me he remembers hearing hunger strike before pearljam broke into the scene, its such a master piece live the whole album
Hunger Strike is such a beautiful and rocking song. Thank you for this song and thank you for anything from the 90's. The decade that shaped my musical taste that has lasted to this day. Grunge, alternative, pop punk, post grunge, call it what you will, I loved it all. Thank you Professor, 3 Chords and the truth and Godspeed! Say Hello to Heaven! R.I.P. Andrew Wood and Chris Cornell
YOu're welcome! More to come!
I love the “Going hungryyyyyyyy, yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaahhhh!”
I liked the 90’s but pop punk can kiss my big fat ass.
Eddie Vedder…there is so much behind his voice. You can feel it when he sings.
When Eddie Vedder leans into the mic & lets out that first line, you know you’ve heard something. You’re not sure what. But you heard it. And my god… WHAT DID I JUST HEAR?! WHO IS THAT?! GIVE ME MORE!! Thank you Chris & Eddie. My own love & appreciation of music changed from that day forward. My son is even named in honor of Andrew Wood. Not for his short time here & certainly his tragically all too early end, but for what he could have been & now looking back at what he inspired. So many bands. So much amazing music. From Nirvana to the current lineup of the Foo Fighters of today, Andrew Wood was that guy. We can only wonder what would have been if he was here today.
Thanks for this one Professor!
Saw Soundgarden / Pearl Jam show back in early 92 in a hollowed out grocery store in Houston (Unicorn Ballroom). Instead of a Soundgarden encore, it was Temple of the Dog. Actually met both bands before the show hanging out behind the venue. Amazing show.
Temple Of The Dog is such a great record...start to finish imo...gets played often in my world, as well as Mother Lovebone, turned more than a few into fans over the years. Keep on rockin!! Cheers!!!!
Chris Cornell was a rock god. Hunger Strike and Say Hello to Heaven are two of the best songs of my youth.
Those of us that grew up listening to these guys are so lucky. The best and last true band era.
TOTD was Chris' masterpiece in my opinion.. such a special album
I love this song... I bonded with a younger coworker over this years ago. We were talking about Cornell’s great voice, and I mentioned this song and the way he got up into that higher register as a counterpoint to Eddie’s baritone...Mark had heard the song but had somehow forgotten it (did I mention he’s younger than we are?)
...And suddenly standing in the stockroom chucking boxes in the baler, I’m singing Eddie’s part and Mark’s killing Chris’s part, and there was a pure joy in that moment.
If your friend Mark was able to nail Chris's higher vocal parts, he should probably be joining a real band, and getting his voice out there!
Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns is one of my favorites, too. The melancholy lyrics sung with a pleading desperation… 🥺
One of the best songs I've ever heard. Good call
Chris Cornell was amazing R.I.P. No matter what band he was in you knew the voice.
This record is one of the best of all time. Every single song is deep and meaningful to me.
Another fascinating story. It’s amazing that some songs start out as throwaway tracks but end up becoming huge hits.
The Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder collaboration on Hunger Strike it’s so good it’s hard to believe it started out as happenstance. Certainly Eddie was in the right place at the right time.
Dude, thank you so much for covering this song. It has a lot of sentimental value to me. I was class of '90. Freshly outta school when "the scene" blew up. I remember Andy's tragic death and how it affected the community, and shortly thereafter Mia Zapata from The Gits was taken from us. I got to see many of the once-famous Seattle bands in their prime. I used to be in a band that jammed in a winery, called NAF Productions, run by the soundman from Alice in Chains. I even jammed with Sean Kinney once. Back then, around NAF, we'd see rock stars all over the place, but we were never star-struck. To us, they were just cool cats to hang out with.
Man, you sure know how to hit a fella right in the nostalgia...! Keep it up brother.
Its amazing how well their voices harmonize together. Beautiful song, amazing vocals.
I read that Eddie was really shy and uncomfortable about being on camera and that's why they had him stand in the reeds, rather than the director wanting to film someone there and picking Eddie. Regardless, the video gives me chills every time.
It's become tradition to listen to the song/group you highlight right after each episode. Headphones, just me and the song, but now I have some insight I didn't have years ago. You're like fudge on ice cream, professor, making that good thing even better. Thanks bro. Off to do hunger strike 🎧
I do the same thing! It’s super fun!
I do the same!
Mid 80's to early 90's was a great time in country music. That was what I was listening to at the time. My son was in high school and listening to the new "grunge" music and I loved that new rock music was coming back again. I still have all my CD's from that great era of rock music! Thanks for keeping it alive!
This is one song that has always hit me right in the feels. A friend of mine has a band. And he wanted to cover this song, but couldn't find anyone that could do the Vedder part. Until one night at Karaoke we tried it. Now when ever his band is playing somewhere, and I am there. He will call me up to do this song. When it is over. I hop off the stage emotionally drained. It still hits me in the feels, and a tear is running down my face when I am done. Love this song.
These two created magic together! Absolute magic!!
I was blown away with this duet the first time I heard it,like everyone else I'm sure, but had no idea how it came about until today. That was one fantastic break down professor. Still one of my absolute favorites of the whole grunge era, really a masterpiece with depth and structure.
Thanks for watching my friend!
It is such a 90s classic.
Thank you for this “story”. Explains to me why it touched my soul and why Chris Cornell became an important artist to me personally. Great job.
Well said!
Professor delivered again!
My exhusband loved SG as we were going through our divorce and I swore to never listen to that band. I went the opposite way in the 90s and started listening to Garth, Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, etc. On the first date with my now husband back in 2005, he was listening to Pearl Jam and finally the words meant something to my soul. Then I found Audioslave and after that gave SG another chance. At this point, I stopped listening to the mainstream radio and discovered the roots of grunge. I went to my fair share of concerts but Pearl Jam was worth every single penny and then some. I regret that I missed seeing Chris Cornell when I had the chance.
Some of the best Seattle music ever made.
This whole album was perfect ❤️
Agree 100%. No weak link to speak of on that album.
Still one of my favorite albums. My favorite though is Times of Trouble. Still get teary when this plays. A masterpiece overall.
I already liked the song from massive airplay in 1992-93....but I never knew the story. NOW, it's one of my most cherished songs of that era. Thank you for this. What an amazing story for an amazing song.
This song still gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it.
Please more Chris Cornell videos. His voice was amazing. I love listening to his covers. His version of Michael Jackson Billy Jean is perfection.
Hunger Strike is the most beautiful song of the grunge era. Temple of the Dog ended up as a gift for grunge fans to uncover after they'd got tired of the commercialisation of the scene. Vedder and Cornell singing together is a dream. Great rundown!
I know everyone has a favorite singer of the grunge era. All of these great front men will be immortalized as some of the best. But when I saw MTV's Unplugged of Pearl Jam, I was completely blown away by Vedder. He is my favorite from that era. Having graduated in 90 and going into college, this new grunge era music scene and culture was a huge welcome, becoming one of the greatest moments in my life. Amazing days to live through.
12 people made them. The release dates spanned one year, and just shy of three months. Magic.
Mother Love Bone - Apple (19 Jul 1990), Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (16 Apr 1991),
Pearl Jam - Ten (27 Aug 1991), Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (8 Oct 1991).
I miss Chris Cornell's work, knowing that there will not be more saddens me still.
I was 19 and living in Tacoma (20 miles from Seattle) whilst all this shit was going on. I feel blessed by them circumstances. As asshole teenagers, I can say that me and my friends didn't really know the true intensity of the cultural tornado we were being swept up in during the early Nineties. Seriously. We would go and see these bands because it was the thing to do, never thinking how much widespread success they would soon enjoy. I would like to say that my fandom was instrumental, but... Fuckit. It's been 30 years. Now I just sound like a nostalgic numbnut.
Once in a lifetime duet... both became Legends...
I love this song so much. It’s one of those songs I never get tired of hearing. Two legendary voices. Still so sad Chris is gone. Reach Down is also a killer track. I love Halestorm’s cover of Hunger Strike, and Daughtry recently released another amazing cover.
This is my all time favorite time in music. I really wish that I was living there and seeing the bands play live before they made it big. Andy Wood would have been a huge 🐶 star! Love Mother Love Bone!
I always loved that entire album. The song say hello to heaven helped me through the death of my mother. It was truly an album to stand the test of time.
It’s wonderful to see that so many other people appreciate really great music as much as you do. Gives me hope for the future.
This is one of my all time favorite albums. I still listen to it on rotation after all these years.
This is one of those albums you think is all yours. You know it front to back and think nobody knows about it. Then you realize everyone is like you, has this album and recognized something very real happened here, and they love it too. Its a personal album but it appeals to everyone.
Incredible.
One of my favorite Rock records ever. Say Hello 2 Heaven was one of the best examples of C.C.'s vocal abilities and range. Hell of a tribute to a friend, indeed....
As soon as I read this videos title I knew what story you'd be telling. I love this song, it's truly one of the greatest songs ever created and Eddie and Chris are two of the greatest vocalists to ever walk the face of the earth. I'm so glad you covered the story of this song, too few even know this song in this day and age and even fewer know the story behind it. What you do here is a great thing. You're keeping alive music that holds real power within and sadly would be fading into the background if not for you and the few others like you.
Again I thank you. Godspeed my friend.
Chris and Eddie were pure magic I had no idea who they were yet but they had me from that moment on. Temple of The Dog is a classic. Chris Cornell got me through a lot of dark days, his voice screamed for me when I couldn’t. Maybe one day I can listen to Say Hello To Heaven again. Rest Easy Andrew Wood and Chris Cornell…Legends
Make it happen, if you haven't already. You'll be glad you did 🙂
Too few people speak so eloquently about this special time in music. You put into words exactly how I felt.
Thank you for all you've done and left behind. I'm sorry they got to you. Pedophilia is evil. I love everything you stood for. R.I.P. Chris Cornell.
I love this channel SO much! The things I learn about music, DEEP into music, are unbelievable. You definitely are THE PROFESSOR! Thank you Adam.
Agree with all of this!
Have to say this one was extremely emotional, I was definitely tearing up in the beginning, I loved how it all came together to honor Chris ❤️
Being a big 80s rock fan I wasn't big on grunge when it took over. This song however was undeniably special. Also the video was just so perfect in every way.
Even when you cover groups I don't care for or listen to, the info you impart is always worth listening too. Thanks Professor
Agreed. There are always some artists/groups/tracks I can't warm up to, but I do enjoy learning about them.
This is so interesting - I'd always thought that *"Temple of the Dog"* was formed because Eddie and Chris were already both superstars.
Imagine my surprise in discovering that this is the tune that introduced Eddie Vedder to the band that would become *Pearl Jam...*
You're still a bit lost and that's ok.
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Clearly you haven't watched the video... and that's ok
I'd assumed the same thing because the video for Hunger Strike was released after Pearl Jam made it big. I knew Temple of the Dog was a tribute album to Andrew but I didn't know it was made before Pearl Jam became a band. I was already a fan of Soundgarden.
the song didn't introduce eddie to the pearl jam guys. eddie was in the studio rehearsing with the pearl jam guys, getting hired as their singer. he had been flown up by stone and jeff to audition for their new band which became pearl jam. chris was also using the same rehearsal space and they would practice the temple of the dog songs in between the soon to be pearl jam songs. eddie was just hanging around watching chris rehearse until the point he stepped in to help.
Love the song. Absolutely love it's honest simplicity. But your video brings to mind Eddie Vedder's interview w/ Howard Stern at the end of 2020. He talked about Chris a lot. It was hard to listen to parts of it. It's tragic that in the end, Chris broke someone's heart the way Andrew broke his.
'chris broke everyone's heart' fixed it for ya.
Man, I know I’m 2 years late - but not far behind the other reply on your comment - as someone who heard that Stern interview, you nailed it with your comment. The other guy does make a hell of a point; but your comment didn’t need fixing, brother.
Songs like this, when talent comes together to record something much deeper, honestly (for me anyways) seem to transcend even the genre they are labeled with. I was amazed at how even though Eddie really never knew Andrew, he was able to convey close to the same amount of loss that Chris did.
It’s why I love supergroups so much. The story of Chris and Andrew is so emotional and sad.
It's interesting you say how natural Cornell looks with the guitar on the beach. I've always wondered "what the hell is he playing? Because it looks like he's playing something completely different from what I'm hearing."
Every time I hear This song, I think about listening to it on a my walkman (cassette of course) walking home from the butcher shop I worked at my sophomore year of highschool, that would have been 1992-93. I remember right around this time, there was a playground with a public pool at the end of the street I grew up on. We would hang out and huddle behind a they stored the maintenance equipment in whenever we wanted to get stoned. The river was pretty close and there were a few U-Mass buildings that were tall and done in that 1950's/60's brutalist architecture, the kind you'd find in those eastern Soviet block nations during the cold war. Their shape, combined with the wind off the river, and the fact the park had a high hill on one side and downward slope resulted in a situation where a normal day with 5 mph wind would ramp up to 25+mph.
We would all have to huddle in a circle to block the wind just in the attempt to light the damn joint, and even when we did it would go out all the time. I was there with my headphones on, not because I was listening to anything but because (I don't know what they do now) but teenagers never dressed from the weather and I was wearing a sweatshirt with a Levi's denim jacket over a sweatshirt (Champion? IOU? BUM equip?), and a baseball hat: the headphones were more like earmuffs. I had just picked up the first Pearl Jam album a week earlier and I distinctly remember the conversation:
my friend Jay: "Tim, what are you listening to?"
me: "Pearl Jam,"
J: "Who!?"(trying to be heard over the howling wind and the cursing from whoever was trying and failing at getting and keeping the joint lit).
"Pearl Jam "
"Who the F'ck is Pearl Jam?"
"I it's Temple of the dog, without the guy from Soundgarden."
Long rambling story that seems to go nowhere, the point was this was the spot in time when most knew Temple of the Dog, but Pearl Jam were an unknown. Within a few months from this moment, I suspect the line "who the F'ck is Pearl Jam isn't uttered too often.
I really must thank you for this. I'm a kid from Seattle and a massive fan of the grunge era and especially of Chris Cornell. It hurts my heart knowing he's gone too. Thanks Professor!
So much talent. Both singers had such distinctive voices.
This song in my opinion, is one of the greatest crafted songs. The blueprint [my words] as Adam stated had some adjustments, then when finished, needed no polishing. Pain isn't something that can be polished and we just move on. Addiction is a prick. I was in denial (alcohol) for 38 years. I was in obvious denial and untill I went through a recovery program, I looked down at addicts, not realizing my hypocrisy. Coming through this Program, I'm learning more and more about empathy and sympathy for people with Addiction/s. I understood the lyrics about the corruption of the rich (which seems to come from people of generational wealth) and not harming/disrespecting people who have less than I. I had no idea this was about the loss of a best friend. Thank you Adam for sharing your gift you have, sharing it with all who watch your well put together videos. I'm 54, and the songs you tell the background of being each song more to life than they already are to me. Music is a gift, cathartic, and the soundtrack of each generation for each individuals reason.
they were ALL so, so powerful and influential in my world. too much to put in words, but I can say that I still get the same chills, the same haunting longing, and the same want for a better world each time I hear any of those songs/artists. What a revolutionary time we lived in...what a time indeed.
Hunger Strike: an amazing song and a foreshadowing of the music that swept the world. I had no idea the fun music of the ‘80s would bleed into the heavy music of the ‘90s and I am fortunate to have been here for both.
Two of my favorite singers. Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder singing together is like the pairing of a Strat with a Les Paul.
I got into music around '94, and like a lot of people, I bought it because Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder did a song together. I wasn't even aware of the history of the album when I bought it. I initially didn't pay much attention to the rest of the album, until I heard the background story. It is truly an amazing album. In my opinion, Cornell's vocals on "Times of Trouble" are among the best he ever did. In addition, the album is an absolute masterpiece from a production standpoint. It was mixed and recorded flawlessly. Any aspiring producer should be familiar with this album. The emotion and love comes through on every song, and they did a wonderful job of capturing that moment in time. I own around 2,000 albums today, and it is definitely among my favorites.
A beautiful record from start to finish, no question. I was lucky enough to be able to go to one of the 25tth anniversary shows back in late 2016 a few months before Cornell sadly passed and it was easily one of the top 5 concerts I've ever attended in my life. They played the whole Temple of the Dog album plus about half of the MotherLoveBone album released after Andy Wood's death, and a bunch of great covers by bands like Sabbath, Zeppelin, the Cure, Hendrix and Bowie, and even a solo track of Cornell's that appeared on the OST for "Singles" and an unexpected tribute to another fallen comrade by playing a cover of Mad Season's "River of Deceit," originally sung by the late Layne Staley from Alice In Chains. I remember walking into a bar earlier that day with my friends who'd traveled with me to the city the band was playing and the bartender just took a single look at us bunch of almost-forty-year-olds and said without missing a beat, "So, you guys are here to see Temple of the Dog tonight, uh?"
I wanted to go to one of those shows but couldn't. I had NO idea they added in covers of MLB and Mad Season. Really kicking myself for not going now, ha
I presume the song from Singles was Seasons? A beautiful track.
@@the318pop Yep, that's the one.
This song was the one that opened my ears to grunge; Nirvana wasn't doing it for me. I loved the lyrics, the melody, the voices, the instrumentation. I kept hearing it on the radio, but I never heard the name of the band, or the name of the song, so I had a hard time finding the album to buy it. I even bought Pearl Jam's Ten, because I had heard one of their songs and recognized one of the singers on Hunger Strike (disappointed at first because the song wasn't on it, but eventually really dug that album). I finally figured it out and bought this one. My brother and I would sing this song at the top of our lungs. Great memories.
I was fortunate enough to see Chris Cornel at Center Stage in Atlanta. What a fantastic concert . His voice was perfect. What a shame he left us so early.
12 yrs old New Yorker when this dropped. K-Rock coooonstantly played this and while I loved it then the saturation became too much at that age. After not listening for years it's still embedded in my brain forever and love the song. Nostalgia at it's finest.
I absolutely love this whole album. Every song was a hit in my opinion. I kind of grew out of the grunge era long time ago but this is the one that I still listen to.
These are the lyrics that are absolutely absent from popular radio today. Depth is so desperately needed. I am quite sure it exists beyond radio/spotify/ect. If only those looking for new music were searching.
The song is, and has always been one of my personal favourites, at the time I first heard it, I just found it such a powerful message, then as I learned who these guys were and are, it took me on a life long musical journey. Not only were they talented singers and musicians, but there was an emotional depth to the words of a lot of their songs. I'm gonna go give it another listen, see where the music and memory takes me.
I love this song and it’s always a pleasant treat to know how great songs originate and it seems like great songs almost never make it to the album. So glad this song made it.
Watched for over a year now but never written a comment. Thank you so so much for your brilliant work and insights into music! These videos just make me smile ear to ear
Great album. Adam, thank you for doing these videos about Andy. He was such a great, unique talent.
More to come. Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorn for sure.
First time I heard Hunger Strike, I couldn't move. I was staring at the tv screen, chills running up my spine, and my breath was caught behind a lump in my throat. To me, that song was emotional fire and ice, and it still has an effect on me to this day.
“Seattle” bands and “grunge” in general resonated with me most as a teenager and young adult, experiencing it when it was all new. “Nevermind” changed my perspective on popular music, and captivated my attention like no other record had before.
What I find interesting is despite my decades-long fanhood of Soundgarden and Alice In Chains (and Pearl Jam but to a much lesser extent), the albums that are on very regular rotation in my house are the one-off projects by musicians in these bands.
“Temple of the Dog” is a forever classic I never seem to get sick of. Also great is “Above” by Mad Season, featuring members of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Screaming Trees, and “Interiors” by Brad, featuring Stone Gossard.
I, too, purchased this in mid-1991. I was purchasing CDs like crazy, replacing my album and tape collections, and dipping my feet into new stuff. I was really getting into the alternative stuff coming out of Seattle, and saw this album, and purchased it. Didn't know the significance, didn't understand that these guys would go on to do anything else, just loved it. Have always loved it. Thanks for the story!
My vocal hero in my almost 57 years is Tom Jones, BUT my all-time fav rock vocalists are Paul Rodgers and ESPECIALLY Chris Cornell. That dude could sing ANYTHING. GOD BLESS you Chris!
I definitely remember playing “Hunger Strike” on my college radio station - fantastic song and album. It’s the first song I think of when I think about grunge.
Coming into music of my own beginning in late 93 early 94 and living in the puget sound was a great time to listen to music on the radio. Such a great time with so much raw energy and experimentation going on in alternative rock. Mother lovebone, mad season, screaming trees, green apple quick step, sound garden, nirvana, Pearl Jam, the Presidents, candle box, sunny day real estate, Alice-in-chains, etc.
This album is amazing start to finish. One of the best of all time and certainly of the 90s. This is what happens when a gifted songwriter is infinitely inspired. 🙌🏻❤️ It's heartbreaking that Chris and Andrew are both together again. For nearly 5 years already! 🤯💔
The first time I heard this song, it blew me the hell away. I think I was 14 at the time and I was just floored by the power.
If there is any album tied to my soul, this was it. I connect with every song, remember who gave me the cd, what they said when they gave it to me, and where I first listened. I have to admit I was first hooked with “your savior”, but every song is perfect to me. Absolute perfection in my opinion.
Glad that Andrew Wood and their music found you.
I knew about Alice In Chains before they came out. I saw The Screaming Trees in 1988. I had Pearl Jam's "Alive" in 1991. I bought Temple of the Dog when it first came out. My one and only child is named after an Andrew Wood song. That said, I didnt hear the full Mother Love Bone album until about 4 years after Andy was already dead. 4 years late to the party seems like nothing this long after the Grunge golden era, but it was an eternity that I could never get back. Ive made up for lost time by replaying MLB over and over again in the decades since my first listen. I love that The Professor took time to say what an excellent front man Andy was. There is nothing more charismatic than somebody being exactly who they want to be (even if it's an Eternal Olympian God of Love in kabuki make-up named Landrew The Love God) and bursting with a love that they bestow like flower petals on the ground, wherever they go. Obviously, Andrew had a lot of demons...and it wasnt just the drugs...but he deserves every statue of him (and there ARE statues of him) and to be remembered, as The Professor just did, as the All Time Great that he is. Love Rock Awaits You, PEOPLE!
Have always loved this song! Two of the greatest rock vocalists in my opinion. Thanks for profiling this song!
Loved this song from the jump, but now... a whole new level of respect and appreciation. Thank you for this wonderful vid!
Two of my alltime favorite bands. This album was and still is one of the most essential soundtracks of my 20 and to be frank, of my life.
The Seattle grunge Era is still my favorite music of all time!!! EPIC! Chris Cornell is my favorite but ALL of them are great.
Not much of a grunge (or alternative rock, as it was known back then) but the “Singles” soundtrack was captivating. One of the best soundtracks ever!
Beautifully written ending their songs will leave our cups overfilled indeed.
This is a MASTERPIECE episode, heavy gratitude Adam.
I remember hearing Hunger Strike the first time. I was like, WHO IS THAT? WOW!! That was my initial reaction, but when I came to know Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder and their music I had another reaction when I first saw their video for Hunger Strike years later. My comment was: "Hear the young lions roar!" Everytime I watch that video and listen to the pure, young vocals of Chris & Eddie at the precipice of what would become legend, it is still my favorite song from all of the 90s. Yeah Nirvana broke out and took over grunge, but Pearl Jam had the emotion of Eddie Vedder in a powerhouse tenor. His vocals coupled with the lyrics of Hunger Strike and later with Black and Even Flow, Jesus his talent was electrifying! Losing Andy, then Kurt and then Chris, it hurt then and it hurts now when I let my mind take me back there. Eddie and Pearl Jam remain and I will always be grateful for their music. Eddie's cathartic lyrics spoke straight to the soul. I'm sure new Pearl Jam fans are discovering all that great music as I type. I hope so. Just like generations of people young and old listen to The Beatles, grunge will be almost as iconic to the 90s and beyond as The Beatles were to the 60s. Hear the young lions roar!
I don't know how to express my gratitude for this video Adam, you left me speechless once again....! 🔝🔝🔝
Just as you, I so much love and respect these legendary artists from both eras: the mighty '80s and the roaring '90s. There'll never ever be bands or music to those levels!!
Here's an excerpt from a song I'm working on these days... it gives an idea of how I'm forever "caught in between" these 2 decades: 😊
"Last time I tried, my life was a fairytale
As that summer when I met you, when "The Final Countdown" was on the radio
As that winter when I lost you, and Chris Cornell sang... Black Hole Sun, won't come and wash away the rain?"
R.I.P Chris & Andy, never to be forgotten. ❤️
I don't know if it's me being 49 years old, being a lover of so many styles of music going back centuries, being a lover of stories, or just being a big over-sensitive boy, but I'm not sure I've ever watched one of your "story" videos--upbeat or tragic--without getting at least a little choked up. The power of music and story. Having a huge connection to early alt rock in the late '80s and into the '90s definitely adds to the emotion here. All that to say, keep up the amazing work and thank you for documenting the so many of the best songs of my life.
Also, just saying, but I'm still not convinced Chris or Chester committed suicide. 😢😠