I'm also going to disagree with myself as Eddie Vedder is a fantastic rock vocalist as well as Layne. Patton and Maynard. Yeah, music is not contest, everyone has their own place :)
4th of July reminds me of the soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic wasteland. One of the most underrated Soundgarden songs ever. It should have been a single no question.
CC was a criminally under rated rhythm and lead player, just watched a '92 vid of JCP and noticed his amazing picking hand, and here no count in or shit just plays the riff flawlessly
20 years after it was released on record, after a dodgy breakup and some seriously rubbish Timbaland crap, Cornell and SG just come back and nail this song like it's still the 90s!
Tom Davies Cheers Tom! My sentiments exactly ! Although Chris can't quite sing like the old days but fuck, he's not 25 anymore. This song has been going through my head since the election. I guess I'm resigned to global catastrophe. But it's all good; pour a drink, roll a joint , light a Roman candle and hold it in your hand!
Unfortunately I'm in the US and 10 miles from a "Primary target" big air force base, so I won't be able to experience the fallout. But at least I'll die before I know it, a flash of light and it's over, War Games style. Probably for the best
Superunknown is a masterpiece...brilliant songwriting on every song. Heavy and lyrically dark but experimental simultaneously. I appreciate S.G. even more now almost 30 years later.
Come to think of it, in it's chord structuring and melody, so did "Black Hole Sun"... I could hear the Beatles in their later years easily do EITHER of those songs and think SoundGarden were doing cover versions. That's actually a compliment, by the way.
RIP Chris Cornell. This is my favourite Soundgarden song and I'm so sad that you're gone too soon. It makes me even sadder knowing that you were suffering and felt you had no other option. :(
This was such a great day, faith no more were superb, Soundgarden rocked and Sabbath were amazing...and the weather was superb and the beer was cold :)
That was absolutely beautiful. I had the privilege of seeing Soundgarden at Reading Festival in 1995. I wish i had seen them many times. RIP Chris. You were the best!
"And everywhere no one cares the fire is spreading And no one wants to speak about it" Damn the way that he means it and screams "a fire is spreading" is just amazing.
This man was an oracle...April 1994 Chris took some acid then decided to take a walk down the Native American reservation..lo and behold voices spoke to him comforting feelings attracted like he wasn't alone in a dreamy like conciousness yet whenever he looked back only glimpses of this spirit telling him to listen and write so Cornell did and we have this GLORIOUS MESSAGE we should heed "4th of July" was for us a warning of CERN and its capabilities with the Hadron Collider. ..YES he struggled with depression and substance abuse but he LOVED LIFE he did not take his own life..he was sent here to link us together not tear us apart.. FOREVER GREATFUL RIP CHRIS CORNELL!!!
This is a true American masterpiece. Chris IMO here was being diplomatic to his UK audience but I'll always listen to this on Independence Day. Happy 4th of July!
4th of July 2019! Glad I took a dive and found this precious download! Thank you Chris (RIP) and thank you Kristy for sharing this gem!! \000/ \000/ Now where did I leave my superunknown CD
I’ve been a major fan of Chris’s for a year now, and despite being very aware of his passing, it’s only just really hit me that I will never, ever get the privilege of seeing him live. I‘d just turned 17 when he passed, so I’m not sure it would have been possible anyway. Still... Damn.
but... you live in an era where every show was uploaded in youtube, and for free. Not the same, but better than people who died wishing having seeen other artists live.
Listening and watching today July 4th 2020. What a song ! Epic Chris vocals . Everything about it is true Soundgarden sound and Kim is such a legend with how nonchalantly he strikes the pose and hits his opening riff !!!
some how or another I missed this song in my childhood years, which idk how. at now 32 acouple of years ago I heard it for the first time and its at the top of my soundgarden songs.
I was there and this was my 42nd birthday (so he sang it for me ha!)I don't know why i haven't got round to finding this before but what a great day that was, and that colossal riff resonates with me so much :)
What's Matt saying to Chris at the end? It looks like he's saying "It's too loud?". I wonder what he's talking about, backing vocals, or drums or what.
