i don't think i've ever seen the video
― a steak of romanticism (country matters), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 22:46 (fifteen years ago) link
damn kids
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 22:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd forgotten how nice the guitar tone in the verses is.
― chap, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I was utterly convinced it was a steel drum for like the first 6 months after the album came out
― andrei armpitshavin (some dude), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
leslie ftw
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:58 (fifteen years ago) link
classic pretentious grunge video (see also: Nirvana's Heart Shaped Box, STP's Vaseline...)
― jagged-electronically mäandernden underbody (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Really grooving on "Like Suicide" today, although as a non-metal-head I sort of tune out the long long solos and so on - but it's one of Cornell's best melodies and some great lyrics too. "Safe outside my gilded cage, with an ounce of pain / I wield a ton of rage." Not sure what he's talking about but it sounds so great.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
This is my favorite rock lp. Probably my favorite drumming on a rock record too.
Love how how his vocals go past red on Mailman when he sings "RIDIIIIING", like they just cranked it over the top to give it that hair-splitting crackly edge.
― Nite Crump (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
Def Cornell's best vocals on this album.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
"but it also sounded really muddy"
Nah, this has always been my go to record for testing speakers/headphones. Its exactly how I want my big budget rock records to sound. For how much is going on underneath, there is plenty if distinction and space imo. The vocals aren't overly prominent, which was probably hard as Cornell was at his peak. Badmotorfinger sounds really tinny though, could stand a re-master.
― Nite Crump (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
xp
His vocals are perfect. Not many that could/can do the things he does on this record. Hard to even pick like one song that stands above another, as far as vocals go.
― Nite Crump (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
some dude otm in this thread, even down to his love for Fresh Tendrils. Love the intro on that, and the coda, and the bass, and that little horn stab when it kicks back in after the breakdown.
So many details on this album, I still get genuine excitement when I settle down to listen to it.
― Nite Crump (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
"fresh tendrils" is my favorite soundgarden song. it's so knotted up in itself you can lose track of it.
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
Ya it starts like its just gonna be this simple kick/snare/riff/bass thing but then it just kind of goes off in all these tangents and rhythm switches. Kind of teases at a major guitar solo at the end too.
― Nite Crump (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it's like the definitive deep cut, really great getting to know it slowly. Love the "If-it-sits-upon-your-tongue" part.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
yes!! fresh fucking tendrils!!
― forkshighwaytopoopon (some dude), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
this thread has inspired me to crank superunknown on the way to work this morning. no big deal, i do this every couple of weeks or so anyway tbh.
― sbgorf (stevie), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 07:09 (twelve years ago) link
my place was beneath you, but now i am above.
― j., Monday, 1 July 2013 00:02 (ten years ago) link
think day i tried to live might have nudged ahead of head down and limo wreck these days
― rockety communism (imago), Monday, 1 July 2013 00:09 (ten years ago) link
spoonmaayuunnnnn
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 1 July 2013 00:58 (ten years ago) link
― forkshighwaytopoopon (some dude), Tuesday, August 16, 2011 11:01 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark
Mailman and Limo Wreck are so massively heavy
― Neanderthal, Monday, 1 July 2013 01:25 (ten years ago) link
4th Of July achieves supreme heaviosity too.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 1 July 2013 01:27 (ten years ago) link
Yeah those octaved vocals are a great touch
― Neanderthal, Monday, 1 July 2013 01:29 (ten years ago) link
Limo Wreck was the jam in summer 94
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 1 July 2013 02:49 (ten years ago) link
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OTM!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 1 July 2013 02:57 (ten years ago) link
the guitars on 4th of july sound like they've been steeped in a bbq smoker for several weeks
― my eventual wife (stevie), Monday, 1 July 2013 06:26 (ten years ago) link
Also OTM
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 1 July 2013 06:35 (ten years ago) link
This album is so well sequenced.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 1 July 2013 12:34 (ten years ago) link
Choosing a favourite track on this is difficult, today I would have chosen 'My Wave'... could be different if you asked me tomorrow, though.
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 13:09 (ten years ago) link
My Wave is a rhythmic delight. they should use it in high school music classes.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 14:22 (ten years ago) link
Absolutely! Not just the 5/4 verses, but that little breakdown section after the first chorus. Wonderful stuff.
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
yeah, it's kind of fun remembering this was a 'hit' on modern rock radio (at least in my town) for a while in the early 90s. granted, nowhere near played as much as Spoonman or Black Hole Sun, but it was cool hearing a song this off-kilter on the radio.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 14:27 (ten years ago) link
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― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link
The first dude I ever crushed on could play "Fell On Black Days" perfectly. Sigh.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 21:01 (ten years ago) link
that and Spoonman were some of the earliest songs I learned on guitar
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 21:04 (ten years ago) link
honestly that album is a helluva lotta fun for a home rhythm guitarist.
oh god there's a cankles post from another thread that i am so tempted to post right now xp
― Poor Turrican (some dude), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 21:05 (ten years ago) link
hah just caught this thread and immediately played 4th of July on Spotify
― my super-power is to turn into a bowling ball (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 4 July 2013 04:17 (ten years ago) link
"just caught this thread revive ahem...."
otm, perfect timing for another listen, been a couple months.
― Shock G Mo Collier (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 4 July 2013 04:41 (ten years ago) link
I love the licks in the title track.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 4 July 2013 13:17 (ten years ago) link
Deluxe edition!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 02:20 (ten years ago) link
when the main riff returns in the middle of "Fresh Tendrils" I can practically hear the arena crowds cheering.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link
looking forward to combing through the bonus tracks and seeing if there's anything interesting or fun in there. wish i could catch one of the shows where they're playing the album.
― some dude, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 02:24 (ten years ago) link
It's crazy when you think about how much music changed between 1974 and 1994. Music hasn't really changed too much in the last 20 years, other than technologies and distribution.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 02:32 (ten years ago) link
well Cornell's hair
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 02:33 (ten years ago) link
It's crazy when you think about how much music changed between 1974 and 1994 but Soundgarden made an amazing album that was basically grunge Zep.
― some dude, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 02:40 (ten years ago) link
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, July 2, 2013 9:29 AM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 02:48 (ten years ago) link
It's crazy when you think about how much music changed between 1974 and 1994 but Soundgarden made an amazing album that was basically grunge Zep. --some dude
by 1994 the Beatles influence is starting to creep in
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 02:54 (ten years ago) link