First it steals your mind and then it steals your... your POLL: SUPERUNKNOWN

I can't believe "Mailman" got no love. (Didn't see this til today or I woulda voted for it.)

this, me, too.

I thought I was sick of Black Hole Sun, but re-listening to this recently it's actually a decent song that works well in the context of the album.

im still sick of it. I have to skip it.

chap is totes otm

it's a great song, but I cant bear to ever hear it. Cable tv hitting my town coincided with the video being released and it completely ruined it for me. It was inescapable on mtv/the box etc.
Thankfully when I saw soundgarden, cornell did a solo acoustic version of it, so it at least was different. I think i'll have nightmares about that video.

i don't think i've ever seen the video

damn kids

I'd forgotten how nice the guitar tone in the verses is.

I was utterly convinced it was a steel drum for like the first 6 months after the album came out

leslie ftw

classic pretentious grunge video (see also: Nirvana's Heart Shaped Box, STP's Vaseline...)

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.

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.

Def Cornell's best vocals on this album.

"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.

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.

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.

"fresh tendrils" is my favorite soundgarden song. it's so knotted up in itself you can lose track of it.

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.

Yeah, it's like the definitive deep cut, really great getting to know it slowly. Love the "If-it-sits-upon-your-tongue" part.

yes!! fresh fucking tendrils!!

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.

my place was beneath you, but now i am above.

think day i tried to live might have nudged ahead of head down and limo wreck these days

spoonmaayuunnnnn

yes!! fresh fucking tendrils!!

― forkshighwaytopoopon (some dude), Tuesday, August 16, 2011 11:01 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark

Mailman and Limo Wreck are so massively heavy

4th Of July achieves supreme heaviosity too.

Yeah those octaved vocals are a great touch

Limo Wreck was the jam in summer 94

4th Of July achieves supreme heaviosity too.

― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 30 June 2013 20:27 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah those octaved vocals are a great touch

― Neanderthal, Sunday, 30 June 2013 20:29 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM!

the guitars on 4th of july sound like they've been steeped in a bbq smoker for several weeks

Also OTM

This album is so well sequenced.

Choosing a favourite track on this is difficult, today I would have chosen 'My Wave'... could be different if you asked me tomorrow, though.

My Wave is a rhythmic delight. they should use it in high school music classes.

Absolutely! Not just the 5/4 verses, but that little breakdown section after the first chorus. Wonderful stuff.

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.

yes!! fresh fucking tendrils!!

― forkshighwaytopoopon (some dude), Tuesday, August 16, 2011 11:01 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark

― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, June 30, 2013 5:58 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

The first dude I ever crushed on could play "Fell On Black Days" perfectly. Sigh.

that and Spoonman were some of the earliest songs I learned on guitar

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

hah just caught this thread and immediately played 4th of July on Spotify

"just caught this thread revive ahem...."

otm, perfect timing for another listen, been a couple months.

I love the licks in the title track.

Deluxe edition!

when the main riff returns in the middle of "Fresh Tendrils" I can practically hear the arena crowds cheering.

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.