Comments on: Meet Someone Else Who Doesn’t Doesn’t Care For The Chris Cornell Record

By: Thierry

Thierry — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:14:48 +0000

At least Cornell kept his pants on:

By: loudersoft

loudersoft — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:58:39 +0000

Guys, can’t you just chill out on Chris Cornell and let him pretend to be Robin Thicke for five minutes?

By: DocStrange

DocStrange — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:25:24 +0000

@Al Shipley: And you got to remember that one of Alice In Chains' best song ("Got Me Wrong") hit the Modern Rock Chain only because it was on the "Clerks" soundtrack.

But each of the Big Four Seatlle Bands (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Soundgarden) and the California band that ripped them off (Stone Temple Pilots) all did well on both charts.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:07:41 +0000

@2ironic4u: Yeah, they were kind of in the same situation as Alice In Chains, big on both but slightly bigger on Mainstream.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:58:46 +0000

@Al Shipley: I figured you'd be the one to ask if anybody but, to me, Soundgarden might have been one of those rare bands that performed just as well on both the Mainstream and Modern Rock chart.

By: jt.ramsay

jt.ramsay — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:50:47 +0000

@LostTurntable: In the matter of "career suicide," can it be murder if the victim was already dead?

By: LostTurntable

LostTurntable — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:36:07 +0000

I liked nearly everything Soundgarden put out, I loved Cornell’s first solo album and I even dug me a little bit of Audioslave (mostly the first album) but I think Cornell just committed career suicide with this move. He’s losing his hardcore fanbase forever and the pop fanbase isn’t going to embrace him for long, if at all. You think he would have learned something from the debacle of Liz Phair.

By: Dan Gibson

Dan Gibson — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:33:00 +0000

@Al Shipley: I suppose it seems more on the ridiculous end of the spectrum now, but I would have classified "Spoonman" as at least a little weird for the time.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:26:14 +0000

@Al Shipley: er obviously strike one "need" from that sentence

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:25:59 +0000

Yeah, it’s definitely possible that SFJ has never listened to Soundgarden beyond their biggest singles if he thinks Cornell is in dire need of “needs a little weirdness,” some of their albums were packed full of non-standard time signatures and tunings and odd little touches of humor.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:16:10 +0000

@Dan Gibson: Yeah, that is weird. I mean, I consider myself a total poptimist, and for me it's "Outshined" all the way -- it's still got SG's meatiest hook.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:14:43 +0000

@Marth: FTW.
@Clevertrousers: FTW.

Actually, you guys are tied. LOL.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:12:08 +0000

woops meant to show you this…

By: Dan Gibson

Dan Gibson — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:08:07 +0000

@unperson: I was stunned by that as well..."Black Hole Sun"? Really?

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:55:58 +0000

but does he call chris cornell a racist?

By: unperson

unperson — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:52:37 +0000

The problem with the piece is that Frere-Jones doesn't really like rock music, and consequently he is already hearing the album through a "WTF is Timbaland doing lowering himself to this?" preconception. N.B.: I haven't heard it myself, and I didn't like Cornell's last solo album (or any Audioslave record after the debut, or any Soundgarden after Badmotorfinger) very much at all. But the mere fact that SF-J thinks "Black Hole Sun" is Soundgarden's best song proves my argument.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:51:35 +0000

Sometimes I get the feeling that SFJ doesn’t realize that all his other worshipful descriptions of Timbaland’s brilliance over the past 10 years are archived online, and that’s why he feels compelled to reiterate his point, and gear it slightly toward some specific new release, every few months.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:39:50 +0000

It's his Play moment:

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By: Clevertrousers

Clevertrousers — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:33:58 +0000

I thought that Bon Jovi was already like Bon Jovi with the fun sucked out.

By: Marth

Marth — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:32:21 +0000

On the bright side, Kim Thayil’s new record with the Neptunes is supposed to be amazing!