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duga · 06-15-2010, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by RVCA

Little. Black Hole Sun, obviously, and some other stuff from their "A-Sides" compilation.

Audioslave is much more my style.

Please listen to Badmotorfinger and Superunknown all the way through and if you still think Audioslave is less boring, I will be amazed.

RVCA · 06-15-2010, 11:50 PM

I'll give superunknown a spin first and get back to ya

TheCunningStunt · 06-15-2010, 11:51 PM

When I tried Superunknown I got bored. Should really give Soundgarden another try..

RVCA · 06-16-2010, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

When I tried Superunknown I got bored. Should really give Soundgarden another try..

haha, high five

sidewinder · 06-16-2010, 12:42 AM

I don't understand how some people love Chris Cornell's voice so much. I think he's 90% irritating as fuck. I enjoyed Badmotorfinger back in the day, and still once every few years, but even I have to cringe once in a while.

mr dave · 06-16-2010, 01:53 AM

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I don't see how Chris Cornell writing the hits backs up your statement that DotU was practically a Cornell solo album. So what your saying is, songs like Boot Camp, Tighter & Tighter, and Dusty are examples of Soundgarden trying to sound like themselves but failing? Does this hold true to Applebite as well?

Soundgarden's career was one big progression. No two albums sound the same. It was Cornell's show after Superunknown? I don't think so. It was a BAND EFFORT. This isn't Smashing Pumpkins were talking about. Everyone contributed to the overall sound.

he wrote the strongest material. you'll also note that i was the one to mention Applebite as a standout along with Never the Machine Forever earlier on. and yeah... Dusty sounds like a funky acoustic cross between Spoonman and My Wave. Tighter & Tighter? Slaves & Bulldozers take 2 hahaha. most of the tracks sound like they're made to be platforms for his voice - not unlike... say... a solo album,

seriously though, it's not the worse example of a band running its course. i don't think many people honestly expected them to last much longer after Superunkown. not every band has to last forever and if any mainstream band in the 90s seemed to understand that sentiment it was this one.

as for the whole 'band' effort? you do know Cornell played most of the leads on the album because Thayil wasn't around that much anymore right? there's a good reason Never the Machine Forever is the only track that really sounds like new SG on the album.

while no two albums sound the same Ultramega OK most definitely came from the same place Superunknown did, it just took them a few albums to reach that point again. it's no diss on the albums, just a reflection of their individual progression as musicians. don't think i'm trolling you either. i used to have 2 crap guitars dedicated to playing their tunes back in the day. they were one of those bands for me.

@sidewinder - even with all that long ass post, i'm totally with you on limited listening hehe. though i don't really know if it's his voice or just something about certain points that scream the early 90s a little too much

**Janszoon** · 06-16-2010, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

I don't understand how some people love Chris Cornell's voice so much. I think he's 90% irritating as fuck. I enjoyed Badmotorfinger back in the day, and still once every few years, but even I have to cringe once in a while.

Yeah, I don't like his voice either. And I've never been a fan of Soundgarden in general. It's strange to me that they actually seem to have become some kind of classic band to people who aren't old enough to have been been listening to music in the early 90s.

+81 · 06-16-2010, 04:15 AM

Chris Cornell, Audioslave, and Soundgarden are lame and ugly.

**Janszoon** · 06-16-2010, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by +81

Chris Cornell, Audioslave, and Soundgarden are lame and ugly.

SGR · 06-16-2010, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by duga

Haha we can trade off lyrics until we've exhausted both albums, that still doesn't make you right. Adore had phenomenal songwriting, but there was a reason it didn't sell. It didn't sound like Smashing Pumpkins. It sounded like exactly what it was: Billy Corgan. Jimmy was gone and they had hit a well known low point as a band. Darcy and James barely showed up and according to Billy the only time they had meshed as a band during the whole session was for "Shame".

I realize this.

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Machina II, on the other hand, sounded like everything the Pumpkins should have been at the time. They could rock while maintaining that musician's edge. If I had to point to one single sound that I could have hoped they would have held on to for a couple albums, it would be Machina II. Adore definitely proved Billy has incredible songwriting talent, but Machina II showed he could do it within the context he put forth as a band.

Machina II was the same sound as Machina I, and if were being completely honest here, the Machinas do not sound like pre-Adore Pumpkins. Billy described it as cyber proto rock or something like that. So Machina was just as new of a sound as Adore. Well, maybe not AS new considering it was guitar centered while Adore had little to no guitar. If were talking sales, the Adore sound sold better than the Machina sound. Still, 'Behold! The Night Mare' has better lyrics than anything off of Machina 2. During the Machinas he was writing lyrics that pertained to his little made up story about Glass and The Machines Of God, while during Adore he was writing about the pain of losing his mother. That's gotta count for something.

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Originally Posted by +81

Chris Cornell, Audioslave, and Soundgarden are lame and ugly.

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as for the whole 'band' effort? you do know Cornell played most of the leads on the album because Thayil wasn't around that much anymore right? there's a good reason Never the Machine Forever is the only track that really sounds like new SG on the album.

No, actually I didn't know that, what's your source?

Even if that's true, the credits still stand.

06-15-2010, 11:51 PM	#2823 (permalink)
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RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	I'll give superunknown a spin first and get back to ya