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One of my favorite Soundgarden memories was their choice to perform Ice T/Body Count's "Cop Killer" at their Lollapalooza 92 shows. Ice T was getting called out by all sorts of politicians and it was a nice show of solidarity for two acts that didn't seem to have much of a relationship.
Plus they may have been at their most urgent at that point. They were a wall of sound, fierce and compelling. Cornell commanded the stage.
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Couldn't find video but here's audio. His commentary wouldn't have been out of place in a performance today, other than the mention of the festival ticket being $30.
So is snopes, apparently there are cord markings around his neck or something? At least that is what I have been told. I am not sure if that is correct the snopes article said:
Police spokesman Michael Woody tells The Associated Press on Thursday morning that he can’t provide details on what led investigators to make that determination, but noted there were “basic things observed at the scene.”
Post by The Foot Fuckin' Master on May 18, 2017 9:22:40 GMT -5
And super shocked/sad about Chris Cornell. Not to brag about having seen him live in the past, but having attended a Soundgarden gig a few years ago, he definitely appeared to have a lot of energy left to share with the world.
And super shocked/sad about Chris Cornell. Not to brag about having seen him live in the past, but having attended a Soundgarden gig a few years ago, he definitely appeared to have a lot of energy left to share with the world.
For sure. I put my soul on it into the Hangout thread. But it just sucks ass. The greedy side of me felt like everything he has done has been pretty great though I'm not the hugest fan of Audioslave as a whole (like some of the songs, but they're not up to par with Soundgarden). And in leaving, we're losing 2 headliners, one of which is better than almost everything (and a Top 1 show for 2011 for me), and the other is at least better than most stuff even if somewhat formulaic and musically not as groundbreaking. But there was always Cochise:
Also, though it wasn't in the setlist on setlist.fm, CNN is reporting they did indeed close out with Led Zeppelin's In My Time of Dying.
(CNN) — In my time of dying, I want nobody to mourn
All I want for you to do is take my body home
Those are the opening lines to the last song Chris Cornell ever sang on stage. It was a cover of Led Zeppelin's "In My Time of Dying."
Cornell and his band Soundgarden have covered the song before and they did it again to close out the show at Detroit's Fox Theater on Wednesday. Just hours later, Cornell was found dead. He was 52.
"Honestly something looked off last night with him," concert attendee Joey Mugan told CNN. "I just didn't think about it because the show was great."
Mugan managed to grab the set list from the front of the stage. On it, the encore performance is different than what was actually played, which isn't that unusual for a live rock show.
The next morning, when he learned Cornell was dead, Mugan said it was hard to believe he had seen him perform less than 12 hours before.
Also, though it wasn't in the setlist on setlist.fm, CNN is reporting they did indeed close out with Led Zeppelin's In My Time of Dying.
(CNN) — In my time of dying, I want nobody to mourn
All I want for you to do is take my body home
Those are the opening lines to the last song Chris Cornell ever sang on stage. It was a cover of Led Zeppelin's "In My Time of Dying."
Cornell and his band Soundgarden have covered the song before and they did it again to close out the show at Detroit's Fox Theater on Wednesday. Just hours later, Cornell was found dead. He was 52.
"Honestly something looked off last night with him," concert attendee Joey Mugan told CNN. "I just didn't think about it because the show was great."
Mugan managed to grab the set list from the front of the stage. On it, the encore performance is different than what was actually played, which isn't that unusual for a live rock show.
The next morning, when he learned Cornell was dead, Mugan said it was hard to believe he had seen him perform less than 12 hours before.
If last night had been the only time he'd ever sang In My Time Of Dying it would have been more telling. I mean, that's just a thing that they were doing. It's so fitting though. I was looking up the setlist from last night and man people are so thorough. Someone went back through all of the shows and put (last time performed) after the songs.
That's pretty cool for posterity. I gotta say though, this one's got me. I think about fucking rock heroes that I've been with and idolized since maybe the late 70's that recently died - Holdsworth, Greg Lake, Keith Emerson and even Chris Squire who died last year and who I once met. But this is probably my favorite modern band this side of 70's/80's versions of King Crimson. Shit, my daughter called me crying. Like wtf? I know people have issues and in some cases they might feel like there are no answers. But if any of them stopped to think about who all is really going to have to deal with the pain - usually friends and family - who wants to fuck up everyone else? And in this case, we're talking about someone who sang and spoke to us for 30 years as a voice of one of us rockers. I mean who cares and who is affected, 50,000,000? 100,000,000 people? Everybody's just left cold.
That's pretty cool for posterity. I gotta say though, this one's got me. I think about fucking rock heroes that I've been with and idolized since maybe the late 70's that recently died - Holdsworth, Greg Lake, Keith Emerson and even Chris Squire who died last year and who I once met. But this is probably my favorite modern band this side of 70's/80's versions of King Crimson. Shit, my daughter called me crying. Like wtf? I know people have issues and in some cases they might feel like there are no answers. But if any of them stopped to think about who all is really going to have to deal with the pain - usually friends and family - who wants to fuck up everyone else? And in this case, we're talking about someone who sang and spoke to us for 30 years as a voice of one of us rockers. I mean who cares and who is affected, 50,000,000? 100,000,000 people? Everybody's just left cold.
It's hard to understand for sure. I already said it in another thread. This guy should know better but I guess depression is just that overwhelming. I can't even imagine.
That's pretty cool for posterity. I gotta say though, this one's got me. I think about fucking rock heroes that I've been with and idolized since maybe the late 70's that recently died - Holdsworth, Greg Lake, Keith Emerson and even Chris Squire who died last year and who I once met. But this is probably my favorite modern band this side of 70's/80's versions of King Crimson. Shit, my daughter called me crying. Like wtf? I know people have issues and in some cases they might feel like there are no answers. But if any of them stopped to think about who all is really going to have to deal with the pain - usually friends and family - who wants to fuck up everyone else? And in this case, we're talking about someone who sang and spoke to us for 30 years as a voice of one of us rockers. I mean who cares and who is affected, 50,000,000? 100,000,000 people? Everybody's just left cold.
It's hard to understand for sure. I already said it in another thread. This guy should know better but I guess depression is just that overwhelming. I can't even imagine.
For sure. Here's a tweet that brought 2 tears out from Chuck D:
That's pretty cool for posterity. I gotta say though, this one's got me. I think about fucking rock heroes that I've been with and idolized since maybe the late 70's that recently died - Holdsworth, Greg Lake, Keith Emerson and even Chris Squire who died last year and who I once met. But this is probably my favorite modern band this side of 70's/80's versions of King Crimson. Shit, my daughter called me crying. Like wtf? I know people have issues and in some cases they might feel like there are no answers. But if any of them stopped to think about who all is really going to have to deal with the pain - usually friends and family - who wants to fuck up everyone else? And in this case, we're talking about someone who sang and spoke to us for 30 years as a voice of one of us rockers. I mean who cares and who is affected, 50,000,000? 100,000,000 people? Everybody's just left cold.
It's hard to understand for sure. I already said it in another thread. This guy should know better but I guess depression is just that overwhelming. I can't even imagine.
I understand and can accept sickness, it happens. I understand and can accept drug addiction and the deaths it causes, I've been there, I get it. But what I don't understand is depression. But I accept that I don't understand it, and that's as far as I think I can get.
That's the crazy thing about depression... No one understands it. And even those of us that have it can't explain it, or there's the one's who feel too embarrassed to talk about it because there's always those people that label people as cowards for even thinking about suicide. I'm so shocked about Cornell. I can't even listen to these songs the same anymore. All the sudden Soundgarden songs are emotional as fuck. Like Suicide is eerily forever changed.
"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." - (probably not) Mark Twain
I was upset to read the news about Chris Cornell this morning. I was always more of a casual fan, but it's always sad to be reminded that someone could have achieved such success over decades but still be battling such demons. I'm glad some of you got to see him so recently.
That's the crazy thing about depression... No one understands it. And even those of us that have it can't explain it, or there's the one's who feel too embarrassed to talk about it because there's always those people that label people as cowards for even thinking about suicide. I'm so shocked about Cornell. I can't even listen to these songs the same anymore. All the sudden Soundgarden songs are emotional as fuck. Like Suicide is eerily forever changed.
All of it. Like Suicide, Pretty Noose, Burden in My Hand... all of it brings a tear. It's like a close friend passed and you're just blah. I had no idea The Day I Tried to Live was about the struggles of some to even leave a house. I always figured it was some type of sarcastic take on living like some corporate asshole, white collar conservative or whatever. And I recalled my ex stepmother in law not being able to fly here in 2000 for my then old lady's graduation. It made no sense and I wasn't buying it She was always on and off depression meds. It's gotta be a tough road to hoe.
And I recalled my ex stepmother in law not being able to fly here in 2000 for my then old lady's graduation. It made no sense and I wasn't buying it She was always on and off depression meds. It's gotta be a tough road to hoe.
That's what is so tricky, is often someone suffering from depression looks a lot like someone who is just a lazy self-obsessed asshole. We are all suffering, and we all take steps to relieve that suffering, but like someone with any other disease, people suffering from depression require medical assistance to relieve that suffering.
For those of us without depression, we can relieve suffering by just popping up outta bed and doing some exercise to get those endorphins going, or hanging out with friends and having a laugh, or consuming art of some variety that leaves their brains firing with pleasure and excitement. So if someone is NOT suffering from depression, but refuses to do the things necessary to relieve suffering, it's easy to get upset with that person.
Again, I'm not a doctor or a scholar, the above is just my observation. I mainly bring it up because I have friends that suffer from depression and am always interested in learning more about it.
