From: saperl@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Monday, 6 May 1996 Reply-To: saperl@mit.edu Date: Mon, 06 May 1996 02:09:44 EDT Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Monday, 6 May 1996 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu Today's Topics: I just got..."DOWN ON THE UPSIDE!!!!!" Pretty Noose video Re: what's pretty noose about? chris' vedder face Seattle listeners (again)... Re: I just got..."DOWN ON THE UPSIDE!!!!!" Re: "Pretty Noose" Re: listening party Re: First Soundgarden experience... Re: The meaning of 'Down on the Upside' Hater album cover Damn digest. SEND THE MONEY ORDERS NOW! ------------------------------------------------------------ From: BeachBunny@gnn.com (SGardnGrrl) Subject: I just got..."DOWN ON THE UPSIDE!!!!!" YES! It's true....I got it! "DOWN ON THE UPSIDE" Right now, the entire thing! In my hot little hands! Actually, its in my tape player blasting!!! As I type this. It pays to to have a good freind at A&M who has connections. I just had to write and tell you all how AWESOME it is!!!! Actully, I got it Sat. May 5th at exactly 1:30pm PST!! All the songs are great, I love "Tighter and Tighter" it has this certain groove that grabs you..the verse..."Sleep tight for me, sleep tight for me.. I'm gone...cause I feel I'm going, feel I'm slowing down" It's increadibly addicting. Others songs that stand out to me are "Rhinosaur", the John Lennon(ish)"Blowup the Outside World", "Burden in my Hand", Boot Camp, Overfloater, the hard hitting "Ty Cobb", with the cool verse("I'll hit it..Fuck you all!") the melodic "Apple Bite" and the easy going "Zero Chance". I think alot of people will agree that "Zero Chance has that beautiful slow rhythmic sound of "Fell on Black Days" type style. This song is not easily decided, one of my favorite songs on the album. The verse from the song is as follows: "On the plus and minus, zero chance of ever turning this around"..."Why doesn't any one believe in loneliness"..."Stand up and everone will see your holyness ah yes" "Say..If you look hard you'll find your way back home..." Rhinosaur has some awesome guitar sounds as well as Tighter and Tighter, and "Ty Cobb" having some great old fashion banjo mixed in with Kim Thayils heavy guitar sound. Anyway..I could go on and on about how great this album is...but I will let you all judge for yourselves on May 21st. ENJOY IT. I'm positive you all will as much as I am!!!!!! Here is the order in which the songs are listed: Pretty Noose Rhinosaur Zero Chance Dusty Ty Cobb Blow Up The Outside World Burden In my Hand Never Named Apple Bite Never the Machine Forever Tighter and Tighter No Attention Switch Opens OverFloater An Unkind Boot Camp Bye Now.... SGardnGrrl. ------------------------------ From: Tigger Subject: Pretty Noose video I heard that Kozik had to cut some scenes out of the Pretty Noose video before MTV would play it. Has anybody heard about this? ------------------------------ From: Mayor McCheese Subject: Re: what's pretty noose about? On Thu, 2 May 1996, Fleur Weinstock wrote: > I think this song is a diatribe against greed. Eve succombs to taking > the apple "eat the fruit and kiss the snake goodnight", the singer has > > Out from and far away > > The wooden stake > > This thing has got me on > > I think Chris is scared he's doing the "Jesus Christ Pose" by complaining about popularity and it's trappings. He's caught in it's pretty Noose by the industry, fans, etc . . . What's my name? Mayor McCheese? ------------------------------ From: SoundGrdn3@aol.com Subject: chris' vedder face I was just wondering (I know someone already posted it, but I forgot!) when Chris does the Vedder impersonation, or whatever? What lyrics is he singing 'cos when I find out, I'll watch it. Can someone tell me? Thanks! ------------------------------ From: SoundGrdn3@aol.com Subject: Seattle listeners (again)... Okay, guys, fellow Seattle listeners... I called up 99.9 and they said that the End (107.7) will be doing the national broadcast, and they are doing a separate one. They said that theirs (on 99.9) will play a lot more music, old and new, and the band will be in the studio live, hanging out and drinking beer. Whoever it was that I talked to said that he didn't know when it is exactly, but they will put that info on the air very soon. Well, hope that helps y'all out. Can't wait!!! I just bought my blank tapes yesterday! -Soundgrdn3 ------------------------------ From: stella rogers Subject: Re: I just got..."DOWN ON THE UPSIDE!!!!!" At 10:37 AM 5/5/96, you wrote: >YES! It's true....I got it! "DOWN ON THE UPSIDE" Right now, the=20 >entire thing! In my hot little hands! Actually, its in my tape=20 >player blasting!!! As I type this. It pays to to have a good freind=20 >at A&M who has connections. I just had to write and tell you all=20 >how AWESOME it is!!!! Actully, I got it Sat. May 5th at exactly=20 >1:30pm PST!! All the songs are great, I love "Tighter and Tighter"=20 >it has this certain groove that grabs you..the verse..."Sleep tight=20 >for me, sleep tight for me.. I'm gone...cause I feel I'm going,=20 >feel I'm slowing down" It's increadibly addicting.=20 >Others songs that stand out to me are "Rhinosaur", the John=20 >Lennon(ish)"Blowup the Outside World", "Burden in my Hand", Boot=20 >Camp, Overfloater, the hard hitting "Ty Cobb", with the cool=20 >verse("I'll hit it..Fuck you all!") the melodic "Apple Bite" and=20 >the easy going "Zero Chance". I think alot of people will agree=20 >that "Zero Chance has that beautiful slow rhythmic sound of "Fell=20 >on Black Days" type style. This song is not easily decided, one of=20 >my favorite songs on the album. The verse from the song is as=20 >follows: "On the plus and minus, zero chance of ever turning this=20 >around"..."Why doesn't any one believe in loneliness"..."Stand up=20 >and everone will see your holyness ah yes" "Say..If you look hard=20 >you'll find your way back home..." Rhinosaur has some awesome=20 >guitar sounds as well as Tighter and Tighter, and "Ty Cobb" having=20 >some great old fashion banjo mixed in with Kim Thayils heavy guitar=20 >sound. Anyway..I could go on and on about how great this album=20 >is...but I will let you all judge for yourselves on May 21st. ENJOY=20 >IT. I'm positive you all will as much as I am!!!!!! You know, I'm getting pretty envious of all you people that already have the single, the album, that's going to SNL, that's been to listening parties, ect. Just out of curiousity, is there anyone on this list, besides me, that doesn't have the single or album yet? =97=97=97=97 srogers@fix.net http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/3923/ now also at: http://members.tripod.com/~stellar/index.html ------------------------------ From: Gregg Subject: Re: "Pretty Noose" At 07:43 PM 4/26/96 EDT, seth wrote: >Diamond rope, silver chain >Pretty noose is pretty pain I got this part right! Where's my no-prize? >There's some of this that still doesn't strike me as true. For >example, I hear more than two syllables where the official lyrics say >"Our from" (as in "Out from far away"). It still sounds like "I've >fallen far away" to me. Does anyone have other problems with the >lyrics? That's a big nod over here, seth. Seems that the Official Web peoples like doing things half-assed. I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case. Gregg ------------------------------ From: Gregg Subject: Re: At 09:28 PM 4/26/96 -0500, jessie wrote: >Hey, wait a sec. I get the jokes, but this gets me thinkin. I like the idea >of pairing Chris and/or SG with a female vocalist....that could be very >cool. Personally I loved "Right Turn" on AIC's 'sap' me too! me too! >and the >oh-so-overplayed-but-still-dear-to-my-heart TOTD song with Eddie, but there >must be some 'chick singer' out there who's seriously able to match Chris >for power and soul....besides me of course.... I'm thinking Jewel....Her voice on that song "Who will save yr soul" is so cool. It doesn't hurt that she's a cutie too. :) >and I will sign off forever if anyone >suggests Miss Morrissette because that girl really bothers me (I wish she'd >learn what 'ironic' means, for one thing). me too! me too! Gregg ------------------------------ From: Jentje Subject: listening party Well it seems that almost everybody has got themselves a listening party to go to. Does anyone know if there will be any in Canada? Waitaminute, it's a big country, so how about just Ontario, North-Eastern Ontario? So if anybody knows somethin', can you let me know? If not, I guess I can always find myself a few buddies and have one of my own. Hey, now there's an idea! Oh well, what the hell.... TOODLES! JENN ------------------------------ From: Gregg Subject: Re: First Soundgarden experience... At 10:58 PM 4/29/96 EDT, rc@gcc.cc.md.us wrote: > Anyway, it was >back in '94 (I told you). I was reading Rolling Stone, and they had an >article about Soundgarden's new album, that was due out soon. I had >never heard of Soundgarden, but I thought they looked cool (from the >picture), and there was just something about the article that drew me >nearer to them. It was a great article (even if it wasn't written >well, which I thought it was, it got me into Soundgarden). I have that article taped up onto my wall (along with countless other pics, articles, advertisements, etc.) Gregg ____________________________________ | | | http://www.cybercomm.net/~melusk2 | HEAVY ROTATION (5/4) | melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net | "Evil Empire"--Rage Against the Machine |____________________________________| "It's comin' back around again...." --Zack de la Rocha "Fallout and take the bait, eat the fruit, kiss the snake goodnight" --Chris Cornell __________ __ ___ _____ _ / _________\ \ \ / / / _ \ / / / /__________ \ \ / / / / \ \ / / /___________ \ \ \ / / / / \ \ / / ____________\ \ \ \____/ / / / \ \_/ / /________________\ \ _______/ /__/ \____/ ------------------------------ From: Gregg Subject: Re: The meaning of 'Down on the Upside' At 11:40 AM 4/30/96 -0500, Justin Philip Zachariah wrote: >I'm wondering if that is actually a tribute to George Clinton and >Parliament Funkadelic. > >George Clinton long ago used the phrase Down on the Upstroke as one of the >meaningless, ultrahip contrivances that he can make cool simply by >uttering it.Perhaps Down on the Upside is an indictment of the type of >hero worship that takes a meaningless phrase and attaches meaning to it >simply by your hero speaking it. > >Or perhaps SG is calling light to the fact that we are in an age of >contradiction and juxtaposition. The history of the world has been >peppered with people who have tried to make meaning of the world in a >consistent rational manner. I think we all now realize, on a >subconscious, if not conscious level, that in fact rationality will never >take us to the promised land. That is why we like these tpyes of phrases. >I mean "Dopwn on the Upside" is obviously a kick ass title. And it is so >widely liked because it reminds us that life is full of contradictions to >our intellect, but that make perfect sense to our souls.... Of course, they could have just been sitting around, and one of them just uttered the phrase, and they were all like "That's fucking cool shit, bro." Gregg maybe not ____________________________________ | | | http://www.cybercomm.net/~melusk2 | HEAVY ROTATION (5/4) | melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net | "Evil Empire"--Rage Against the Machine |____________________________________| "It's comin' back around again...." --Zack de la Rocha "Fallout and take the bait, eat the fruit, kiss the snake goodnight" --Chris Cornell __________ __ ___ _____ _ / _________\ \ \ / / / _ \ / / / /__________ \ \ / / / / \ \ / / /___________ \ \ \ / / / / \ \ / / ____________\ \ \ \____/ / / / \ \_/ / /________________\ \ _______/ /__/ \____/ ------------------------------ From: rc@gcc.cc.md.us Subject: Hater album cover BT>Does anyone know who the guy is on the cover of the HATER album? I think BT>it looks like Ben. He's got a blond goat, he can't be Ben. Ben would have a black goat, if he had one. It looks like Mr. Staley if you ask me. Nothingman -Oh, I'm still alive. ------------------------------ From: rc@gcc.cc.md.us Subject: Damn digest. SA>i'm special ;) so....BYE EVERYONE! And, um, you can email me, but you SA>won't get any reply until august. Aw, man! Who am I gonna find tabs for now? SA>I thought the guy on the hater cover looks like Lane Staley. Wow. Me too. SA>Blisteringly Beatlesque.. thats the same thing they said about black SA>hole sun.. Yeah, but Kim wrote Never the Machine Forever, and he said he thinks Black Hole Sun is a wussy song, so it couldn't be like Black Hole Sun. Unless Kim is getting soft... SA>>Well, I met my first fellow-lister in real life last night. I wish I could meet a fellow SOMMSer. SA>Does anybody have an idea of what time the video will be on? Usually they play the new videos at 3, right after the MTV news. SA>- -Only heard ONE hootie song in my life and proud of it, and that was cause SA>didn't chose the radio station- You are a lucky fellow. Dammit. I know there was something REALLY relevant that I was gonna type somewhere in this digest. Now I know why I don't get the digest. Nothingman -I'm haveing an AimJoy relapse. ------------------------------ From: rc@gcc.cc.md.us Subject: SEND THE MONEY ORDERS NOW! Ok people. Listen, because I'm not gonna say it again (yeah, I'm on a Power Trip, 'cause I'm feelin' Outshined). HAVE THE SHIRT MONEY TO ME IN TWO WEEKS! HAVE THE SHIRT MONEY TO ME IN TWO WEEKS! HAVE THE SHIRT MONEY TO ME IN TWO WEEKS! HAVE THE SHIRT MONEY TO ME IN TWO WEEKS! Incase you missed it, HAVE THE SHIRT MONEY TO ME IN TWO WEEKS! And one more time, HAVE THE SHIRT MONEY TO ME IN TWO WEEKS! So that means if you haven't sent it yet, SEND IT NOW! People are complaining here, and I'm gonna start. I'm having a bad hair life, I need a new shirt, I want a new Soundgarden album, and I don't have SOMMS, and if I don't get one of those things fixed very soon, Soundgarden's gonna be writing a song about a fan who went berzerk and killed all their fans. SEND THE MONEY ORDERS NOW! SEND THE MONEY ORDERS NOW! SEND THE MONEY ORDERS NOW! SEND THE MONEY ORDERS NOW! If you need money mailing instructions, Seth put them on the page, SO GO TO THE PAGE! If, for some reason, you don't think the money will get to me in two weeks, email me, so I know it's in the mail, and if there are any other problems, email me now, and we'll get them straight. HAVE THE SHIRT MONEY TO ME IN TWO WEEKS! HAVE THE SHIRT MONEY TO ME IN TWO WEEKS! HAVE THE SHIRT MONEY TO ME IN TWO WEEKS! HAVE THE SHIRT MONEY TO ME IN TWO WEEKS! Nothingman -SEND THE MONEY ORDERS NOW! ------------------------------ Eny, wait a sec. I get the jokes, but this gets me thinkin. I like the idea >of pa