From: somms@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Thursday, 6 Jun 1996 Reply-To: somms@mit.edu Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 02:19:54 EDT Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Thursday, 6 Jun 1996 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu Today's Topics: Re: Lolla! (AND A SMALL MESSAGE TO URB@NO) Re: PUCK of the RW III and SG Posters Re: Metallica...and, well that's it RE: Crap Down on the Upside review #3432.22 (comments) Re: Pretty Noose in the origin, Aust members Re: Arbitrary Lyrics MTV crapola... RE: Go Bombers (Stuff NBA) RE: go bulls... A gentle reminder Re: A gentle reminder Re: Soundgarden Digest, Wednesday, 5 Jun 1996 Re: A gentle reminder RE: Go Bombers (Stuff NBA) Soundgarden Rules !!! Lets Prove it! a SOMMS like record. Re: a SOMMS like record. RE: Go Bombers (Stuff NBA) More missin' lyrics Go Bombers (Stuff NBA) Hmm... SOMMS playlist Bryan, Texas Re: a SOMMS like record. Re: sometimes it pays to watch mtv.. Kicking off Down on the Upside Re: Metallica...and, well that's it I'm just a baby who looks like a boy... Re: sometimes it pays to watch mtv.. Re: ATN, issue 2.06: DOTU review Re: Arbitrary Lyrics Re: Jesus Christ Pose single Re: Metallica and other ramblings Re: Bryan, Texas No Subject (subjects are trendy...) ------------------------------------------------------------ From: David_H._Steinhage@nrunner.mil.wi.us Subject: Re: Lolla! (AND A SMALL MESSAGE TO URB@NO) I'll be at the one in Rockford Illinios, baby! ------------------------------ From: David_H._Steinhage@nrunner.mil.wi.us Subject: Re: PUCK of the RW III and SG Posters Puck was rude and vile, but he made a hell of a lot more sense than the other house members at times. I never really understood the Puck-Pedro thing anyway...I guess I could relate to him more (god, how pathetic, I think I AM watching too many real world re-runs), he was into bikes n all that....I know all the ladies thought he was a loser, but he wasn't all that bad. They shouldn't have kicked him off...But then again, its just my opinion, and I'm now open for the flameage :P Dave ------------------------------ From: PERRY Subject: Re: Metallica...and, well that's it At 05:02 PM 4/06/96 +0600, you wrote: >At 05:08 PM 4/06/96 -0500, MR. TY COBB wrote: >>Want to know why they cut their hair and are wearing makeup? Because they >>wanted to know who their real fans were. Someone who decides that >>Metallica sucks now because they cut their hair obviously was not that >>much of a real fan. >>B Rogers >> >> >> >> > > > I THINK THAT METALLICA FORGOT ABOUT THEIR FANS THAT HAVE LISTEN TO THEM SINCE 1985 OR 1986 MY OPINION IS THAT BOB ROCK IS THE RESPOSIBLE OF METALLICA's LOOK AND ALBUM BUT I DON'T CARE OF THEIR LOOK,I CARE OF THEIR MUSIC,BUT IS NOT METALLICA NOTICE ON THE SONG MAMA SAID, IT'S LIKE CONTRY. THEY DON'T DESERVE THE NAME OF METALLICA. WHEN I LISTEN TO THE FIRST TIME I WAS SURPRISE OF THE MUSIC THAT THEY WHERE PLAYING BUT I'M STILL A FAN OF METALLICA AND THE WORST THING IS THAT ALBUM #7 IS ALL READY DONE AND IS THE SAME MATERIAL OF THIS ONE. IF METALLICA WANTED TO KNOW WHERE WAS THEIR REAL FANS I THING THEY ARE DOING A BIG MISTAKE. BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE METALLICA BECAUSE OF THEIR MUSIC.AND NOW THEY PUT THIS NEW ALBUM AND LOOK AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL REJECTED THEM. I WILL FOLLOW THEM WITH A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW BUT I STILL A METALLICA FAN. *********************************************** Universidad Regiomontana Division de ciencias Economicas Administrativas http://www.ur.mx/ *********************************************** ------------------------------ From: ar303921@student.uq.edu.au (DEFsonic) Subject: RE: Crap Down on the Upside review #3432.22 (comments) Hey ya, As sick as everyone else is of reading all the trash that is printed in the form of a so called review of DOTU I think we can say one thing: look at the score board: >I heard on Q104.3 that DoTU was the #1 album...is this true? Number 1 with a bullet first week in on the Australian national charts (not the alternative charts either, number 1 there too I think) Haven't checked the 2nd week yet tho. As far as I can tell the media seems to be writting the band off so much cause as we are told so many times 'grunge is dead' geez never knew it lived. I never changed what I listen to cause of a fad or hype. Heard bands long before hype caught up with them, loved them then, love them now. Who cares if it isn't fasion, I go with what I feel not what I am told. Someone should smack the media around the head till they get this idea. At least the people that matter have put SG where they belong at number 1. seeya Lee _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ SONIC E-mail ar303921@student.uq.edu.au Turn it UP and Play it LOUD!! Let the blood rush to your head!! CD I'm listening to this week: "Down on the Upside" by Soundgarden ------------------------------ From: e9328995@student.uq.edu.au (John Grieves) Subject: Re: Pretty Noose in the origin, Aust members Not quite as good as the David Copperfield (the magician) show I worked as an usher for where the entire Superunknown album was played before the show!!! :> (Yup, Let Me Drown through to She Likes Surprises!!) At 16:10 04/06/96 +1000, Aleko wrote: >Thats nothing watching i think it was airtime or some basketball show >the add breaks were preceded by spoonman, Superunkown, Fell on Black Days :) > >On Mon, 3 Jun 1996, DEFsonic wrote: > >> Hey ya, >> >> Everyone in Aust. watch the footy? Well all of QLD and NSW I guess. Anyway >> anyone catch the half-time break? As it came back into the footy, the nice >> sounds of pretty noose came streaming out of the TV :) ------------------------------ From: Foxymophandlemama <76345.3722@CompuServe.COM> Subject: Re: Arbitrary Lyrics Well said Kathy, even in the DOTU radio broadcast, he said something about us over analyzing his stuff. Oh well. Was the story a/b BIMH true?? About that surfer or whatever? - -mop ps- i found Screaming Life on CD for 13-14 bucks. Is that really good, or should I pass it up? ------------------------------ From: ShRooMGrLz@aol.com Subject: MTV crapola... Hello kiddies... first and foremost I have to begin this post by pissing everyone off. Metallica sucks. Ok, now that I've gotten THAT out of the way, here's a bunch of SG stuff that was on the AOL MTV site. (You know I love you guys.) - ----------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile Soundgarden, which will be joining Metallica on this summer's Lollapalooza tour, has debuted at number 2 on the "Billboard" chart with its new album, "Down on the Upside", which the band produced itself at the Seattle studio of Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard. The album features four tracks that are first-time collaborations by singer Chris Cornell and bassist Ben Shepherd, and here's Cornell on how they came together. CHRIS CORNELL, Soundgarden: It seems pretty immediate now, but I'm not sure it ever wasn't immediate. It seems pretty immediate now, though. Our band wrote a lot of music for this record where it would seem like within a day or two I'd have a whole lyrical, full blown arrangement idea and it just seemed to happen really naturally and really quick, and it didn't take any laboring over or worrying about arrangements or stuff. But Ben brings in... he writes... like even if there are no lyrics on the songs they're like whole songs. - --------------------------------------------------------------- The new July, all-music edition of "Details" magazine features a story on the grim aftermath of the death of Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon. According to "Details", Hoon's family still hasn't put a headstone on his grave, and is now considering conducting a DNA test on his infant daughter, Nico, to determine if she's really his, and thus entitled to be his heir. The issue also includes a memoir by Liv Tyler's mom, Bebe Buell on her rock and roll love life, an elegy by Snoop Doggy Dogg on the passing of his favorite pit bull, Shirley Manson of Garbage weighing in on the "10 Commandments Of Love", and Soundgarden's Chris Cornell on his biking habit. The July "Details" will be arriving on newsstands within the next week. - ------------------------------------------- Chris' biking habit? What's up with that? Hmmm... Anyway, before I let you people stop reading, there's one more MTV thingy that caught my eye. They're doing casting calls for that stupid show/special/thing called Sex in the 90's. The part that interested me was that they're asking people to e-mail in their sexual fantasies about rock stars. If they like yours, they're going to put you talking about it on the stupid show (incognito, of course). Anyone interested? E-mail me, I'll give you the details. C'mon people... do you seriously think that I could pass up the opportunity to talk about Chris' sexy body? Not even. Just think... you people who watch MTV could someday soon be hearing me describe Chris tongue-kissing Dave Navarro (in full detail). Heheheh... Just a thought... Shroom "Hey Shroom... Dave and I will be waiting for you in the hot tub." ~ Chris Cornell (Words not necessarily said in that order...) <~~~ my disclaimer ------------------------------ From: "Thomas D. Ozbirn" Subject: RE: Go Bombers (Stuff NBA) - ---------- From: Greg Dunbar[SMTP:greg@cbl.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 1996 6:20 PM To: somms@MIT.EDU Subject: Go Bombers (Stuff NBA) I just heard DOTU on headphones for the first time, and I really=20 picked up a big difference. Everything is so amplified. You could=20 hear the backing vocals (I think Matt's) really clearly on Burden=20 which I didn't notice as well before. If you've only listened to it=20 on speakers, give the phones a try. Does anyone think that Chris sounds a little teeny weeny bit like=20 Sting on Bootcamp? Maybe not, maybe it's just an illusion, I don't=20 know. By the way Guns n Roses suck for their Big Dumb Sex thing, and=20 Whitesnake are nothing like Soundgarden (Whitesnake are glam wusses).=20 And lastly, is there anyone who doesn't like DOTU one bit, because I=20 think that it would be impossible - What an album! :) Rock Hard There, Greg Dunbar - ------------------------------------------------------------- greg@lin.cbl.com.au - --------------------------------------------------- SOUNDGARDEN ALICE IN CHAINS METALLICA SEPULTURA MONSTER MAGNET WHITE ZOMBIE PRIMUS TOOL - --------------------------------------------------- =20 The above mentioned bands rule! <*> I've wondered about the sting thing myself on a few of the songs... = boot camp is kind of reminiscent of invisible sun or walking on the = moon.. to me at least the have the same feel ------------------------------ From: "Thomas D. Ozbirn" Subject: RE: go bulls... - ---------- From: Carolyn Hanel[SMTP:carolynh@dove.net.au] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 1996 3:09 PM To: 'Thomas D. Ozbirn' Subject: RE: go bulls... Carolyn the Mushroom Filler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've had enough of reinventing memories - Therapy? <*> do you like therapy? you're about the only person i've met who even = knows who they are.... hats off to the insane is great Yes, I do like them. Aleko (Alex) from this Somms list taped a couple = of their songs for me last year, and I really "got into" them. Since = then I've got their albums 'Infernal Love' and 'Troublegum'. They ARE a = pretty good band! A few folk from this Somms list like them - every now = & again they get a mention....... Cheers Carolyn. <*> I live in a backwards part of the US (MS) and no one here knows = about them, i got really excited when i heard them (recorded) at the = beginning of a megadeth show... I think somebody stole my tape.. ------------------------------ From: rc@gcc.cc.md.us Subject: A gentle reminder SA>Wondering where the hell my SOMMS t-shirts are, All the checks just cleared, so now I just have to find the stupid shirt guy and get it done. Nothingman -Please don't hurt me. ------------------------------ From: rc@gcc.cc.md.us Subject: Re: A gentle reminder BE>Ummmmmmmm, Seth, Chris has sang, co-produced and played the flute with BE>Screaming Trees, I surely hope they count . . . He plays the flute too! Damn! BE>> Wondering where the hell my SOMMS t-shirts are, BE>Yeah, did nothingman skip town? 50+ shirts at about 11 a piece, BE>hmmmmmmm . . . That's a hell of a thought...but I'm no crook. And besides, everyone has my address, and mail bombs don't agree with me. :) Nothingman -There is an amazing amount of trust on this list. For people who don't know each other, we sure do trust each other. People trade things, people go and meet each other in places, and some people even sent me cash. Don't worry, though, I am trustworthy, sometimes it just takes me a while to get things done (but not as long as Aaron :). Please forgive me. ------------------------------ From: iawake@ix.netcom.com (Chris (SGardnGrl)) Subject: Re: Soundgarden Digest, Wednesday, 5 Jun 1996 Kathie, I happen to agree with you regarding Chris' arbitrary lyrics...I too think that they are personal to him to an extent, and yes, he is probably trying to maintain his privacy to protect himself. Can you blame him? You have to remember, how many of us would like our lives analyzed to that degree? I do feel that alot of Chris' lyrics come from his private and personal side, even though he might make statements regarding them to be otherwise. Really there would be no reason why he should have to explain them all out to us fans. Interpreting his meanings and feelings when he wrote a particular song, is for me, a fun part of listening to Soundgarden. We are free to interpret them as we wish, and I think that Chris would want us to come up with our own perspective of a song, stirring up feelings and reactions of own while listening. SGardnGrl ------------------------------ From: UnknMan@aol.com Subject: Re: A gentle reminder Nothingman said: > -There is an amazing amount of trust on this list. For people who >don't know each other, we sure do trust each other. People trade >things, people go and meet each other in places, and some people even >sent me cash. Don't worry, though, I am trustworthy, sometimes it just >takes me a while to get things done (but not as long as Aaron :). >Please forgive me. I'll have to say I don't trust people on the list... as a matter of fact I don't trust anyone. Everyone be careful because you can be screwed by anyone: internet people, people you work with, or even your 'friends'. hardheaded, ray ------------------------------ From: champagne.supernova@thenexus.com Subject: RE: Go Bombers (Stuff NBA) TD>Does anyone think that Chris sounds a little teeny weeny bit like TD>Sting on Bootcamp? Maybe not, maybe it's just an illusion, I don't TD>know. By the way Guns n Roses suck for their Big Dumb Sex thing, and TD>Whitesnake are nothing like Soundgarden (Whitesnake are glam wusses). TD>And lastly, is there anyone who doesn't like DOTU one bit, because I TD>think that it would be impossible - What an album! :) I think he sounds a lot like Sting on Boot Camp. I played it for Mr. Champagne, though, who is a big Sting fan, and he said it reminded him more of Pink Floyd. And I noticed yesterday while listening to Switch Opens on headfones that at the very beginning of the sogn someone says "perfect?" Its weird:) Champagne. ------------------------------ From: Greg Fox Subject: Soundgarden Rules !!! Lets Prove it! I found this in Rec.music today, and I have already placed my vote. Everyone on the list should do the same. >Battle of the Songs: http://www.odyssee.net/~roberge/ > >Brand new battle of the songs... Champion Garbage with only happy >when it rains battles against radiohead's street spirit... > >Also, vote for next battle's contestant between: Tori Amos, Tracy >Bonham, Love & Rockets and Soundgarden! > > >Stephane Roberge >roberge@accent.net Happy voting. Greg ------------------------------ From: Stella Rogers Subject: a SOMMS like record. I was browsing around the web this morning and I found this place called the Vinyl Vendors. I did a search for some Soundgarden stuff and they have some really cool things. I found a 12" that has the songs: 1. Rusty Cage (edit&lp) 2. Girl U Want 3. Show Me 4. Into the Void It was for $10. (Not including S&H). Is that a good price? Girl U want and Into are on SOMMS right? Oh its also a White label promo whatever that means. and it has a promo only picture sleeve. If anyone wants to check out VV's list of SG stuff, go to: http://db.otn.com/vinylvendors/VinylSearch.html and then do a search on Soundgarden. They also had a vinyl LP of Ultramega OK for $50! I was pretty surprised. I wonder what makes it so high priced. Oh well just go check it out for yourselves I guess. Laters... srogers http://www.fix.net/~srogers ------------------------------ Subject: Re: a SOMMS like record. From: seth > They also had a vinyl LP of Ultramega OK for $50! I was pretty > surprised. I wonder what makes it so high priced. Oh well just go check it > out for yourselves I guess. Laters... That's because it's SST's *test pressing* of Ultramega OK. According to Steve's discog: "'There is a test pressing of Ultramega OK on black vinyl. It has a plain white cover with an SST insert detailing the order of the tracks and the name of the artist.' - Ryan Pfaff. Was seen twice at record shows in 1991. Hasn't been uncovered since." A true Soundgarden rarity, it seems. seth ------------------------------ From: Greg Bensimon Subject: RE: Go Bombers (Stuff NBA) At 02:38 PM 6/5/96 -0500, champagne.supernova@thenexus.com wrote: >I think he sounds a lot like Sting on Boot Camp. I played it for Mr. >Champagne, though, who is a big Sting fan, and he said it reminded him >more of Pink Floyd. And I noticed yesterday while listening to >Switch Opens on headfones that at the very beginning of the sogn someone >says "perfect?" Its weird:) > >Champagne. Personally, I think Boot Camp is *very* Floyd like. The empty feeling Boot Camp leaves you with is reminicient of their Wish You Were Here album. Greg ------------------------------ From: Stella Rogers Subject: More missin' lyrics Has anyone noticed on the notes for Overfloater there's some lyrics missing. Right before Chris sings "hold the potion up/tear your shadow down/remember to forget and then rename your shame..." he says something like "breathe in and then gently blow it out/ drink it down and swallow hard again". Atleast that's what it sounds like to me. Has anyone found that part and think they know what he's sayin?? srogers http://www.fix.net/~srogers ------------------------------ From: "Greg Dunbar" Subject: Go Bombers (Stuff NBA) Hi, I was just remembering that I think that on Primus' first album "Suck On This",there is a track called 'Harold Of The Rocks', and Les sings (something like), "Harold rambles on and on, He could talk the balls of a rhinosaurus". I wonder if this is anything to do with the inspiration for Rhinosaur, (totally different song but still). Rage in Australia was pretty good, I taped a fair bit off it. The AIC was cool, the Sepultura was cool (especially the Max impersonation). I don't have dubbing facilities for the dude who wanted copies of the stuff that was on though. (BTW did anyone catch AIC on Letterman a few weeks ago? It was cool). I was hoping that Metallica would play a bit of Soundgarden though, and they didn't which was disappointing. Also it's frustrating that the proper Pretty Noose video hasn't been screening, especially considering that there is no censorship on the ABC (maybe it's something to do with the violence cut down after Port Arthur). Load is a real cool album I must say (sorry Seth) I didn't catch that Pretty Noose thing on the State Of Origin DefSonic, probably because rugby is boring (except the fights of course) I just heard DOTU on headphones for the first time, and I really picked up a big difference. Everything is so amplified. You could hear the backing vocals (I think Matt's) really clearly on Burden which I didn't notice as well before. If you've only listened to it on speakers, give the phones a try. Does anyone think that Chris sounds a little teeny weeny bit like Sting on Bootcamp? Maybe not, maybe it's just an illusion, I don't know. By the way Guns n Roses suck for their Big Dumb Sex thing, and Whitesnake are nothing like Soundgarden (Whitesnake are glam wusses). And lastly, is there anyone who doesn't like DOTU one bit, because I think that it would be impossible - What an album! :) Rock Hard There, Greg Dunbar - ------------------------------------------------------------- greg@lin.cbl.com.au - --------------------------------------------------- SOUNDGARDEN ALICE IN CHAINS METALLICA SEPULTURA MONSTER MAGNET WHITE ZOMBIE PRIMUS TOOL - --------------------------------------------------- The above mentioned bands rule! ------------------------------ From: dao5@Lehigh.EDU (ClownWithBazooka) Subject: Hmm... Sommsters, I second the emotion on the fact that Chris doesn't string random words together. I write poems occasionally when the mood strikes me, and I have them locked on my computer, my best friend saw one once and I kinda told her the same thing, (sorry ava, since your probably reading this) It's just really hard to let people look through you like a open window. So I really respect Chris for being able to do that. Dotu really reminds me of Loud Love for some reason, I think it's because 1) Both albums are just straight forward rock, well as straight forward as sg can be, saying that sg is straight forward rock is like saying that John Coltrane was your every day average sax player. 2) Songs like Tighter and Tighter and overfloater remind me of Loud Love and some of the basslines on the album remind me of power trip. Another thing I remember a common comment that dotu doesn't have a slaves and bulldozers. or a btw . fourth of July in terms of a superpowerful sg song. I say to all those people just listen to boot camp at around three in the morning when your the only one awake through headphones, the song will make you feel like your the only one in the entire universe. I have never heard a song that invoked such emotion in my entire life. Clown ------------------------------ From: Neuromute@aol.com Subject: SOMMS playlist So basically, since I have Fresh Deadly Rarities, I have all of those SOMMS songs on that album, except Slaves and Bulldozers, which I have a 16:37 live version of (with the cool PJ "Alive" rendition) on Somewhere - Live '92.... I guess I don't feel so badly now.... Thanks for the responses... Later.....Brian - -- Put your hands away Your (sic) gonna kill your mother....and I love her. ------------------------------ From: Neuromute@aol.com Subject: Bryan, Texas For those of you who must travel to the great nation of Texas to catch Lolla, please stop in Dallas first, go to Deep Ellum, find Shroom in the gutter, and check to see if she is still breathing.. : ) Then travel 3 hours south to Bryan Texas, sister city to College Station, home of Texas A & M University were reportedly I spent 4 years obtaining my first degree....(kinda hazy..) Later....Brian - -- But if somebody left you out on a ledge, If somebody pushed you over the edge, If somebody loved you and left you for dead, You got to hold on to your time till you break through these times of trouble.... ------------------------------ From: Stella Rogers Subject: Re: a SOMMS like record. At 05:58 PM 6/5/96 EDT, you wrote: > >> They also had a vinyl LP of Ultramega OK for $50! I was pretty >> surprised. I wonder what makes it so high priced. Oh well just go check it >> out for yourselves I guess. Laters... > >That's because it's SST's *test pressing* of Ultramega OK. According >to Steve's discog: > >"'There is a test pressing of Ultramega OK on black vinyl. It has a >plain white cover with an SST insert detailing the order of the tracks >and the name of the artist.' - Ryan Pfaff. Was seen twice at record >shows in 1991. Hasn't been uncovered since." > >A true Soundgarden rarity, it seems. > >seth > > Well I checked back with that website, and they have that in stock although it didn't give me any numbers. Just thought I'd say that, if there are any true colectors on the list. srogers http://www.fix.net/~srogers ------------------------------ From: melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net Subject: Re: sometimes it pays to watch mtv.. The song is a previously unrealeased "live" version of My Wave, a somewhat appropriate song for a Surfrider bene disc. It was in the new issue of Surfer. A lot of other good bands will make it worth picking up tho: Beastie Boys, a new 7 mary 3, a new Helmet, PJ cover tune, shit some others i can't remember. Gregg At 02:56 PM 6/4/96 -0500, champagne.supernova@thenexus.com wrote: >im still watching it:) and kurt scroder just said that something about >the surfrider foundation, and how there is a record benefiting it coming >out this summer with new tracks by pearl jam and SOUNDGARDEN and some >other bands.. dammit.. it better not be a song i've heard before.. but i >will settle for christi on cd:) also, at the end of the pretty noose >video where chris screams "YEAH!" the closed captioning said "NO!" >hehe i thought that was a lil retarded:) > > > ____________________________________ | | HEAVY ROTATION-- | http://www.cybercomm.net/~melusk2 | "Down on the Upside" | melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net | --Soundgarden |____________________________________| "Another motherfucker down the drain" --C. Cornell ------------------------------ From: melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net Subject: Kicking off Down on the Upside When I turned on the stereo one morning, I decided to listen to DoTU. So PN starts playing, and the intro sounds kinda low, so I crank it a little. I'm standing there, brushing my teeth, when all of a sudden a sonic BLAST hits me as CC starts singing. Did anyone else pick up on this Big vol. increase when they listened? Of all the times I heard PN on the radio, I never noticed that. Gregg ____________________________________ | | HEAVY ROTATION-- | http://www.cybercomm.net/~melusk2 | "Down on the Upside" | melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net | --Soundgarden |____________________________________| "Another motherfucker down the drain" --C. Cornell ------------------------------ From: melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net Subject: Re: Metallica...and, well that's it At 07:46 AM 6/5/96 +0600, PERRY wrote: >I THINK THAT METALLICA FORGOT ABOUT THEIR FANS THAT HAVE LISTEN TO THEM >SINCE 1985 OR 1986 >MY OPINION IS THAT BOB ROCK IS THE RESPOSIBLE OF METALLICA's LOOK AND ALBUM >BUT I DON'T CARE OF THEIR LOOK,I CARE OF THEIR MUSIC,BUT IS NOT METALLICA >NOTICE ON THE SONG MAMA SAID, IT'S LIKE CONTRY. >THEY DON'T DESERVE THE NAME OF METALLICA. >WHEN I LISTEN TO THE FIRST TIME I WAS SURPRISE OF THE MUSIC THAT THEY WHERE >PLAYING >BUT I'M STILL A FAN OF METALLICA >AND THE WORST THING IS THAT ALBUM #7 IS ALL READY DONE AND IS THE SAME >MATERIAL OF THIS ONE. >IF METALLICA WANTED TO KNOW WHERE WAS THEIR REAL FANS I THING THEY ARE DOING >A BIG MISTAKE. >BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE METALLICA BECAUSE OF THEIR MUSIC.AND NOW THEY PUT THIS >NEW ALBUM AND LOOK AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL REJECTED THEM. >I WILL FOLLOW THEM WITH A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW BUT I STILL A METALLICA FAN. HEY PERRY...LAY OFF THE CAPS... SG related--you think SG and Metallica will do anything cool on Lolla like having Hetfield play onstage with SG or Chris sing with Metallica? Gregg ____________________________________ | | HEAVY ROTATION-- | http://www.cybercomm.net/~melusk2 | "Down on the Upside" | melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net | --Soundgarden |____________________________________| "Another motherfucker down the drain" --C. Cornell ------------------------------ From: blind dog Subject: I'm just a baby who looks like a boy... On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Greg Dunbar wrote: > I just heard DOTU on headphones for the first time, and I really > picked up a big difference. Everything is so amplified. You could > hear the backing vocals (I think Matt's) really clearly on Burden > which I didn't notice as well before. If you've only listened to it I actually thought that this album was different in that chris sang almost *all* of the vocal parts. on previous albums, matt and ben would do some backups, and chris would sing the main vocal track, maybe layering on some other minor stuff. but on dotu, it seems to me that he sings just about everything, and that the rest of the band had very little to do with the vocals at all. chris laylers his voice tracks so that in many songs (overfloater and tighter come to mind) he is actually singing harmony with himself - an entirely different approach to his multiple vocals on fourth of july. in some songs (with the aid of headphones), it sounds like there are a coupld of chris clones :) not to mention that he showcases a few of his different vocal styles. I remember someone saying earlier that there is no real screaming on dotu, and that chris and the rest of the band had mellowed out. I agree that the screaming is kept to a minimum, but it is still there; especially on tracks like never the machine, tighter and blow up. I just like the fact that he is showing off his ability to sing in different ways. his singing on burden is *great*, and gives a real depth to the song (if he screamed it in a jcp fashion it just would not be the same). just some food for thought. coolest quote for the week: ben shepherd on soundgarden's relevance to grunge - 'bart simpson has more to do with it than we do. I just say that we're a loud band'. perhaps sg should have been on the homerpalooza episode? ----------------------------------- a thousand doors, a thousand lies rooms a thousand years wide ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: "Limo Wreck" Subject: Re: sometimes it pays to watch mtv.. On Jun 5, 9:42pm, melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net wrote: > Subject: Re: sometimes it pays to watch mtv.. > The song is a previously unrealeased "live" version of My Wave, > a somewhat appropriate song for a Surfrider bene disc. It was > in the new issue of Surfer. A lot of other good bands will make > it worth picking up tho: Beastie Boys, a new 7 mary 3, a new Helmet, > PJ cover tune, shit some others i can't remember. > Gregg > i hope this isn't the one on the "my wave" single.....? - -- Jeremy Crocker, A.K.A unGod j_crocke@eos.ncsu.edu http://www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/j/j_crocke/WWW/home.html "somewhere through a thousand blues a dragonfly descends with just a whisper. i'm lonelier than god, and all my wishes spin the fishes in the air and everyone a different shade of you" - "suicide machine", by Hum ------------------------------ From: Jim Alsbury Subject: Re: ATN, issue 2.06: DOTU review hi my name is James I'm new too this mailing list I personally like the Soundgarden cd Down on the Upside it's a great cd. I also like Superunknown I personall think those are the coolest cd's they have out right now. Maybe this sounds stupid too ya all but I love soundgarden I just think too many people knock alternative and heavy musik all for the wrong reasons if anybody agree's w/ me let me know!!! ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Arbitrary Lyrics From: tonerkin@usa.pipeline.com (Tonerkin) On Jun 04, 1996 23:09:41, 'oponfam@cnsnet.com' wrote: >arbitrary words that sound good together >I've heard Chris say this several times, but I'm sorry, I don't >believe him. I think Chris says alot of things maybe to protect >himself and his privacy or whatever. In the NME article of May 18,1996 it says "when he (CC) was writing lyrics for "Down on the Upside" he decided consciously to look back at his childhood for the first time. He will point to the songs-"boot camp" and "never named"- but is as tight lipped when it comes to explaining their content as he is about any other song on the album." I think some of the songs come from emotions or experiences that prehaps he has had but I would like to think that Chris' life isn't as painful as some of his lyrics suggest. Toni ------------------------------ From: vman@ctdnet.acns.nwu.edu (Vasant Ramamurthy) Subject: Re: Jesus Christ Pose single >Also, I was wondering.. Are Ultramega OK and the Flower EP worth the money? >They're pretty expensive. Child, run out of your house and GRAB ULTRAMEGA OK RIGHT NOW!!!!!!! You ain't livin' if you don't have it. As for, Flower EP, if you've got some extra cash, go ahead. But 2 of the songs are already on Ultramega OK. Vasant ****************************************************************************** The Refuge of the Damned http://ctdnet.acns.nwu.edu/~vman/me.html Lots of music, photos, links, and more! vman@ctdnet.acns.nwu.edu "I don't need your love to disconnect" - An Ode to No One -Smashing Pumpkins **************************************************************************** ------------------------------ From: ADDC Subject: Re: Metallica and other ramblings On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Gail wrote: > Damn me!!! My only hope is the show in Bryan, TX. I > only know one person in Texas, and he lives in Dallas. I haven't figured > out where the hell Bryan is, but I'm praying it's within driving distance > of Dallas. Bryan is near College Station in Central Texas which is the home of Texas A&M University. So unfortunately, it is not within driving distance of Dallas but I think it takes about 2 or 3 hours to reach down there. Vince Varkey ------------------------------ From: ADDC Subject: Re: Bryan, Texas Why don't all of us Texans on somms go to Bryan together? just an idea, vince varkey ------------------------------ From: ShRooMGrLz@aol.com Subject: No Subject (subjects are trendy...) >SG related--you think SG and Metallica will do anything cool on Lolla like >having Hetfield play onstage with SG or Chris sing with Metallica? God forbid. I'll probably be stalking SG by the time Metallica hits the stage. ;) >For those of you who must travel to the great nation of Texas to catch Lolla, >please stop in Dallas first, go to Deep Ellum, find Shroom in the gutter, and >check to see if she is still breathing.. : ) Ahhhhh, the gutter. Such a wonderful place to be!! I'll be somewhere in the vicinity of the 2700 block of Elm St. Try not to step on me, though, please. ;) >I think some of the songs come from emotions or experiences that >prehaps he has had but I would like to think that Chris' life isn't as >painful as some of his lyrics suggest. Hmmm... understand that this is not in any way, shape, or form to belittle Chris or his lyrics... But I've known a couple of damned good poets who've had relatively easy lives, and yet have written some the most soul-wrenching poetry you'll ever read. You'd think that these people had been to hell and back during their time... but getting run over by ruthless old people wielding killer shopping carts in the supermarket is about the extent of their problems. Some people are just talented writers. But again... this is just a thought. I have no idea of what Chris' life is and was like. One last thing... have you people noticed that this "trendiness" thing is getting just a tad bit out of hand? I was at a clothing store the other day, and I saw these mass produced shirts that said "Trendy People Suck." Hmmm... so if there's thirty million people running around in these shirts, what does that make them? And during the last few years, anything mainstream has started to be labeled as "trendy." People (LOTS of people) are trying to be cool by claiming to hate "trendy" things. So it's officially cool to be anti-trend, and everyone's in on it? Now wait... doesn't that make it TRENDY to hate trendiness?? What the hell's going on here people?!? Ummm... I think I'm just going to hide in my closet with my music until this whole thing blows over. Oops... I mean hide in my gutter. Someone let me know when Lolla gets here. I have to buy a "trendy" shirt before I go, so I can be cool, too... Shroom (Totally obsessed with Chris Cornell... loving it... and not giving a flying rats ass if it's trendy, or not.) "He's going to bungi jump from his penis!! Is that cool, or what?!?" ~ Chris Cornell (No... haven't you heard? That's not cool anymore Chris... it's trendy.) ------------------------------ End of somms Digest [Volume 2 Issue 147] ****************************************