From: somms@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Monday, 16 Dec 1996 Reply-To: somms@mit.edu Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 01:52:34 EST Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Monday, 16 Dec 1996 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu Today's Topics: Re: Soundgarden Digest, Saturday, 14 Dec 1996 tuesday or wednesday ticket? disappointments.... RE: All of this originality conflict Re: All of this originality conflict Gratuitous comments about Chris' sexy body... Blow up what? Holiday procedures ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Moon Druid" Subject: Re: Soundgarden Digest, Saturday, 14 Dec 1996 > From: psyche > Subject: pin-up terrorist > It wasn't the Gavin part that made me smile; it was the way they described > Chris....I thought it was pretty amusing.........Middle Eastern terrorist > visage......???? Sure!!! Havn't you ever seen him when his face is pointed down towards the ground and his eyes are looking straight up at you? Some dreams are just lies Some dreams are never realized -Deadguy, "Pins and Needles" -- Moon Druid -- deadguy@interaccess.com -- > ------------------------------ > From: Brian_Lew@iacnet.com > Subject: SG & Zep > Actually, Jimmy Page played guitar... Robert Plant sang. Anyway, Heh... good catch... > I think a Led Zep/Soundgarden comparison is perfect. Most people > seem to only know Zeppelin from the same 3 or 4 songs the radio > plays over and over and over (the same treatment Soundgarden is > getting from radio too these days) although they put out a dozen > albums or so. Can't disagree there. And, as it is with both bands, I'm sure that there are a few people calling themselves die-hard fans that have never heard of the Fopp EP. But... I'm willing to take a risk and say that Soundgarden... NOT Pearl Jam... are going to be compared to Led Zepplin in twenty years. Or maybe Soundgarden will be the next Led Zepplin... I'd say this because Zepplin liked to go back in time when creating songs. Think of all the old elements they put into the songs. For a while, the acoustic guitar had been though dead until people heard Page tearing out riffs with his 12-string. Same goes for Soundgarden. Come on... I mean... a mellotron? Clarinets? Mandolin? Mandola? Who (other than the Screaming Trees) use these on a regular basis? > So, I can't think of a better band to compare SG to in the "Big > Picture Of Rock History" than Led Zep. While SG isn't as > "innovative" as Zep was, they certainly take what Zep started and > create music that is unique in its own way. Ehh? Not as innovative? I don't know what you're getting at there. Put Deep Six back in your CD-player and just put "Heretic" on repeat. A guitar, with a strange effect on it, is playing a deep note that's better suited for a bass. And then, it switches over to a wailing guitar chorus. And never mind the time signatures... 3/4 in rock was pretty much unheard of. As the years went on, the band kept on creating new things and figuring out new ways to do stuff. Soundgarden is one of the only bands that de-tunes their guitars as drastically as they do. Plus, they're one of the only bands with a guitarist that plays with as chaotic a style as Kim has. There's a lot of innovativeness there. Some dreams are just lies Some dreams are never realized -Deadguy, "Pins and Needles" -- Moon Druid -- deadguy@interaccess.com -- ------------------------------ From: Dan Murphy Subject: tuesday or wednesday ticket? Seattle-area sommsters: looking for an extra ticket for the tuesday or wednesday show for a friend. is there a chance that anyone has an extra? maybe a fan club member who is not going to use the second ticket allotted to him or her? please let me know ASAP! thanks! also, has anyone else received a DOTU *phone card*? i just saw one this morning - weird! recommendation of the week: if you get a chance to see seaweed, do it! they were a'rockin last night at the RCKNDY! adios, dan danno@wood.net ------------------------------ From: spierce@mpls.k12.mn.us (Sandy Pierce) Subject: disappointments.... i just wanted to comment on the thing someone said about soundgarden's next album possibly being a disappointment. i don't think that will happen. my reason behind this is, i thought that superunknown was an extremely good album and i thought 'how will soundgarden ever impress the world again after that one'. but they proved me wrong cuz dotu was great too (great in a different way than all their previous albums, but great none the less). i think they have it in them to keep making exceptional albums, even if they surprise us with a different "sound" each time. there you go with my opinion. comments are welcome :) amanda ------------------------------ From: Tiffany Saint Subject: RE: All of this originality conflict On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, Laura wrote: > previous music that the author heard. Saying that someone has to put out > COMPLETELY ORIGINAL music all the time is like saying that they had to > write something without any other influence, which would mean they would > have to stand on stage silent. Actually, the silence thing has been done, both by John Lennon and by Soundgarden. I'm not sure if "One Minute of Silece" or it's tribute by Soundgarden were ever preformed live, but they are both listed on recording credits. - ----- Experimental Media Research Laboratory, Northern California For more Information, http://emrl.com or email INFO@EMRL.COM. ------------------------------ From: "Steven Russell Jr." Subject: Re: All of this originality conflict Tiffany Saint wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, Laura wrote: > > previous music that the author heard. Saying that someone has to put out > > COMPLETELY ORIGINAL music all the time is like saying that they had to > > write something without any other influence, which would mean they would > > have to stand on stage silent. > > Actually, the silence thing has been done, both by John Lennon and by > Soundgarden. I'm not sure if "One Minute of Silece" or it's tribute by > Soundgarden were ever preformed live, but they are both listed on > recording credits. Those of you that are music majors know that the *silence* thing was done originally by John Cage...in his monumental epic piece, "4:33". I believe that work was performed live, in its entirety, at some world reknown concert hall (Carnige?) sometime in the early 60's?. Mr. Cage is also the composer of the most bizarre piece of music ever recorded..."Cartridge Music" - a real party fave. Of all the recorded versions...I *much* prefer Soundgarden's. Its tones are more lifelike in an inner city criminal type of way. Steve - - testing the limits of human caffeine consumption ------------------------------ From: ShRooMGrLz@aol.com Subject: Gratuitous comments about Chris' sexy body... Just kidding. I was actually just curious to see if Local 121 is open yet, and if so... has anyone has checked it out? I can be such a slacker sometimes, damn me. (For the newbies... Local 121 is the jazz club that Ben and Matt are opening.) Also, whatever happened to idea of putting together a page for all of our "You know you're obsessed with Soundgarden when...." quotes, and the SG haikus? Did anyone keep track of that, praytell? Ummm... if no one already has dibs on it... would y'all mind if I went through the digests and pulled some of 'em up for a page? I'll make sure that everyone gets credited with their quotes and poetry. Let me know, 'kay? Oh yeah, I just finished updating the SiCa page, and I changed Matt's wish list on the X-mas page. ;-) I haven't changed the CC pic of the day yet, 'cuz I'm lazy. I'm thinking of only changing it one time for the weekend for now on. So look for a new CC pic tomorrow evening. =) This web stuff rules. Shroomy "Shroom, what in the hell is going on here? Why is my drummer tied to his drum kit like that? And what's Dena doing with that chocolate sauce?? I THOUGHT YOU WORSHIPPED *MY* SEXY BODY!!! This is sooooo wrong! Matt, get the hell out of here! Tie ME up instead! AND WHERE'S THE WHIPPED CREAM??!?" ~ Chris Cornell (Words not necessarily said in that order...) <~~~ my disclaimer ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ ^v^ Check out my webpage... ^v^ ^v^ or die a slow and painful death. =) ^v^ ^v^ http://members.aol.com/ShRooMGrLz/shroom.html ^v^ ^v^ Also take a peek at the CC is God page... ^v^ ^v^ ...and the CC pic of the day! ^v^ ^v^ Damn, I'm smooth. =) ^v^ ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ ------------------------------ From: Heather E Jackson Subject: Blow up what? I thought this was cute and wanted to share it with all of you Sommsters. My 11-year-old cousin, who is well aware of my SG obsession, told me the other day she had seen a video by them that she thought was really "neat". I asked her if she remembered which one, and she said, "Umm, I think it was like Blow up your mind, and some guy was chained to a chair." Well, it made ME smile! The End Heather ------------------------------ Subject: Holiday procedures From: seth I'm sending this out again as a reminder... If you are going to unsubscribe for the holidays, EMAIL ME DIRECTLY on the day before you wish to be unsubbed and let me know. Please do not email me and say something like "Can you unsub me on Dec 27 and resub me on Jan 18?" because I'll just unsub you as soon as I get your message. When you come back from wherever you spend the holidays and wish to resub, it would be best if you used to form on the Web page -- otherwise you can just email me directly and let me know. Also, for those people who receive the daily (somewhat daily) digest, I probably will be sending it out every other day while I'm on vacation in New York (December 20 to approximately Jan 1). seth (listadmin) ------------------------------ End of somms Digest [Volume 2 Issue 332] ****************************************