SOMMS Digest - 11 Aug 1998 to 12 Aug 1998 [ Message/RFC822 14KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] There are 13 messages totalling 369 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. I'm Sooooo Sorry!!!!! =( (3) 2. most POWERFUL sg... (3) 3. Cdnow 4. what??? (2) 5. The CDnow Article... 6. I'm Sooooo Sorry!!!!! 7. REgarding the cdnow thing 8. most Powerful soundgarden song To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 02:03:30 EDT From: Brian Coursen Subject: Re: I'm Sooooo Sorry!!!!! =( Right now I would have to say that "boot camp" is the most powerful song, if I get your meaning by powerful. For me that song sends a chill up my spine everytime I hear it. Looking forward to the other responses *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ IF THIS ISN'T MAKING SENSE IT DOESN'T MAKE IT LIES *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:27:26 EDT From: Andy Guinn Subject: Re: I'm Sooooo Sorry!!!!! =( In a message dated 8/11/98 1:07:57 AM Central Daylight Time, BDMOTRFING@AOL.COM writes: > Right now I would have to say that "boot camp" is the most powerful song, if > I get your meaning by powerful. For me that song sends a chill up my spine > everytime I hear it. I TOTALLY agree! Boot Camp is one of those songs where you get emotional just listening to it! It SUCH a beautiful song! One of me favorite lyrics come from there... "There must be something else, something good, far away..". I was listenin to it, and i kinda got to thinkin wut theyre sayin. I thought the song ment how society says that theres free speech, and you can do whatever you want in life, except you cant cause uproar in your opinions. That majorities can do what ever they want("babies on display, like angels in a cage), but minorities have no say, but can say their opinions in their own little group. Just my opinion... -GwYn **...and bound to die alone...** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:57:36 EDT From: Charlie Mccutcheon Subject: most POWERFUL sg... i would go with nowhere but you. the sparse guitar's and moaning vocals reeeeally throw a picture right in your face. i swear, chris could have been an amazing delta blues man. on the officially released side i would say... head down. three drummers (matt, ben, greg kiplinger), some monstrous rhythm riffs, subsonic bassline & ghostly vocals. it's soundgarden at their finest. the music even sounds arranged in a classical manner. no real "lead" guitar or single riff. yep, definitely head down. charlie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 13:01:01 EDT From: Mike Liacone Subject: Re: I'm Sooooo Sorry!!!!! =( I would have to say Cold Bitch. The musically heaviness, and the vocalization is just too much. The lyrics speak of powerful subject matter. Otheres on my list include Toy Box, Overfloater, Fresh Deadly Roses and of course Jesus Christ Pose. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:37:11 EDT From: Barry White Subject: Cdnow While visiting the cdnow website, I noticed that it had a bio on Soundgarden. It continued to say that Down on the Upside was recorded during Chris Cornell's alleged drug problem. I had never heard anything about this. Would someone shine some light on the matter? The address is http://www.cdnow.com/cgi- bin/mserver/SID=1311423038/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/biography.html/ArtistID=FRN- SOUNDGARDEN ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 21:46:52 -0700 From: niki freer Subject: Re: most POWERFUL sg... Charlie writes: >i would go with nowhere but you. the sparse guitar's and moaning >vocals reeeeally throw a picture right in your face. this is one of chris's most amazing songs ever, i think. i'd say it's one of the most powerful songs i've ever heard out of chris/soundgarden. however, as for most powerful song ever, i'm willing to bet on the haunting 4th of July. nothing comes even CLOSE to what that songs makes you imagine is going on. the words are pure poetry, and although it does kind of give you the apocalyptic image right off the bat, the song itself.... those thundering, brooding guitars and bass, the eerie wailing vocals over the mournful moaning.... good god, it is just a song that throws me to the floor. like suicide gets an honorable mention (mainly for the musical part, especially the solo), and so does tighter & tighter (vocals, music again mainly). :) mind riot _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 22:02:30 EDT From: Matt Hammons Subject: Re: most POWERFUL sg... Actually it is Like Sucide, anything anyone else says is WRONG. :) Matt ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 22:04:37 -0400 From: jenny grover Subject: what??? This site http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1311423038/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/biography.html/ArtistID=FRN-SOUNDGARDEN yielded this gem: >Down On The Upside was another fine album, recorded during Cornell's >allegedly serious drug problems; >Encyclopedia of Popular Music Copyright Muze UK Ltd. 1989 - 1998 Anybody know what the fuck these guys are talking about here?? It's bad enough they have Ben's birthday down for Hiro! Jen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 22:05:17 -0700 From: niki freer Subject: The CDnow Article... Here is that article from CDNow that claims CC was on drugs at the time of recording DOTU. you decide what's wrong with this thing.... -mind riot... This Seattle-based US quartet fused influences as diverse as Led Zeppelin, the Stooges, Velvet Underground and, most particularly, early UK and US punk bands into a dirty, sweaty, sexually explicit and decidedly fresh take on rock 'n' roll. The group, Chris Cornell (b. 20 July 1964, Seattle, Washington, USA; vocals, guitar), Kim Thayil (b. 4 September 1960, Seattle, Washington, USA; guitar), Hiro Yamamoto (b. 20 September 1968, Okinawa, Japan; bass) and Matt Cameron (b. 28 November 1962, San Diego, USA; drums), proffer a sound characterized by heavy-duty, bass-laden metallic riffs, that swings between dark melancholia and avant garde minimalism. Cornell's ranting vocal style and articulate lyrics complete the effect. The group's first recording, the Screaming Life EP, was the second release on the hugely influential Sub Pop label, and marked out their territory. Indeed, Thayil had brought together the label's owners Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in the first place. After signing to SST Records and releasing Ultramega OK, they attracted the attention of A&M Records and eventually released Louder Than Love, one of the most underrated and offbeat rock albums of 1989. This also meant that they were the first of the Sub Pop generation to sign to a major. After its release Cameron and Cornell would also participate in the two million-selling Temple Of The Dog album, which co-featured Pearl Jam members Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament laying tribute at the door of deceased Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood. However, following the recording sessions for Louder Than Love, Yamamoto would be replaced by Jason Everman (ex- Nirvana), though he would record on only one track, a cover version of the Beatles' 'Come Together', before departing for Mindfunk via Skunk. His eventual replacement would be band friend Ben 'Hunter' Shepherd. Badmotorfinger built on the group's succesful formula but added insistent riffs, the grinding but melodious guitar sound that would come to define 'grunge', and their own perspectives on politics, religion and society. Among its many absorbing moments was the MTV-friendly single 'Jesus Christ Pose'. Landing the support slot on Guns N'Roses' US Illusions tour deservedly opened up Soundgarden to a much wider audience. Superunknown capitalized on this, and debuted at number 1 on the Billboard chart on 19 March 1994. Produced by Michael Beinhorn ( Soul Asylum, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc.) and the band themselves, it was a magnum opus clocking in at more than 70 minutes and featuring 15 songs. Eventually selling over three million copies, it was promoted by an Australasian tour in January 1994, headlining the 'Big Day Out' festival package above the Ramones, Smashing Pumpkins and Teenage Fanclub, before moving on to Japan. Down On The Upside was another fine album, recorded during Cornell's allegedly serious drug problems; the record belies the band's internal strife with intense but highly melodic heavy rock. With continuing unrest in the camp, the band decided to fold in April 1997. Encyclopedia of Popular Music Copyright Muze UK Ltd. 1989 - 1998 _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 22:26:34 EDT From: Mike Gallagher Subject: Re: I'm Sooooo Sorry!!!!! This may sound very typical, but in my mind, there are too many Soundgarden songs that are very deep and very powerful to label one that stands out from all the rest. There is no one song that is the most powerful. There are the ones that send a chill up one's spine, there are the ones that leave you thinking for hours upon hours, days upon days, and then there are the ones that just plain and simple knock you on your ass. I can't think of any one song that strikes a chord in my mind more than any other. I think most of their songs have something meaningful to say, especially songs like Like Suicide, The Day I Tried To Live, Fell On Black Days, Jesus Christ Pose, Mind Riot, Boot Camp (as someone already mentioned), Overfloater, and Ugly Truth. They all also have a power all their own, all have a purpose whether to be serious, like Blind Dogs or Zero Chance, or to be fun, like Spoonman or Fopp. That was fun, now wasn't it kiddies? --Gallagwar-- "...in your heart I freeze..." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:52:25 -0230 From: Garden_Freek Subject: REgarding the cdnow thing It's probably just a load of bullshit anyway. Think about it. it's not on the imusic or unofficial site, therefore it's not a reliable source. Just ignore it and buy their cd's through my site. ;) -- Marc soundgarden@tophosting.com http://home.avint.net/~rhollett/index.html ~VISIT TEMPLE OF THE GARDEN~ "How would I know that this could be my fate?" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 22:24:58 -0500 From: Geoff Subject: Re: what??? Obviously they are confusing Soundgarden with Stone Temple Pilots. Geoff ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 21:53:51 PDT From: thomas brinkerhoff Subject: most Powerful soundgarden song Well, i think that Karaoke was Soundgarden's most powerful song....The opening and ending kicks soooo much ass!!!....I'm sure that most of you don't agree with me, but, that's my opinion.....oh, and like suicide is like that too....the solo in it is amazing.....Later... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 11 Aug 1998 to 12 Aug 1998 ************************************************