From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 22 Apr 1999 to 23 Apr 1999 Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 2:01 AM There are 10 messages totalling 314 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Favorite Lyrics 2. Misheard Lyrics/Favorite Lyrics (2) 3. Album Title (3) 4. The average Soundgarden fan (2) 5. Outshined lyrics + censorship 6. Rocket/300 Best NW Albums To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 02:04:41 -0400 From: Kim Subject: Re: Favorite Lyrics One of my favorite songs is 'Switch Opens.' It's such a calm, beautiful song, and the lyrics are so visual: "Hey you slaves, go hang your owners/Draw your names among their ashes/Put your children on their thrones/Gather round and fall right down.../Switch is on, switch is on, switch is on..." I love Chris' lyrics because they paint this strange, exaggerated picture. The hyperbole of lyrics like "I was slipping through the cracks of a stolen jewel/I was tightrope walking with two-ton shoes" or "The day I tried to live/I stole a thousand beggar's change and gave it to the rich/The day I tried to win/I dangled from the power lines and let the martyrs stretch" creates evocative images, as if he was trying to tell a story, rather than simply telling you how he feels. That's what I think separated Soundgarden from other bands: they were taking you on a journey, and you experienced what they went through, as opposed to simply hearing about it. -Elliott Feel the air now Tumbling and wander in the moonshine Switch opens... Nothing is when everything is all right Switch is on... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 03:02:58 -0230 From: Marc Hollett Subject: Re: Misheard Lyrics/Favorite Lyrics "Mercurial mind the fire Ferrivorous direction and drive" Sounds really cool when chris sings it. ---------- : From: J.C. : To: SOMMS@MITVMA.MIT.EDU : Subject: Misheard Lyrics/Favorite Lyrics : Date: April 21, 1999 10:40 PM : : I used to think for a long while that the line in : 'Somewhere' was "and lots of love", when in actual : fact it's "in laughs of love". That's an awesome line : don't you think? In fact all of the lyrics on : 'Somewhere' are great. : : "Somewhere in the dreams, of those who should, Echo : all the worlds, in laughs of love." : : It makes you wish that Ben had written more. So to : lead into a new thread: What are everyones's favorite : Soundgarden lyrics? Either a whole song or just a few : lines. : : Jay. : : p.s. Sorry if this sounds like an attempt to start a : thread just for the sake of it. But so what? : : : : : : : === : 'Our audience is pretty diverse. Originally, most of our fans were art students or punk rockers, and then we started getting skaters and metal kids and even some people with no particular haircut whatsoever' -Chris Cornell, Soundgarden (1989) : : 'Were you born worthless, or did you have to work at it?' -Sgt Hartman (Full Metal Jacket) : : 'I have done the vilest things, the foulest things, but I have done them, superbly.' -June Miller (Henry and June) : : 'Oh forgive me for prattling away and making everything all oogy.' -Annie Wilkes (Misery) : _________________________________________________________ : Do You Yahoo!? : Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:32:00 -0400 From: Anson Watkins Subject: Re: Misheard Lyrics/Favorite Lyrics my favorite line is "the day i tried to live i learned that I was a liar just like you."n THE BEST THERE IS H K K K E M M M B HOLLY K M F M K E B M M M WOOD E K K K L ST THERE EVER WIL ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:35:10 -0400 From: Anson Watkins Subject: Album Title Hey you guys I was just wanting to get some input on what you think would be a good name for chris' new album. THE BEST THERE IS H K K K E M M M B HOLLY K M F M K E B M M M WOOD E K K K L ST THERE EVER WIL ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:41:14 -0400 From: Kim Subject: Re: Album Title On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Anson Watkins wrote: > Hey you guys I was just wanting to get some input on what you think would > be a good name for chris' new album. Howabout 'Kriz KorNell Singz Da Bluez' or 'Chris Cornell's Terrific Garden of Sound.' -Elliott ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:39:29 -0500 From: Mike Jones Subject: Re: Album Title > On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Anson Watkins wrote: > > > Hey you guys I was just wanting to get some input on what you think would > > be a good name for chris' new album. Hey, I got it! How about "Uncle Chris's Family Feedbag"? Andy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:06:18 -0500 From: Mike Jones Subject: The average Soundgarden fan SOMMSters, Hey, I just got all that e-mail about threads and everything the other day, and something springed into my mind. I've never been on another mailing list, and I'm afraid this one will spoil my future mailing lists, because the people on here kick so much ass. I mean, god, we're all intelligent. Every member of the band has said that there are going to be less Soundgarden fans, but they will always be smarter. Amid all of this bickering at each other, not one person has said "Yo momma" or "you suck", because we're just not like that. People who listen to Soundgarden automatically become more intelligent, it's just a fact of nature. We're all having more of discussions than arguments, and it takes real brains to do stuff like that. So, is this what every Soundgarden fan is like? No, but there's a lot more people like this that are fans of Soundgarden than some mindless metal band who talk about fucking little girls and doing drugs in all their lyrics. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. Andy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 17:10:55 EDT From: Mike Stevenson Subject: Re: Outshined lyrics + censorship In a message dated 99-04-19 17:44:38 EDT, you write: << Being an owner of two dogs, grass doesn't grow greener where dogs shit - it dies. So unless you have a dog that's part cow, don't count on your grass growing. >> I know htis has nothing to do with Soundgarden but neither did this post, but if it doesn't make it grow, then why is my dog's pen greener than the rest of my lawn, and also grows a lot more and is the first grass to come up? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 17:37:01 -0500 From: MICHAEL APPLE Subject: Re: The average Soundgarden fan Date sent: 22-APR-1999 17:30:52 Yeah, the guys in SG were completely correct in saying that their fans were intelligent people. I love talking with people on this mailing list. It's one of the only places I've discovered on the Net where intelligent music lovers congregate and discuss music on a cultural and intellectual basis. The friends I've made here are really great people too. It's so cool that we're actually dissecting the "shedding/shitting" lyric on the basis of the scientific viability of dog feces as fertilizer. (I suppose it probably wouldn't make good grass fertilizer, though. The pH is all wrong.) Nowhere else have I seen a conversation even close. :) Later, Mike Apple >Hey, I just got all that e-mail about threads and everything the other >day, and something springed into my mind. I've never been on another >mailing list, and I'm afraid this one will spoil my future mailing >lists, because the people on here kick so much ass. I mean, god, we're >all intelligent. Every member of the band has said that there are going >to be less Soundgarden fans, but they will always be smarter. Amid all >of this bickering at each other, not one person has said "Yo momma" or >"you suck", because we're just not like that. People who listen to >Soundgarden automatically become more intelligent, it's just a fact of >nature. We're all having more of discussions than arguments, and it >takes real brains to do stuff like that. So, is this what every >Soundgarden fan is like? No, but there's a lot more people like this >that are fans of Soundgarden than some mindless metal band who talk >about fucking little girls and doing drugs in all their lyrics. ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> "I was slipping through the cracks of a stolen jewel I was tightrope walking in two ton shoes Now somebody's talking about a third world war And the police said this was normal control The candle was burning yesterday Like somebody's best friend died And I've been caught in a mind riot" Soundgarden, "Mind Riot" <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:34:30 EDT From: Nick Boos Subject: Rocket/300 Best NW Albums SOMMSters- New Rocket came out yesterday, their 300th issue. The feature article was the top 300 northwest albums of all time. For the first 100 albums they did a little blurb, so if you are interested go to the Rocket's website (http://www.musicuniverse.com/rocket/rocket.htm) they should have the new issue up in a day or two. Great article...good to use as like a checklist. Here is how the boys did (albums, eps, appearences): 7.) Soundgarden- Superunknown 12.) Various Artists- Sub Pop 200 15.) Various Artists- Deep Six 21.) Soundgarden- Screaming Life 47.) Temple Of The Dog- Temple Of The Dog 62.) Soundtrack- Singles 82.) Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger 132.) Soundgarden- Louder Than Love 229.) Various Artists- Home Alive 239.) Soundgarden- UltraMegaOk 257.) Soundgarden- Down On The Upside I think thats it..if there are anymore post them..like anything I missed. Also of note in a little blurb in the middle they had the top 5 bands in the top 300 and Soundgarden was second with 5 LPs and 1 EP. -Nick aka Spackle ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 22 Apr 1999 to 23 Apr 1999 ************************************************