From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 6 Jun 1999 to 7 Jun 1999 Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 2:00 AM There are 9 messages totalling 263 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. improvision/cover/unreleased? 2. I Awake 3. Some questions... (2) 4. Kim Thayil (3) 5. 6. Touch Me? To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 04:17:46 -0400 From: jenny grover Subject: Re: improvision/cover/unreleased? > It's a cover...a Syd Barrett track called "Dark Globe" from the album "The > Madcap Laughs". Well, I'm embarrassed (but relieved to have this mystery solved). And I even have this album. Tells you how long it's been since I listened to it. Someone might have done a cover of it that I heard on the radio in the 80's, or else they were playing Syd. Anyway, it seems that early Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett made an impression on most, perhaps all, the Soundgarden fellows. Jen ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 11:39:49 -0400 From: Anne Beyeler Subject: I Awake This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BEB011.49138060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi guys, had to stop lingering for a moment. I think I Awake will touch a nerve with anyone who had something crappy happen to them, I came damn near to crying the first time I heard it back in 1990. But at the same time I think that's why the guys are usually loathe to explain the true meaning of each song, and to let us each read into it whatever it means to us. Isn't that the whole point of music? One song can mean a million different things to a million different people, this is music that speaks a million different languages. That's what SG is to me. Back to lingering now. Annie ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BEB011.49138060 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi guys, = had to stop=20 lingering for a moment. I think I Awake

will touch = a nerve with=20 anyone who had something crappy

happen to = them, I came=20 damn near to crying the first time I

heard it = back in 1990.=20 But at the same time I think that's why

the guys = are usually=20 loathe to explain the true meaning of each

song, and = to let us each=20 read into it whatever it means to us.

Isn't that the whole point = of music?=20 One song can mean a million

different things to a = million different=20 people, this is music that

speaks a million different = languages.=20 That's what SG is to me.

Back to lingering = now.

Annie

------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BEB011.49138060-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 13:31:29 -0700 From: Dave Brener Subject: Some questions... Hi SOMMSters, Here are some things I've been wondering about, so I might as well ask you all for some help. First, does anyone know what that black T-shirt with the white face that Kim always wears is? Is it a band logo or what? Second, I'd like to know if anyone caught SG's performance at Lollapalooza on the 16th of July, 1996 at the Charles Town Raceway in Charles Town, West Virginia. I did, and am looking for some kindred souls to share their experiences of seeing the GREATEST BAND IN THE WORLD! Last, but not least, who here thinks Kim is the greatest guitar player ever? Also, has anyone on this list ever met Kim? My goal in life is to just meet Kim and have a brew with his bad self! If anyone on the list has any idea as to Kim's whereabouts(address, location, phone number, etc...), please let me know. Seeya SOMMSters! All the Best, DB _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 14:45:40 PDT From: Ryan Gilbert Subject: Re: Some questions... Last, but not least, who >here thinks Kim is the greatest guitar player ever? Kim is an awesome guitarist, but I'd have to say he's only second best. Eddie Van Halen will always be the greatest. If you need proof I suggest you listen to "Eruption" by Van Halen. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 18:43:43 -0400 From: Kim Subject: Re: Kim Thayil Although I think Kim is a great player, he's somewhere like 6 or 7 on my top ten list of guitarists. What keeps him rather low is his awkward improvisational solos. Sometimes he's dead on with the jamming solo, although from what I've heard, most times it just sounds like random notes strung together and played very quickly with a huge emphasis on that muddy wah tone he gets. From a technical standpoint, there are just too many other guitarists who exceed him. Can he shred as fast as Van Halen or Randy Rhodes, or palm mute as quickly as James Hetfield, or play a solo with the intensity and honesty of Stevie Ray? Not in my opinion. In his favor, though, he did great things with strange tunings. His solos are immediately recognizable. That's an indication of a great soloist, I think. You don't just copy someone's sound, you invent your own. -Elliott ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 15:55:14 -0700 From: Andrew Snodgrass Subject: Re: Kim Thayil All i can say is this. Look at any Rockabilly Guitarist and the way they play. Great stuff. They combine all forms of playing. The lead, Rhythm and all that shit. -- -AS mailto:asnod@home.com http://members.home.net:80/asnod/ |---------------------------------------------------------------| | "Everybody likes my stuff! Everybody knows that I can rock! | | Everybody knows that I can whip a horse's ass! | | Everybody in my general time knows that I can rock good. | | And as I rock well, I'm going to rev it up!" | | | | - Wesley Willis | |---------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 16:16:07 PDT From: Rachel Reisman Subject: jesus christ people....how many times has this question been argued?!..."Kim is the best guitar player of all time".."no, he's not!"...."yes, he is!"...we've all heard it before. if you all feel the NEED to post, come up with something new. Stop recycling. Rachel* (IWIWSS) _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 17:07:35 -0700 From: "J.C." Subject: Touch Me? Excuse my ignorance but what are the orgins of Touch Me and who's the chick singing in it? Jay _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 23:49:12 -0400 From: Brian Kirkner Subject: Re: Kim Thayil Let's look at this from a different standpoint: It's not really if he's the "best" guitarist in the world or whatever, but what he contributed to the music. With Stevie, his solos were awesome, however his music often lacked depth. Now take into account Soundgarden's music. Would an SRV solo fit into that? My point is that there are millions of people that can play as fast as Van Halen, however if you're with a band, you have to contribute to the entire sound instead of just hogging the spotlight. I'm sure that Kim Thayil can shred with the best of them, but he's not out to steal any spotlights. Hope that made sense, -BDOG ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 6 Jun 1999 to 7 Jun 1999 **********************************************