So...

I'm 24 and a huge music head, and fell in love with grunge and alternative rock maybe 5 or so years ago, and Soundgarden, and Chris Cornell at large, was the artist that really got me hooked.

For the longest time though, I've focused on Badmotorfinger, post-Badmotorfinger Soundgarden, and everything else by Cornell. Today at the gym though, I've been getting really into listening to albums in their entirety and listened to Louder Than Love for the first time from front to back...

For one, fantastic album, I feel silly for not doing this earlier. But also... I knew the song Full On Kevin's Mom, but had never heard the song Full On until today...

Is Louder Than Love just a symphony to Chris Cornell's friend Kevin's milf mom? Like, I'm sensing a theme here that I didn't earlier... Hands All Over, Gun, Get On The Snake, Full On Kevin's Mom, Louder Love, Big Dumb Sex, Full On.... Like it's literally ALL about fucking, from front to back! Most of the song names are at the least innuendos, and many are very forward with their deeper meaning... And just about all the songs have super sexual lyrics at least at some point (Guns - "Shoot Shoot... Push Push... Push Push Push... Yeah yeah oh oh oh oh yeahhhh")...

Do we know who this mysterious "Kevin" is, or even more importantly, his hot mom that inspired this amazing album? And do you guys think Chris fucked Kevin's mom, and was inspired by it, or was this album supposed to break the ice and soak Kevin's mom's panties?

Also, do we know when and why the tone changed? Like Cornell went from seemingly wrote a whole album about fucking some milf and then every album afterwards is among the most depressing music around (which I'm fine with), but what a difference.

I've gotta know... I stopped working out to join this sub and type this post to try and find answers. I may not sleep tonight if I can't find the truth...

Thanks all! I hope somebody knows the truth...

The first time I saw this photo was in 2002 soon after Layne died and this was at his memorial service. I immediately recognized Jerry as well as Chris but have never been able to figure out if this was David Draiman from Disturbed.

Audioslave much more mature musically and lyrically. Soundgarden great and full of younger anger musically and lyrically, more of a hope we can make a change in the world. Both amazing but I’m on Audioslave shuffle for many many days and it blows me away.

The most upvoted comment will have their song added onto the playlist.

I don’t know if this has been pointed out or discussed before, but I was looking at the lyrics for No Attention that’s on the poster in my DOTUS record and noticed that the lyrics in the second verse seem a bit… off?

Because listening to the song, I have always thought Chris sung ‘Say what you want, suck on my life…’ and I have just noticed that the lyrics aren’t like that on the poster.

It might’ve been a known typo or something like that but I’m just wondering if these are the official lyrics or if it’s just a mistake on the labels part.

Who else is willing to admit to thrashing around the room like a demented idiot* when this song is playing?

Definitely an under-rated Soundgarden song and one of my favorites. Whenever I need to get some aggressive energy out, this is the first song on deck.

*these days I gotta modify this a little so I don't throw something out haha. But I still go pretty hard.

Ugly Truth w/ Big Dumb Sex Reprise•1989 MTV Music Awards 🔸https://youtu.be/b3uF3XoNQnc?si=G3GtHyaniUAiCut7

These past few days, to help myself making my mind a busy place, I picked up a music playlist that I was working on, and went and looked all across the YT and my own saved songs, and finished it.

Done.

Name is large as hell, but that's because I love silly ass long titles for my YT playlists.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkQcG6x2pkOrA1eMmE-gnPbP-xsSsUV30&si=dFyv9qwAV6R0QaKJ

(edited: spelling)

This song is so fucking cool lol idk why

Decided to get this on vinyl, not disappointed.

Shoutouts to Alain Johannes and Natasha Schneider

https://youtu.be/sJf_-H9ZxUA?si=oGTDOTLbZHdQrmoV

Both in his upper and lower register. Almost sounds identical.

i want to do research myself because i doubt they were even involved in making it, however im tired of seeing this conspiracy go around that they didn’t kill themselves so i want to know how to disprove this.

https://youtu.be/NCYaVSE3_wY?si=noa2aXulWp7epkGM

https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx48o3ZPHRsQkG-CXAYKDMOhRfdTpSzw81

I absolutely love this solo. It complement's Chris' vocals so well and is just composed so brilliantly. The guitar is truly weeping in this one. Kim you fucking legend.

Im not sure if im just slow but I am almost positive that in Chris’ solo track Scar On The Sky its “A simple love for you I wait for your reply” whereas all the lyric sites replace love with note. I noticed this randomly and have not been able to get over it. I do not currently have a Carry On CD so I’m unable to verify with the lyric sheet. I have however analyzed both the studio and multiple live versions and haven’t been able to hear anything besides love. I just need a second opinion.

Superunknown, 2014 double vinyl version.

Fav song: the day I tried to live ❤️ “I woke the same as any other day, Except a voice was in my head. It said, ‘seize the day, pull the trigger, drop the blade, And watch the rolling heads’.”

I don't know why this never occurred to me until recently but parts of the song (other than obviously being Beatles-inspired) may as well be Thom Yorke or Damon Albarn. Especially the verses - sonically, enunciation-wise, etc. I know Chris listened to all kinds of stuff so I've no doubt he was into some Britpop. (I'm not a huge fan of the genre myself but know enough.)

P.S. I have mixed feelings about how much I've been playing this one lately. Too real.

EDIT: He was a Radiohead fan confirmed: https://www.reddit.com/r/radiohead/comments/1cvl2cs/chris_cornell_praised_ok_computer1999/#lightbox DOTU was likely written around the time the album The Bends came out. I think it checks out.

The quote by Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid, on Twitter, a couple of days after Chris died. I posted it in another thread but I wanted more fans to know about it. It really changed my perspective on Chris' writing; I thought he was a good-looking guy who'd become a rock stars and couldn't have that many real problems.

And if you weren't a fan 20+ years ago, you may not realize that critics generally dumped on Chris' lyrics even when they thought his singing and Soundgarden's overall sound were great. I was in that group to an extent (which is in part just a 'me' problem).

Reading that post altered my thinking. Depression isn't the only thing that Chris wrote about; there are songs that are poetry for their own sake, or are about other things, but depression and disliking yourself and the highs and lows and the effects it can have on your life are at least a major theme running through his work. And I'm not going to sit back and argue every lyric is great, but I have a different view on how effectively he showed what it's like to struggle with those feelings.

In case you don't know Vernon Reid and Living Colour ("Cult of Personality"), they're still going and were major SG fans and supporters. The night after the news broke they were touring somewhere in Australia and covered "Blow Up the Outside World."