It’s so tough, as a normal, untalented “Regular Joe” to see and hear Chris Cornell and realize that depression made him believe he was worthless. That’s such a gut punch.
People are complaining that Cornell made this song depressing. They fail to see how he stripped it down and brought the lyrics to the forefront and how depressing the lyrics are. He gives it blues and exposed the conflict in it. I think I love this version more than the original.
Rez, yeah this song was dark even when I hear mj sing it . It really great paranoid dark song. I wish people realized just how dark and paranoid MJ song writing was, AND that he did his best writing when he writes depressing paranoia driven music, not those sappy ballads about healing all the kids and animals.
I've listened to MJ songs a lot but never noticed the darkness. I suppose this is the one song that I did sense it. Cornell brought it up to the forefront.
well those topics are just as dark and have reason to have a sence of paranoid to it....cuz those are the real true issues...:) in response to Dani Van saying " those sappy ballads about healing all the kids and animals" lol
chris cornell is the voice of a generation, i would listen to him sing the phonebook, as a frontman he makes every band better, as a solo artist he stirs my soul. greatest singer of all time
Randy Mc strange calling him the voice of a generation.. that exactly words are on his grave stone. awesome voice and for me he was the ultimate Xanax. King of kings and the man of golden words!
Totally brilliant. Still hard to believe these legends are no longer with us. And took there own lives. Soundgarden, Audioslave, Nirvana, Linkin Park were amongst some of the bands of my younger years. Gone but never forgotten...
This... This is like Jimi Hendrix taking All Along the Watchtower and making it his own, Johnny Cash and Hurt, this just elevates it to something greater I'm at complete awe
My friend JUST turned me onto this... How in the ever living FUCK have I never heard this before?!?! Chris Cornell was so much more than just an amazing voice... The man was an artist!!!
Chris Stapleton is as talented as Chris Cornell but there will never be another of either of them. Voices like theirs are gifts that only come along once! I grew up listening to Cornell from his temple of the dog days all the way up to his untimely demise. He will never know just how many lives his music has touched and influenced. I believe his existence has made a positive impact on humanity through his art and for that i hope he is in a better place!!! Godspeed Chris, your music will live on forever!!!
MJ made you wanna dance with his original version. In Chris' version his voice is so powerful and emotionally charged that it makes you share the anguish and the pain in those lyrics and I think that's a much harder thing to do and more appropriate given the subject matter of the song. If MJ was here he'd listen with pride and shed tears with us. RIP Chris. You are sorely missed.
This song, no matter who sings it, tells a story....a strange yet common one. This is some powerful shit! Michael Jackson's funk-soul original with that killer bassline, a man tells on himself, dispite all denials. And in Cornell's bitter acoustic rant, one begins to believe... maybe ...the words are true. Always were.
Now that is how you make a song your own.. his voice takes the me back to 2005 when I was 10 yrs old.. & looking up at a sweaty Chris Cornell sing his heart out with Audioslave..a greatly cherished childhood memory..👍
Chris just had this special talent of stripping down some of the biggest songs, both covers and his own with Soundgarden and Audioslave, into the most raw, real, voices in music. Still sad you're gone, man. RIP Chris Cornell.
I am still mourning CC. So talented and what a person! I saw him perform so many times! Grateful for the fans sharing his awesome music videos. Thank you! Peace!
This song gives me chills everytime I hear it. You can feel how much the music means to him, and when it's just raw like this it makes it so much more powerful. Music is an escape for so many people when it just puts you in a trance and makes you feel innate. RIP Chris
Beyond amazing Totally obsessed with this version Chris was the greatest ever and the world lost a magnificent talent and artist 18 May 2017 Still crying
many people don't see how depressing this lyric really is, mainly because of the vast of his talent MJ put in this song, so fortunately we have this version.
Both versions are great, Cornell just highlights how depressing the lyrics are. He changes the narrative and feel and it's fucking impressive. It almost feels like listening to a song in a old Western.
How you tell the story makes all the difference and this is a great illustration of it... Michael was an entertainer and one of the best... This is a story that needs one of the best to render it... Damn, after all this time it still chokes me up... Gone too F in soon! RIP, Chris
Chris vocals and that guitar! Man, whomever got to see this live count yourself so blessed! This is a masterpiece and how should one tackles remaking a song and make it your own. Make it original and a complete sultry and beautiful and perfect song just simply breathtaking
Covers only make sense when they differ from the original enough,would be interesting to know if Michael had a chance to hear this. Most def one of my favourite covers of all time.
Normally, I do not look at myself as a selfish person but when it comes to Chris Cornell I just wish you was alive I want to hear not a box it just it sounds so infantile but it just sucks so badly and I agree with a lot of y'all that even though Michael Jackson killed it Chris Cornell killed in a different way excuse upon God bless him
Again, this is d be jee LOL effort wenzel wenzel and somehow when I orally text that it got lost in translation LOL what can we expect from technology it's only supposed to be better right LMAO but the point is when people say you know rest in peace of course I agree but what really pisses me off is I don't want him to rest in peace I want him to be here not a f****** box turning to worms sorry for the visual way too young way too beautiful way too talented and more so than those trivial things and superficial things what about his children and what about his wife I can only guess fathom fathom what kind of pain he was going through and or impulsivity to do such a thing la charging I have been there goodnight to his extent it's really no words to explain how I feel except the ones I've given I hate using platitudes or bumper sticker logic he's gone but thank God that we had them for when we did same as I feel about Kurt love, de
Love this. It pulled the visceral pain out of Billie Jean that the 80's couldn't handle and laid it out there like a Saw movie for everyone to see. This needed to be done.
primera vez que escucho esta versión, increíble, sin dudas que estes donde estes Chris tu voz es la tormenta, el viento y los relámpagos a partir de ahora, la mejor voz.
Very sad news today. Both of them made history in music and we should all be thankful for that. Hope MJ and Cornell meet each other somewhere to sing this one together. I wonder if now, people will stop fighting about who sings this song better in the comments and focus in what really matters: the music.
Love this, gritty, raw, takes big ones to cover one of the most famous songs in history,I like this better. Well done Chris. I don't think it's depressing at all.
Sometimes I hear certain songs and when I think hard enough, I can hear them in his voice. His voice truly stood out amongst the rest. And in my opinion, it's the greatest singing voice ever. Chris Cornell is my favorite musician of all time.
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He gave Billie Jean a hole new life and lyrical depth ❤
Chris could sing the fucking phone book. Amazing vocalist. RIP Chris
Hell yeah
Fact
"Shit ".....He did sing the phone book ...There was nothing more to sing about , thank God we just got to here one note belted out from him
“Chris could sing the fucking phone book” , lol, love it 😂😎
Did you know that Johnny Cash could sing the phone book and you'd think he wrote it.
2023 and still one of my best song, even better than the one on Spotify
RIP Chris, you’ll never be forgotten
Checking in...
2024…and counting
First time hearing Chris sing this song. Just beautiful.
This is one of the best covers I've ever heard.
Sound of silence by disturbed is killer also
Rocket Man by Andreas , best cover i've ever heard
I concur
Stop don't lie that's not nice to lie
So much better than original....
Wow this dude could sing anyone's song and absolutely kill it in his version. Miss you man🔥
Not killing in the name that’s Zach de la rochas song
@@monicaramirez4801 ewwww comparing that Zach with Cornell?
One of the most tragic deaths of all time.
I will always love him! Don’t think twice 😊
It’s tough to go through this world without Chris Cornell! RIP Chris, your voice healed many wounds.
It still does
I named my son after him and Chris Redfield from resident evil
Amen
It’s so tough, as a normal, untalented “Regular Joe” to see and hear Chris Cornell and realize that depression made him believe he was worthless. That’s such a gut punch.
Don't forget Chester
The voice of the man lives always so buitiful man
People are complaining that Cornell made this song depressing. They fail to see how he stripped it down and brought the lyrics to the forefront and how depressing the lyrics are. He gives it blues and exposed the conflict in it. I think I love this version more than the original.
Rez, yeah this song was dark even when I hear mj sing it . It really great paranoid dark song. I wish people realized just how dark and paranoid MJ song writing was, AND that he did his best writing when he writes depressing paranoia driven music, not those sappy ballads about healing all the kids and animals.
I've listened to MJ songs a lot but never noticed the darkness. I suppose this is the one song that I did sense it. Cornell brought it up to the forefront.
Rez so true...
well those topics are just as dark and have reason to have a sence of paranoid to it....cuz those are the real true issues...:) in response to Dani Van saying " those sappy ballads about healing all the kids and animals" lol
Rez I think he makes the lyrics understandable. 😂
A true master of revised versions of songs. I don't know how I missed this man's work over the years.
Same where the heck was I…
chris cornell is the voice of a generation, i would listen to him sing the phonebook, as a frontman he makes every band better, as a solo artist he stirs my soul. greatest singer of all time
Randy Mc strange calling him the voice of a generation.. that exactly words are on his grave stone. awesome voice and for me he was the ultimate Xanax. King of kings and the man of golden words!
Well said
…and I’m crying. Oh for the love of-this is just gorgeous & immensely sad. Incredibly moving.
Stop and heard the flowers, roses, tulips. Lilies. His voice was pure beauty and poetry.
Damn that was epic!! Listening to 90's grunge isn't the same knowing Kurt, Scott, Layne, Chris, and Chester are gone! But I bet heaven is Rockin!!
no, they're 6 ft under, bro
@@josepeixoto3384 lol you wrong for that🤣
Hoon as well....
Chester isn't grunge
Totally brilliant. Still hard to believe these legends are no longer with us. And took there own lives. Soundgarden, Audioslave, Nirvana, Linkin Park were amongst some of the bands of my younger years. Gone but never forgotten...
This...
This is like Jimi Hendrix taking All Along the Watchtower and making it his own, Johnny Cash and Hurt, this just elevates it to something greater
I'm at complete awe
Excellent comparisons.
His vibrato gives me full body shivers. No one sings like this anymore!
No one will ever sing like him ever again!
You should have heard him at his house before people found out about him.
yeah NO ONE EVER SINGS WITH VIBRATO, EVER, ANYMORE, EVER, LIKE EVER OMG.. I remember when I was new to music.
His epic voice.
Love Chris Cornell's voice. Soul bursting, raw, fills the room with energy. Great cover.
Best cover of anything I've ever heard. Love this.
As a MJ fan, best cover I've ever heard... GREAT
its sad both of them died so early
I have never approved of an MJ cover........ Until now... Wow. Chris💔
Chris gave life to this song. My goodness what a voice and passion. Love you Chris
Gives me chills. A raw emotion in his voice.
Oct. 2023. This cover is sung by one of the greatest vocals ever and we miss you so much n im very grateful i got to see u perform live
Proably the veryyyy best COVER of all ttimesssss OMFG Chris ROCKED it
My friend JUST turned me onto this... How in the ever living FUCK have I never heard this before?!?! Chris Cornell was so much more than just an amazing voice... The man was an artist!!!
His brilliant artistry was underrated and under acknowledged.
Same 🤦🏽♂️
@@omegamanGXE rip Chris and Michael
there is no doubt about it he was and still is the best
He does the Bob Marley Redemption Song
RIP Chris, one of the best voices of all time..
RIP Chris .. We will miss you a lot my friend
Leo jay Layne is suck ?!
Best voice ever.
Him and Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins have the most distinct voices. RIP bro
Chris Stapleton is as talented as Chris Cornell but there will never be another of either of them. Voices like theirs are gifts that only come along once! I grew up listening to Cornell from his temple of the dog days all the way up to his untimely demise. He will never know just how many lives his music has touched and influenced. I believe his existence has made a positive impact on humanity through his art and for that i hope he is in a better place!!!
Godspeed Chris, your music will live on forever!!!
This man has talent that words can’t express so great but yet so humble rip
This is how you do an acoustic version. Wow
outta sight
Samuel Campos yep so glad I got to see him do it live. Damn shame all the good ones die young.
YES - gave me goosebumps!!
Damn right nothing but thee geetar badass...909er
Yeah. Hauntingly beautiful.😍
Probably the most hauntingly beautiful cover I've ever heard. 🤘
The raw emotion in his voice breaks my heart.
This voice... this iconic voice, i'll always remember him. Rest in peace , Christopher Cornell.
I miss Chris. He was part of my journey. An honest man with an honest heart. I looked up to him.
Such a sad day for music when this world lost Chris Cornell. My god this gives me chills...Eerily beautiful and mesmerizing! 💖💖💖💖
MJ made you wanna dance with his original version. In Chris' version his voice is so powerful and emotionally charged that it makes you share the anguish and the pain in those lyrics and I think that's a much harder thing to do and more appropriate given the subject matter of the song. If MJ was here he'd listen with pride and shed tears with us. RIP Chris. You are sorely missed.
This song, no matter who sings it, tells a story....a strange yet common one. This is some powerful shit! Michael Jackson's funk-soul original with that killer bassline, a man tells on himself, dispite all denials. And in Cornell's bitter acoustic rant, one begins to believe... maybe ...the words are true. Always were.
Goodbye great one. I'll miss you...mightily.
Still kills me that you’re gone! Best rendition of this song. RIP Chris…💔💔💔
I'm actually appreciating the lyrics for the first time
His interpretation of these songs with his voice is mind blowing, it def gets you emotional without a doubt,. Wow!
What a LEGEND. How do you make literally everyone else's songs better, and not just anyone's, songs from other music icons
When you hear Chris screech "But the kid is not my son" is so powerful it's nuts
Sí! Piel erizada...
Fantastico.......unico
Amazing.....unique
Yep this is one of my favorite versions ever of this song.... RIP Chris!!!❤😊
2023 and still iconic. RIP
Yea rip
Legend! Should be went “Solo” … ☮️☝️🌟
Damn. This gave me chills. RIP Chris Cornell
Nobody did Michael Justice like Chris. Thank You. RIP
Paula Jiven did it better
I wish I started listening to Chris while he was alive...
Listen to Chris Cornell since I was young. Still find ways to appreciate his talent and what it meant and now what we all lost.
RIP BROTHER a voice like that was a blessing for the time we had.
THE BEST UNPLUGGED EVER!!!
Michael was so amazing, beautiful cover
Beautiful version of a beautiful song. You can just hear Chris channel his pain into this song. RIP-you were loved.,
WOW! I've never heard this before, blown away. RIP Chris.
Now that is how you make a song your own.. his voice takes the me back to 2005 when I was 10 yrs old.. & looking up at a sweaty Chris Cornell sing his heart out with Audioslave..a greatly cherished childhood memory..👍
This blew my mind away. Chris was one of his kind...
nothing better then a legend supporting another legend may you both rest in peace and thank you for living and making us and this world better rip
Chris just had this special talent of stripping down some of the biggest songs, both covers and his own with Soundgarden and Audioslave, into the most raw, real, voices in music. Still sad you're gone, man. RIP Chris Cornell.
love this version and this dudes music. Michael still did his own version justice. I'm a heavy metal fan but Michael was a great performer.
I miss him. What an extraordinary voice, could sing anything. ❤
I am still mourning CC. So talented and what a person! I saw him perform so many times! Grateful for the fans sharing his awesome music videos. Thank you! Peace!
I swear this man was the definition of "Talented"... He's always been awesome!!!
Chris had such a vision of this world,we lost a true gem when he died,it sucks no one realized until after he died
Never heard this magnificent cover before, I love how he made it in his style. You're very missed, Chris 🖤
OMG..What a perfect way to show his vocal.. He owned that song baby.. R.I.P legend!!!!
this is amazing... how did i just find this? REST IN PEACE TO ONE OF THE GREATEST LIVE PERFORMERS I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I know right
Two things are infinite. Pi and Chris Cornells voice.
+Peter Timowreef I think you're referring to recurring decimals ;)
gamer mikey
And I think you are over-analysing what I said.
Just ignore me, I didn't do my homework lol xD
+Peter Timowreef and there are definately more than 2 infinite things.
Sotiris Zampelis
Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.
This song gives me chills everytime I hear it. You can feel how much the music means to him, and when it's just raw like this it makes it so much more powerful. Music is an escape for so many people when it just puts you in a trance and makes you feel innate. RIP Chris
I am so blessed to have seen him perform this song live in Stockholm, Sweden. I cried because it was a dream come true.
Rest in peace.
I heard for the first time today ..... what the ... unbelievable ..... goose bumps all over my body !!
Amazing voice, amazing cover !!!
Beyond amazing
Totally obsessed with this version
Chris was the greatest ever and the world lost a magnificent talent and artist 18 May 2017
Still crying
many people don't see how depressing this lyric really is, mainly because of the vast of his talent MJ put in this song, so fortunately we have this version.
Both versions are great, Cornell just highlights how depressing the lyrics are. He changes the narrative and feel and it's fucking impressive. It almost feels like listening to a song in a old Western.
He makes this song have a totally different meaning just by the way he sang it. The world misses his talent.
How you tell the story makes all the difference and this is a great illustration of it... Michael was an entertainer and one of the best... This is a story that needs one of the best to render it...
Damn, after all this time it still chokes me up... Gone too F in soon! RIP, Chris
I have tears in my eyes I can actually feal the soul in his voice. rip Chris.
RIP Chris.. way too young and talented to go like that. dayum
Chris vocals and that guitar! Man, whomever got to see this live count yourself so blessed! This is a masterpiece and how should one tackles remaking a song and make it your own. Make it original and a complete sultry and beautiful and perfect song just simply breathtaking
Wow wow wow!! I love this song! Great song! Great cover by this lovely man! I love his voice.. RIP BOTH
Covers only make sense when they differ from the original enough,would be interesting to know if Michael had a chance to hear this. Most def one of my favourite covers of all time.
One of the my favs also. I have to add the Prince cover too, both amazing!
A vocal master was gifted with that voice and we all are lucky to have heard him. That was pure emotion throughout the entirety of the song.
Chris Cornell was such a unique talent, a true one of a kind.
The world truly is a darker place without his voice.
I love this cover. One of the greatest ever.Unbelievable. RIP Chris.
Normally, I do not look at myself as a selfish person but when it comes to Chris Cornell I just wish you was alive I want to hear not a box it just it sounds so infantile but it just sucks so badly and I agree with a lot of y'all that even though Michael Jackson killed it Chris Cornell killed in a different way excuse upon God bless him
Again, this is d be jee LOL effort wenzel wenzel and somehow when I orally text that it got lost in translation LOL what can we expect from technology it's only supposed to be better right LMAO but the point is when people say you know rest in peace of course I agree but what really pisses me off is I don't want him to rest in peace I want him to be here not a f****** box turning to worms sorry for the visual way too young way too beautiful way too talented and more so than those trivial things and superficial things what about his children and what about his wife I can only guess fathom fathom what kind of pain he was going through and or impulsivity to do such a thing la charging I have been there goodnight to his extent it's really no words to explain how I feel except the ones I've given I hate using platitudes or bumper sticker logic he's gone but thank God that we had them for when we did same as I feel about Kurt love, de
Michael Jackson did an amazing work hiding this darkness behind such a joyful song. Chris Cornell and Layne Staley will forever be my favorite voices!
Hes so beautiful may he rest in peace. I love his version of this song and his voice
He was so amazing. I have to keep coming back to hear him even though it brings me down emotionally.
Love this. It pulled the visceral pain out of Billie Jean that the 80's couldn't handle and laid it out there like a Saw movie for everyone to see. This needed to be done.
"So close, no matter how far, couldn't be much more from the heart. . ."
Qué orgullo debió haber sido para Jackson, tener un cover tan increíble! (Para mi mejor)
I have to come back here every so often just to sit and cry. Just absolutely Beautiful. It's the only words I can think of to describe this
primera vez que escucho esta versión, increíble, sin dudas que estes donde estes Chris tu voz es la tormenta, el viento y los relámpagos a partir de ahora, la mejor voz.
Oh..no matter how many times I listen to this it always feels like the first time. Abd I cry every time. In utter awe at him.
The greatest voice of all the times ❤ RIP you'll never be forgotten 🖤🤍
Very sad news today. Both of them made history in music and we should all be thankful for that. Hope MJ and Cornell meet each other somewhere to sing this one together. I wonder if now, people will stop fighting about who sings this song better in the comments and focus in what really matters: the music.
I can't like this comment enough. FYI, I love both guys' version.
Bruno Furino spoken like a legend
And now we are mourning Chester.
It feels like chris has been gone for years but in reality its only been 3 months. RIP
Bruno Furino sorry to say this but he copied it and mj is dead
Nailed it. Best ever. Top 5 rock vocalist of all time.
Love this, gritty, raw, takes big ones to cover one of the most famous songs in history,I like this better. Well done Chris. I don't think it's depressing at all.
This makes the song bloom. To its fullest potential.
Well done.
Glad I found this.
Such a great musician. Such a sad ending, too. His music, his versions of others music keep his legacy alive.
This dude is from another world! Spirits walk the earth grabbing a soul worthy!
R.i.p Chester. R.i.p Chris. R.i.p M.J
😢
#Dat Lilly 😢😢😢
why does chester come first? i see this all the time. its chris singing, not chester
#Dat Lilly descansa allá donde estas
ChickenBroth because they where best friends.
amazing artists every one of them......damn......the tears won't stop
makes me love music ....great voice , great attitude , what a performance
Wow 😭
Rest Easy and Peacefully .
2019 listening to the Cover .
RIP to both
when he sing its takes you so deep into the song you feel every note and what the song means.
Only Chris could make a cover sound like it's the original and MJ covered it
Happy birthday chris...sounds straight outta the south he sounds like a great bluesman
My GOD is there anything this genius couldn't sing?
Sometimes I hear certain songs and when I think hard enough, I can hear them in his voice. His voice truly stood out amongst the rest. And in my opinion, it's the greatest singing voice ever. Chris Cornell is my favorite musician of all time.
The short answer is no. The world is emptier without him-.-
Eh in all honesty i dont think he should have ever done i will always love you after Whitney, but otherwise you are right lol
@Ethan Peacock i beg to differ he could probably make a bad song a good one
He is who he is genius nobody's ever going to be as good as him and they never will be