Chris Cornell - Billie Jean
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- Опубликовано: 18 янв 2009
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On his "unplugged" live performance, Chris Cornell (Audioslave/Soundgarden) made a great version of a very popular Michael Jackson song called Billie Jean. Clearly, he made one of the best covers in history. 
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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.
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. 😂
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.😍
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 😊
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....
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...
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
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
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
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.
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💔
I'm actually appreciating the lyrics for the first time
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
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!!!
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.
First time hearing Chris sing this song. Just beautiful.
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
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
Gives me chills. A raw emotion in his voice.
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
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.
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
Probably the most hauntingly beautiful cover I've ever heard. 🤘
He gave Billie Jean a hole new life and lyrical depth ❤
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.
Damn. This gave me chills. RIP Chris Cornell
Today was somehow the first time I’ve heard this cover. It was played on my favorite radio station and I thought it was simply amazing! Wonderful!
RIP, Chris.
Same here, exactly.
This man has talent that words can’t express so great but yet so humble rip
This voice... this iconic voice, i'll always remember him. Rest in peace , Christopher Cornell.
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
I miss Chris. He was part of my journey. An honest man with an honest heart. I looked up to him.
2023 and still iconic. RIP
Yea rip
Legend! Should be went “Solo” … ☮️☝️🌟
His interpretation of these songs with his voice is mind blowing, it def gets you emotional without a doubt,. Wow!
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!
"So close, no matter how far, couldn't be much more from the heart. . ."
What a LEGEND. How do you make literally everyone else's songs better, and not just anyone's, songs from other music icons
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.
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.
A true master of revised versions of songs. I don't know how I missed this man's work over the years.
i finally understand what this song is about.
love
Jesus fucking Christ. The meaning of the song has always been in the lyrics. It's just a baby trap song. Thus guy butcgered it
@@PermanentHigh just like you butchered that last sentence
Most definitely not about love
@@PermanentHigh I'd learn to type and spell before trying to chime in with the grown ups, ok, sweetheart?
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.
Still kills me that you’re gone! Best rendition of this song. RIP Chris…💔💔💔
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!
Nobody did Michael Justice like Chris. Thank You. RIP
I am a MJ fan, but .... WOW!!!
Kite Crawl me to
Of course he was a pedophile
@jsnd nxhd there was literatly a documentary, multiple victims and parents of victims who said what was going on behind closed doors
@@ellatatro1707 Dumbass MJ was never found guilty
on both of his allegations
Kite Crawl ikr? Love this. Grew up on M.J. and Soundgarden... Different kind of music but, great music is great music... R I P
I swear this man was the definition of "Talented"... He's always been awesome!!!
Never heard this magnificent cover before, I love how he made it in his style. You're very missed, Chris 🖤
We lost a super talented man. What a sad day.
Rest In Peace!! One of the greatest of all time!
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
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
you're not breathing if that doesn't move you
I nearly held my breath while he was singing it.....
psimmy73 agreed!
😭😭😭😭😭😭
Yes! ...and from 3:30 to the end was Powerful!
Indeed
I never knew he made this cover ..omg I love it😍
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..👍
Luz Gaggi song this version and is amazing too please listen in
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.
Beautiful version of a beautiful song. You can just hear Chris channel his pain into this song. RIP-you were loved.,
Only Chris could make a cover sound like it's the original and MJ covered it
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
I have tears in my eyes I can actually feal the soul in his voice. rip Chris.
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
This song could stop the world. It did for me. Amazing.
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
Why all the "who's version is better" crap that youtube is always full of ? Chris had the guts to do something very different with a very popular song; and both versions are cool..just enjoy the music guys and relax?
certainly
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Wow.Chris Cornell could make anything sound amazing.
Stop and heard the flowers, roses, tulips. Lilies. His voice was pure beauty and poetry.
People are dumb if they think Chris made this one depressing it's just Chris being Chris...the best ever
when he sing its takes you so deep into the song you feel every note and what the song means.
OMG..What a perfect way to show his vocal.. He owned that song baby.. R.I.P legend!!!!
WOW! I've never heard this before, blown away. RIP Chris.
THE BEST UNPLUGGED EVER!!!
RIP Chris.. way too young and talented to go like that. dayum
Hes so beautiful may he rest in peace. I love his version of this song and his voice
I miss him. What an extraordinary voice, could sing anything. ❤
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 Cornell was such a unique talent, a true one of a kind.
The world truly is a darker place without his voice.
Rest in peace to a legend. Always in our music, always in our hearts.
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.
Happy birthday chris...sounds straight outta the south he sounds like a great bluesman
I love how Billie Jean can be played in an assortment of speeds and feelings and still sound like a masterpiece.
Amazing voice, amazing cover !!!
I heard for the first time today ..... what the ... unbelievable ..... goose bumps all over my body !!
He makes this song have a totally different meaning just by the way he sang it. The world misses his talent.
He was so amazing. I have to keep coming back to hear him even though it brings me down emotionally.
I love that he took a pop song and turned it into a deep emotional re interpretation of the original. Instead of a story about fame and love, it's a story about the true depths to where you can fall. It's sad, like if instead of continuing your life and being Michael Fucking Jackson you turned into a drifter.
Hi Kevin, I did not realize that MJ did billie jean about fame or love. I thought the song was about him getting tricked into bedding a woman WHILE he had a wife/GF, and he is denying that he is the father, yet the kid looks like him. The song MJ sang had loads of conflict, it was no fame or love song. It was a lies, sex, lust, full of regret, paranoid song. MJ was not a great "love" song writer anyhow.:)
Dani Van Buskirk you need to listen to your MJ catalog if you think he wasn't a great love song writer. I love your comments other than that. Lady in My Life, Rock With You, She's Out of My Life, I Just Can't Loving You...
He was always r&b, soul and yes rock and roll singer first...pop came last...listen to Dirty Diana, Beat It, and some other songs he could rock because he was a James Brown disciple...
and James Brown could rock he just went the funk route that he pioneered out of rock...rock and roll was nothing but the original name for black music to appeal to mainstream whites
Here is how you turn a good pop song into a great slow blues. You are missed Chris.
A "good" pop song? I mean... the way people talk down on MJ and Billie Jean on this thread is mindblowing. Billie Jean's been considered the best pop song ever written for years now. :good: pop song 🤦♂️
@@richardkovacs2006 Relax buddy god damn.
@@richardkovacs2006 my dude, people are allowed to have opinions. I personally don't like Billie Jean that much, but I love this version.
Holy Christ, how good is this? Amazing.
There will never be another voice like yours Chris...
OMFG! What a wonderful voice!!!
Anita grey
Agree!!!
Anita grey
Eat shit pickles.
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
The raw emotion in his voice breaks my heart.
Michael was so amazing, beautiful cover
Τοσο καιρο θεωρουσα καλύτερη την εκτέλεση του cornel απο του Jackson, παρολαυτα του βιντζιλαιου τους ξεπερασε και τους δυο κατα την προσωπική μου παντα αποψη και ακουστική αισθητικη.... χωρις να μειωνω,εννοείται, τους αλλους δυο!!!!
LOVE HOW CHRIS CORNELL SANG THIS SONG 💕
This makes the song bloom. To its fullest potential.
Well done.
Glad I found 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.
Wow wow wow!! I love this song! Great song! Great cover by this lovely man! I love his voice.. RIP BOTH
oh God, he could do anything with music. I love this album so much
Nailed it. Best ever. Top 5 rock vocalist of all time.