Everybody talks about "Black Hole Sun" like it was the only song on the album or something, but back in the day the song I would listen to again and again and again was "4th of July".
Me too. Black Hole Sun got played to death on the radio and MTV so I got pretty tired of it back then but now, in the later years, I have found a new love for it.
Totally, radio at the time really made me sick of a lot of these songs but I really liked 4th of July. Its so heavy and sludgy, kind of like the song Gun. As the years have gone by I’ve come to really like these songs now, I guess that happens with age, or not hearing it constantly, maybe both!
Me too. But I found myself listening to the entire album over and over, honestly, probably a little too much. It's a dark album, but it's honest and imo a piece of art par excellence
Ahhh, fellow Gentlemen of Distinction. SPOONMAN & LIKE SUICIDE for myself. Spoonman being my ring tone, from the first note all 4 instruments are at 11 on the 10-dial. SOUNDGARDEN RULES!
Rick's catalog of interviews has gotten to the point where he can now make comprehensive compilations from the whole band to give authoritative history and interpretations about the creation and performance of their best songs.
This is what I was thinking too, how incredible that he has these full stories from different contributors and points of view. A true historians dream of rock history. If only Chris were around!
@@michaelgreene4816if we had a catalogue of Rick’s interviews I’m sure there are a few more songs that he’s got covered. Police songs for example - after interviewing Sting, Copeland and Andy Summers. There’s probably so much more footage we haven’t even seen yet.
The seattle scene was so wild when hes just casually like "Cantrell(from Alice in Chains) was playing some lead, it wasnt appropriate but it was aight". Just crazy how these guys are all friends and made ot so big.
Soundgarden is my favorite band ever. Superunkown is my favorite album of all time. I still have it on cassette. I grew up in Seattle in the same neighborhood as Chris Cornell so it is wild to think of all the times i saw him randomly out and about. Same with Jerry Cantrell and Layne. I used to see Layne all the time.
@@miguelmelchior986 I know you’re mostly talking about Superunknown and I do agree but I’d say that the first two Soundgarden albums are pretty under the radar compared to their stuff in the ‘90s starting with Badmotorfinger up to Down On the Upside
@@andrewpappas9311 They are very much on the radar. Its just that Superunknown in something else. In utero is not under the radar because of Nevermind, everybody knows about in utero.
Black Hole Sun is one of the very very very few songs i still love lissening to, after decades of it.. its perfect as a single, complex but simple, magical and perfect in so many ways.. one of the greatest songs ever written/composed.
@dv8322 Like what you like. My first intro to Chris was in 91 and it started with screaming life/fopp. I didn't care for his screaming high notes. After the grunge scene I shifted to punk. Then after college I was lost musically. I finally found my way back to Chris with his solo stuff and Audioslave. Long story short, I suffer from a lot of the same things he did and he's my all time favorite singer. He could cover Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, Lennon, Sinead flawlessly. He was a complete badass. Norah Jones did a 7 1/2 min piano cover of Black Hole Sun in the same theatre just a few days after he died. If he's not your thing I get that. I kinda just wanted to share my story. I also find TM's guitar a bit too much at times.
Agree with Michael Beinhorn, Tighter & Tighter is one of my favorite songs ever, is the song that came to my mind, and i listened the day Chris Cornell died, because of the line "Sleep tight for me. I'm gone". And yeah, off course Black Hole Sun is amazing, is one of those song i never get tired to listen. Is a masterpiece in composition and interpretation.
Tighter and tighter is probably my favorite Soundgarden song, and Soundgarden being my favorite band that's a HARD thing for me to do and pick a "favorite" SG song. Down on the Upside is sooooo good it makes me cry. And that's something Soundgarden does to me a lot, I find myself weeping when I don't even know why....
Being an oldschool kinda headbanger dude. I was reluctant to accept much of the Seattle sound at first. But it didn't take long before I'd insist EVERY club or bar I frequented have the SUPERUNKNOWN on the jukebox. It was an instant classic in my world.
“Superunknown”! Soundgarden’s best offering (and that’s saying a lot) and, possibly, one of the top ten Hard Rock albums of the last fifty years. Rest in peace, Chris!
When I bought it I thought it was a greatest hits album! I wasn't a big fan at the time but it had a few songs I had heard on the radio so I picked it up. Blew my mind that it was just a straight-up album.
It's pretty impressive for these compilation videos where you realize in a lot of instances Rick has likely interviewed a guitarist, a drummer, a bassist and a producer all who made one album/song together. And giving then separate interviews gives them each a unique perspective.
I saw the thumbtail to this, saw Chris and I immediately got excited because it has been so long since we've all heard from him. For a brief moment, he was still alive in my mind and I couldn't wait to hear his take on this. Then I remembered.....😢
Chris was such a genuine guy. He would engage with strangers and talk at length all day long which is why he had to have a handler. You could even tune in to a radio station that was interviewing him live, on the telephone, from his house, and hear him going on and on about a lot of stuff. He is such a people person in that regard. He cared about his fans so much that he made that music video: "I Almost Forgot My Broken Heart" so that they wouldn't be deceived into, or think about, doing the copycat thing.
The song that I related to the most was "the day I tried to live". It had a different slide piece in the beginning as black hole sun and I thought it was the better song of the two. I'd love to hear the bands take. Also. These interview are pure gold. Love this channel.
Black Hole Sun is one of the best songs ever written in the genre. I heard it on the radio the day it came out, I was at work and when it was over I left and went to the record store and bought it…good thing that I was in a position to do that! It was 10:15 am…what a day.
I still remember the first time I heard this tune. Listening to a local rock station through a Sony Walkman and cheap headphones on a hotel room floor in Detroit late at night. True story. One of my all time favorite tunes and that will never change.
Soundgarden was a really special band to me, some say grunge and they came out of that scene but I’d say soundgarden was something else with Chris and Kim and that slow beat of the drummer and bassplayer of blackhole sun they pioneer what became doom metal.
Sometimes it's tricky for us fans who love a song, but has been played millions of times on the radio and everywhere else. I love to imagine when Chris started strumming the notes to black hole sum in some room very far away from the moment I'm hearing it..... Beauty x 100 comes to heart
He has so many great songs. This is just one of many. I had a very enlightening conversation with him late one night. Learned a lot. Even did a tribute of black hole sun in his memory.
I happen to know from personal experience that Chris did know where he was coming from, as I heard demos of it on vacation with him on the Singles movie location. "In This Place" by Robin Trower on the Bridge Of Sighs album. Look it up and you'll hear it for sure.
Yea!! Thank you so much for your advice! I just listened to Bridge of Sights and it totally transported me to Chris’ music realm! This is awesome, I didn’t know about Trower but now I’m gonna listen to all his work. So far… amazing! Thank you 🙏 ❤
Matt's snare/tuning is just so sweet. The sustain on it could fold almost any groove back into the pocket by itself. It sounds like you could play right on the beat and still get a slight slowing effect in the final outcome. Its just not in any kind of hurry whatsoever, just taking its time to get there. Which perfectly fits the psychedelic nature of this song.
Man it’s wild to hear that Tighter and Tighter could’ve been on Superunknown. That song is absolutely a vibe, and matches the rest of Down On The Upside perfectly. I’m glad they held it for that album. Doesn’t match the feel of Superunknown at all. It’s so good.
With Soundgarden being my favorite band and almost impossible for me to pick a "favorite" SG song, Tighter and Tighter is something that when I hear it I CANNOT help but weep every damn time. Actually Soundgarden makes me weep ALL THE TIME and I don't even know why.....
I started listening to the garden at ultra mega ok n never stopped, even have a tattoo I was fortunate enough to show Chris. Amazing music n career guys always changing. Thank you for the memories.
Super Unknown was the first CD I ever bought with my allowance and I played the hell out of that thing. Still love Soundgarden and go back to their stuff frequently. RIP Chris, one of the best rock singers of all time.
The thumbnails of this video are the best. Soundgarden was powerful and gentlemanly now and in the past. Their appearance is the Soundgarden itself of the future that I imagined more than 30 years ago. The only miscalculation was that Chris left this world...
I read an article years ago about Chris Cornell. The writer was gushing about how Chris’s vocals matured with bad motor finger - used more of his range. If I could have responded to that article, I would have pointed out that Ben shepherd did background vocals starting with that album. Chris’s angelic voice over Ben’s deep, grungie tones were amazing. The dynamic between the two really shines in Rusty Cage, Spoonman, and Burden in my Hand. Those are just the ones that come to mind in this moment, but I always loved Cornell’s highs layered with Shepherd’s lows.
Brendan O'Brien's mixes are incredible on Superunknown, but his point about how it was nothing magic and actually pretty easy on his end rings very true. Some projects I have worked on with great production almost mix themselves. The importance of getting it right at the source, with good instruments, good tones, and good engineering in a good room is so key for this style of recording (which is unfortunately becoming far less common).
I love these videos, they bring us music lovers genuine happiness and behind the scenes info that's both funny and informative. Whether you like the bands being talked about becomes irrelevant in a way and that's awesome.
3:10-3:50 - I remember reading somewhere Glenn Gould’s (Canadian pianist, known mostly for his Bach recordings) article on why he stopped doing concerts and focused only on studio recordings - this way he could express himself as an artist and not do what live audience wanted him to do at the moment
Black Hole Sun might be their Magnum Opus, but on that record, and still to this day, I always reach for Fell On Black Days. It’s just an amazing song and I can’t get enough of it!
Chris maybe gone but he will never be forgotten.. I worked for the Band when they played Copenhagen in KB Hallen on the superunknown tour back in the 90th, Chris gave me he’s Pick after the show, I still got it with my backstage pas on the wall off memory from all the bands I’ve worked for Copenhagen🇩🇰 supports
This just confirms what a singular talent Chris Cornell was. Not only was he the greatest rock/metal singer to come along in the last 50 years, but he was also a genius songwriter. His death was a huge loss for the music industry.
Rick I love seeing the joy in your face as you listen to these guys (and you really listen!) Awesome stuff. Black Hole Sun was a distinct memory for me as I had just moved to Seattle at the time. Feels like yesterday - hard to believe it's 30 years.
Love how you mixed the different interviews together, talking about the same song. That would take fooorrreeevvvaaa if I had to look around RUclips :) thx!
I bought Superunknown a few years after it came out when i wS living w some friends at a ski mountIn. It was away from home and that album really meant a lot to me. Its my favorite album from a band thats in my top 3
My buddies and I were in a garage band in the 90’s. We tried covering Black Hole Sun; it was impossible. It’s at a glacial pace, switches time signatures innumerable times, plus Cornell’s stratospheric vocal range, and Kim Thayil’s solos. Sometimes you are forced to admire things from a distance.
Rick. Thank you for putting this content out there. There will be a great artist who emerges who wouldn’t have made great music without this inspiration.
I remember there was a phone number you could call to hear clips of songs off Superunknown in winter '93/'94 I believe. Even with no bass at all with that crap phone sound I couldn't get enough, man things have changed, that album made my year.
Thank you, Rick! Such a cool video. Had made a comment on the O’Brien video that Rick had now talked to everyone involved in Superunknown except Chris (and Ben too). Love this!
The entire album was phenomenal in my opinion. Black hole sun still to this day holds its own. I grew up in Seattle during the grunge era and saw a lot of these guys at different coffee shops and diners. At 62 in still rocking out on this music. Don't see that ever changing 😁🤙
The chord progression is absolutely bonkers on this one. Cornell was truly gifted to just hear this melody while driving around, then getting home or to the stupid or whatever and just throwing some chords underneath
Superunknown is one of my favorite rock albums of all time! Open to close, every song is amazing. I do have to say Black Hole Sun maybe my least favorite song. I never could get into it. I do think it such and interesting song in the sense of how it came together, layering of instruments and production. Nothing out there like it at the time. Hope to hear more from this interview!!
There are certain songs that I can listen to over and over. This is one of them. Great songs stand the test of time. So sad about Chris he was one of my all time favorite singers ect
Rick I hope you interview David Bottrill. He's done great work. His work on Mastadon's Hushed and Grim and TOOL'S ÆNEMA and Lateralus is impeccable. His work on King Crimson's THRAK is great. He's made some great records.
i remember when this album came out i loved 4th of july and mailman was ultra awesome the lyrics was really what got me and the rhythms plus i always wondered what he was thinking about on the Fourth of July lyrics and the mailman wonder what he believed in spiritually
Everybody talks about "Black Hole Sun" like it was the only song on the album or something, but back in the day the song I would listen to again and again and again was "4th of July".
Me too. Black Hole Sun got played to death on the radio and MTV so I got pretty tired of it back then but now, in the later years, I have found a new love for it.
Totally, radio at the time really made me sick of a lot of these songs but I really liked 4th of July. Its so heavy and sludgy, kind of like the song Gun. As the years have gone by I’ve come to really like these songs now, I guess that happens with age, or not hearing it constantly, maybe both!
Me too. But I found myself listening to the entire album over and over, honestly, probably a little too much. It's a dark album, but it's honest and imo a piece of art par excellence
Limo Wreck for me
Ahhh, fellow Gentlemen of Distinction.
SPOONMAN & LIKE SUICIDE for myself.
Spoonman being my ring tone, from the first note all 4 instruments are at 11 on the 10-dial.
SOUNDGARDEN RULES!
I remember Chris saying on the Howard Stern show that this entire song came into his head when driving along one day. Amazing songwriter. Rip Chris.
I heard they took a lot of acid prior to so maybe that had something to do with the inspiration 😊
@@quietinterlude770wrong that’s completely not true. Not even remotely.
@@quietinterlude770
Gfy
He did not write the songs!!!🖕
Epstein Chris and bourdain did not kill themselves
Rick's catalog of interviews has gotten to the point where he can now make comprehensive compilations from the whole band to give authoritative history and interpretations about the creation and performance of their best songs.
This is what I was thinking too, how incredible that he has these full stories from different contributors and points of view. A true historians dream of rock history. If only Chris were around!
You mean just Soundgarden correct?
@@dylansewell237 He's got to be around somewhere. But he's just not C.C. anymore. They killed off that persona.
@@michaelgreene4816if we had a catalogue of Rick’s interviews I’m sure there are a few more songs that he’s got covered. Police songs for example - after interviewing Sting, Copeland and Andy Summers. There’s probably so much more footage we haven’t even seen yet.
Amazing
The seattle scene was so wild when hes just casually like "Cantrell(from Alice in Chains) was playing some lead, it wasnt appropriate but it was aight". Just crazy how these guys are all friends and made ot so big.
Soundgarden is my favorite band ever. Superunkown is my favorite album of all time. I still have it on cassette. I grew up in Seattle in the same neighborhood as Chris Cornell so it is wild to think of all the times i saw him randomly out and about. Same with Jerry Cantrell and Layne. I used to see Layne all the time.
So delicate yet apocalyptic, so weird and yet catchy, so happy and sad. Beautiful in a word.
Listen to “Fresh Tendrils” & “Fourth of July.” These two songs fall under the radar.
mailman and limo wreck too
Love Fourth of July, one of my favourite Soundgarden songs
Superunknown is one of the main grunge classics, an imortal work of art in Music. There’s no ‘under the radar’ here kid..
@@miguelmelchior986 I know you’re mostly talking about Superunknown and I do agree but I’d say that the first two Soundgarden albums are pretty under the radar compared to their stuff in the ‘90s starting with Badmotorfinger up to Down On the Upside
@@andrewpappas9311 They are very much on the radar. Its just that Superunknown in something else. In utero is not under the radar because of Nevermind, everybody knows about in utero.
Black Hole Sun is one of the very very very few songs i still love lissening to, after decades of it.. its perfect as a single, complex but simple, magical and perfect in so many ways.. one of the greatest songs ever written/composed.
A true masterpiece. Like Bohemian Rhapsody I could listen too it everytime ot comes on.
It's masterfully written, performed and recorded.
@dv8322 Like what you like. My first intro to Chris was in 91 and it started with screaming life/fopp. I didn't care for his screaming high notes. After the grunge scene I shifted to punk. Then after college I was lost musically. I finally found my way back to Chris with his solo stuff and Audioslave. Long story short, I suffer from a lot of the same things he did and he's my all time favorite singer. He could cover Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, Lennon, Sinead flawlessly. He was a complete badass. Norah Jones did a 7 1/2 min piano cover of Black Hole Sun in the same theatre just a few days after he died.
If he's not your thing I get that. I kinda just wanted to share my story. I also find TM's guitar a bit too much at times.
nice. Soundgarden, deftones adrenaline and white zombie astro creep 2000 gave the me similar chills of emotional journey
also Deftones White Pony. Same chills
Agree with Michael Beinhorn, Tighter & Tighter is one of my favorite songs ever, is the song that came to my mind, and i listened the day Chris Cornell died, because of the line "Sleep tight for me. I'm gone".
And yeah, off course Black Hole Sun is amazing, is one of those song i never get tired to listen. Is a masterpiece in composition and interpretation.
Tighter and tighter is probably my favorite Soundgarden song, and Soundgarden being my favorite band that's a HARD thing for me to do and pick a "favorite" SG song. Down on the Upside is sooooo good it makes me cry. And that's something Soundgarden does to me a lot, I find myself weeping when I don't even know why....
Being an oldschool kinda headbanger dude. I was reluctant to accept much of the Seattle sound at first. But it didn't take long before I'd insist EVERY club or bar I frequented have the SUPERUNKNOWN on the jukebox. It was an instant classic in my world.
It was Rusty Cage that caught my reluctant ear and changed my mind. It was reminiscent of Corrosion of Conformity to me.
“Superunknown”! Soundgarden’s best offering (and that’s saying a lot) and, possibly, one of the top ten Hard Rock albums of the last fifty years. Rest in peace, Chris!
When I bought it I thought it was a greatest hits album! I wasn't a big fan at the time but it had a few songs I had heard on the radio so I picked it up. Blew my mind that it was just a straight-up album.
But for me, Down on the Upside (the next one) is a better record.
For me badmotorfinger is the best.
@@hennamay2349 You make a damn good point. How many bands can claim a trifecta like “BMF“, “superunknown“ and “down on the upside?”
@@robarnold6998 And tbh Louder Than Love is a pretty damn excellent already as well..!
It's pretty impressive for these compilation videos where you realize in a lot of instances Rick has likely interviewed a guitarist, a drummer, a bassist and a producer all who made one album/song together. And giving then separate interviews gives them each a unique perspective.
Beato worked hard and it’s all paying off. Remember how sad and dejected her was. And now he’s THE interviewer 💪 proud
Sad about what?
Can we talk about the legendary Kim Thayil wearing an awesome A Perfect Circle hat! Love that.
I saw the thumbtail to this, saw Chris and I immediately got excited because it has been so long since we've all heard from him. For a brief moment, he was still alive in my mind and I couldn't wait to hear his take on this. Then I remembered.....😢
No one sings like him anymore. RIP Chris.
Check out Ian Thornley (Big Wreck). RIP Chris indeed, though.
I see what you did there 😂 RIP Chris🙏
Very enjoyable to listen to the Producer Michael Bienhorn. He's very relatable to me. Wisdom is so much fun to hear.
It's impossible to tire of hearing this song. A perfectly written & performed rock song.
One of the greatest songs EVER written
Chris was such a genuine guy. He would engage with strangers and talk at length all day long which is why he had to have a handler. You could even tune in to a radio station that was interviewing him live, on the telephone, from his house, and hear him going on and on about a lot of stuff. He is such a people person in that regard. He cared about his fans so much that he made that music video: "I Almost Forgot My Broken Heart" so that they wouldn't be deceived into, or think about, doing the copycat thing.
Man, I didn’t realize it until later in life, but that album and that song helped inspire me to pickup a guitar and become a rock musician.
The song that I related to the most was "the day I tried to live". It had a different slide piece in the beginning as black hole sun and I thought it was the better song of the two. I'd love to hear the bands take. Also. These interview are pure gold. Love this channel.
Black Hole Sun is one of the best songs ever written in the genre. I heard it on the radio the day it came out, I was at work and when it was over I left and went to the record store and bought it…good thing that I was in a position to do that! It was 10:15 am…what a day.
What makes me sad watching this is that Rick never got to interview Chris.
Or Layne
@@christheghostwriter agreed
first Soundgarden song I remember hearing.
I still remember the first time I heard this tune. Listening to a local rock station through a Sony Walkman and cheap headphones on a hotel room floor in Detroit late at night. True story. One of my all time favorite tunes and that will never change.
I was in high school, my friend had bought the cd sight unseen and he called me and played it through the the phone
This was the first CD I EVER bought in my life with my own money like 29 years ago. Still one of the best, complete albums ever
Same here! Excellent choice.
Soundgarden was a really special band to me, some say grunge and they came out of that scene but I’d say soundgarden was something else with Chris and Kim and that slow beat of the drummer and bassplayer of blackhole sun they pioneer what became doom metal.
I have such great memories listening to Superunknown on my sony discman back in the day. Killer song and awesome album!
Same here, magical album.
Sometimes it's tricky for us fans who love a song, but has been played millions of times on the radio and everywhere else. I love to imagine when Chris started strumming the notes to black hole sum in some room very far away from the moment I'm hearing it.....
Beauty x 100 comes to heart
He has so many great songs. This is just one of many. I had a very enlightening conversation with him late one night. Learned a lot. Even did a tribute of black hole sun in his memory.
I happen to know from personal experience that Chris did know where he was coming from, as I heard demos of it on vacation with him on the Singles movie location. "In This Place" by Robin Trower on the Bridge Of Sighs album. Look it up and you'll hear it for sure.
Wow
James Dewar for the win ~ ✅
Yea!! Thank you so much for your advice! I just listened to Bridge of Sights and it totally transported me to Chris’ music realm! This is awesome, I didn’t know about Trower but now I’m gonna listen to all his work. So far… amazing! Thank you 🙏 ❤
Matt's snare/tuning is just so sweet. The sustain on it could fold almost any groove back into the pocket by itself. It sounds like you could play right on the beat and still get a slight slowing effect in the final outcome. Its just not in any kind of hurry whatsoever, just taking its time to get there. Which perfectly fits the psychedelic nature of this song.
*Black Hole Sun* 🕳️ 🌞
*Great interview Rick*
😎✌️😍👏
Man it’s wild to hear that Tighter and Tighter could’ve been on Superunknown. That song is absolutely a vibe, and matches the rest of Down On The Upside perfectly. I’m glad they held it for that album. Doesn’t match the feel of Superunknown at all. It’s so good.
With Soundgarden being my favorite band and almost impossible for me to pick a "favorite" SG song, Tighter and Tighter is something that when I hear it I CANNOT help but weep every damn time. Actually Soundgarden makes me weep ALL THE TIME and I don't even know why.....
I started listening to the garden at ultra mega ok n never stopped, even have a tattoo I was fortunate enough to show Chris. Amazing music n career guys always changing. Thank you for the memories.
R.I.P. Chris, this song brings back great memories from my youth.
Super Unknown was the first CD I ever bought with my allowance and I played the hell out of that thing. Still love Soundgarden and go back to their stuff frequently. RIP Chris, one of the best rock singers of all time.
The thumbnails of this video are the best.
Soundgarden was powerful and gentlemanly now and in the past.
Their appearance is the Soundgarden itself of the future that I imagined more than 30 years ago.
The only miscalculation was that Chris left this world...
Beinhorn reeling Chris in was brilliant! Such great advice.
That snare sounds amazing.
I was a Soundgarden fan from the git...Black Hole Sun and Fell On Black Days will always be on my favorites list. RIP Chris Cornell...We miss you. ✌🏽
Soundgarden was by far my premier Seattle Band. Christ they're so good
I read an article years ago about Chris Cornell. The writer was gushing about how Chris’s vocals matured with bad motor finger - used more of his range. If I could have responded to that article, I would have pointed out that Ben shepherd did background vocals starting with that album. Chris’s angelic voice over Ben’s deep, grungie tones were amazing. The dynamic between the two really shines in Rusty Cage, Spoonman, and Burden in my Hand. Those are just the ones that come to mind in this moment, but I always loved Cornell’s highs layered with Shepherd’s lows.
Brendan O'Brien's mixes are incredible on Superunknown, but his point about how it was nothing magic and actually pretty easy on his end rings very true. Some projects I have worked on with great production almost mix themselves. The importance of getting it right at the source, with good instruments, good tones, and good engineering in a good room is so key for this style of recording (which is unfortunately becoming far less common).
4:57 My thought exactly when i first heard Black Hole Sun in high school ❤
Tighter and Tighter is such an incredibly good song!
I love these videos, they bring us music lovers genuine happiness and behind the scenes info that's both funny and informative. Whether you like the bands being talked about becomes irrelevant in a way and that's awesome.
3:10-3:50 - I remember reading somewhere Glenn Gould’s (Canadian pianist, known mostly for his Bach recordings) article on why he stopped doing concerts and focused only on studio recordings - this way he could express himself as an artist and not do what live audience wanted him to do at the moment
Remember when music like this got into the charts ? I mean the wild crazy avant garde solo for one, what great times!
Amazing song that hit so incredibly well and has withstood the test of time. RIP Chris Cornell
I had write more than 1000 poems and songs and no other song has ever influenced me more than Soundgarden Black days . R.I.P C.C.
Black Hole Sun might be their Magnum Opus, but on that record, and still to this day, I always reach for Fell On Black Days. It’s just an amazing song and I can’t get enough of it!
What a great video Rick...thank you for the effort and thought for the fans.
Chris maybe gone but he will never be forgotten..
I worked for the Band when they played Copenhagen in KB Hallen on the superunknown tour back in the 90th, Chris gave me he’s Pick after the show, I still got it with my backstage pas on the wall off memory from all the bands I’ve worked for
Copenhagen🇩🇰 supports
This just confirms what a singular talent Chris Cornell was. Not only was he the greatest rock/metal singer to come along in the last 50 years, but he was also a genius songwriter. His death was a huge loss for the music industry.
Rick I love seeing the joy in your face as you listen to these guys (and you really listen!) Awesome stuff. Black Hole Sun was a distinct memory for me as I had just moved to Seattle at the time. Feels like yesterday - hard to believe it's 30 years.
Always such amazing music content!! I Run a small studio in Ottawa Canada and These interviews are so helpful! Thanks Rick!!
Love how you mixed the different interviews together, talking about the same song. That would take fooorrreeevvvaaa if I had to look around RUclips :) thx!
Amazing work, Rick! Keep on raising the bar on RUclips 🔥🔥🔥
I bought Superunknown a few years after it came out when i wS living w some friends at a ski mountIn. It was away from home and that album really meant a lot to me. Its my favorite album from a band thats in my top 3
My buddies and I were in a garage band in the 90’s. We tried covering Black Hole Sun; it was impossible. It’s at a glacial pace, switches time signatures innumerable times, plus Cornell’s stratospheric vocal range, and Kim Thayil’s solos. Sometimes you are forced to admire things from a distance.
I miss you all soooo much !
One love .
Rip Chris.
Damn, I love all of this shit so much. I graduated high school in 1992 so all of this stuff is the soundtrack to my life.
love the A Perfect Circle hat!
Rick. Thank you for putting this content out there. There will be a great artist who emerges who wouldn’t have made great music without this inspiration.
I remember there was a phone number you could call to hear clips of songs off Superunknown in winter '93/'94 I believe. Even with no bass at all with that crap phone sound I couldn't get enough, man things have changed, that album made my year.
Thank you, Rick! Such a cool video. Had made a comment on the O’Brien video that Rick had now talked to everyone involved in Superunknown except Chris (and Ben too). Love this!
The entire album was phenomenal in my opinion. Black hole sun still to this day holds its own. I grew up in Seattle during the grunge era and saw a lot of these guys at different coffee shops and diners. At 62 in still rocking out on this music. Don't see that ever changing 😁🤙
Superunknown - amazing album, thanks for this.
Brendan O'Brien the best producer/engineer/mixer combination I've ever heard.
The chord progression is absolutely bonkers on this one. Cornell was truly gifted to just hear this melody while driving around, then getting home or to the stupid or whatever and just throwing some chords underneath
Thank you Rick! Amazing interview again!
Wow. Superunknown is one of my favorite albums. Thanks so much Rick!
Superunknown is one of my favorite rock albums of all time! Open to close, every song is amazing. I do have to say Black Hole Sun maybe my least favorite song. I never could get into it. I do think it such and interesting song in the sense of how it came together, layering of instruments and production. Nothing out there like it at the time. Hope to hear more from this interview!!
I love every single song on the album and yea black hole sun is probably my favorite
There are certain songs that I can listen to over and over. This is one of them. Great songs stand the test of time. So sad about Chris he was one of my all time favorite singers ect
Great interview Rick!!! Miss you Chris!
Now I gotta listen to the whole album.
One of the best songs in Rock n Roll History. Absulte a master piece
Darn it. For some reason this interview hit me real deep. I can't explain it but I'm on the verge of ugly cry. I still miss Cornell and Wood so much.
Superunknown is still one of the best sonically sounding albums of all time. Especially on record!
Great format such a good idea to put these together like this
In my 50s and this is one of very few albums that I like every song. There is also a lot of songs.
Michael Beinhorn - NY Downtown Scene with Bill Laswell, Fred Maher
MATERIAL
Rick I hope you interview David Bottrill. He's done great work. His work on Mastadon's Hushed and Grim and TOOL'S ÆNEMA and Lateralus is impeccable. His work on King Crimson's THRAK is great. He's made some great records.
Yeah buddy this is where this channel can go… excellent production my dudes
Loving the content! Thank you so much!
I am still hoping for a Ben Sheppard interview. Likely a long shot but I am still hoping. Really loved his and Hiro's playing.
Rick you are a legend for getting all these great musicians stories. Thank you man for helping inspire the future 🎶creators ✨🕊️
always been my favorite band from this time period. great stuff
i thought of this song when the eclipse happened
It was on a Spotify play list for the eclipse, and played at an eclipse party that I attended.
Same here!
I’d love to hear that Jerry Cantrell collaboration Beinhorn mentions.
8:28 Almost was the Ugly Truth intro!😁
It’s one of those moments where a genius just soars.
Thank you for sharing these stories, Rick.
i remember when this album came out i loved 4th of july and mailman was ultra awesome the lyrics was really what got me and the rhythms plus i always wondered what he was thinking about on the Fourth of July lyrics and the mailman wonder what he believed in spiritually
“The tail doesn’t wag the dog”. What a great quote
Gay but ok.
In Brazil we say that the “ the lamp post doesn’t piss on the dog”.
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@@miguelmelchior986you are pretty gay…
absolutely love black hole sun. Probably the song that pushed Soundgarden from a band that I like to top of my listening pile.
Really want to hear that demo with Jerry playing on it.