How An Accidental Duet SAVED This Masterpiece From Being D.O.A | Professor of Rock
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- When Mother Love Bone frontman Andrew Wood dies tragically in 1990, Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell was devastated. He was trying to work through his emotions and knew that music would be the only cathartic way to do it. As he wrote some very heavy songs had knew they wouldn’t work for his band so he connected with the remaining Mother Love Bone band members Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament as well as new guitarist Mike McCready to create Temple of the Dog and the song Hunger Strike a veritable 90s masterwork. When he struggled to get exactly what he wanted on the song Hunger Strike, Eddie Vedder stepped up to the mic and the two made history.
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So, it’s time for another edition of our series Dos. Where we go behind the greatest duets in Rock History This time we take a turn on an alternative route… After receiving a flood of requests to take a deep dive into this one, today we are telling the story of the immortal tribute to the downtrodden... Hunger Strike, by Seattle’s own Temple of the Dog.
When Soundgarden lead singer Chris Cornell walked into the hospital room of his close friend, Mother Love Bone icon Andy Wood, there really were no words to express his shock and disbelief. Stretched out before him was a motionless, nearly lifeless figure, hooked up to an array of machines designed to keep his heart pumping and his lungs breathing.
Just days earlier, Andy Wood, who was a recovering heroin addict, tragically relapsed. He had overdosed on heroin and was now in a braindead coma. According to the doctors, he wasn’t going to recover.
Cornell and Wood had once been roommates. They had written songs together. And competed in a friendly rivalry as up and coming Seattle rock bands... Soundgarden and Mother Love Bone. Chris had just finished performing at a club in New York when he heard the news of Andy’s overdose. He was absolutely crushed. As soon as he could, he boarded a plane to Seattle and rushed to see his fallen brother. He was the last person to arrive. The room was filled with close family, most of whom Cornell had never met.
Andy’s girlfriend Xana had insisted that doctors not pull the plug until Chris arrived and could say goodbye. Chris had mixed feelings about this. On the one hand it was an honor and really cool. But on the other, it was awful. All of Andy’s family was all sitting there waiting to close the chapter. And Chris was the guy holding up the inevitable. After saying goodbye, Cornell watched the doctors pull the plug on his friend. Andy was gone. Dead at age 24.
They were supposed to be invincible, Chris would later say. No one was supposed to die. And if someone did, it wasn’t supposed to be Andy. And if it did happen, it wasn’t supposed to happen like that. But the impossible had happened and Chris didn’t know what to do. The next few weeks were a living nightmare. 
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Man, I said it before and this is true. Chris gave me food when I told him I was starving. What a sweet soul. God Bless.
Chris Cornell was amazing R.I.P. No matter what band he was in you knew the voice.
Chris Cornell has a voice that leaves me dazed and confused. He is the best for me.
I still get chills when I hear Chris Cornell sing. While Pearl Jam was my favorite band in the 90's, Chris is by far my favorite male vocalist. He may even be my favorite male vocalist of all time. What a loss. RIP.
I loved it when Pearl Jam and Soundgarden basically came together! Pearlgarden! Or Soundjam!
The guy could sing alright! if you listen to all his back catalog, he could sing everyone else's song and own it - VERY few can sing a Chris Cornell song and do it justice. His loss still saddens me daily.
Same here. Cornell had the best pipes of that generation. Pearl Jam is also my fave and it's a shame we'll never truly get a TOTD 2.
Chris Cornell was the 90s version of Early Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant.
Great rock singers.
My favorite , Soundgarden from those bands
TOTD was Chris' masterpiece in my opinion.. such a special album
Eddie Vedder- one of my all time favorite singers. Love his voice!
Saw Soundgarden / Pearl Jam show back in early 92 in a hollowed out grocery store in Houston (Unicorn Ballroom). Instead of a Soundgarden encore, it was Temple of the Dog. Actually met both bands before the show hanging out behind the venue. Amazing show.
Chris Cornell was a rock god. Hunger Strike and Say Hello to Heaven are two of the best songs of my youth.
Eddie Veddar is such a great and often overlooked vocalist. Chris has range, but Eddie has emotion. Together, they were amazing.
Eddie's vocals in Hunger Strike are like warm caramel.
Often overlooked????
@@rileyk5228 yes. Every list of great grunge vocalist include the obvious big three, but Eddie is usually not even considered.
Yeah they all tun together like melted candy
Last man standing
Eddie Vedder…there is so much behind his voice. You can feel it when he sings.
Like everything else sang and composed in the mind of Chris Cornell, this album has SOOOO much raw, vivid emotion that I can never make it through a full album without shedding at least one tear. I wore this cassette out twice, have bought the CD twice and now have it on digital. I've introduced my wife, daughter and now granddaughter to Chris through this album. A top 10 album of mine ever, and a one off at that. Brilliant. Devastating. Epic.
I knew this story and loved all the bands involved. When I first heard Eddie’s voice I was home. Andrew’s death was tragic losing Chris later on just hurt so much. Eddie is still standing and I love him still to this day. I listened to the Temple of the Dog album on repeat for years and it helped me stay in this world when I was trying hard to leave it.
I love Chris Cornell. His songwriting and phenominal vocals are amazing. His passing was heartbreaking. Thank you for this story.
Yeah, he was such a legend. So sad he passed away. I love “Black Hole Sun” so much.
My favorite performance of his was “A Day In The Life” at Albert Hall. Just amazing.
Audioslave with Chris Cornell on lead vocals was great. His lyrics are superb. Songs like “ I AM THE HIGHWAY “ and “ SHOW ME HOW TO LIVE” 2 examples from as great of a debut record as has ever been released in my opinion. Take care.
I love so many of his songs. "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" from Higher Truth gives me goosebumps. Chris always bared his soul when he sang.
He had a lot of talent, but he was unstable. He took the cowards way out. Don't be like him.
Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns is one of my favorites, too. The melancholy lyrics sung with a pleading desperation… 🥺
One of the best songs I've ever heard. Good call
When Eddie Vedder leans into the mic & lets out that first line, you know you’ve heard something. You’re not sure what. But you heard it. And my god… WHAT DID I JUST HEAR?! WHO IS THAT?! GIVE ME MORE!! Thank you Chris & Eddie. My own love & appreciation of music changed from that day forward. My son is even named in honor of Andrew Wood. Not for his short time here & certainly his tragically all too early end, but for what he could have been & now looking back at what he inspired. So many bands. So much amazing music. From Nirvana to the current lineup of the Foo Fighters of today, Andrew Wood was that guy. We can only wonder what would have been if he was here today.
Thanks for this one Professor!
Hunger Strike is such a beautiful and rocking song. Thank you for this song and thank you for anything from the 90's. The decade that shaped my musical taste that has lasted to this day. Grunge, alternative, pop punk, post grunge, call it what you will, I loved it all. Thank you Professor, 3 Chords and the truth and Godspeed! Say Hello to Heaven! R.I.P. Andrew Wood and Chris Cornell
YOu're welcome! More to come!
I love the “Going hungryyyyyyyy, yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaahhhh!”
I liked the 90’s but pop punk can kiss my big fat ass.
I was 19 and living in Tacoma (20 miles from Seattle) whilst all this shit was going on. I feel blessed by them circumstances. As asshole teenagers, I can say that me and my friends didn't really know the true intensity of the cultural tornado we were being swept up in during the early Nineties. Seriously. We would go and see these bands because it was the thing to do, never thinking how much widespread success they would soon enjoy. I would like to say that my fandom was instrumental, but... Fuckit. It's been 30 years. Now I just sound like a nostalgic numbnut.
I love this song... I bonded with a younger coworker over this years ago. We were talking about Cornell’s great voice, and I mentioned this song and the way he got up into that higher register as a counterpoint to Eddie’s baritone...Mark had heard the song but had somehow forgotten it (did I mention he’s younger than we are?)
...And suddenly standing in the stockroom chucking boxes in the baler, I’m singing Eddie’s part and Mark’s killing Chris’s part, and there was a pure joy in that moment.
If your friend Mark was able to nail Chris's higher vocal parts, he should probably be joining a real band, and getting his voice out there!
These two created magic together! Absolute magic!!
Another fascinating story. It’s amazing that some songs start out as throwaway tracks but end up becoming huge hits.
The Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder collaboration on Hunger Strike it’s so good it’s hard to believe it started out as happenstance. Certainly Eddie was in the right place at the right time.
I already liked the song from massive airplay in 1992-93....but I never knew the story. NOW, it's one of my most cherished songs of that era. Thank you for this. What an amazing story for an amazing song.
Those of us that grew up listening to these guys are so lucky. The best and last true band era.
Too few people speak so eloquently about this special time in music. You put into words exactly how I felt.
Temple Of The Dog is such a great record...start to finish imo...gets played often in my world, as well as Mother Lovebone, turned more than a few into fans over the years. Keep on rockin!! Cheers!!!!
12 people made them. The release dates spanned one year, and just shy of three months. Magic.
Mother Love Bone - Apple (19 Jul 1990), Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (16 Apr 1991),
Pearl Jam - Ten (27 Aug 1991), Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (8 Oct 1991).
Dude, thank you so much for covering this song. It has a lot of sentimental value to me. I was class of '90. Freshly outta school when "the scene" blew up. I remember Andy's tragic death and how it affected the community, and shortly thereafter Mia Zapata from The Gits was taken from us. I got to see many of the once-famous Seattle bands in their prime. I used to be in a band that jammed in a winery, called NAF Productions, run by the soundman from Alice in Chains. I even jammed with Sean Kinney once. Back then, around NAF, we'd see rock stars all over the place, but we were never star-struck. To us, they were just cool cats to hang out with.
Man, you sure know how to hit a fella right in the nostalgia...! Keep it up brother.
Loved this song from the jump, but now... a whole new level of respect and appreciation. Thank you for this wonderful vid!
This is so interesting - I'd always thought that *"Temple of the Dog"* was formed because Eddie and Chris were already both superstars.
Imagine my surprise in discovering that this is the tune that introduced Eddie Vedder to the band that would become *Pearl Jam...*
You're still a bit lost and that's ok.
@@travzimmerman1340
Clearly you haven't watched the video... and that's ok
I'd assumed the same thing because the video for Hunger Strike was released after Pearl Jam made it big. I knew Temple of the Dog was a tribute album to Andrew but I didn't know it was made before Pearl Jam became a band. I was already a fan of Soundgarden.
Mid 80's to early 90's was a great time in country music. That was what I was listening to at the time. My son was in high school and listening to the new "grunge" music and I loved that new rock music was coming back again. I still have all my CD's from that great era of rock music! Thanks for keeping it alive!
Have always loved this song! Two of the greatest rock vocalists in my opinion. Thanks for profiling this song!
As soon as I read this videos title I knew what story you'd be telling. I love this song, it's truly one of the greatest songs ever created and Eddie and Chris are two of the greatest vocalists to ever walk the face of the earth. I'm so glad you covered the story of this song, too few even know this song in this day and age and even fewer know the story behind it. What you do here is a great thing. You're keeping alive music that holds real power within and sadly would be fading into the background if not for you and the few others like you.
Again I thank you. Godspeed my friend.
Its amazing how well their voices harmonize together. Beautiful song, amazing vocals.
You're so knowledgeable and the delivery is so engaging. It shows that you deeply care about music and it's history. Awesome video.
This record is one of the best of all time. Every single song is deep and meaningful to me.
I love your passion for music it is so wholesome to see you just spread your love for these awesome songs, you have a way with words that really conveys the importance if these songs
It’s wonderful to see that so many other people appreciate really great music as much as you do. Gives me hope for the future.
This song in my opinion, is one of the greatest crafted songs. The blueprint [my words] as Adam stated had some adjustments, then when finished, needed no polishing. Pain isn't something that can be polished and we just move on. Addiction is a prick. I was in denial (alcohol) for 38 years. I was in obvious denial and untill I went through a recovery program, I looked down at addicts, not realizing my hypocrisy. Coming through this Program, I'm learning more and more about empathy and sympathy for people with Addiction/s. I understood the lyrics about the corruption of the rich (which seems to come from people of generational wealth) and not harming/disrespecting people who have less than I. I had no idea this was about the loss of a best friend. Thank you Adam for sharing your gift you have, sharing it with all who watch your well put together videos. I'm 54, and the songs you tell the background of being each song more to life than they already are to me. Music is a gift, cathartic, and the soundtrack of each generation for each individuals reason.
My dads always told me he remembers hearing hunger strike before pearljam broke into the scene, its such a master piece live the whole album
Great video, brother. That last line got me weepy. Appreciate you and your voice.
It’s about time PoR started showing some love to 90’s Guitar Rock era not just pop from the decade.
Been a big hole in your great channel.
Good treatment on this song!
I think I actually knew every individual fact or piece of trivia that you used but that’s because I’ve collected that data over many years in many sources I don’t think anybody has put together as comprehensive and definitive a summary as you did with this. PJ20 would be the only thing to even come close, & as HungerStrike was just a single element to the docu I still nod your episode as being a more comprehensive one stop shop for the deets.
MORE like this Please!🙏
I LOVED all of the personal recollections and feelings you put into this video. Always enjoy your stuff. Thankful to have you.
Thank you so much!
Have to say this one was extremely emotional, I was definitely tearing up in the beginning, I loved how it all came together to honor Chris ❤️
So much talent. Both singers had such distinctive voices.
I love to hear you tell the stories you tell ...... ❤️ Always so good ..... Thanks !!
I know everyone has a favorite singer of the grunge era. All of these great front men will be immortalized as some of the best. But when I saw MTV's Unplugged of Pearl Jam, I was completely blown away by Vedder. He is my favorite from that era. Having graduated in 90 and going into college, this new grunge era music scene and culture was a huge welcome, becoming one of the greatest moments in my life. Amazing days to live through.
Hunger Strike is the most beautiful song of the grunge era. Temple of the Dog ended up as a gift for grunge fans to uncover after they'd got tired of the commercialisation of the scene. Vedder and Cornell singing together is a dream. Great rundown!
LOVE THIS!!
You are THE PROFESSOR indeed!
Beautiful analysis, heart wrenching story. Thank you for your hard work and passion.
Thank for the back story and formation of a group/band that I knew of but never how the mix came to be... Plus a deeper understanding put to the songs and the album as a whole for Temple of the Dogs...
I love this channel SO much! The things I learn about music, DEEP into music, are unbelievable. You definitely are THE PROFESSOR! Thank you Adam.
Agree with all of this!
Loved this! Can't wait to check out what's next.
I really must thank you for this. I'm a kid from Seattle and a massive fan of the grunge era and especially of Chris Cornell. It hurts my heart knowing he's gone too. Thanks Professor!
Just awesome man. I was 15 in ‘92, just getting into grunge when the single came out. I just thought it was a collab at the time and had never heard of LMB or Andrew Wood. Still love the song and this filled in all the gaps for me. Thanks for your work on this man!
This is one song that has always hit me right in the feels. A friend of mine has a band. And he wanted to cover this song, but couldn't find anyone that could do the Vedder part. Until one night at Karaoke we tried it. Now when ever his band is playing somewhere, and I am there. He will call me up to do this song. When it is over. I hop off the stage emotionally drained. It still hits me in the feels, and a tear is running down my face when I am done. Love this song.
Please more Chris Cornell videos. His voice was amazing. I love listening to his covers. His version of Michael Jackson Billy Jean is perfection.
thank you for explaining this song to me, since never thought to much about the lyrics, but more the musical instrumentation, specially the beginning of the song with the guitar...
This is a MASTERPIECE episode, heavy gratitude Adam.
It's become tradition to listen to the song/group you highlight right after each episode. Headphones, just me and the song, but now I have some insight I didn't have years ago. You're like fudge on ice cream, professor, making that good thing even better. Thanks bro. Off to do hunger strike 🎧
I do the same thing! It’s super fun!
I do the same!
Thank you Professor of Rock, that was done beautifully!! Love Chris Cornell and Andrew Wood RIP 😇😇 FOREVER REMEMBERED AND NEVER EVER FORGOTTEN 💝🌹. I Love Pearl Jam, my favorite band on this planet!! I ❤️ Eddie Vedder the man is incredible!! I absolutely love Temple of the Dog, thank you for sharing this awesome video 😊💓🤘✌️
Love the song. Absolutely love it's honest simplicity. But your video brings to mind Eddie Vedder's interview w/ Howard Stern at the end of 2020. He talked about Chris a lot. It was hard to listen to parts of it. It's tragic that in the end, Chris broke someone's heart the way Andrew broke his.
I don't know how to express my gratitude for this video Adam, you left me speechless once again....! 🔝🔝🔝
Just as you, I so much love and respect these legendary artists from both eras: the mighty '80s and the roaring '90s. There'll never ever be bands or music to those levels!!
Here's an excerpt from a song I'm working on these days... it gives an idea of how I'm forever "caught in between" these 2 decades: 😊
"Last time I tried, my life was a fairytale
As that summer when I met you, when "The Final Countdown" was on the radio
As that winter when I lost you, and Chris Cornell sang... Black Hole Sun, won't come and wash away the rain?"
R.I.P Chris & Andy, never to be forgotten. ❤️
This is one of my all time favorite albums. I still listen to it on rotation after all these years.
You are awesome, I really appreciate all of your content.
I love this song so much. It’s one of those songs I never get tired of hearing. Two legendary voices. Still so sad Chris is gone. Reach Down is also a killer track. I love Halestorm’s cover of Hunger Strike, and Daughtry recently released another amazing cover.
What a phenomenal mini-doc you put together, gave me chills to listen to, cant wait to get some beers on the go later and break out the vinyls 🍻👏👏
I love this song and it’s always a pleasant treat to know how great songs originate and it seems like great songs almost never make it to the album. So glad this song made it.
Amazing, beautiful and powerful sound. Love this song and story. Great job as always Professor. Thank you for bringing this
Yup, I was one of those who found this gem in 1994, we had seen Chris and Eddie blow up, but it wasn't until I was stationed in Great Lakes IL that I found this CD on the base exchange and it BLEW MY F#@$ING mind! I think I have been through at least 3 or 4 CD's now (yup...the age of "Anti Skip MY A$$ CD players...lol) and it went in my rotation and is still there. Great vid man, keep them coming!
You brought back the memory of my love of Mother Love Bone. Thank you.
So much love for these guys !! ❤❤❤
This song still gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it.
I absolutely love this whole album. Every song was a hit in my opinion. I kind of grew out of the grunge era long time ago but this is the one that I still listen to.
I’ll never forget I was in marching band practice, and the football team was playing it over the loud speakers. The entire stadium erupted in the most beautiful music I’ve ever heard. It unfortunately, wasn’t our band, but it was Hunger Strike. Holy cow it was so good. Then I started hearing it on the radio. Couldn’t afford a record or anything so I would just listen to the radio all the time to hear whenever it would come on.
your way of describing the heart and soul of a song is what seems so personal. i love how you bring a song to life and so understandable. thank you for you insight. keep up the amazing work. and amazing song! ❤❤
Wow you put my own thoughts into words. I was finishing my last year of high school at this time. I had lost my mother to cancer the year before and would shortly be leaving home for the Navy. I spent hours listening to Temple of the Dog & Pearl Jam before leaving for boot camp. Once I completed boot camp I met a few amazing Navy friends who shared the same passion for Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog. Any time we had liberty we were listening together and enjoying the comraderie of this music together. And for me especially it was cathartic and helped me grieve my mother. When you call Temple of the Dog sacred I feel exactly the same way.
Love this channel. Keep them coming.
Thank you Professor, your reflections about the music are a masterpiece and enjoy every line of them. Thank you, If I may ... In the name of MUSIC.
Thank you for sharing your infectious love of music. You are getting me into music I never paid attention to.
The song is, and has always been one of my personal favourites, at the time I first heard it, I just found it such a powerful message, then as I learned who these guys were and are, it took me on a life long musical journey. Not only were they talented singers and musicians, but there was an emotional depth to the words of a lot of their songs. I'm gonna go give it another listen, see where the music and memory takes me.
One of my favorite Rock records ever. Say Hello 2 Heaven was one of the best examples of C.C.'s vocal abilities and range. Hell of a tribute to a friend, indeed....
This is my all time favorite time in music. I really wish that I was living there and seeing the bands play live before they made it big. Andy Wood would have been a huge 🐶 star! Love Mother Love Bone!
they were ALL so, so powerful and influential in my world. too much to put in words, but I can say that I still get the same chills, the same haunting longing, and the same want for a better world each time I hear any of those songs/artists. What a revolutionary time we lived in...what a time indeed.
Thank you for the timeline at the end I was a kid who saw this video on MTV and I was a little rock fan but this was so different than anything I had ever heard up until that time. I loved it though and it holds up even more now in my eyes.
I don't know if it's me being 49 years old, being a lover of so many styles of music going back centuries, being a lover of stories, or just being a big over-sensitive boy, but I'm not sure I've ever watched one of your "story" videos--upbeat or tragic--without getting at least a little choked up. The power of music and story. Having a huge connection to early alt rock in the late '80s and into the '90s definitely adds to the emotion here. All that to say, keep up the amazing work and thank you for documenting the so many of the best songs of my life.
Also, just saying, but I'm still not convinced Chris or Chester committed suicide. 😢😠
This is one of the few channels where I click like based on the Title/topic, and never regret it. Great video
I read that Eddie was really shy and uncomfortable about being on camera and that's why they had him stand in the reeds, rather than the director wanting to film someone there and picking Eddie. Regardless, the video gives me chills every time.
Tears bro. Been going down your Andy rabbit hole and wanna thank you for these vids
Some of the best Seattle music ever made.
This whole album was perfect ❤️
Agree 100%. No weak link to speak of on that album.
I miss Chris Cornell's work, knowing that there will not be more saddens me still.
Thank you for all you've done and left behind. I'm sorry they got to you. Pedophilia is evil. I love everything you stood for. R.I.P. Chris Cornell.
Watched for over a year now but never written a comment. Thank you so so much for your brilliant work and insights into music! These videos just make me smile ear to ear
Beautifully written ending their songs will leave our cups overfilled indeed.
THE music of my 20's.... thank you
Once in a lifetime duet... both became Legends...
This is one of the best short form docs I have watched in a long time, thanks for that. I agree wholeheartedly with your analysis of the Seattle scene, which I am from, we've lost some of the best talent ever from Jet City. I never like the moniker The Emerald City, but after all those great icons died, the city I love lost its green glow.
I Like to thank my youngself for making copies of all my cassette and compact disks and for Spotify and you for this trip down memory lane. It's awesome 👏 👍
I was just a little late (born 1980) to much of the scene, though being born and still am in WA all these albums are dear to me. Sadly I had gotten into a band after a member had already passed.
Thanks much for the vid- I hadn’t done the research to connect all the dots although I knew they were there. Cheers!
This was awesome!! Going to the Say Hello 2 Heaven episode right now. All Time favorite song.
I absolutely loved this episode. Always love when you do the grunge episodes, but I learned a lot I didn’t know in this one. Hunger Strike has always moved me in a way I can’t put into words, but I think you did…your descriptions are beautiful and very relatable. This album is dear to me. I lost my grandmother in a slightly similar way they lost Andy, though she didn’t OD, she had a massive stroke and wasn’t found for 2 days, so she went into a coma and was 75% brain dead. They had her on life support and hooked up to machines like that… I was the last one there too. First time seeing her in years. She passed in front of me, just me, seconds after I told her I knew Jesus was waiting and she could let go. “Say Hello 2 Heaven” took on a whole new meaning for me that night and the lyrics are painfully similar to aspects of her life… but I know that’s where she went. I listened to it over and over and over curled up on the shower floor the night that she passed. Lot of regret, lot of questions, lot of anger. But this record helped a lot. Somehow it brought me even closer to these guys and their music. I had their music there for me… Temple of the Dog, Pearl Jam. They’ve carried me through a lot, including that. Having a slightly better idea of what they went through after that experience made me feel even closer to the music that I love so much. And this video really reinforced that. I didn’t know a lot of the smaller details that you’ve included here. I love Hunger Strike even more now… which I didn’t think was possible. I do believe that’s divine intervention taking place on that song for what came out of it, on top of being a beautiful tribute to Andy Wood. There’s no better way to describe it than what you’ve done here. Really enjoyed this more than I can say. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
Being a big 80s rock fan I wasn't big on grunge when it took over. This song however was undeniably special. Also the video was just so perfect in every way.
I always loved that entire album. The song say hello to heaven helped me through the death of my mother. It was truly an album to stand the test of time.