Chris and Jeff B were friends. Jeff's mother gave Chris his red, landline phone after Jeff's passing because that's how they communicated most of the time. Cornell often used the phone as a prop on stage

I was pushing 30 when this came out, as my days of regularly purchasing music were coming to a close. My mother had just passed and I was fired from a job shortly after, this was one of the more cathartic LPs in my life (and the one and only grunge purchase).

One my favorites, one of the best singers ever. Glad you got to hear it. RIP.

Such a great song. One of my favorites of theirs. Sadly, Chris carried this darkness with him until the end. RIP Chris. You brought me such joy even though you were unable to find your own.

Sounds just as fresh at it did when it was first released some 30 years ago. Grunge lead the revival of radio friendly rock singles that was sorely needed in the early 90s. Review more from this era please.

soundgarden was such a gr8 band!

Great reaction JP! One of my top Soundgarden tracks - just a smooth groove to it, and of course Cornell's (RIP) incredible vocals! I was all over the grunge movement - and Soundgarden was my favourite of the main artists at the time (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains) - something about the heavy/hard rock of their sound, and again, Chris' voice! I would HIGHLY recommend Like Suicide or 4th Of July from this same album - lesser known, but absolutely killer tracks! Cheers.

A song by a Grunge band!! Well knock me sideways. You should do 'Badmotorfinger', one of the genre's greatest and heaviest albums!

Something I love about Soundgarden is their ability to construct songs with odd signatures within a context that sounds 'normal.' From what I've read, it was something that came naturally to them without overanalyzing it. It reminds me of the way Rick Wright talked about Syd Barrett's composition method.

THANK YOU for reacting to the album version and not the music video one that EVERYONE seems to pick for these reactions its just different enough that it drives me insane

The 90's were a time I moved away from Prog and Pop and more into the EDM spectrum (I was DJ-ng pretty heavily then, so the dance scene had my attention), but Soundgarden was one of the ONLY rock groups I really liked. Definitely explore more of their catalog. You won't be disappointed.

Guitarist/lead vocalist, Richie Kotzen, of the Winery Dogs sounds a lot like Chris Cornell in some of their songs. Plus bass by Billy Sheehan and drums by Mike Portnoy.

One of my flavourites of theirs is Tighter and #Tighter

Great to see Soundgarden on the channel. I would reccomend a double feature. Do Soundgarden's Rusty Cage and follow it with Johnny Cash's cover of Rusty Cage. Great stuff.

Woke up and clicked on this. Fell on Black Days is one of my favourite Soundgarden songs. I think you've sent me down a grunge spiral for today (not a bad thing!) I would also suggest Soundgarden's Pretty Noose. For some other different 90s alternative try: Liar - Henry Rollins Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins Cowboy Song - Faith No More Unsung - Helmet

I'm not ashamed to say i cried when i heard Chris was dead it hit me really hard it still bums me out 😢

now. This insight is coming from an OG of 70 years young, Chris Cornell & other lead singers and Rock bands of the 90's grew up listening to Steppenwolf, The Doors, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, The Beatles, Three Dog Night, & surprisingly Yes! So. They patterned their vocals & instrument style from these 70's Rock bands.

Def gotta listen to more of them!!! They grew on me more and more, all of superuknown and down on the upside is a must

Chris would bring in fully formed songs to the band. So besides singing, guitar and arranging. When working on this album the producer called Chris and said out of the songs they had been working on he didn’t think they had great songs. Chris worked a while and gave him a cassette of 4 songs. One was this song and the other was Black Hole Sun.

Great song that benefits from Cornell's awesome vocals..... funny you mentioned Jeff Buckley..... I've been listening to a new artist who reminds me so much of him I could barely get over it.... Benson Boone..... check out his Forever and a Day and tell me it doesn't remind you of Jeff.... if not on the channel then privately and just reply to this comment haha

Kia Ora hello Justin i got to see SOUND GARDEN two nights in a row first night at the power station 1400 capacity club and the next night at the big day out 55.000 thousand people both nights were awesome but the power station gig was absolutely fantastic Chris was on fire they played the roof off

Loved your attention to detail on this, especially those basslines. Superunknown is an **ESSENTIAL** 90's rock album. A top 5 album, Desert-island stuff. Proggy, psychedelic, dark & beautiful. 15 songs and not a single weak track.

@JustJP

2 ай бұрын

Ty Tim!

Belleza de canción mi pana S.G...es una de mis bandas favoritas saludos desde Guayaquil Ecuador Latam

great ear my friend. this is correct. they were bros. Jeff had a big eastern influence from Pakistani vocalist nusrat fateh ali khan

Thank you!!! I'd highly recommend 'Jesus Christ Pose' or 'The Day I Tried To Live' in the future.

@XFLexiconMatt

3 ай бұрын

I love that line: "Hands are for shaking, not tying."

@Owlstretchingtime78

3 ай бұрын

The whole of 'Badmotorfinger' will do the job!

One of the sounds of my teen years. Decades later I probably come back to this album even more often than Nirvana's Nevermind. The Day I Tried to Live is an even better song imho.

Hi JP. DP from UK. Sing Sing Sing! As you say, Chris Cornell was a terrific vocalist. This moodier song is typical of his solo album Euphoria Morning. I get the Jeff Buckley connection too, and I think they were friends.

If you want to hear more from this album, I really encourage you to hit "4th of July" next. Such a great song.

One of the best vocalists of the 90`s, most def in the grunge ‘scene’. And as Vernon said: the influences from bands as Steppenwolf, Led Zep, … that always slips in… And for me very important: they delivered live!

Superunknown is a brilliant album not a single bad track or bit of filler on it and every song is different. Also the production is incredible and thankfully free of that horrid glossy sound that marred so many 80's and 90's guitar albums. Black Sabbath, Zep, Bit of prog and a whiff of pyschedelia and punk = Superunknown ❤

First! Hey Justin. Great pick.

Excellent

This entire album... check out the closing track LIKE SUICIDE

Hi JP, Budgie fans don't u know? Un-chartered waters 4 me so this is an opportunity to test whether my instincts to Adore The Posies' 1993 Frosting On The Beater LP instead of the rabble of the mid 90s rock brigade were misguided. Ironically, this sounded like the Posies! Burn & Shine JP, Burn & Shine.....x

@JustJP

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Hippo!

Not to knock Soundgarden (which would be a crime of sorts), but I feel I need to point out that they started out as *Kings X* fans. Something like that. I don't think the Soundgarden guys were as crazy for the band as the AIC guys were, but if you want some kind of "certificate of competence" that's what I can offer in that direction. I can give you a non-Kings-X sampler of dUg Pinnick's singing (some more details in the description box, from his own KZread channel - of once upon a time). Blues, for sure, and lots of funk, too, I think (or soul - TBH I'm a bit illiterate about the fine details), and it's HEAVY a.f. ) *Born Under a Bad Sign* kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y6OCuZufYpDIhdI.html For a reaction (although I suppose this all depends on who's ready to sue you) I'd suggest their "Live in London" version of Over My Head (about dUg's granny, and what she told him about Jesus - as a story, not as a "message" - something they avoided even when they were on the periphery of the Christian music scene, refusing to come in and get exploiting). It's a song you need to listen to one day. In the car, in the bath, on the music player when you're outdoors doing stuff, wherever. One day you owe it to yourself - just to your own self - to listen to Over My Head. Among others, but I'll just pick that one out, just because.

@-davidolivares

3 ай бұрын

Love Over My Head, may be my favorite but the close with quite a few others.

@sicko_the_ew

2 ай бұрын

@@-davidolivares That's pretty much exactly the way I feel. "Over My Head" is my favourite. But then maybe I think of Dogman, for instance, and maybe that's my favourite. I like some of their weirder, more experimental songs too.

@-davidolivares

2 ай бұрын

@@sicko_the_ew When I first heard King’s X, especially the vocals (Dug’s), reminded me of Grank Funk, which I loved too. A harder heavier Grand Funk, which is hard to imagine but there it is.

@sicko_the_ew

2 ай бұрын

@@-davidolivares I've never thought about that, but yes, you're right. (First song of theirs I ever heard was Over My Head on a compilation album. Heard that - over and over - and wanted more. And even with the stuff that takes a bit of initial readjustment of expectations, I've never been disappointed.)

@-davidolivares

2 ай бұрын

@@sicko_the_ew Super underrated, Justin needs to hear them soon.

hey, men. you should react to "Disco Suicide" by Brand X, is a great song and is so underrated. love u♡

Not bad...for the 90s.