Not too many folks dig this far into the Soundgarden discography, but it's really a song that shows how high he can get more than anything else in their discography.

@HiramSalinas

3 жыл бұрын

Dont forget black rain

@dfbovey

3 жыл бұрын

@@HiramSalinas Yup, and Birth Ritual.

@gollumandeowyn

3 жыл бұрын

Same album, Smokestack Lightning!

@prep0763

3 жыл бұрын

@@HiramSalinas he was god like in black rain

@MrFloKop

3 жыл бұрын

@@prep0763 black rain is the ultimate proof that he was the greatest singer ever.

I saw them play this live in I think 2013, it was absolutely incredible. Chris' voice was still in stellar shape.

@badm0t0rf1nger

3 жыл бұрын

Can confirm. He'd taken some commonsense coaching by then, so it was a little different, but still more impressive than *anyone* else I've seen in 30yrs of gigs. :)

@jeepdude182

3 жыл бұрын

He quit smoking around 2009. Saw him 6 times from 2010-2016 between soundgarden, solo, temple of the dog.

@joandrumz3176

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, some germans

@Nick17354

2 жыл бұрын

Damn right. This was right before they officially got back together, "Nudedragons" at the showbox in 2010: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kY2hrrF8psyzebg.html

@adamwatson6916

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeepdude182 He quit smoking rigjt before the recoding of the second Audioslave album so it was a little earlier then 2009. It was in 2004. He did take vocal coaching around 2009 and continued to work with a coach form that pomt onward to learn how to sing with a less damaging technique and to regian alot of the range He lost in the late 90s and early 2000s and it was quite successful.

He said in an interview he never found his upper limit. He also said there's a demo somewhere where he was just being obnoxious with highs and he sounded like Robert Plant.

@ohwellwhateverr

4 ай бұрын

On a lot of early Soundgarden (before he found *his own* voice) Chris really sounded like Robert Plant. Especially Loud Love.

@kencummings953

23 күн бұрын

​@@ohwellwhateverrand Hands All Over

This is the first reaction I’ve seen of Cornell where he’s singing a bunch of high notes, and I must say he was insane!!!!! Now I get why his voice is so revered.

@stevenmonte7397

2 жыл бұрын

i just heard this a week ago. OMG! I KNEW he was great, but this is incredible!

@ericfellner2689

2 жыл бұрын

Slaves and Bulldozers, Mailman, Blow Up the Outside World, and Reach Down (which is very long, but the vocals at the end are well worth the wait) all showcase his abilities in his prime.

@djr3000

Жыл бұрын

Black rain, slaves and bulldozers, spoonman.... No one I've ever heard has such a sexy tone.. sexy cos it sounds so good (to me)

Andy Wood had just died a couple weeks before and the guys had already committed to a few shows over in Europe. Chris must’ve still been devastated and this performance is always strained to me.

@joeyattaway756

4 ай бұрын

I think it puts us in his feelings. This blows my mind every time.

I can see this one touched Beth also. I'm sitting here watching this with tears rolling down my face knowing Chris is gone. He is missed terribly.

Chris is my favorite singer ever and always amazing. But I LOVE the way Kim is trying his best to burst everyone's eardrums at the end with his guitar and then propping it up against the amp for the stage crew to take care of. LOL

@themisanthropeman2186

3 жыл бұрын

Dude, says you made this comment 3 months ago. Video only came out 2 weeks ago. Man, you were early to the party.

@kakashihatake6176

3 жыл бұрын

@@themisanthropeman2186 yo we just found a time traveller around here

@gollumandeowyn

3 жыл бұрын

@@themisanthropeman2186 nah I'm just the guy who was lobbying for this song on patreon 4 months ago. Lol 😆

He really looks like his daughter Lily here

@cremetangerine82

3 жыл бұрын

Lily does look the most like Chris.

@kimjoan212

3 жыл бұрын

It’s the other way around?

@therealcportugal

2 жыл бұрын

X3

And he was so young here - and was still amazing - years later - damn he was just stunningly superior. vocally He just taught himself and experimented and was given a gift, A great example of head voice and not falsetto which some people seem to be confused about - his range was stunning and yes - he was a baritone.

Chris Cornell is my favorite singer from this era & musical style - the flannel bands. I completely agree that emotion is a vital part of his music. Every song he sings comes from his soul and touches the listener in unexpected ways, from one song to the next. It's a rollercoaster & well worth the ride.

I was waiting this reaction for so long, thanks! Was amazing as always. Now waiting for Slaves and Bulldozers for next or maybe When I'm Down.

@randominc.2251

3 жыл бұрын

I do believe that Slaves and Bulldozers is the song that blew my voice out...I wish I had a voice coach back then...I could totally replicate the album version...seems so long ago now...

@pablooliveira4507

3 жыл бұрын

@@randominc.2251 that's normal, dude, don't be sad. Sometimes we love the song or the singer so much that we kinda get anxious to feel like him, to feel what he/she felt when singing it. Try to work on your voice, nothing is 100% lost.

@henrymullins4592

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely slaves and bulldozers

@gollumandeowyn

3 жыл бұрын

"When I'm Down" is coming soon! Stay tuned!

I heard of Soundgarden in a great way.I went to see a band Voivod in 1990(I believe) at a legendary bar venue Hammerjacks in Baltimore.Never hearing Soundgarden they opened up for them and I went to a cool independent record shop next day and got Louder Than Love.I was so suprized they got no radio play till around 94 or 95.One of the greatest bands ever.

@duncansolloway2497

3 жыл бұрын

i saw that tour as well in vancouver (prong was also on the bill) it was fantastic

@everythinghillbilly2928

3 жыл бұрын

I was at that same show.

@everythinghillbilly2928

3 жыл бұрын

I was at that same show.

@markusantonio4866

3 жыл бұрын

Voivod👍

@miykaelp5284

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I saw that tour, I loved Soundgarden, Voivod , and Prong growing up.

My favorite Soundgarden song from my favorite Soundgarden album. So pleased that I got to see them perform this on the last tour I saw.

This concert happend a few days before Chris' best friend, Andry Wood, had died, you can see it in Chris eyes, in his black clothes and guitar, bust most of all you can feel it in his voice, hes desolated, angry, and not performing as usual, his voices takes longer to warm up he must have been crying.... This whole concert is so damn full of emotion..... Epic.

When I'm down live. None of Chris's contemporaries even come close. Euphoria morning is a masterpiece. No one else could screech, scream, croon, sing like Chris . No one full stop.

@Boabywankenobi

5 ай бұрын

A masterpiece, arguably the best song he wrote in that era didn't even make the album - Sunshower.

Have been wanting to see reaction from vocal coaches on this song (live) and was shocked to see it popup on my feed. Thanks!

The latest version as an older man is even better.

I love how you inject a moral quality to your analysis. Also how you realize that an artist has to have enough real emotion in a song to make it work, but not so much that you remain wrecked after a performance and can't find your way back. Thank you for your perspective. Baarr! And Hi from Chicago.

Has anyone heard the live version on Beyond the Wheel from Germany, I wanna say Circa 1991/92 where he does the Hey Jude into Beyond the Wheel. There are two version on KZread it’s audio only no video. But to me, those two version are very best of this song done live. He sounds incredible, and high notes can probably open warmholes and shit and take you to new galaxy

@f7empest

2 жыл бұрын

In my humble opinion there are a couple of live renditions of this song that are better (FOR ME). For example: kzread.info/dash/bejne/moimmqSHfNTYf7A.html Also, some renditions of "Nothing to say" are absolutely insane too.

@msoundg

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing to Say is a beast of a song!

@msoundg

2 жыл бұрын

@@f7empest the Unbelievable Performance is on my IPod (yes, I'm old), along with the BTW Demo. You can never have too much Beyond The Weel at your disposal, lol. Interestingly, I haven't put the Hey Jude version there, time to correct this!

@cloventusg.2944

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I wish she did that version but I know it wasn’t the best sound quality so I don’t blame her for not doing that version

One day, Beth will be the vocalist of a metal band. Also, 500k before xmas 😻

@timvonr2802

3 жыл бұрын

Actually „roaring Beth“ would make a great Metalband name 🎸🥁😍

My all-time favorite Soundgarden song

Chris Cornell was the greatest. And he was an ever better lyricist than singer. I'd love to see you react to something from his first solo album, maybe "When I'm Down" or "Disappearing One."

@ThelSuperlKing

3 жыл бұрын

He was no doubt a great vocalist but his songs are not very good....you need iconic songs in the mainstream global popular culture to be considered the greatest which arguably doesn't exist. Freddie Mercury had Bohemian Rhapsody and We Are the Champions. Frank Sinatra had My Way. Steve Perry has Don't Stop Believin'. Michael Jackson had Billie Jean and Thriller. Robert Plant has Stairway to Heaven. Whitney Houston had I have Nothing and I Will Always Love You. These songs are embedded in the hearts and minds of people all over world cementing those singers' status to iconic levels. Even Chris' most famous and best songs are considered obscure to the world's mainstream general population. Even his bands like Audioslave and Soundgarden are not well known across the globe. An icon let alone anyone deserving the title "the greatest" must at least get some global stardom recognition or else it would be rather bizarre to be the greatest just among your own fans and extend that bias to everyone else around the world simply by default.

@Jan3k

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThelSuperlKing I believe many people knows Black hole sun.

@katerinastydia8081

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThelSuperlKing A great song isn't depend on how many people acknowledge the song as a good one. What matters is the quality not the quantity in this case. And trust me Chris has a lot of the first.

@gizzy2403

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThelSuperlKing well by that logic Cardi B & her WAP make her among th all time greats!😖 think before u write stupidity! 'Like a Stone' ' Say hello to Heaven ' ' Th Day I tried to live ' r jus a very few exquisitely written songs off th top of my head that just eclipse anything off of Pop radio. That's it though, Chris wasnt a Pop singer or in a Pop band is what you're saying, so that makes him somehow untalented. Well, I believe myself & his millions of fans would disagree with u! You jus keep listening to Pop garbage Super WAP KING😅

@ogulcanyolcu8714

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThelSuperlKing you really think We Are The Champions is a great song? Recognition doesn't make it great. What an idiot you are. Cheapass, and I'm damn sure you'll say "Well, this my opinion" opinion needs a brain.

Man in the box live at the moore would be a great song to check out!

Kim Thayil's guitar here sounds so menacing and evil. Literally like it's summoning an evil mechanical being from the 7th circle of hell

Cornell + Beth = insta like

This is a pretty unique song in their discography. Its very much almost a doom metal song. An association I would not have made if not for hearing a recent song from a spanish doom metal band called Horn of the Rhino (the song is called Sovereign) where the singer sounds at times almost exactly like Chris Cornell, especially on the high notes (around the 8:15 mark). But early Soundgarden was much more a metal sound than Soundgarden post-Badmotorfinger. In later songs like Fell on Black Days you hear that baritone that Beth is talking about very clearly in that warmth of tone. Chris really was a one of a kind talent.

Thanks for the great review. He had a great voice.

"I'm a girl... if you didn't notice" - Beth 2020

Rip Chris we miss you!

LOVE when you do rock/ grunge / alternative . So interesting hearing another opinion and convo. Big Chris Cornell fan! I think you may be too...great job

i love Soundgarden..thank you for your reaction Beth.

Beyond the Wheel is my favorite song of all time. The best recording I've found for it is called "14 Beyond the Wheel" on youtube. It is a perfect performance. It's also the version on Badmotorfinger Super Deluxe.

This concert happend a few days after Chris' friend, Andry Wood, had died. So, Cornell was singing with all his powerful and glory as an homage for Andry. This version of Beyond The Wheel shows how he was sad about the lost.

My favourite Soundgarden song, we miss you Chris❤

He was Incredible. So glad I got to listen to him, albeit 3 days before he died. Still sounded great

We noticed Beth, believe me.😉 Though personally I'd say you are an absolutely gorgeous scottish lass. Just one more reason to love Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😊🥃 Rest in peace, Chris.😢 KEEP ROARING, BETH!🌻🌻🌻🌹🌹🌹😘🥃

Oh, I was waiting for a long time for this, thank you Beth. Chris has a special place in my heart, he was one of a kind. Please do " 4th of July" of soundgarden. ❤️

Chris is a warrior and a wizard RIP KING

YESSSSSS I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE THANK YOU!

Lots of guys can hit those notes, but not with that kind of power. And rest assured, it hurt. He DEFINITELY did it ‘wrong’, but he did it better than almost anyone, and never falsetto. Incredible vocal talent, one of the greatest we’ve ever seen. When they were playing in garages everyone thought he sucked because he was overpowering and distorting the cheapo mics they could get back then. Their first ‘real’ gig, he blew everyone’s minds.

@onepunchflan3071

Жыл бұрын

How do you know how he felt whilst singing?

@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney

Жыл бұрын

@@onepunchflan3071 Because I've heard him talk about it MANY times.

@michaelwhite4333

9 ай бұрын

I assume you have seen him do this song on Lettermen from like 2007. Nails it at his older age. I'm guessing that he adjusted something to beable to continue singing this way.

@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney

9 ай бұрын

@@michaelwhite4333 He did, of course, and eventually he did stop being able to do the more brutal early stuff (Jesus Christ Pose, for example) at original pitch, but yeah, the stuff he could do pushing fifty was absolutely CRAZY.

Been watching you for a while and i think this is the most efficient at conveying what you want to say , while being astute and entertaining and not getting in the way of the music either. The balance today was perfect and after doing this channel for so long you're making it look easy when i know its not.

Cool analysis! Saw Cornell live with Audioslave. He busted out quite a few Soundgarden songs. Cornell and Layne Staley were two of the greatest vocalists of that era, any era really. Check out the song “Right Turn” on the AiC Sap EP featuring both legends.

Favourite rock band ever! Thanks for doing this.

I miss him. Great review.

Liked before I watched it. Live Soundgarden and great you hear your analysis

Kind of reminds me of King Diamond at times. The early, not-made-for-radio Soundgarden could be so raw.

@kyssedbyfyre915

3 жыл бұрын

Jesus, I _had_ Abigail back in the day, and I STILL would have NEVER made the comparison between those two! 😆 LOL, you're SOOOOOOOOO right though

@CMCrockett

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyssedbyfyre915 Thats the album that came to mind.

One of my favorite performances by any band ever🤘🤘🤘

YES these vocals are nuts. I hope live!!!!

Thank you Beth. Thank you Chris- no one sings like you anymore. Rawr

Saw these guys once in 98 and 15. Lily Cornell Silver did a AIC cover that blew me away.

I got into soundgarden through this song because of a youtube comment recomendation. Its not the most famous soundgarden song but it is simply amazing. The guitars gives a great vibe to one of the best singing ive ever seen. Chris Cornell is simply amazing here, specially in this gig in Germany.

Wow, Ms. Beth. I just washed up on the shores of your channel while looking for some soundgarden clips(RIP, Chris😢). What a fantastic channel you have. I'll definitely be back!❤️❤️

Its about time someone I watch reacted to this performance. My favorite performance of this song though is still at Exhibition Stadium, Toronto 1993. Except you can only find that on the Superunknown Super Deluxe edition, I don't think there's a video of that particular one. This one is still incredible.

I was waiting for this

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Yes! I must have posted a handful of times for Beth to check this version out. At last!

haven't even watched yet but THANK YOU! all time best.

I saw them before they broke up twice in Dec 1st and 2nd at the gibson amphitheater universal studious hollywood in 96..great shows..was hard for me to take when they broke up.. and when i heard they got back together i was glad and i had to see them 1 more time..it was awesome..was in the studio playing fell on black days...on the guitar late when the news broke of his death..man i was devastated..he was my favorite vocalist....we lost not only. One of the greatest voices in music but seems to me a great person too...prayers went to the family but he continues to live on in his music..thank you Chris ..no one sings like you anymore..RIP..(rock in paradise)...🙏😔

Now i want to listen to super unknown album, Bad motor finger album, down on the upside album and louder than love album

@joandrumz3176

3 жыл бұрын

4 of my 10 fav albums of all time

@jeffloucks2120

3 жыл бұрын

& Ultra mega Ok !!

I love Soundgarden (obviously), all of it. Although their sound and Chris' singing got perhaps more sophisticated, maybe easier to hear with the years (lots of perhaps and maybies because one shall not label The Mighty - ever!), early Soundgarden will always be the closest to my heart (or to my innards?) due exactly to that raw, gritty, heavy quality of the sound and the otherworldly singing Cornell delivered. Beth Roars, thank you.

Thanks Beth :)

The live version from their last reunion was amazing. He can still do this.

@Johncornwell103

Жыл бұрын

I got bad news for you

@sdmdrums9275

Жыл бұрын

I’m seeing them next week

You should have reacted to the live version from 2010 at the Paramount in Seattle, absolutely aMAZing!! He definitely got much better with age, especially his screams.

I’m so glad you have done this song. By far one of their best. People usually don’t even know this song. Another recommendation is Blind Dogs. That song is so overlooked.

I have nothing to say, because I'd have too much to say.................................. {Thanks, Beth, from the core of my heart}

Good choice i always want people to hear young chris.

Another legendary heavy metal singer I'd love to see you react to is the brilliant John Arch of Fates Warning. Their song "The Apparition" is a real classic. He uses a lot of higher notes in the realm of this performance, but has a really otherworldly quality to his tone and melodies that you might find really interesting.

The fact that Cornell can sing that high is insane to me

You have 100% got to react to Birth Ritual by Soundgarden. It will melt your grey matter.

Yeah,their mindblowing Concert in our legendary Local/Hometown Concert Hall in Düsseldorf/Germany.Broadcast via TV.Last Song....and Damn,what a Concert it was (of course i was there) !!!

Greatest Voice in Rock history.

Beth you r amazin

Art comes from pain!! Thats the only thing all humans can relate to. Its universal.

You have to do when I'm down

@gollumandeowyn

3 жыл бұрын

Coming soon! Stay tuned.

Please react to Soundgarden Birth Ritual from the Singles Sound Track

Honestly not my kind of music but i appreciate it takes skill to vocally not sound like you are dying when you sing. I love it when vocal coaches demonstrate how to get the sound ! 😁

Awesome ❤💝💞

are you sure those high notes are not chest voice? Sure looks like they are and that would make him what I thought he was. A freak of nature. I have heard him describe how he found his range and he said he just kept pushing and his voice just kept going up.

@EMPANAO321

2 жыл бұрын

Those notes are mix, what facilitates (and is maybe why he give that response) his mixed voice, is the way he sings in his chest resonance, you can clearly hear some nasality in his chest voice, and maybe from that he found a way to "push" to higher notes I know, terrible english hgdtjjhrdsassdgji

She keeps pause it at the absolute worst times. I think were slightly diminishing the only person who could even attempt this vocal .the enormity of the power in this vocal. It's one of a kind.a generational talent you will never see again in your lifetime. I miss not being able to see you live and in person again. You are truly missed rip brother 🙏

Great one

Next Chris Cornell reaction should be Reach Down by Temple of the Dog!!!! Incredible range, has everything from slower and powerful, then builds through an incredible jam session that erupts with a gospel sound and Chris just wails for the finish. Gives me goosebumps every time!

Hi Beth! I enjoy watching your videos! Chris sounds like King Diamond but in a good way! I love the way he sings! Sound garden was a great band! I miss him!

Something I felt was always missing from Soundgarden... songs about cats 🐱 hahaha Great review Beth - thanks!

Me has dado el truco, muchas gracias

Best performances of this song are from 1992-1993

Greatest 90s /00s Musik

has she ever reacted to chris robinson from the black crowes? amazing voice

Yes

Awesome. Also, you should react to a Beyond the wheel performance from 2010 at showbox.

First off I’d like to start off by saying I have a little baby boy who was born on Chris Cornell’s birthday last July. My birthday is the ninth. So I’d like to think we didn’t lose them, I just got a guide him back in the right direction and he’ll get back at it again here in about 15 or 20 years. Just look a little bit different. Ha ha Ha. But to the main point of this comment… It’s so funny that you used the analogy about children learning to vocalize to explain Chris’s high vibrato, or just whenever he starts peeling the paint off the walls, whatever you’d like to call it. I’ve been a Soundgarden fan for almost 30 years I am 38 now and is soon as Superunknown dropped in 1994 I was absolutely dedicated for life, so I gobbled up every piece of information I could about them. Interestingly enough one Of the countless interviews I consumed as a homeless dropout adolescent in libraries and grocery store magazine racks pouring through issues of hair parader magazine, he just so happened to reply to a question about his aforementioned high register vocal parts, and I think maybe just half jokingly he replied it was mostly inspired by his mother screaming “CHRIIIIIIISS, HIIIDE THE POT PLAAAAANTS!!! THE COPS ARE HEEEERE!!!” Haha

@msoundg

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! How right Beth was? Lol!

Chris is going into Rob Halford territory here!

@timthegem

3 жыл бұрын

And he was only a kid. His powers were just developing.

@ixxgxx

3 жыл бұрын

yep

@PoorStargazer

3 жыл бұрын

@@timthegem well in a way he sort of peaked here in terms of sheer vocal range, he never really hit these high notes as consistently and smoothly ever again

Good video. Chris, one of my favourite singers. I have this whole Soundgarden show in DVD files. Good show! His performance of Flower is great too. P.S. You're cute :)

Quickest way to strain your vocal chords? Try and sing along with Chris Cornell.

@richardharrold9736

Жыл бұрын

Yet his voice was as good at 50 as it was at 25...

The guy peeled paint off the walls. Period.

Beth, they're sadness isn't due to them trying to be emotional. They're emotional because their lives have been sadness.

@symphonyinkart

3 жыл бұрын

If ya get it, ya get it.

Such a lost, he is such a great artist

Please do Soundgarden - Mailman Live in UK TV Best Vocal performance

Tbh I watch these videos cuz beth is major cute.

He said in an interview he got the screaming ideas from his mom yelling at him to him to hide the pot plants when he was a kid when the cops came around.

@msoundg

2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about that interview as she was explaining it, lol! Beth didn't know how right she was in CC's case!

I see she cut the jesus is my friend part, classic.

@17.2Miles

9 ай бұрын

Yep, they all do. All part of the one eye club.