RIP Chris Cornell

Given2Fly-Fish

dougfloyd said:

Not that anyone can ever know what Chris was truly thinking but this was interesting read as we all try to make sense of this tragedy.  Yesterday was a very, very rough day to get through to say the least.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chris-cornell-when-suicide-doesnt-make-sense_us_591e2496e4b07617ae4cbaac

Like all of us, I have been struggling with the questions of how/why???  Having a close relative that succumbed to this, a lot of feelings have come back to me that have been pushed back for a while now.  This is a GREAT article and I would encourage everyone to read it. Thank you Doug for sharing and this means a lot to me personally.  I really hope that this helps with his family and friends in their time of grief.

chitownp76

Ive been hesitant to post anything regarding how im feeling about what happened yesterday. I felt alone and in a way odd for feeling grief for a man I did not know on a personal level, or even meet for that matter. After reading all the stories and watching the memorial in Seattle, I came to realize that its normal for fans to grieve. Yesterday, we lost a friend. Chris was always there, maybe not in person, but through his music. Its been said before but I truly believe that music is the greatest form of art there is. Regardless of how Im feeling, I always can turn to music. Chris had one of the most amazing voices Ive ever heard. As I sit here listening to his music, I think back to some moments where his music has played a part. Most of it makes me smile. Whether it was me swinging my brother on my shoulders pretending to be Chris and Ed in Hunger Strike or driving home on a Friday belting out Outshined in the car. Thank you Chris for your gift you have shared with me. You have left us too early but your music will live forever. 

Release EV

juanceraolo said:

RS65573 said:

For me the hardest part in all this is the place I turn when im lost is no longer a place I can turn, the music. I cant listen to anything Chris without crying and PJ is only slightly better. 

As we all get older and our parents get sick or pass (I got home from Fenway last year and found our my dad had stage 4 lung cancer and a ton of blood clots) it gets harder to put my head down and power thru. lotsalemon, please reach out if you ever want to talk. Your dads situation sounds very familiar, and ill also say almost a year later, my dad is improving after we were prepared for the worst, so keep your chin up! 

Im a huge Beatles fan and my dad always turns them off and I asked him why once and he said, it makes him sad. It reminds him of a time that no longer exists. 

That's how all this music feels to me now. I play guitar and usually do it to unwind on the weekends...I cant even imagine playing it now... 

I pray it passes. 

Dude, I understand what you saying. I really do, but there's a lot of people out there still enjoying it. There have been big losses thru the time, world kept spinning, music kept rolling, and it was learned how to recall those dears and kept their memories with us. Without trying sound like a silly slogan, it depends on us which way we take to go through it.

Take you time, Im sure one day you will sing all those songs louder than before. 

Its now the wee hours of the morning wherever the fark i am, and a 2hr special of Chris is on Max. It pains to watch/listen. I dread being away from the family next week. Melodramatic, maybe to some, but the love they are giving me right now is amazing...like we lost a family member. My girl is 9 and the first song her guitar teacher taught her was Black Hole Sun (stripped back novice version), but she requested it. He was like this is so good....thought I would have to do a Taylor Swift.
Her singing in the back of the car to Chris tune after Chris tune tonight brought a tear to the eye. A recent memory, but a great one.

HughFreakingDillon

Release EV said:

juanceraolo said:

RS65573 said:

For me the hardest part in all this is the place I turn when im lost is no longer a place I can turn, the music. I cant listen to anything Chris without crying and PJ is only slightly better. 

As we all get older and our parents get sick or pass (I got home from Fenway last year and found our my dad had stage 4 lung cancer and a ton of blood clots) it gets harder to put my head down and power thru. lotsalemon, please reach out if you ever want to talk. Your dads situation sounds very familiar, and ill also say almost a year later, my dad is improving after we were prepared for the worst, so keep your chin up! 

Im a huge Beatles fan and my dad always turns them off and I asked him why once and he said, it makes him sad. It reminds him of a time that no longer exists. 

That's how all this music feels to me now. I play guitar and usually do it to unwind on the weekends...I cant even imagine playing it now... 

I pray it passes. 

Dude, I understand what you saying. I really do, but there's a lot of people out there still enjoying it. There have been big losses thru the time, world kept spinning, music kept rolling, and it was learned how to recall those dears and kept their memories with us. Without trying sound like a silly slogan, it depends on us which way we take to go through it.

Take you time, Im sure one day you will sing all those songs louder than before. 

Its now the wee hours of the morning wherever the fark i am, and a 2hr special of Chris is on Max. It pains to watch/listen. I dread being away from the family next week. Melodramatic, maybe to some, but the love they are giving me right now is amazing...like we lost a family member. My girl is 9 and the first song her guitar teacher taught her was Black Hole Sun (stripped back novice version), but she requested it. He was like this is so good....thought I would have to do a Taylor Swift.
Her singing in the back of the car to Chris tune after Chris tune tonight brought a tear to the eye. A recent memory, but a great one.

not melodramatic at all. you feel what you feel.

my 7 year old daughter is taking guitar, has been for 6 months, at her insistence. it really is amazing to see. 

HughFreakingDillon

reading the lyrics in the Higher Truth liner notes probably isn't a good idea right now. 

Floydman015

HughFreakingDillon said:

reading the lyrics in the Higher Truth liner notes probably isn't a good idea right now. 

Dude, "Through The Window"  it's fuckin brutal but I must have listened to that 20 times yesterday in tears

tbergs

Given2Fly-Fish said:

dougfloyd said:

Not that anyone can ever know what Chris was truly thinking but this was interesting read as we all try to make sense of this tragedy.  Yesterday was a very, very rough day to get through to say the least.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chris-cornell-when-suicide-doesnt-make-sense_us_591e2496e4b07617ae4cbaac

Like all of us, I have been struggling with the questions of how/why???  Having a close relative that succumbed to this, a lot of feelings have come back to me that have been pushed back for a while now.  This is a GREAT article and I would encourage everyone to read it. Thank you Doug for sharing and this means a lot to me personally.  I really hope that this helps with his family and friends in their time of grief.

Wow, that was a great article. I've never looked at it like that before. Sitting here listening to Higher Ground and reading that made me really sad for Chris and his family. Such a beautiful voice.

dougfloyd

Given2Fly-Fish said:

dougfloyd said:

Not that anyone can ever know what Chris was truly thinking but this was interesting read as we all try to make sense of this tragedy.  Yesterday was a very, very rough day to get through to say the least.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chris-cornell-when-suicide-doesnt-make-sense_us_591e2496e4b07617ae4cbaac

Like all of us, I have been struggling with the questions of how/why???  Having a close relative that succumbed to this, a lot of feelings have come back to me that have been pushed back for a while now.  This is a GREAT article and I would encourage everyone to read it. Thank you Doug for sharing and this means a lot to me personally.  I really hope that this helps with his family and friends in their time of grief.

I think we're all still trying to understand the how & why, at least I am.  I'm trying my best to try to think of the happier memories of Chris today but still grieving.  This one is going to take a long time to process and it's going to be tough to get through the next few weeks.  I can't even imagine what's it like for his family, friends, and bandmates.

tbergs

Floydman015 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

reading the lyrics in the Higher Truth liner notes probably isn't a good idea right now. 

Dude, "Through The Window"  it's fuckin brutal but I must have listened to that 20 times yesterday in tears

Yeah, just listened to that one and brought me to tears for the first time since I heard about his death. Amazing album, but definitely hits hard right now.

Release EV

HughFreakingDillon said:

Release EV said:

juanceraolo said:

RS65573 said:

For me the hardest part in all this is the place I turn when im lost is no longer a place I can turn, the music. I cant listen to anything Chris without crying and PJ is only slightly better. 

As we all get older and our parents get sick or pass (I got home from Fenway last year and found our my dad had stage 4 lung cancer and a ton of blood clots) it gets harder to put my head down and power thru. lotsalemon, please reach out if you ever want to talk. Your dads situation sounds very familiar, and ill also say almost a year later, my dad is improving after we were prepared for the worst, so keep your chin up! 

Im a huge Beatles fan and my dad always turns them off and I asked him why once and he said, it makes him sad. It reminds him of a time that no longer exists. 

That's how all this music feels to me now. I play guitar and usually do it to unwind on the weekends...I cant even imagine playing it now... 

I pray it passes. 

Dude, I understand what you saying. I really do, but there's a lot of people out there still enjoying it. There have been big losses thru the time, world kept spinning, music kept rolling, and it was learned how to recall those dears and kept their memories with us. Without trying sound like a silly slogan, it depends on us which way we take to go through it.

Take you time, Im sure one day you will sing all those songs louder than before. 

Its now the wee hours of the morning wherever the fark i am, and a 2hr special of Chris is on Max. It pains to watch/listen. I dread being away from the family next week. Melodramatic, maybe to some, but the love they are giving me right now is amazing...like we lost a family member. My girl is 9 and the first song her guitar teacher taught her was Black Hole Sun (stripped back novice version), but she requested it. He was like this is so good....thought I would have to do a Taylor Swift.
Her singing in the back of the car to Chris tune after Chris tune tonight brought a tear to the eye. A recent memory, but a great one.

not melodramatic at all. you feel what you feel.

my 7 year old daughter is taking guitar, has been for 6 months, at her insistence. it really is amazing to see. 

Cheers dude. You always have people's back on here. Noticed that for years now.
And one day may our girls crank out Soundgarden riffs, even if they are 1/10th as good as we have them in our hearts.
Fark, for you Aussies, Chris all over Rage...been going since 12.20am so missed over an hour damn it. Interviews, music and utter sadness.

NWOntario

Two things:

1. I bought a mini amp yesterday. Spent the evening making noise. It felt good.

2. This morning I took a giant breath and put on Temple of the Dog. It was hard, yeah, but it was also cathartic. I'm glad I haven't lost that music, because this time yesterday I honestly didn't think I've be able to listen to Chris' voice again for a while.

It's still incredibly hard to know what to feel and how to articulate anything. Hope everyone's doing okay.

bgirl59

Given2Fly-Fish said:

dougfloyd said:

Not that anyone can ever know what Chris was truly thinking but this was interesting read as we all try to make sense of this tragedy.  Yesterday was a very, very rough day to get through to say the least.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chris-cornell-when-suicide-doesnt-make-sense_us_591e2496e4b07617ae4cbaac

Like all of us, I have been struggling with the questions of how/why???  Having a close relative that succumbed to this, a lot of feelings have come back to me that have been pushed back for a while now.  This is a GREAT article and I would encourage everyone to read it. Thank you Doug for sharing and this means a lot to me personally.  I really hope that this helps with his family and friends in their time of grief.

Thank you for posting this article. I hope and pray that everyone reads it. Hopefully we can finally stop spinning the story and understand. Depression is not just a state of mind. It is an actual illness, like cancer or arthritis. Thanks again.

HughFreakingDillon

wow, what a great article. 

curmudgeoness

dougfloyd said:

Not that anyone can ever know what Chris was truly thinking but this was interesting read as we all try to make sense of this tragedy.  Yesterday was a very, very rough day to get through to say the least.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chris-cornell-when-suicide-doesnt-make-sense_us_591e2496e4b07617ae4cbaac

I agree, this is a great article, thanks for sharing. We can't and won't know what really happened with Chris Cornell, but this article offers great insight into what is happening inside the brain of someone who is depressed.

deadendp

Agreed.  A friend texted me screenshots of the article.  We had a pretty lengthy conversation about suicide and depression yesterday.  (Didn't we all?)  He sent it along as a follow-up.  It is a very good article and to those of us who haven't been, it helped.  

VedderChiK

Yesterday I was in denial and today I´m just crying my eyes out. My heart is broken. His music was my friend and its his music the one thats comforting me right now.
All the love and good vibes to his friend and family.
A big hugh for all you here...

vzouzal

So for awhile now I find that when I hear the end of a live version of Sirens and Eddie does the thing where he throws his voice over the crowd which is singing the bands part (sorry for bad explanation), it just reaches into the inner most part of my soul and I'm moved to tears every time. Just heard it now from Boston and thinking of Chris.... I don't really even know what I'm trying to say. I guess we're all so lucky to have been blessed by the power of this music, cause its so powerful!

There is really good example of what I was trying to describe at the end of this one.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLkvtTJ3PWs

AO253126

It's been said many times before, but it bears repeating here: for a bunch of people I don't know, have never met and likely will never meet, you all are an amazing group. It's so good to have a place to come at a time like this when we can share our thoughts and feelings without fear of ridicule or reproach. Just reading all of the tributes, stories, and general kindness that everyone is sharing helps so much. Thanks to you all.

PJNB

I am still in shock about this.

brianlux

AO253126 said:

It's been said many times before, but it bears repeating here: for a bunch of people I don't know, have never met and likely will never meet, you all are an amazing group. It's so good to have a place to come at a time like this when we can share our thoughts and feelings without fear of ridicule or reproach. Just reading all of the tributes, stories, and general kindness that everyone is sharing helps so much. Thanks to you all.

Totally agree.  I'm proud of this great group of people here, mostly of a generation younger than mine, for carrying on and being so together in so many ways.