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  • Smarter_Than_U
    Smarter_Than_U Posts: 515
    I like it.
    "Goddamn Romans. Sure know how to make a ... drum room." --Matt Cameron
  • LuthienTinuviel
    LuthienTinuviel Posts: 125
    the unplugged in sweden version of billie jean is incredible...i think chris has said by himself somewhere that he wanted to cover this song in the way johnny cash covered songs (and imo he is allowed to say that because johnny covered chris;))...it's true
    i don't like micheal jackson but he wrote some perfect pop songs and billie jean is one of them...(pop songs are not bad because they are pop songs!)
    "now i've got room to spread my wings and my messages of love...yeah love was my drug but that's not what i died of"

    "I don't wanna think, I wanna feel"

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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    i think that occurred when he decided to start modeling jeans... attempting to have his looks sell albums his music can't.
  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    gus stills wrote:
    He's been doing this for a while, among other covers. It's fantastic, in my opinion. Someone posted a link here a while back for an acoustic set in Sweden that he did, which includes this, TOTD tracks, some Soundgarden/Audioslave, and both Marley and Costello covers as well. Worth doing a search for, it's become one of my favorite boots.
    the sweden set was amazing. billie jean and redemption song are two of the best covers i've ever heard. and i think anyone who saw him last night in philly will agree he hasn't "lost his edge".
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    I remember when his voice sounded so damaged when he sang with PJ doing Hunger Strike, but here he sounds great. Gives you new respect for a song, done so differently. (I liked the MJ version but this stands up in its own right)
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  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    unforgiven wrote:
    the gig from sweden is the best thing ive heard chris do in years, i love the concert and billy jean is amazing. i love the version of wide awake on it also

    spin chillingly good.:)
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  • PJ_Lukin
    PJ_Lukin Posts: 2,055
    justam wrote:
    Have you heard him sing it? I have. It works amazingly well. Even the words of the song have more meaning when he sings it.

    Don't knock it until you hear it.
    I heard it and don't like it.

    Imagine... Creed or DMB or RHCP or countless others covering a Michael Jackson song. Where would that go on this board I wonder.

    There wouldn't be a double standard here now would there be?
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  • pearljamharmony
    pearljamharmony Posts: 120
    I fuckin cant stand his version of this song. The michael jackson original from thriller cannot be beat EVER!! Its almost as Chris Cornell is now a parody of himself and can cover any song (regardless of the genre or the artist) and sing it in his steretypical chris cornell way. I will give you the fact that his pipes are up to par with cornell circa 10-12 years ago, which should be commended because when SG was touring DOTUS through the second half of the audioslave second outing you could hear the damage and strain done to his vocals and could tell it was mostly protools doing the work.

    hopefully the material on the solo album will speak for itself when it comes out and will vindicate the fanboys or the haters
  • Mike_Muse_Rage
    Mike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    I think the cover's pretty good, still prefer the original though; Jackson is a superb musician.
  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    PJ_Lukin wrote:
    Tagging Ben on the end of Rats is one thing, but this may be going a bit over board.

    Cornell singing Billie Jean!

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    I'm cool with it as long as he doesn't try the moon walk.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
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  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    pearljamharmony wrote:
    I fuckin cant stand his version of this song. The michael jackson original from thriller cannot be beat EVER!! Its almost as Chris Cornell is now a parody of himself and can cover any song (regardless of the genre or the artist) and sing it in his steretypical chris cornell way.
    the local radio station just played an interview with him from friday. he talked a lot about doing covers. said basically the point of a cover is to add something to it that is not in the original, like how johnny cash did with rusty cage or hurt. said when he covers a song he wants the listener to feel something they might not have heard originally. for me, that mission was accomplished with his cover of billie jean.
  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    I'm cool with it as long as he doesn't try the moon walk.
    that should be left to the professionals, like donovan mcnabb. ;)
  • RyeGuy
    RyeGuy Posts: 215
    i like the cover.
    "Makes much more sense to live in the present tense." Ed Ved

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  • Mohab
    Mohab Posts: 310
    soulsinging wrote:
    i think that occurred when he decided to start modeling jeans... attempting to have his looks sell albums his music can't.


    true. Just look at the 20 photos of his face in the Euphoria Morning cover. I hate to hate on Cornell though. It feels sacreligious. his setlists look sweet from his new tour. I just hope ed does the right thing when he splits, even if it means selling twenty thousand copies
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    I thought it was a great cover to be honest.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    nfanel wrote:
    that should be left to the professionals, like donovan mcnabb. ;)

    Ha! That was not a moon walk. I'm not sure what exactly Donovan was doing?
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • muppet
    muppet Posts: 980
    I think the studio version of Billie Jean was played on radio today, among other songs. Check http://www.audioslaved.com. I think it's absoutely amazing although the first verse sounds a bit clunky and isn't as good as the live version.
  • nowayimfaithfull
    nowayimfaithfull Posts: 2,051
    The cover is fucking great. But Im an old head, when your younger sometimes its hard to get over shit like MJ.
    Some people have religion I have Pearl Jam.


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  • evenflow82
    evenflow82 Posts: 3,892
    Mohab wrote:
    true. Just look at the 20 photos of his face in the Euphoria Morning cover. I hate to hate on Cornell though. It feels sacreligious. his setlists look sweet from his new tour. I just hope ed does the right thing when he splits, even if it means selling twenty thousand copies

    Psssh, nothing against Ed, but if he goes on a solo tour, it will be nothing but anti war/anti bush songs and covers he'll forget to the lyrics to.
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  • off_the_record
    off_the_record Posts: 843
    i love the original bille jean, so i'm not crazy about cornell's cover, but i fail to see how this makes him "jump the shark".

    his version of thank you and redemption song are pretty damn good though.
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