As much as I like Cornell...

Kilgore_Trout

culot4 wrote:

Cornell's deal included a "financial element"<----Yeah I'm sure it did...Maybe he'll go all the way and get the cover of GQ...If I needed another reason not to like this guy anymore I have it.What a jerkoff.

nice signature man... maybe chris will have his own line of designer ties someday too ... in the mean time, the mans making money the only way he knows how... with his amazing fuckin voice and his charming good looks... you wouldnt be so upset if you could do the same...

culot4

sgossard3 wrote:

nice signature man... maybe chris will have his own line of designer ties someday too ... in the mean time, the mans making money the only way he knows how... with his amazing fuckin voice and his charming good looks... you wouldnt be so upset if you could do the same...

The difference between Jerry Garcias line of ties and Chris Cornells clothes is Jerry was an acclaimed artist and everything with his signature was his own work.Cornell is merely getting paid to wear someone elses crap.Models are supposed to model and rockers are supposed to rock.Cornell shouldn't be doing either.Lets examine the term sell out a little more closely.Sell out could be defined as someone who compromises their integrity for monetary gain.Is that what Cornell has done?....absolutely.Come on this guy has played with Ed and was in a friggin band with Matt Cameron,a great band at that.I guess since his pipes are breaking down he can use his pretty boy image to make a buck strutting down runways and doing fashion ads.The whole thing is very tacky and I have absolutely no respect for that.Especially considering how much of a pioneer Cornell was....So whats next?One day you'll be walking into Target and as you stroll through the kitchen department you'll find a full size cardboard cutout of Cornell endorsing somebody's utensils.The ad will be something like "The Spoonman wouldnt use any other spoon"...Enough is enough with this guy,at least have some dignity....Oh and I forgot to add that most of the money Jerry made off his art went to charity.

BUENA

Quarterman98 wrote:

since when does doing what one wants to do become selling out??

good point. i was thinking the same thing.

locked

sgossard3 wrote:

... he still can sing like crazy...

Ummm..
Psssst..
here's a secret!

Chris Cornell can't sing well live!...

Agreed.. He's the king of any studio recording, SG and Audioslave CD's are great!
but in a concert settting, its like fingernails on a chalkboard...

Yes, I've seen him in concert ...

The end point for me was when I decided I preferred Sleeter Kinney's singer's version of Hungerstrike to Cornell's "furball and razors stuck in his throat" performance of the same in 2003..

prljam85

Chris Cornell is awesome I like almost everything hes done since Soundgarden. I dont consider Cornell much of a sell out compared to metallica. he might model and stuff but at least hes still putting out good music.

enharmonic

I love Cornell. He had a profound influence on me in my formative years...but he's stinking it up in Audioslave.

soulsinging

if i was in a band and got thrown a cool sum to let them take a few pictures of me, you can bet your ass id be selling out in a second.

that said, cornell sucks and i dont give a shit what he's hawking.

and with one more note before i go... as bill hicks said, the second you do a commercial that's it you are forever off the artistic role call and everything you say is suspect.

Kilgore_Trout

culot4 wrote:

The difference between Jerry Garcias line of ties and Chris Cornells clothes is Jerry was an acclaimed artist and everything with his signature was his own work.Cornell is merely getting paid to wear someone elses crap.Models are supposed to model and rockers are supposed to rock.Cornell shouldn't be doing either.Lets examine the term sell out a little more closely.Sell out could be defined as someone who compromises their integrity for monetary gain.Is that what Cornell has done?....absolutely.Come on this guy has played with Ed and was in a friggin band with Matt Cameron,a great band at that.I guess since his pipes are breaking down he can use his pretty boy image to make a buck strutting down runways and doing fashion ads.The whole thing is very tacky and I have absolutely no respect for that.Especially considering how much of a pioneer Cornell was....So whats next?One day you'll be walking into Target and as you stroll through the kitchen department you'll find a full size cardboard cutout of Cornell endorsing somebody's utensils.The ad will be something like "The Spoonman wouldnt use any other spoon"...Enough is enough with this guy,at least have some dignity....Oh and I forgot to add that most of the money Jerry made off his art went to charity.

hey bro... i collect jerrys ties... got like 30 of em... and as an art major i can definitely appreciate his work... just fuelin the fire... i just really dont see what the big to do is about this...

Kilgore_Trout

locked wrote:

Ummm..
Psssst..
here's a secret!

Chris Cornell can't sing well live!...

Agreed.. He's the king of any studio recording, SG and Audioslave CD's are great!
but in a concert settting, its like fingernails on a chalkboard...

Yes, I've seen him in concert ...

The end point for me was when I decided I preferred Sleeter Kinney's singer's version of Hungerstrike to Cornell's "furball and razors stuck in his throat" performance of the same in 2003..

ummmm... yah... me... front row... audioslave... aragon ballroom... most pleasant chalkboard scratching ive ever heard... how dare you compare him to corin tucker.... at least we can see eye to eye on studio chris...

Echoes

Corin Tucker's great. Wish I could say the same for Cornell.