never the machine forever

ryantremor

what an awesome song...could this be one of the best rock vocal performances in history? btw, i think that down on the upside absolutely blows everything else in the soundgarden catologue away.

Pearl Jam and toast

Zero Chance, Tighter and Tighter, Blow up the outside world, Burden in my Hand, Overfloater, Ty Cobb, Dusty, Rhinosaur, and Pretty Noose are better.. and that's only on DOTUS... but yeah it's a great song too

ryantremor

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

Zero Chance, Tighter and Tighter, Blow up the outside world, Burden in my Hand, Overfloater, Ty Cobb, Dusty, Rhinosaur, and Pretty Noose are better.. and that's only on DOTUS... but yeah it's a great song too

i'm not saying it is soundgarden's best song nor even the best song on down on the upside. I just wanted to mention it because i love the song, love the vocals, and i don't think i've seen it talked about very much. I think overfloater is my favorite on the album. Well the more i think about it pretty much every song is awesome.

DOSW

I agree 100%... no one ever mentions this song, and it's definitely in my top 5 on the album. Great vocals, great harder sound to it. Written by Kim Thayil, too... at least the lyrics were. Either he or Ben Shepherd wrote the music.

It's nice that the song gets some love.

Marie Curie

we need a Soundgarden Appreciation Thread around here

reeferchief

Marie Curie wrote:

we need a Soundgarden Appreciation Thread around here

LMAO there is one somewhere in the depths of this section, theres a Cornell appreciation thread as well, but the amount of Soundgarden, Cornell and Audioslave threads theres been lately is kick arse.:D
And thumbs up to NTMF classic song sometimes on some days DOTU overtakes BMF as my fave Soundgarden album, some days.:)

Pearl Jam and toast

ryantremor wrote:

i'm not saying it is soundgarden's best song nor even the best song on down on the upside. .

ah i misread that you thought the song blew everything else they did away.

whoopsies.

Loveeeeeee love love the album though.. all the soundgarden albums as a matter of fact..

enharmonic

Great song, but IMO, Cornell's best vocal performance ever was on Nothing To Say

karma defect

I don't know if it's their best album. It is the Soundgarden album I most often listen to. I really like Badmotorfinger as well, although I only listen to it when I have that mood. I like them both better than Superunknown, but that one kicks ass as well. I love Blow up the outside world. I even want it played at my funeral. Not that it is any time soon, but if you are in the neighbourhood and you're in the mood for a good tune then join the party.;) Never the machine forever is a great Thayil song, and a very cool title.

ForBetterOrForWorse

Badmotorfinger and Superunknown are both way better than DOTU. DOTU lacks that energy or something that the other two have.

Pearl Jam and toast

ForBetterOrForWorse wrote:

Badmotorfinger and Superunknown are both way better than DOTU. DOTU lacks that energy or something that the other two have.

that's true, but it makes up for it in experimentation and melody.

It's more unique than the rest of the SG records. Who could've forseen a song like Overfloater.. still definetly sounds like Soundgarden, but it's unique at the same time!

mrwalkerb

ForBetterOrForWorse wrote:

Badmotorfinger and Superunknown are both way better than DOTU. DOTU lacks that energy or something that the other two have.

I don;t know, if you take the first 9 songs on DOTU it's as good as pretty much anything out there, add Bleed together as track ten and it's sickly good

reeferchief

Badmotorfinger wrote:

What about Boot Camp as the album closer? That has to be one of the best closers on any record out there, up there with over now by AIC. Great way to cap off a great bunch of albums.

My only problem with Boot Camp is that its not longer.:)

huah

Horribly underappreciated song It really grew on me (at first I thought it was uneven and unpleasantly jarring) and now it's probably one of my favorites.

soundgrunger

ohh good call!!! LOVE dotu, the whole album is amazing. it's hard for me to pick a fave soundgarden cd, but if i had to, dotu would be it. to me it sounds like a mix of all their other cds and then some, it has songs that sound like they could be on any of their other records but have more depth. i just love it and can't get enough of it!

Pearl Jam and toast

reeferchief wrote:

My only problem with Boot Camp is that its not longer.:)

Agreed.

I usually listen to it twice

karma defect

reeferchief wrote:

My only problem with Boot Camp is that its not longer.:)

No it is like dessert this way. It is the perfect ending to a fab meal.:D

karma defect

Badmotorfinger wrote:

haha I like that, I guess that makes Ty Cobb the heartburn..

Sorry if that was lame

Umh it ain't lame. But that could be because I don't know what it means.:D I have an idea though. Care to enlighten me?

LedZepFan

Badmotorfinger wrote:

What about Boot Camp as the album closer? That has to be one of the best closers on any record out there, up there with over now by AIC. Great way to cap off a great bunch of albums.

"boot Camp" is one of those really simple songs thats just incredible...gives me chills

Amazing fucking album, so underrated

mike_s_6

karma defect wrote:

Umh it ain't lame. But that could be because I don't know what it means.:D I have an idea though. Care to enlighten me?

... have you been very, very hungry and you took a bite or a sip of something and it felt like your chest was burning? I think that's it.