New Chris Cornell Song: Two Drink Minimum

Thank you I shouldn't be this happy ... but ... he can still make songs I would want to listen to.

Thank you!!!

It has guitar and everything

Firecloud wrote:

Those of you that haven't heard Two Drink Minimum can check it out here, along with my own personal rant on the downfall of one of the greatest singers rock music has ever seen.

http://www.antiquiet.com/features/2008/09/losing-faith-in-chris-cornell/

Your blog is dumb. I agree that the Scream/Timbaland songs are dissapointing, but to say that Two Drink Minimum is the best we've heard but "that isn't saying much" is stupid. I think Two Drink Minimum is absolutely amazing, especially considering it sounds like he put it together on a whim. It does make me sad that he is doing this Scream shit when he can probably come out with an equivalent to "Two Drink Minimum" on a daily basis, but that doesn't make me discount it.

And his site was shut down because it got reconstructed, not due to he "blizzard of unfavorable reception to the new material".

I've been as critical as CC as anyone, but I would have liked this thread to have been praise for how awesome Two Drink Minimum is and not another hate thread.

I think this "hidden song" is really great and the vocals are superb. I'm happy to see that there still may be hope for this man.

This song sounds like it was recorded after Timbaland had left for the day.....

Jeremy1012 wrote:

Yeah, because we all know that differing opinions are the greatest threats to society as we know it :rolleyes: People are entitled to express disappointment with Cornell's output if they wish. If you think Two Drink Mininum is "absolutely amazing", that's your opinion. The rest of us are allowed to make up out own minds, including the OP.

Thank you for articulating the denotation of the term "opinion". You could have saved some time, though, and just provided a link to Webster's dictionary or wikipedia.

My point was that probably 99.9% of people on this board would OPINE that the hidden track is a vast, vast improvement from his Timbaland collaborations. And so I don't see the need to try to turn this into another "CC hate thread" when those pop up probably twice a week.

The blog was just a bland summary of what you'd see in any anti-CC thread on this board. Mid life crisis, why doesn't he just buy a sports car, blah blah blah.

Of course, I don't mean to put any opinions in anybody's mouth.

NewDamage wrote:

Nice work. That sums up everything that needs to be said. And I'll say again, "Two Drink Minimum" is the best song he has written since EM

I'm also just not getting these sort of statements. I mean as another guy mentioned there was a lot of great material from Audioslave that was not too disimiliar to music Soundgarden wrote. I also read in another thread someone saying that CC hadn't produced anything good since 1994?!!!! -that includes DOTU, Audioslave and EM.

These people seem to be either incredibly casual listners of CC's back catalogue or there is more motivating their Cornell bashing than simply the fact he released an album they don't approve of.

Two Drink Minimum = the best solo song since EM. I think there was a lot of damn good Audioslave, especially on the self-titled.

But the point here is that CC's still got it. That song could be right up there with his other brilliant solo work... off EM, Sunshower, Seasons, etc.

It also reaffirms my longtime belief that CC should come out with a blues album.

Then again, if you think highly of Two Drink Minimum it also makes this Timbaland collaboration even more tragic...

This was awesome. It kinda gives me hope...

never posted here.. so hi!

um.. but i understand both sides of the equation here.. cc wants to create music that is outside the box of what he's done before. some may call it career suicide, some may call it artistic expression.

in the very beginning when i learned of the timbaland collab, i thought, this can't be good. i thought my cc listening days were over at best. then the clip for verizon came out and although it was only a few seconds, i actually felt the beat or the melody or whatever it's technically called was pretty catchy. now rock is my baby, i love it, i live it, i breathe it therefore i vomit it too sometimes (ok, so that was a gross analogy), hint.. I'm no writer! i love all kinds of music. anything from earth wind and fire to cc, to some,not all country, to justin (yes, timberlake) to.. you name it, i've listened and enjoyed! the only thing i totally despise are bubble gum pop boy bands, i.e., currently the jonas bro's. but i must endure if i'm going to live in the house with my 13 yr old boy crazy for nick jonas daughter. oy!

i told you i wasn't a writer!

long gone was leaked and the manufactured sound of the timbalands beats were a little scary for me.. but beyond that i heard that soulful wail that of cc and i couldn't turn away. i think when an artist does something that is completely different than what you're used to hearing, it's gonna create huge debates, good and bad. i'm sure when cc made euphoria morning, a lot of fans turned their backs. i don't think many saw it coming, i didn't! so i'm assuming a lot of people couldn't really talk about euphoria morning before it came out, hell, there wasn't a lot of marketing and promotion done with it either. yes, there was "seasons" and "sunshower" pre euphoria morning, but i never saw the coming of e.m., although maybe i wasn't paying much attention at that point either. regardless of my lack of grammar or knowledge because i'm half asleep.. euphoria morning is my favorite upon favorites ever! the album did not have commercial success which is extremely unfortunate, but nothing will ever rise above e.m on the hierarchy ladder of music in my brain. look.. cc's music has taken me to dark places and has brought me out of dark places. this is just another cog in the wheel of his career. cc said in an interview a long long time ago, and don't quote me 'cause i'm not 100% sure if this is accurate but, didn't he once say something to the extent that he makes music that makes him happy? if it succeeds great, if it doesn't, oh well, onto the next project. i think cc makes music, just to make music. i think he essentially likes making different kinds of music and that probably keeps it fresh and exciting for him too (you know, like a new relationship). the chris cornell that we all know and love isn't gone, you heard that with 2 drink minimum. do i think there will be more surprises like that on "scream", i doubt it, but i've been absolutely wrong before. do i think that chris sold out? who cares! do i think that his career as a "rock god" is over? That answer would be FAR FROM NO! he said in his blog.. "you aint seen nothing yet!" do i think cc wrote that? it doesn't matter. at the end of the day his voice isn't gonna put food on my table so i can't worry about it if he wrote the blog with his fingers or not. i loveee chris cornell, everyone who knows me knows that! the people that surround me in my everyday life want to puke when i mention cc's name. they constantly bitch and moan.. oh god, here she goes again! i have magazine clippings inside my cabinets at work, i talk about him with my patients! even my patients roll their eyes when i talk about cc! but who cares, it's all in fun. i know where to draw my own lines.. in my personal life, some may think i'm obsessed. maybe i have tendencies? but like i said above... i can't worry about the little things such as the verizon ad in the fashion magazine and whether cc sold out or not. is it exciting thinking that maybe he is interacting with his fans on the net?, sure!! but does his magazine ads or what tooth brush he uses in the morning sway my decision to buy his album?, hell no. I'll buy it. i'll give it 100% of my listening ability. and all i can hope for in the end is that cc continues to put out music for my listening pleasure or yours. i also always look foward to reading these crazy threads that are like 2000 pages long of rants, complaints, praises, even god and chris cornell. it's pretty amusing actually. end.

jeff's_the_man wrote:

holy crap, that was actually a good song.

this just makes me more confused as to why the hell he is doing this electronic shit. man his voice sounded amazing.

bring out a blues album next chris! please!!!

agreed!