Chris Cornell's Voice on Temple of the Dog

reeferchief
reeferchief Posts: 3,569
edited May 2008 in Other Music
Just seems to control the whole disc. speed and signature changes, everything it is amazing.
The vocal performance on this disc is possibly one of the best ever.
What are your thoughts?
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    my thoughts are this is cornell's best and most emotional vocal performance.
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  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    catefrances wrote:
    my thoughts are this is cornell's best and most emotional vocal performance.

    Totally, it just seems to control the whole record.
    and when you think the quality of the musicians that voice is pushing, man.
    I'm just in awe, everytime I listen.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    reeferchief wrote:
    Totally, it just seems to control the whole record.
    and when you think the quality of the musicians that voice is pushing, man.
    I'm just in awe, everytime I listen.

    for me, it is cornell's record.
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    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
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  • sweetlewgrl
    sweetlewgrl Posts: 27
    i think that carry on is good 2 but yah temple of the dog is pretty good 2!
  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    sweetlewgrl wrote:
    i think that carry on is good 2 but yah temple of the dog is pretty good 2!
    Whilst I dont mind Carry On as a record, compared to TOTD, it just doesn't have the impodence of the appeal, Carry On is almost bland in comparision.
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Even his best Soundgarden takes struggle to reach the level of TOTD. Don't forget about the lyrics which I hold in the same regard.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    Even his best Soundgarden takes struggle to reach the level of TOTD. Don't forget about the lyrics which I hold in the same regard.

    yes, words too. :)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • originalfire
    originalfire Posts: 61
    This is one of the greatest vocal performances ever if not the best ever. Literally jaw dropping stuff!
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    A thread about TotD even being this near a thread about Cornell's new stuff with Timbaland seems almost sacreligious.
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    A thread about TotD even being this near a thread about Cornell's new stuff with Timbaland seems almost sacreligious.
    Hah! That's the truth :p
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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    Hah! That's the truth :p

    We laugh, but my god, what a depressing comparison. :o
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  • Marie Curie
    Marie Curie Posts: 1,250
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    We laugh, but my god, what a depressing comparison. :o


    I'm convinced that this TOTD Chris is not the same Chris that worked with Timbaland. The real Chris must have died years ago and was replaced by a fake one (maybe a robot) with no talent whatsoever. I mean, it's the only explanation! How can someone come from TOTD to that thing with Timbaland?
    “Life is life everywhere. Life is in ourselves and not outside us. There will be men beside me, and the important thing is to be a man among men and to remain a man always, whatever the misfortunes, not to despair and not to fall - that is the aim of life, that is its purpose.”
    Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Marie Curie wrote:
    I'm convinced that this TOTD Chris is not the same Chris that worked with Timbaland. The real Chris must have died years ago and was replaced by a fake one (maybe a robot) with no talent whatsoever. I mean, it's the only explanation! How can someone come from TOTD to that thing with Timbaland?

    Hehe, I like the idea of a robot. Programmed with heat-seeking radar so he know what's hot and what's not. And they deliberately left out any sense of professional pride or dignity. :(
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  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    Marie Curie wrote:
    I'm convinced that this TOTD Chris is not the same Chris that worked with Timbaland. The real Chris must have died years ago and was replaced by a fake one (maybe a robot) with no talent whatsoever. I mean, it's the only explanation! How can someone come from TOTD to that thing with Timbaland?
    i love all the hate surrounding his upcoming album because of timbaland... its as if people think the man has co-writing credit or is scratching turntables behind chris... i bet alot of people thought rick rubin (primarily a hip-hop producer) was a bad fit for audioslave too and that album fuckin rocks! what it comes down to is chris is gonna write the music he wants and feels compelled to write and timbaland is only responsible for refining that sound... its definitely not gonna be as raw as early SG stuff but the guys a talented producer and i bet its gonna be a pretty solid album

    back to TOTD chris... gotta agree its his strongest stuff ever! wasnt much of it layed out by chris by himself tho? itd make sense that his voice comes out strongest in the mix... while stone and jeff do some amazing stuff on that album i think they were included because chris knew they were mourning as well and would approach the project with the right respect and energy... basically solo chris with a VERY talented backing band :D
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  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Yeah I was having a little session on my cans last night, had a couple of bottles of red(started on a third but passed out in my chair) played the accoustic Mansfield 03 disc, followed by Temple and then had Mad Season on, I passed out sometime during the MS disc and woke up a few hours later, headphones still on, daylight coming through the window.:)

    But yeah such a powerful record, awesome stuff, I dont think I dare listen to this new song, I digged on most the Audioslave stuff, but YKMN really hampered my whole perspective of Carry On.
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    Ah yes, TOTD, the very best 'vocal' album ever made.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    reeferchief wrote:
    Yeah I was having a little session on my cans last night, had a couple of bottles of red(started on a third but passed out in my chair) played the accoustic Mansfield 03 disc, followed by Temple and then had Mad Season on, I passed out sometime during the MS disc and woke up a few hours later, headphones still on, daylight coming through the window.:)

    But yeah such a powerful record, awesome stuff, I dont think I dare listen to this new song, I digged on most the Audioslave stuff, but YKMN really hampered my whole perspective of Carry On.

    well imo, YKMN was a weak song.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    catefrances wrote:
    well imo, YKMN was a weak song.

    It's commercial diatribe and it was a pure marketing ploy to not include the song on the films ost, but place it on the Cornell album.
    It really has dented my current interest in Cornell's present work it ruined Carry On for me, although I'm interested to hear the new album and sound.
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  • ii44
    ii44 Posts: 430
    Temple is a decent album 5 or 6 good songs, but it doesn't come anywhere close to his best work with Soundgarden or Audioslave. I much prefer how his voice sounds today. There may not be as much jaw dropping vocal range, but there's much more depth and color. That said, Temple is important because it was the first album where Chris was a real singer and not a heavy metal wailer.
  • ii44
    ii44 Posts: 430
    reeferchief wrote:
    It's commercial diatribe and it was a pure marketing ploy to not include the song on the films ost, but place it on the Cornell album.
    It really has dented my current interest in Cornell's present work it ruined Carry On for me, although I'm interested to hear the new album and sound.

    It's not a bad song.

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