RIP Chris Cornell

Degeneratefk said:

wow this is incredible. whomever wrote this nailed it. i could not have collected and said better thoughts than what is said here.

The cynic in me can't understand why a guy I never met dying makes me so sad.

Dimitris facebook post sums it up the best.  Essentially as fans "they helped us live when nobody else had the time to.  Artists have inspired us in endless ways and have been with us through stages in our lives.  We've made memories with them so when they die, a part of us dies."   

JH6056 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

everyone is assuming it was suicide. we don't know that yet. they are investigating it as one. but there are many possibilities. could have been accidental. who knows. we won't know until the medical examiner determines it. 

While it's true no one knows until an official report, the combo of his family calling to have someone check on him and him being found with something around his neck make "accident" almost impossible.  Why would family be checking on him if they weren't worried?

No matter what, the end result is awful.  But in this case I understand those saying "probably suicide" given the other details released so far...

vicky called for someone to check on him because he wasn't responding to her texts. she has said that he was not depressed, and showed ZERO signs of being suicidal. obviously, in times like these, it's common for people to be in disbelief, but who knows. she knows him best. 

yes, it is probable. just pointing out that it isn't definite yet. that's all. 

Just awful. awful.  RIP Chris Cornell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ2deRmqrpc

Fuck. I hate this. I don't believe it...
This makes Pearl Jam even more important if that was even possible. To me anyway. 
Heart goes out to his family and friends. 

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

JH6056 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

everyone is assuming it was suicide. we don't know that yet. they are investigating it as one. but there are many possibilities. could have been accidental. who knows. we won't know until the medical examiner determines it. 

While it's true no one knows until an official report, the combo of his family calling to have someone check on him and him being found with something around his neck make "accident" almost impossible.  Why would family be checking on him if they weren't worried?

No matter what, the end result is awful.  But in this case I understand those saying "probably suicide" given the other details released so far...

vicky called for someone to check on him because he wasn't responding to her texts. she has said that he was not depressed, and showed ZERO signs of being suicidal. obviously, in times like these, it's common for people to be in disbelief, but who knows. she knows him best. 

yes, it is probable. just pointing out that it isn't definite yet. that's all. 

Obviously I have no idea what was going on with him, but I am finding the idea of suicide hard to believe. For all we know, he was murdered. Or maybe he was doing that 'getting high from choking' thing. Ugh. It all just horrible conjecture. It sure doesn't sounds like he was coming off as a person about to kill himself though. He was tweeting tour updates earlier in the day FFS.
This is depressing.

my first thought was death by misadventure, or whatever the hell the PC term is for that. 

Chris was truly one of the greats. I know this because I discovered and then re-discovered him so many times over. The rawness of Louder than Love ... the tight punch of Badmotorfinger ... the emotional range of TOTD ... the crisp clarity of Seasons ... the subversiveness of hearing Spoonman on mainstream radio (which still sucks) ... the unexpected evolutions of his solo work ... his relationship and reunions with PJ ... the warm confidence and subtle intensity of his acoustic shows ... his songs and his voice.

It's not for me to guess or understand why this came to pass. So instead I'll remember his music and his songs and what they meant to me over nearly three decades. They will live on in my memories, from first hearing Soundgarden as a college freshman in '91 through his last two acoustic tours, and everything in between. His songs, woven with my memories, are the legacy I will carry forward.

From his October 8, 2015, show in Cleveland, the last time I saw him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP4PkumM7SQ

HughFreakingDillon said:

I didn't cry about Kurt (until I watched the movie). 
I didn't cry about Layne. 
For some reason, this hurts more than I imagined it would. 
Maybe it's the place I'm in now. 
Maybe it's the place I thought he was in. 
Maybe because it's so shocking. 

Same here. I did shed a tear or 2 or Layne. But this is hitting closer to home for me as well. I cried for 45 minutes this morning listening to different SG and AS songs. I think with age comes appreciation. Not just for the great music, but for the loss of a fellow human being that we all looked up to and enjoyed so much. 

Prince, David Bowie,  among others and now Chris. We've lost some of the best and most influential musicians ever in the last 16 months. What a shame.

HughFreakingDillon said:

I didn't cry about Kurt (until I watched the movie). 
I didn't cry about Layne. 
For some reason, this hurts more than I imagined it would. 
Maybe it's the place I'm in now. 
Maybe it's the place I thought he was in. 
Maybe because it's so shocking. 

This is me.