Is Chris Cornell the best singer/songwriter in the last 15 years

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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    Jeff Buckley is the hipsters' answer to Kurt Cobain.

    and the question would be.....what exactly?

    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I think Jeff Buckley was a better songwriter than Kurt Cobain. Kurt just got lucky because he k.... no, I won't go there it gets ugly.

    it got ugly the moment you tried to be amusing. bad form hlf***. :(
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  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    What no Audioslave bashing yet? I'm amazed.:)
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  • melodyman22
    melodyman22 Posts: 326
    The best, I dunno but for sure one of them. Id say top 5 for sure.
    -Layne Staley-Yes I know Cantrell wrote alot but Laynes vocals kick ass
    -Eddie Vedder
    -Chris Cornell
    -Scott Weiland
  • melodyman22
    melodyman22 Posts: 326
    The best, I dunno but for sure one of them. Id say top 5 for sure.
    -Layne Staley-Yes I know Cantrell wrote alot but Laynes vocals kick ass
    -Eddie Vedder
    -Chris Cornell
    -Scott Weiland
  • melodyman22
    melodyman22 Posts: 326
    The best, I dunno but for sure one of them. Id say top 5 for sure.
    -Layne Staley-Yes I know Cantrell wrote alot but Laynes vocals kick ass
    -Eddie Vedder
    -Chris Cornell
    -Scott Weiland
  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    melodyman22 wrote:
    The best, I dunno but for sure one of them. Id say top 5 for sure.
    -Layne Staley-Yes I know Cantrell wrote alot but Laynes vocals kick ass
    -Eddie Vedder
    -Chris Cornell
    -Scott Weiland

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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Cornell wrote some good songs. I really liked his stuff with soundgarden and i dug some other stuff he has done. That being said he is no where near teh best singer/songwriter in the last 15 years. not by a mile.

    Obviously i love what eddie vedder has done and i think his lyrics are way better then cornell's, but my favorite of the last 15 years has to be Jeff Tweedy of Uncle Tupelo and Wilco.

    Now i'm not going to say he is the best because there are some great songwriters out there, but he is problaby my favorite and I do think he is better then Cornell.... a LOT better.

    If you've never taken the time to listen to Wilco your problayb like whatever he is just saying that to be hip... If i wanted to be hip I could say jeff mangum (not downing him i like his work a lot too) i would think he would be a "hip" pitchfork pick.
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    melodyman22 is obviously adamant on this one... :)
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Jeff Buckley, probably

    Around now?

    Damien Rice, Jose Gonzalez

    Man I've been editing this a lot. Sorry. Just rememberd.

    Hands down, best of 15 years (yes, I know he's older, but he's still around): Tom Waits.
    does jose gonzalez even write his own songs? all the songs I've heard from him are covers. add to that the fact that his voice is just a whisper.


    good call on tom waits though.
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    does jose gonzalez even write his own songs? all the songs I've heard from him are covers. add to that the fact that his voice is just a whisper.


    good call on tom waits though.

    Easy.....

    I'm not about to crown him the best songwriter of the last 15 years myself the guy has only put out one album and an ep to my knowledge, but i think it is unfair to ask if he writes his own songs. He had one cover on the EP and one cover on the album. If those are the only songs of his you have heard you are missing out because his stuff is very good :)
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    intodeep wrote:
    Easy.....

    I'm not about to crown him the best songwriter of the last 15 years myself the guy has only put out one album and an ep to my knowledge, but i think it is unfair to ask if he writes his own songs. He had one cover on the EP and one cover on the album. If those are the only songs of his you have heard you are missing out because his stuff is very good :)

    Good point on the one album thing. But if Jose does three great ones, he's already better than Kurt Cobain in my books. We'll have to see!
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  • Bleakest Harvest
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    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    I never said he was a bad songwriter due to his voice. My point is that singer-songwriter is about both aspects, so even if he did write better than Lennon and Morrisson combined, he still wouldn't be a great singer-songwriter because he can't sing.
    Tom Waits is awesome.
  • Marie Curie
    Marie Curie Posts: 1,250
    yes

    :D

    sorry Ed.
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,892
    Quick answer...no.

    He's good, and a great singer, but not the best songwriter.
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Singer yes. Songwriter, probably not.
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  • Echoes
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  • One Song Glory
    One Song Glory Posts: 710
    I definitely think he's right up there. His voice isn't "shot" like a lot of people think, it's just changed. He can't hit the high screechy notes anymore, but honestly, that didn't make him the best singer/songwriter, it was his particular style and most of all his lyrics. Black Hole Sun or Like A Stone anyone? I wouldn't necessarily say he is THE best of the last 15 years, but he and Ed rank pretty high. I don't know if I would even put Eddie in first place, simply because of the ridiculous amount of bias I have toward him. I would need to think a bit more before coming up with an answer to that one.
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  • pushmepullme
    pushmepullme Posts: 255
    I think his work with Audioslave has ruined his reputation a little, because Audioslave are shit.
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  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    Jt


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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    from the mainpage this subject line reads "is chris cornell the best"

    i didnt need to read anything else to know that the answer is NO.

    he's not.

    sorry.

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