lol...its not whistle voice.....whistle voice is usually reserved for women and guys such as Adam Lopez.....Cornell is singing in a mixed head voice and hitting G5's for a sustained time....
Thats fucking crazy Cornell does those high pitch screams at the end of the song this well. Its pretty much the same as the studio verison maybe better.
This bootleg has always been one of my favorites. This was a couple months before Ultramega OK was even released. Personally, I had to post Beyond the Wheel from this concert because it sounds completely old school.
Wow, I like soundgarden, love Cornell's voice, I just wish I never ever heard this. A for effort F- for execution, I'm gunna go listen to outshined just so i can purge this cover from my head. Still love soundgarden just can't believe they were sooooooo far off the mark on this one.
@27rg27 It's all about personal tastes brother, you may like this and more power to you, I just think a group of folks that musically talented could have done much better. I like their music, i just think this particular cover is no good at all.
Wow this was recorded 1 day before I was born. I wish I had been around for the grunge movement. Hard to belive that 1 day before I was born these guys were cranking out magic.
All u utube know-it-alls can pick the shit out of whatever, bottom line is, Chris Cornell is a badass vocal POWERHOUSE! Plus he's just so FKN HOT, icing on the cake.
@ettorejim because lemon song was a blatant rip off of Wolf's song.. and they got sued finally and lost. Then Wolf had to sue his own lyrics management company to get his share. Zep, unlike The Stones were just thieves whiny thieves
falsetto is the equivalet of siinging in your girl voice loudly, you dont get that raspy tone with falsetto, chris didnt take lessons he is just a badass and an octave world wonder.
You can compress your full voice so that it gets a little less of that warm, strong tone that it does in the deep notes (that opera males always have), but then you can go a lot higher, and I think this is what he does here. I am a high baritone (my strong full voice goes up to about h, just below the tenor c) but if I compress my voice I can go up to f, and its not falsetto, just compressed full voice. Besides this boring technical shit, this sounds way too kick-ass to be falsetto IMO!
the theory that Chris sings these ultra(mega) high notes in falsetto is hilarious and ridiculous. as for the head/chest thing.....it's about opening your lungs and screaming your fucking bollocks off. and no one has done it more power than Chris Cornell.
great performance. and the some of the comments on this video seems to degrade cornell's ability as a singer. it doesnt make a fuck if it's in falsetto or not. what matters is that he has amazing control over his voice as a whole. and he clearly does.
Actually, Cobain wasn't dead in the 90's which was the time frame ironatlas was referring to. This guy is probably just wondering, like a lot of us, how a band like nirvana could have ever made money.
I wouldn't say they wrote pop music, I think there more pop like songs is what just became famous? I don't mind Nirvana at all. Not my fav band though, Soundgarden was eerie, I liked that and AiC was like Heavy Metal Ballad lol. All great bands though, I agree though Music isnt a big cage match. I don't care for Rap and country or certain bands but it doesn't mean I don't respect them as artists despite how talented or non talented they are.
i love you. id say same with pearl jam though they are more melodic and straightforward. gotta love grunge eh? wanna join me in the revolution for the next decade? bring real rock back to the masses? itll be just like grunge 20 years ago
Say what you want. Nevermind (good though it was) was Nirvana's only pop album.. Bleach was a filthy album.. Incesticide had some awesome gems on it (aero zeppelin, beeswax etc.) and In Utero was bleak perfection. It seems to have become the popular thing to insult Nirvana these days as they're no longer "alternative" (Not saying that's what you're doin, but it's true). They may not have been as technically talented as SG/PJ/AIC.. but fuck it.. I still love em XD
@venusasaboy1991 i agree, its easy now to look back and say nirvana was pop. people forget how original they were when they came out, and saying there not technically talented... well, theres a lot more to music than being technically precise. originality and feeling go along ways, and in those categories, Nirvana has only been matched by the Beatles, the Pixies, and the Velvet Underground
Are you fucking kidding me? Nirvana? Original? Please tell me you're joking! Look, I really hate to get into this here in 2010, but, I've been saying the same thing since 1991. Nirvana weren't any more "original" than the moves they stole from Husker Du and the Pixies. I mean, you're putting them along side the fucking Beatles and the VU, but, when Nevermind came out in 1991 they weren't even as big then in SEATTLE as Mudhoney or Soundgarden. Sorry, but, they weren't.
@Fakename70 First off, thanks for the reply. When does not being as big--at one point in a career, mind you--as other bands prove a band un-original? They definitely borrowed alot of their abrasive and minimalist sound from the Pixies, but who hasn't borrowed? the Velvets and the Beatles borrowed too. Everybody borrows, calling it stealing is a matter of opinion which everyone differs on.
My point is I've always found it hard to swallow Nirvana as the greatest thing since sliced bread in 1991, yet they were never really that in their own city compared to the other 2 bands I mentioned. Perhaps "stealing" was the wrong choice of word, but, I've just never heard anything from Bleach thru In Utero that wasn't a direct reminder of another band before them that simply didn't have the benefit of a catchy single and video. The hyperbole is seriously unwarranted.
@Fakename70 For me Kurt's originality came from his unique notions of what chord he could go to next. Sometimes it sounds so natural and good that you don't realize the combinations he's using until you actually sit down and look at the progression on paper, and you think, how in the hell did he think of switching to that chord??? (mostly all simple major chords too, by the way) The only other artists that've made me do that are frank black and lennon/mccartney. soundgarden was great, but
@fromthenorthwest it seems you could always tell where a soundgarden song is going next. for me nirvana was much more unpredictable, (until i became familiar with a song, of course)
As far as originality in chord progression, the same could easily be said about the work of, say, Becker and Fagen. And the admiration for having such a unique talent would be much more deserved. But, that's just my opinion. But, seriously, your comment that "Nirvana has only been matched by the Beatles..." was a bit much, and typical of the undue praise that band has garnered primarily because of that 1 album. Nevermind isn't exactly Bitches Brew in terms of originality.
@Fakename70 your right, what i should've said was: in pop music, originality and feeling only matched or exceeded by the Beatles, Velvets, Pixies. As far as originality goes, if you start talking about Jazz there's probably tons of artists with more originality. Certainly the same could be said for Classical as well. My thesis slowly evolving...
I hope I don't come across as someone who thinks you're an idiot for thinking so highly of that band. We're all entitled to an opinion, and I do respect yours. My problem all these years is the pack mentality of the rock press who still fawn over a band who I think was mediocre, at best, and nowhere near as groundbreaking as their press clipings say they are. Remember, this is an opinion I've held since 1989, so, it's not like I'm piling on here just because the guy's dead.
@venusasaboy1991 One reason people diss Nirvana is probably that their music was substantial enough to become definitive of one whole flavour of music. The same happened to the Beatles, the Beach Boys, etc. It's an indication of their importance. If people can't out-Nirvana Nirvana, some will diss them. I still think they're one of only a handful of worthwhile acts over the last 20-25 years.
nirvana was simple chord progressions yes...being able to play them is one thing, coming up with them? well, if your a songwriter, thats a whole different story, nobody was using chords like kurt, mixing them up within the measures, and the unusual combinations he used
@grungeera I disagree. By the same token, you could classify all punk, blues rock, folk, etc. as pop. To me, rock is not chord structures. It's balls, passion and flair. It's Townshend power chords. Jerry Lee Lewis probably wouldn't know a diminished seventh if it punched him in the face, but in his youth at least he played with such dynamism that it struck fear into the hearts of middle America. That is rock, and Nirvana got it.
@grungeera pop? lol more like punk. you honestly think nirvana said "hey lets keep it simple you know like pop?" ill pick aic and soundgarden over nirvana anyday but pop?
@grungeera I agree. If you look at the bands Kurt and the gang were listening to it's pretty obvious they were influenced pretty heavily by Punk and pretty lightly by Pop, if at all.
@grungeera you ignorant bastard... if you call nirvana's music pop you are not allowed to speak anymore.. you call ac dc pop??? having a few chords doesnt make it pop.. classic rock is all about keeping it simple. and good complex rock is led zeppelin and some others.. soundgarden must be the most overrated band ever to walk this earth... so yeah kurt cobain didnt make the hardest songs to play on guitar but his lyrics and voice totally destroys bands like soundgarden and alice in chains...
@iggvf Dude Nirvana was great but not as great as Soundgarden or alice in chains. Nirvana is actually one of the most overrated bands. soundgarden is so underapreciated. same AIC. Nirvana wasnt pop it was alt rock and acdc was classic rock. CHris and layne will destroy anybody who tries to stand aginst them
@BobsBrains we cant argue this i mean i im not a big fan of Nirvana but i can hear he was a great artist... one of the best song writers (ofcourse jim morrison´s the best) and what i wrote was mostly because that douche bag of grungeera wrote Nirvana was pop... such a holes just pisses me off... i didnt mean that soundgarden was overrated : /... i mean we all got our own taste in music and it should be free for everyone without being told its stupid :)
@iggvf I agree with the Doors are an awesome band, but the actual "band" is underrated.. jim morrison takes all the credit and he didnt even write the music, which is the best part of the doors.
@grungeera bullshit! just because some of the songs are simple and kinda pop you cannot say all of them are.. besides if things were the way you're saying, that would apply to almost every punk rock
one more thing, listen to aero zeppelin and tell how simple that is :)
holy shit, I love their version of this. And I am a big fan of the blues, gotta meet Hubert Sumlin who played on the original. Not sure if he would approve of this though. haha
uhhhh.................no. This is terrible as a remake, I really don't listen to this style of music but I appreciate ALL MUSIC no matter what. Now there are songs you can remake and then there are some songs better left alone and I think this falls in the latter. Who can really do it better than The Wolf?
well, as far as i can see this cover was just for fun, not the prove seattle youngsters that soundgarden was better than howlin wolf since this is their first album. grow up people.
Haha how can you even compare them? They're two completely different tracks. Soundgarden has taken it and made their own thing of it. I don't even see it as a cover in a way. If you're more into Howlin' Wolf then I could see why you wouldn't necessarily take to this track, but then vice-versa for a lot of people who do.
dude start listenin around 3:54 then ull understand why this cover is so great. i also like the first few minutes too but those last few screams r one of my favs from chris
@mrrobertpetty They're enjoying it and it's good. It beats me how amateurs always have to compare covers with the original. Learn to treat this rendition as a different song.
Hmmm issues vs/ misdirection and personal attacks. Seems to be in the wind these days. It might be cool to make sure you emulate actions of the candidate you like most. Like the Pearl Jam song says, "If you hate something, Don't you do it, too" If BP is cool with his choices, fine, and given that song discussion has "left the building" I choose to stop here so that I am neither flame bait nor flamer. I'll just go check "Fell On Black Days" L8z
They owe Howlin' Wolf's children, and his children's children, apologies and reparations for this abomination. Listening to this I now understand how the Romans must have felt when they watched the Visigoths tear down their statues and shit on their greatest works of art.
"Just different" is what they said we should call the retarded kids in school to be polite, so yes I accept your definition of this cover version. It's "just different" indeed.
I guess you haven't read "Soul On Ice" because it's a cheap shot to throw shit at what's nearby and not find out the cause. Musicians love their Heroes of their roots and they didn't create the ripoffs or the climate that paid them higher. Time, popularity and CORPORATIONS did. If you don't like their version, fine, but blaming them or expecting reparations, is absurd. We all stand on the shoulders of giants. What we owe is propers and determination to carry on with dignity and courage.
Eldridge Cleaver, a renowned revolutionary and political thinker wrote about the fact that the oppressed rarely bother to discover who is actually oppressing them, looking way too close to home. Uhh you wrote "they owe reparations". Frankly I prefer the original of this song and though I generally like Soundgarden, this one kinda sux but at least they were trying to be creative. You just seem unreasonably angry.
No, scientists hypothesized that this song sucks. Then they tested it in a high-energy particle accelerator, which proved its suckage. Then the Nobel Prize gave them a medal for their pioneering efforts in researching weak blues covers.
Of course it's my fucking opinion. And yours is you like this shit. We have achieved endgame.
yo black proteus did u read and digest what enorbet wrote u illiterate assbag? Ill tell ya whats sucks , your mom, she gives an abomination of a blow job,Chris Cornells interpretation of this song isnt meant to be bluesy his vocals rock one of the best vocalists of the 90's so eat a dick son who cares what you think
ok, fuckhead, would you rather hear nickelback or 3 days grace or any of the other shitty bands around today doing this, or living legends like SG? they're paying homage to a great act, and they didn't drop the ball nearly as hard as you're making it out to be. get your panties unbunched and chill the fuck out
no never seen him, but i know that he played drums on several early TOTD demos(Say Hello to Heaven and Reach Down). Later he showed the demos to Matt who joined after hearing them.
Don't know if someone on youtube has those demos. I heard them once back in 2004, but got no copy of them, and i own most of the seattle shit. But those ones are so rare. Would be great to see them one day up here on youtube.
the most powerful voice ever. others might get up there (Robert Plant, Jeff & Tim Buckley, Ian Gillan) but no one sang with the power of Chris Cornell.
what the hell are u talking about? chris does use some falsetto in this version, but the most important and highest part, the ending, are in head voice
i think you no nothing about the human voice, its quite laughable really. falsetto and head voice are diffent and as a person who had trouble getting into head voice the difference is there. there are plenty of videos on youtube (see user name jowox) that will show u that. dont talk just because your jealous
Yes, I'm jealous, that's why I have a better understanding of the mechanisms of the human voice than you do.
When you refer to "head voice" I'm assuming you're referring to the mythological belief that certain registers are achieved through resonation in the head, but that's utter unscientific garbage that's perpetuated by uninformed voice coaches.
"Yes, I'm jealous, that's why I have a better understanding of the mechanisms of the human voice than you do"
Understand that terms like "head/chest voice" are so common that nothing will displace them, even though they don't convey the mechanics of singing.
When I hear them I just translate them in my head. You and I both know there is no such thing as separate "voices/registers", but the nomenclature is well ingrained, even in professional circles.
Vocal reproduction is solely the function of the laryngitis, so there is no such thing as a seperate register for the head.
When I refer to head voice, I'm talking about the "modal register." Those last high notes are not in his modal register, they're in the register ABOVE his modal register which is, in fact the falsetto register.
i agree that the head register is the same 'register' that chest is, but those last high notes aren't falsetto! listen to the studio version, that is falsetto. chris has sung a G5 on many other occasions beside this one.
WHY THE FUCK does it matter if he's singing in falsetto? (Even though he's not) I doubt any of you could produce such sound even if someone was ripping off your balls.
omg me too...i thought i was like the only one who thought he was hot!!! he's still hot now but he looked better in the late 80s and and all through the 90s...i loved his hair..but he cut it
Chris does not use falsetto in his music. You can feel the power if you ever go to a concert. He feel like he is using his chest to produce those really high notes. You guys should go see him right now. He still kicks ass
@chewy4orce Cornell uses his head voice (which is pretty much the same as falsetto in a male voice) on a few tracks, the "Winds come drivin' slow" section in this where he hits that note is an example. Other than that he MAINLY uses the chest voice and 'belts' the notes which is why his voice is pretty fucked nowadays in comparison to this. 20+ years of doing that will damage any voice. I still have massive respect for the guy but he's nowhere near what he once was.
@HypeNapungra Chris never took any singing lessons this early. Once his voice started hurting him, he decided to take lessons, and from that he couldn't produce higher notes than he could back then.
It is still incredible that he could sing like this though. He is insane.
@gamesharks8912 He took lessons before even 'Hunted Down' was recorded, do some research and you'll find this confirmed by his neighbour at the time. I know he's had more coaching nowadays than he had for a long time, after the surgery and stopping smoking, but his voice is still kinda hit & miss for me now.
actually don hits a F#5 there. I haven´t heard so much of dokken but my favorite high note is the end screams on "lightning strikes again", powerful F5:s.
great singing/screaming at the end, the falsetto (or was the head voice studio tricked with to make it sound like falsetto?) from the studio has been replaced by head voice, excellent.
I don't think there's a studio-trick in the World that can make falsetto sound like head-voice, although head-voice can sometimes be sung lightly enough to fool untrained ears into thinking it's falsetto.
He was making falsetto "oooh" sounds sure, but the wailing at the end was certainly head-voice. The bastard. :p
Head-voice is a high-note that is produced without falsetto, and is generally a fuller, stronger sound. It requires a great deal of training to achieve well.
Falsetto is generally not counted when measuring range of pitch; it is easier to do than head-voice (some singers "cheat" with it if they can't do a note in head-voice) and as the name implies, it is considered a "false" voice that is usually employed only for effect.
Some bands makes careers out of falsetto, though, like The Darkness.
Those screams at the end by Cornell just bring a shiver right down to your spine. What talent!
dt089 2 months ago
To all we must agree bad azz!!!!!
kilpatkr64 3 months ago
thats killing floor by zepp that riff im sorry if u dont believe me look it up it aint howlin wolfs guitar
MrJarniak 4 months ago
badass howling
rroopeg 5 months ago
3:39 looks like chris' taking a really big giant-assed motherfucking intense badass shit!
aydooknow 5 months ago
nirvana for me are so punk rock but not grunge
mattia9537 7 months ago 7
@mattia9537 I guess thats why their my favorite band.
1Sifting 1 month ago
3:50 = GOD
italianstallion30 7 months ago 3
It's not falsetto it's whistle voice and it's great! Awesome Chris!!
offsrx 7 months ago
@offsrx
lol...its not whistle voice.....whistle voice is usually reserved for women and guys such as Adam Lopez.....Cornell is singing in a mixed head voice and hitting G5's for a sustained time....
63Bueno 7 months ago
@grungeera true
mattia9537 8 months ago
Thats fucking crazy Cornell does those high pitch screams at the end of the song this well. Its pretty much the same as the studio verison maybe better.
dt089 9 months ago
This bootleg has always been one of my favorites. This was a couple months before Ultramega OK was even released. Personally, I had to post Beyond the Wheel from this concert because it sounds completely old school.
ericlord821 9 months ago
BEST VOCALIST EVER!!! E V E R!
That's annoying..... every time I enter youtube for Soundgarden I get stuck in the computer for hours watching SG videos
CHRIS CORNELL IS A GENIUS.
GOD OF ROCK.
KobySGSRV 10 months ago
HELP ME PLEASE!!!!
The guitar on 0:50 what guitar is??
I want it but only be on bass (thunderbird)
How can I get it ??
thanx
sergi213 1 year ago
Wow, I like soundgarden, love Cornell's voice, I just wish I never ever heard this. A for effort F- for execution, I'm gunna go listen to outshined just so i can purge this cover from my head. Still love soundgarden just can't believe they were sooooooo far off the mark on this one.
S1NN3R2106 1 year ago
@S1NN3R2106 ... i'd say this cover is pretty amazing.. don't know what you are talking about..!!!
27rg27 6 months ago
@27rg27 It's all about personal tastes brother, you may like this and more power to you, I just think a group of folks that musically talented could have done much better. I like their music, i just think this particular cover is no good at all.
S1NN3R2106 6 months ago
Wow this was recorded 1 day before I was born. I wish I had been around for the grunge movement. Hard to belive that 1 day before I was born these guys were cranking out magic.
benjamminbond778899 1 year ago
All u utube know-it-alls can pick the shit out of whatever, bottom line is, Chris Cornell is a badass vocal POWERHOUSE! Plus he's just so FKN HOT, icing on the cake.
uuummm66 1 year ago 3
YO, AT FIRST I THOUGHT THIS COVER WOULD SOUND KINDA WEIRD BUT THIS SHIT IS FUCKIN AWESOME
MSMETALBABY 1 year ago
That riff is Zeppelin right? I know I've heard it somewhere before
lordieuan777 1 year ago
I bet the crowd shit their pants.
toddlikeschirscornel 1 year ago 12
Excellent - for whatever reasons heh
diandra543 1 year ago
the intro is like '' lemon song '' live from LED ZEPPELIN..!!
ettorejim 1 year ago
@ettorejim because lemon song was a blatant rip off of Wolf's song.. and they got sued finally and lost. Then Wolf had to sue his own lyrics management company to get his share. Zep, unlike The Stones were just thieves whiny thieves
howlingsandy 1 year ago
This was when Chris Cornell was at his best. Soundgarden.
PunchSuperman 1 year ago
all i can say is....WHEELS COME DRIVIN' SLOW!!!
oWhoadYo 1 year ago
falsetto is the equivalet of siinging in your girl voice loudly, you dont get that raspy tone with falsetto, chris didnt take lessons he is just a badass and an octave world wonder.
Johnnyboy200406 1 year ago 3
@Johnnyboy200406 hahaha you rock dude
NicholasJohn10 1 year ago
You can compress your full voice so that it gets a little less of that warm, strong tone that it does in the deep notes (that opera males always have), but then you can go a lot higher, and I think this is what he does here. I am a high baritone (my strong full voice goes up to about h, just below the tenor c) but if I compress my voice I can go up to f, and its not falsetto, just compressed full voice. Besides this boring technical shit, this sounds way too kick-ass to be falsetto IMO!
fedfyr 2 years ago
@fedfyr Did you say you could go to about h below tenor C? Because last I checked, H is not a note. It only goes A-G. Stop talking out of your ass.
ozzymeetsjesus 1 year ago
@ozzymeetsjesus I know I'm replying to a one year old comment and whatnot, but H is a note. H=B, it's the central/eastern european notation
Lawldudz 3 months ago
NO ONE has the vocal range, power and control that Chris Cornell has - NO ONE!! He is seriously amazing.
krkgak 2 years ago 3
the theory that Chris sings these ultra(mega) high notes in falsetto is hilarious and ridiculous. as for the head/chest thing.....it's about opening your lungs and screaming your fucking bollocks off. and no one has done it more power than Chris Cornell.
Coldacre 2 years ago 4
the wolf him self..
0cerpintaxt0 2 years ago
OHOOO I STILL GOT THIS TAPE
1embletina 2 years ago
it's called "range" and the mother fucker has got it. not to mention an amazing command of it as well. very rare indeed.
tomitstube 2 years ago 2
awesome
Alhambrattp 2 years ago
i just realized i was born during this show.... if only i was born 20 years earlier so i could have been at the show
k3nn8y8 2 years ago 2
lol..i thought the same..
LookingGlassThecure 2 years ago
great performance. and the some of the comments on this video seems to degrade cornell's ability as a singer. it doesnt make a fuck if it's in falsetto or not. what matters is that he has amazing control over his voice as a whole. and he clearly does.
hottopichouseeatit10 2 years ago 6
who cares if it was head voice or falsetto. it's a G5 for god's sake. Thats one G below whistle tone.
jellobefun90 2 years ago 3
just when i thought cornell couldn't get any better...
shonuff553 2 years ago 5
I don't listen to too much Soundgarden but this is beautiful. You aren't a Rock band unless you can cover Howlin Wolf and make it badass.
HendrixPrinceFlea89 2 years ago 7
Last image would make for a fantastic Marshall add.
SoulTravellers 2 years ago
Badass.
7d7e7f7 2 years ago
Great cover. :)
DarthCormac 2 years ago 5
chris cornell ws the best vocal in the 90's
fuck you nirvana, soundgarden better
ironatlas 2 years ago 7
"chris cornell ws the best vocal in the 90's
fuck you nirvana, soundgarden better"
Yeah, because music is a big cage match. You can't like both bands at the same time, one must defeat and destroy the other.
Cobain is dead, so Cornell wins by default! Hurray!
BlackProteus 2 years ago 10
Actually, Cobain wasn't dead in the 90's which was the time frame ironatlas was referring to. This guy is probably just wondering, like a lot of us, how a band like nirvana could have ever made money.
CochiseTheExploder 2 years ago
simple nir^vana wrote pop music.
All their songs he around 3 to 4 chords + very simple chord progession.
You know the rythm, the second time you hear it. That's what pop music is all about.
Soundgarden and Alice in Chains are much more complex music, it takes a while to appreciate their work.
grungeera 2 years ago 40
I wouldn't say they wrote pop music, I think there more pop like songs is what just became famous? I don't mind Nirvana at all. Not my fav band though, Soundgarden was eerie, I liked that and AiC was like Heavy Metal Ballad lol. All great bands though, I agree though Music isnt a big cage match. I don't care for Rap and country or certain bands but it doesn't mean I don't respect them as artists despite how talented or non talented they are.
rs3nik 2 years ago
i love you. id say same with pearl jam though they are more melodic and straightforward. gotta love grunge eh? wanna join me in the revolution for the next decade? bring real rock back to the masses? itll be just like grunge 20 years ago
DimebagsLeftToe 2 years ago
@grungeera
very true man and its a fact.
GrungeRocker1000 1 year ago
@grungeera
Say what you want. Nevermind (good though it was) was Nirvana's only pop album.. Bleach was a filthy album.. Incesticide had some awesome gems on it (aero zeppelin, beeswax etc.) and In Utero was bleak perfection. It seems to have become the popular thing to insult Nirvana these days as they're no longer "alternative" (Not saying that's what you're doin, but it's true). They may not have been as technically talented as SG/PJ/AIC.. but fuck it.. I still love em XD
venusasaboy1991 1 year ago
@venusasaboy1991 i agree, its easy now to look back and say nirvana was pop. people forget how original they were when they came out, and saying there not technically talented... well, theres a lot more to music than being technically precise. originality and feeling go along ways, and in those categories, Nirvana has only been matched by the Beatles, the Pixies, and the Velvet Underground
fromthenorthwest 1 year ago
@fromthenorthwest
Are you fucking kidding me? Nirvana? Original? Please tell me you're joking! Look, I really hate to get into this here in 2010, but, I've been saying the same thing since 1991. Nirvana weren't any more "original" than the moves they stole from Husker Du and the Pixies. I mean, you're putting them along side the fucking Beatles and the VU, but, when Nevermind came out in 1991 they weren't even as big then in SEATTLE as Mudhoney or Soundgarden. Sorry, but, they weren't.
Fakename70 1 year ago
@Fakename70 First off, thanks for the reply. When does not being as big--at one point in a career, mind you--as other bands prove a band un-original? They definitely borrowed alot of their abrasive and minimalist sound from the Pixies, but who hasn't borrowed? the Velvets and the Beatles borrowed too. Everybody borrows, calling it stealing is a matter of opinion which everyone differs on.
fromthenorthwest 1 year ago
@fromthenorthwest
My point is I've always found it hard to swallow Nirvana as the greatest thing since sliced bread in 1991, yet they were never really that in their own city compared to the other 2 bands I mentioned. Perhaps "stealing" was the wrong choice of word, but, I've just never heard anything from Bleach thru In Utero that wasn't a direct reminder of another band before them that simply didn't have the benefit of a catchy single and video. The hyperbole is seriously unwarranted.
Fakename70 1 year ago
@Fakename70 For me Kurt's originality came from his unique notions of what chord he could go to next. Sometimes it sounds so natural and good that you don't realize the combinations he's using until you actually sit down and look at the progression on paper, and you think, how in the hell did he think of switching to that chord??? (mostly all simple major chords too, by the way) The only other artists that've made me do that are frank black and lennon/mccartney. soundgarden was great, but
fromthenorthwest 1 year ago
@fromthenorthwest it seems you could always tell where a soundgarden song is going next. for me nirvana was much more unpredictable, (until i became familiar with a song, of course)
fromthenorthwest 1 year ago
@fromthenorthwest
As far as originality in chord progression, the same could easily be said about the work of, say, Becker and Fagen. And the admiration for having such a unique talent would be much more deserved. But, that's just my opinion. But, seriously, your comment that "Nirvana has only been matched by the Beatles..." was a bit much, and typical of the undue praise that band has garnered primarily because of that 1 album. Nevermind isn't exactly Bitches Brew in terms of originality.
Fakename70 1 year ago
@Fakename70 your right, what i should've said was: in pop music, originality and feeling only matched or exceeded by the Beatles, Velvets, Pixies. As far as originality goes, if you start talking about Jazz there's probably tons of artists with more originality. Certainly the same could be said for Classical as well. My thesis slowly evolving...
fromthenorthwest 1 year ago
@fromthenorthwest
I hope I don't come across as someone who thinks you're an idiot for thinking so highly of that band. We're all entitled to an opinion, and I do respect yours. My problem all these years is the pack mentality of the rock press who still fawn over a band who I think was mediocre, at best, and nowhere near as groundbreaking as their press clipings say they are. Remember, this is an opinion I've held since 1989, so, it's not like I'm piling on here just because the guy's dead.
Fakename70 1 year ago
@venusasaboy1991 One reason people diss Nirvana is probably that their music was substantial enough to become definitive of one whole flavour of music. The same happened to the Beatles, the Beach Boys, etc. It's an indication of their importance. If people can't out-Nirvana Nirvana, some will diss them. I still think they're one of only a handful of worthwhile acts over the last 20-25 years.
RussMoxham 1 year ago
nirvana was simple chord progressions yes...being able to play them is one thing, coming up with them? well, if your a songwriter, thats a whole different story, nobody was using chords like kurt, mixing them up within the measures, and the unusual combinations he used
fromthenorthwest 1 year ago
@grungeera I disagree. By the same token, you could classify all punk, blues rock, folk, etc. as pop. To me, rock is not chord structures. It's balls, passion and flair. It's Townshend power chords. Jerry Lee Lewis probably wouldn't know a diminished seventh if it punched him in the face, but in his youth at least he played with such dynamism that it struck fear into the hearts of middle America. That is rock, and Nirvana got it.
RussMoxham 1 year ago
@grungeera pop? lol more like punk. you honestly think nirvana said "hey lets keep it simple you know like pop?" ill pick aic and soundgarden over nirvana anyday but pop?
nikesb2406 1 year ago
@grungeera I agree. If you look at the bands Kurt and the gang were listening to it's pretty obvious they were influenced pretty heavily by Punk and pretty lightly by Pop, if at all.
jek21 1 year ago
@grungeera you ignorant bastard... if you call nirvana's music pop you are not allowed to speak anymore.. you call ac dc pop??? having a few chords doesnt make it pop.. classic rock is all about keeping it simple. and good complex rock is led zeppelin and some others.. soundgarden must be the most overrated band ever to walk this earth... so yeah kurt cobain didnt make the hardest songs to play on guitar but his lyrics and voice totally destroys bands like soundgarden and alice in chains...
iggvf 9 months ago
@iggvf Dude Nirvana was great but not as great as Soundgarden or alice in chains. Nirvana is actually one of the most overrated bands. soundgarden is so underapreciated. same AIC. Nirvana wasnt pop it was alt rock and acdc was classic rock. CHris and layne will destroy anybody who tries to stand aginst them
BobsBrains 8 months ago
@BobsBrains we cant argue this i mean i im not a big fan of Nirvana but i can hear he was a great artist... one of the best song writers (ofcourse jim morrison´s the best) and what i wrote was mostly because that douche bag of grungeera wrote Nirvana was pop... such a holes just pisses me off... i didnt mean that soundgarden was overrated : /... i mean we all got our own taste in music and it should be free for everyone without being told its stupid :)
iggvf 8 months ago
@iggvf Ya agreed. Nirvana wasnt pop in any world, and anyone that thinks so can go screw themselves
BobsBrains 8 months ago
@BobsBrains AMEN!! :)
iggvf 8 months ago
@iggvf I agree with the Doors are an awesome band, but the actual "band" is underrated.. jim morrison takes all the credit and he didnt even write the music, which is the best part of the doors.
MothaTrucka007 4 months ago
@MothaTrucka007 uhm dude... jim morrison DID write allmost all of their songs, Robby wrote a few of them, but mainly Jim Morrison :)
iggvf 4 months ago
@grungeera When's the last time you've listened to Bleach? Kurt CAN write better chord progression, but he decided his latter work didn't need it.
warzIbanez 7 months ago
@warzIbanez and in utero!
chinovier 5 months ago
@grungeera bullshit! just because some of the songs are simple and kinda pop you cannot say all of them are.. besides if things were the way you're saying, that would apply to almost every punk rock
one more thing, listen to aero zeppelin and tell how simple that is :)
dori77an 6 months ago
@dori77an It does apply to almost all punk rock.
procraft 4 months ago
@grungeera people are way to serious about music
MrBoringolddude 5 months ago
Thanks for sharing. I've never heard live version of this song before =)
tmekt 2 years ago
holy shit, I love their version of this. And I am a big fan of the blues, gotta meet Hubert Sumlin who played on the original. Not sure if he would approve of this though. haha
metalburger2 2 years ago
This sounds fawkin amazing
rombomb420 2 years ago
I wish they were still together, cause they were a force in rock that could hold their own.
BassistNinja 2 years ago
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uhhhh.................no. This is terrible as a remake, I really don't listen to this style of music but I appreciate ALL MUSIC no matter what. Now there are songs you can remake and then there are some songs better left alone and I think this falls in the latter. Who can really do it better than The Wolf?
mrrobertpetty 2 years ago
well, as far as i can see this cover was just for fun, not the prove seattle youngsters that soundgarden was better than howlin wolf since this is their first album. grow up people.
rivariad 2 years ago 11
@rivariad wELL SAID!
gothnickify 1 year ago
@rivariad This song is actually on the album Ultramega OK from 1988, while its still a cover, the album version is not live.
nsanden316 1 year ago
Haha how can you even compare them? They're two completely different tracks. Soundgarden has taken it and made their own thing of it. I don't even see it as a cover in a way. If you're more into Howlin' Wolf then I could see why you wouldn't necessarily take to this track, but then vice-versa for a lot of people who do.
lloydismyname 2 years ago
dude start listenin around 3:54 then ull understand why this cover is so great. i also like the first few minutes too but those last few screams r one of my favs from chris
facejace314 2 years ago 8
@mrrobertpetty They're enjoying it and it's good. It beats me how amateurs always have to compare covers with the original. Learn to treat this rendition as a different song.
wtw88 1 year ago
Hmmm issues vs/ misdirection and personal attacks. Seems to be in the wind these days. It might be cool to make sure you emulate actions of the candidate you like most. Like the Pearl Jam song says, "If you hate something, Don't you do it, too" If BP is cool with his choices, fine, and given that song discussion has "left the building" I choose to stop here so that I am neither flame bait nor flamer. I'll just go check "Fell On Black Days" L8z
enorbet2 3 years ago 4
They owe Howlin' Wolf's children, and his children's children, apologies and reparations for this abomination. Listening to this I now understand how the Romans must have felt when they watched the Visigoths tear down their statues and shit on their greatest works of art.
BlackProteus 3 years ago
Calm.
The f*ck.
Down.
Howlin's version is a million times better than this, but it's just a different take on it. Not a bad track. Just different.
So just calm down.
danzig2288 3 years ago
"Just different" is what they said we should call the retarded kids in school to be polite, so yes I accept your definition of this cover version. It's "just different" indeed.
BlackProteus 3 years ago
Aww. It's ok if you get angry over a cover song. Don't worry buddy, you're just different.
danzig2288 3 years ago
I guess you haven't read "Soul On Ice" because it's a cheap shot to throw shit at what's nearby and not find out the cause. Musicians love their Heroes of their roots and they didn't create the ripoffs or the climate that paid them higher. Time, popularity and CORPORATIONS did. If you don't like their version, fine, but blaming them or expecting reparations, is absurd. We all stand on the shoulders of giants. What we owe is propers and determination to carry on with dignity and courage.
enorbet2 3 years ago 2
This cover version still sucks.
What the fuck does Eldridge Cleaver have to do with it?
I don't expect reparations. I'm just saying, it's an abomination of a song.
BlackProteus 3 years ago
Eldridge Cleaver, a renowned revolutionary and political thinker wrote about the fact that the oppressed rarely bother to discover who is actually oppressing them, looking way too close to home. Uhh you wrote "they owe reparations". Frankly I prefer the original of this song and though I generally like Soundgarden, this one kinda sux but at least they were trying to be creative. You just seem unreasonably angry.
enorbet2 3 years ago
You seem unreasonably gullible. Do you seriously think my first email was not tongue-in-cheek? Are you that dense?
BlackProteus 3 years ago
just your opinion
grungeera 3 years ago 3
No, scientists hypothesized that this song sucks. Then they tested it in a high-energy particle accelerator, which proved its suckage. Then the Nobel Prize gave them a medal for their pioneering efforts in researching weak blues covers.
Of course it's my fucking opinion. And yours is you like this shit. We have achieved endgame.
BlackProteus 3 years ago 3
No in fact i don t like this cover, even if it is from one of my favourite bands.
grungeera 3 years ago
You and me: we make a team.
BlackProteus 3 years ago
lmao dude you're funny (meant sincerely) and i needed someone with wit to make me laugh today so thanks!
superunknown70 3 years ago
yo black proteus did u read and digest what enorbet wrote u illiterate assbag? Ill tell ya whats sucks , your mom, she gives an abomination of a blow job,Chris Cornells interpretation of this song isnt meant to be bluesy his vocals rock one of the best vocalists of the 90's so eat a dick son who cares what you think
smethious 2 years ago
ok, fuckhead, would you rather hear nickelback or 3 days grace or any of the other shitty bands around today doing this, or living legends like SG? they're paying homage to a great act, and they didn't drop the ball nearly as hard as you're making it out to be. get your panties unbunched and chill the fuck out
ninjachipzanuff 2 years ago 4
Yeah well Howlin' Wolf's descendants are just gonna have to fuckin deal with it, cause Soundgarden's music is here to stay.
GrungeRock1991 2 years ago 7
Watch 4:00-4:20 ofcourse..
KobySGSRV 3 years ago
SO GOOD! AMAZING
KobySGSRV 3 years ago
well the riff is the same of 1968's version of the song performed by howlin ;-)
sirpancho 3 years ago
has anyone ever seen chris play the drums?
he started the band as a vocalist/drummer and ive yet to find a video of him ever doing so.
hellsnake89 3 years ago
thats interesting. never thought of that, would be cool to see
illuminati576 3 years ago
no never seen him, but i know that he played drums on several early TOTD demos(Say Hello to Heaven and Reach Down). Later he showed the demos to Matt who joined after hearing them.
Don't know if someone on youtube has those demos. I heard them once back in 2004, but got no copy of them, and i own most of the seattle shit. But those ones are so rare. Would be great to see them one day up here on youtube.
grungeera 3 years ago
i got a couple of demos actually
rivariad 3 years ago
Woah... never heard this song before now!
eyethesuicide 3 years ago
you probably have you just don't realize it :)
boundless1986 3 years ago
lyle lovett @ 1:08 ;)
cubicleboy 3 years ago
This cover is one of the best performances by Cornell. Tremendous voice back then. Love it.
*Check Loose Ground for some new Rock/Grunge*
looseground 3 years ago
love him :D
Kurdt02 3 years ago
the most powerful voice ever. others might get up there (Robert Plant, Jeff & Tim Buckley, Ian Gillan) but no one sang with the power of Chris Cornell.
Coldacre 3 years ago 9
Goddamn right!
stopthrm 3 years ago
still sings!
pengefikseret 3 years ago 2
You forgot Howlin Wolf himself.
almanacofsleep 3 years ago 2
1.36 cornell's falsetto secret :D
The00Rocker 3 years ago
what the hell are u talking about? chris does use some falsetto in this version, but the most important and highest part, the ending, are in head voice
illuminati576 3 years ago
its called a joke...
The00Rocker 3 years ago 3
If you think those last high notes are in his head voice, you're nuts.
Chris has excellent control of his falsetto, and can make it sound very full and project very well with it, but it's still a falsetto.
Stop listening to myths about people with 4 or 5 octave ranges. It's just not the reality of it.
Ask any voice coach worth his/her salt and they'll tell you.
StygianSoleil 3 years ago
i think you no nothing about the human voice, its quite laughable really. falsetto and head voice are diffent and as a person who had trouble getting into head voice the difference is there. there are plenty of videos on youtube (see user name jowox) that will show u that. dont talk just because your jealous
illuminati576 3 years ago
Yes, I'm jealous, that's why I have a better understanding of the mechanisms of the human voice than you do.
When you refer to "head voice" I'm assuming you're referring to the mythological belief that certain registers are achieved through resonation in the head, but that's utter unscientific garbage that's perpetuated by uninformed voice coaches.
StygianSoleil 3 years ago
"Yes, I'm jealous, that's why I have a better understanding of the mechanisms of the human voice than you do"
Understand that terms like "head/chest voice" are so common that nothing will displace them, even though they don't convey the mechanics of singing.
When I hear them I just translate them in my head. You and I both know there is no such thing as separate "voices/registers", but the nomenclature is well ingrained, even in professional circles.
Oh, and Chris is using head-voice here. :P
Ursacke 2 years ago 3
Vocal reproduction is solely the function of the laryngitis, so there is no such thing as a seperate register for the head.
When I refer to head voice, I'm talking about the "modal register." Those last high notes are not in his modal register, they're in the register ABOVE his modal register which is, in fact the falsetto register.
StygianSoleil 3 years ago
i agree that the head register is the same 'register' that chest is, but those last high notes aren't falsetto! listen to the studio version, that is falsetto. chris has sung a G5 on many other occasions beside this one.
illuminati576 3 years ago 3
WHY THE FUCK does it matter if he's singing in falsetto? (Even though he's not) I doubt any of you could produce such sound even if someone was ripping off your balls.
Edelien 2 years ago 55
who said that he was singing a falsetto? It's adducted head voice. ftw...
sasdfrom 2 years ago 2
@Edelien The best description I can think of myself.
toddlikeschirscornel 1 year ago
@Edelien
I can do it!
JoeSidhu 3 months ago
omg me too...i thought i was like the only one who thought he was hot!!! he's still hot now but he looked better in the late 80s and and all through the 90s...i loved his hair..but he cut it
onlytheawesomest 3 years ago
chris is still hot, at 40 something, I was a little girl, but I thought he was soooo hot back then, I still do
LOQUITAA2 3 years ago
Just awesome.
The voice ! No one can even come close to Cornell !
diandra111 4 years ago
those high notes are amazing!
lorivig 4 years ago
dude one of those pics was really early!!
Thayil hadn't even grown his beard yet.
JoeSidhu 4 years ago
lol yeah at 2.49 he looks like bob dylan! :D
The00Rocker 3 years ago
haha
Lekter 3 years ago
i think he looks more like pete townshend
jb4427 3 years ago
Wow at 3:55 he hits his highest note ever, A above High C. I knew he did it in the studio version but live...wow he's just amazing.
Lekter 4 years ago
lol, I am cracking up, I see what you mean by that high note, i forgot that was in there lolololol.
LOQUITAA2 3 years ago
he sing a whole sentence on G5, incredible! in jesus chrsi pose he reaches G#5 and in "full on kevin´s mom" he reaches his highest, an A5.
jowox 3 years ago
Holy jesus that's fucking impressive
theconjob 3 years ago
he kicks ass!!!! no singer can match him! None!
Kurdt02 4 years ago 4
I couldn't agree more!!!
Audioslave3 4 years ago
Chris does not use falsetto in his music. You can feel the power if you ever go to a concert. He feel like he is using his chest to produce those really high notes. You guys should go see him right now. He still kicks ass
chewy4orce 4 years ago 2
i saw him this september, he cracked hunger strike's ass with unbelievable high notes. truly a monster shit
rivariad 4 years ago
@chewy4orce Cornell uses his head voice (which is pretty much the same as falsetto in a male voice) on a few tracks, the "Winds come drivin' slow" section in this where he hits that note is an example. Other than that he MAINLY uses the chest voice and 'belts' the notes which is why his voice is pretty fucked nowadays in comparison to this. 20+ years of doing that will damage any voice. I still have massive respect for the guy but he's nowhere near what he once was.
HypeNapungra 1 year ago
@HypeNapungra Chris never took any singing lessons this early. Once his voice started hurting him, he decided to take lessons, and from that he couldn't produce higher notes than he could back then.
It is still incredible that he could sing like this though. He is insane.
gamesharks8912 1 year ago
@gamesharks8912 He took lessons before even 'Hunted Down' was recorded, do some research and you'll find this confirmed by his neighbour at the time. I know he's had more coaching nowadays than he had for a long time, after the surgery and stopping smoking, but his voice is still kinda hit & miss for me now.
HypeNapungra 1 year ago
oh my GOD
Throatjab 4 years ago
well said
rivariad 4 years ago
great voice
negativecreep20 4 years ago 4
Dokken, WITH A KISS OF DEEAAAEEEEAAAAEEEAATTTTHHHH!!!! Same notes im sure.
sebastionbach 4 years ago
actually don hits a F#5 there. I haven´t heard so much of dokken but my favorite high note is the end screams on "lightning strikes again", powerful F5:s.
jowox 3 years ago
What happened to the God from '88?
Chrotisofus 4 years ago
Man, what a voice! One in a million can do that!
EdMuirton 4 years ago 11
One in the whole world! And that's Chris!!!
Audioslave3 4 years ago 8
I really like this!!
Audioslave3 4 years ago
Hey how can I download this to put in on my ipod. Awesome vid by the way!!
blaze4me 4 years ago
I want to put it on my mp3 too!!!
Audioslave3 4 years ago
great singing/screaming at the end, the falsetto (or was the head voice studio tricked with to make it sound like falsetto?) from the studio has been replaced by head voice, excellent.
jowox 4 years ago
I don't think there's a studio-trick in the World that can make falsetto sound like head-voice, although head-voice can sometimes be sung lightly enough to fool untrained ears into thinking it's falsetto.
He was making falsetto "oooh" sounds sure, but the wailing at the end was certainly head-voice. The bastard. :p
Ursacke 4 years ago
this is live....so no tricks at all...pure chris cornell
SoundgardenReunion 4 years ago 4
What's head-voice? And you must remember, Chris can easily manage falsetto. He is famous for his range after all.
Michaelfender 4 years ago
Head-voice is a high-note that is produced without falsetto, and is generally a fuller, stronger sound. It requires a great deal of training to achieve well.
Falsetto is generally not counted when measuring range of pitch; it is easier to do than head-voice (some singers "cheat" with it if they can't do a note in head-voice) and as the name implies, it is considered a "false" voice that is usually employed only for effect.
Some bands makes careers out of falsetto, though, like The Darkness.
Ursacke 4 years ago
"I believe in a thing called Love, something something something rythmn of my Heart!!" haha
SoundgardenReunion 4 years ago
all is right:)
mati357 4 years ago