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I was planning to go see him next go around I loved his voice the man had some serious talent.
This is why I always make an effort to see live music. You never know when they're going to go. Sometimes there really isn't a next go around. I had heard on the radio that Chris was supposed to come to my city later this year, I'm sad I'll never get to see him live. I was too young during the height of grunge (I fall into the older millennial/younger genX--that weird time they can't seem to specify lol) but I had cousins that were much older than me that introduced me grunge and for that I'm thankful. Chris' voice was incredible. I'm glad I was able to see Scott Weiland a few years before he passed. If EV comes around, I'll try my best to see him.
I remember a lot of the 80s hair metal bands resenting the grunge/alternative movement when it ended their commercial success saying that the new guys were simply playing a role of angst to sell records.
How wrong they were.
The demons inside every major figure from that era have taken them away from us with the exceptions of Vedder, Cantrell, and Grohl.
The reason that music (grunge/alternative) from the early to mid 90s touched our generation so much was because it was sincere. It was real. Their lives and deaths have shown that. The irony is their music helped so many kids cope with their issues and gave them hope. I know that's what I've been reminiscing about with my fellow Gen X friends today. It sort of re-opens up that wound when we lost Kurt. Of course we were kids then and it's different in adulthood but sad still the same.
Chris said it best: "In my youth I pray to keep"
Lyrics from my fave Soundgarden song "Black Hole Sun".
I always crank up the radio when I hear that song.
I don't know why, but Chris Cornell's passing made me sadder than Prince's, yet I was a bigger Prince fan. Maybe it's because Chris represented my generation in a way that only we Xers understand. As we got older, we didn't get any happier. Xers have always been sort of intense, melancholy and lonely. We raised ourselves and thought we could make a difference, and when we didn't, it hit us hard. RIP Chris.
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The really sad thing is that he managed to succesfully go in to rehab when he was younger, and that it was actually a prescription drug to help with anxiety that most likely caused his mood change. He has been a loner since childhood once spending two or three years not even leaving the house, and having found some old Beatles records continually listened to them for a number of years.
I know early songs such as Black Hole Sun looked like they were influenced by drugs such as heroin, with their distorted weird imagery and at the end of the video the imagery is that of the black hole sun turning in to an injection in to a blood stream. Black Hole Sun possible being a metaphor for heroin along with other references, such as Hang my head, drown my fear, Till you all just disappear etc.
The really sad thing is that he managed to succesfully go in to rehab when he was younger, and that it was actually a prescription drug to help with anxiety that most likely caused his mood change. He has been a loner since childhood once spending two or three years not even leaving the house, and having found some old Beatles records continually listened to them for a number of years.
I know early songs such as Black Hole Sun looked like they were influenced by drugs such as heroin, with their distorted weird imagery and at the end of the video the imagery is that of the black hole sun turning in to an injection in to a blood stream. Black Hole Sun possible being a metaphor for heroin along with other references, such as Hang my head, drown my fear, Till you all just disappear etc.
Thanks for posting some background on the music and the link to the video. I just listened to it with a lump in my throat.
This is why I always make an effort to see live music. You never know when they're going to go. Sometimes there really isn't a next go around. I had heard on the radio that Chris was supposed to come to my city later this year, I'm sad I'll never get to see him live. I was too young during the height of grunge (I fall into the older millennial/younger genX--that weird time they can't seem to specify lol) but I had cousins that were much older than me that introduced me grunge and for that I'm thankful. Chris' voice was incredible. I'm glad I was able to see Scott Weiland a few years before he passed. If EV comes around, I'll try my best to see him.
I was lucky enough to see Prince before he died I saw him twice, would of loved to see him again with my wife.
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