My fav Soundgarden song.. My Wave

[mikeratan00]

Yours?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEbYxEXM2cE

[evermore]

Awesome!

[Dickie Fredericks]

I cant pick just one. Great stuff.

[tele_phil]

Yeah..that's one of my top 4 or 5 as well.

[aaronblues]

Great tune, it's got straight forward rock bits, then that true Psychedlic stuff at the end. Matt Cameron rules, btw.

cheers

[VegasGreg]

Love it! That and "Loud Love" have always been my favorites. I couldn't put one ahead of the other...

[UnderTheGroove]

Great song and it also makes a great ring tone! (One guess how I know :phones)

[RocksOff]

My personal fave is Tighter and Tighter off of Down On The Upside, followed closely by Room a Thousand Years Wide off of Bad Motorfinger.

[captain_bob]

Tough to pick just one, but gotta go with Jesus Christ Pose.
It is the epitome of grunge.

[JRDill]

SPOON MAN!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_zzCLLRvE

[gassyndrome]

Jesus Christ Pose is pretty ripping, but there's a lot...

[B Money]

lots of good choices, but if I had to pick only one it would be:

Mailman from the Superunknown album. It's so damn heavy

[aaronblues]

lots of good choices, but if I had to pick only one it would be:

Mailman from the Superunknown album. It's so damn heavy

Yeah 4th of July is pretty heavy too...as a kid i thought that was about the heaviest thing i had ever heard....No idea what he's tuned down to in that song....

cheers

[Christoph R.]

Yeah 4th of July is pretty heavy too...as a kid i thought that was about the heaviest thing i had ever heard....

cheers

man, one of my favourite soundgarden songs, i think it is still pretty heavy!

[Phil M]

Get on the Snake
Room a Thousand Years Wide

Outshined is still probably my favorite though.

[Two-Octave]

My Wave --- tune geetar EEBBBE.

[michaelvincent]

I can't really pick one, but lately I've been loving Head Down.

[RSRD]

Yeah 4th of July is pretty heavy too...as a kid i thought that was about the heaviest thing i had ever heard....No idea what he's tuned down to in that song....

cheers


4th is an AWESOME song that is often overlooked.

My Wave wouldnt be in my top 10 soundgarden songs. I find it boring. I'd take Rusty Cage or Jesus Christ Pose.

[reganjeremy]

Flower is great for their earlier sound, also Uncovered on Louder than Love is the epitome of their grunge roots. Holy Water + New Damage from Badmotorfinger, Like Suicide from Superunknown, Zero Chance + Dusty from Down on the Upside.

[Phalanx200bc]

4th Of July
Searching with My Good Eye Closed
Hands All Over

I cant remember anything from Ultramega OK

[JJ321]

4th and Mailman are two of my favorite tracks from that album along with Limo Wreck.

[scmavl]

"Outshined" has a great chorus and drum part.
"4th of July" is also superb, glad so many people are into it!

[ScottB]

Hard to pick one and I like a lot of the ones already mentioned, but I'll throw out:

Burden in My Hand

great tuning, too. Very similar to the Bron-yr-aur tuning.

[AL30]

My Wave --- tune geetar EEBBBE.

I thought it was EBBBBE? Regardless, that is some seriously jacked up tuning. I would've never figured that one out for myself - I think I saw it in a magazine somewhere. Great tune but keeping time at the end is a tall order. :bow

AL

[skillet]

It would be hard for me to pick just one song by Soundgarden, some great suggestions so far. I'll offer up two more that I listen to regularly and love:

Fresh Tendrils (Superunknown)
Into the Void (cover of the Black Sabbath song but with completely different lyrics [from a protest written by Chief Seattle]; released with special edition of Badmotorfinger)

I really hope they do some more shows.

[Phalanx200bc]

It would be hard for me to pick just one song by Soundgarden, some great suggestions so far. I'll offer up two more that I listen to regularly and love:

Fresh Tendrils (Superunknown)
Into the Void (cover of the Black Sabbath song but with completely different lyrics [from a protest written by Chief Seattle]; released with special edition of Badmotorfinger)

I really hope they do some more shows.

Im sure since Cornell's solo record tanked...he will seriously consider it.....

[Blanket Jackson]

Kickstand

Love Soundgarden, and that tune does it all and gets the f*ck out. Perfection.

[buddatron]

Bootcamp, is my #1 favorite. Short, to the point, Kinda leaves ya hanging.
Rooms a thousand years wide is real close to being #1 for me though, if it wasn't for those saxaphones.
My wave is a great song, and I can easily see how it could be someones favorite.

[B Money]

Im sure since Cornell's solo record tanked...he will seriously consider it.....

just a footnote: his first two solo CDs ("Euphoria Mourning" and "Carry On") are completely awesome.

The last trainwreck ("Scream") that he produced with Timbaland was a mess. Super epic fail....

[gishlullmoon]

its a toughy but jesus christ pose has always been my favorite since ive seen the video the imageery is just unreal, im very cautisous of waht i listen to these days tho, i believe in god a lot more, so im kind of standing clear of that song.............you can call me retarded or what not but i just dont listen to soundgarden based on that on song, but when i did they kicked my ass.........but as you can see by my first first few sentences in this post i guess im kind of like "i dont really know" about what to believe in, but like i said im highly caustius of what i listen to tho, i shouldnt be giving soudgarden compilments of jesus christ pose, il be burning in hell for a goood five minutes!

[Simto]

SPOON MAN!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_zzCLLRvE

Yeah, that one and Rusty Cage

My Wave is also pretty sick, Chris Cornell is just one of the best rock vocals ever!

[mtmartin71]

There's a bunch of great tunes on Superunknown. The Day I Tried To Live is one of my favorites.

[hereandgone18]

No love for Overfloater?

Down on the Upside is one of the greatest albums ever, in my humble opinion.

[aaronblues]

its a toughy but jesus christ pose has always been my favorite since ive seen the video the imageery is just unreal, im very cautisous of waht i listen to these days tho, i believe in god a lot more, so im kind of standing clear of that song.............you can call me retarded or what not but i just dont listen to soundgarden based on that on song, but when i did they kicked my ass.........but as you can see by my first first few sentences in this post i guess im kind of like "i dont really know" about what to believe in, but like i said im highly caustius of what i listen to tho, i shouldnt be giving soudgarden compilments of jesus christ pose, il be burning in hell for a goood five minutes!


It's alright sir! you can be faithfull to your god and, if nothing else, listen to a great band like this as empty entertainment. It rocks, you enjoy that it rocks, don't let the lyrics factor too much into it....In my head i'm equating it to an anti-war pacifist watching Schwarzenagger movies. No one's getting hurt, no one's mind is getting changed!

i never personally attached to Cornell's lyrics anyways, like i would my favorite bands' at least. So it's almost empty entertainment to me also, but i still dig it....

cheers, enjoy!

[ScottB]

Fell on Black Days
The Day I Tried to Live

[EXP]

No love for Overfloater?

Down on the Upside is one of the greatest albums ever, in my humble opinion.

:agree

Everything on their last album is great, but Zero Chance is my favorite tune.

Applebite is great to get stoned to, almost sounds like Pink Floyd(so does Boot Camp) great instrumental. Anyone know what Cornell is saying? He sounds like Jim Morrison in Applebite.

[arthur rotfeld]

Some good taste here. I like "Head Down" "Jesus Christ Pose" "Limo Wreck".........

[kristian]

Rusty Cage, sukkaz :boxer

& Fell on Black Days

[D.Cooper]

Jesus christ pose!!!!

Man that song has such a dark groove it gets me pumped up everytime I hear it.

[JRC4558Dude]

I hope Ben Shepherd gets his life back on track:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/music/soundgardens-bass-player-ben-shepherd-broke-and-technically-homeless/story-e6frexl9-1225907369892

[CharAznable]

Rusty Cage

The ending part is bonecrushing

[mikem]

My personal fave is Tighter and Tighter off of Down On The Upside, followed closely by Room a Thousand Years Wide off of Bad Motorfinger.

Wow- good picks! I like 4th Of July and Just Like Suicide (brilliant vocals!) off of Superunknown. God I wish they'd put out something else.

Mike

[mikem]

Bootcamp, is my #1 favorite. Short, to the point, Kinda leaves ya hanging.
Rooms a thousand years wide is real close to being #1 for me though, if it wasn't for those saxaphones.
My wave is a great song, and I can easily see how it could be someones favorite.

Man, I love the cacophony of those saxes! One of my very favourite SG tracks!

Mike

[sinasl1]

Like Suicide, 4th of July... Searching With my Good Eye Closed... Hard to pick

I could tell a funny "My Wave" story but I gotta run tight now I'll be back later

[sinasl1]

:agree

Everything on their last album is great, but Zero Chance is my favorite tune.

Applebite is great to get stoned to, almost sounds like Pink Floyd(so does Boot Camp) great instrumental. Anyone know what Cornell is saying? He sounds like Jim Morrison in Applebite.

Yeah I love Zero Chance too, so much. Only played it live like 3 times, I wish we'd done it more when I was touring with Chris.

[demillso]

Like Suicide, 4th of July... Searching With my Good Eye Closed... Hard to pick

I could tell a funny "My Wave" story but I gotta run tight now I'll be back later



Cripes Pete, you can't just leave us hanging like that!:bonk

[arthur rotfeld]

^^^That's cool you got to do that. So many great guitar parts. Very much my favorite stuff from the whole Seattle scene.....

[cram]

rusty cage was always my fav.

[EXP]

Yeah I love Zero Chance too, so much. Only played it live like 3 times, I wish we'd done it more when I was touring with Chris.

Hey Pete, that's pretty cool it is a great song! Very Zeppelin. When the album came out in '96 I'll admit I was into the radio-friendly hits. Pretty Noose, Blow Up The Outside World, Burden In My Hand.

I had Superuknown and Badmotorfinger, but DOTU really struck a chord with me. When I listen to Superunknown it takes me back to 1994, (especially Fell On Black Days) hanging out at my brother's apartment. I would go through his CD collection and listen to Soundgarden, Tool, NIN The Downward Spiral, Alice in Chains Jar of Flies. Man, I miss those days! Some music is just timeless.

Only later as I got older did I learn to appreciate the more obscure numbers like Zero Chance. Now it's my favorite! Funny how that works. You skip this or that track initially then later you come back to it and wonder why you skipped this gem in the first place? :huh

Maybe it's just me, but on their last album I hear more classic rock influences coming out of Kim's playing. Zeppelin, Sabbath, Hendrix(wah on Pretty Noose) then again maybe it's just me.

[EXP]

Like Suicide, 4th of July... Searching With my Good Eye Closed... Hard to pick

I could tell a funny "My Wave" story but I gotta run tight now I'll be back later

Have you heard the acoustic version of Like Suicide off the SFW soundtrack? I believe it was also on the '' The Day I Tried To Live '' EP.

[joemilitello]

Burden in My Hand and My Wave are my faves.

Glad they are back together.

[mattviet33]

its a toughy but jesus christ pose has always been my favorite since ive seen the video the imageery is just unreal, im very cautisous of waht i listen to these days tho, i believe in god a lot more, so im kind of standing clear of that song.............you can call me retarded or what not but i just dont listen to soundgarden based on that on song, but when i did they kicked my ass.........but as you can see by my first first few sentences in this post i guess im kind of like "i dont really know" about what to believe in, but like i said im highly caustius of what i listen to tho, i shouldnt be giving soudgarden compilments of jesus christ pose, il be burning in hell for a goood five minutes!


This might make you feel better about listening to it. Or maybe not?

The band explained that the lyrics for "Jesus Christ Pose" concern the exploitation of religion for personal benefit. The song is a criticism of how public figures use religion (particularly the image of Jesus Christ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus)) to portray themselves as being 'better' than others, or as 'martyrs' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyr). Cornell specifically mentioned Jane's Addiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%27s_Addiction) frontman Perry Farrell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Farrell) as an influence on the song, explaining, "It became fashionable to be the sort of persecuted-deity guy."[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Pose#cite_note-2) In an interview, Cornell explained the term "Jesus Christ Pose":
You just see it a lot with really beautiful people, or famous people, exploiting that symbol as to imply that they're either a deity or persecuted somehow by their public. So it's pretty much a song that is nonreligious but expressing being irritated by seeing that. It's not that I would ever be offended by what someone would do with that symbol.[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Pose#cite_note-3)

[gishlullmoon]

holy shit, never really knew that, thats awesome!!!
this kinds offends me ------>:bow lol jk

This might make you feel better about listening to it. Or maybe not?

<B>The band explained that the lyrics for "Jesus Christ Pose" concern the exploitation of religion for personal benefit. The song is a criticism of how public figures use religion (particularly the image of Jesus Christ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus)) to portray themselves as being 'better' than others, or as 'martyrs' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyr). Cornell specifically mentioned Jane's Addiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%27s_Addiction) frontman Perry Farrell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Farrell) as an influence on the song, explaining, "It became fashionable to be the sort of persecuted-deity guy."[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Pose#cite_note-2) In an interview, Cornell explained the term "Jesus Christ Pose":
You just see it a lot with really beautiful people, or famous people, exploiting that symbol as to imply that they're either a deity or persecuted somehow by their public. So it's pretty much a song that is nonreligious but expressing being irritated by seeing that. It's not that I would ever be offended by what someone would do with that symbol.[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Pose#cite_note-3)
</B>

[erksin]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmIqIVxUuKs&feature=related

I miss the hell out of that band. :(

[Josh O]

I sat here and tried to even pick my top five and I can't, there are just too many. Rusty Cage, 4th of July, Slaves and Bulldozers, Outshined, Mailman, Jesus Christ Pose, Limo Wreck, the list goes on and on and on, where's my iPod, time for Soundgarden Saturday.