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Chris Cornell had an awesome voice. Glad he used it to sing/wail.

rsmurphy wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:46 pm Chris Cornell had an awesome voice. Glad he used it to sing/wail.

+1

I can get someone not liking Soundgarden, and I can get someone not liking Chris Cornell's voice, but I can't get somebody not liking Soundgarden because of Chris Cornell's voice. It's the perfect fit.

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 7:43 am I can get someone not liking Soundgarden, and I can get someone not liking Chris Cornell's voice, but I can't get somebody not liking Soundgarden because of Chris Cornell's voice. It's the perfect fit.

It's a perfect fit unless you hate his wailing cock rock vocals. Instrumentally, they're not wailing cock rock. That's the split for some people.

Andrew wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 12:42 pm It's a perfect fit unless you hate his wailing cock rock vocals. Instrumentally, they're not wailing cock rock. That's the split for some people.

I reckon there's a line between wailing and cock rock, and he's on the side of the former. Still, takes all sorts.

No accounting for taste. I wouldn't say the vocals don't work with the music -- high melodic register over low/heavy instrumentation, it works. It's just that I don't want to hear his singing, it doesn't move me, and I don't enjoy it.

Andrew wrote: ...his wailing cock rock vocals. Instrumentally, they're not wailing cock rock.

Andrew wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 1:18 pmI wouldn't say the vocals don't work with the music -- high melodic register over low/heavy instrumentation, it works.

Right. Understood.

Here's another one who couldn't get past the vocals. I found some of the music interesting, but the voice was just painful to my ears. In later years when I saw live clips on YouTube his voice was even more painful to listen to.

Who gets mystified?

Don't condescend me, man. I'll fuckin' kill ya, man