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Post by denmacmic on Jun 26, 2019 15:42:48 GMT
I thought chris was an awesome guitarist. Unconventional and original. The guitar parts he plays on recordings and live are integral to the songs and sound. He isnt simply doubling kim or playing small fills. His parts are different and his own. They define some songs. I dont think he gets enough credit for his guitar playing. Although a voice like his could overshadow it. Tell me your thoughts on his guitar imput to soundgarden
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Post by ktfan on Jul 2, 2020 14:55:02 GMT
I became a huge Soundgarden fan when I first heard them 15+ years ago now, but I came to them via a unusual route- I got deeply into their earliest records from the 1980s before very slowly being won over by their most commercially successful songs from the 1990s.
Recently I've been hit by a huge wave of Soundgarden nostalgia, and as well as listening to the records, have been watching videos of live performances on YouTube.
You're right, Chris Cornell was a great guitarist. When I listened to Soundgarden 15+ years ago, I assumed Kim was playing all the major parts from 1984-1997- not just the solos and the colour parts, but all the riffs that anchor the songs.
Realising that Chris played the rhythm guitar parts to studio versions of songs like Spoonman and Fell on Black Days wasn't a huge revelation for me, as many of his songs on Superunknown made a great stylistic leap, and as good as some of them were, I figured Kim would get bored of playing conventional rhythm guitar.
But to see Chris playing the riffs to Rusty Cage and Loud Love in concert footage from circa 1990-92 was startling for me, all the more so as he was singing at the same time!
It makes me wonder just how much more of Chris's guitar playing there was going all the way back to the beginning. He learned the instrument as the career of the band progressed, which is an amazing achievement. Just from the economics of making the early independent-label records, I guess Soundgarden would've done a lot of live recordings, with few overdubs, so Chris may have played some of the rhythm guitar on Screaming Life & Ultramega OK live with the rest of the band, allowing Kim to do his freeform feedback experiments and stuff.
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