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Post by jvandyck87 on Aug 5, 2010 17:06:24 GMT -5
That's not a good sign. Nothing against that album, there's just probably a reason why it didn't make the album in the first place, and now to make that their first lead single after such a long absence...it just seems like a surefire way to reduce the hype leading up to your actual new material.
Unless it turns out to be really good...
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Post by lockebox on Aug 5, 2010 17:11:46 GMT -5
From "Badmotorfinger"? One of the best albums from the 90's. Well, if Pearl Jam can do it with "Brother", then so can Soundgarden. Looking forward to hearing the real Chris Cornell on this one! No more solo stuff please.
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Post by halo19 on Aug 6, 2010 15:08:27 GMT -5
Honestly, I think Badmotorfinger was the band's best. Well, possibly more a subjective best than objective one. There's a lot of bands who people complain about when they stopped doing the rock-out thing as much, but Soundgarden were most convincing when they did that IMO. I rediscovered that one this year.
I have nothing against Superunknown (arguably the objective best), but it isn't what I'm always going my way to hear.
To me, this would be comparable to "Bleed Together," except it's not from the sessions of the last album that they recorded.
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Post by Radical347 on Aug 7, 2010 14:06:48 GMT -5
Black Hole Sun, Fell on Black Days, and now this. They must really like that color.
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Post by Pipa on Aug 7, 2010 16:31:11 GMT -5
It's a shade.
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Post by Radical347 on Aug 7, 2010 19:48:05 GMT -5
If we're going to be this nitpicky, technically it's the absense of color.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Aug 9, 2010 10:05:58 GMT -5
If we're going to be this nitpicky, technically it's the absense of color. actually its a hue, but hue's counting
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Post by banet2001 on Aug 9, 2010 11:23:28 GMT -5
I just saw Soundgarden live last night at Lollapalooza and they sounded great. They were tight and did not show any real rustiness. I could not imagine them sounding a whole lot better in their mid 1990's heyday than they did last night. Hopefully last night's performance will lead to more live dates in the near future and it was not just a one time reunion performance.
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Post by lockebox on Aug 10, 2010 9:55:16 GMT -5
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Aug 10, 2010 15:12:38 GMT -5
This will go to number one on both the alt and mainstream charts. Don't count on it. Having heard it a couple times and noting its obvious Badmotorfinger vintage, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see this miss the Top 20 on Alternative and tumble off the chart within 15 weeks.
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Post by jeff on Aug 12, 2010 9:12:19 GMT -5
so they are releasing a greatest hits album with just 1 new track, a leftover from Badmotorfinger? i'm disappointed.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Aug 12, 2010 11:04:18 GMT -5
Top 40 on Active:
0 36 SOUNDGARDEN Black Rain 290 0 290 1.276
Top 50 on Alternative:
0 50 SOUNDGARDEN Black Rain 163 0 163 0.79
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Post by American Idiot on Aug 12, 2010 14:02:37 GMT -5
I heard this premiere on WPBZ yesterday while driving home from work. I must say the guitar is awesome, but as I said earlier in the thread, I'm in the minority that I never have been a fan of Chris Cornell's voice and especially with this song and the high notes, it didn't do much for me. I could see for sure how 95% of rock listeners could love this though.
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Post by Pipa on Aug 12, 2010 19:34:21 GMT -5
The guitar in this reminded me of "Signs" by Creed. That being said, it's a very fine song.
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Post by lockebox on Aug 12, 2010 20:15:32 GMT -5
This wipes everything else on radio outta the ball park imo. #1 on Active, surely.
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Post by lockebox on Aug 13, 2010 9:05:06 GMT -5
Top 40 - Alternative
0 40 SOUNDGARDEN - Black Rain 229 0 229 0.992
Top 30 - Active
0 26 SOUNDGARDEN - Black Rain 411 0 411 1.625
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Post by halo19 on Aug 13, 2010 9:53:18 GMT -5
I don't see it being a real smash on any format, as even on Alternative, Jimmy Eat World are having a bigger opening week.
I could maybe see Top 10 on Active, but I'm not betting it will do a whole lot more.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Aug 15, 2010 11:43:50 GMT -5
Top 20 on Active:
0 19 SOUNDGARDEN Black Rain 663 0 663 2.36
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Post by jvandyck87 on Aug 15, 2010 12:25:43 GMT -5
I don't see it being a real smash on any format, as even on Alternative, Jimmy Eat World are having a bigger opening week. I could maybe see Top 10 on Active, but I'm not betting it will do a whole lot more. Really? I think this will go top 5 on active and top 20 on alternative, but I've been wrong before. And when you say EVEN on alternative, I would think this song would do better on active than alternative. And while Soundgarden may be a staple artist of alternative, that new Jimmy Eat World single looks like a juggernaut to me, so to have this be outperformed by that is not really a negative indication. It's moving up faster than the new Weezer (though that probably won't last too long, and granted, this is Weezer's second LEAD single in about a year's time.)
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Aug 15, 2010 17:38:01 GMT -5
Top 30 on Alternative:
0 30 SOUNDGARDEN Black Rain 336 0 336 1.288
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Post by Sir Benji on Aug 18, 2010 19:04:16 GMT -5
i like this even though it's a leftover
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Post by Ron57 on Aug 18, 2010 21:44:24 GMT -5
I'm surprised people like this. Personally? I think it's horrible.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Aug 23, 2010 12:29:58 GMT -5
This song seems to be dying on Alternative already.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Aug 25, 2010 21:54:07 GMT -5
that's not surprising since Soundgarden 2010 (especially this song) does not fit into the current sound of the alternative chart. I actually believe PJ's brother would be dead in the water on alternative had it not been released two years ago when alternative was still active lite.
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Post by pen on Aug 26, 2010 0:39:57 GMT -5
that's not surprising since Soundgarden 2010 (especially this song) does not fit into the current sound of the alternative chart. I actually believe PJ's brother would be dead in the water on alternative had it not been released two years ago when alternative was still active lite. This is the perfect opportunity for me to share something I picked up on yesterday. I was actually checking the two charts to see how many songs figured onto each one, and in the Top 40 on Active and Top 40 on Alternative, exactly half of each chart is on both. I found that interesting.
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