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Soundgarden – Spoonman
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“Spoonman” was the leading single off Superunknown. Its story begun once Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament started to consider a name for the fictional band in the 1992 film Singles
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Soundgarden – Rusty Cage
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This Chris Cornell penned song was released as the third single from Soundgarden’s third studio album, Badmotorfinger. The song became an instant hit peaking at #41 in the UK and
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Soundgarden – Hands All Over
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“Hands All Over” is Soundgarden’s second released single from their second studio album, Louder Than Love.
Lead vocalist Chris Cornell, the song’s sole lyricist, confirmed that
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Soundgarden – Flower
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Chris Cornell said of the song:
It’s about a girl … who becomes a woman and basically invests everything in vanity and then burns out quick.
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil said
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Soundgarden – My Wave
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[Intro] / Yeah / [Verse 1] / Take / If you want a slice / If you want a piece / If it feels right / Break / If you like the sound / If it gets you up / If it takes you down / Share
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Soundgarden – The Day I Tried to Live
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“The Day I Tried to Live” is a somewhat fatalistic song about trying to do one’s best and failing, despite having the best intentions. It does contain undercurrents of optimism; as
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Soundgarden – Like Suicide
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“Like Suicide” is the 15th song from Soundgarden’s Superunknown.
The song was inspired by a robin that crashed into one of his house’s windows while recording the song.
Vocalist
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Soundgarden – 4th of July
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Chris Cornell, from an interview with RIP magazine, April 1994 : “One time I was on acid, and there were voices ten feet behind my head. The whole time I’d be walking, they’d be
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Soundgarden – Kickstand
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[Verse 1] / Kickstand, you got loose, and I threw up / Yeah, kickstand, you got the juice to fill my cup / My mother says that it's all right / My mother says that's the only life
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Soundgarden – Superunknown
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The title track to Soundgarden 1994’s album got its name before the lyrics were written. Chris Cornell stated in a 1994 interview for Pulse! magazine that the inspiration for the
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Soundgarden – Rowing
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The final track to King Animal has a dark tone, a monotonous one one. The whole meaning of the song is not really knowing your purpose. Why live? Life has become so dull it feels
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Soundgarden – Let Me Drown
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“Let me Drown” is the first track on the Superunknown album.
The song lyrics describe a willing embrace of selfish, evil desires – and above all, death.
“Let Me Drown” is about–I
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Soundgarden – Jesus Christ Pose
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The lead single off Badmotorfinger is a mocking portrait of musicians using crucified poses:
You just see it a lot with really beautiful people, or famous people, exploiting that
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Soundgarden – Rhinosaur
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This second Track on Down On The Upside is not featured as it’s own single but does appear on the “Ty Cobb” single as a B-Side.
It is unclear whether “rhinosaur” is meant as a
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Soundgarden – Taree
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“Taree” is a song by American rock band Soundgarden. The seventh track on the band’s sixth studio album, King Animal (2012), it is an ode to the wilderness of the American
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Soundgarden – Head Down
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[Verse 1] / I see that smile, I see that smile / I see that smile on your face / We hear you cry, we hear you wail / We see that smile on your face / [Verse 2] / We see you laugh
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Soundgarden – Dusty
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[Refrain] / Heeeeeeeeeeyyyyyy... / [Verse 1] / I think it's turnin' back around / And I think I like it / I think it's turnin' back around / Though I don't know why it is / I think
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Soundgarden – Gun
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[Intro] / Oh / Yeah / Shoot, shoot / [Verse 1] / I got an idea of something we can do with a gun / Sink, load, and fire till the empire reaps what they've sown / Shoot, shoot
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Soundgarden – Black Saturday
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A semi-acoustic song on the fears of losing your ways in life.
If “Fell on Black Days” was about waking up and realizing you’re in a dark period of your life, “Black Saturday” is
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Soundgarden – Slaves & Bulldozers
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Slaves and Bulldozers is the third track on the band’s 1991 album Badmotorfinger.
The song drop-tuned guitars and Chris Cornell’s iconic loud vocals display the heaviest and most
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Soundgarden – Halfway There
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One of the more upbeat, happier songs off this record. “Halfway There” is a song about you may not be the best, but at least you are what you are, and you gotta be grateful for
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Soundgarden – Limo Wreck
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[Instrumental Intro 00:00-00:38] / [Verse 1] / Tears of the feeble, hands of the slaves / Skin of the mothers, mouths of the babes / Building the towers, belongs to the sky / When
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Soundgarden – Come Together
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[Verse 1] / Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly / He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller / He got hair down to his knees / Got to be a joker he just do what he
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Soundgarden – Ty Cobb
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The last single off Down on the Upside, released shortly before the band first broke up, “Ty Cobb” is an fast-paced and heavy song featuring mandolins and copious swearing
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Soundgarden – Applebite
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The ninth song on Down on the Upside, “Applebite” introduces the psychedelic undertone that’s present for much of the second half of the album.
The title is likely a reference to
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Soundgarden – Bones of Birds
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As Chris Cornell explained in a video, the song is about children growing up and losing their innocence.
“When kids learn about the real world, it’s never a good thing.”
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Soundgarden – Hunted Down
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[Intro] / Huah! / [Verse 1] / Ooo, they saw you today as you were leaving / Now they run to hunt you down / Dogs lead the chase as you are bleeding / They run to hunt you down / [
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Soundgarden – Live to Rise
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Inspired by the much anticipated 2012 superhero movie, Marvel’s The Avengers (where it plays during the end credits), “Live to Rise” was the first new composition released by
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Soundgarden – Boot Camp
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Apparently, this is a song about muting your dreams, your personal views and opinions, your own initiative—in the end, to deny your willing to be yourself for the sake of being
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Soundgarden – Zero Chance
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The third track on Down on the Upside, “Zero Chance” touches on depression, specifically the pain that is left for others when someone ends their life. The title “Zero Chance
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Soundgarden – Been Away Too Long
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“Been Away Too Long” is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden, the opening track and leading single off their reunion album King Animal (2012). In a way, the song is Chris
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Soundgarden – Ugly Truth
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About when you do something and you can’t always fix it so you just have to take responsibility for it. You can’t just throw it away, pay someone to get rid of it, it’s always
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Soundgarden – Into the Void (Sealth)
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A cover of the Black Sabbath song “Into the Void”, the lyrics have been replaced with a speech spoken by Chief Sealth (commonly known as Chief Seattle, for whom the city of Seattle
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Soundgarden – Non-State Actor
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The definition itself of Non-State Actor is to be a political influence but not be allied to any country/ state. In this song Chris expresses how he writes songs about many
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Soundgarden – Somewhere
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[Intro] / I wish to wish, I dream to dream / I try to try, and I live to live / And I die to die, and I cry to cry / But I know why / [Verse 1] / I wish to wish, and I dream to
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Soundgarden – Mind Riot
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Written after the death of singer Chris Cornell’s friend Andrew Wood.
Interestingly, every guitar string is tuned to E. According to Kim Thayil, Jeff Ament “said to Chris, ‘Hey
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Soundgarden – Room a Thousand Years Wide
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[Verse 1] / Listen, hear, he is inside / One who lives while others lie / I close my eyes and walk a thousand years / A thousand years that aren't mine / Hey / [Verse 2] / It seems
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Soundgarden – Big Dumb Sex
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A parody of the sex crazed rock bands (particularly of the hair metal genre) of the 1980s.
“Hiro, our bass player at the time, hated that song. He thought it was obnoxious butt
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Soundgarden – Birth Ritual
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“Birth Ritual” was based on a riff written by drummer Matt Cameron, and saw its original appearance in the 1992 movie Singles – both its soundtrack and one scene where Soundgarden
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Soundgarden – Karaoke
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(You) Gonna shake your head / Gonna shake and spin / Gonna pick it up abed with something new / First I heard it in my car / Then I saw it on the set / It's nothin' I can't do / It
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