Soundgarden at the Ritz in NYC....a concert I attended in 1990
I so wanted to be an outsider from the system. Grunge was waiting there for me. Soundgarden and Nirvana were my faves.I remember snooping out their early CDs at the shop next to CBGB on the lower east side. I was so angry and frustrated with the reality.
I have very little recollection of this concert. Looking back, it really seems like this music is channelled and their bodies are just antennae to put the music out to the crowd. The intensity of the movements are almost inhuman. Later in his post Soundgarden career, I saw and met Chris Cornell in Providence.
He barely moved on stage....
I would think im in the minority but i prefer his solo stuff, not that i didnt love superunknown and down on the upside at the time. there are some beautiful songs and singing on his solo stuff too. when im down comes to mind, dead wishes. that entire live record. i also thought later soundgarden live nobody looked like they wanted to be there, like they even liked each other…very little movement other than chris, maybe just the ones ive looked up. his end was actually a big spark in my trip down the weeds-i cared deeply. does not effect me years later. who knows what really happens. maybe he didnt want to be trying to eek out day i tried to live at 80..90.
ReplyDeleteyou have such a wide array of topics sir ive never met. all resonate. i check everyday, but dont comment much. i think a fear of interaction happened during 2020 trying to stop family/friends from the thing unsuccesfully.
happy birthday. fellow gemini here.
brian in ohio
Wow, Brian...i am overwhelmed by your comment. Thank you. Fellow Gemini...wow so interesting. Happy we can share thoughts. I don't listen to rock or grunge at all any more. In fact, at the moment, I am listening to Pavarotti reminding me of my times when my parents were still here. I share the experiences of my life so that others, especially younger folks, can understand what has happened here. So many of our assumptions assumes that THEY are the same as us. I have met ALOT of famous people in my time. I remain unconvinced that THEY are the same as us. I share my personal experiences...others can evaluate and assess them, aside from my models and theories. We must continue to exude our core human characteristics of care and empathy, which the parasite despises. Best regards and thank you so much for your detailed comment, best always, db
DeletePS...my favorite band back in the day was Verbena. I wrote about my personal experience with them here..
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best, db
they are definitely what i used to listen too as well! i mustve missed them when they were around. they made the right choice though. funny i tend to rarely listen to the music i loved growing up to too (rock/punk). i like pretty guitar music mostly now, and still listen to songwriters. but i do still love finding obscure bands on spotify with very few listeners. i think it reminds me of record store days of flipping through and taking a chance on something just based on the artwork/song names…i always loved finding something special that no one had heard of. still do:)
Deleteyou’ve mentioned how you don’t do your own music/art anymore. was that a conscious choice? or it didnt give you purpose? just wondering. i go through phases…will write and be extremely creative for a month, then its gone for a few…and i can’t force myself to play anything. currently in a trough of that wave thats lasting too long.
thanks for your kind response as well*
Brianinohio
Hi Brian, I was consumed with graphic art in my younger years. I did 2 local art shows in Providence. I literally had delusions of grandeur, reading biographies of artists from the past. I was stepping into my delusions of grandeur and manifesting. I did feel like I was channelling something. My self-portraits were beyond dark. At one point, I just had no interest to do it anymore. I had similar episodes with music. I played bluegrass banjo as a teen and wrote a magazine column. I then got consumed with electric guitar..Jimmy Page, Steve Howe, Chet Atkins. I got obsessed with bootlegging live shows. I have an insane number of live shows. At some point, I just lost the interest to learn another song...to what end? I started writing my own music on a 4 track recorder then. I got consumed with travelling the world and obsessed with the neverending supply of girls. Then that became pointless. There is no quenching the thirst. Now, I garden and cook. I listen to mostly jazz from the 50's...Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, etc. You have motivated me to do a post on the record store experience. It was magical. I remember spending hours at Tower Records. Thanks again for your terrific comment, best, db
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