Even 30 years later, Black Hole Sun blows my mind. Chris Cornell’s voice walks this impossible line between sounding so full of emotion that it’s about to burst, and sounding somehow soothing and precise.
That’s not even a line that exists to walk; he creates a line that cannot logically exist, just so his voice can walk it.
Good for it. Those are both fantastic songs.
Even 30 years later, Black Hole Sun blows my mind. Chris Cornell’s voice walks this impossible line between sounding so full of emotion that it’s about to burst, and sounding somehow soothing and precise.
That’s not even a line that exists to walk; he creates a line that cannot logically exist, just so his voice can walk it.
Chris was one of a kind. Limo Wreck really showed his range, and is one of my favourites.
“WHILE. THE. REST. OF. YOU. HARVEST. THE. SOULS”
There are no pauses in that sentence but they’re sung with such punctuated venom that they feel like universes of their own.