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Post subject: Re: Who was the best of the best of the grunge singers?
Posted: Sun September 24, 2017 9:58 pm
tl;dr
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durdencommatyler wrote:
Oh wow. Yeah, I couldn't disagree more. But I'm far more familiar with this post-Superunknown stuff. And everything on Euphoria Morning is dripping with nuance and emotion and depth. I would also argue that he hits all the proper beats on that first Audioslave record, too. Really, all the Audioslave stuff, but that first record in particular.
Pre-"Superunknown," Cornell was basically a metal vocalist (with a few detours for things like "Seasons" and Temple of the Dog) -- all crushing physical presence and range. It's a thing to behold, and works great with their music, but to me it's with "Down on the Upside" and especially "Euphoria Morning" that the other elements of his voice really come into flower, providing some context to that trademark banshee wail -- shades of folk, soul, even trace amounts of opera in a few rare cases. The best moments on Audioslave's first couple albums kind of synthesize a rock-friendly version of these disparate elements (I'm thinking of songs like "Like a Stone" and "Getaway Car," in my opinion some of Cornell's all-time great vocals), alongside about half-a-dozen tracks per album of modern rock monotony. I lost track of him around 2007 or so, but when I had occasion to check back in, his ability to manipulate his voice to suit the shape of any given song was a skill that always seemed acutely at his fingertips, even when the material sometimes didn't seem worth the trouble. Of all these guys, he's probably the one for whom I'd have most liked to track a covers album.
So if we're sticking squarely in the 1991-96 time frame, I don't think the raw physicality of Cornell's voice is enough to earn him the trophy; I'd put him comfortably below Cobain, Vedder, and Weiland, though still well above Corgan and Staley, whose voices were musical coloration devices as much as anything. But even including only "Euphoria Morning" bumps him up a few notches. I'm still not sure it's a voice that speaks to me louder than Cobain's or Vedder's, but the objective scope of it becomes a lot clearer (to me, anyway).
Post subject: Re: Who was the best of the best of the grunge singers?
Posted: Sun September 24, 2017 11:31 pm
I've been POOSSTTIiiEEnngeeaahh
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:53 pm Posts: 12082
Cobain Cornell Vedder Layne Weiland Corgan
Weiland would have been a little higher if this extended into later years. His harmonies were really second to none on this list but they weren't really there on the first three albums. Also since he's the only guy on this list who didn't (couldn't) scream he probably aged the best vocally but none of that counts.
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