![]() ![]() Computers could only show about six colours, and all weighed a quarter of a ton or more, and cost a million quid. ![]() Some of these effects don’t quite hold up in futuristic 2019, but bear in mind this video was made in 1994, 25 years ago. It’s all going full-on apocalyptic now, a locust-filled tornado-y Rapture. Happily, Black Hole Sun is, by Cornell’s own admission, largely devoid of meaning, just a magnificent songwriter letting words take him where they take him, accompanied by both melodic and thunderous guitar, and it’s awesome, and everyone in the video has big terrifying eyes. When an artist takes their own life like Cornell did, it’s tempting to look back through everything they did for clues and statements of intent – something Cornell was very aware of, telling Rolling Stone after Cobain’s death “It’s sort of a morbid exchange when somebody who is a writer like that dies, and then everyone starts picking through all their lyrics.” Through it all, he battled with addiction issues and crippling depression, two subjects he spoke openly about and did his best to help others through. Two romantic comedies took their titles from his lyrics. He introduced Eddie Vedder to the rest of Pearl Jam. He did the only James Bond theme to ever go to Number One in the UK. He owned a Parisian restaurant and a record label. ![]() He fit a lot into his tragically-cut-short life. Kurt Cobain used to try to sing like him.Ĭornell fronted Soundgarden, a massive influence on the grunge world (although, more experimental and musically talented than a lot of their peers, they rejected the grunge label as a marketing gimmick), then Audioslave with former members of Rage Against The Machine, as well as releasing a bunch of solo albums. Probably the greatest singing voice in all of rock ever, in fact – Axl Rose, Alice Cooper and Eddie Vedder are among those who cite him as the single greatest singer we ever had. When the world lost Chris Cornell in 2017, we lost one of the greatest voices in rock. ![]()
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