Soundgarden In Their Own Words

Soundgarden In Their Own Words - "Black Hole Sun"

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8 күн бұрын

In this episode, dive into the creation of Soundgarden's iconic song "Black Hole Sun" and the groundbreaking album "Superunknown" with insights from band members Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil, and Matt Cameron, producer Michael Beinhorn, and mixer Brendan O'Brien.
ORIGINAL INTERVIEWS HERE:
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In the Room with Nirvana and Soundgarden: • In the Room with Nirva...
The Michael Beinhorn Interview: • Michael Beinhorn: Prod...
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@sonoftheredfox 6 күн бұрын

Rick's catalog of interviews has gotten to the point where he can now make comprehensive compilations from the whole band to give authoritative history and interpretations about the creation and performance of their best songs.

@dylansewell237 6 күн бұрын

This is what I was thinking too, how incredible that he has these full stories from different contributors and points of view. A true historians dream of rock history. If only Chris were around!

@michaelgreene4816 3 күн бұрын

You mean just Soundgarden correct?

@criskatan 3 күн бұрын

@@dylansewell237 He's got to be around somewhere. But he's just not C.C. anymore. They killed off that persona.

@mickeymassage 2 күн бұрын

@@michaelgreene4816if we had a catalogue of Rick’s interviews I’m sure there are a few more songs that he’s got covered. Police songs for example - after interviewing Sting, Copeland and Andy Summers. There’s probably so much more footage we haven’t even seen yet.

@glenh2752 7 күн бұрын

I remember Chris saying on the Howard Stern show that this entire song came into his head when driving along one day. Amazing songwriter. Rip Chris.

@quietinterlude770 6 күн бұрын

I heard they took a lot of acid prior to so maybe that had something to do with the inspiration 😊

@jcreature11 6 күн бұрын

@@quietinterlude770wrong that’s completely not true. Not even remotely.

@electriceyeswatching4415 6 күн бұрын

@@quietinterlude770 Gfy

@user-lb9lv5ox9j 6 күн бұрын

He did not write the songs!!!🖕

@andrewblack7852 5 күн бұрын

Epstein Chris and bourdain did not kill themselves

@Caramelo23606 7 күн бұрын

So delicate yet apocalyptic, so weird and yet catchy, so happy and sad. Beautiful in a word.

@miguelmelchior986 7 күн бұрын

Black Hole Sun is one of the very very very few songs i still love lissening to, after decades of it.. its perfect as a single, complex but simple, magical and perfect in so many ways.. one of the greatest songs ever written/composed.

@3dthenotme877 7 күн бұрын

A true masterpiece. Like Bohemian Rhapsody I could listen too it everytime ot comes on.

@danielmconnolly7 7 күн бұрын

It's masterfully written, performed and recorded.

@dv8322 6 күн бұрын

It's so weird and sad for me I guess that so many people absolutely love this song and Soundgarden but it and they never did anything for me. I was the right age. I listened to similar music. There is no reason why I shouldn't love Soundgarden but I didn't like their music. Even weirder is I love Audioslave but I don't like Rage Against the Machine because I really don't like Tom Morello's guitar playing. WTH? 🤔

@miguelmelchior986 6 күн бұрын

@@dv8322 We all have these weird taste blocks i guess, i never really felt Nirvana, meaning i like it, and recognise their work , but i have no close or deep emotional feelings with the music , memories recorded in them, or such.. , but Soundgarden is a universe of brain activity, the sound brings emotions, its own state of mind, an unique beauty and place in the brain.. , im really sorry you cant feel it.. not even the song Mind Riot? Not Even the solo album Euphoria Morning?!

@shakesdug Күн бұрын

@@dv8322 Like what you like. My first intro to Chris was in 91 and it started with screaming life/fopp. I didn't care for his screaming high notes. After the grunge scene I shifted to punk. Then after college I was lost musically. I finally found my way back to Chris with his solo stuff and Audioslave. Long story short, I suffer from a lot of the same things he did and he's my all time favorite singer. He could cover Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, Lennon, Sinead flawlessly. He was a complete badass. Norah Jones did a 7 1/2 min piano cover of Black Hole Sun in the same theatre just a few days after he died. If he's not your thing I get that. I kinda just wanted to share my story. I also find TM's guitar a bit too much at times.

@robarnold6998 6 күн бұрын

“Superunknown”! Soundgarden’s best offering (and that’s saying a lot) and, possibly, one of the top ten Hard Rock albums of the last fifty years. Rest in peace, Chris!

@GlennTillema 6 күн бұрын

When I bought it I thought it was a greatest hits album! I wasn't a big fan at the time but it had a few songs I had heard on the radio so I picked it up. Blew my mind that it was just a straight-up album.

@silentgnome 6 күн бұрын

But for me, Down on the Upside (the next one) is a better record.

@hennamay2349 6 күн бұрын

For me badmotorfinger is the best.

@robarnold6998 6 күн бұрын

@@hennamay2349 You make a damn good point. How many bands can claim a trifecta like “BMF“, “superunknown“ and “down on the upside?”

@ReadyMindsetGo 6 күн бұрын

@@robarnold6998 And tbh Louder Than Love is a pretty damn excellent already as well..!

@carmineanastasio 7 күн бұрын

Listen to “Fresh Tendrils” & “Fourth of July.” These two songs fall under the radar.

@SurferRosa 6 күн бұрын

mailman and limo wreck too

@andrewpappas9311 6 күн бұрын

Love Fourth of July, one of my favourite Soundgarden songs

@miguelmelchior986 6 күн бұрын

Superunknown is one of the main grunge classics, an imortal work of art in Music. There’s no ‘under the radar’ here kid..

@andrewpappas9311 6 күн бұрын

@@miguelmelchior986 I know you’re mostly talking about Superunknown and I do agree but I’d say that the first two Soundgarden albums are pretty under the radar compared to their stuff in the ‘90s starting with Badmotorfinger up to Down On the Upside

@miguelmelchior986 6 күн бұрын

@@andrewpappas9311 They are very much on the radar. Its just that Superunknown in something else. In utero is not under the radar because of Nevermind, everybody knows about in utero.

@sianspherica 6 күн бұрын

It's pretty impressive for these compilation videos where you realize in a lot of instances Rick has likely interviewed a guitarist, a drummer, a bassist and a producer all who made one album/song together. And giving then separate interviews gives them each a unique perspective.

@rnrtruestories 6 күн бұрын

first Soundgarden song I remember hearing.

@andrewbecker3700 6 күн бұрын

Being an oldschool kinda headbanger dude. I was reluctant to accept much of the Seattle sound at first. But it didn't take long before I'd insist EVERY club or bar I frequented have the SUPERUNKNOWN on the jukebox. It was an instant classic in my world.

@IAMORALANDUS Күн бұрын

I saw the thumbtail to this, saw Chris and I immediately got excited because it has been so long since we've all heard from him. For a brief moment, he was still alive in my mind and I couldn't wait to hear his take on this. Then I remembered.....😢

@nicolas.grisanti 7 күн бұрын

Agree with Michael Beinhorn, Tighter & Tighter is one of my favorite songs ever, is the song that came to my mind, and i listened the day Chris Cornell died, because of the line "Sleep tight for me. I'm gone". And yeah, off course Black Hole Sun is amazing, is one of those song i never get tired to listen. Is a masterpiece in composition and interpretation.

@PerfectCircle91 4 күн бұрын

Tighter and tighter is probably my favorite Soundgarden song, and Soundgarden being my favorite band that's a HARD thing for me to do and pick a "favorite" SG song. Down on the Upside is sooooo good it makes me cry. And that's something Soundgarden does to me a lot, I find myself weeping when I don't even know why....

@OldassBoomer 7 күн бұрын

That snare sounds amazing.

@cfusilier2 7 күн бұрын

Man, I didn’t realize it until later in life, but that album and that song helped inspire me to pickup a guitar and become a rock musician.

@benjammin105123 7 күн бұрын

I have such great memories listening to Superunknown on my sony discman back in the day. Killer song and awesome album!

@miguelmelchior986 7 күн бұрын

Same here, magical album.

@PurpleHounding 6 күн бұрын

I happen to know from personal experience that Chris did know where he was coming from, as I heard demos of it on vacation with him on the Singles movie location. "In This Place" by Robin Trower on the Bridge Of Sighs album. Look it up and you'll hear it for sure.

@obefiend 18 сағат бұрын

Wow

@gidge34 6 күн бұрын

Beato worked hard and it’s all paying off. Remember how sad and dejected her was. And now he’s THE interviewer 💪 proud

@gillihansmobilewelding 7 күн бұрын

Dude was definitely hallucinating, but the song is pretty great

@christiangibbs391 7 күн бұрын

*Black Hole Sun* 🕳️ 🌞 *Great interview Rick* 😎✌️😍👏

@hamonthecob 7 күн бұрын

Man it’s wild to hear that Tighter and Tighter could’ve been on Superunknown. That song is absolutely a vibe, and matches the rest of Down On The Upside perfectly. I’m glad they held it for that album. Doesn’t match the feel of Superunknown at all. It’s so good.

@PerfectCircle91 4 күн бұрын

With Soundgarden being my favorite band and almost impossible for me to pick a "favorite" SG song, Tighter and Tighter is something that when I hear it I CANNOT help but weep every damn time. Actually Soundgarden makes me weep ALL THE TIME and I don't even know why.....

@geetarman513 7 күн бұрын

One of the greatest songs EVER written

@TheBonusHoles Күн бұрын

Glad I got to see Soundgarden before Chris Cornell died. Saw them in 2014 with NIN. Epic show.

@mikeciresi3697 6 күн бұрын

Black Hole Sun is one of the best songs ever written in the genre. I heard it on the radio the day it came out, I was at work and when it was over I left and went to the record store and bought it…good thing that I was in a position to do that! It was 10:15 am…what a day.

@kendarsin 7 күн бұрын

The song that I related to the most was "the day I tried to live". It had a different slide piece in the beginning as black hole sun and I thought it was the better song of the two. I'd love to hear the bands take. Also. These interview are pure gold. Love this channel.

@ReznaQay 7 күн бұрын

i thought of this song when the eclipse happened

@jfo3000 5 күн бұрын

It was on a Spotify play list for the eclipse, and played at an eclipse party that I attended.

@angiec3512 2 күн бұрын

Same here!

@alexlotero9854 4 күн бұрын

This was the first CD I EVER bought in my life with my own money like 29 years ago. Still one of the best, complete albums ever

@AmbrosiousFlume 2 күн бұрын

Same here! Excellent choice.

@guilhermegoncalves6791 7 күн бұрын

Amazing work, Rick! Keep on raising the bar on KZfaq 🔥🔥🔥

@AimingWanderously 2 күн бұрын

I still remember the first time I heard this tune. Listening to a local rock station through a Sony Walkman and cheap headphones on a hotel room floor in Detroit late at night. True story. One of my all time favorite tunes and that will never change.

@Dwightpower88 2 күн бұрын

I was in high school, my friend had bought the cd sight unseen and he called me and played it through the the phone

@Joel_Powell 6 күн бұрын

Rick I love seeing the joy in your face as you listen to these guys (and you really listen!) Awesome stuff. Black Hole Sun was a distinct memory for me as I had just moved to Seattle at the time. Feels like yesterday - hard to believe it's 30 years.

@psa1168 6 күн бұрын

It's impossible to tire of hearing this song. A perfectly written & performed rock song.

@TheTheoNijssen 7 күн бұрын

Thank you Rick! Amazing interview again!

@willjam465 6 күн бұрын

Thank you, Rick! Such a cool video. Had made a comment on the O’Brien video that Rick had now talked to everyone involved in Superunknown except Chris (and Ben too). Love this!

@jimboratelli742 6 күн бұрын

Tighter and Tighter is such an incredibly good song!

@matsetizar65 6 күн бұрын

Now I gotta listen to the whole album.

@joblo2671 5 күн бұрын

What a great video Rick...thank you for the effort and thought for the fans.

@soundcreation 6 күн бұрын

Always such amazing music content!! I Run a small studio in Ottawa Canada and These interviews are so helpful! Thanks Rick!!

@jodymills3138 6 күн бұрын

I started listening to the garden at ultra mega ok n never stopped, even have a tattoo I was fortunate enough to show Chris. Amazing music n career guys always changing. Thank you for the memories.

@dashboarddevil4713 7 күн бұрын

Amazing song that hit so incredibly well and has withstood the test of time. RIP Chris Cornell

@ReplicantsAreHuman 6 күн бұрын

I love these videos, they bring us music lovers genuine happiness and behind the scenes info that's both funny and informative. Whether you like the bands being talked about becomes irrelevant in a way and that's awesome.

@Sailingbill1 6 күн бұрын

Great interview Rick!!! Miss you Chris!

@shabblabbat 7 күн бұрын

love the A Perfect Circle hat!

@CFCMahomet 5 күн бұрын

What makes me sad watching this is that Rick never got to interview Chris.

@philplasma 7 күн бұрын

Superunknown - amazing album, thanks for this.

@dfnymusic3396 7 күн бұрын

“The tail doesn’t wag the dog”. What a great quote

@miguelmelchior986 6 күн бұрын

Gay but ok.

@heavymetal1330 6 күн бұрын

In Brazil we say that the “ the lamp post doesn’t piss on the dog”.

@dfnymusic3396 6 күн бұрын

@@heavymetal1330 I like that

@heavymetal1330 6 күн бұрын

@@dfnymusic3396 🤘🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻

@jcreature11 6 күн бұрын

@@miguelmelchior986you are pretty gay…

@melchiormike 6 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing these stories, Rick.

@criskatan 7 күн бұрын

Chris was such a genuine guy. He would engage with strangers and talk at length all day long which is why he had to have a handler. You could even tune in to a radio station that was interviewing him live, on the telephone, from his house, and hear him going on and on about a lot of stuff. He is such a people person in that regard. He cared about his fans so much that he made that music video: "I Almost Forgot My Broken Heart" so that they wouldn't be deceived into, or think about, doing the copycat thing.

@bpalpha 6 күн бұрын

Wow. Superunknown is one of my favorite albums. Thanks so much Rick!

@Christocalese 4 күн бұрын

Rick, thank you for this.

@haroldbranch7971 6 күн бұрын

always been my favorite band from this time period. great stuff

@jonathanfloming1045 6 күн бұрын

I was a Soundgarden fan from the git...Black Hole Sun and Fell On Black Days will always be on my favorites list. RIP Chris Cornell...We miss you. ✌🏽

@disraelli 6 күн бұрын

3:10-3:50 - I remember reading somewhere Glenn Gould’s (Canadian pianist, known mostly for his Bach recordings) article on why he stopped doing concerts and focused only on studio recordings - this way he could express himself as an artist and not do what live audience wanted him to do at the moment

@ajconstantine3593 5 күн бұрын

I don’t know any of these cats, but the guitar player gives me the vibes of one _genuinely_ kindhearted & egoless guy. 🤷‍♂️

@christopherespinoza7159 6 күн бұрын

I love every single song on the album and yea black hole sun is probably my favorite

@MadeleineKuhl 6 күн бұрын

Obsessed Thank you for these videos Oh I love learning the lyrics and how it came to be such a massive human soul need. Thank you

@guitarz 6 күн бұрын

Yeah buddy this is where this channel can go… excellent production my dudes

@TheStrykerProject 5 күн бұрын

"Superunknown" and "Badmotorfinger" are two of my all time favorite albums. For me, Soundgarden was the greatest Seattle bands ever. (Ok, since Hendrix)

@steveh4731 6 күн бұрын

There are certain songs that I can listen to over and over. This is one of them. Great songs stand the test of time. So sad about Chris he was one of my all time favorite singers ect

@Alchemetica 6 күн бұрын

"We're just doing laundry here" - I need to remember that line and use it : )

@jpslaym0936 7 күн бұрын

People throw around “best singer songwriter of all time” a lot but not including Chris in that discussion doesnt compute for me. In my estimation he is up with the best in every facet of such an assessment especially when the scope of his entire body of work is scrutinized.

@ransbarger 6 күн бұрын

Top 3 for me.

@rap3208 6 күн бұрын

Because he doesn't have the discography. All those greatest singer/songwriter have tons of songs that everybody knows even decades after. Cornell or Soundgarden doesn't have them.

@tjgadner8896 6 күн бұрын

@@rap3208 quality over quantity

@rap3208 6 күн бұрын

@@tjgadner8896 Yeah, and they only had one song that the general public knows. I don't even think their Black hole sun is known by the general public, perhaps the rockers but not the public that knows hotel california, bohemian rhapsody, stairway to heaven. They are a niche band whose songs are only known by their fans.

@acason4 5 күн бұрын

100%

@matasbutkus4071 7 күн бұрын

THE BEST SONG EVER MADE

@mac_pe 7 күн бұрын

The second best is The day i tried...

@bertgetner9397 7 күн бұрын

@@mac_pe The third is Fell On Black Days

@rockerbob949 5 күн бұрын

Damn, I love all of this shit so much. I graduated high school in 1992 so all of this stuff is the soundtrack to my life.

@hodshonf 6 күн бұрын

Michael Beinhorn - NY Downtown Scene with Bill Laswell, Fred Maher MATERIAL

@ArcherSmash 6 күн бұрын

I am still hoping for a Ben Sheppard interview. Likely a long shot but I am still hoping. Really loved his and Hiro's playing.

@rd-um4sp 7 күн бұрын

absolutely love black hole sun. Probably the song that pushed Soundgarden from a band that I like to top of my listening pile.

@angiec3512 2 күн бұрын

I love this interview with the guys. Kim's the best! ❤

@adamschaeffer3614 6 күн бұрын

Matt's snare/tuning is just so sweet. The sustain on it could fold almost any groove back into the pocket by itself. It sounds like you could play right on the beat and still get a slight slowing effect in the final outcome. Its just not in any kind of hurry whatsoever, just taking its time to get there. Which perfectly fits the psychedelic nature of this song.

@jimjim7008 6 күн бұрын

One of the best songs in Rock n Roll History. Absulte a master piece

@robbiepeterh 6 күн бұрын

It’s one of those moments where a genius just soars.

@buzzfunk 7 күн бұрын

Why would anyone NOT subscribe to anything Rick? Come on people!

@jenw3994 23 сағат бұрын

Keep waiting for the final songs.

@rasheedyekini 5 күн бұрын

"Everyone seems to remember with great clarity what they were doing [...] at the precise moment they heard" the song Black Hole Sun for the first time.

@sagemaster9754 6 күн бұрын

Kym's Perfect Circle Hat. Damn!!!!!!

@mickeymassage 2 күн бұрын

I heard 2 producers use the phrase “in the weeds”. My industry is building and I have a a love for music production as a hobby. I wonder if that’s a common term in the recording industry.

@freultwah 3 күн бұрын

The album as a whole - not a single dud note. Everything is where and when it should be.

@eccentric0official 4 күн бұрын

All these interviews are brilliant. They are all together as well. I’d love to hear the song Chris and Jerry demoed. Does anyone know anything about it?

@jeremydmarx 7 күн бұрын

I remember hearing Dave Grohl saying when he first heard "Black Hole Sun," he felt it was the perfect blend of the Beatles and Black Sabbath, which I thought was a spot on analysis. I would highly recommend listening to Norah Jones' version she played at the Fox Theatre in Detroit (I think) where Chris played his last show, and Brad Mehldau's version. It really speaks to Chris' writing chops that the song also sounds great as a walking jazz ballad.

@CaptainGuntu 6 күн бұрын

Really want to hear that demo with Jerry playing on it.

@TheRealJayguar 5 күн бұрын

He was the best, Soundgarden was phenomenal and untouchable even to this day.

@sbrave 7 күн бұрын

The multitracks for "More Than a Feeling" & "Bohemian Rhapsody" are prime examples of pushing up faders and they sound pretty much like the record

@rutabega2039 4 күн бұрын

I'm not sure my memory of this is correct, but: I think that after they first released the video of this song on MTV, they continued to make small changes/edits to the video so that every time it was aired it was slightly different than the time before. One example was the Roger Rabbit-type effect where somebody's eyes bugged out - I don't think that was there in the original release. It's possible that this never actually happened as I was doing a lot of LSD at the time.

@RiverOfDeceit2380 4 күн бұрын

Any idea what the song is that Beinhorn talks about at 4:35? Cantrell solo?

@ericd4910 6 күн бұрын

I’d love to hear that Jerry Cantrell collaboration Beinhorn mentions.

@dr.buzzvonjellar8862 6 күн бұрын

BHS is Chris’ Opus. It’s got his being in it. Incredible art

@salbarbaro3577 7 күн бұрын

Please please do a What Makes This Song Great

@heavymetal1330 6 күн бұрын

One of the greatest record ever!

@pattycakes456 3 күн бұрын

I was so sick of Black Hole Sun that summer! It was on every radio station, on mtv twice an hour, they played it at the pool constantly! I loved Badmotofinger, but I could never bring myself to buy Superunknown. Perhaps I should give it a shot 30 years later. 😂

@Edaloy27 6 күн бұрын

I think it’s Mr Beato that taught us it begins with a suspended chord which is pretty rare

@poindextertunes 5 күн бұрын

man what id do to get my hands on those demos 😭

@CatLikeSleep 6 күн бұрын

what a track 😄

@jmason61 6 күн бұрын

It's a rock song masterpiece...SG fans should check out the version done by Brandi Carlyle backed by Soundgarden & her band. It's like a version from an alternative universe & if you think Chris nailed the high registers... she takes it to a different level

@GA-Vic 5 күн бұрын

"Down on the Upside" was in-between "Bad Motor Finger" and "Superunknown!"

@williamweiss6128 7 күн бұрын

As a drummer I started in 71. So I loved music way before that, and my heroes were 70's basically. Didn't like the whole 90's grunge thing. Appreciate it now, of course, realizing the raw quality that has always been extremely important to me. Trying to maybe start an analog band playing the greatest hits of that era. Amps, ss drums, big pa. Pie, Montrose, Mountain, Who, Free, Zepp, etc....

@basildog007 7 күн бұрын

Superunknown forever man 🤟🤟

@basildog007 7 күн бұрын

Perfection achieved

@claytonmcminn1121 4 күн бұрын

Rick may not know it but he is singlehandedly making video documentary of the historocity of modern music that should be archived for teaching g history lessons s I. MUsic 100 years from now.

@BrizzleRocker 6 күн бұрын

I still don’t know what key the solo is in. With the track being sped up on the record it’s been hard to tab.

@greenleaf4127 6 күн бұрын

awesome

@michaelgreene4816 3 күн бұрын

What is that noise in the background?

@OGGOAT23 7 күн бұрын

In my eyes..

@CE700Driver 5 күн бұрын

It is not difficult to see why the band disliked Beinhorn so much. He masquerades as a nice guy but is really quick at taking a whole lot of credit. There are many interviews that suggest what you see is not what you get.