The year is 2008 - almost 10 years since blogging took off and became one of the most popular means of sharing stories, thoughts, and news pieces.
Yes, I am definitely behind the times on this one and I apologize to all you fine souls who have been with it 5 years before blogs even came to existence. You are the be all and end all of blogs. You knew about them before they became popular and sold out to the mainstream and became commercial whores. Like that darn Chris Cornell.
What is his deal anyway? How dare he be good at song-writing and release something that could be popular with not just the Crow-watching, music-pausal crowd? How dare he evolve and release an album he worked on with Timbaland? Wasn't Timbaland part of N SYNC?? That is the height of mainstream Pop and I just won't have it.
I am of course referring to Chris' new song "Scream" which is off of the album of the same name. The song was featured on One Tree Hill - a show known for having consistently incredible soundtracks. The inclusion of Chris Cornell's 'Scream' was a slick move on the part of OTH's music department - the song is appealing to the masses and most likely will begin to attract a whole new slew of fans to buy Cornell's music - much to the disdain of the former fans who have loudly made their opinions known about this new One Republic-eque sound. Gone are the dark lyrics and experimental guitar riffs. Gone is the shrill, signature raw Cornell SCREAM fans have become so fond of (which questions the integrity of the album title) - what the listener is left with is Timbaland infused beats and a slightly synthesized version of Chris' voice. On the up-side (which Chris has written about being "down on"), you can still tell it's Chris Cornell - to take a listen for yourself go to http://www.chriscornell.com/ - or hop on over to our pals at Youtube for a taste of the new sound.
Glad you stopped by...gotta run!
Yes, I am definitely behind the times on this one and I apologize to all you fine souls who have been with it 5 years before blogs even came to existence. You are the be all and end all of blogs. You knew about them before they became popular and sold out to the mainstream and became commercial whores. Like that darn Chris Cornell.
What is his deal anyway? How dare he be good at song-writing and release something that could be popular with not just the Crow-watching, music-pausal crowd? How dare he evolve and release an album he worked on with Timbaland? Wasn't Timbaland part of N SYNC?? That is the height of mainstream Pop and I just won't have it.
I am of course referring to Chris' new song "Scream" which is off of the album of the same name. The song was featured on One Tree Hill - a show known for having consistently incredible soundtracks. The inclusion of Chris Cornell's 'Scream' was a slick move on the part of OTH's music department - the song is appealing to the masses and most likely will begin to attract a whole new slew of fans to buy Cornell's music - much to the disdain of the former fans who have loudly made their opinions known about this new One Republic-eque sound. Gone are the dark lyrics and experimental guitar riffs. Gone is the shrill, signature raw Cornell SCREAM fans have become so fond of (which questions the integrity of the album title) - what the listener is left with is Timbaland infused beats and a slightly synthesized version of Chris' voice. On the up-side (which Chris has written about being "down on"), you can still tell it's Chris Cornell - to take a listen for yourself go to http://www.chriscornell.com/ - or hop on over to our pals at Youtube for a taste of the new sound.
Glad you stopped by...gotta run!
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