Charlie came into town on Wednesday, and while we were not listening to Cornell, the conversation turned to him via talk of Hozier. It prompted me to listen to Cornell’s book of work that following day. On Friday or Saturday, I understandably woke up singing a Cornell song, but I was surprised that it was Sunshower. I had only listened to a few minutes of it, but I had listened to many others over and over.
Ironically, I read through my JW emails three days later and found this URL I emailed myself on 7/8/2020 at 12:09 AM. I do not remember seeing this or the website, but I love that I found a current blog doing exactly what I want to do, except on a more consistent basis.
I have always liked the song. It has a sad sort of beauty to it, like the play on words in the album title, Euphoria Morning vs. Mourning. For whatever reason, I bought the Great Expectations CD for the track. I am unsure if it differs from the track on Cornell’s album.
What I liked from the beautiful song blog post:
“What makes this a beautiful song: … 3. His voice was amazing. By the late 90s, he couldn’t quite reach the stratosphere the way he could in Soundgarden’s heyday, but his voice wasn’t the rusty rollercoaster it would end up being in Audioslave.”
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