Bottom line is this. I think "tear in my beer" is the worst shit I've ever heard in my life. How anyone can listen to that shit is beyond me. But I'm not so closed minded to say that it doesn't resonate with a generation of people simply because I didn't like it.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. I feel very sad for those of you who are stuck in one genre of music and can't appreciate different types of music for what it is. Whether or not y'all like it, Soundgarden was a huge band in the 90s rock movement away from hair band ballads. People knew Soundgarden solely based on the voice of their lead, Chris Cornell. The guy is an ICON (by definition) of the grunge movement.
Just because you don't like 90s grunge doesn't make it not so.
Tear in my beer is pretty horrible. But I can see how some might view williams as an icon. I don't but only because that kind of music is so far outside anything I'd listen to that I don't know the players or
History.
Soundgarden is pretty good. I liked it before many of you were old enough to know what it was. The other cornell stuff is margiinal to me. And yes, Chizad, I'm aware of the platinum status. I helped contribute to that by buying the stuff.
I just have a different standard for an icon.
Do you consider KISS icons? They sold more albums and lasted much longer than all of cornells stuff combined. They are to me. I don't expect everyone to see it that way.
Same here. I don't consider cornell iconic. My standard is different. That's not a crime. I never insisted that all must agree with me. I'm not Kim Jung Chad. I don't demand compliance at the threat of a nuclear proliferation of links and insults.
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