Okay, well, it is a new year. New Year's Resolutions made and, probably in most cases already, broken. Not mine yet, because mine were very vaguely defined. So vague, that they really did not qualify as actual resolutions, as such.
I have been waiting for the chance to listen to some cool music this year, but with mixed results thus far. There are a couple of albums that were released last year which I have not yet gotten - namely, Pink Floyd and the Foo Fighters.
However, that does not necessarily mean that I cannot get to listen to some really cool music, right? I mean, in this day and age, so long as you have internet access, you probably get to listen to exactly what you want to hear, when you want to hear it. From almost every corner of the world, you have the chance to access all genres of music, pretty much all acts, and for free, to boot!
Can't beat that!
Of course, the really great, fruitful period of blossoming artists with unbelievable albums during my lifetime came in the early nineties, when a whole bunch of different musical acts began to emerge, largely on the strength of Nirvana's breakout "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
That showed up on their enormously successful album, Nevermind. Metallica came out with their biggest album (although I know some people who were not so sure that it was their best), the self-titled album. There was U2, with Achtung Baby. Red Hot Chili Peppers, with Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic. Pearl Jam came out with Ten. Soundgarden came out with Badmotorfinger.
Soundgarden was a unique sounding band, perhaps, arguably, the most unique and sophisticated of all of those just mentioned.
Soundgarden's Hunted Down Covered by Alice in Chains, August 22, 1991:
Soundgarden Tighter and Tighter with Mike McCready Seattle, Washington, 2013:
Soundgarden's Outshined with Eddie Vedder, Bremerton, Washington, 1992:
Of course, this Temple of the Dog gem, Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder together for Hunger Strike (Lollapalooza, September 8, 1992:
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