Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by lead singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Matt Cameron became the band’s permanent drummer in 1986 while bassist Ben Shepherd became a permanent replacement for Yamamoto in 1990.
Soundgarden was one of the key bands in the creation of grunge, a style of alternative rock that developed in Seattle and was based around the band’s record label Sub Pop. Soundgarden was the first grunge band to sign to a major label, though the band did not achieve commercial success until Seattle contemporaries Nirvana and Pearl Jam popularized grunge in the early 1990s.
Soundgarden achieved its biggest success with the 1994 album Superunknown which debuted at number one on the Billboard charts and yielded the Grammy Award–winning singles “Black Hole Sun” and “Spoonman”. In 1997, the band broke up due to internal strife over its creative direction.
Spoonman
http://djallyn.org/media/Soundgarden-Spoonman.flvI feel the rhythm with your hands
[Steal the rhythm while you can]
Spoonman
Speak the rhythm on your own
[Speak the rhythm all alone]
SpoonmanSpoonman, come together with your hands
Save me, I’m together with your plan
Save me, saveAll my friends are Indians
[All my friends are brown and red]
Spoonman
All my friends are skeletons
[They beat the rhythm with their bones]
SpoonmanSpoonman, come together with your hands
Save me, I’m together with your plan
Save me, save, save me, save me, save with yourCome on
Come on
Come onCome on, will I get on?
Come on, will I get on?
Come on, will I get on?Spoonman, come together with your hands
Save me, I’m together with your plan
Save me, save, save me with your, with your handFeel the rhythm with your hands
[Steal the rhythm while you can]
Spoonman
- Audio from the 1994 album, Superunknown:
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