Temple of the dog

16th august
kochi

Today was download mayhem day.Saif had downloaded a software called ares which I would rate as the best to download rock videos. Cause you get so many good quality ones. He had already downloaded some interesting stuff.
Like november rain live(Axl rocks on the keyboards), Slash playing Hendrix(I think All along the watchtower, not sure), guitar lessons from Adrian Smith(dunno what prompted him to do this) and an animated wrestling match between Slash and Axl showing the latter chopping Slash's brains with a chainsaw(Viewer's discretion advised). So i decided to join the bandwagon. I downloaded "Show Me how to live" by audioslave,"Black" by pearl jam, "Paranoid Android " by Radiohead and "Fell on black days","Spooman","Jesus Christ pose" and "Black hole sun"(Btw Weird Al came up with "Asshole Son" ) by Soundgarden . I consider "Jesus Christ pose" as the best rock song if you consider only the vocals. Cornell's vocal range and power is just incredible in this song.
My major accomplishment of the day was the download of "Hunger Strike " by Temple of the dog. This band was created by Chris cornell as a tribute to a former bandmate of his who had died in a freak accident. The band has cornell singing along with some soundgarden members, some other members who would go on to form the band pearl jam and a novice providing back up vocals to cornell called Eddie Vedder. In the Song"Hunger Strike" Vedder and Cornell sing a duet of sorts. The song is wonderfull. Cornell's vocal abilities , Vedder's awesome voice , the great guitar synchronization and the lyrics make this a fantastic song by a fantastic ensemble .