Rock bands have a tendency to, shall we say not be overly fond of the powers that be. And they all have their own respective ways of expressing this sentiment. And on “Boot Camp”, Chris Cornell...
Of course on a track like this (“Waiting for the Sun”), the vocalist is not referring to “the sun” literally. Well he does to some extent, as the narrative is based on a seasonal metaphor....
As will be further elaborated on in the trivia section, Soundgarden caught a lack of flack, including death threats, due to “Jesus Christ Pose”. Such came about specifically as the result of the visual media...
As some readers would already know, Ty Cobb (1886-1967) was actually a legendary Major League Baseball player. Even as of the writing of this post in 2021 some people still consider Cobb, who retired...
The best way to describe to the meaning of Outshined is by resorting to Chris Cornell’s own explanation of the tune. And the way he explained it is as being based on an emotional dichotomy that he often experienced,...
Soundgarden’s “Slaves & Bulldozers” is highly-allegorical in its approach. And information on the meaning of the lyrics, as interpreted by Chris Cornell, is pretty much nonexistent. That means we’re going to have to go a...
If there’s one thing most people know about Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell, it’s that he genuinely dealt with depression. And metaphorically, that is the mindstate which the titular “black days” represent. More specifically, as illustrated by...
Temple of the Dog’s “Hunger Strike” sees the narrator adapt a Robin-hood mindset where he is comfortable stealing from the rich in order to feed the poor. The underlying message of this song is...
Let it be known from the onset that if a listener decides to attribute a particular meaning to the lyrics of “Black Hole Sun”, that is his or her prerogative. Yet as for the writer...
The premise of Linkin Park’s “One More Light” is the band memorializing a friend by the name of Amy Zaret who had suddenly died. Accordingly the lyrics themselves are heavily centered on the concept of death. However,...
