Today's song of the day is one of my favorite tracks from the Seattle band Soundgarden. I am, and always will be, a big fan of the Grunge sound of the late '80's and early '90's. I always felt that Soundgarden was unique to the "Seattle Sound." They were doing things that the other Seattle bands were not doing. I guess to me their sound had this darker element to it. They were using an alternate tuning on their guitars that was just giving this darker element to their music, and it really made their music stand out. One of the first tracks that I heard from them was this song "Outshined." Just a great song in this drop-D tuning that really gave it this edgy drive throughout the song. Then there are the chords at the chorus, which just sound so right in this song. It is definitely one of my favorite choruses of all time. It's just such a contrast from the edgy riff during the verse, and it works perfectly. Of course there are also the vocals of Chris Cornell, which are among my favorite of lead singers. So, check out "Outshined" off of the "Badmotorfinger" album.
Soundgarden with "Outshined"
Video by YouTube poster tkon3d
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