/ 10. Soundgarden - Standout Track - Nothing to say
A brooding kick as the riff starts up and the drums pound in anticipation before that intoxicating voice kicks in. It is the voice of grunge, a voice that the world that has never heard before, a voice that belongs to Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden.
The song is 'Nothing to Say', a song so addictive it streams into your consciousness and remains there. Long before Nirvana and Pearl Jam made grunge accesible, though no less brilliant, Soundgarden created a type of music that was truly unique to the rock world and indee to music itself. Neither rock nor metal, it sits between a mix of genres, a heart pounding rush of adrenaline and bizarre, briallint vocals that provide unavoidable imagery for its listeners.
'Nothing to Say' is Soundgarden at their most pure and raw, both vocally and instrumentally and it instantly feels like a new experiment the moment you listen to it, even in the modern day. It is exciting and fresh whilst also strange and whilst it doesnt feel a very accesible song, it is a tune that you can still hear long after its being played, like a memory, it grows and grows in significance whenever you are reminded of it or hear it played again. The music fits in so well with the instruments that 'Nothing to Say' doesnt even feel like a recording but more like an organic sound that never ceized to exist and is as natural as daylight.
Cornell's voice is striking, caught in the background of the song - but like an actor who is underracting, he steals the show with a phenomenal vocal range and vocal mood which fits in perfectly with the mood of the lyrics.
I have chosen the song 'Nothing to Say' as Soundgarden's standout track because it is the song that marked the birth of grunge, a new intoxicating sound that is as addictive as it is flawless and which lead to one of the most popular musical movements of the past century.
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