GErDE's FoLK CiTY at 60: BLEED YOUR HEART OUT- Chris Cornell

Slaves and Bulldozers

Every word I said is what I mean

Every word I said is what I mean

Everything I gave is what I need

Virgin eyes and dirty looks

On what I have and why I took

Counting all the hands I shook

Now I know why you've been shaking

So bleed your heart out

There's no more rides for free

Bleed your heart out

I said what's in it for me, what's in it for me

Everything I've held is what I've freed

Everything I've shown is what I feel

Buying lies and stealing jokes

And laughing every time I choke

Biding all the time you took

Now I know why you've been taken

So bleed your heart out

There's no more rides for free, yeah

Bleed your heart out

I said what's in it for me, what's in it for me

What's in it for, what's in it for

Every word I said is what I mean

Everything I gave is what I need

Everything I've held is what I've freed

Everything I've shown is what I feel

Virgin eyes and dirty looks

On what I have and why I took

Counting all the hands I shook

Now I know why you've been shaking

Buying lies and stealing jokes

And laughing every time I choke

Biding all the time you took

Now I know why you've been taken

(Now I know why you've been taken)

Songwriters: CHRIS CORNELL, HUNTER SHEPHERD

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Chris Cornell we hardly knew ye.

Last night, he hung himself in Detroit, said reports. I was just looking at the ticket stub I have in my bathroom when they open for Voivod.

Cornell had a big ’90’ on his chest because it was, finally, January 1990. It was a black shirt with a white number in a white circle.

This was January 1990. We had not a fucking care in the world. The Seattle scene wasn't a 'thing' yet. Mudhoney and other bands were making a lot of noise in the Pacific Northwest.

I turned 20 that year I got my first apartment. My buddy, Jim, turned me onto the EP ‘FOPP’ when it came out on cassette.

“What is this craziness!!??’’

Soundgarden was differently tweaked Rock and it even had a peculiar off-tuned nature to it. To the core, it was hard. Black Sabbath was hinted at in their songs but they had a unique sound for sure.

The vocals of Cornell stole the album from the other players.

They got signed and they put out “Louder than love’’ and eventually ‘Badmotorfinger’ which sprung them into being headliners.

There was an innovative soul expressing himself with those unreachable screams. His songs were eventually covered by Johnny Cash and Paul Anka. Seriously.

This was grunge.

Grunge was being invented.

Seattle meant Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice in chains, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Mother Love Bone and the like.

It was a natural progression from the LA Guns /Guns-n-Roses Los Angeles Rock sound.

Rusty Cage

You wired me awake

And hit me with a hand of broken nails

You tied my lead and pulled my chain

To watch my blood begin t boil

But I'm gonna break I'm gonna break my