Therapist hears Audioslave for the first time! (Like a Stone)

[@JonasBass-vf5lb]

The depression in this song is so strong I can physically feel it

[@32a34a]

True. So imagine how deeply Chris was feeling it.

[@krisztiankorosi7752]

Even it isn't depression was what you physiclly feel, t’s the raw weight of that melancholy that with anxiety and overwhelmed feels layering themselvesonto you, settling in your lap, wrapping around you, feel that massive mass and complicatel freezed cant do nothing or anything about it But as those emotions rise to the surface and you release them, it becomes a refreshing, liberating human experience. Like a bittersweet journey that brushes against the edges of mortality, yet feels soothing-a quiet catharsis, both grounding and uplifting.rel. (When you had a really tiny closely enough something to experience a bite of that depression what it is taste like.. man ..you gonna realize, that's what was told about was so accurate but it's really that hard to comunicate what a hell was it to a person who never experienc it)

[@32a34a]

@@krisztiankorosi7752 Just one problem with that description. Some people cannot lift depression. It just isn't possible. What I have learned is that when the weight is that heavy one has to find a way to take that gorilla off their back and turn it into as small as a monkey as possible and put it in a backpack. This way that weight is much easier to carry. I only know because of my personal experience in trying to assimilate into society after spending 16 of my first 21 years in state institutions. It is something as human beings we need to try more often. Some people sadly cannot ease their depression,anxiety etc and resort to extreme measures to end their pain. For me personally I don't think one can ever get rid of whatever mental anguish they are suffering from. No matter how well you get or even progress there will always be crumbs lying around and this is where sometimes we think we have purged our suffering but in reality we haven't. We need to continue to make sure that whatever issues we deal with that we continue to deal with those crumbs so they don't take hold of us again.

[@krisztiankorosi7752]

I can agree on that it has one problame, it was misunderstundable, becouse i didn't wana act like a profession of depression even i was 100% say that what Chriss was faceing is not depression. But if i listen that song, that is not depression what i hear. If he was singing about. He would like to do it right now, because he k ows it is going to be easy and better for us after 4 days of laying in one position in the bad and that was hard enough to make him shamed to make a big smile act happy to everybody and go and do it without hasitate. I hear some fulfill joy after able to let it go all the pressing feelings what i carry for mSelf or something

[@blewis66112]

I feel depression like this

[@jimmy_jarhead]

Say Hello To Heaven. You aint experienced Chris Cornell until youve experienced Say Hello to Heaven.

[@treyschick264]

The entire Temple of the Dog album. first song to last song, its all fantastic!

[@guyrowan4400]

@@treyschick264😊absolutely 😊

[@Nick17354]

Add another vote from me for this. It really is a masterpiece.

[@SysteMPablo]

Yes! and Slaves and Bulldozers.

[@JohnSandovalesq]

Amen.

[@thomasfitzpatrick9733]

"This Guy" he's just one of the greatest voice in rock

[@michakosman9711]

True

[@markvanderstelt8999]

thanks

[@bradyshannon8452]

He will always be my favorite Rock singer for his range, and intensity! Truly sad how he left this world early...

[@delbs23]

AC/DC use to be my main band growing up. Then I came across audioslave an got damn I loved there shit so much.

[@Cadinho93]

This song is very haunting to listen to after his death. It's essentially about him waiting for death and Chris Cornell was known to suffer from depression, so to know years ago that he wrote a song like this about waiting for death to come and take him leaves me with a very sad feeling. The song is beautiful, but it takes on even more weight after his tragic passing. RIP Chris Cornell...such a legendary voice.

[@mr.bsworld_0oo0_]

I felt it then and I feel it now. He is missed 🙏♥️

[@redrune100]

been a fan since the early 90's, thinking about it you can go back to superunknown to 75% of the songs on there and get scary goosebumps from the forbearing

[@koreyp4508]

The book he is reading is drugs. Regret, fake blessings, and come down. The stone is his crystal rock. Waiting.

[@Agimus_AGO56]

That's why I was heartbroken, but not surprised. If I'm remembering correctly, even his brother was apposed to the lawsuit because it disrespected the struggle Chris went through. It reminded me that I wasn't alone, and that this is a disease. I thought that, if a man I can admire so much can feel the same pain that I feel, then maybe there's more to me.

[@AngB517]

I don't know why but I always pictured him in a hotel and I think it;s because of this : where are hotels usually built, By a freeway I confess What's generally always in hotel rooms : I was lost in the pages Of a book full of death Reading how we'll die alone And if we're good, we'll lay to rest Anywhere we want to goAnd on my deathbed I will pray To the gods and the angels Like a pagan to anyone Who will take me to heaven ~~ A Bible To a place I recall I was there so long ago The sky was bruised The wine was bled And there you led me on In your house, I long to be and I always thought that before May 2017 :(

[@williamclose6978]

"The day I tried to live"- by Soundgarden (Chris Cornell's first well known band from the grunge era) is a must listen.

[@trentvlak]

A lot of his facial expressions in this video are very similar to that music video.

[@TheDaudelist]

I come back to that song a lot. The older I get, the more true it rings to me.

[@med_ayhem_benabda]

I was just about to say this

[@slickmechanical]

This is one of my favorite Soundgarden tracks

[@biggwooty]

My favorite soundgarden track

[@Moto675309]

Heart breaking connection between Chris and Chester taking their own lives. Absolute legends gone too soon.

[@idgaf100]

💁🏻‍♀️ ALLEGEDLY

[@Mistier]

​@@idgaf100 they were both very troubled guys. As much as i would like to believe that wasnt the case, its very probable. Likely, but not necessarily impossible

[@eddiem1494]

I am the Highway and Be Yourself are so good too!!

[@Scuderiavecchietti]

Cochise is a great one too

[@anthonywillemse1697]

It plays in back hound Wil she's talking ​@@Scuderiavecchietti

[@Agimus_AGO56]

'Show Me How to Live" was a big one for me, but 'Be Yourself' is a great one. 'Be Yourself' is probably better for this creator due to her desire to be optimistic or flip the script on negativity. There's plenty of that in that song.

[@cameronbrown8126]

I was just about to recommend I am the highway

[@quieness]

I have a rare variant of chronic depression. One day i had had enough of it all. Started walking to a ravine i knew, about 50 min walk from my house. I had thought of it a good place to go drop my body so that it'd not disturb anybody. On my way there, about 5 min left from there, i passed by a bar. The bar started playing this song the exact moment i walked by it, which i thought was funny in many levels. For one, is my favorite song because it depicts the feeling to perfection. Chris knew what my pain was like because he felt it too and he chose to show it through his music. For another, it was the day i was going to die, so the song was fitting too as my last listen. I sat next to the bar to listen to the whole song. After it ended i didnt get up immediately but sat there for a while, then took a nap right there in the middle of the sidewalk on my own. After I woke up, i turned 180° and walked back home. So there goes one more layer of "funny" to this event: the song that talks about patiently waiting for death, prolonged my life. It's been 8 years. The universe has a sense of humor if anything lol

[@FaustoVIII]

You MUST listen to his Prince's cover "Nothing compares 2 U". You'll be amazed! 😉✨ Greetings from Argentina!! ❤️🤗

[@Vaygon]

Vamo Argentina amigoo

[@nadjasunflower1387]

welp apparently I can't educate you...original comment keeps being blocked by YT...so i'll just say, it's not a Prince cover, because Prince never performed it once. He wrote it for Sinead O'Connor who is the artist who DID perform it...

[@patrickjohnson1172]

Chris' voice runs through the timeline of those of us that are in our mid 50's, and a little bit of it died with him. I remember the exact moment I heard of his passing, and it honestly felt like a kick in the chest. Forever in my heart and forever missed. I am sure my life is just a bit different (better) because of his amazing gift that he shared with us all.

[@joniewulterin3722]

I'm 73 + listen to all Chris's songs❤ we grew up with the best music of all time, great rae

[@leannmiller7153]

@@joniewulterin3722 71 here. Love Chris Cornell, and have been listening since the beginning. Being from Washington State, if you were into rock and alternative rock, you couldn’t miss hearing about Soundgarden. Our local boys, Screaming Trees, were also emerging. After Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, and all the great rock music, Grunge was fresh and exciting after the 80’s.

[@AngB517]

I didn't like Kurt Loder or Tabitha from MTV news for a long time (it wasn't personal against them if it had been Kennedy and ohmygod my brain just flipped the other gentleman's name right out, I wouldn't have liked them either) It was like come home from school turn it to MTV, breaking news....aye caramba! My first big kick in the chest was Kurt, when you love music especially the way I do (Bipolar, PTSD, Anxiety) it's hard to reconcile out of the 5 bigger Grunge bands, Eddie is the only Lead still here ~ I knocked on wood don't worry.

[@gaborsebok5348]

This is my favorite guitar solo ever. No flashing, no showing off, just music

[@Owlyross]

Maybe a little showing off. But all in service of the song

[@2Quietus]

Sooo many good Chris Cornell songs. This only touches the surface. One of the most iconic voices in Rock history!

[@ozfan6]

Everyone talks about how great of a musician/vocalist Cornell is. And he is. But honestly the thing that brings me back is the pure poetry he was liable to write on any given album. Touches the soul.

[@JimCalhoun-c9g]

The stone is a metaphor for patience. A Stone doesn’t have to wait or wants to wait. The ability to wait is the highest form of patience and a stone models that metaphorically that is.

[@alexharbison4411]

Nice reaction. Next should be "Fell on Black Days". There are many songs that sound like depression but to me this song tops them all. Lyrics, music and atmosphere......It's all there.

[@mickjones8970]

Came here to suggest the same track, fell on black days, specifically the Chris Cornell live in Sweden acoustic version.

[@alexharbison4411]

Live versions do not have the same vibe. Same lyrics but imo do not have the same color.

[@mickjones8970]

@@alexharbison4411I disagree strongly, they have more if its the right singer. Maybe have a listen to the version before you tell me what it is.

[@shaquilleestampador2722]

RIP Chris Cornell one of the best voices in music ❤

[@desireesprague6258]

The ease with which he sings is astonishing-effortless. And knowing now how much pain he was in, it's heartbreaking.

[@My0wnSavi0r]

The Audislave Albums were sooo dam good.

[@devinmetalfreak]

Are so damn good, you mean.

[@My0wnSavi0r]

@@devinmetalfreak LOL YES THAT

[@dustinfaulkner2624]

I listen to Audioslave almost every single day. They are all time greats. Chris is missed by many.

[@spamllama]

The way he sings the ending always sounds triumphant to me.

[@Matjo7588dk]

Calling Chris Cornell "This Guy" just reminded me that some people don't really know about him.. Easy to forget when you do.

[@alanhembra2565]

As someone who has struggled with severe depression Chris is the voice that resonates with me the most. I’ve listened to him since Sound Garden and Temple of the Dog days. One of the few artists who I cried for when they died. I miss all the songs he won’t get to sing.

[@woodyboals]

as a child growing up I’m happy my parents had good taste in music thank you Chris Cornell

[@JasonSchmidt]

One of the greatest vocalists of our generation..........R.I.P. Singing with the angels.........

[@TheDaudelist]

Of any generation

[@crawdaddy1234]

No one sings like him any more.

[@jjjewles1313]

❤❤❤ loud love

[@guprovasi]

This was the best analysis of a song I’ve ever seen in my entire life! 😱👏🏻

[@NickBrown-zl2zj]

I'm an opioid addict in recovery. I identify with Cornell, Cantrell, etc. It helps me to see these reviews. These songs saved me from dying or suicide. Thank you for your reviews.

[@TexumBǰornWrong]

The combo of Chris Cornell with Tom Morello on guitar is hard to beat...some of the best music ever made...🤘🤘🤘

[@ShadysMyCat]

GOAT voice! It's hard to hear his music because he really felt the world so deeply and it echoes from his soul. RIP Miss him so much!❤💔

[@mrstrange5128]

How is it possible your first time hear this; song was huge!!!

[@alexmotts]

"when I'm down" is probably his greatest song imo.

[@PowderedToastMan420]

Audioslave is an amazing rock band and one hell of a rock band name! ✌️

[@GymH2Oxy]

His cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U" is amazing

[@lewisb85]

Well what you got to remember about Chris Cornell all his friends Kurt Cobain, Andrew Wood(who was his room mate) and Layne Stanley all died at a young age of suicides or drug overdoses. You should listen to "Hunger strike" by temple of the dog its a soundgarden/pearl jam project as a tribute to Andrew Wood.

[@Poxumo]

I was going to suggest the same thing!

[@-KiTToBuG]

Beat me to it

[@Kingofcorrect]

Also one of the first appearances of Eddie Veder, iirc.

[@robertaucoin6050]

"Say Hello to Heaven" is the best song on TotD's album

[@garmisra7841]

@@robertaucoin6050 It's amazing, but I love "Reach Down"

[@tactikiller]

I lived in this song for so long, after a break up that rocked my world. And the song, the tone, still wraps me in that era, the feeling in the air, my room, my car, my work, my friends, her. This song floods me with everything still to this day. This and Broken.

[@LN-Lifer]

This song was playing on the radio at 1am Feb 26 2004 as I rushed my wife the hospital to have our youngest daughter She was delivered 6 mins after we walked in the door and this was one of her fave songs long before she was ever old enough to understand the story I alreadt thought it great, but that night made it special

[@CanadaDan]

Chris was such a tormented soul n he expressed himself thru music. His voice was simply magnificent, one of the best voices that came out of the grunge genre for sure, the lyrics that he came up with, in this n other songs are so inspired, poetic, sentimental at times but so wonderful. Glad you reacted to this n hope you react to more songs from him

[@crawdaddy1234]

If you’ve never watched Doctor Who, you may not understand the reference I’m making. When Bill Nighy’s character talks about Van Gogh, I think it can be equally applied to Cornell. “His command of colour was magnificent. He transformed the pain of his tormented life into ecstatic beauty. Pain is easy to portray, but to use your passion and pain to portray the ecstasy and joy and magnificence of our world - no-one had ever done it before, perhaps no-one ever will again. To my mind that strange wild man who roamed the fields of Provence was not only the world’s greatest artist, but also one of the greatest men who ever lived.”

[@patrickfellers4266]

Chris Cornell was a generational talent and the music world is lesser without him in it. The brightest flame burns the quickest. RIP to the legendary Chris Cornell.

[@deanarbogash6803]

Whole lot of history...Post Sound Garden, post RATM, and they all found each other, and made the sum of their individual talents and created something stellar! ❤

[@Zero-Fox-Garage]

Rage against the garden...

[@Owlyross]

Chris's solo stuff is amazing. When I'm Down live at the Troubadour is one of the greatest live performances he gave and is bluesy, heartfelt and incredible

[@briandoczkat9895]

He was telling us all along his plans. So sorry we didn’t listen to you better Chris❤️

[@Jon-et5uu]

This whole album is magical.

[@frankmartell3508]

He was also peoples magazine most beautiful person of the year r.i.p chris

[@mitchbluejays963]

Absolutely love to feel the music how you just did. What a great video!

[@djcarter1628]

I am the Highway definitely needs a rundown. Very underrated song from them.

[@CincyBDub]

Like sees like. Chris endured for so long with depression and his pain comforted so many also enduring. I still shed a tear when I hear his music. RIP Chris.

[@duanemusso544]

It’s just effortless for him to sing so amazingly!!

[@vell0cet517]

"Burden in my Hand" is a powerful Soundgarden song about addiction, "Fell on Black Days" is moving song about depression. One of Chris Cornell's most epic performances is his cover of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" ...haunting.

[@art2736]

"Fell on Black Days" when he was with Soundgarden

[@ineedmoneysp]

RIP Chris Cornell. An absolute legend who like others have passed way before there time and are missed.

[@dieesel1]

I've listened to this song so many times but the meaning snapped to me recently. He is talking to God. "In your house I long to be..." That hits hard.

[@3viliv3]

He's talking to death itself.

[@MrJav702]

Ummmmm bro no shit?

[@theaiden5285]

"... pages of a book, full of death. Reading how we'll die alone. And if we're good, we're laid to rest anywhere we want to go". Is about the bible.

[@dieesel1]

@@theaiden5285 That's why, in my opinion, he's talking "towards" to God.

[@joonbautista1167]

Best analysis by far...keep it up ! 🤙

[@sebastianmiranda5540]

Great insight! What a way to look into the song!

[@travisslayton3473]

If I could suggest the song "Show Me How To Live" It is a cornerstone in my childhood

[@thomaspotthoff3139]

God bless you Chris.

[@plugger1360]

I've listened to this song about 100-200 times now and the part after Tom Morello's amazing solo at 6:10 still gives me goosebumps And on I read Until the day was gone And I sat in regret Of all the things I've done For all that I've blessed And all that I've wronged In dreams until my death I will wander on

[@henrykosky3919]

I think your on the right track , stones are solid...like a rock

[@jessemacpherson9279]

The fact the entire song is about him waiting for death by himself is so heart wrenching

[@jeremiahschill5205]

You should do all the songs off of this album! They are all so good!

[@ryanwpg1182]

The acoustic version of this song is amazing

[@rojohe]

Prescient! RIP Chris Cornell. You (and Layne) will always live on in the hearts and minds of your fans.

[@robertarce5377]

RIP 🪦 Chris Cornell thanks for the memories every time I hear this song it’s haunting.😢

[@matthewgreenawalt439]

This whole album is amazing!

[@petermiller4953]

There are so many banger songs from Chris! Who cares if depression or death is the primary topic he sang about? He was an amazing singer, and his legacy needs to be carried on!

[@robertserafin-uc3qn]

Their debut album was a masterpiece Nothing compares 2 U is a MUST watch. Incredible cover by him Outshined is another MUST as well

[@TVTheBozos]

I always thought of the song from the perspective of someone who is dying. He wants to be in that moment with the person who once made him happy and is hoping that heaven is that peaceful place. "I'll wait for you there, like a stone." He's patiently waiting for the person he loved to join him. Great thing about this kind of music is it can mean whatever we need it to mean.

[@Daw231]

Love this

[@davidruizsanclemente581]

I am the highway and hunger strike would be perfect for react,a man that left a beutiful songs to rest is a legend in some many ways

[@WrenTaylor1016]

Chis was an amazing guy and musician. We are blessed with what he left behind. It’s a truly outstanding catalog.

[@SDGBiscuitJWilcox]

Totally here for your rabbit hole dive into Chris. Start with Soundgarden, please and thank you 🙏

[@glpf5]

Fell on Black Days by Soundgarden is shockingly accurate at depicting life depressed; and Chris' voice is outstanding in that tune. Thank you for the video.

[@Denbot_is_here]

Watching this today hit me with too much sadness. It makes me really think how truly little time with have here and how too many people waste it. I will never forget the gut punch feeling in 2017 when I read that Chris Cornell was gone. I spent so much time listening to Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog and Audioslave that it felt like I lost someone close. Knowing that I won't get to hear any new material from him was devastating. Left me feeling hollow. The same way I felt when Layne Staley died. Both were a part of me in my young adult life. Music meant so much more back then (IMHO) and we aren't going to see their like again.

[@yansenise540]

One of those songs I wish to go back in time and listen to it for the first time again…..

[@nickaylward]

My interpretation , was already being in the afterlife , stuck in purgatory/ the other side , and having to wait for your loved one/ones to pass in hopes they will join you , and so you sit like a sinking stone , alone, suffering with emotions, from guilt of hoping they too will pass, yet suffering for feeling and thinking that way .

[@blakesmith3105]

You should give "I Am The Highway", or "Cochise" a listen. Two of my favorite Audioslave songs.❤

[@coreyandthecrew952]

The voice of angles and deamons. Chria funneked everything he could into his art. We were lucky to have him in our lives, and im so glad he continues to touch peoples lives.

[@luch33to]

whole album is a kind of farewell letter from chris in my point of view hits me deep inside every time i listen from begining to end rip chris

[@anthonyperrine6020]

I forget sometimes how much I really loved Audioslave

[@ryanwebb2203]

Outshined by Chris Cornell with Soundgarden. That song is deep and really shows off Chris’s skills

[@wildwillie5408]

great song........ the "unplugged" version from the AOL sessions is even more amazing. just CC and his guitar

[@domen321]

The greatest voice ever :)

[@joealdrich6919]

Arguably the best singer from the grunge era. Look up as much as you can. He is in several bands and solo work

[@aidan673]

For me it's not even up for debate. I think as an overall singer, Cornell easily takes the cake. Staley was fantastic, along with Vedder. Hell, even Scott Weiland. But NONE of them can convey such emotional stuff like Cornell could.

[@jessicacuster8767]

The whole superunknown is so good

[@joshbradley5168]

GOAT rock vocalist. There are a lot of really, really great ones… he’s the best. RIP CC

[@jonrogers1497]

Man, Cornell know what he was singing about. I wish he gave us a few more years.

[@seminole17910]

This whole album is fantastic. Not a bad song on it. "I am the Highway" is one of my favorites from this one.

[@jam1870utube]

While watching this video, I was reminded how language and art can show that there is some beauty in death.

[@binino7684]

This song makes me very sad, but after listening to it, I feel the same sensation of crying and washing my bad feelings away. In the end, I feel numb, in a positive way.

[@AKmumu]

the acoustic version he did in the unplugged session is a must watch

[@sebastiancerher6969]

Chris was an amazing artist. Please listen to more audioslave. I am the Highway, Be yourself and Shadow on the Sun have some great lyrics to analyze!

[@imvenom8826]

One of my favourite Sony by audioslave it has so much emotion

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

The guy with the "Soul Power" guitar is an actual genius. He's legit one of the smartest people in the world.

[@jakes3059]

This guy?! Cornell is legend.

[@bigbill5904]

This was my mom and dads song, there split but everytime I hear this I get emotional. Rip the singer

[@AlphaAlpha-r5m]

Incredible song

[@FabioOsorio619]

I’m very excited to see you arriving at Audioslave and the force of nature that was and still is Chris Cornell and his voice. If I may, I really hope you react or listen to “Shadow on the Sun”…. This song if his is the most guttural vocal and emotional expression from within him and the band in my opinion. Touching base on tha nature of depression and pain and perhaps is own struggle with the two. Please give it a shot, you won’t regret it.

[@CraigKing-c9m]

As you are digging the guitar solo, that’s another legend. Tom Morello!!!!!!

[@jamesburns8827]

Well obviously now you have to listen to the song that was playing before like a stone.. I love that song. He is the greatest vocalist that ever lived and it's not close I'm excited for you to discover it on your own

[@paulaleckey1968]

He always longed to go back home to heaven! Bless his heart :(

[@musica5409]

i loved all of his music, the man was amazing what chance do i have, how can i find hope if this man cant.

[@mcbridemotorsports5788]

I've always loved this song

[@Charlie-d5m]

He was the best singer I have ever heard live, Pearl Jam's my favorite band but Cornell is definatly my favorite singer!