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Indisposed
In disguises no one knows
Hides the face
Lies the snake
And the sun in my disgrace
Boiling heat
Summer stench
'Neath the black, the sky looks dead
Call my name
Through the cream
And I'll hear you scream again
Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain?
Black hole sun
Won't you come
Won't you come
Won't you come?
Stuttering
Cold and damp
Steal the warm wind, tired friend
Times are gone
For honest men
Sometimes, far too long for snakes
In my shoes
Walking sleep
In my youth, I pray to keep
Heaven send
Hell away
No one sings like you anymore
Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain?
Black hole sun
Won't you come
Won't you come?
Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain?
Black hole sun
Won't you come
Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come? (Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Hang my head
Drown my fear
Till you all just disappear
Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain?
Black hole sun
Won't you come
Won't you come?
Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain?
Black hole sun
Won't you come
Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun)
Won't you come
Won't you come?
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jun 06, 2010 - 15:15  Chris Cornell 8 by ~Satanarchist ©2007-2010 ~Satanarchist |
| mrandrew | Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 21:12 No, the black hole sun wont come, so give it up! Geeesh. |
| j7 (Earth's largest mountain) | Posted: Dec 05, 2009 - 12:34 Love to chase this with some Screaming Trees. |
| EssexTex (Gitche Gumee) | Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 03:20 Sublime...genius...what the hell went wrong? |
| WayUpNorth (Down on the Farm) | Posted: Aug 01, 2009 - 13:11
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| CamLwalk (Albany NY) | Posted: Aug 01, 2009 - 13:09 Excellent song |
| Bazooka (Mountain View, CA USA) | Posted: Aug 01, 2009 - 13:08 Grunge is good.  |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 19:38 SCJoniguy wrote: Awesome - Now I'm gonna have to play "Fell On Black Days" when I get home.  "Burden In My Hand" is my favorite.  |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Feb 24, 2009 - 06:41 ronshock wrote: OK, I'm a Soundgarden fan. But jeez-louise, can we play something else besides this song and the only other two tracks RP has in its collection? There's a ton of good stuff out there off "Badmotorfinger", this album ("Superunknown"), and "Down on the Upside". I'd be happy to upload some if that's what it'll take.  Then why don't you upload some great tracks from your collection? Personally I dig this one just fine, it was ages I heard it last (mainly because I rarely listen to commercial radio) |
| mgkiwi (French Alps - rivet rivet) | Posted: Feb 24, 2009 - 06:41 Great band, great song, brilliant video! I remember introducing my kids to Soundgarden when they were 2&3, didn't do them any harm! |
| ronshock | Posted: Jan 23, 2009 - 17:02 OK, I'm a Soundgarden fan. But jeez-louise, can we play something else besides this song and the only other two tracks RP has in its collection? There's a ton of good stuff out there off "Badmotorfinger", this album ("Superunknown"), and "Down on the Upside". I'd be happy to upload some if that's what it'll take. |
| Marley (Portland, Or) | Posted: Jan 23, 2009 - 17:00 Ah....reading the comments, I see I'm not the only one who always hated this song. |
| TanteJensen (one step ahead from my shoe shine, two steps away from the county line) | Posted: Dec 23, 2008 - 02:50 My wife once asked me (we both were in the higher teens in the early 90s) "What was that band with that video called again?". My immidiate response was "Soundgarden with black hole sun". Of course, the answer was correct. Was played to death. Didn't help me liking it. |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 17:49 Here Comes the Sun would be a great followup to this. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 12:23
yes, one of the bands who made me to look at with "other eyes", since 1984, the work that came marginally been produced for the called bands alternative, yes, this band was necessarily the "Soundgarden", and with all the merit, therefore Soundgarden is perhaps of the bands most succeeded and more recognized of in this area where they had to tame for its account the risk, and had always obtained! Black Hole Sun in album "Superunknown" (1994) ** 6 / 7 ** |
| velvetglove (Savage, MD) | Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 12:20 jenseda wrote: In the summer of 1994, I was dating a girl who made the remark about how this song was evil and awful. My response was to say that the song reminded me of her. I haven't spoken to her since that day. Thank you Soundgarden. that is just beautiful |
| More_Cowbell (North of Chicago, IL, USA) | Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 12:18 tupicetti wrote: Never understood why or what the heck is the fascination with this song (not in the 90s, and not now certainly). To me is oddly pretentious and I really think is PAINFULLY AWFUL. Be happy if i never hear it again. Isnt pretentious a good thing for music? |
| OldFrenchie (Frozen wastes of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada) | Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 12:18 The lame guy screaming a strained "black hole sun" repeatedly - like he's unsuccessfully trying to pass something stuck in his colon - annoys me to no end. Come to think of it, I feel the same with the lead singer. |
| Welly (Lotusland) | Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 12:16  |
| TJOpootertoot (Toronto) | Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 12:13 Faux Beatles + Mediocre Grunge = Black Hole Sun Am I supposed to think it's DEEP because it's a BLACK HOLE sun? I mean, that's sooooo ironic. Sorry - never got Soundgarden, never got (as others have pointed) why some people think this song is the bee's knees. If Soundgarden were erased from music history I can't imagine anyone would notice...maybe Nickleback never would have existed but that might just be optimism on my part. |
| notremotely | Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 12:13 tupicetti wrote: Never understood why or what the heck is the fascination with this song (not in the 90s, and not now certainly). To me is oddly pretentious and I really think is PAINFULLY AWFUL. Be happy if i never hear it again. Ugh. I second that. And doubt it's coincidence that this song hasn't been played in 3 years. |
| shape5 (Israel) | Posted: Apr 02, 2008 - 01:03 There was no Cornell (solo) played on RP? Ever? How can that be? |
| tupicetti | Posted: Nov 27, 2005 - 19:19 Never understood why or what the heck is the fascination with this song (not in the 90s, and not now certainly). To me is oddly pretentious and I really think is PAINFULLY AWFUL. Be happy if i never hear it again. |
| spaceman (Vienna, Austria) | Posted: Nov 27, 2005 - 19:18 physicsgenius wrote: So very, very overplayed. I remember I even called the local radio station to complain about how many times I was hearing this one--something I'd never done before and have never done since.
It seems you have found a new outlet for your "very overplayed" complaints and other rants - it's hard to find anything positive you have contributed to the RP forums... |
| bmo (Canada) | Posted: Nov 13, 2005 - 03:49 Prefer the steve and edie version |
| redeyespy (Sunny, FL) | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 18:41 Hilarious! Last night in the "Post Your '1' Ratings" forum, I mentioned this track, and how I've for years had to explain why I hate it (not sure). Then, here it is, well after a year since last play! Coincidence? Anyway, glad I missed it! :P |
| SCJoniguy (Greenville,SC) | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 11:10 Awesome - Now I'm gonna have to play "Fell On Black Days" when I get home. |
| jenseda (Small Town Southwest) | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 11:10 In the summer of 1994, I was dating a girl who made the remark about how this song was evil and awful. My response was to say that the song reminded me of her. I haven't spoken to her since that day. Thank you Soundgarden. |
| anniebear (chapel hill, nc) | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 11:09 ThesHunter wrote: Originally Posted by Eric_Halfa_Bee:
Of the top 10 radio-friendly songs to come out of the 1990s. This was one of the first CDs I bought as a child, as a child? Either I'm old or you're young. :D As a child the first album I remember buying was Ozzy's The Ultimate Sin. :oops: |
| Baby_M (a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 11:08 rah wrote: thank you for not playing the paul anka version.
Amen. Preach it, brother/sister! |
| physicsgenius | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 11:07 So very, very overplayed. I remember I even called the local radio station to complain about how many times I was hearing this one--something I'd never done before and have never done since. |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 11:07 Good choice! |
| rah | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 11:06 thank you for not playing the paul anka version. |
| t66tah (Lewisburg, Pa.) | Posted: Apr 08, 2004 - 10:47  Chris Cornell's voice turns me on. Soundgarden was the greatest mid-90s Band :!:  |
| OfficeUseOnly | Posted: Dec 12, 2003 - 04:25 Superunknown was a great album. 1994, I worked a show at the Kitsap fairgrounds where Eleven, Tad(I think they played --forgive my memory), and Soundgarden all played. Cobain had died. The Puget Sound area was pretty tense. It was an amazing outside show. 5000 -7000 people. When Soundgarden came out, I just took out my earplugs and watched on-- which wasn't exactly what I was paid to do, but, whatever. For new folks that like Soundgarden, look to *Flower*, Ultramega OK. (seattle 1988, when Mudhoney would put mud on the stage and wallow in it for all our enjoyment. it was great.) *Fopp*, Screaming Life/Fopp/. *Get On The Snake*, Louder Than Love. *Hands All Over*, Louder Than Love. *Mind Riot*, BadMotorFinger. *Drawing Flies*, BadMotorFinger. (Drawing Flies is right after Mind Riot, and while it is a lesser track, the combination of both songs played in sequence is quite high.) *New Damage*, BadMotorFinger. *The Day I Tried To Live*, SuperUnknown. *Fell On Black Days*, SuperUnknown. *Kickstand*, SuperUnknown. *Rhinosaur*, Down on the Upside. small list |
| ireneect | Posted: Nov 21, 2003 - 13:12 Spliff wrote: Best music video of all time.
Yes! A great flashback to mid-90s rock and video. Love it! |
| mrselfdestruct (Edmonton, AB) | Posted: Nov 21, 2003 - 13:11 This is still one of my favourite albums of all time. Darkly kickass. |
| Spliff (Mountain Home, AR) | Posted: Nov 21, 2003 - 13:11 Best music video of all time. |
| frankydee (Shawinigan) | Posted: Nov 21, 2003 - 13:11 That was one weird video .... |
| rgj13 (the gutter, stargazing) | Posted: Nov 21, 2003 - 13:09 Allyson wrote: Someone earlier mentioned Temple of The Dog - Hunger Strike - please play it lots!! I miss Soundgarden...
 Try Audioslave. It's a decent substitute. :nodhead: |
| archrrone (Erie, CO) | Posted: Nov 21, 2003 - 13:09 Even though it got played out, I still love this song and welcome it here! Thanks Bill. |
| RichardPrins (Canada) | Posted: Nov 21, 2003 - 13:09 Great song from a great album! Takes me back to the summer of 94... |
| rgj13 (elsewhere) | Posted: Oct 21, 2003 - 15:33 newwavegurly wrote: The first one I vividly remember buying is Pink Floyd's "The Wall".
Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack here. Wouldn't ya just know it? Soundgarden |
| Platypus (here, now) | Posted: Sep 25, 2003 - 21:12 rpfan wrote: I WOULD like to hear the Pat Boone version and the Weird Al version, though only once.
why not throw in another Johnny Cash cover while we're at it.  |
| Allyson (Australia) | Posted: Nov 04, 2002 - 19:01 Someone earlier mentioned Temple of The Dog - Hunger Strike - please play it lots!! I miss Soundgarden... |
| Heathen (Medicine Hat) | Posted: Nov 04, 2002 - 13:55 Great to hear the fantastic Soundgarden on RP. I'd love to hear some Chris Cornell's solo work. His CD Euphoria Morning is pretty damned good. |
| hazeyjane (Nashville, TN) | Posted: Oct 25, 2002 - 09:09 ah, chris cornell, LOVE his voice. This video freaked me out, though! I think his album with/Rage comes out this month...Audioslave, I think they're called. |
| Mot (Middleton, WI) | Posted: Oct 25, 2002 - 08:56 Interesting lyrics. But nothing lyrically, or musically to give it any more than a good fence sitting. (rated a 5 just for you, BCNH, but it's my truth, too) |
| triviagal (currently Reston,VA-by way of San Jose, CA-by way of Orange County,CA-by way of LA County, CA-by way of Sao Paulo, Brazil) | Posted: Oct 25, 2002 - 08:53 I love Chris Cornell's voice & the minor key he sings in. |
| newwavegurly (Somewhere South (uploads in bio), GA) | Posted: Oct 04, 2002 - 21:26 The first one I vividly remember buying is Pink Floyd's "The Wall". Originally Posted by ThesHunter:
as a child? Either I'm old or you're young. :D As a child the first album I remember buying was Ozzy's The Ultimate Sin. :oops: |
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