A Monumental Waste of Talent

The nineties I hold to be an unfortunate decade and in music few examples lead to more exasperation than Mariah Carey. She was the best-selling artist of that decade, and one of the best-selling artists of all time; I am also sure that, American marketing discourse aside, Carey was quite the inspiration to many a singer. It is amply saddening, then, to realize that after some fifteen years this artists has one decent recorded song to her name. But what a song, and what a performance.

However, as much as I would love to embed the song just below these lines, some shit on or from YouTube made sure that this video could not leave the site, and so I hope the link alone will suffice. Enjoy, dear reader, and sigh alongside me at what a waste these fifteen-odd years have been.

Chris Cornell

On a subject a tad bit off topic, let us now recall Him, Chris Cornell, The Singer. Yes, I might be overselling, but then again, I may not be. The following songs are from Soundgarden's Superunknown album, the best album of the 90's that I know of. Cornell is that kind of singer that Robert Plant wanted to be and never was: emotive and in key. I only hope Cornell keeps on singing for many more years and giving us his rather exceptional blend of good ol' rock 'n' roll and some really gut-wrenching histrionics. Gotta love it!

Well, here they are, "Limo Wreck" and "The Day I Tried To Live":



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