SUB POP 200 - SOUNDGARDEN - SUB POP ROCK CITY video free download
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Uploaded: 2008/07/31
PLAYING: SOUNDGARDEN - SUB POP ROCK CITY (RARE)
Sub Pop 200 is a compilation released in the early days of the Seattle grunge scene (December 1988). It features songs (many of them first releases and otherwise unattainable) from Tad, The Fluid, Nirvana, Steven Jesse Bernstein, Mudhoney, The Walkabouts, Terry Lee Hale, Soundgarden, Green River, Fastbacks, Blood Circus, Swallow, Chemistry Set, Girl Trouble, The Nights and Days, Cat Butt, Beat Happening, Screaming Trees, Steve Fisk, and The Thrown Ups. Many of these bands went on to be incredibly influential in the early 1990s and onwards. Most notable of these were Nirvana, Soundgarden, Green River (who spawned Mudhoney and Mother Love Bone and late Temple of the Dog and Pearl Jam), Screaming Trees, and Mudhoney. The cover is an illustration by comics artist Charles Burns, who was regularly used by Sub Pop for covers and posters around this period.
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9 years ago
entertain7us14
Awesome. but does anyone know who's voice that is doing the spoken word part?10 years ago
Vann Coughanour
Just found out Sub Pop is reissuing Screaming Life/Fopp cd in November with this song as a bonus track! Cant wait!10 years ago
Sean's Channel
Ok so I heard "I wish I knew how to dance" in the beggining (and it did sound like Kurt to me, though it is unlikely he was there) And then I think I heard "Just leave it, Kim" (Kim being their guitarist) At least I think thats what I heard.10 years ago
Keith1974
TheOnlySilverUnicorn: the ultimate music hipster!10 years ago
Krewe Maynard
I'm wearing my old ratty Soundgarden shirt, and +Leslie P and I have been getting work done. #ROCKOUT #humpday11 years ago
AmericanGothic1313
With enough Beer, Coffee, Weed, and Acid, anyone will sound like Kurdt Cobain.11 years ago
TheOnlySilverUnicorn
Why wait? You have the power and intelligence to go find the information on your own. YOU DO! You may need to ask a reference librarian for access to obscure resources and take advantage of the Interlibrary Loan system to retrieve media across long distances, but all the information is just waiting there to be found.11 years ago
TheOnlySilverUnicorn
If you take the challenge, archived magazines, radio broadcasts, and pop media clips can be great resources. Your local librarian can help you access media that cannot be found online or that is only available online through subscription to a private data base. Most libraries have subscriptions to private data bases. Go for it.11 years ago
TheOnlySilverUnicorn
You're speculation is based on nothing but what you want to be true. I challenge you to find historical evidence from a credible source (i.e. cross referencing interviews with Jack Endino, a member of Soundgarden, and or a member of Nirvana) that the voice at the beginning is Kurt Cobain. If you succeed, then I will concede. But based on what I have heard and read over the years, there is nothing to suggest that it is. And for the record, I love Soundgarden, but I love Nirvana just a bit more.11 years ago
Inderption
And fuck you, you're the obsessed fan boy, I'm speculating, I'm not pretending I know for a fact like you. Saying you have friends who are obsessed with grunge is not a supporting argument.11 years ago
Inderption
All I'm saying is it sounds like him. Stop acting like you're the fucking expert on everything because you read some shit. I'm going to wait until someone who was either there, or knew Kurt Cobain to tell me whether it was him or not rather than take some guy on the internets word for it.11 years ago
TheOnlySilverUnicorn
Pavitt and Ponemen required Soundgarden to record a song for this sampler. They didn't want to. They seemed to capitulate. They went into the studio. But then barricaded the door. They wouldn't let anyone in for days, except for food deliveries. The only people in there with them were their closest friends. That list did not include Kurt Cobain. This song was the result. It was a protest against the way they were being used. If you still insist it's Kurt, find historical evidence.11 years ago
TheOnlySilverUnicorn
Obsessed fan boy? Honestly? A good friend of mine gave me a copy of Sub Pop 200 in 1990. I have been listening to the song for 22 years. I have known many people who were obsessed with grunge, and you are the only person I have heard insist that the person at the beginning is Kurt Cobain. ONLY one. Maybe you don't know the story behind this track.11 years ago
Inderption
No, listen to the first 20 seconds of the song, there are people talking in the background. One of them says "I wish I knew how to dance", probably because someone in the room at the time was dancing. I'm not saying they sampled Kurt's voice into the song, I'm saying he was in the studio when they were recording it and it picked up on his voice in the background briefly. Listen to the background at about 0:10 seconds in.11 years ago
TheOnlySilverUnicorn
Note that Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Ponemen met over Soundgarden. They were inspired by the band to create Sub Pop Records. They hoped to cash in on the band's success by sending demos to major record companies. The demos were titled "Bands That Will Make You Money". Yet, the band makes fun of them in this track by sampling their actual answering machine messages into the song. They only got away with it because Pavitt and Ponemen truly believed they would make a mint off them. And they did.11 years ago
TheOnlySilverUnicorn
They sampled sound bites into the track, so it's hard to say who it was, but it is VERY unlikely that it was a member of Nirvana. It is FAR more likely that it was another member of Soundgarden. At the time of this recording, Nirvana only had one song recorded. It had not been released yet. Few people had heard of the band. No one thought they were very important. Soundgarden, however, were already indie rock heroes. Hence, they got away with these shenanigans.11 years ago
Inderption
I'm talking about the voice that says "I wish I knew how to dance" in the background. Not the singing.11 years ago
Inderption
It doesn't sound anything like Chris Cornell. Chris Cornell was getting ready to sing, it was obviously someone else, and I think it was Kurt.11 years ago
TheOnlySilverUnicorn
No. It is Chris Cornell.11 years ago
TheOnlySilverUnicorn
Mudhoney and Soundgarden were pretty similar back then. They even covered some of the same songs in the same style. It's amazing how much Soundgarden has changed.Related Videos
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