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Chris Cornell Miami Beach Songbook Photos & Audio

Miami Beach, Florida - 05.16.2012
Photos: Our Google+ Gallery
Audio/Video:
1. Scar On The Sky - Audio
2. Hope And Promise Fade - Audio
3. Ground Zero - Audio
4. Be Yourself - Audio
5. Can’t Change Me - Audio
6. Say Hello To Heaven - Audio
7. Wooden Jesus - Audio
8. All Night Thing - Audio
9. Hunger Strike - Audio
10. Fell On Black Days - Audio
11. Burden In My Hand - Audio
12. Seasons - Audio
13. Sunshower - Audio
14. When I’m Down - Audio
15. Mind Riot - Audio
16. I Am the Highway - Audio
17. Doesn’t Remind Me - Audio

ENCORE
18. Billie Jean - Audio
19. The Roads We Choose - Audio
20. Thank You - Audio
21. Like A Stone - Audio
22. Black Hole Sun - Audio
23. Imagine - Audio

Chris Cornell Tampa Audio Is Up, Orlando and Miami Going Up “Soon”. Check the “Take, If You Want A Slice” page all weekend for updates on the other 2 shows.

Tampa, Florida - 05.12.2012

1. Scar On The Sky - Audio
2. Hope And Promise Fade - Audio
3. Ground Zero - Audio
4. Can’t Change Me - Audio
5. Be Yourself - Audio
6. Wide Awake - Audio
7. Fell On Black Days - Audio
8. Sunshower - Audio
9. Hunger Strike - Audio
10. Call Me A Dog - Audio
11. Seasons - Audio
12. Sweet Euphoria [with extended bridge he said was cut out of the album recording] - Audio
After the song, Chris said the extended bridge was supposed to be on the original version but was cut out before recording the final version.
13. Thank You - Audio
14. Outshined - Audio
15. When I’m Down - Audio
16. Mind Riot - Audio | YouTube
17. I Am The Highway - Audio
18 Doesn’t Remind Me - Audio
19. Blow Up The Outside World - Audio
I’m not sure if he had done this before, but Chris hums the Kim solo part here, and it sounds great. Maybe not in our horrible recording but definitely live in person.

ENCORE 
20. Like A Stone - Audio
21. Billy Jean - Audio
22. The Keeper - Audio | YouTube
23. Black Hole Sun - Audio
24. Imagine - Audio

At this Sunday’s Songbook show, Chris performed Hunger Strike with a fan from the crowd. Spencer, who waited in line with us in Seattle for the Moore Songbook show, did an incredible job filling in for Vedder’s part.  

Stream or Download the performance here. 

Chris Cornell Orlando, Fl 05.13.2012 Setlist

1. Scar On The Sky
2. Hope And Promise Fade
3. Ground Zero
4. Can’t Change Me
5. Be Yourself
6. Wide Awake
7. Sweet Euphoria (with “extended” original bridge)
8. Fell on Black Days
9. Sunshower
10. Hunger Strike (with Spencer, a fan from the audience doing Vedder’s part - quite well too)
11. Call Me a Dog
12. Seasons
13. Burden In My Hand
14. When I’m Down
15. Tangerine
16. Light On (David Cook “cover” written by Chris)
17. I Am The Highway
18. Outshined
19. Doesn’t Remind Me
20. A Day In The Life

Encore

21. Wooden Jesus
22. Billie Jean
23. Like A Stone
24. The Keeper
25. Black Hole Sun
26. Imagine

Chris Cornell Songbook Tour: Orlando

We’ll be headed down to Orlando tonight for another Songbook show ! We’ll post setlist info and whatever else we can after the show, and we’ll be at Disney all day prior. 

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And see photos (whatever we can get with the strict no-real-camera policy at Cornell shows) on our Google+ Page Here

Chris Cornell Songbook Tampa Setlist
05.12.2012

1. Scar On The Sky
2. Hope And Promise Fade
3. Ground Zero
4. Can’t Change Me
5. Be Yourself
6. Wide Awake 
7. Fell On Black Days
8. Sunshower 
9. Hunger Strike
10. Call Me A Dog
11. Seasons 
12. Sweet Euphoria [with extended bridge he said was cut out of the album recording]
13. Thank You 
14. Outshined - Download
15. When I’m Down
16. Mind Riot
17. I Am The Highway
18 Doesn’t Remind Me
19. Blow Up The Outside World

ENCORE

20. Like A Stone
21. Billy Jean
22 The Keeper
23 Black Hole Sun
24 Imagine

Full Article

 
You’re performing completely by yourself. Do you find that this gives you more freedom as a singer?

Well, it’s very different. There’s definitely more freedom in terms of not being anchored to anything. It’s a lot harder, for example, to play an acoustic guitar and sing with accompaniment, like another instrument sitting there. That’s hard for me. Just playing alone, I’m controlling essentially the tempo and the mood, the stops - I can do whatever I want. I can stop in the middle and talk. I can start any song at any time if it occurs to me. So there’s that, and it’s not possible to do with a group of people, or even one other person. It’s a really different feeling.
 
Is it also more intimidating, not being backed by a band?

I’m not sure. At first, absolutely it was. And I think it went from being intimidated to a feeling that I kind of crave. And that’s essentially the notion of being the only person that’s supposed to hold the attention of the audience for two hours. That’s a huge responsibility. And I’m not David Lee Roth - it’s not my nature to just wanna come out and be an entertainer. It’s something that I have to coax myself into believing that I can do - and if it’s happening and it’s working, of course then it’s a great feeling, very rewarding, very exciting. But the idea of being the only guy and having that be absolutely of-the-moment, nothing is planned - that’s exciting to me. It’s something new, unlike anything I’ve ever experienced, and it’s kind of informed my songwriting.
 
You’re touring in support of “Songbook” - are there any surprises in your show?

Well, I don’t know - the whole thing is kind of a surprise to me. I’m always learning new songs, and I approach old songs in different ways.
 
This show is rescheduled from a Miami Beach show in November. Would you say that today it’s a different show than it would have been back then?
It will be, because there’s actually been some time now. I’m not sure in what way it will be different, but it will be.
 
Did the venue, the Fillmore Miami Beach, have any influence whatsoever in bringing you down to Miami? Is there anything special about it?

Yes, from the very first tour, that became something that I really made everybody concentrate on, that I won’t go into a town if it doesn’t have a venue that I think is appropriate for this. I mean, there’s no point - it doesn’t work in a bar atmosphere, and it’s not a rock show. It is what it is, and it’s much more appropriate in a theater where people can sit down.
 
What’s the status of Soundgarden’s new album?

It’s about four or five days from being finished mixing, and then being remastered and ready to go - we’re in the final stages of everything.
 
Was it a pleasure to get back to a rock band after being so long on the road alone?

Yeah, it was a pleasure to get back with them. It was a pretty incredible experience, because we’ve had 14 years apart, and just getting back to playing shows together was an amazing experience. But moreso, I think, is creating new music. Because it’s all very complex, but the overall outcome is Soundgarden, and whatever we do, it sounds like that, and it’s really an interesting thing to get back to that and have it reappear so naturally.

Chris Cornell talks “Live To Rise”, songwriting, and new Soundgarden

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Has that been the process for the new Soundgarden album?

Definitely, it’s been a pretty good time. I suppose the actual writing has taken place over the course of a couple years. Initially, we wrote a handful of songs early on in the process. Then, we went on tour a few times. I went on tour. Matt went on tour with Pearl Jam. Ben was working on a solo record. We would take breaks and come back. That was actually good. Otherwise, I have to force myself to take a break for a minute which is usually after beating my head against a wall if I’m having trouble with something. If something doesn’t immediately work and the melodies and lyrics don’t coexist with the music perfectly, then I can go away from it and come back a couple months later. Then, the problem seems to have solved itself. Having this amount of time to make this record hasn’t hurt us. It’s been good—especially for the first record back. To not have a ton of pressure put on it with scheduling, release date, and touring is great.

Source (read more ): Artist Direct

Author: Rick Florino