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Ya, like you can't find some questionable performances from any singer. It sounded like he was experimenting in the first verse/chorus, but listen to the 2nd verse on, and he sounds good.
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i picked the first audioslave song that came into my head and clicked the first link, honest. i saw soundgarden at lollapalooza (twice?) and his voice was bad then, also bad on snl, also bad on live performances on mtv. it's a very interesting studio sound, but i don't think he's anywhere near the top of any live (read: real) vocalist chart.
the first hit on google for 'chris cornell live' is
http://www.amazon.com/Audioslave-Liv.../dp/B000B7QCQS and even fans are ripping his voice in the comments.
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Alright, fair enough. But can I at least blame the years of smoking? I'm coming to grips with the fact that he won't get back to the form he had on Temple of The Dog or Superunknown, but in his prime he's amazing. I think it's really more of an age/smoking thing than live/studio. There are a bunch of live Soundgarden clips on youtube where he sounds incredible.
Blow up the outside world
Outshined (awesome hair in this one too [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] )
Black Hole Sun (acoustic and recent)
We'd have to disqualify guys like Robert Plant too if we're going to count how their voices hold up over time/hard living.
I'm glad I went to look this stuff up, it was fun to listen to all of these songs.