chris cornell no brasil
by paulo terron, rolling stone, december 2007
see English translation following the Portuguese original
ex-vocal de soundgarden, audioslave e temple of the dog se apresenta nesta quinta, em SP
Apesar de ter vendido milhões de discos com três bandas diferentes (além de seu trabalho solo), Chris Cornell ainda se dá ao trabalho de se apresentar pelo mundo inteiro em shows de 25 músicas e mais de duas horas e meia. “É bem raro ver artistas que fazem shows tão longos”, explica Cornell, ex-Soundgarden, ex-Audioslave e ex-Temple of the Dog. “A maior parte toca por tipo uma hora e meia, que é o básico. E tem gente que toca mais que eu: quando fiz uma turnê com o Guns N’Roses, eles tocavam por quase três horas. O Pearl Jam também faz isso. Se eu toco menos, tenho uma sensação estranha... Parece que as pessoas não estão recebendo pelo que pagaram. Mas não fico olhando para o relógio. Eu simplesmente sei quando é a hora de parar.”
A atitude do vocalista garante que, durante sua passagem pelo Brasil (nesta quarta, 12, no Rio; e amanhã, quinta, 13, em SP), os fãs possam escutar clássicos do Soundgarden (“Outshined”, “Rusty Cage”, “Jesus Christ Pose”), os hits radiofônicos do Audioslave (“Cochise”, “Like a Stone”) mais covers de Michael Jackson (“Billie Jean”) e Led Zeppelin.
Cornell também tira a poeira do repertório do Temple of the Dog, projeto que juntou os membros do Pearl Jam a Cornell para homenagear Andrew Wood (vocalista do Mother Love Bone, morto por uma overdose de heroína). “Só fizemos um show com todas as músicas desse disco, em Seattle. Depois disso só apareci para fazer umas poucas participações com o Pearl Jam. Aquele disco era meio que um solo meu, escrevi quase tudo nele... E ele é o preferido de muita gente, mas ninguém toca aquelas canções ao vivo. Fiquei com vontade de tocá-las e achei que seria legal.”
Ou seja, os shows no Brasil devem contar com faixas como “Hunger Strike”, “Call Me a Dog” e, se você tiver sorte, “Pushing Forward Back”. E, já que o clima é de celebração do passado, que tal uma reunião do Soundgarden? Sobre o tema, Cornell foi taxativo: “Não tenho interesse algum nisso”.
Reprinted from rollingstone.com. Originally available as an online feature here. More content from this interview is available in audio (with Portuguese text translation) here.
Here's a translation into English, courtesy of Karen (PJFreak) from Brazil. Thanks again Karen!
Chris Cornell in Brazil By Paulo Terron
Former Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog singer performs this Thursday in São Paulo.
Despite having sold millions of records with 3 different bands (besides his solo work), Chris Cornell still goes through the trouble of performing around the world in concerts of 25 songs and over 2 and half hours length. "It's very rare to see artists that make such long concerts", explain Cornell, ex-Soundgarden, ex-Audioslave and ex-Temple of the Dog. "Most of them only play for like 1 hour and a half, which is the standard. And some people play more than I do: when I was on tour with Guns n Roses, they played for almost 3 hours. Pearl Jam does that too. If I play less, I have a weird sensation... It feels like people aren't getting what they paid for. But I don't keep looking at the clock. I simply know when it's time to stop."
The singer's attitude guarantees that, during his passage through Brazil (this Wednesday, the 12th in Rio; and tomorrow, Thursday, the 13th, in Sao Paulo), the fans might hear Soundgarden classics ("Outshined", "Rusty Cage", "Jesus Christ Pose"), Audioslave's radio hits ("Cochise", "Like A Stone"), plus covers from Michael Jackson ("Billie Jean") and Led Zeppelin.
Cornell also takes the dust off the Temple of the Dog repertoire, project that put together members of Pearl Jam and Cornell to pay tribute to Andrew Wood (Mother Love Bone singer, who died of a heroin overdose). "We only played one concert with all songs from this record in Seattle. After that, I only made a couple of appearances with Pearl Jam. That record was sort of like a solo of mine, I wrote almost everything in it... and it's the favorite of many people, but nobody plays those songs live. I wanted to play them and thought it would be cool".
This means that the Brazil shows might have tracks like "Hunger Strike", "Call me a Dog" and, if you are really lucky, "Pushin' Forward Back". And since there's a mood for celebrating the past, how about a Soundgarden reunion?
About that subject, Cornell was conclusive: "I have no interest in that at all."
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