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Argentina's Personal Fest music festival takes place at the Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires - a cross-genre all-night programme of international bands and DJs playing rock, pop, funk and dance music. Chris headlined the second night and delivered a stunning show, which was much appreciated by Argentinian fans who made a special thread on Chris's official forum just to thank him for coming. The crowd sang all the words to Like A Stone and the band came back on for the encore wearing the festival's trademark silly wigs.
Let Me Drown- Outshined - Show Me How To Live - You Know My Name - No Such Thing - Be Yourself Hunger Strike - Spoonman - Like a Stone - Cochise - Arms around your love - Black hole sun - What you are - Rusty Cage - Can´t Change Me - Slaves & Bulldozers/Whole Lotta Love/The End/Bela Lugosi's Dead/4th July.
by cmatov
It was killer!! The whole band was in great shape and sounded crystal clear, save for the beginning of Let Me Drown as Chris´voice and Jason´s drums were too high and drowned (lol) both Yogi and Peter. It was quickly corrected, though. Chris´voice was in its highest quality, he reached the highest notes without strain. And even though the show wasn´t that long (1.45h, if i miscalculated someone please correct me) we at least got to hear one acoustic version of Like A Stone, with a singalong last chorus that seemed to shock even Chris himself.
After that the guys came out for the encores, wearing coloured wigs that were the theme for the whole fest (PS Spanish speakers: VOlATE LA PELUCA!!!). They seemed to be having a real good time, with the whole pick throwing thing during Jason´s drum solo, and even the guitar tech (that skinny short haired guy) came out to play Yogi´s guitar during Slaves and Bulldozers. It was an awesome show and i can´t wait for these guys to come back!!!!
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by nofazio
The show was cool. There were like 8000 people by the time Cornell played.There was a lot of space available though. Anyway I was up front when the Happy Mondays played their show. Funny, especially when Bez fell down. CC began with an intro then "Let Me Drown","Outshined" and "Hunger Strike" was a thrilling moment. When they played "Rusty cage" you just couldn't stay in the moshpit. It was huge. "Slaves & Bulldozers" was just flawless, I think he sang a little bit of "Bela Lugosi's dead" before 4th of July, and the aftershow was really funny.
thanks to cynthia for the photo
by juan
Oh man, what a show... I went nuts when they played 4th of July because I wasn't expecting it and it's one of my fave songs of Soundgarden. Thank you guys for coming, you played an amazing concert, I hope you come back soon. My only complaint is that the show was too short... I wanted they to play all night. Please come back soon. Thank you for one of the best nights of my life.
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by cbassTN
Creo que cualquiera que admire a Chris Cornell y no sólo a un periodo musical de su tryectoria sabra lo que significo su visita a nuestro pais.Dio el espectaculo que todos soñabamos,temas de todas la epocas,una onda excelente y sobre todo un show de rock inolvidable.Esperemos que vuelva como dijo y ojala haya disfrutado de nuestra gente.
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by roxana
I don't have words to describe what I felt when I saw to Chris in the personal fest. I can't still believe it. I can't believe that I was so close of a musician as him, to who I admire a lot. Thank you for complete a dream. Sorry if a don't speak well in English. Lo digo en mi idioma, el recital de Chris Cornell, en el personal fest, fue el mejor recital que vi en mi vida, sarpado!!! Despues de alabar tanto a cornell, todavia no caigo. I love!.........
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A great flash slideshow of Chris's set is available here
Perfil.com
Chris Cornell repasó su carrera y el público festejó
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Para quienes no saben de quién se trata, Chris Cornell (Christopher John Boyle) fue el vocalista de Soundgarden, una de las bandas fundadoras de la movida grunge que surgió en Seattle a principios de los noventas (a pesar de haber nacido como banda en 1984) junto con Nirvana y Pearl Jam.
Para el 2001 creó Temple of the dog con un único disco y junto a los músicos que formarían mas tarde y durante ese mismo año Pearl Jam. Incluso, grabó dos duetos junto con Eddie Vedder, quien se convertiría en el vocalista de esta última.
En 1997 se separa la banda y lanza en 1998 su primer disco solista “Euphoria Morning”. En el 2001 es convocado por los músicos de la separada Rage against the machine para formar Audioslave, que graba tres discos hasta el 2007. Nuevamente solo, lanza su segundo trabajo solista “Carry on”.
Y en la segunda fecha del Personal Fest, cumpliendo con el horario establecido, el norteamericano con más de cuarenta años hizo revivir toda su historia a los miles de argentinos que esperaban en el Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires con un estilo de rocker moderno: jeans, remera negra y saco verde.
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Luego de una pequeña intro, arrancó “Let me Drown” y seguido “Outshined” para locura de los fans de Soundgarden. Como si no fuera suficiente para ganarse al público y para mostrar variedad, siguió con “Show me How to Live” de Audioslave.
A esa altura la gente sabía que la iba a ser un show entretenido y lleno de recuerdos, y no fue defraudada. De la banda de sonido de la última película Casino Royale de la saga “James Bond “ interpretó “You Know my Name” y seguido “No Such Thing” de su último trabajo solista.
Tantos años de espera valieron la pena y el músico se excusó: “Tardé veinte años en venir, porque las bandas con las que tocaba no querían salir de gira, pero vine con unos amigos”. El estadio rugió con furia y alegría, dejando sonar los primeros acordes de “Be Yourself”.
Los más fanáticos empezaron a saltar, gritar y emocionarse cuando “Hunger Strike” de Temple of the dog comenzó a sonar y varias remeras de Pearl Jam se elevaban entre la multitud. En medio de esa locura Chris se acercó al público con su guitarra electroacústica para interpretar una versión unplugged de “Like a Stone” ante los gritos de las groupies. Por un error del sonidista, una vez terminado el tema, la banda, que había comenzado a tocar “Cochise” pero no sonaba hasta que pulsó el botón correcto y el sonido brotó violentamente para alegría de los fans que seguramente esperaban este primer corte de Audioslave.
Luego de tocar “Arms around your love” de su último trabajo solista, la banda comenzó a replicar de manera impecable “Black hole sun”, tal vez el tema más esperado por el público.
“What You Are” y “Rusty Cage” serían los últimos temas antes del descanso y la vuelta de bises, que comenzó con “Can´t Change Me” y “Slaves & Bulldozers” para terminar el show con un medley de canciones clásicas del rock estadounidense formado por “Whole Lotta Love” de Led Zeppelin, "The End" de The Doors y "Bela Lugosi is Dead" de Bauhaus.
El show tuvo una buena calidad de sonido, destrucción de cuerdas de guitarra en el final, plomos tocando el medley y buena aceptación del público. Chris Cornell y los músicos se mostraron todo el tiempo de excelente humor y en post de compartir buenos momentos junto a sus fans. A la banda le costó estar a la altura de los músicos históricos de Cornell y los solos dejaban que desear pero el esfuerzo fue valorable.
- Sergio Dobkevicius, Perfil.com
Lady Marques of Chris Cornell's South American fansite wrote...
12.08.07, Buenos Aires, Argentina: It was the very first time Chris played for the south american public and didn't let anybody down. Even the fact that it's a festival where you know the set will be shorter, the audience went crazy, sang along all the time, as Peter Thorn wrote on the forum "Argentina rocks, it was a blast". I'm pretty sure that the fans were very excited too and they can't wait to have Chris and guys back again. "It took me twenty years to get here 'cause the other guys didn't want to come but I came with some friends. Thanks for waiting", said Chris to the people that just couldn't wait no more to see their biggest idol in action. A day after the gig, all I read all over the internet was "it was the best day of my life" or "the best concert I've ever been to". [thanks for translating Lady]
...and after the show, Chris's guitarist Pete Thorn took the trouble to write...
Hey it's Pete Thorn - I just wanted to be the 1st to say after the gig that Argentina ROCKS- the show here was a blast and the crowd was just awesome, so thanks for making us feel so welcome! I have a special attatchment to this place, I spent time here touring with Draco Rosa four years ago, and am very happy to have made it back! People in South America are al heart and soul, I love that... rock on.
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Whole Lotta Love (video extract) - thanks noeasd
Show Me How To Live (video extract) - thanks inoportuno
Like A Stone/Cochise (video) - thanks lafocaloca
Outshined - video from the official Chris Cornell Youtube channel
After the show (Chris filming backstage) - video from the official Chris Cornell Youtube channel
See Jeffgarden for a pro-shot video recording of this show
See the Chris Cornell Concerts site for an audio recording of this show
Chris and his wife Vicky backstage in Buenos Aires
Chris Cornell Fan Page © Clare O'Brien 2007
