While their are many disheartening things that people could take away from this last week’s American Idol controversy involving a nameless contestent, Chris Cornell and the song "Billie Jean", the most disturbing report to come forth is found deep, tucked away at the bottom of the previously linked MSNBC article:
"In other news, Cornell is working on his next solo album with superstar
producer Timbaland, but declined to reveal further details other than
to say, ‘it’s going fantastic.’"
Temple of the Dog. Soundgarden. Audioslave. Euphoria Morning. Bubba Sparxx?!?!?!??!?!
I can find no justifiable reason that Chris would jump over to work with the man better known for making Missy Elliot beats other than to give off the apperance of relevancy in the industry. It’s sad.
I love Chris. I have adored his voice for years and honestly, stranger things have happened, (looking back, who woudl have guessed the Rick Rubin/Johnny Cash colabs would have soared like the did?) but in terms of being realistic, I think that this is a huge miscalculation. Timbo dosen’t belong in rock. He is a credibility killer. Or Killa. Either way, I will give the album a fair shot, but then be the first to say "I told you so."
