good read and quite entertaining. though the Spoonman Soundgarden sang about wasn't some ideal of musical eclecticism, he was just a street performer who used spoons.

That's what I thought to but the comment went by so fast I didn't have a chance to tease Big3 about it. :D

hehehe although considering him as an ideal does give the song a new kind of depth. then again i also misinterpreted some lyrics for 15 years that also kind of changes the meaning of the tune. right after the solos, when everything is building up again, Cornell apparently starts singing 'Come on while I get off', i always heard it as 'Come on we like it all'.

so is the tune about masturbation or drumming?

He said "Yep. It was very kitchen-sink kind of music. None of us had a set instrument that we played so we'd just pick up whatever we felt like and go. A lot of times we'd also be incorporating different kinds of sampled and sequenced loops into the mix or passing files back and forth by email between practices."

How isn't that a valid comment?

LOL. I didn't mean we were playing household objects. I just meant we didn't have specifically defined roles as drummer, bass player, etc. Sometimes I'd jump on the keyboard, sometimes I'd pick up up the bass, sometimes I'd be playing with a laptop, sometimes I'd be playing the recorder. We were all like that.

Or the spoons, as it were.

I'll gives ya an interesting interview...

Your personality overwhelms me.

i figured that's the angle that prompted the comment. it's fine and all just a little off. regardless it's still a fun interview and i'm looking forward to another one.

thanks for taking the time and effort to do stuff like this too :beer:

very cool thread. like everyone else has said big3's last interview was a really entertaining read. I actually just went back and read all the previous interviews, it's cool to see the personalities of the interviewer come out as well as the interviewee. I'd be up for being interviewed if it can happen in the next couple weeks :)