I'd like to celebrate today by sharing one of my biggest crushes with you - early Soundgarden. This band was a downright obsession for me for many years - my devotion even survived when one of my least favorite songs of theirs, "Black Hole Sun", brought them to mainstream stardom.
Today we're going way back to their second album, Louder Than Love, released in 1989 - HOLY CATS that was almost 20 years ago.
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I just had a moment, sorry.
Anyway, here's the video for "Loud Love". Chris Cornell was my dream crush, with his dark, flowing locks, screamy rage, and handsome mug. I remember really loving this duct-taped shorts with stompy-boots look:
If that was too much for you, here's a much kinder and gentler look at a first crush. I stole this video from my friend Alaina's blog. It was animated by Julia Pott as her final film at Kingston University. The animation is wonderful.
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!
- Buy Soundgarden's Louder Than Love
from Amazon. It has one of the greatest album covers of all time.