Chris Cornell on The Tonight Show

What the hell happened to Chris Cornell?  I mean, my god.  Granted, I never fell in love with Audioslave, but just between the years with Soundgarden (Superunkown should have made those guys as big as Pearl Jam), and his first solo disc Euphoria Morning, who could have ever expected the anemic arena riffs of Carry On?  What's worse, now that disc sounds like freakin' genius compared to "Long Gone," the lead single off the forthcoming Scream.

Check out the clip from The Tonight Show after the jump - Even Leno thinks he sucks.

Comments

[warriorwoman]

I've come to really enjoy this song. "Never Far Away" and "Scream" are two more of my favorites.

I think this music suits his vocals. The lyrics are more simplistic yet still get the message across.

So far, the new music gets a big "thumbs up" from me.

[Steve K]

I thought the arrangement was a bit plodding, but the song's good, Cornell looked cool, he sang it well and above all, with some commitment - that's the most important thing of all isn't it?!

[Carol]

He sounds and looks great to me. What's wrong with the song? It's not "Slaves and Bulldozers" but so what - the man's voice is versatile and maybe he just wants to try different things. I'm really curious about the album.

[Cat]

Why be so quick to trash it! Chris is just wanting to try new things. I just say give the poor guy a chance and listen to the album!

[Liz]

Really, you thought it was that bad? I though his voice sounded great, and I like the song. I'm anxious to hear the entire album. Maybe I'm slightly predisposed to like this because I am a fan of some poppy music, I don't know, but I like this song.