Hello everyone,

until Facebook figures out how to deal with users that have an accent in their name (no, I will not conform), I’ll direct you to this page for the MMB lyrics.

Yesterday’s selection was somewhat of a curveball. Temple of the Dog was a project by two Seattle bands, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Both bands had members who were formally from a third Seattle group called Mother Love Bone. When Mother Love Bone’s singer died, the two groups decided to write a tribute album. “Hunger Strike” was released as a single, and it’s quite the song. Both Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder sing lead in the song, and it sounds fantastic. In fact, I’m not a huge fan of Cornell’s but I absolutely adore him in this song, complementing Vedder.

The song also features a lyric that I absolutely agree with, which was used yesterday:

“I don’t mind stealing bread from the mouths of decadence

But I can’t feed on the powerless when my cup’s already overfilled”.

That kind of Robin Hood revolutionary talk goes straight to my heart!

Here’s what Stéphane had to say about it:

“his was probably the tipping point for me with the whole “grunge” scene. The song was so good, it piqued my interest (that and the incessant airplay on MuchMusic). Then when I heard an interview with the guys in the band and read about the backstory with Mother Love Bone, I was curious about that scene even more, started with Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger, and then Alice In Chains’s Facelift, which also was different. Not quite as hard as Metallica and Megadeth, not as fluffy as the hair bands I was into, it mixed rock with a harder edge with the darkness of the Depeche Mode and Cure I was into, and came out with a blend that was really fascinating. When Pearl Jam came out with Ten, all hell broke loose. I got Ten right after my birthday, and played the hell out of that tape, and while everyone went apeshit over Nirvana, I stuck to my guns and argued that Pearl Jam was a better band. To this day, I haven’t changed my mind.

Grunge to me will always represent a point where underground became mainstream and relegated pop to 2nd tier, much like when punk took over in the late 70s. We’re REALLY overdue for another movement like that.”

Here are your lyrics for today:

“You dont know how long I have wanted
to touch your lips and hold you tight
You don’t know how long I have waited
and I was going to tell you tonight
But the secret is still my own
and my love for you is still unknown”