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The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

335 - Soundgarden - Superunknown - Kim Thayil

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

Music History, Music Commentary, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Music

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2022

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Soundgarden's lead guitarist Kim Thayil tells the tale of the making of his band's 1994 grunge masterpiece: the album Superunknown. Follow Soundgarden on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soundgarden/ Follow Soundgarden on Twitter: https://twitter.com/soundgarden Check out Soundgarden's website: https://soundgardenworld.com/ Follow Josh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshadammeyers/ Follow Josh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshAdamMeyers Follow Josh on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joshameyers Follow The 500 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the500podcast/ Follow The 500 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/the500podcast Follow The 500 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The500PodcastWithJAM/ Email the show: 500podcast@gmail.com Check the show website: http://the500podcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Next chapter podcast.

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Wait a minute, you still haven't listened to the pitchfork review?

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I'm Fujipatel, the editor in chief, and every week we dig deeper into our reviews

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with the critics who wrote them.

0:17.0

It is very difficult for me to make it more than 30 seconds into the song before.

0:21.0

I like throw my headphones off and be like, what's going on here?

0:25.0

But despite being someone who is so cerebral,

0:27.0

the album doesn't come off as like, bringing in a jar.

0:30.0

And we discover new music that you really need to hear.

0:33.0

It's fun dance music, but it's fun dance music for the Broken Hearted.

0:38.0

And we're talking about everything from Beyoncé to Bjork and Hip Hop to Ambien.

0:43.0

Hopefully two queens link up and maximize their joint slay, as they say.

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As they say, I say a lot.

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A weekly podcast for the music obsessed from pitchfork, the most trusted voice in music.

0:56.0

Make sure to follow the pitchfork review on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.

1:26.0

We're talking about the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the music, the

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by Rip Shorts and let's go to Seattle because we are there the song is super unknown it's

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the title track of the 1994 perfect grunge record you know what perfect rock record super

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unknown it's number 355 out of blah blah blah blah on my podcast the 500 with Josh

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out of my eyes how many of you excited about today do I record this weeks ago and I'm excited

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for this one to come out um join the patreon I say it all the time listen I'm hanging on by

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