Aug 21, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 10 segments
This week is a special one because it’s Todd’s birthday pick: Superunknown by Soundgarden. Talk about musical whiplash. After last week’s lush harmonies and sunshine of Pet Sounds, we crank the amps…
Riley, least favorite toot.
It's a short song.
It's a little bit I don't know.
It kind of reminded me a little bit more hair metal-y than some of their others, which is not my favorite of like leaning of grunge typically.
I just don't prefer that one.
But it was pretty short compared to all the other ones.
So it had less time to develop for me.
And it just became one.
And so since you mentioned that one, I'll agree that was one of mine.
It seems to literally be a song about riding a bike.
Yeah.
Which, looking
into some of Chris Cornell's reasoning for a lot of his music, it is random things like that.
That you're just like, okay, you wrote a song about it.
Yeah, so it's a break from all the other heavy lyrics that I'm sure we'll touch on in the album.
um but this one being a a literal song about riding a bike i did see somewhere where you know this one was written around the time um when the lead singer of mother lovebone died he and chris cornell were roommates um it had uh i think uh jeff ament from uh pearl jam was part of that and to clear their heads they started mountain bike riding so evidently this came out of that um you know and and i it was either i think it was jeff in an interview said that this song actually holds a special meaning in his heart because of what they did and what it means, you know, but again, that's an emotional connection to it that I understand.
So it made it into the least favorites of mine.
The other one.
Okay, the other one is a really good song.
Like, vocally.
Like, I need to preface that.
Like, technically it's a good song.
Riley, least favorite toot.
It's a short song.
It's a little bit I don't know.
It kind of reminded me a little bit more hair metal-y than some of their others, which is not my favorite of like leaning of grunge typically.
I just don't prefer that one.
But it was pretty short compared to all the other ones.
So it had less time to develop for me.
And it just became one.
And so since you mentioned that one, I'll agree that was one of mine.
It seems to literally be a song about riding a bike.
Yeah.
Which, looking
into some of Chris Cornell's reasoning for a lot of his music, it is random things like that.
That you're just like, okay, you wrote a song about it.
Yeah, so it's a break from all the other heavy lyrics that I'm sure we'll touch on in the album.
um but this one being a a literal song about riding a bike i did see somewhere where you know this one was written around the time um when the lead singer of mother lovebone died he and chris cornell were roommates um it had uh i think uh jeff ament from uh pearl jam was part of that and to clear their heads they started mountain bike riding so evidently this came out of that um you know and and i it was either i think it was jeff in an interview said that this song actually holds a special meaning in his heart because of what they did and what it means, you know, but again, that's an emotional connection to it that I understand.
So it made it into the least favorites of mine.
The other one.
Okay, the other one is a really good song.
Like, vocally.
Like, I need to preface that.
Like, technically it's a good song.
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