Far Out Magazine - “The joke title Chris Cornell turned into an iconic 1990s anthem: ‘They put him a few pegs down’”
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“They put him a few pegs down on the social ladder because of how they perceive someone who dresses differently.”
Kelly Murphy traces how “Spoonman,” the lead single from Soundgarden’s 1994 breakthrough Superunknown, started as a joke. Jeff Ament had jotted down a list of fake song titles for Cliff Poncier’s solo tape in the 1992 film Singles, and Chris Cornell playfully recorded actual songs for them, including “Spoon Man.”
Cornell later polished that raw tape into the Superunknown single, which he said was about how people looked down on Seattle street performer Artis the Spoonman. The piece also revisits the album’s collaborative writing sessions and the origins of “Black Hole Sun.”
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