This is the final song by Soundgarden: live at the Fox Theater in Detroit, MI, 5/17/17
In many ways... this performance makes me sad.
It's clear that Cornell is wasted. I can't imagine what was going through his head at the time.
Don't you think there's a problem with the culture, where high-performing, talented people are pressured to abuse substances and die at a young age?
The conversation
This is a back-and-forth I was having with @yournextstepdad in this post
Read more about Deaths of Despair here: The Forces Driving Middle-Aged White People's 'Deaths Of Despair'
Unmet expectations of ones own life...
It reminds me of what is probably the most important scene in Fight Club:
We have been promised so much as children.
We were told we could be anything we wanted. That things would just eventually turn out, make sense. That we would just find our place in society and be happy, content.
But that's not the reality, is it...?
Thoughts?
Tell me what you think below.