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Audioslave – "Like a Stone"
Released January 20, 2003, as the second single from their self-titled debut album, "Like a Stone" became Audioslave's biggest US hit and a defining song of the supergroup era. Written by all four members—Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, and Brad Wilk—the song is often interpreted as a meditation on mortality and regret. Bassist Commerford described it as being about an old man waiting for death, sitting alone in a house after all his friends and family have passed.
Musically, "Like a Stone" is a slow-building, atmospheric ballad driven by Commerford and Wilk's hypnotic rhythm section, accented by Morello's electronica-like guitar effects and some of Cornell's most emotional vocals ever recorded.
The song topped both Billboard's Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts, reached No. 31 on the Hot 100, and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance. Its music video, directed by Meiert Avis, was shot in the Los Angeles house where the band rehearsed, capturing them in their "natural habitat" and has since surpassed one billion views on YouTube.
#Audioslave #LikeAStone #ChrisCornell #TomMorello #AlternativeRock
Released January 20, 2003, as the second single from their self-titled debut album, "Like a Stone" became Audioslave's biggest US hit and a defining song of the supergroup era. Written by all four members—Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, and Brad Wilk—the song is often interpreted as a meditation on mortality and regret. Bassist Commerford described it as being about an old man waiting for death, sitting alone in a house after all his friends and family have passed.
Musically, "Like a Stone" is a slow-building, atmospheric ballad driven by Commerford and Wilk's hypnotic rhythm section, accented by Morello's electronica-like guitar effects and some of Cornell's most emotional vocals ever recorded.
The song topped both Billboard's Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts, reached No. 31 on the Hot 100, and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance. Its music video, directed by Meiert Avis, was shot in the Los Angeles house where the band rehearsed, capturing them in their "natural habitat" and has since surpassed one billion views on YouTube.
#Audioslave #LikeAStone #ChrisCornell #TomMorello #AlternativeRock
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