Chris Cornell's Chinese Democracy

Could Chris Cornell’s 3rd solo project be the next Chinese Democracy? It’s damn laughable alone that the actual Chinese Democracy was released before Scream. It was March 08 when we were told that the “TimboCorn” collaboration was in the mixing stages and it was “too good” to hold back. Yet the standard-bearer joke of all times for musical delays made it to the market first, while it’s now Tim’s proclamation that his “new artist” would release his “best work” within a month which makes us chuckle today.

Yes folks, it’s been so long that it seems like a childhood nightmare, since Chris and Tim produced some shock value on Ryan Seacrest’s show by declaring “Chris would be the first Rockstar in da club” and “it will be everyone’s favorite album of the year”. Instead, the year will pass with Scream silent on a shelf and the clubs playin Britney - same as it ever was.

It’s not like they haven’t tried... 6 songs have been released (See “music driven by money deserves to fail” blog), the whole album has been played live on a promo tour, some songs are featured in popular TV shows, but none of that “buzz” seems to have motivated anyone to get Scream to an actual store. Instead, it put everyone to sleep and the record exec’s keep hitting the snooze button.

Besides the wait, there are other Chinese Democracy comparisons to make:
· Axl proclaimed “It’s a very complex record, I’m trying to do something different. Some of the arrangements are kind of like Queen” Sound Familiar? Because Cornell hopped that train too “It not like anything I’ve done before” and you guessed it... went on to compare it Queen’s “A Night at the Opera”.
· Axl disappointed some fans by canceling some live performances to complete his masterpiece; Chris blew off Europe this summer for similarly confusing reasons.
· Axl debuted a single at the 2002 VMA’s only to be panned and ridiculed; while Chris’s cringe-worthy performance flopped at the Fashion Rocks Tragedy.
· Axl collaborated with many writers and Chris’s “solo” album credits 8 other writers other than himself (last I counted). It took 5 musical geniuses to write that “Part of Me” crap which essentially repeats the generic misogynic lyric “that bitch ain’t a part of me” a thousand mind-numbing times.

Scream has been finished since Chris and Tim’s put in their 6 weeks of hard work. With the latest announcement, Scream was pushed back again to March, a full year since the announcement it would be a month. No one seems surprised, actually no one seems to care, oh except for the pushy street team, who are just so happy that Chris will be able to enjoy the holidays he deserves (and not have to worry about those annoying sales). For the rest of us, it is going to take more than a free Dr. Pepper to purchase this disasterpiece when it sees the light of day, if it sees the light of day.