Soundgarden - Smokestack Lightning

“Smokestack Lightning“ from the 3/10/17 expanded reissue of Soundgarden’s debut full-length, Ultramega OK

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[richardcooley]

Kim Thayil is one of the most underrated guitarists in rock. And to take a tune from Howlin' Wolf of all artists, and make it their own shows extreme talent.

[greeenpro]

Love how they made this their style yet kept the blues intact.

[jakoblevantinus]

How have I never heard this? What a range Chris had.

[dimebag]

After i first heard loud love back in 86 or 87 i was deeply in love w soundgarden. It was an extremely shallow time in rock and they lit my soul on fire. So naturally i started snatching up everything by them and had totally gone grunge. Ultramega OK threw me in even deeper and this song stuck out the most. When i discovered it was a blues version of a howlin wolf song i plunged headfirst into the blues. So i owe the majority of my expanded music tastes are owed to chris cornell and soundgarden. Chris' departure from this plane of existence broke my heart like i had lost a family member but i will always have the utmost appreciation and gratitude that he existed at least for a little while.

[joenobody]

Chris Cornell you are missed so very much 😢 It was an honor and a privilege to be your fan through the years in my humble opinion your voice helped Define a generation of music and those voices are all but gone thank you so very much for everything

[johngriggsjr.]

This album is the most underrated classic of the 80s.

[MrLoudLove]

this is f'ing SICK :-o. So heavy and groovy in all the right ways. Soundgarden has soul.

[evanwalters]

I heard they recorded this album on an 8 track reel to reel. Incredible. I love Ultramega so much. It really captures that early alt and grunge vibe. There were a lot of really fresh sounding bands back then and the scene was amazing. Best time for rock ever was 88-93.

[angelocatapang]

they never ever forgot the blues music.soul music rock n roll music's elemental core, roots.they meant it.

[schmidtcurtis]

One of my Favorite Vocalists Covering a Song by My favorite Blues Artist!

[edwardtemper]

Drums are righteous on this blues dripped track...

[jasonstinebaugh]

Somehow I had never heard their version of this great song! So groovy! Sick! RIP Chris!

[abnerescobar]

Underrated song and underrated álbum:(

[spiritoftime]

It's insane how this man could go this high. RIP Chris♥️

[jimpage]

The music arrangement is the Zeppelin translation from Zeppelin's West Fillmore shows in '69.

[rafaelrodrigues]

Que voz é essa? Um dos maiores de todos os tempos. Chris Cornell!!

[ZyMbol_Silence]

Smokestack lightning
Shine a light home
Smokestack lightning
Shining like gold
Treats me like a clown
Wheels go driving slow
Trucks me out of town
Wheels go driving slow
Tell me baby
So when you coming home
Tell me baby
When you coming home
Wheels go driving slow
Wheels go driving slow
Wheels go driving slow

[guilhermeurbano]

The riff is The same intro that led Zeppelin plays in The Lemon Song 1969!! Like it

[MrZootalores]

sometimes ya just got to howl like a wolf! mean, lowdown & broken - what this classic tale's about

[m.worthy]

Imagine if they also -- or instead -- woulda done a rendition of *'BACK DOOR MAN'* (1960, Howlin' Wolf/Willie Dixon). The heavy bassline & drum patterns of the Howlin' Wolf original would have been easy to translate into a _'Supermotorfinger-ish"_ banger💥 because the 1960 original blues/rock Wolf song already had the heavy sludge-like bassline & "machine-gun funk" drumming which the likes of Sabbath and Zepplin (even Hendrix) would take, popularize, and have accredited to them.
But hey, 'The Doors' had already beat Soundgarden to covering Howlin' Wolf's 'Back Door Man' first. I just imagine that a potentially well executed _'Supermotorfinger-ish'_ Soundgarden version could have at least been something interesting.