Like a Stone

Like a Stone

Infobox Single
Name = Like a Stone


Artist = Audioslave
from Album = Audioslave
B-side =
Released = 2003
Format = CD
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Post-grunge
Length = 4:54
Label = Epic Records
Writer = Chris Cornell, Audioslave
Producer = Rick Rubin, Simon Askew, Audioslave
Certification = Gold (RIAA)
Chart position = * #31 (US)
Last single = "Cochise" (2002)
This single = "Like a Stone" (2003)
Next single = "Show Me How To Live" (2003)
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"Like a Stone" is the second single from Audioslave's 2002 self-titled debut album, "Audioslave" released in 2003. The song is based around a simple guitar riff, and features one of guitarist Tom Morello's trademark high-pitched solos using the Digitech Whammy.

It is the most successful single released from the album, having peaked at #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

"Like a Stone" is Audioslave's most successful single and has been certified gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

# "Like a Stone" - 4:57
# "Like a Stone" (Live BBC Radio 1 Session) - 4:58
# "Gasoline" (Live BBC Radio 1 Session) - 4:45
# "Set It Off" (Live from Letterman) - 4:01
# "Super Stupid" (Live BBC Radio 1 Session)
# "Like a Stone" (music video)

ong information

Bass player Tim Commerford explained that the song is about an old man waiting for death. He sits in a house alone after all his friends and family have passed on before him. He is waiting to be reunited with them.cite video
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However, while Commerford originally thought it was a song about love and romance, Chris Cornell explains: "It's a song about concentrating on the afterlife you would hope for, rather than the normal monotheistic approach: You work really hard all your life to be a good person and a moral persona and fair and generous......And then you go to hell anyway."cite web|title=The Audioslave Fan Forum - Audioslave FAQ|publisher= audioslaved.com|url=http://www.audioslaved.com/modules.php?name=FAQ2#35|accessdate=2007-05-14]

The melancholy and certain parts of the lyrics of "Like a Stone" has prompted some to wonder if Cornell wrote the song about late Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley who died in April of 2002. Cornell's answer to these assumptions: "No. I'm not one of those guys where, like, something happens and then I go run around, 'Ooh, 9/11, and now it's 9/12, let me write about that. I wrote the lyrics before he died. ... You can misinterpret that stuff pretty easy, but I don't tend to sit down and plan on writing about a specific issue. They come up or they don't."cite web|title=Blabbermouth.net - AUDIOSLAVE Select 'Like A Stone' As Second Single|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=8158|accessdate=2007-05-14|date=2002-12-11]

Music video

The "Like a Stone" video is written and directed by Grammy winner, Meiert Avis, who has also directed videos for State Radio, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, J-Lo and many many others . The video was produced by Oualid Mouaness. Set in Los Angeles in an old Spanish mansion where Jimi Hendrix once lived and wrote. The imagery consists of a series of powerful personal portraits of the musicians, showing the band recording over several rainy days. Live sound elements reinforce the realism of the video. Brad Wilk's muscle drives the images. The bruised colors of the lighting, the use of negative space, Cornell's very vulnerable performance, all work to create an intense feeling of loss and survival. Though shot in Los Angeles, the ghosts of Hendrix and Seattle hang in the air.Morello's vibrant guitar solo lifts the beautiful melancholy of the song and then bassist Tim Commerford's young son Xavier appears in the clip, giving the solo and bridge a contrasting sense of optimism, family and friendship.

Credits

*Tom Morello - Guitar
*Tim Commerford - Bass/vocals
*Chris Cornell - vocals
*Brad Wilk - drums
*Simon Askew - Producer
*Audioslave - Producer
*John Burton - Engineer
*Lindsay Chase - Voices, Production Coordination
*Rich Costey - Mixing
*Greg Fidelman - Digital Editing
*Harvey Goldberg - Engineer
*Chris Holmes - Assistant Engineer
*Vlado Meller - Mastering
*Darren Mora - Assistant Engineer
*Floyd Reitsman - Engineer
*Rick Rubin - Producer, Mixing
*Thom Russo - Engineer, Digital Editing, Mixing
*Andrew Scheps - Engineer, Digital Editing
*David Schiffman - Engineer
*Nick Scripps - Engineer
*Miles Wilson - Assistant EngineerVIDEO
*Meiert Avis Director
*Oualid Mouaness Producer
*Danny Hiele DP
*Philip Duffin Designer

Miscellanea

*Limited Numbered Edition came with a poster.

References


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