Blog: Idolator

Chris Cornell is apparently releasing a more traditionally "rock" version of "Long Gone" as the third single from his Timbaland-assisted solo album, Scream ; the new version of the track is the bed for the above video. In its initial incarnation, "Long Gone" was a five-plus-minute OneRepublicy ballad about lost love; the new mix speeds up the proceedings a bit and turns down the Timbaland beats and loops in favor of a smoothly gliding bass line and lots of riffs. It's a smoother version of the track, to be sure, but the proceedings are a bit more [...]