First point I have: Let’s suppose Soundgarden never disbanded, just for one second, and pretend they are still together for the sake of getting this point across. Then, based on your logic, they should disband because Cornell’s voice isn’t as good as it was before. See how absurd that would sound?

Second point I have: You preach objectivity but you took ONE video of him having an extremely off night, two years ago no less, and believe that does justice to support your claim that he can’t sing anymore. How about a video from two weeks ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp7u_Xl9rmw . Is his voice the same as it was in the early 90s? No. But it’s a hell of a lot better than the video you showed from 2007 would indicate

Third and final point: Given Cornell’s vocal style and that he’s a rock singer, his night-by-night performance fluctuates like the stock market — he has very good nights and very bad nights. That was the case in 1991, and that is the case in 2009. I have a ton of terrible sounding Cornell performances from the early 90s from some live bootlegs where he sounds even worse than the links you posted. His strenuous vocal style is the cause of this inconsistency, much like Staley who had his fair share of ‘off nights’ but still brought his chops to the table and kicked ass. IMO Cornell is the most inconsistent singer of all the Seattle/grunge era bands, by far. But when he is on? Damn is it amazing.

THEN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUAjNaBK9b0&
NOW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1fpoSOcbgA

If this thing happens I’ll make sure to see one of my favorite bands, I’m just not expecting to hear a 25 year old Cornell up front.

They´ll just have to tune the songs down abit like Led zep. did and RObert does when he sings their songs (solo)…it stil sounds great, maybe that´s just my opinion. I also saw chris 2 years ago…didn´t expect anything since we´ve all seen him with audioslave were his voice is…well, he´s not there anymore…and it blow my head of…that´s how powerfull and strong his “old” voice still is. Maybe that will also safe is career…let´s just “Scream” for comeback

If you think Chris doesn’t have the ability to sing like he used to then I STRONGLY advise you listen to his performance a few days ago when he got up on stage with Pearl Jam and played “Hunger Strike.” It’ll change your opinion straight up. If not, then if in fact they do reunite, everyone else will enjoy the reunion without you. Not trying to be a dick, just sayin is all.