Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains(aka Tripod)POLL

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unplugged version of Heaven is one of my alltime faves

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 February 2021 05:54 (three years ago) link

Kinney's a beast on Nothin' song, actually.

charlie rex, Monday, 15 February 2021 07:36 (three years ago) link

like peanut butter on the brain

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 15 February 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link

such a weird line!

I remember hearing a radio interview with the band in 98 or 99 or so, during which Layne unexpectedly joined the call from his home in Seattle. A fan called in & asked Layne what Frogs was all about & in his typical style, he said something along the lines of: "oh it's about those green, slimy things". was nice to know he never lost his sense of humour, even towards the end.

charlie rex, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:19 (three years ago) link

Unplugged Heaven translates well but I miss the original solo

Vinnie, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 01:03 (three years ago) link

one month passes...

your weapon is guilt

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 22 March 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link

Chug chuuuuuug chuuuuuug

"Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Monday, 22 March 2021 14:42 (three years ago) link

I've never listened to alice in chains lol

intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Monday, 22 March 2021 14:46 (three years ago) link

guess I should fix that

intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Monday, 22 March 2021 14:46 (three years ago) link

Like not even the singles or just not the albums?

"Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Monday, 22 March 2021 14:48 (three years ago) link

nothin' (that I can recall)

intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Monday, 22 March 2021 14:50 (three years ago) link

Maybe heretical in the context of this thread, but listen to Dirt first.

chap, Monday, 22 March 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link

Yea Tripod works better habit heard what comes prior

"Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Monday, 22 March 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link

My recommended listening order:

Dirt
Jar of Flies (sorbet!)
Facelift (cock rawk!)
Sap
Tripod (aka s/t)

"Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Monday, 22 March 2021 14:53 (three years ago) link

oh simon should absolutely listen to dirt first

the s/t takes work, as evidenced by this thread, even though it's one of the most singular rock records ever made

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 22 March 2021 14:56 (three years ago) link

Sap could make a rather lovely appetiser before Dirt actually.

chap, Monday, 22 March 2021 15:01 (three years ago) link

Not literally, that would be horrible.

chap, Monday, 22 March 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link

world dies i still pay taxes

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 22 March 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link

so far the s/t feels more my speed tbh

intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Monday, 22 March 2021 15:55 (three years ago) link

lol well that works too

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 22 March 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link

"sludge factory" is one of the most apropos song titles of all time

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 22 March 2021 16:13 (three years ago) link

I like how most of the lyrics to Again have a dumb, silly rhyminess to them, but then Layne throws a curveball with “your weak will won’t help to heal her heart”, which clearly carries deeper, more heartbreaking meaning.

charlie rex, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 07:20 (three years ago) link

wish I still owned the t-shirt I used to wear all the time with the cover of this album on the front (and the song titles on the back).

charlie rex, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 11:01 (three years ago) link

five months pass...

this is the best album ever

STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 15:35 (three years ago) link

"Head Creeps" reminds me of my depressive summer of freshman year of high school and having zero friends.

well really the whole album but also that song

you had me at "giallo" (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 22:36 (three years ago) link

Frogs is such a jam

Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 23:17 (three years ago) link

Eerie tune that one

you had me at "giallo" (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiEr9OUcqpo

been listening to a lot of aic and mastodon so this cover appeared in my youtube suggestions. really great, to the point where toward the end it feels like they brought the more diseased vibe from the other songs on the album into "again"'s atmosphere

STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 20 September 2021 16:32 (three years ago) link

that's an inspired choice of cover, one that suits Mastodon & still somehow takes them outside of their orbit. but yeah, sick performance for sure.

charlie rex, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 12:08 (three years ago) link

two weeks pass...

time to call the doggies off

STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link

WORLD DIES I STILL PAY TAXES

STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link

two years pass...

"God Am" rules. I karaoked it once and this person in the crowd got mega-excited.

lyrically, it sounds cliched, but there's so many good one-liners

the aforementioned "world dies, I still pay taxes", "all bloomin' life you're feeding, can't hide sick ones you're weeding"

also that chorus, and that bridge.

never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 19:11 (nine months ago) link

yeah I especially love the ebow (?) guitar in the chorus of “god am”.

“shame in you” is a great ballad

brimstead, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 19:15 (nine months ago) link

yeah shame in you is my favourite off this one

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 19:17 (nine months ago) link

Which is the other American band also ranked inside the Top 50 of VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, also formed in the late 1980s and still active today, also with a three-word name which contains 13 letters in total, all of which appear in the word “Chileans”? (apologies for tangentially related post but this tickled me when I read it in a guardian quiz)

organ doner (ledge), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 20:35 (nine months ago) link

Fuuuuck.

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 20:52 (nine months ago) link

This was such a polarizing album from my friends in college that were into them, every single one of them HAAAAAAAAAAAATED this album so hard. I loved it and used to spend way too much breath trying to explain why and defend it.

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 20:55 (nine months ago) link

I never understood why people were so opposed to this one? I

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 21:01 (nine months ago) link

they’re just see through faded, super jaded

brimstead, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 22:15 (nine months ago) link

What was the answer, Ledge?!

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 25 January 2024 18:50 (nine months ago) link

From what I recall, most of my friends found it too "slow" and "plodding" for their tastes.

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 January 2024 19:03 (nine months ago) link

xp nine inch nails!

organ doner (ledge), Thursday, 25 January 2024 20:05 (nine months ago) link

Argh!

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 25 January 2024 21:20 (nine months ago) link


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