oh yeah, the AHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH part
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:14 (three years ago) link
always loved how they had cool vocal harmonies on like every track, it was like the Crosby Stills and Nash of stoner rock except Layne was Crosby and Stills and Jerry was Nash and actually no they weren't that makes no sense
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:15 (three years ago) link
I think "Down in a HOle" is the first song off of this I ever heard.
"Them Bones" was the second and I was fairly shocked as at the time I'd only heard DIAH and the Jar of Flies album and didn't realize they were so heavy
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:16 (three years ago) link
So fucking good. Has to be “would?” but... yeah great album.
― brimstead, Thursday, 4 February 2021 04:35 (three years ago) link
Thanks to discovering this thread I ... may actually revisit this record for the first time in 15-20 years.
― We’re Up All Night To Get Lochte (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 4 February 2021 10:25 (three years ago) link
Rain When I Die has a fantastic vocal performance from poor old Layne.
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 4 February 2021 10:52 (three years ago) link
this is the best album― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, February 4, 2021 3:55 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, February 4, 2021 3:55 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 4 February 2021 11:23 (three years ago) link
I get the chorus from "Rain When I Die" pop in my head whenever I'm driving and it starts to rain
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 4 February 2021 11:25 (three years ago) link
I think it's Down in A Hole but could be convinced it's Rooster. Fantastic album.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 4 February 2021 11:37 (three years ago) link
Love it but Rooster is a total momentum killer (maybe i've just heard it way too many times)
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 4 February 2021 11:42 (three years ago) link
Dam That River was always my least favourite track on this killer album,
― chap, Thursday, 4 February 2021 12:38 (three years ago) link
used to love Rooster, Angry Chair and God Smack but they definitely weren't my faves on returning to it the other week
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 4 February 2021 12:46 (three years ago) link
Which gland were they talking about? Can someone explain to me the joke?
― peace, man, Thursday, 4 February 2021 13:30 (three years ago) link
idk, between that and "God Am", I think they liked really bad puns and absurdism
just like that bonus track on Sap which featured Sean Kinney screaming word salad into a megaphone
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:10 (three years ago) link
I sang "Junkhead" at karaoke once, the audience found it very depressing. such a heavy-assed song
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:11 (three years ago) link
"rooster" has been somewhat diminished by overplay but also i sometimes think... "rooster" was a hit???? lol
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:13 (three years ago) link
i think it's still harrowing in sequence though
always took Iron Gland as a vamp on Iron Man tbh
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:14 (three years ago) link
Rooster's verses were some of Layne's finest singing.
definitely a strange hit. 90s alt rock radio allowed for some quirkier hits to emerge, esp Soundgarden's Superunknown tracks and their weird time signatures/tunings.
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
if there's one song I don't *love* outright, it's probably "Hate to Feel". I still like it, but it feels very disjointed, like riding a wooden roller-coaster that stops working periodically
i'm with the person who said "dam that river" is the weakest here. still a jam, just kinda lacks the "this song has a dark underbelly that's even scarier than the surface" feeling of pretty much every other track for me
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
it is an excellent track two for that reason tho
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:22 (three years ago) link
I love the prechorus of “hate to feel”, seriously intense vocal harmony
― brimstead, Thursday, 4 February 2021 15:43 (three years ago) link
you love to feel it
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 4 February 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
i'll not hear any dam that river slander.
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Thursday, 4 February 2021 22:25 (three years ago) link
I have mad love for the title track on this. it's the slow-burning heart of the album, a centerpiece if you will.
also, this verse always gets under my skin:
You, you are so specialYou have the talent to make me feel like dirtAnd you, you use your talent to dig me underAnd cover me with dirt
― charlie rex, Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link
it's kind of a testament how my darker moodset was already almost in place by high school because I lent this album to a friend and he returned it and I asked him how he liked it and he hated it and said "this shit is way too depressing" and he quoted the title track to me and I was like "oh...that? who among us hasn't felt this w etc etc"
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:33 (three years ago) link
truly the most perfect intro
― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Friday, 5 February 2021 00:06 (three years ago) link
I went through a heavy AiC binge a few weeks ago so this revive is hitting the spot <3
― brimstead, Friday, 5 February 2021 02:23 (three years ago) link
probably gonna spin this later
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 February 2021 02:25 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kIR9dkEA_c
Playing and tempo is pretty loose, but pretty much the better for it, and his bass tone is the sound of grunge.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 February 2021 03:25 (three years ago) link
this was one of the albums that i learned how to type withi would just type the lyrics as i heard them and try to keep up with the song
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 5 February 2021 05:23 (three years ago) link
"AHHHHHHH <Enter>AHHHHHHH <Enter>AHHHHHHH <Enter>AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 February 2021 05:40 (three years ago) link
lol
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 5 February 2021 12:37 (three years ago) link
I love Hate to Feel. One of the few weak chinks in the album though is how it is sequenced so close to Angry Chair, which has a very similar structure (I actually prefer Hate to Feel).
And yes the title track is immense.
― chap, Friday, 5 February 2021 13:33 (three years ago) link
middle 8 to “angry chair” is so great.. LOST MY MIND YEAAAAHHH
― brimstead, Friday, 5 February 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
that was my favorite part of the song growing up
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 February 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
Layne's voice frightened me on "God Smack" too
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 February 2021 16:47 (three years ago) link
was blasting this shit in the car earlier. it was never exactly my fave back in the day but fuck me
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Friday, 5 February 2021 16:51 (three years ago) link
I've not listened to the whole album in a good long while but god it's so beautifully produced. Every slough, every murky corner is lit like an M.R. James story. I don't mind admitting I struggle with Staley's voice over a sustained period but as a document of what he was capable of, this is the album.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 5 February 2021 23:36 (three years ago) link
Sean Kinney is a motherfucker.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 5 February 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
one thing I love about the song "Dirt" is that it's one of the songs that comes to mind when searching for music in the vein of PJ Harvey's Rid Of Me.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Saturday, 6 February 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link
what's everyone's preferred placement of "down in a hole"
i feel corny for preferring it as a penultimate track. wiki says the band wanted it as track four, but the citation for this information is an interview that... doesn't really reflect that claim
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
i think my reasoning is less about "down in a hole" and more about how "rain when i die" -> "sickman" is sort of a signal that the record will just be a deepening vortex of bad vibes and things will never get better
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
The intro to Rain When I Die is gruesome
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
yknow brad i kind of like that idea, because as much as i enjoy it as a kind of "breather" after three songs of wonderful sludge, i always thought that having "angry chair" and "would?" back to back made the ending of this album feel really abrupt, like it seems that there should be something in between those two songs..
― brimstead, Saturday, 6 February 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
it = "down in a hole"
― brimstead, Saturday, 6 February 2021 20:13 (three years ago) link
otoh, the "i don't mind.." and "i'd like to flyyyy" parts are maybe a little too similar to be back to back? but maybe that's not a problem!
― brimstead, Saturday, 6 February 2021 20:14 (three years ago) link
"Junkhead" is my #1
― billstevejim, Sunday, 7 February 2021 07:10 (three years ago) link
Eric Harvey for Pitchfork Sunday
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/alice-in-chains-dirt/
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:49 (two years ago) link