Show your AIC love!

VEDHEAD27

That song RULES BUENA! Nothing can top the Unplugged version of that one for me though. Loooove that one to bits!

BUMP this shit up cuze HEAVEN BESIDE YOU just came on the radio.

"And you know you have it still, heaven inside you"

Sooo beautiful...and I just adore this bendy guitar work. And how about this solo?! Makin my brain twirl.

This band can do no wrong!!

**SPREAD THE AIC LOVE**

darthvedder88

BUENA wrote:

You can't talk Alice In Chains without talking about the so under-rated Alice In Chains album that came out in 1995... A grunge/pschydelic freak out masterpiece

"Sludge Factory"

You insult me in my home
You're forgiven this time
Things go well, your eyes dilate
You shake, and I'm high?
Look in my eyes deep and watch
The clouds change with time
20 hours won't print
My picture milk carton size
Carton size
Carton size

Call me up congratulations
Ain't the real why
There's no pressure besides brilliance
Let's say by day 9
Endless corporate ignorance lets
Me control time
By the way, by the way, by the way, by the way

Once again you see an in
Discolored skin gives you away
So afraid you kindly gurgle out a date
For me

Now the body of one soul I adore wants to die
You have always told me you'd
Not live past 25
I say stay long enough to repay
All who caused strife

Once again you see an in
Discolored skin gives you away
So afraid you kindly gurgle out a date
For me

Oh yeah dude, the Tripod album was the best!!! I think the only thing that comes close to it was their Unplugged performance. Yeah, Dirt got me into AIC, and Jar of Flies was beautiful, but "Alice in Chains (Tripod)" was the shit!!! I love this album so much!! I think it really helps the fans tap in to the mind of Layne Staley.

thunder_balls

VEDHEAD27 wrote:

That song RULES BUENA! Nothing can top the Unplugged version of that one for me though. Loooove that one to bits!

BUMP this shit up cuze HEAVEN BESIDE YOU just came on the radio.

"And you know you have it still, heaven inside you"

Sooo beautiful...and I just adore this bendy guitar work. And how about this solo?! Makin my brain twirl.

This band can do no wrong!!

**SPREAD THE AIC LOVE**

Yeah. We Die Young was on the radio just a lil' while back, and I was watching this show on VH1 called "The 100 Most Metal Moments", and Alice was in there! I was like "Holy shit!". I guess they were on this episode of the MTV show "Headbangers Ball", and, they went to this waterpark and did some funny shit. I really wanna' find that episode on DVD or download it somehow, but it's probably virtually impossible. Those guys are just so hilarious. Jerry Cantrell was wearing a speedo...but anyways, Heaven Beside You is just a great song. On "Tripod" pretty much every song is worthy of the radio. I mean, there is no greatest hits with them really. Especially on Tripod. You can take your pick on "Tripod", or with pretty much all the Alice tracks. Oh yeah..just been done teaching myself the part in the beginning of "No Excuses"..and what a cool part. I think that "Jar of Flies" had some really tasty drumming..and Tripod too.

thunder_balls

Also, Alice In Chains kicks ass. w00t 200th post on Alice...

BUENA

showing love!

reeferchief

i have been guilty of kicking my self in the teeth
i will speak no more on my feelings beneth

VEDHEAD27

Alright, smarchee kicked me into AIC mode just now (not like it was hard to do ) and I just had to come BUMP this.

WOOO! FACELIFT! \m/



\BLEED THE FREAK/

My cup runneth over
Like blood from a stone

These stand for me
Name your god and bleed the freak
I like to see
How you all would bleed for me

When the pig runs slower
Let the arrow fly
When the sin lies bolder
I'll pluck out thine eye

These stand for me
Name your god and bleed the freak
I like to see
How you all would bleed for me

If you scorn my lover
Satan got your thigh
If you steal in hunger
I will kick you when you try

VEDHEAD27

thunder_balls wrote:

Yeah. We Die Young was on the radio just a lil' while back, and I was watching this show on VH1 called "The 100 Most Metal Moments", and Alice was in there! I was like "Holy shit!". I guess they were on this episode of the MTV show "Headbangers Ball", and, they went to this waterpark and did some funny shit. I really wanna' find that episode on DVD or download it somehow, but it's probably virtually impossible. Those guys are just so hilarious. Jerry Cantrell was wearing a speedo...but anyways, .

OH SHIT... that MTV footage is the best!! YEAH Jerry in a speedo!!! haha. Aww they really are total goofballs too. I LOVE that!

smarchee

I just watched the Unplugged DVD yesterday, it had been so long since I had watched it. I initially wanted to put it on while I was making some notes for my class, but I couldn't stop keep looking at it, so I just sat down and watched it straight through.

I love when Layne yells "fuck" after missing a line (I think) in Sludge Factory. Jerry also seems really laid back and engaging with the audience in this performance.

Layne looks so frail. When he takes off his shades and you see the close up of his eyes, its kinda creepy

reachdown12

smarchee wrote:

I just watched the Unplugged DVD yesterday, it had been so long since I had watched it. I initially wanted to put it on while I was making some notes for my class, but I couldn't stop keep looking at it, so I just sat down and watched it straight through.

I love when Layne yells "fuck" after missing a line (I think) in Sludge Factory. Jerry also seems really laid back and engaging with the audience in this performance.

Layne looks so frail. When he takes off his shades and you see the close up of his eyes, its kinda creepy

oh my goodness..Layne's eyes..I hear you on that one. Whenever you see them, there is an eerie emotion just compacted..a million emotions in fact. Very moving when you see them..the look of one who seemed to have lost it all yet kept that glimmer of hope..almost reaching out for someone to help him, just a pleading..gorgeously tragic...

Glad to see this thread alive yet again, however. I've been on a Facelift binge as well, and I have really been getting into It Ain't Like That. An absolutely phenomenal album. Long live AIC in our hearts.

It Ain't Like That

There I was, laid out on a table
Screamin' sweat and bare feet to the floor
In my life, I'd not soften
Things that cut, and burn so often

But I sit, think of somethin'
Scared to face, the dyin' nothin'
See the cycle I've waited for
It ain't like that anymore

Where I go is when I feel I'm able
How I fight is why I'm feelin' sore
In my sight, not forgotten
Feel as though, a tooth were rotten

Behind the smile, a tongue that's slippin'
Buzzards cry, when flesh is rippin'
See the cycle I've waited for
It ain't like that anymore

Here I sit writing on the paper
Trying to think of words you can't ignore
In my eyes, what I'm lacking

Score at face, a ten for slacking
Sign the deal, set in motion
Smaller fish, so huge the ocean

See the cycle I've waited for
It ain't like that anymore
See the cycle I've waited for
It ain't like that anymore

VEDHEAD27

YES! Awesome reachdown12! I already know that while we both love ALL the albums, we share a very special bond with FACELIFT. Now I'm just in awe that you chose to post my FAV song from the album! haha. How cool is that? Man we have kick ass taste. GREAT choice. I loooove that chunky bad boy. \m/ Seriously rocks my world! It was one of the very first songs that I got into. Again, GREAT selection my friend.

smarchee, I love that DVD so much but it honestly is very difficult to watch. :( Sad, sad things there. Layne is just wasting away right before your very eyes. It hurts. And to hear him sing certain lyrics that ring so true to him and his actual physical apperance is just beyond haunting. :( At the same time I can't praise the Unplugged sessions enough- some of my fav versions of fav songs are on there. That performance was incredible and sounded SOOO amazingly good. I think the added sadness that we can see/hear with Layne added to the greatness of the show too really. AIC has always been dark, and this just really took it to a whole different level. Very intense. It definitely lures you in and demands you to feel. I'm not surprised you weren't able to get any schoolwork done.


((**LONG LIVE AIC**))

reachdown12

Yes Vedhead27, a very amazing song indeed. Also one of my first songs, which I experienced during Singles. Great performance. ahh, love this band..need we say more? lol. And amazingly yes, I am still on my Facelift binge, and yes I do know of the special placing for it.;) and I shall post Confusion, yet another phenomenal song from this album. Cheers to one of the greatest bands to rock us to end! lol

Confusion

There's no time to give at all
I cause you grief and blow my hatred
Further in your mind
You reach, I run, you fall
On skinned knees you crawl

I want to set you free, recognize my disease
Love, sex, pain, confusion, suffering
You're there crying, I feel not a thing
Drilling my way deeper in your head
Sinking, draining, drowning, bleeding, dead

So you sit and think of love
I wait, hate all the more, I fall
On skinned knees I crawl
I want to set you free, recognize my disease
Love, sex, pain, confusion, suffering


You're there crying, I feel not a thing
Drilling my way deeper in your head
Sinking, draining, drowning, bleeding, dead
Now there's time to give it all
I put my fears behind again
On skinned knees we'll crawl

I want to set you free, recognize my disease
Love, sex, pain, confusion, suffering
You're there crying, I feel not a thing
Drilling my way deeper in your head
Sinking, draining, drowning, bleeding, dead
Love, sex, pain, confusion, suffering

VEDHEAD27

My second fav right there! HA! What the?! YOU ROCK reachdown12! ROCK ON my friend!!! CONFUSION is such a tripped out song. I absolutely LOVE that intro. Layne's voice is strong as hell!!! When he gets to the "On skinned knees you crawl" line?! Shit! That "craaaaaaaawl" never fails to just blow my mind. Yeah, the voice is strong as hell here...so are these words...the song digs deep. Mmmm, love that solo too...and then how it gets all quiet again afterward, the voice comes in and just sends us. I think, once again cuze this band is BRILLIANT, that the music (mainly that tweaked out guitar) just fits the entire mood, every word, spot on. A-MAZING! *yells* This band is TOO MUCH!!!


Ahhh the Singles performance indeed!


Yep, this band will never stop rocking our worlds....and we'll never stop praising it.

smarchee

hey now, where is the respect for Sunshine !!!!! Tis my favourite song from Facelift.

Show your love for Sunshine \m/

Am I too contagious
Full of sick desire
Am I that I promise
Burning corpsed pyre
Then some dude came down to touch the Mother
Mother touched, and dude ain't here no more
Am I your reflection
Melting mirror smile
Am I worth the value
Do my love defile
Then some dude came down to touch the Mother
Mother touched and dude ain't here no more
Ain't no day the sun don't crack
Try brand some name across my back so you care?
Find someone to tell you
CHORUS
Sunshine...sweet love my labor
Don't mind...I don't care no more
Can you face the queston?
Is my soul entire?

reachdown12

Oh, there is plenty enough of respect to go around for it, Smarchee. Definitely a great one I will agree. The entire album is a masterpiece to me that will never die. Although I love everything AiC has done, I feel there is a certain element, certain passion flowing through the music of this album that is not on any of their workings. It is a timeless beauty mixed in with a deep rage and loss that is entwined so intricately that it proves to be simply flawless to all those who hear it. I as well speak very deeply of those things that I am passionate about and know that the love for this album is undying.

Jeremy1012

the greatest band in history. i am not prone to over-emotion but layne is the only musician i have ever heard who makes me want to cry. the day i bought unplugged i had a 45 minute bus ride home. i had never heard nutshell before and by the time i got home, i had yet to move to track 2. i listened to nutshell repeatedy thinking that i would have paid the full price just for that one song. it is astonishing. given circumstances, "if i can't be my own, i'd feel better dead" seems prophetic. layne lost himself and never found himelf again.

5 songs that make layne the most moving singer in history

shame in you - 3 simple words ... Oh my god
Nutshell - the most emotional track i have ever heard
River of deceit - just for the first line "my pain is self chosen..."
Dirt - anyone else would make this sound wallowing, layne makes it stunning
Junkhead - the reason is in the lyrics

Jeremy1012

oh i forgot to add a PS. that dirt is never recognised as the greatest album ever made is the single most ridiculous travesty in modern music.

cookie5798

Jeremy1012 wrote:

oh i forgot to add a PS. that dirt is never recognised as the greatest album ever made is the single most ridiculous travesty in modern music.

Amen.........

Collin

I love AIC, their music helped me through a lot of dark times.
Did you know that Layne's mother gets tons of emails and she answers them all?

pirljamgirl

What does friend mean to you?
A word so wrongfully abused
Are you like me, confused
All included but you
Alone...

The sounds of silence often soothe
Shapes and colors shift with mood
Pupils widen and change their hue
Rapid brown avoid clear blue

Why's it have to be this way
Be this way

Flowers watched through wide brown eyes bloom
A child sings an unclaimed tune
Innocence spins cold cocoon
Grow to see the pain too soon

Why's it have to be this way
Be this way (5x)

"At 7 am on a Tuesday, usual August ...
Next week I'll be 28...
I'm still young, it'll be me...
Off the wall I scrape... you...
I can't wake, I gotta wake...
To cause this wake, I gotta wake no more...
It causes wake, to drown this hate....
To never really stay, never will.....
You take your plate...
Put me through hell, live, live...
Direct your fate...
You say I can do it so well...
Your expiration date...
Fate, date, expiration date...
(this was the last time)
Hate...
And don't fuck with me again...
My own clean slate...
Don't fuck with me again...
Makes your eyes dilate...
Makes you shake...
Irate..."