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Is "Man in the Box" the best grunge song?

bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,079
edited April 2007 in Other Music
I submit that it is.
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  • The Pen Is MightierThe Pen Is Mightier Posts: 56
    No
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  • stonesgstringstonesgstring Posts: 4,613
    I wouldn't say it's the best grunge song ever, but it's certainly a very good AIC song :)

    I always listen to it when I'm getting ready to go out, gets me livened up!
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  • chopitdownchopitdown Posts: 2,222
    nope
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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,079
    The song has it all. Everything. It is easily the best in my opinion.
  • pearljamharmonypearljamharmony Posts: 120
    nope and I love how you picked the cheesiest AiC single as well. Could you have picked out a even more well known AiC A-side like no surprises, again, them bones, I stay away, or down in a hole (the list goes on). AiC is the best of the seattle bands, but ask any douchey person and they will go with the cheesiest single of the era "smells like teen spirit"
  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    pearljamharmony wrote:
    nope and I love how you picked the cheesiest AiC single as well. Could you have picked out a even more well known AiC A-side like no surprises, again, them bones, I stay away, or down in a hole (the list goes on). AiC is the best of the seattle bands, but ask any douchey person and they will go with the cheesiest single of the era "smells like teen spirit"

    Yes, because if a song is popular, it's automatically terrible. :rolleyes:

    Seriously... "douchey"? You sir, are a moron.
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  • IwasBit10IwasBit10 Posts: 646
    pearljamharmony wrote:
    AiC is the best of the seattle bands

    Ummm.....I think not
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  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    pearljamharmony wrote:
    nope and I love how you picked the cheesiest AiC single as well. Could you have picked out a even more well known AiC A-side like no surprises, again, them bones, I stay away, or down in a hole (the list goes on). AiC is the best of the seattle bands, but ask any douchey person and they will go with the cheesiest single of the era "smells like teen spirit"

    Smells Like Teen Spirit is actually a brilliant song if you pulled your head out of your ass to actually listen to it and not be caught up in the fact that it was on the radio every 5 minutes back in 91-92. I got just as sick of it as everyone, but it's still a great song.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
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  • orangemosquitoorangemosquito Posts: 18
    soundgarden-superunknown best grunge song hands down
    man in the box is one of my favs. though.....
    "oh please........
    let it ran today
    this city is so filthy
    like my mind in ways....."
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,079
    pearljamharmony wrote:
    nope and I love how you picked the cheesiest AiC single as well. Could you have picked out a even more well known AiC A-side like no surprises, again, them bones, I stay away, or down in a hole (the list goes on). AiC is the best of the seattle bands, but ask any douchey person and they will go with the cheesiest single of the era "smells like teen spirit"

    You mean Alice and Chains recorded other songs beside MITB? This is news to me!

    Alice in Chains was the most talented of the Seattle bands, and probably had the best production on their albums.
  • prytocorduroyprytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    It is the best grunge song.

    ....on Facelift ;)
  • SLH916SLH916 Posts: 132
    The best grunge song is

    TOUCH ME I'M SICK.

    Actually I just love that song.
  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    SLH916 wrote:
    The best grunge song is

    TOUCH ME I'M SICK.

    Actually I just love that song.

    You beat me to it.
    the seminal "grunge" song
    and I'll throw an honorable mention to School, Rusty Cage, and Suck You Dry
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  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    SLH916 wrote:
    The best grunge song is

    TOUCH ME I'M SICK.

    Actually I just love that song.

    Citizen Dick's version was better.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • BetterManningNYGBetterManningNYG Posts: 777
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    Citizen Dick's version was better.

    yeah, because it had the double meaning working for it...




    actually, there is no "best" grunge song ever. but if i had to vote, i'd choose call me a dog.

    ask me again in five minutes and i'll vote for something different...
  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    BetterManningNYG wrote:
    yeah, because it had the double meaning working for it...




    actually, there is no "best" grunge song ever. but if i had to vote, i'd choose call me a dog.

    ask me again in five minutes and i'll vote for something different...

    It's huge in Belgium.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Overblown - Mudhoney....sums it all up ;)
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,935
    Smells Like Teen Spirit and Jeremy
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Todd76 wrote:
    Overblown - Mudhoney....sums it all up ;)
    damn right.

    my vote however goes to Them Bones or Rusty Cage. Having said, Man in the box is fucking brilliant and has one of the most beautifully simple riffs and one of the most amazing choruses ever.
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    You mean Alice and Chains recorded other songs beside MITB? This is news to me!

    Alice in Chains was the most talented of the Seattle bands, and probably had the best production on their albums.

    More talented how? As much as I love Jerry Cantrell's work, Kim Thayil, McCready and Stone Gossard are all easily on par with him if not better (on a technical basis).
  • mole1985mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    SLH916 wrote:
    The best grunge song is

    TOUCH ME I'M SICK.

    Actually I just love that song.

    Yeah mudhoney really are the definition of 'grunge'.
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  • blinddogsdontbelieveblinddogsdontbelieve Posts: 110
    NO! My vote would be flower by SG.
  • illfatedillfated Posts: 65
    No, no, no...you are all wrong. It's 100% by Sonic Youth.
  • reversedarwinismreversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    I remember some time in the late nineties, the nation wide rock station, Z-rock played the supposed "100 best songs of hard rock" and number one was in fact MAN IN THE BOX.

    Impossible to have a best grunge song, but this one is kinda perfect, ya know?
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  • pjalive21pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    you got the right band down in AIC, but the song that is best grunge to me by them is Would?

    i actually think if Layne wouldnt have died they could have been right up there with Pearl Jam, they had a sound that could have lasted generations
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    I think Would? is a great pick for best grunge song but Alice in Chains had no chance of being on Pearl Jam's level because they stopped touring. It didn't seem like they even wanted to be in a band together anymore.
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    DOSW wrote:
    Yes, because if a song is popular, it's automatically terrible. :rolleyes:

    Seriously... "douchey"? You sir, are a moron.
    No, Man in a Box is a bit of cliche in every sense. Vocals, lyrics, the wah ridden lead riff, etc. I like the groove of the song and love the chorus but lets be honest here.

    "Would?" might indeed be the best though.. that songs gives me chills.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    I submit that it is.

    i submit that it isn't. :)
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  • OdinOdin Posts: 599
    "Go" is the best grunge song, IMO. You couldn't ask for a better lead-off song.
  • korbykorby Posts: 298
    was the first grunge song i heard.

    it made me like grunge.

    so therefore. it is the best one ever
    its ok
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