It was always Cantrell's band (much like Tool's boss member is Adam Jones), he wrote 90% of the words and all of the music. One time I saw them and twice Staley was so fucked up he'd either sit or lie down on the stage and Cantrell would finish the rest of the song. Nobody can harmonize like them. I think the reason I like Facelift so much is because it's the heaviest, darkest album. I probably love nearly every song on it, so underrated: Spoiler
I think Jar of Flies is still my favorite AiC. I just can't get into the new singer. I mean his voice is good and all, doesn't mesh like Staleys did with Cantrell's. Plus his vide just doesn't seem to be as conducive to the material that made the band great.
I think Duvall's only problem is he's too "Rock star" at live shows. He likes to clap his hands, try to get the crowd into it and throw his leg up on the amp while singing, very not AIC. He almost seems more at home in an 80's band, but sounds AWESOME in the studio. I loved Black Gives Way to Blue. Jar of Flies... Christ I burned out a cassette AND Cd of that album. It's sugar.
You haven't been reading the tibette thread recently have you? I listened to that three or four times and could not get into any of the songs. Hell I even found a couple of songs off of Chinese Democracy that I could put on a ipod playlist. Not so for AiC last album.
I can't be the only guy on here who thinks that AIC's Unplugged album was way better than Nirvana's legendary one, could I? I never got why Nirvana's had such extreme praise, even voted as one of the best 200 albums ever. Alice has the better unplugged album. Deal with it.
True, but Nirvana had the better live album (From the muddy banks of the wishkah). I never liked live versions of songs until I heard that album. Anyway, like Crown said, AiC is driven by Jerry Cantrell. The man is a musical genius.
I don't dig on Nirvana. To me, that doesn't sound like the voice of a generation with which I wish to be involved. Never understood the devotion to that band. However, Pearl Jam drives me fucking nuts. Murderous, black fugue state. AIC's Unplugged is phenomenal. Some of those tunes are better than the studio originals. Like Brother, Got Me Wrong. Metallica did some great acoustic renditions in 1997. They had Les Claypool on banjo, John Popper on harmonica just shredding that thing up, Gary Rossington from Skynyrd, Jerry Cantrell, and Jesus himself, Pepper Keenan from COC.
Stop everything that you are doing... Jessica Alba, 31 and with a child, still just KILLING the ass game. Goodness gracious...
Ohhhh.....MAN. I love to see the reaction of a female watching a wacked-out John Carpenter horror/sc-fi/martial arts/comedy that he intentionally didn't write a beginning or ending for. I watched it countless times as a kid and as a movie, it's utter fucking nonsense. Terrible, even. As a trippy fun factor, it is hard to top. My favourite was Lightning Dude (he had propeller knives too. Badass): You ARE fully aware that you're going to be asked a question every... I don't know, five seconds if you watch this with her, right?
MmmmmmHMMMMMMMMM. Here's every one of those guys together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpzNZQN7hwE
I know that it's a crazy movie so not a great example but if a girl ever pulls that 'ask a question every two minutes' during a movie bullshit we aren't hanging out again. If you can't follow the basic hit you over the head plot details enough to keep your mouth shut for 1.5-2 hours, you can't walk and chew bubble gum at the same time either.
There is nothing more awesome than having to say "Shhhhhhhhhh-SHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! twenty times in a movie. ....questions during a movie. Questions that ALWAYS get answered if you would just WATCH the fucking thing. UGH. I especially love during a suspenseful scene where they suddenly say (paraphrasing here) "Ohhhh.... GOD they're not gonna kill him/her, ARE they?!!?!" I think it should be legal to staple somebody's tongue to their chin for asking questions during a movie.
My wife always starts movies by saying "who is that?" or "what is going on?" I mean within the first 5 minutes of almost every movie we watch. The sure fire way to get her to shut up and stop is just say "baby, you do understand that I haven't seen this either, and therefore I have no more information than you do, right?" OR "Maybe if you pay attention you'll figure it out." Then she realizes she is acting dumb and she stops. Her Achilles heel is being viewed as stupid, so if I point out that she is acting stupid, she fixes it right away. Yet, every movie we watch, we have to do the same song-and-dance. Wife: "Who is that?" Me: "Honey, the movie JUST STARTED. I don't know. I know as much as you. Think about it." Wife: "Oh... yeah." --Cue two hours of her actually paying attention.
I normally hate evolutionary psychology as it is little more than bloggers projecting their poor understanding of gendered behaviour onto their poorer understanding of how evolution actually works. But clearly this while asking questions during movies thing comes from the caveman days when women would mate with the male who had the most idea of what was going on in the world, and therefore was the most likely to know when the sabre toothed tiger was about to leap out from behind that rock Cavewoman: lur, do you know what behind that rock? Caveman: I tell you a million times! Nobody know what behind rock unless look behind rock.
If you need to look at something hidden behind a rock, make you sure you order THESE guys to do it first: ...the original "Expendables."
Get her to watch Kung Fu Hustle. If she doesn't like that one, I'm pretty sure your only recourse is divorce.
Or if you WANT to drive her away, there is just a lovely little French romantic film called Irreversible. Spoiler Don't see that movie. You'll never look at fire extinguishers the same way again.
Try watching a movie in a predominantly black theater in the south. Key point though, replace concern for the victim with screams of advice. Horrible place to watch a "high quality" or dialogue heavy movie, awesome place to watch a popcorn flick.
That's everywhere in North America, including right here. White girls ask questions during a movie. Black people shout answers.
My sister and every girl I've ever dated or hung out with do this. The only person I can think of who's an exception is my mum. Honestly, what the hell is it with women and celluloid that it transforms them into babbling imbeciles?* Watching "Inception" with a girlfriend was probably the closest I've ever come to domestic abuse. "But what happens when you die in a dream?" "HE'S LITERALLY JUST SAID YOU WAKE UP."