how do you feel about this?
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Permalink Reply by harrison on -
See this is why looking at this on my phone sucks. I see the thread title but then I don't see a post. Wtf is going on.
So to answer your question, I don't feel good about this at all.
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Permalink Reply by Jacob Porter on -
It's obviously not Layne, but me gusta mucho. That's a bad ass song.
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Permalink Reply by T on -
yeah...like alice without layne.....
KfnT said:It's an alright song, but AIC is not AIC without Layne... they should call themselves something else, ha.
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Permalink Reply by LEFTYJLAJ on -
i agree. but jerry did sing half the time towards the end and with all of the same band members i see why they keep the name. it has the AIC sound... but i keep waiting to hear layne.
i saw these guys twice with the new songer. he sounds great live. and seems very humble. thought it would be a lame cover band but i was impressed.
and H, if you havent caught on by now its the new AIC song.
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Permalink Reply by jdanek630 on -
I have to admit that I was never a huge AIC fan in the first place, I think they had some stellar tracks here and there, but all in all I wouldn't consider myself a "fan" (casual listener might be the best phrase... haha). This sounds like AIC, they're doing pretty good justice to living up to what people could expect to come from the band. They didn't do a 180, they didn't change their sound much. I think AIC is more than fine with sticking with AIC.
In terms of the music, it's nothing that I would choose to play, but I wouldn't turn it off if I hear it on the radio either. I still think Nutshell's the best (and possibly simplest) thing they've done -- but that's just me & my taste in music!
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Permalink Reply by Rain on -
agree...
Jacob Porter said:It's obviously not Layne, but me gusta mucho. That's a bad ass song.
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Permalink Reply by LEFTYJLAJ on
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well as some of you already know.....
i heard on the radio.... that Elton John will be playing piano on the new AIC cd. It will be the title track, i forget the name of it. which is a tribute song to layne.
yup, elton motherfucking john. wtf does he have to do with layne? i had hopes for this cd. key word: HAD.
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Permalink Reply by T on
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let's not give up on it yet...we need to give it a listen...I know there was many choices besides Elton that they could've went with...but in all fairness to them, let's hear it first...pass judgment second...it could've been Stevie Wonder ya know...
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Permalink Reply by Lisa (AKA) ADDICTEDtoStAiND on -
Elton John Joins Alice in Chains’ New Album to Honor Layne Staley
It’s an unlikely pairing, but it’s legit: Elton John sings on “Black Gives Way to Blue,” the title track on Alice in Chains‘ September 29th album. The song is a tribute to the band’s late frontman Layne Staley, who died in 2002 from a lethal speedball, and the collaboration was born when singer-guitarist Jerry Cantrell thought the track could use a little piano.
When a pal suggested Cantrell ring up Sir Elton John, “I remember laughing and saying, ‘Yeah, I’ll get right on that,’ ” Cantrell says in a statement. “But I decided it was worth trying and wrote Elton an e-mail explaining what that song means to us — that it’s a real, raw openhearted song for Layne.” The band sent John the track and were “blown away” when he quickly responded saying he was in. “Elton John is a huge influence on me as a songwriter and having him on that song is an amazing honor for us,” Cantrell adds.
John reveals that he’s been a “an admirer of Jerry Cantrell” for quite some time, and “couldn’t resist” the offer. “It was a great recording session with Alice In Chains for a beautiful song,” John says in a statement. Recording was done in Vegas, where John was wrapping his Red Piano concerts. “Walking into a studio and seeing the sheet music for that song on Elton’s piano made it meaningful on so many different levels,” Cantrell says in a statement. “The whole experience was pretty magical.”
When Rolling Stone spoke with Alice in Chains last month, Cantrell said Black Gives Way to Blue is the next step in the band’s legacy. “It takes a big set of fucking balls — four sets of balls — to take on a challenge like this, and we did it for the same reasons we made music before,” he said. “We care about it, we respect what we did, and we also respect the fact that we want to continue to make music with each other, so there’s a certain level that it has to live up to.” William DuVall joins the band’s surviving members, sharing guitar and vocal duties, but Staley still looms large for the band: “I can tell you from our point of view, there is no fucking replacing the dude,” Cantrell said.
LEFTYJLAJ said:well as some of you already know.....
i heard on the radio.... that Elton John will be playing piano on the new AIC cd. It will be the title track, i forget the name of it. which is a tribute song to layne.
yup, elton motherfucking john. wtf does he have to do with layne? i had hopes for this cd. key word: HAD.
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Permalink Reply by Jacob Porter on
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Wow. I think it's pretty cool--I'm a pretty big Elton John fan. I can't wait to see how this turns out.
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Permalink Reply by Cindy on -
Well it's not Layne for sure.. but I agree with so many of you.. does have that AIC sound. I like it.. I would like to see them live.
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