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Buzz Osbourne called 90% of that documentary total bull****. Just stupid stuff Kurt came up with on a whim. Not a bad documentary of course, but still misleading.
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SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.
Expected a somewhat close poll, but we need to get out the Alice In Chains vote.
I'm going to compare using Dirt because it's AIC's seminal album, and In Utero because it's my favorite Nirvana album, and therefore the only real competitor against AIC.
Dirt vs In Utero by tracklisting:
1) "Them Bones" < "Serve the Servants"
2) "Dam That River" > "Scentless Apprentice"
3) "Rain When I Die" < "Heart-Shaped Box." "RWID" is better live, though.
4) "Down In A Hole" < "Rape Me." Holy **** this is close. "DIAH" is better-written musically, but "Rape Me" isn't as much of a downer vibe-wise/rocking-wise, ironically.
5) "Sickman" < "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle"
6) "Rooster" > "Dumb"
7) "Junkhead" = "Very Ape." It's a tie.
8) "Dirt" > "Milk It"
9) "God Smack" < "Pennyroyal Tea"
10) "Iron Man" < "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter." Nirvana's filler song beats AIC's ****ty filler song.
11) "Hate to Feel" > "Tourette's
12) "Angry Chair" < "All Apologies"
At this point, it's 4 in favor of AIC, 7 for Nirvana, and 1 no decision. But Dirt has a 13th song that In Utero does not, and it beats everything in Nirvana's catalogue, handily.
#13 - "Would?"
I like both bands, I respect both bands, but the musicianship in AIC is superior.
Jerry wrote better songs than Cobain, music-wise (not popularly).
Nirvana's work hasn't aged very well when you really break things down.
While Layne was not a great lyricist, Kurdt was overrated as a lyricist. Kurdt even said himself that some of his lyrics were strung-together nonsense.
Given that, "Serve the Servants" is Kurdt's finest display, lyrically.
While both experienced similar troubles, there's something more human and genuine about Staley's work, and that will never change for me.
Take "Would?" and add some Jar of Flies, and it's game over for Nirvana.
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6) "Rooster" > "Dumb"
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If this kick in the nads is to insinuate that "Dumb" is the better song, then I have some bad news. "Dumb," while I do think it's album-worthy, is very close to being a B-side due to it's monotone nature (the cello saves it). "Rooster," on the other hand, is an A-list tune. Don't know why people hate on it more than a lot of AIC's other songs.
Again, I like both songs, but "Rooster" is the king of this coop.
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