Alice In Chains, Black Gives Way to Blue.
What a "comeback" album. After one of the great vocalists of the '90s, Layne Staley, died, I figured these guys were done.
& they were, for quite some time.
But they got William Duvall from Comes With the Fall--another really cool band--& released the exact album they should have.
Depending on the day, Alice is my favorite '90s Seattle band (I usually say "grunge" only when very tired, because to me the bands really sound nothing alike).
So, today's list:
7. Mudhoney
6. Screaming Trees
5. Nirvana
4. Mother Love Bone
3. Soundgarden
2. Pearl Jam
1. Alice In Chains.
FOOTNOTE: #s 1, 2, & 3 create a fluid situ-. . . scenario.
On this album, the show-stopper is the last song, the title track.
Sadly, outside of a fantastic collection of albums--some metal (Facelift), well, I guess you'd call it "grunge" (Dirt), acoustic (Sap & Jar of Flies) & an all-of-the-above record (Alice In Chains)--this band will also be known as one of those "coulda-beens."
So many great tracks throughout the career, so I feel the need to list a few: "Man in the Box," "Got Me Wrong," "Rooster," "Down in a Hole," "No Excuses," " I Stay Away," "Heaven Beside You,"
. . . & about 30 others.
But, like too many bands before them & a few since, they lost an integral member to drugs.
You want a sad, sad story, read about Layne Staley, a truly gifted guy who could never get it together.
Juniors:
Speaking of which, Macbeth could never get it together, & then he lost his head completely.
(BOOOOOOO!!!!!!).
Wow, nothing else to say after that except: bring your copy of Macbeth tomorrow for group-type work.
REMEMBER: the class final is Macbeth-centric & ALHS English Dep't final is CST-style.
Sophomores:
Review of "Ode to My Socks" (I love that one), "Obedience."
The "core" poem, "Once Upon a Time," a meditation on past & present, young & old, pre-cynicism, cynicism, & post-cynicism.
We'll talk more about Okara tomorrow, after you take your unit 6 quiz.
REMEMBER: the class final is vocabulary-centric & ALHS English Dep't final is CST-style.
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