Yes! Thats another great song. Laynes vocals on that give me goosebumps.

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“Life, death, sex; what else is there? A beer maybe."

"Shame in You" does it for me.

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"You call me a dog, well that's fair enough...there ain't no use to pretend your wrong"

Nutshell... especially the unplugged version, if that counts.

 

It's the first song on my Alice playlist, plus just the amazing simplicity of the song, it gives me chills. I've come across very few other songs that are sung with such feeling.

  

yeah "shame in you" is a good one also my fav. song

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credit to HiP

BlackCross:

A little Bitter

Layne is so intense and angry like he is directing the lyrics at somone who has wronged him. Every member really shines in that song.

Get Born Again and Head Creeps should not be forgotten either.

fuck, i was thinking the same when i first saw the question.
it's def A little Bitter

i dont know, imo, i do see lots of anger happening during the years when layne is still in the aic

the band was struggling to get together to make music, layne is struggling with his life (which very unfortunate, at the end of his years, i think he is still very angry about himself about not being able to solve his problems)

i dont know, it's just my opinion

but since now the aic is getting new stuff, i think there will be definitely a new song that could define the band;-)

ta-da

xxx 

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"We got famous off singing about a chicken."
- Sean Kinney
"I believe the Internet is inherently evil."
- Jerry Cantrell

easy...Would?    Would? represent everything that AIC is.  Guitar solo, Singing Layne/Screaming Layne, heavy bass riff, Seattle scene (Andrew Wood), drugs.  And then there is the video aspect which clearly is identified by the trends they set, (Mikes attire) (Laynes beard) (Jerry's stocking cap).

IMO you can't have a song representing AIC without a drug reference and a video.  Creatively, AIC could tell us the story of a song through its videos.  All other songs are left to speculation.  I'm not saying that I dont like songs like "Whale & Wasp" and "A Little Bitter", there tremendous.  I realize this topic asks us personally to descripe their most definitive song, but amongst the populous, "Would?" is their most identifiable song.

"Would?" . . . "Man in the Box" . . . "Angry Chair" . . . "Sea of Sorrow" . . .

"Nutshell" . . . "No Excuses" . . .

But -- These songs, even if I heard them for the first time and didn't know the artist, I'd still recognize them as AIC's for more than the obvious reasons:

"Rotten Apple," "Got Me Wrong," and "Get Born Again"  

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You are never really dead
until the last memory of you is gone . . .

For me.. Dirt and Angry Chair are tied as their most definitive songs. Dark lyrics and melody.

But.. in general, I'd go with Man in the box or Would? because were big hits and.. well.. because they're great songs!

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~ I've tried to hide myself from what is wrong for me ~

http://laynestaley.forumotion.com

Everybody has listed great songs. Definitive for an individual is probably different than definitive in a general sense. You can't argue against Would? For the general public, I would say either Man in the Box/Them Bones, I'll go with Them Bones.

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RIP Layne. The music lives on..........

Definitely "Down in a Hole" which just breathes despair and pain.   Such raw emotion that just moves me every single time I listen to it...

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Down in a Hole, Losin' my Soul
Down in a Hole, Losin' Control
I'd like to Fly
But my Wings have been so Denied

Dude, it's gotta be Junkhead. Period.

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Bill Bradford

^^"Junkhead" would be my second choice or sth.

But I'd go with "Angry Chair". You can't be more unique and amazingly haunting than that.

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Everything's very perfectly balanced; for all the horrible things in the world there's lots of good things.
John Frusciante

Every album has it's share of songs that are the "definitive" sound of Alice. In my eyes, there have RARELY been many bands that could stylistically be as diverse as AiC, but still have an almost trademark sound. So, here are the ones that stick out by album.

 

Facelift

We Die Young

Bleed the Freak

Confusion

Sunshine

The Real Thing

 

Dirt

Rain When I Die

Down In A Hole

Junkhead

Dirt

Hate To Feel

 

Sap

 Brother

Am I Inside

 

Jar of Flies

 everything except Swing On This

 

S/T

Sludge Factory

Head Creeps

Shame In You

God Am

Frogs

 

Various

What the Hell Have I?

A Little Bitter

Fear the Voices

Get Born Again

 

 

sorry for the length of this post!!! 

 

 

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Jar of Flies

 everything except Swing On This

Yes, I fully agree on that.

It's too hard to narrow it down, so I'm not even going to try, because it changes every day. I'm actually pretty cool with your album by album list, especially the lack of Them Bones being on there, so... Yeah, man, seriously, good job. 

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HiP QWNS


The north star always guides me
When winter skies are gray
And I wait for sun when all are one
I shall not betray