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About This Track
Them Bones is the first song of the Alternative Metal band Alice In Chains second studio album ‘Dirt’. The song was released as the second single from their second album, Dirt (1992). The song was included on the compilation albums Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999), Music Bank (1999), Greatest Hits (2001), and The Essential Alice in Chains (2006).
The song was written by guitarist Jerry Cantrell. The song is highly chromatic and is played in a time signature of 7/8—except for the chorus, which is in 4/4. When discussing the use of odd time signatures in a 1998 interview with Guitar World, Cantrell said:
I really don’t know where that comes from; it just comes naturally to me. I could sit down and figure it out, but what’s the use? Off-time stuff is just more exciting — it takes people by surprise when you shift gears like that before they even know what the hell hit ‘em. It’s also effective when you slow something down and then slam ‘em into the dash. A lot of Alice stuff is written that way — “Them Bones” is a great off-time song.
In the liner notes of 1999’s Music Bank box set collection, Jerry Cantrell said of the song:
I was just thinking about mortality, that one of these days we’ll end up a pile of bones. It’s a thought for every human being, whether you believe in an after-life or that when we die, that’s it.
The song was written by guitarist Jerry Cantrell. The song is highly chromatic and is played in a time signature of 7/8—except for the chorus, which is in 4/4. When discussing the use of odd time signatures in a 1998 interview with Guitar World, Cantrell said:
I really don’t know where that comes from; it just comes naturally to me. I could sit down and figure it out, but what’s the use? Off-time stuff is just more exciting — it takes people by surprise when you shift gears like that before they even know what the hell hit ‘em. It’s also effective when you slow something down and then slam ‘em into the dash. A lot of Alice stuff is written that way — “Them Bones” is a great off-time song.
In the liner notes of 1999’s Music Bank box set collection, Jerry Cantrell said of the song:
I was just thinking about mortality, that one of these days we’ll end up a pile of bones. It’s a thought for every human being, whether you believe in an after-life or that when we die, that’s it.
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Shouts
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ELeBoeuf wrote:
i feel so alone.
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clauxd93 wrote:
I feel so alone, gonna end up a big ole pile a them bones
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Job_4_a_Cowgirl wrote:
The original is the best a usual
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SomeRandomHomey wrote:
Them Bones!!
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KageInChains wrote:
Awesome :D
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DennisRicley wrote:
Fuck GTA players ! [2]
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slidein wrote:
wow!!!
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Great song <3
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jsin48r wrote:
Such an intense song. And so true ultimately. Just amazing.
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T-W-B wrote:
omfg san andreas
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lain-luscious wrote:
I still can't believe I heard this live, it was so ridiculously packed in front of the stage that I couldn't get enough air into my lungs to yell AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
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Phlunked wrote:
Is this fear of death or fear of complacency?
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xtreEmee wrote:
best way to start an epic album
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kurtnirvanakris wrote:
one of my favorite songs from alice in chains
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KChippie1 wrote:
Layne Staley=Alice N Chains <THEM BONES> Bad Dream Come True
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JohnnyWillRebel wrote:
walking-tall- machine-gun-man
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rigelthe16th wrote:
;)
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BabichokLast wrote:
Cool
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headgear56 wrote:
One of my favorite songs.
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dchinom wrote:
classic
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