WE MADE IT TO 40K! Alice In Chains - Rooster (Reaction + Shirt Reveal)
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The older man in the video is Cantrell's father, nicknamed "the Rooster" when he fought in the jungles of Vietnam. This was basically his story that his son and the band put into music.
WOW!! Powerful
His Dad may have been called rooster but Rooster was what the Vietnamese called the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division. There are no Eagles in Vietnam so the Vietnamese mistook the Eagle patch for a Rooster. Also when they went into combat the Vietnamese would say something to the effect of: “It’s time to snuff (kill) the Rooster. Not something they were very good at.
@@RKnVaI did NOT know this. This actually makes a lot of sense. Thank you for sharing this.
This music video is the most faithful to the songwriter’s intentions of any other music video I’ve seen.
My dad was a Vietnam Vet and Army Green was indeed no safe bet! RIP DAD ❤
It was personal for guitarist Jerry Cantrell, it was his father and other posters has commented on. I am a vet and love the message to understand how these vets were treated when they came home from hell they met another hell unexpectedly at home. God bless them all, a vet here .
Wow, such a strong storyline
Amen
Layne Staley and Alice in Chains are pure emotion in every single song
Thanks for getting around to it Maddy. The young guy at the start is Jerry Cantrell he wrote this song for his Dad nicknamed the rooster. And the old guy talking at the start is his dad. Another Great Reaction❤
And you're right about it being one of the closer depictions of war. I think the video was actually banned from MTV back then
Dang! Powerful stuff!!
Layne Staley will forever be one of the most distinctive voices❤ Had what I still consider to be the great privilege of seeing them on the Dirt Tour at Mnachester University, England.
Such a great voice!
@@MaddyReactions Hey, Maddy...loving the videos. I'm a recent addition to your audience. I would definitely recommend you watch the "Deep Purple Child In time Live 1970" to experience the vocalist with no real equal that is Ian Gillan.
Congrats Maddy! Alice In Chains is a great way to celebrate your accomplishment!
I think so too!
very smart, very beautiful, what's not to like?
Guitarist Jerry Cantrell wrote ROOSTER about his father's experiences in Vietnam and when Jerry saw his dad in the audience at one of their shows when AIC opened for Iggy Pop, and Jerry asked Layne (and the guys) to play ROOSTER and they did. It was the first time Jerry's dad heard Jerry's music and knew that his son understood him through that song. It brought Jerry and his dad closer together. And Layne had a vital part in that reunion. (Meanwhile Layne's own biological father was an opportunist).
Jerry's dad was nicknamed Rooster when he was a kid and his hairstyle resembled that of a rooster comb. Although, maybe he used rooster as a call sign during his military career. But he didn't earn the nickname in the military, he had the nickname back when he was a kid.
Jerry Cantrell, Sr had multiple tours in Vietnam and like most Vietnam vets, he didn't talk about it. The most he ever said about it was at the beginning of the official video for ROOSTER which he agreed to be a part of after hearing the song. Like all kids who hate their parents, Jerry Cantrell was no different. He was staying in a small guest room in Chris Cornell's house (Cornell was married to AIC manager Susan Silver) and the guest room had a tiny window. He was staying there and thought about what his dad may have experienced and wrote the lyrics.
They demoed ROOSTER and WOULD? when they spent two days working on the acoustic songs for the SAP EP. The songs on SAP and those two songs were demoed using the money Cameron Crowe gave them for recording WOULD? for the SINGLES movie. Layne sang the hell out of WOULD? and ROOSTER.
The harmony in the beginning and end on the album is Ann Wilson of Heart, but Layne does the harmonies on the official video and live versions perfectly.
The Unplugged show in 1996 is so heartbreaking to watch because he was deep in his heroin addiction (and yes, I know he was doing other drugs on top of Heroin). His liver was damaged from the years of drug use. He was just high enough to do the show so he didn't get dope sick and chase away withdrawal symptoms. He was such a ghost of himself during Unplugged. (Of course, Jerry had food poisoning) All Jerry saw when he looked over at Layne was his best friend was going to die soon due to the path Layne had taken with his life. That show was filmed in April, 1996, premiered in May 1996. They did four shows with KISS in June-July 1996, after which Layne survived an overdose and became a recluse. After that, it was a six-year-long slow suicide.
With Unplugged... Sean Kinney (drummer) and Mike Inez (bass player) argued with Jerry about whether Layne could even pull off the high notes in some of the songs in his condition, which is why Jerry gave them that “I told you so” smirk after Layne hit that long, high note in DOWN IN A HOLE. He did the same thing again when Layne hit a high note in ROOSTER.
Layne was one of the few singers who was always better live than studio version. The fact that Sean and Mike didn’t have any confidence that Layne could do the show and Jerry being the only one that knew deep in his heart that Layne could do it because Layne had done so many things against the odds over the years no matter how high he was at the time. When Jerry needed him to be there where it counted, Layne always pulled through.
Knowing how he sang ROOSTER in Tilburg, The Netherlands, in 1993 when his “yeahs” and screams were so loud and high I’m surprised the rafters didn’t come crashing down around him and then watch him sing the same song so low-key on Unplugged knowing he could do to the song what he did in Tilburg is heartbreaking. Knowing he initially sang the hell out of WOULD? on the official video and album and seeing the end of WOULD? on Unplugged . . . and knowing how deep into his addiction he had gotten by that point is heartbreaking.
The entire show was a success because Layne DID have a powerful performance despite his condition. He proved to his cynical bandmates that he could still sing the high notes and he pulled it all off beautifully while the same four guys (Metallica) who had mocked him for his addiction sidelining Alice In Chains from ever doing extended tours back in 1994 sat in the front row. The mistakes he made screwing up SLUDGE FACTORY (and I think he screwed up GOT ME WRONG once or twice, but Toby Wright didn’t keep that in editing) were endearing, at least to me. They didn’t take away from the performance, it added something to the performance that, had it been removed after everyone had seen it, wouldn’t have made the show what it was.
That line "they spit on me in my homeland." TV News anchor Walter Kronkite basically told the American public that we lost the war and between that and the college kids (who went to college to escape being drafted into the military) would protest the soldiers coming home. They would do protest rallies at the airports and protest the returning soldiers by spitting at them, throwing urine and other stuff on them. An uncle of mine drove a supply truck in Vietnam (to this day he won't talk about his experience). A family friend of ours said that he and his buddies came home, saw the protesters at the airport, and re-enlisted because it was safer in Vietnam than in the US with the protesters. At least in Vietnam, they knew who the enemy was. I'm NOT saying Vietnam was anything the US should have ever been in. I'm just relating stories of people I know who served there.
Layne's story is more tragic and haunting because you can actually watch and hear him deteriorate over the 12-year span: from the mild use of drugs in 1990 all the way through 1996 when he was deep into a heroin addiction to dropping to 90 pounds by 1998 to 86 pounds when he died in 2002. Layne kept his humor and wit even to the end of his life.
Layne was so much more than his drug addiction. He stacked his own vocals with melodies and harmonies underneath. He was able to come up with lyrics and harmonies off the top of his head. He knew that Jerry Cantrell was playing with the wrong people and gave him contact info for Sean Kinney and found out Sean Kinney was dating original bass player Mike Starr's sister. He wrote the lyrics for the original songs he sang on Mad Season's Above album and drew the cover art for that album. Layne was a genius in his own right. He was able to figure things out in a snap off the top of his head. Layne just had his demons. At the age of 34, he looked more like an 80 year old man. He knew he screwed up, between the drugs and his own depression and then his former fiancee dying, Layne just couldn't find a way to dig himself out of his own mess and at the end with his teeth problems and organs failing on him, he gave up trying. He lost sight of who his true friends were and who was using him. He was never going to give up the drugs. Instead, he tried to attain the same high he felt the first time he did drugs and could never achieve it.
Layne encouraged Jerry to sing more, after all, they were Jerry's lyrics he should sing them. Vice-versa, Jerry encouraged Layne to play the guitar which is how you get Layne playing guitar on HATE TO FEEL and ANGRY CHAIR as well as I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING on the Mad Season above album. Jerry encouraged him on the guitar and was proud that Layne grew as a guitarist. Though, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine taught Layne more chords than ANGRY CHAIR and HATE TO FEEL.
The friendship between Jerry and Layne was unbreakable. Jerry NEVER once thought of replacing Layne as the singer while Layne was still alive. He always wanted Layne to sing whenever he had AIC do something. If there were ever cosmic soulmates ... Layne and Jerry would be it. (And by that I mean, they were Sympatico with each other. The way they sang together was a perfect pitch where two voices make one. What you hear and see between Jerry and Layne was a genuine friendship. They looked after each other. When one had problems with a song, the other picked up the slack. They were a team.
Jerry was doing a solo concert in Charlotte, NC when he heard that Layne was found two weeks after he died and Jerry was trying to get through the concert and crying. He did shows between the time he found out about Layne until Layne's funeral because if he had taken a break then, he didn't think he'd want to continue anything later after the mourning period.
Layne had done so much for Jerry, giving him a place to live, money, clothes, food, guitars and gear, a band. But getting a front-row seat to watch what had happened to Layne over the years, Jerry had to watch his best friend deteriorate in a span of 12 years (1990-2002), and Jerry couldn't do anything about it. Jerry had talked himself blue in the face but Layne didn't want help. Alice In Chains was a band, but they were also a family. They had internal issues just like any family. When Layne died, it was like losing a loved one, a family member, you don't think of the fights you had with the person who died. You defend their memory. There is a reason Jerry wrote NO EXCUSES about Layne and the line "You, my friend, I will defend / And if we change, well, I'll love you anyway."
"My grandmother and mother were such huge losses, but I got Layne, the guys, and I got this.” - Jerry Cantrell, Kerrang! (December 1, 2018)
“Jerry really loved Layne [Staley]. They had a bond I haven't seen before,” Jerry’s former manager Bill Siddons, April 19, 2002 (the day Layne was found two weeks after he died).
Great Channel Maddy 😊 ..Congratulations on 40K Dedicated followers 👍. Love Alice In Chains ⛓️ & the phenomenal vocals of the late Layne. His music lives forever.
Thanks so much!! Wow, rest in peace!! Great work!
His dad probably never imagined that one day his son would write a great song in honor to him.
Never give up.
My favorite Alice in chains song.
I can't listen to this song without getting choked up; this is a powerful song. This is based on what Jerry Cantrel's father told him about Vietnam and when his father heard him perform this song he understood that his son understood.
Your channel is growing because you are sincere. If you don't know something, or are curious, you simply ask your audience. It means a lot to "share" music with someone who is genuinely interested. Congrats !!!
I appreciate that 🤗🩷
"Gloria send me a picture of my boy".
If we don’t start being more neighborly and caring more about our communities than politics we will end up back in this situation again! We’re all Americans and we all bleed the same, the sooner we come to that conclusion the better we can voice a unified position against this sort of thing for profit! God
Bless! And happy 40k
I graduated in '88, my bro in '91. I had Duran Duran & Depeche Mode, etc. HE got all the cool sh!t. I learned to listen/appreciate this genre (too many bands to mention) because of his and his friends. To this day, I STILL rock the fck to it. It's an era that will stick to me. Layne & Chris Cornell - both gone WAY too soon. But this stuff comes up on the radio/Sirius XM... I know I'm gonna get a speeding ticket!
Congratulations Maddy🎉🎉
You have a great channel ❤😊
Thank you so much!!
My dad was in the Vietnam war. He was lucky enough to be away from the action in a helicopter division working on the radios for the helicopters
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The fact is... 90's rock was a one-eighty-degree turn from the 80's were about. In 1989, the popular bands were Guns N' Roses, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Skid Row, Def Leppard, Poison... bands that made songs about sex, booze, and rock n' roll... It was party every day and rock the nights away. But things were changing... especially in 1991 after the first Gulf War, reality set in and veterans of that war came home w/ poisoning from exposure to chemicals and radiation. Things got dark really fast and party bands like Ratt and Warrant became unhip real fast.
It was clear that rock fans wanted a heavier, darker music to reflect their mood... and Nirvana was the band that broke big in late '91 as their brand of aggressive rock became 'grunge rock'.
In 1992, the trends shifted away abruptly from big hair and flashy outfits to dark attitude and flannel shirts... Alice In Chains was alongside Seattle bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam... and hit singles that year were darker and more introspective.
Temple of the Dog (feat. Chris Cornell of Soundgarden) had a huge hit w/ 'Hunger strike'... Pearl Jam also made it big w/ the dark and tragic depiction in 'Jeremy'... and Alice In Chains went the same way w/ 'Rooster' and the album 'Dirt'.
It was not meant to be a happy time... There was a lot of angst and the 90's fans hated the 80's excess and wanted something that spoke to them seriously... Sadly it inevitably went the way of all trends by the music industry... but it was incredible while it lasted and still resonates w/ fans today.
Congrats and love your channel. You grasp a lot of concepts in songs and yet are open minded enough to learn like in this one. Keep up the good work, lets plow through your next goal.
I appreciate that! 🩷
Maddy , I've been watching your reaction videos for awhile now and I just want to say how much I adore a beautiful woman Like yourself enjoying the kind of music I Luke to hear . Rock music has so many different sounds that comes out of these instruments is what makes this kind of music I love , instrumental music , not only just rock but whatever it may be blues , soft rock❤❤
The names of American soldiers killed in Vietnam were reported on the radio the next day at 5pm.
40K is a great accomplishment, but in this case well deserved!! Congratulations!
Thank you so much 🤗
Congrats on 40K, Maddy. YYou have earned every singlen one. Keep going and ENJOY LIFE. And great Post, too.
Thank you so much!!☺️
My ❤ goes out to all Vietnam vets, my favorite AIC song
Congratulations Maddy on reaching 40k subs 😊 It’s been a pleasure watching your channel grow. The way you’re going it won’t be too long until the next shirt change and I’ll be here for it 😊
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just for reference, in vietnam they didn';t know what an eagle was they called it a rooster and that was a term they used for american soldiers
Girl you are such a trooper for having this as your 40k but this song is amazing
Rooster was Jerry Cantrell's dad's nickname during the Vietnam war.
What a great song choice. This song displays so much in so many ways.....
Laynes vocals express so many different emotions and elements....and through it all, there is still a beauty of his and the whole bands talent and artistry....what a master piece of a song...
You are so sweet. Congratulations on 40k.
Thank you so much!!
You are really good at this and appreciate your empathy in your reaction.
Thank you 🩷🩷🩷
This band is worth the rabbit hole dive. they have a lot of good jams
Jerry's dad, a Vietnam vet, was The Rooster. I'm sure a thousand people have pointed that out....
Great band! 🤘
Congratulations Miss Maddy on reaching 40k heres to 50k and beyond
All gave some.
Some gave all.
The price of freedom is paid in blood.
This song is about Jerry Cantrell's dad and his experience in Viet Nam.
Great accomplishment, Maddy! Keep the variety in your content going.
Damn girl 40K,aaaaah I just looked it is almost 41K 😊🥳
"WHOOOOOOO.... "
- Maddy"Nature Girl" Wick
🎉 *CONGRATULATIONS!* on 40K!
Thank you so much ☺️
Welldone on 40k! Closing in on 100k.
Great song choice to react maddy
Bringin back memories of my youth! 1992 i was 16/17. Thank you to all the fallen. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
👍Congraulations on your 40K milestone. 🖖❤
Thank you so much! ☺️
Congratulations. Cute shirt on a very cute chic. Your channel is growing fast because you are so nice and considerate. Best is yet to come!
Thank you so much 🤗
Congrats Maddy!!! Now let's try for the big 100 thousand subs and beyond!!!!
Thank you 🩷🩷🩷
Congratulations Maddy I knew you would get here!
Thank you!! 🩷🩷🩷
CONGRATS again Maddy Much Love ❤❤❤
Congrats on 40k. Seems like that was fast.
Congratulations on reaching 40 K subscribers .
Keep on r'actin .
as an Iraqi vet and a "walking tall" machine gun man I can tell you this video contains scenes and lyrics of how it really can be and how it really is at times. Its not what most people can handle. War is hell. Most of can never leave the war behind, I know I can't I have heard that of those of us that come home some of us take the war home with us. The line "every path leads me to no where" is both a metaphor (which you nailed perfect) and literal in the way that you can go down multiple paths that all look the same, its un-nerving. Thank you for the honest review and that message at the end. I know that if it wasn't for my wife and family insisting that I never go anywhere alone, that I would not be alive.
I can't even get to 1,000 members yet and I don't thin my music is "that bad" lol
CONGRATULATIONS MADDY! 😂
Jerry Cantrell is one of the best songwriters ever, shout his dad who the song is about as well, he’s the “rooster”. The whole dirt record is one of the best ever and incredibly iconic, the EP that followed this “jar of flies” is pretty widely considered by many as the best EP of all time. Anyway can’t go wrong with any Alice In Chains, truly a magical and unique band.
I jumped in and subscribed this week. You are so welcome! From Tribal Flute
Kudos to your channel, Maddy!
Leave it to you to drop a heavy song for your celebration vid. Dig it!
Congratulation Maddy. Great reactions, very entertaining.
Maddy is M.I.A!
Congratulations Maddie with the beautiful hair❤
Lots of bands have songs to cover wars and who's in charge, unfortunately. Here are a few...
Run through the jungle - CCR
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Holy Wars - Megadeth
Disposable Heroes -- One -- both Metallica
Speak -- Queensryche
WWIII -- Testament
Angel of Death -- War Ensemble -- Slayer- guitarists dad was in WWIII
Indians -- Anthrax
Sweet, nice going.
The irony of war is the men enlisted & recruited are usually those who most just want to be left alone
Congratulations young lady!
Thank you 🤗
Love this. One glad you did it sweet. They wouldn't let me go to Nam.
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Congrats on 40K, Maddy..Great song choice, it is very haunting.
12:10. Really great going!🌸🌿
Well timed reaction with whats going on in the world right now. Happy 40k!
Layne Staley👑
Congratulations 🎉💐🍹🍹
Love the live streams ☺️✌️
Thanks so much
The worst war was at home when they faced coming home. People really did spit and throw stuff at the soldiers and call them baby killers. They thought they were going home to a heroes welcome.
Very happy for you! Excellent! 🌸🌿🐙💖☘️🍄🌹
Thank you so much!
just thought I'd say, I saw you in an Adobe commercial today 🤪
🤗🩷 that’s awesome! 🤗
I knew a man that survived the war but couldn't deal with what he seen an did there the stories he told was terrifying he took his own life about twenty years ago rip alvin
Grats, Maddy. Onward to 50k. 😊
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probably one of my ten favourite singers of all time
short career ...a shame
masterpiece
Congratulations! Well-deserved.
Thank you very much! 🩷
The Rooster was the 101 st Airborne Division because of the Eagle patch on their shoulder that was worn the Vc the NVA did not know about eagles they thought it was a chicken so the men of the 101st where called the chicken men ! hated as much as any outfit in Nam 2-506 inf medic 1970-1973!
Now watch the unplugged version 🤘
OOOOH,I like the new shirt 😊
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Hey sweetie . Thank you for putting up the video . Yeah I was there . . They can't kill me
good lord this is deep.
Amazing song and lyrics and love your new shirt.
Ah!!! My favorite grunge band!!! You know why i liked them so much?? They weren't a one hit wonder like Sinead O'Connor 😛🤘👍
I like the new shirt, you wear it very well!
Ok, I'm 60 so, never been in the service but, have the utmost respect and admiration for those who have! Here's a ridiculous statement; "We don't need men".
Seriously?! In my opinion, we need More "toxic masculinity"! Love you! Peace
Waaaaay to go mam. 💐
So, Mads, have you ever found a family of sparrows living in your hair? 🙃🫣😜
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Atta girl. 😊
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congrats
🎉 Thanks!
Ya kid . It was what it was
My deceased father stormed Omaha beach 3rd wave of the D Day invasion heard all sorts of hell they went through
No now war looks a lot worse. Now the enemy will hide and fight in the villages. Holding the inhabitants as shields.
YAY!!! If you want to see a band bringing awareness to what soldiers live with, you definitely need to react to FFDP Wrong Side Of Heaven and their cover of Gone Away. Bring some tissues....
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As much as i love Layne how can people only post about him? I consider this a Jerry Cantrell song
If masculine was a song.....this is it. So good LAYNES VOICE
I missed the memo about a new shirt.