@@ayard2120 well, I don’t listen to the song anymore..ever. If that tells you anything. So odd for you to comment a day ago because she passed on November 14th:/
How does this work exactly? A funeral is outside so what did u do set up some speakers and play the song on low volume during the funeral? Or did you play the song at her viewing while people were viewing her open casket
@@mcmo0osey123 I believe Death in The Spotlight is referring to both Sap and Jar of Flies, both which are EPs. AIC did have an EP "We Die Young", prior to Facelift's release, but it goes forgotten usually and most consider Sap their 1st EP.
@@mcmo0osey123 you're welcome! JoF is classified as an EP, according to the Wikipedia, and the Amazon listing refers to it as an EP. I always knew it as such, but due to length it does feel very much like an album.
@@dmphax Yes, you are correct. I always forget the We Die Young EP, as I don't own a copy. Facelift was the first thing I bought by AIC, followed by Dirt and the self-title. I didn't buy Sap and JoF until later. I recall buying Music Bank around the same time, just for the new tracks.
Jerry Cantrell is one of the greatest songwriters ever. A true musical god in my book. This is his song like many other AIC songs. Jerry and Layne vocal combo is unmatched and jar of flies is the best EP of all time.
Lead vocals on Don't Follow were by Jerry Cantrell. Layne Staley sings the bridge while Bass player Mike Inez, guitar tech Darrell Peters and Randy Biro sings the backing vocals on the second half of the song
DEMRI WAS AN AMAZING SOUL - I knew her for a short time before she was a part of Layne and that world.... her smile lit up EVERY ROOM she walked into. I'll never forget my girlfriend coming home and telling me I needed to come down w her to listen to Demri's boyfriend and his band, that I would love their sound. Never got the chance because they blew up soon there after and the rest is history !!! I love and miss that warm person very much ❤❤❤ Hopefully they found each other out there wherever they are and are together !!!!
I cried like a baby when i heard the news of Layne's death, he was my all-time favorite singer, i love Alice In Chains since their beginning, Layne is still my favorite singer to this day.
I know my friend, recently I watched a story on RUclips about the Demise of Layne Staley, and I just wouldn't want to see it again.He lost all his teeth,was so skinny and it made me extremely sad to watch someone's fall from grace with his talent.
@@johnnydrama8709 I know this isn't from Dirt, I was just thinking about Layne I think, and how I used to listen to that album during a dark time of addiction myself.Down in a Hole was always my favorite, but the album was so dark maybe it wasn't the best music for me at the time,and Rain when I die was another one that hit home also.
HOWDY FROM NEW ENGLAND.....ALICE IN CHAINS IS MY #1 BAND AND THEIR MUSIC HAS HELPED ME THRU SOME VERY DARK TIMES IN MY LIFE...I WAS ADDICTED TO DOPE FOR 17 YRS AND NOW I HAVE 12 YRS STRAIGHT...SADLY I STARTED USING AT A YOUNG AGE BUT AIC CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ME TO STAY CLEAN AND I HAVE SEEN THEM LIVE 30 TIMES SINCE 1990...RIP LAYNE A TRUE G.O.A.T. INDEED...PEACE FROM THE NORTHEAST
i absolutely love this song and usually it doesn’t get me sad, for me it’s a feel good song. but for some reason watching this reaction has me in tears.🥺
wow a hidden gem of an espectacular EP (jar of flies), one of my favourites from this band that become part of my life, thanks for this (bring backs lots of memories)
I lost one son to an OD and my other son to suicide. I played this at both of their funerals. It still gets to me every single time I hear it. My ypunger son brought me an AIC CD before he died. After both of them died, AIC and grunge music kept me alive. Thanks for your review.
Layne was in a group after Alice In Chains called “MAD SEASON”…….Layne sings some incredible songs on the album….his song “Wake Up” was him desperate plea to our Lord. I’ll subscribe right now
Lost my boyfriend of 7 years to overdose almost exactly 2 years ago. Right beside me. I did CPR and called 911. Picked out the shirt he was buried in and on hands and knees helped put the sod on his grave. Still struggle with my own substance use but I'm way better than I was. I understand these AIC songs in a totally different way as an adult. Sometimes it's more than I can take.
I’m so sorry to hear about your loss 💔 must have been so so hard to deal with 😞 but please please don’t go down that path as well! I hope you’re doing everything you can to help yourself get away from substance abuse? Please stay safe 🙏 R.I.P to your boyfriend ❤️
@@MetalSociety21 thank you so much. I'm absolutely great, as far as that goes. Thank God I have never had a propensity towards addiction. I've smoked cigarettes off and on but never been truly addicted, I could really take them or leave them. Definitely did my share of drinking and drugging, but never had any kind of addiction. I could always put anything down when I wanted to or otherwise had to. There was a time when my body became physically dependent on opioids, but sadly that happens to anyone who uses them for an extended period of time, even just for pain management unfortunately. I knew it was just a physical "addiction" that I had to wean off of, not something I couldn't mentally let go of. I was able to wean off completely and while I have occasionally dabbled because I have no choice but to self-medicate and self- treat my debilitating anxiety with whatever I can find until my new insurance kicks in (been a second class citizen without insurance for almost 8 mo's since I resigned from my decade long job), I have never once even come close to becoming physically dependent on anything again, much less completely addicted. Thanks again for your kind words.
@@jenniferhill6506 this is amazing to read and glad you have a controlled balance of when you think it’s right to stop and put the substance down. Unfortunately many do not which breaks my heart so much as I know how tough life can be physically and mentally. I have been depending on alcohol to keep my confidence up to a standard I can be comfortable with because I also suffer with anxiety but unfortunately drinking alcohol to do so will also be a down fall eventually so I am also learning to control and know my own limits. I lost a close friend of mine back in March this year to drugs which changed the area I live in forever so I know the pain of losing someone close 💔 but thank you for your time and conversation and I hope for the best for you and stay strong 🙂
Y’all have got to check out the MTV UNPLUGGED version of “would” and “down in a hole” layne is the lead singer at the end with the passion ur talking ab
Regarding DON'T FOLLOW ... The band came home from being on tour for nearly three years on/off, found out that SOMEONE forgot to set up an automatic bill pay situation, and was kicked out of the band house they were renting for late rent. So they moved into the studio. Jerry had called engineer/producer Toby Wright and asked if he'd be willing to do an EP with them. Toby said, "Yeah, sure." When Jerry showed up, Toby asked, "so where are the songs?" Jerry: "About that... there aren't any. Can we hold up here and work?" So they spent 7 days living and working in a studio. Jerry, Mike Inez, and Sean would do the music, and then Layne would take it, lock himself in a room and write a song to the music. So whenever you see Layne as writer or co-writer on a Jar of Flies song... it was because he locked himself in a room and wrote his part of the lyrics he still had a drug addiction he was dealing with but it wasn't getting in the way of the music. One of the 13 times he tried rehab was AFTER they finished Jar of Flies... He completed the program, immediately went to Mark Lanegan's place directly off the plane, got high, and showed up at rehearsals high one day before they were supposed to go on tour with Metallica in 1994. As for having to cancel the tour with Metallica, James Hetfield is a jackass. JERRY was the one who was friends with the guys in Metallica. Layne wasn't. Layne tolerated the Metallica guys being in the front row of the Unplugged show for Jerry's sake. There's no love lost between Layne and Metallica since AIC had to cancel the 1994 tour with Metallica and James Hetfield made fun of Layne's addiction because AIC couldn't do large tours due to Layne's addiction. When Hetfield went through his own stint in rehab for being an alcoholic, he had the audacity to ask for "understanding" while he went through his rehab. Yet, he didn't give that same "understanding" to Layne when Layne was going through it. During the 2nd KISS show in 1996, Layne took a shot at Metallica for wearing mascara and eyeliner, etc etc which they were at the time. Metallica says their Death Magnetic album started out as a tribute to Layne and SHINE was about Layne, but they did that for Jerry not because they all of a sudden started to like Layne after he died. "Oh, but Lars named his kid Layne." If he did it was a guilty conscience that got the better of him for how Metallica treated Layne. Then the band sort of took a hiatus and Layne tried his 13th time at rehab (11 attempts in a rehab facility and 2 times cold turkey) and on his 2nd attempt at kicking drugs cold turkey, this time in the wilderness with 3 friends. When they stopped at a Safeway for a food run, someone was giving Layne crap, and Layne decked the guy. His friends dragged him out of the store and they ended up in a parking lot with some kids who were blasting NO EXCUSES. They were wondering if it was Layne in the car. The minute the chorus of the song hit, Layne sang it PERFECTLY on key with the song and there was NO DENYING it was Layne then. When he got back to Seattle, he fell off the wagon and back into addiction. But Mike McCready, Barrett Martin and John Baker Saunders dragged him out of his condo and got him interested in Mad Season's Above album. McCready thought if Layne was around sober musicians, he would want to be sober. It didn't work, but what came out of it were these dark, beautiful, haunting songs that Layne wrote the lyrics to (everything he sang outside of Lennon's I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier", Layne wrote the lyrics to for Mad Season. McCready was thinking of demoing and Layne raised the ante to "Screw demoing, we're doing a full album" Jerry was going to do a solo album, but nothing would be as good as something he did with AIC, so he started working on Tripod in December 1994-January 1995... then he brought Toby Wright in, thinking once the guys heard he was working with Toby, they'd come running. Everyone but Layne, Jerry had to go find and then talk Layne into coming back. So Mad Season did Live at the Moore on April 28-29, 1995, and then Layne returned to AIC to record Tripod. Layne mentioned wanting to try rehab again, AIC manager Susan Silver nixed that. They had an intervention labeled as a band meeting where Susan Silver basically made Layne responsible for 45 people (including himself, his bandmates, and HER) and that these 45 people were depending on him to write and perform. When Layne's mother heard that, she asked why they couldn't find a new singer until Layne completed rehab, Susan told her, "You don't get it, LAYNE IS Alice In Chains." So, a lot of Layne's anger at the management and record company went into the Tripod album. DON'T FOLLOW is a gloomy, introspective track that can be interpreted in two ways: 1) The main character is running away from home, tired of the life he has to live. 2) A drug addict warning others not to do drugs, as you can’t turn back. DON'T FOLLOW kinda ties into the next song SWING ON THIS. According to producer Toby Wright who worked on Jar of Flies, Tripod AND re-editing the video for the Unplugged show, "It was Jerry's concept of having him start out the song, and Layne comes in, and then we finish up [with a] two-sides-to-the-story type of thing, which I thought was a brilliant concept." The first verse that is sung by Jerry Cantrell "Hey, I ain't never coming home / Hey, I'll just wander my own road / Hey, hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow, no / Say goodbye, don't follow / Misery so hollow Jerry isn’t happy with his life at home, so he decides to run away, thinking it will fix his problems. He is telling his friends and family that he’s running away, and not to bother looking for him. It’s likely he could be telling them this through the form of a note, rather than just saying it in person. In the first couple of lines in the third verse sung by Layne "Ooh, forgot my woman, lost my friends / Things I'd done and where I've been" This is part two of the song; the tempo and tone of the song shift from gloomy and bland to more upbeat in a dark cynical way. He has traveled down the wrong path and realized he has estranged himself from everything he once knew.
Why,why,why?!I saw Your "fact "comments so much.I don't listed what false.What I hate the most that you mentioned in many comments that Layne's addiction nothing to do with His talent etc.,and sad that so many ppl remember to Him like a junkie but He was more like His addiction... Like He said that quote. But you talk a lot about this disease with details in every shifted comments! Plus His death details what very disrespectful and idk why you have to did it bc this is a reaction video!If you love Layne write about the song,His voice and not necessary mention His problems & death details(to the reaction videos!)!Fck it,sorry,but I have to write these after I saw Your numerous writing...
@@agnesszajko8600 I write book-long comments to explain the song and to explain Layne and why he wrote the lyrics the way he did... his addiction is part of who he was, but unlike what the music rag mags would have you believe, his addiction didn't define his talent. Look at Elvis Presley... a prescription drug addict, but he didn't think he was because he had a doctor prescribe the drugs to him. His addiction didn't define his career, and the press didn't solely focus on Elvis's addiction and turn Elvis into cannon fodder like they did with Layne. if YOU don't like my comments... you can always ignore them and do what I'm about to do to you... mute you and get rid of your comment from my notifications.
@@tamibrandt oh, I see, you totally understand what I wrote... Don't worry, I ignored you until now and this goes on.I just once tell what I want and don't waste more time to you.
I don't think the song has to do with Layne, it was most likely written by Jerry and dealing about his alcoholism. Anyhow RIP Layne there ain't no voice like that one.
The harmonica in this song never gets enough credit.
David Atkinson deserves enough credit he did complete justice with the harmonica.
Played this at my Mother’s funeral upon her request.
That would be very difficult to do, I don’t think I could go that. I’m sure she was smiling down and holding you while you played this for her.
@@ayard2120 well, I don’t listen to the song anymore..ever. If that tells you anything. So odd for you to comment a day ago because she passed on November 14th:/
@@hollyharvey1986 do you not listen to it because it reminds you of your mom?
So sorry for your loss ❤ your mother had a great taste in music, such a deep song, difficult to listen to even out of context, love from IN. Chin up!
How does this work exactly? A funeral is outside so what did u do set up some speakers and play the song on low volume during the funeral? Or did you play the song at her viewing while people were viewing her open casket
One of the greatest bands of all-time, easily. Their first 3 albums and 2 EP's are essential listening for any Rock/Metal fan.
2 EP’s? They’re only EP is SAP
@@mcmo0osey123 I believe Death in The Spotlight is referring to both Sap and Jar of Flies, both which are EPs. AIC did have an EP "We Die Young", prior to Facelift's release, but it goes forgotten usually and most consider Sap their 1st EP.
@@dmphax jar of flies is over thirty minutes which counts as an album but thanks for the other details haven’t heard of that
@@mcmo0osey123 you're welcome! JoF is classified as an EP, according to the Wikipedia, and the Amazon listing refers to it as an EP. I always knew it as such, but due to length it does feel very much like an album.
@@dmphax Yes, you are correct. I always forget the We Die Young EP, as I don't own a copy. Facelift was the first thing I bought by AIC, followed by Dirt and the self-title. I didn't buy Sap and JoF until later. I recall buying Music Bank around the same time, just for the new tracks.
Jerry Cantrell is one of the greatest songwriters ever. A true musical god in my book. This is his song like many other AIC songs. Jerry and Layne vocal combo is unmatched and jar of flies is the best EP of all time.
This is actually my favorite song from them
I love too many
Think I agree. Either this or Nutshell.
Lead vocals on Don't Follow were by Jerry Cantrell. Layne Staley sings the bridge while Bass player Mike Inez, guitar tech Darrell Peters and Randy Biro sings the backing vocals on the second half of the song
DEMRI WAS AN AMAZING SOUL - I knew her for a short time before she was a part of Layne and that world.... her smile lit up EVERY ROOM she walked into. I'll never forget my girlfriend coming home and telling me I needed to come down w her to listen to Demri's boyfriend and his band, that I would love their sound. Never got the chance because they blew up soon there after and the rest is history !!! I love and miss that warm person very much ❤❤❤
Hopefully they found each other out there wherever they are and are together !!!!
Amen 🙏
This is an amazing story! Thank you for sharing 🙂
My favorite AIC song. Sad but beautiful
I cried like a baby when i heard the news of Layne's death, he was my all-time favorite singer, i love Alice In Chains since their beginning, Layne is still my favorite singer to this day.
Ditto
One of my favorites by them & one of the most underrated IMO
Brother, Dirt, Junk Head, Got me Wrong, Right Turn & Angry Chair are my other favorites!!
The harmonies are so tight!
Dirt is still my favorite "Grunge" album, and I really miss Layne's music, and his distinct voice
This is from jar of flies.
And Jerry sung most of this song!!
Jerry did sing most of the song. But when Layne comes in at the end with that last first goddamn it hits me right in the soul.
I know my friend, recently I watched a story on RUclips about the Demise of Layne Staley, and I just wouldn't want to see it again.He lost all his teeth,was so skinny and it made me extremely sad to watch someone's fall from grace with his talent.
@@johnnydrama8709 I know this isn't from Dirt, I was just thinking about Layne I think, and how I used to listen to that album during a dark time of addiction myself.Down in a Hole was always my favorite, but the album was so dark maybe it wasn't the best music for me at the time,and Rain when I die was another one that hit home also.
God I miss the harmonies of Layne and Jerry.
Me too!!
I know what you mean. I have an Alice In Chains tribute band and these harmonies are a bitch to get down
It took about 5 yrs of self forgiveness before I was able to listen to this song again
HOWDY FROM NEW ENGLAND.....ALICE IN CHAINS IS MY #1 BAND AND THEIR MUSIC HAS HELPED ME THRU SOME VERY DARK TIMES IN MY LIFE...I WAS ADDICTED TO DOPE FOR 17 YRS AND NOW I HAVE 12 YRS STRAIGHT...SADLY I STARTED USING AT A YOUNG AGE BUT AIC CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ME TO STAY CLEAN AND I HAVE SEEN THEM LIVE 30 TIMES SINCE 1990...RIP LAYNE A TRUE G.O.A.T. INDEED...PEACE FROM THE NORTHEAST
Alice in CHains are one of the best rock bands ever. Any fan of rock/metal should be familiar with Alice.
A song for kicking back and having a few beers. AIC have always ruled
How do you not cry into your beer?
i absolutely love this song and usually it doesn’t get me sad, for me it’s a feel good song. but for some reason watching this reaction has me in tears.🥺
I think this is the most underrated AIC song especially the live versions with Duval on vocals, dude serves it justice
wow a hidden gem of an espectacular EP (jar of flies), one of my favourites from this band that become part of my life, thanks for this (bring backs lots of memories)
I lost one son to an OD and my other son to suicide. I played this at both of their funerals. It still gets to me every single time I hear it. My ypunger son brought me an AIC CD before he died. After both of them died, AIC and grunge music kept me alive. Thanks for your review.
By far my favorite alice song.. Such magic
The memories of the early 90s that this brings back are just incredible 👍🏼
One of the most beautiful but yet sad songs.
Absolutely insane they did Jar of Flies in a week
jerry cantrell sang the lead vocals in this song
Layne was in a group after Alice In Chains called “MAD SEASON”…….Layne sings some incredible songs on the album….his song “Wake Up” was him desperate plea to our Lord. I’ll subscribe right now
Prob the most underrated Alice songs cuz of lyrics. But the Harmonica is INSANE
ALICE IN CHAINS 💙
No. Layne did wrote a song about his girlfriend passing. It's called: Died
Check it out
One of my favorite songs by my favorite band
Probably the most depressing song I've ever heard....considering Layne. AiC is my favorite band. I miss him so much!
Also, you really need to do Love Hate Love by them live at The Moore
Love the something smells face 5:49
The singer Layne Staley sang with a group called Mad Season….check our “Wake Up”….awesome vocals….great reaction videos!
Lost my boyfriend of 7 years to overdose almost exactly 2 years ago. Right beside me. I did CPR and called 911. Picked out the shirt he was buried in and on hands and knees helped put the sod on his grave. Still struggle with my own substance use but I'm way better than I was. I understand these AIC songs in a totally different way as an adult. Sometimes it's more than I can take.
I’m so sorry to hear about your loss 💔 must have been so so hard to deal with 😞 but please please don’t go down that path as well! I hope you’re doing everything you can to help yourself get away from substance abuse? Please stay safe 🙏 R.I.P to your boyfriend ❤️
@@MetalSociety21 thank you so much. I'm absolutely great, as far as that goes. Thank God I have never had a propensity towards addiction. I've smoked cigarettes off and on but never been truly addicted, I could really take them or leave them. Definitely did my share of drinking and drugging, but never had any kind of addiction. I could always put anything down when I wanted to or otherwise had to. There was a time when my body became physically dependent on opioids, but sadly that happens to anyone who uses them for an extended period of time, even just for pain management unfortunately. I knew it was just a physical "addiction" that I had to wean off of, not something I couldn't mentally let go of. I was able to wean off completely and while I have occasionally dabbled because I have no choice but to self-medicate and self- treat my debilitating anxiety with whatever I can find until my new insurance kicks in (been a second class citizen without insurance for almost 8 mo's since I resigned from my decade long job), I have never once even come close to becoming physically dependent on anything again, much less completely addicted. Thanks again for your kind words.
@@jenniferhill6506 this is amazing to read and glad you have a controlled balance of when you think it’s right to stop and put the substance down. Unfortunately many do not which breaks my heart so much as I know how tough life can be physically and mentally. I have been depending on alcohol to keep my confidence up to a standard I can be comfortable with because I also suffer with anxiety but unfortunately drinking alcohol to do so will also be a down fall eventually so I am also learning to control and know my own limits. I lost a close friend of mine back in March this year to drugs which changed the area I live in forever so I know the pain of losing someone close 💔 but thank you for your time and conversation and I hope for the best for you and stay strong 🙂
@@MetalSociety21 same to you, man. I really appreciate you. Best of luck. You absolutely got this!!!
@@jenniferhill6506 you too 🙂👍
Okay dude, There is no head bobbing to an acoustic masterpiece. Be still & listen because the message is important.
Love you guys, always a fan of your reactions!
Also check out "A Little Bitter" & "What the Hell Have I"
Oh yeah,I love "Little Bitter "(too )very much!
Definitely still wish Layne was here. Alice is my favorite band thank you for appreciating and reacting🙃this is my favorite song of theirs
R.I.P. lane Staley
Love you two, thank you too...
Stories are stories. Jerry wrote this song not layne, get your facts straight. And it was about commenting suicide.
🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️in so many ways. You get it. Thank u....
Amazing song . Amazing band . AIC Forever RIP Layne & Mike
Escuchen am i inside🥶😬❤🎼👌🏿
The Lyrics are very Legends of the Fall
AIC 🔥🔥🔥🔥
god it hit me so hard...
Y’all have got to check out the MTV UNPLUGGED version of “would” and “down in a hole” layne is the lead singer at the end with the passion ur talking ab
I stay away!!!!
Jerry Cantrell did most of the vocals on this one.
Regarding DON'T FOLLOW ... The band came home from being on tour for nearly three years on/off, found out that SOMEONE forgot to set up an automatic bill pay situation, and was kicked out of the band house they were renting for late rent. So they moved into the studio. Jerry had called engineer/producer Toby Wright and asked if he'd be willing to do an EP with them. Toby said, "Yeah, sure." When Jerry showed up, Toby asked, "so where are the songs?" Jerry: "About that... there aren't any. Can we hold up here and work?" So they spent 7 days living and working in a studio. Jerry, Mike Inez, and Sean would do the music, and then Layne would take it, lock himself in a room and write a song to the music. So whenever you see Layne as writer or co-writer on a Jar of Flies song... it was because he locked himself in a room and wrote his part of the lyrics he still had a drug addiction he was dealing with but it wasn't getting in the way of the music.
One of the 13 times he tried rehab was AFTER they finished Jar of Flies... He completed the program, immediately went to Mark Lanegan's place directly off the plane, got high, and showed up at rehearsals high one day before they were supposed to go on tour with Metallica in 1994.
As for having to cancel the tour with Metallica, James Hetfield is a jackass. JERRY was the one who was friends with the guys in Metallica. Layne wasn't. Layne tolerated the Metallica guys being in the front row of the Unplugged show for Jerry's sake. There's no love lost between Layne and Metallica since AIC had to cancel the 1994 tour with Metallica and James Hetfield made fun of Layne's addiction because AIC couldn't do large tours due to Layne's addiction. When Hetfield went through his own stint in rehab for being an alcoholic, he had the audacity to ask for "understanding" while he went through his rehab. Yet, he didn't give that same "understanding" to Layne when Layne was going through it. During the 2nd KISS show in 1996, Layne took a shot at Metallica for wearing mascara and eyeliner, etc etc which they were at the time. Metallica says their Death Magnetic album started out as a tribute to Layne and SHINE was about Layne, but they did that for Jerry not because they all of a sudden started to like Layne after he died. "Oh, but Lars named his kid Layne." If he did it was a guilty conscience that got the better of him for how Metallica treated Layne.
Then the band sort of took a hiatus and Layne tried his 13th time at rehab (11 attempts in a rehab facility and 2 times cold turkey) and on his 2nd attempt at kicking drugs cold turkey, this time in the wilderness with 3 friends. When they stopped at a Safeway for a food run, someone was giving Layne crap, and Layne decked the guy. His friends dragged him out of the store and they ended up in a parking lot with some kids who were blasting NO EXCUSES. They were wondering if it was Layne in the car. The minute the chorus of the song hit, Layne sang it PERFECTLY on key with the song and there was NO DENYING it was Layne then.
When he got back to Seattle, he fell off the wagon and back into addiction. But Mike McCready, Barrett Martin and John Baker Saunders dragged him out of his condo and got him interested in Mad Season's Above album. McCready thought if Layne was around sober musicians, he would want to be sober. It didn't work, but what came out of it were these dark, beautiful, haunting songs that Layne wrote the lyrics to (everything he sang outside of Lennon's I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier", Layne wrote the lyrics to for Mad Season. McCready was thinking of demoing and Layne raised the ante to "Screw demoing, we're doing a full album"
Jerry was going to do a solo album, but nothing would be as good as something he did with AIC, so he started working on Tripod in December 1994-January 1995... then he brought Toby Wright in, thinking once the guys heard he was working with Toby, they'd come running. Everyone but Layne, Jerry had to go find and then talk Layne into coming back. So Mad Season did Live at the Moore on April 28-29, 1995, and then Layne returned to AIC to record Tripod. Layne mentioned wanting to try rehab again, AIC manager Susan Silver nixed that. They had an intervention labeled as a band meeting where Susan Silver basically made Layne responsible for 45 people (including himself, his bandmates, and HER) and that these 45 people were depending on him to write and perform. When Layne's mother heard that, she asked why they couldn't find a new singer until Layne completed rehab, Susan told her, "You don't get it, LAYNE IS Alice In Chains." So, a lot of Layne's anger at the management and record company went into the Tripod album.
DON'T FOLLOW is a gloomy, introspective track that can be interpreted in two ways: 1) The main character is running away from home, tired of the life he has to live. 2) A drug addict warning others not to do drugs, as you can’t turn back. DON'T FOLLOW kinda ties into the next song SWING ON THIS.
According to producer Toby Wright who worked on Jar of Flies, Tripod AND re-editing the video for the Unplugged show, "It was Jerry's concept of having him start out the song, and Layne comes in, and then we finish up [with a] two-sides-to-the-story type of thing, which I thought was a brilliant concept."
The first verse that is sung by Jerry Cantrell "Hey, I ain't never coming home / Hey, I'll just wander my own road / Hey, hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow, no / Say goodbye, don't follow / Misery so hollow
Jerry isn’t happy with his life at home, so he decides to run away, thinking it will fix his problems. He is telling his friends and family that he’s running away, and not to bother looking for him. It’s likely he could be telling them this through the form of a note, rather than just saying it in person.
In the first couple of lines in the third verse sung by Layne "Ooh, forgot my woman, lost my friends / Things I'd done and where I've been"
This is part two of the song; the tempo and tone of the song shift from gloomy and bland to more upbeat in a dark cynical way. He has traveled down the wrong path and realized he has estranged himself from everything he once knew.
Why,why,why?!I saw Your "fact "comments so much.I don't listed what false.What I hate the most that you mentioned in many comments that Layne's addiction nothing to do with His talent etc.,and sad that so many ppl remember to Him like a junkie but He was more like His addiction... Like He said that quote. But you talk a lot about this disease with details in every shifted comments! Plus His death details what very disrespectful and idk why you have to did it bc this is a reaction video!If you love Layne write about the song,His voice and not necessary mention His problems & death details(to the reaction videos!)!Fck it,sorry,but I have to write these after I saw Your numerous writing...
@@agnesszajko8600 I write book-long comments to explain the song and to explain Layne and why he wrote the lyrics the way he did... his addiction is part of who he was, but unlike what the music rag mags would have you believe, his addiction didn't define his talent. Look at Elvis Presley... a prescription drug addict, but he didn't think he was because he had a doctor prescribe the drugs to him. His addiction didn't define his career, and the press didn't solely focus on Elvis's addiction and turn Elvis into cannon fodder like they did with Layne.
if YOU don't like my comments... you can always ignore them and do what I'm about to do to you... mute you and get rid of your comment from my notifications.
@@tamibrandt oh, I see, you totally understand what I wrote... Don't worry, I ignored you until now and this goes on.I just once tell what I want and don't waste more time to you.
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It's Soooooo Obvious you don't who the "Rooster" is. DENIED!
Listen to Heaven Beside You from the Alice in Chains album from 1995. Either the official video or the MTV Unplugged version
I don't think the song has to do with Layne, it was most likely written by Jerry and dealing about his alcoholism.
Anyhow RIP Layne there ain't no voice like that one.
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This song was released two years before Laynes fiancé passed away so thats not what its about.
It is about Jerry’s struggle with alcoholism
Do God Am of their self titled 3rd album it's one of their very best. Hard in the best AIC way!!!!
Do Alice in chains "died" it's about his wife I believe one of the two last songs he wrote also "am I inside"
this songs bout suicide and how he doesnt want people to follow. if u put it short but its more complicated
Demri didnt pass from an overdose but from a bacterial infection in her heart due to intravenous herion use
Her friend took her to the hospital after a bad pill reaction, where she fell into a coma and died.