Alice In Chains - Rooster (Official HD Video)
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- Watch the official music video for “Rooster" by Alice In Chains
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Lyrics:
Here they come to snuff the Rooster
Here come the Rooster
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know he ain't gonna die - เพลง
This was written for Jerry Cantrell's dad. This is what he had to say about it: "Yeah. He's heard this song. He's only seen us play once, and I played this song for him when we were in this club opening for Iggy Pop. I'll never forget it. He was standing in the back and he heard all the words and stuff. Of course, I was never in Vietnam and he won't talk about it, but when I wrote this it felt right...like these were things he might have felt or thought. And I remember when we played it he was back by the soundboard and I could see him. He was back there with his big gray Stetson and his cowboy boots - he's a total Oklahoma man - and at the end, he took his hat off and just held it in the air. And he was crying the whole time. This song means a lot to me. A lot."
This is fucking awesome.
420jeremy I'm 53 yr. this video, song, the story it tells is powerful. I myself was too young during that era but footage on TV then had me scared. God bless everyone effected by that or any war.
420jeremy no it wasn’t! Was wrote after Halfcock the sniper
Lynn Sager Jerry's dad literally appears in the intro video as well as Jerry. They even show Cantrell Sr. photo as a young soldier.
Rotten Apple, Mr. Cantrell's kinda hard to miss in the video, right?
This song is a major reason why Alice In Chains needs to be inducted in the Rock N Roll Hall Fame. Perfection even after 31 years.
Hall of fame is Just Hollywood bs, it means nothing when bands like Pantera and aic aren’t in it but gangster rappers are in it
@@ChickenJoe-tq6xd you are 100% correct. Top 40 crap from the old days got the glory, but the real music got the shaft.
Fuck that Hall of Fame bullshit. My hall of fame is in my brain, and l know who is in it. You have your own too.
THAT is what matters.
Usually anything that gets widespread approval sucks or is a joke like Kiss or The Ramones.
@@cptcranky1YES!
@@ChickenJoe-tq6xdyea…. This ❤
This video taught me two things:
1. Soldiers are still dying in pointless wars.
2. Jerry Cantrell looks a lot like his father.
For those who don’t know: The M60 machine gun had a muzzle flash that resembled a roosters tail. Machine gunners in Vietnam were referred to as “roosters”. From the start of a gunfight, machine gunners life spans were about 7 seconds in Vietnam…To this day, this song is an anthem in the Marine Corps. Every Marine infantryman has sat in the barracks with 10 of his friends drinking and singing this song together. I know because I was(still am) one of those guys. Semper fi.
God bless Vietnam.
Being an 0331, one of the Corporals has me learn this song word for word. I've heard it so many times before the Corps but never got the meaning. While I learned the words and the meaning, it made me realize how beautiful this song is. Either way infantry loves this song. Semper Fi
@@R3AP3R_IAM That’s a good senior right there. Semper fi bro.
@@R3AP3R_IAM I understand this song as a testament to the courage and tenacity of our warriors on THEIR land. The Americans lost the heart for the fight, just like the French. We gave ‘em the hell they were seeking. Got ‘em by their roosters. They will never touch our land with poisoned chemicals again.
🌺 Blessings ♡ Unfathomable!
Vietnam, 70, 71, 72, in the delta. Survived two cancers, bladder, right lung, hearing loss (M-60), PTSD, and so on. My life has never been the same. VA is keeping me ticking. I never considered myself a rooster but this song helps lift me up at times. Never saw this video before tonight. Thankful.
Vietnamese guy here - sorry your government sent you to fight us. Glad NK liberated us.
Thank you for your service
Thank you for your sacrifices and service
Brother in law was Brown Water Navy, multiple tours, retired Chief Warrant, died of cancer- Agent Orange... I was USNR, 67', 68', piece of 69'... Sealion. No glory here for me, but so many in our gen experienced much glory.
In college, UofF, Gainesville, I hooked up with a 2 Bronze and a Silver Star awarded Army Sgt., whose father was a retired Col., who flew B-29's in WWII and Korea.
We sat at Tiger Hall, in 70' and watched SDS take over the Admin. Bldg, as thousands Marched at night with lit candles. The war protests.
He was among those used for bait to draw out enemy contact. He experienced Tet, 68'. That's about all he ever said about it and I never asked either.
He was a poster child for PTSD.
HARD to believe, it was so long ago, but every war since, has ended the same, but the cost of admission was never cheap.
As someone who struggles with PTSD (shell shock) for different reasons. My hat is off to you for overcoming such great odds, thank you for your service and I did try to join, they just weren't taking high school dropouts during the Gulf war ironically enough.
My step grandfather somehow survived the first wave on omaha beach without a scratch. He was later hit twice during the battle of the bulge. Every now and then if he got some wine in him he would make a general statement about the war but wouldn't give details saying it was "too bloody". He went to see saving private ryan by himself after hearing how realistic it was. All he said about it was he cried the whole time thinking about his buddies getting mowed down on that beach and that while it was probably the most accurate movie he ever saw, reality was much much worse. No one should experience even once what these combat soldiers faced on a daily basis yet humanity still finds ways to get into wars. Miss you Papa Tony.
as a product of the ww2 generation i concur. i lived in s. fl for a long time. i was with the gov. i ran into countless vets from the usa and germany. it didnt matter which side u were on the stories i heard were brutal. the most brutal was a former waffen ss guy who served at the russian front. it was ancient hatred from both sides. i have forgotten about these brave men from both sides who did what they had to do. thanks for making me remember what none of us should forget.
My dad would tell us about the Battle of the Bulge and landing on the beaches of Normandy. WAR is hell. I love all the VETERANS no matter what war.
Rest easy, Poppa Tony.
Sucks that he fought for the wrong side
Thank you for your service papa Tony. You will never be forgotten as a veteran
If you're still here in 2024 listening to this banger then I regard you as a personal friend of mine
God bless you brotha man
Love this song and have for many years!!
Amen brother
I’m in 2024
Say what you want punk
Not a Vietnam veteran, but this was my theme song when I was fighting my cancer. ‘They’ was cancer and I wasn’t gonna die. This inspired me to fight and likely helped save my life. Thank you.
Same with me, just posted a very similar comment 3-25-24 keep on fighting brother, God Bless
Keep up the good fight boys!
I’m so glad you fought and kept fighting. I just lost my dad to multiple myeloma blood cancer. He fought a very long fight. Fuck cancer!
The Lord is the director. We are his creation.
cancer is a war of it's own. and lethal. I wish you the best. keep your head up, brother.
and when the reaper does come some day, you fought it every step of the way. 💙
(i have depression and it's taken lives itself, (lost a friend to un-aliving-self) I fight my demons as well.) Never give up. always get back up. it's hard. but I do it. the alternative is worse.
always have courage. I was hurt by his death enough it made me hate un-aliving even more.
your friends need you, mine need me.
The greatest musical tribute to one's father ever.
Not exactly.
Alice ln Chains. 💜💜💜💜☺️
😃😛💀😻😍
@@rongfeiwu3075 an example?
Yea, Cantrell is a genius
probably the only thing that could top this is The Final Cut by Pink Floyd, which is a whole album dedicated to Waters dad who fought in WWII
My first tour in Iraq in 05 we were jamming out to this song doing weapons maintenance on our trucks. A civilian contractor wandered over and like us he was an Infantry Marine who volunteered for 2 tours in Nam. He didn't say too much about it but when he left he shook each of our hands and said he was grateful for our service and sacrifice. I said we should be thanking him for his service and I remember his choked up response was "Service for what?".
2 trips in Iraq and 6+ years in Afghanistan and after August 15th I know exactly what he meant. For what?
Wow man I hope God gives you peace
Damn dude. I hope you find what you're looking for.
Regardless of how bad politicians screw things up and screw yall over remember this. We, the American people, support and appreciate all that all of you do. It may seem meaningless to you but it means everything to us. Thank you all.
Reading that gave me chills.
0311 here before my first deployment to Iraq i soaked up all that praise. 7 months later I felt like shit hearing it.
I'm a afghanistan veteran 12B looked for road side bombs an I had a good buddy a good man take his last breath there. He will never be forgotten RIP brother. This song means a great deal to me like all of their songs do.
Bless you and your friend for your service.
God bless you and thank you for your service
This is about Nam
@@ZapRowsdower47 I am very aware what this song is about I was making a statement of how this song means so much to me as a veteran myself. How about you go worry about somebody else
Thank you for your service 🙏 bless you
“ They spit on me in my homeland. “ Don’t know why but that hits me the hardest.
Me too! Always has.. then those Marxist Waving those Ukrainian flags yesterday in Congress says it all! Fuck em’! I’m done! Been done. Stay frosty!
Still a very unfortunate reality for alot of veterans.
A lot of veterans who came home from Vietnam were treated quite terribly because of the popular opposition to the war back at home. It’s one of the biggest tragedies of the whole thing in my opinion
Hanoi Jane 😢🤬
Absolutely a sad reality for not only Veterans but Native Americans. Very hurtful can't imagine coming home from an ugly bloody war and your treated like that from your fellow Americans ppl u were standing up for.
For a son to write a song about his fathers endeavors, especially in war time is priceless.
Well than he never lied 😒
@Adam L , It is even sadder when you hear the line that says "they spit on me on my own land" because it did happened and still happening...
❤❤❤❤❤💯✌💪😘
@@jomarz1828 huh everyone kisses the ass of servicemen everywhere now.
@@gustotrankin7383 not 100% true
My Dad left for Vietnam a teddy bear and came back a monster. He was never, ever the same
Wow! I’m so incredibly sorry.
Glad he came back..sorry it was that way...😑
Alot from WW2 like that also....never spoke of the war at all. What they must have seen and see today during war must mess with your head. Sad really..
I am so sorry.
These men had so much taken from them.
Wars for the sweJ are never something to be proud of. 😕
They failed to snuff the rooster.
Salute to all the vets, who served during such tough times.
🇻🇳🫡✌️
😢
😇😇😇🍀
Yeah damn those vietnamese, how dare they invade American soil!!
@@yangerjamir0906 Nono, they invaded Democracy, which the US put there... or something. Anyway, weapons are expensive, and taxpayers will pay for those weapons if the media labels the war as a 'threat to America'. The government and the MIC gets a cut of those weapon sales. The only price is young men's lives. I see no problem here.
My Dad did two tours in Vietnam. Got hooked on the morphine they carried. Came back an addict, alcoholic. He struggled for years to keep it together. 4 heart attacks later I buried him in '91. This song brings his duties and the pain to life. Now I too struggle with the same addiction having been 7 years clean this song is larger than life.
I commend your sharing and sobriety. As a son of a Vietnam vet, I have to ask if you've read the novel, Matterhorn? Highly recommend to anyone, especially those that lived with fathers who experienced the horror of combat. Best regards.
Bless his heart❤ that's so sad. I just can't even imagine what they went thru, I guess it's the closes thing to hell could have been. I've noticed one thing, the men that brag about being over there and act like it was nothing, I figured their hardest job was peeling potatoes or just lying! Men that were in the midst of that hell on Earth will not speak of it, and if they do, you can tell that it's messed them up forever. When he's talking in the first part of the video, it like somebody is squeezing my heart.😞
God bless him and you my friend
keep moving forward
God bless our Vietnamese veterans here in Vietnam. They had the guts and gumption to fight men like your dad off and free OUR land of foreign forces.
My father was 101st Airborne from about 1954-1967. KIA at 31 years old. I've spent my Life (37 years with Department of Defense) serving my country. My dad will be forever young to me and I'm 60. Vietnam may have been a mistake for us to get involved in, but show some thanks and sympathy for the guys who served. More Vietnam vets died by the mid 1990's than actually died in the war itself. Booze, drugs, suicide and car "accidents". That stinking war stole a LOT more than my father. It destroyed a million American families and several million Vietnamese families. Let's try to make Peace with our bloody past. Please...
That "War" should have never happened...to your father, if it was anyones problem it was theirs and their civil war, Where the hell was China?
Brother, they still suffer! It's frigging silly that the ignorance can still exist.
Thank you for your service in the Dept of Defense! Your father was a hero. He didn't go by choice. But, he wasn't a coward. He didn't run.
Very sad man , I wish you all the best take care
Thank you for your families service and may your father forever RIP. I come from a very long line of Marines myself. My father was at Iwo Jima in WWII and I lost an Uncle in Nam and my two older brothers both fought in Nam. It was a huge mistake, but the brave still served their country.
Anyone else get chills while listening to this?
Cranjismcbasketball the 2nd every time
Always chills man, always chills
Everytime..
Listen to it while I'm drinking!
Chills? not so much. A strange remembrance and connection with my pops, and growing up noticing certain things related to this song. absolutely... My old man was there. And we have a strong bond, we both love this song. Its a good feeling.
Layne has one of those voices . You know who it is immediately. ONE OF A KIND!!
💯💯 His voice makes me melt!! I miss you Layne. May you be at peace. 🙏🏽💞
And never forgotten
I remember when this song came out. Rest in peace, Layne Staley.
😔🙏🏻
That war took so much from so many. My mom still cries when she thinks about all the boys she went to high school with she never saw again.
Fact the level of war that society takes upon itself and the level of potential society holds will always be in direct opposition to one another. Sounds like your mother as one of our communities daughters understood this concept about as well as any civilian ever could.
@St. Cocaine 😂🤣😂😀😁
@St. Cocaine Does your mother know that she spent nine months fascinating a coward inside of her.
@@begonethot7722 The elevator doesn't go up to the top floor with you now does it big guy.
@@heynow3741 🤔
What a voice Lane had, wished someone could have saved him from his demons. R.I.P. brother
Ah he Enjoyed his party!
@Keith Baxter That's why I like Cypress hill Strictly Weed Smokers the Band is still together No overdoses hahaha
@Keith Baxter Play Darude sandstorm on a Uke
hi
maybe if weed was legal people wouldn’t resort to harder shit
I used to listen to it on patrol in Iraq and think about my dad, how he felt on patrol in Vietnam .... then I had my own kids, they are young men and with the way the world is it just hits different. God I hope my boys don't go through the meat grinder...
Just goes to show us vets only had one life after war and that's a life of memories and torment THE LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE
You can see the pain in jerry's dads eyes. Can't imagine what he's endured
Afghanistan War Vet. We know what is behind his eyes. It was like Vietnam with an emergency brake on. Same death just a bit slower.
War
@@danielmccoy8875 stella. i joke but
Oh BS.. he's an old man r.i.p. now but he's been through a lot not just war.. all old men have pain from the pastnot just war
@@dazezakza6937 that's right! Very TRUE!!! 😉
My dad actually told me the meaning of this song a while back, just listened to it because I wanted to and it seems he told me correctly what it's about judging by the comments. But this song now reminds me of an experience I had when I met a Vietnam war vet walking through this little park (which me and friends skateboard at) to get to this store near by. He asked which way the particular store he wanted to go was. I directed him but before he started to walk away I noticed he had a hat on saying Vietnam war veteran or something and that's when I said "thank you for your service" and the old man was very appreciative that I said that because he told me after that he didn't used to and still never has been thanked too much for fighting in Vietnam. He explained that when him and his buddies got home they were called baby killers and people hated them for fighting there. Now this song with that particular lyric "they spit on me in my homeland" always reminds me of that man I met that day
I always thank people for their service. What a good thing you did. Not very many people thank our veterans like you said. So hateful ..
Vietnam was fucked.
Christian Geades Maybe next to the bucket war.
Nexus NOMNOM lol
Excellent insight
How’s here in 2024 anyone else?
How now brown cow
100
yep
Yo
Oh ya, never gets old
This song always makes me think about my father, who made it through five years of WW2 (Canadian, started in 1940 after the Brits started in 1939), mostly in France and Italy.
I was told that when he got home he gave away his hunting rifles and fishing equipment; he wouldn't even kill a fly or mosquito after that, he just swished them away. He was a good father for someone so hurt psychologically by the insanity of war; he said war is a hell no one should be subjected to.
my great grandfather never talked about his service in ww2, but whenever his son (my grandfather) would ask him to go hunting he refused. apparently he would always say “i did all my hunting in germany. i don’t need to do anymore.”
My dad's best friend did the same after returning from the war in the Pacific. He had an amazing collection of historic guns, but got rid of them all and started collecting arrowheads. Died of alcoholism, and the cause didn't hit me until after the Vietnam war. RIP Bud Carpenter.
@@87mini -- Mine too :(
My father served in WW 2, got a Purple Heart, didn't own guns. I was in the Air Force, stateside, expert marksman, don't own guns.
THE KIDS DONT NOW WHIN YOU KILL SOME ONE IT IS FOR EVER! AND IT SUCKES, AND SOW DOSE YOU TUBE.
Combat kills your soul and leaves the wrapper walking around. We used to listen to this and laugh now I listen and cry. I miss you brothers.
Thank God for all of you ❤️
God bless you and your brothers.
✊🏼I'm grateful for your sacrifice for our country, Welcome back.
I pray that your voices stop and find peace dude.
I have never heard it explained any simpler than that.
My uncle, gulf war veteran, got " no we ain't gonna die" tattooed in Latin on his upper chest after he came back and heard this song. Most badass man I've ever met
My Uncle has the same tattoo on his arm Do you think they knew each other he was a gulf war vet as well.
Want to know more about your uncle.🤔
my uncle came back in a coffin
Devon Andrews
This is meant to be a compliment, I swear. Alice in Chains is a blues band playing metal. Imagine Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, or Howlin Wolf singing this song and it would fit. Layne just amplifies that. It's awesome.
My Dad was a D-Day/Normandy Vet. He landed at Coursels Sur Mere, on the morning of June 06th, 1944. On the run in to the beach, the Cockswain was killed about 700 Hundred Yards from the beach, his head was shot off as he looked over the shield in the Higgins Boat. At the same moment, two large calibre shells landed on either side of the Craft. They filled the Higgins boat with about 2 ft of water. My dad had been a sailor before the war, and knew how to run a boat. He said to me that he had to look at the panel to figure out how it worked (pumps etc) and they were sitting ducks for about 5 minutes as the pumps emptied the water. Ping ping ping as the Germans targeted the boat. Once underway again so as they hit the sand on the Beach the old boy dropped the locks on the door and it fell open. Most of the 22 men in that boat died between the water and the seawall with my dad and TWO OTHERS the only ones to make it to the seawall. The old boy refused to speak about what happened during the war at all until he was told (August 1st 1990) that he had terminal cancer that had metastasised though out his body. So at that point he sat me down and started to speak and 7 Hours later (August 02nd 1990 ~ Saturday) I knew SOME of the stories in his head. He drank a whole case of beer (24 bottle case) and it didn't even fizz on him. I have stories that would make your socks get up and run away about WWII in Normandy, and Germany and after the war too. This song really touches home with me as it reminds me of the very long day in 1990, listening to story after story about what happened etc. Like the others mentioned here, he REFUSED to hunt and watch sports or war movies on TV. If one came on TV, he'd get up and go into the kitchen and sit and read his Zane Grey novels til it was over
My Dad:
Joffrey J (William) Savage
CDN Army 4th Infantry Div., Winnipeg Rifles
and Lincoln & Welland Brgde.,
Military Police ~ Allied Control Commission (War Crimes) Investigator (Belgium/Holland) 1946 ~ 1947
OSS Veteran 1947 ~ 1949
Civilian Employee CIA 1949 ~ 1959
Born 27th June 1916 ~ Died 06th February 1991
🕊 Peace be with you, your Father, your Family, our Brother's & Sister ❣️ Thank you 🌺
I'm sorry for all the suffering ♡
One of the most powerful rock and roll songs, ever recorded.
I agree...
Straight masterpiece. Our worst war we've ever faught and I salute everyone who faught for us! God bless our troops and God bless America! 🇺🇸
I agree also makes me humble .puts me in my fucking place.
@@LawnZip Absolutely
Truer words have never been spoken. Everyone should try to give every song they write this much passion.
My grandpa was in Vietnam he lost both of his legs up to his hips and was in a wheelchair all his life. He would cry whenever he would see or hear any war movies or music. My mom told me of an incident that happened when she was young he freaked out one day during dinner at the table. He threw a glass and plate at my grandmother and took a knife and jumped out of his chair and started crawling away with the knife in his hand thinking they were suicide bombers. He passed away last year but he was never the same and never told me or my mom about it and only told a few details to my grandmother about what happened over their. Rest in peace Bobby hassell you are forever missed and loved. 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Very sorry to hear that. My grandpa shot himself last year and also served in Vietnam. He was a river rat and the war really messed him up and took many drugs and one day just snapped. ❤️ stay safe and keep positive.
Destiny Heiman Zworykin for your loss. May he rest in peace.
A salute to your Grandfather and family and the sacrifice they had to bear for his service. My father was a Vietnam vet, just turned 70 last week, for the most part he’s not bothered by it, but one time I seen him back into a wall and cover both of his ears out of nowhere and when we asked what was wrong he said he was hearing the screams of his friends dying all those decades ago.
PTSD at any level is harsh
Its a shame what happened with Vietnam war for both sides. Innocent young men getting drafted for no reason and thrown in to die and kill for stupid politics, while politicians drink expensive shit in their several million mansions and watch satellite transmissions like its some stupid game. Whats more sad is that it is still going on today.
For me, this is the best song. Ever. Everyday I need my earphones and "Rooster" playing. Countless times.
Two of my uncles were killed in WWII. One was a B-17 pilot who was downed over the North Sea in March of '43, the other was a combat engineer who was killed July 27th, 1944 in Normandy leading his platoon as a lieutenant: he was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor. My Grandfather, the combat engineer's brother, was in the 11th Airborne in the Philippines during 1944-1945. I know he saw and did some horrible things that could never be unseen, and his "1,000 yard stare" came out quite often. He almost never said a word about his service. He was the toughest and most stoic man I've ever seen. Those men were just a different breed. RIP to them all, thanks for helping to save the free world.
I'm sorry
Sometimes, you just need some Alice in Chains. 2021 and their music still brings it.
EDITs:
**2022 and still nothing comes close.
**2023 is here and "the rooster" still can't be stopped.
**2024! YEZ!
Living in Seattle I get a feel for where Alice in Chains and other bands were coming from back in the 90s.
It truly is incredible how you pop this on and its like brand new on the ears. Aged like fine wine and now unlike in the 90's we got a comment section to give its respect. Love it!
@@awwgez You speaketh the truth. :)
@Eric E Truth.
why wouldn't it?
Anyone else binge listening to 90s grunge?
Holy shit that's exactly what I'm doing actually
+waste and toxic me toooo
all the time the 90s is pretty much where good music died
yapyap!!!! wassup
Yup.
90s music hit different.
My dad spent the entire 80's in action all over the Middle-East. He was a young man who had just finished his mandatory service in the Finnish navy. Coming from a military family himself and being looked down on by his father and older brother all his life and feeling that he has to go out there and actually put his military training to use he volunteered in the UN peacekeeping forces in the late 70's in which he served way until the early 90's. This meant that he really was not a soldier, but that's not to say his everyday life was not different to that of an active military personnel. He ended up being taken as a prisoner, saw his friends getting executed and survived a car bomb blast which physically and mentally scarred him for life and claimed lives of three of his fellow officers. Somehow my old man despite all the atrocities he faced, ended up going back over and over again, tour after tour, even after getting together with my mother. He was never really reluctant to talk about his experiences though, since a very young age I would hear all these stories from the combat with little to no filther. When asking my dad why did he always return there after so many hardships he just kinda like smirked and said: "When you have nothing but dead bodies to keep you company for such long periods of time, you start to miss the company of the death after a while."
I draw many similarities between Jerry Cantrell Sr. and my dad in a way. Both two men who were seeking adventure in their lives ending up being hardened by the war, seeing all the worst of humanity that no others could even imagine first hand, losing friends in combat and weirdly enough both had been nick named after animals: While Jerry Cantrell was a Rooster to his friends my dad was known to his friends as Coyote. That said this song reminds me of my dad like no other one does.
R.I.P. My old man, you fought for what you believed was right and your sacrifices will be remembered and appreciated forever.
R.I.P. The Vietnamese veterans of the war to end U.S. occupation of my country. 🇻🇳🇻🇳 God bless them.
Found on the back of a young GI’s lighter
“VIETNAM”
“Saigon, 68-69”
“Too young to vote, but not to die”
“Too young to love, but too old to cry”
Listen to Bob Seger's 2+2
...there's also one that says "Fighting for peace is like fucking for chastity".
No fan of America. Vietnam is the USA's national shame. 1 For their intrusion in Vietnam and 2. For the way they treated a generation of its own young. Ignored them on their return, treated them like a pharia for their defeat, left them to their psychological nightmares, fail to recognise their sacrifice. Average age 19!!!
Shame on you US of A.
@@iainstirling1475 typical isn't it? Rich men sending the underclass to their deaths as cannon fodder
@@lgx3557 Saw a documentary on conscription for Vietnam. When the body bags started to pile up the Middle class in America started to voice their displeasure. Therefore the US started to conscript more lower class and many with low IQs became known as McNamara's Morons
14 years ago today, we lost an incredibly talented musician. RIP Layne Staley.
agreed!
RIP Layne Staley
damn that was 14 years ago....goes fast
Exactly 8 years after Kurt. RIP legends
ı wish his friend had taken better care of him in his hard times perhaps he still could have been alive
I remember when this first came out, so powerful and relatable to so many. Thank you to all the Vets.
Thank you to our Vietnamese vets here in Vietnam. 🇻🇳🙏
Vietnam should never have happened.
When i was pregnant 5 years ago i was in a car with some friends and in my head o asked my higher power if I should name my son Layne and this song came on the radio! So i have a Layne now lol
I was raised by my stepfather, who did 2 tours in Vietnam.
A walking nutcase most of his life, that kept it together for the family.
A complete badass until is last breath a couple years ago at 74.
"Nutcase" here. I was locked up in Acute Psyche Ward in Brooks-Overton for three weeks on 3 day "vol comm". They certainly do "spit on me in my homeland". Esp. my "church". Never had any kind of record until that.
God rest his soul. May he rest in peace and glory alongside the Lord and all his fallen friends.
@@ambercrombie789it
Ok ok
The rooster is strong
It's 2023 and it's still a masterpiece! It never goes out of style. I still get goosebumps everytime I hear this song.
Yes yes and yes
Why don't you like corporate mumble rap, son?
Fr especially if you're grandfather was in that shit you can see it their faces
@@jamesxxxx style and brains
First time ive heard this,and you hit the nail on the head...this is amazing
Never knew AIC is not in the R&R hall of fame🥶TERRIBLE
You know why Keith? This song can't go against their narrative. Eff the rnr hof.
Altho my battle with cancer was not fought on any battlefield, this song is an anthem to anyone who has had a brush with The Reaper and keeps on fighting. Troops, US servicemen, heroes, thank you for your service and God Bless.
God bless our united country Vietnam.
How could one medium sized city produce Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden?!! fucking amazing! :)
Which city are they from never knew that
@rodney Jackson I think Portland... Maybe Seattle
All are from Seattle baby!!
lagutoboy82 thats the power of seattle
lagutoboy82 haha and dont forget heart
My dad is a combat Vietnam veteran, survived two heart attacks, and is now succumbing to Alzheimer’s. We call him the Rooster because he keeps on fighting and it’s like he doesn’t know how to die. We know it’s coming, but this song has a special meaning to us.
I'm so sorry.
god bless him and think him for serving
My dad never talked about it
Dios lo tenga en la gloria, saludos de Argentina
Similar story to my grandfather
These guys are long overdue for a hall of fame induction
The vocals on this are absolutely incredible.
I'm embarrassed to admit, I liked this song for years before I listened closely enough to realize what it's about and really appreciate its brilliance.
You’re not alone.
Same I loved it when I was a kid. For the sound. Now I love it even more the songs the lyrics the video the meaning behind the song. It’s great
Dont be embarrassed! Its just great music! All good! Just enjoy this great band!
Same here. Now that I know the meaning it’s just that much more amazing
It’s all good brother
Its crazy to think weve lost all these great front men. Scott. Chris. Kurt. Andrew and Layne.
So devastatingly sad.
I'm with you on that....
I agree. In that sense they are never really absent.
joey manson
who is Andrew?
He was the lead singer for Mother Love Bone. A band that after his passing would become Pearl Jam.
Can't forget Chester
I have the utmost respect for the Vietnam Vets. They put their lives on the line over a b.s. war. I can't see myself going thru that hell at the age of 18 , 19 yrs. old. This song caught my attention when it 1st came out in the early 90's. Great song by one of the greatest bands ever. R.I.P Layne your never forgotten bro. God bless everybody
Do you respect our Vietnamese veterans here in Vietnam who fought for our land and our preferred government. You call the war b.s. Agreed. Do you support the American men who refused to fight in this b.s. war?
“Layne sang the shit out of that song!" -Jerry Cantrell
The bass in this song is amazing. Anyone else agree?
Totally. This a great song period. The riffs the lyrics the singing all of it
Awesome 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Mike Starr's last video with the band. RIP Mike and Layne.
This is unquestionable.
@@christinemontalvodeguzman4216 , yeah I'm replying cuz I think it's awesome just thought it'd be at that
After knowing this song for 20 plus years being played on the radio, it was yesterday I learned the meaning behind it. That hit home pretty hard considering my father spent two tours in Vietnam with The Marines. I'm 20 years younger than Cantrell and I can only imagine what they went through
just discovered this song from the show "Supernatural" it was a masterpiece thanks for being able to listen to this. much love from the philippines
What episode? 😱
To veterans past present AND future..............THANK YOU for your service.
+69adrummer Mark Clodfelter www.c-span.org/video/?328755-1/american-bombing-north-vietnam The Limits of Air Power: The American Bombing of North Vietnam. Professor Clodfelter argues that strategic bombing in Vietnam not only harmed the U.S. war effort, but also helped more than harmed the North Vietnamese cause.
+Hard Rock Master WTF is Professor Clodfelter, and how much time did he spend in country?
+Hard Rock Master Professor Clodfelter was never there. And I'm sure neither were you. I wasn't, but many of my family was.
Thanks!
+69adrummer no wars anymore plz
I dont know how anyone can watch and hear this without getting tears and having your heart beat out your chest. What a powerful song Jerry wrote for his dad.
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I cry for the victims of American chemical warfare in my country. 🙏🇻🇳
Much respect. People have forgot the sacrifice our parents did for us
Those people who dont feel it have been successful products of the society that has pulled emotion from the youth
this song makes me cry everytime, the chords make me so nostalgic for some reason....
11.4.2024 still here, in the middle of the war. Ptsd song. Never forget ❤
Hell yeah
This song perfectly fits my thoughts of "I respect the soldiers, not the war"
That is contradictive. I think people are a piece of immoral shit as an order follower. They're just a pawn to be played with as far as I am concerned. I can't respect that. Being in a militia is something I can respect. Learn to handle weapons the proper way.
@@thomasbell5283 you realize 70-80% of soldiers did not chose to fight in Vietnam, that’s very ignorant of you to say such a thing
@@thomasbell5283 you could be drafted next for some war then what would you say
It's is the fat, the rich, the ideological, the lazy, the week, the greedy, that sent my brothers to war. They died for the wealthy and the virtu signalers. Wave your Ukraine flag, you have no fucking clue what you are doing. You don't stand for your ideology you stand for other people defending you because you have no fucking spine. Sick people.
@@thomasbell5283 keyboard tough guy
Best band of the 90's, PERIOD.
Ehhhhh. WRONG
No doubt the greatest BY FAR. Absolutely no one could touch them.
joe Costello Soundgarden.
joe Costello
Nine Inch Nails ruled the 90's Grunge was huge, but short lived
Haha nine inch nails are irrelevant. AIC isn't grunge either they are a form of metal, they are the greatest band to ever rise.
My brother was here 65 67 didn't make it home I thank every one of his fellow soldiers
God bless our vets. That's not even enough thanks to give
God bless our Vietnamese vets here in “Nam”. Unified a country and made her free of foreign occupation.🙏🇻🇳🫡
Used to sing this as a kid in kindergarten to myself quietly. Teacher heard me and called my mom . Sure as shit she showed up and told the school to drop the shit. Its good music and I wasn't hurting anything. I had a awesome mom. Miss you momma. RIP
RIP Lane and the band for giving me the memory of her.
Ngl bro thats kind of a heavy song for a kid to just be singing outta nowhere. Not harmful obviously but still
The educator's are the most uneducated.
Don't know your mother but I like her!
Teacher: What are you doing? Stop singing that song! It's bad!
Little kid: Here they come to snuff the Rooster
I told my kindergarten teacher high way to hell was my favorite song lol
To everyone out there touched by any war..You know how I feel. I was age 19 in Nam, killing as my job. I am 65 now and the nightmares of Nam will never die. God Bless all of you brothers and sisters out there. I feel for all of you people.
ratter531 I remember watching the 6:00 news back in 1969 ,and asking my dad if I had to go fight in the war ,I was 7 years old at that time ,never forget,thank you for your service
come home. have a beer with me.
ratter531 bless you. My brother
Thank you for your service
Thank you for serving...
My dad got drafted during the time of the vietnam war but as they were being stationed it came down to him and one other soldier, one was going to vietnam and other other was going to Alaska..My dad had the luck of a lottery winner and got stationed in Alaska. That was considered a miracle back during the vietnam draft..I feel if my dad hadnt been so blessed, I most likely wouldnt be here today...
Thank God your Dad didn’t come to my country Vietnam to fight us. His life was much better without coming here. We didn’t need or want foreigners like him here. Gotta let people fight their own fight.
My brother in law never talked about it. He was always funny, but died of agent orange and malaria no telling what else. T.y government for a senseless war! I miss him
I've been a head banger all of my life and I'm 51 now.. and I'll die a metal head!!
And i love grunge just as much !! God bless our Vietnam Veterans .. The Navajo Code Talkers of WW2 and All Veterans far and gone.. Bless you! Thank you for your service ❤
MyName IsWhat hell yeah dude
BsB Axed Well actually i'm a lady lol
still pretty cool though lol
BsB Axed Thank you dear!
milf for shure
For those who made it back and those who didn’t. You’ll always have my respect.
Thanks
To every American soldier that died for this great country of ours miss all of youll
What about the Vietnamese families massacred? Iraqi? Do they have your respect ?
AMEN
@@ashfordminer2390 Murica.... The corporation that believes it and it alone can rule the world... if they think a country pissed them off they sell arms to others, stoke shit cause a war send their forces in and slaughter torture maim and take over... murica....the land of the free... murica... the liberator.. murica.. The country that thinks it's god... They who sow and make others reap...
Woe betide those who call evil good and call good evil, those who replace darkness with light and light with darkness, who make sweetness bitter and bitterness sweet...
The day of judgement beckons the whore of Babylon.
My grandfather was in Korea during the war. Lost alot of good freinds there. He carried a BAR and some other heavy weapons depending on the missions he went on. He was a heavy weapons specialist, used a 50 cal,recoiless rifle ect. He said when you shot the recoiless rifle you had to move it fast cause the chinese would mortar your position if you stayed in the same spot due to all the smoke it would produce. He said when the koreans and chinese would attack they looked like ants there were so many of them. He died 8 days before my 14th birthday still makes me sad around my b day that first b day party was rough. Rest in peace grandpa Jack.❤🇺🇲
My uncle's were there. One was a plane mechanic and came back thinking he had an easier time then many only to start getting one cancer after another in his 20s. Found out they were due to agent orange decades later. He's miraculously still alive. The other one was in the jungle. The majority of his Marine buddies over there died there. He came back physically ok, but as one of the sole survivors amount his Marine sent to where he was, he has had a tough road.
My great uncle fought fur the northern volunteers. We’re proud of his service to our country Vietnam. 🇻🇳🫡
this song is a masterpiece. i don’t think this album had a bad song on it.
Best album of all time
This and Facelift were both masterpieces
this and facelift had no bad songs bro
Best song tho by far. It’s sad to hear the call for help in the music.
Dirt gets all the love but there’s not a single “bad” AIC song to me. Staley always sang with such conviction and the rest of band was always on fire. Discovering Mad Season in my 30’s was mind blowing. Most slept on rock album in history.
To me, this is one of the most incredible songs ever written. It speaks to one of the ugliest periods of our country's history, yet honors the courage and dedication of those who fought in this war. It's also about a son's love and respect for his father, and is his way of honoring him. And on top of all of that, it's just a kickass jam, that I never get tired of listening to.
Ugly like slavery... ok
I was a child during this war. I remember watching about it on the news and thinking why were we there. Wishing the soldiers would just come back. One of my friends father was so messed up from having been there. It was so sad. We had to stay away from him. I hear this song and think about him
One of the ugliest for sure, it's shocking I didn't even really listen to the lyrics that close until the past year or three. Vietnam was some brutal shit, and it gave us some broken men. Shameful stuff all around in that "war".
@@cigarr3870 Yknow what they say. Nobody survives war, not really. You go in, you never come out.
Bravo, my friend. \m/
My dad served in Korea, Army Corporal 2nd Infantry, Indian Head Division. Was one of the Frozen Chosen, where many died from freezing to death and the Chinese. Every time I hear this song, I think of him, he passed away in 22', at the age of 92.😢
Kids will think this is just A.I fake, but its not. Music was really that great.
why the fuck would they think this jason
Wait and see nick.@@nick3718
God, his vibrato just sends chills. It's actually hard to believe his voice was real. He was that perfect.
dude gave his life to save others
Gay
You're welcome. Many Blessings. The Living God was here.
@@bignick7676 u dont get to call someone gay when your name is one letter away from "big dick" hahaha
@@bignick7676 It's OK, BIG NICK... just keep on being your authentic self. Noone should care one way or another that you are gay.
As a Vet myself, best video ever. Son respects his Dad!
My husband was in Vietnam in TET 68 with the 3/3/3 Marines. Came back and in 1981 we met and was married, both in the Army then. Gave birth to his only son. Son was 27 when his dad died. He argued with him, fought him but he loved his father. He's now married and is a father to a little girl. It hurt so much he didn't live long enough to enjoy the birth of his granddaughter. His demons got the best of him.
LOVE...
lpd1snipe Thank you for your service!!!!Godbless you and your family!!!! Alice In chains are my favorite band.They dont make real music this anymore
Dave Bunch I mean tdpdh was ok but I think Rainer fog was pretty good
@@davebunch5493 Hell no they don't!!!!
Hell of a song ,very powerful
At first this song gave me goosebumps, years later now it makes me tear up. You've suffered so much, soldiers. Hats off to you.
"Sometimes you think what the hell are we doing here". Heartbreaking.
Excatlly! F n lives up all around the 🌎
My dad was Special Forces in Vietnam and he didn’t talk about it either. I didn’t know he received a Bronze Star a “V” device and a Purple Heart until his funeral
Keep it
My father was a LURK, and fell in love with all of it,half the joy from the kill is the hunt! The ambush of the enemy being torn the fuck apart by the look in their faces,knowing that they are totally fucked! No matter what they do,the America war machine has no bounds, no limits, we are the Greatest Empire ever!
@@davidlodor7110 "the America war machine has no bounds" is actually an extremely damning statement and ultimately why the US is doomed.
Never ending, ill-conceived wars is nothing to be proud of.
@@bogeybichon7000 he's also Jinxing us by saying we're the greatest empire ever. Every empire has fallen in human history & its only a matter of time before it gets us too.
That says so much. I would feel pride my dad served our country but I wonder if he did for what he had to do.
excellent tribute to men that fought. I am not a US citizen but I get it.
This is a very chilling portrait. I grew up in the poorest part of the country so this is how most experiences were with young boys and their fatgers
RIP Layne. jesus, what a voice. still gives me chills after all these years...
I grieved for him for a couple weeks. He cannot be replaced
Layne was f'in amazing. Impossible to replace.
Amazing voice...
for me, the best singer since early 90s
Can you believe its been 20 years since Layne died? It’s still unreal he died, he was one of the greatest vocalists of all the time. R.I.P. Layne, you will never be forgotten.
His cat ate his face 😑
@@darkmoondrops Pussy always comes right when it's already over🙃
@@darkmoondrops Piss off.
Tell his cat to piss off. It's what they do, and it is what happened.
Well ….when it’s your dealer saying …you better go check on him….it ain’t looking good
If nothing changes you or your mindset after this yo have no heart. My dad was a paratrooper in the 82nd. God Bless Him and everyone else who served.
Uncle Dave had just returned from his first tour . Decorated and dress uniform. So proud to hold his hand walking down painter ave in Whittier, ca to get a burger at bobs big boy. The protest at Whittier college had gotten so big we couldnt go around it we had to go through.the names they called him... unmentionable. They threw red paint on him and spit on him . wealthy kids , 19 , like he was. But you see, they didnt have to go. Their families could afford college. He held me close . Me, i didnt know what was happening. All i knew is everyone seemed so angry toward him . Me, i will never forget the look on his face and helping him clean up at the restaurant in the bathroom. It has allways stuck with me . He did 3 more tours . He never really came back . One of America's greatest sins was they way citizens, whom never served , treated viet nam vets . Civilians, covered in the blanket of freedom better men provided. RIP uncle David Nixon 11 bravo . hoorah!!
My dad was in Vietnam and he still has flashbacks. He will go away for days at a time and then he comes home just fine. I can only imagine what he saw. He's never talked about it
Probably out smoking rocks
Iv heard some things from my grandpa and the shits unimaginable. Try to imagine picking up peices of ur friend and mailing them back and I'm not talking about arms and legs those are obliterated she shit they saw and had to do would fuck up anyone
Its hard to imagine what they saw and been through. Going through each day not knowing if it was the last. So many lost their lives and those who came home didnt come home the same.
I missed vietnam by a year or so. I knew many whose older brothers went. Dad was a ww2 combat vet. They never want to talk about it cause they do not want to remember the pain and death of their friends.
women like to talk about their feelings. would you want to talk about holding a dear friend in your arms as they bleed to death and there is nothing you can do?
I could always tell who served in combat while I was in the army, they never wanted to be friends with anyone or talk much and the distant stare. Horrible.
My uncle on my dad's side he never would talk bout what he went thru when he was in the Vietnam War all he would say was he was in the war that's it
"Ohh God please won't you help me make it through" gets me everytime!
a day to remember
A line I used nearly every day...
Awww that was so sweet of Layne looking up to God like that 😊 Oh God bless his sweet sweet soul 😍 I love you so Layne 🥰😘😍rest in peace Layne 🕊️⛪🙏
This man makes me so proud to be from North Carolina!!! The voice and stings and lyrics on this is perfect.
The way the vocals on the first chorus hits is one of the more epic moments of 1990s grunge canon, more so than even nirvana
This song meant a great deal to many- I made my dad a cd with this song on it because he was a Vietnam war vet (he was a medic and a sniper)- I was his little girl but throughout my life we always remained close- there wasn’t a day that went by that I didn’t see or talk with him. I explained the song to him and he loved it. My dad was humble, strong and had grit like I’ve not seen since- he was a rock to our whole family and put his needs last. He past away this last year but as I sat with him in the hospital, I put my phone up to his ear and played all his favorite songs - this being one of them. He smiled and I’d just held his hand and keep whispering- hang in there solider, hang in there... missing you dad
Made me tear up, you have a lot to be proud of
Bless you sister ❤
Sorry for your lost.
What can I say? Your father was strong and so are you. Sometimes music is mightier than the sharpest of words. Hence I leave it all here for you to listen to Layne's amazing voice. For my words won't do you or your late father justice.
My condolences ma'am.
💗💗💗💗💗💗💗😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏
The title comes from guitarist/songwriter Jerry Cantrell's father. "Rooster" was his nickname in Vietnam, where he fought in the war. The song is about some of his feelings and experiences, told from his perspective. >>
Jerry's father is in the video and speaks about his war experience. The look on Jerry's face shows how the memories of his father at war when he was young is touching. >>
Spot On! Too many people don't know the factual story re: the meaning behind the song: in the late(ish) 90s sooooo many people thought the song was about a real sniper.
Thanks for the info I assumed it was the persons nickname in Vietnam but I didn't know it was the guitarists dad.
actually rooster references the 101st airborne division and the North Vietnamese language did not have a word for screamin' eagles soldiers ...
+Amiel Atabaki lmfao the people who made this song have answered what this person said verbatim so youre completely wrong
Bottom line. Protect what you have. In any life. Someone wants to take what you have for any reason. I realize these lyrics as a reference to self preservation.
Have a family of veterans nobody talks about what they went threw but my grandmother told me she got kicked out out the bed by grandpa one night and the next morning while he was doing his crossword puzzle she asked him about it and he said the bomb was stuck in the bay door , all he said. He flew B24 and B25 in ww2 god bless all our veterans !
I’m pre this era and it wrenches my guts every single time. Good for them for reminding ppl.
The only person that came into my mind whenever I listen to this song is an English teacher but not just anyone... I first known him at a language center somewhere in Bangkok after a low grade in an English exam and was sent there by my parents. It was pretty boring learning 2 hours of English every weekday on a holiday and HE knew that, he always cheer me up by bringing snacks in, telling jokes, teach songs i.e. Yellow River and best of all talking about his experiences in Vietnam. I could still remember him talking about how lucky he was being selected as an engineer at a hangar in NAM, and spending his days repairing air-crafts. Until one day he wasn't there anymore, I asked the staffs again and again 'Where did he go?' and they told me he was very sick and went back to recover at the States, 5 years later, it is today that I got told that he passed away peacefully and man, I wished I knew him earlier. Thanks for being the best teacher ever and a true american warrior Mr. Frank Ford, even though you are not here anymore but you will never be forgotten and always live in my memories forever. P.S. You can visit him on facebook as well, after all the hard times in NAM he sure still loves to visit that god damn place! R.I.P.
WELL SPOKEN! Memories are the pedistool of what becomes of our foundation in faith, as they are the very building blocks of our Fathers & Mothers dreams. These do not fade easily as such the contrary to popular belief; faith and memories are the essence too ones fabric of SELF worth.
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I'm sorry for you loss. It sounds like he was a great teacher and wonderful person.
I think he went back to make amends. Those who repair aircraft are the reason the planes can drop bombs. He might not have been infantry or dropping the bomb, but he was still killing.
Some guys felt extremely guilty that they were responsible for a village, and everyone in it, being obliterated because the village was "suspected of harboring VC". Those villagers did exactly what the VC told them to do, or everyone died in horrific ways.
Nice . When I couldn't speak the language we had a speed machine that would tear girls out of the triads. It was nice to rescue someone all the time. I really hate human trafficing. Im not rich enough to fix it. But I'll look and know.
I'm in Australia.
My THOUGHTS and RANTS What a beautiful comment man also Noss Drums sorry for your loss man