Similarly powerful was the video, in which director Mark Pellington interspersed scenes of Apocalypse Now-style brutality with an interview with Cantrell’s father. “It turned out to be really powerful,” notes Cantrell, “and the way Layne sang on it is amazing.” Rooster was taped at Eldorado Studios on LA’s Sunset Boulevard, which the band co- produced with Dave Jerden. “So in the session that was meant for recording that one song, we ended up demoing about 10 songs, which included all the stuff that ended up on the Sap EP, Rooster and a couple of others from Dirt.” Rooster by Alice In Chains: the video
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“Cameron Crowe had already come to us to ask for a song for his movie Singles,” recalls Cantrell. When it came to recording Rooster, the band turned a prior engagement to their advantage. It’s more of a forum to dig deeper.” Alice In Chains had enjoyed some success with their 1990 debut album Facelift and its single Man In The Box, but Rooster was arguably the first song to announce the depth of the band’s talent.Ĭantrell recalls that “it felt like a major achievement for me as a young writer,” and this sentiment was echoed when he played the demo to vocalist Layne Staley, bassist Mike Starr and drummer Sean Kinney. To be honest, I didn’t really sit down intending to do any of that it just kinda came out.īut that’s the great thing about music – sometimes it can reach deeper than you ever would in a conversation with anybody. But on Rooster, I was trying to think about his side of it – what he might have gone through. Have you ever done something your parents judge you wrongly for but you look at it different? Thats why the song is so great, it has a purpose but touches base with everyone.“I certainly had resentments,” Cantrell notes, “as any young person does in a situation where a parent isn’t around or a family is split. And at the same time, the song is relateable to a great number of people, whether they are doing drugs or love someon that doesn't return the favor.
The music video focuses on this as it uses footage from the movie Singles. On that same note, the song can be seen as a love song but still using the same principal. The song is sort of saying, this is what I've dealt with, could you? Its asking someone, would they do the same if they took comfort in a drug. His drug useage may not be understood by others, but it may feel comfortable or like "home" to him. Think of all the loved ones Andy left behind. When Layne sings, "Am I wrong? Have I run too far to get home?" it confirms that interpretation in my mind. Just sayingįrom what I understand, this song is about Andy Wood from Mother Love Bone. The video makes more sense than just the song. Going to far mean to deep into the hole and possibly tricked or just signed a deal with the devil. Now their wondering if they went to far to get home. If i could would you means, If i could get this right? Would you wake me up and transform my spirit? Going home symbolizes something they are trying to get or achive in the rabit hole.possibly the transformation. Your soul seperates and flys/transforms into the new you. God is our master and he breaks you down to a child like form and rebuilds you into a newer more loving version of your self. You think your gonna get it every Re entry or do over. It's a time of alot of choices and you always feel like you made the wrong one. He keeps going into the flood again aka troubled waters aka the rabit hole. It's a song about being WOKE or spirital awakening.
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