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  • I heard this song about 4 years ago, now I've found it once again. I love it.

  • This song reminds me of Black Ops killin vietcong in the village level

  • ah yes heard this on terminator always wondered what it was!

  • dont quote me on this but i believe one of the band members dad or some other relative was in vietnam..... they call it rooster because he had red hair and his nickname was rooster........

  • @xXFr0sty67Xx J Cantrell`s Dad

  • This song has got depth. About a Vietnam Sniper.

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  • fucking poop dick shizzle on my nizzle love this song 

  • Just clarifying to anyone who doesent know they're talking about Vietnam

  • 9 people can't snuff the Rooster!

  • YouTube should automatically remove the dislike button for anything awesome; Google should add an "Awesome Clause" for YouTube in its new policy.

  • Damn....Remember when music was good? Yeah, it's been a while :/

  • @TriMageRyan I was just saying this to a friend of mine the other day. You dont like Justin Bieber LMAO.

  • @merritt5369 Of coarse not. Though I don't know why you'd bring that up, I was talking about MUSIC. (No offense to her though, I'm sure Justin is a perfectly nice lady)

  • I believe that no one can listen to this track and not shred a tear.

  • 666 likes. :3

  • YEEEAH THEY COME TO SNUFF JUSTIN BEIBER!!

  • THIS SONG IS FOR MY DAUGHTER MADISON CARUTHERS THIS KIND OF SUMS UP ALOT OF WHAT HAPPEND BETWEEN ME AND YOUR MOTHER SHE WASNT WOMAN ENOUGH TO STAND BY MY SIDE THROUGH MY SICKNESS YEARS I WENT THROUGH NOW NICOLE IS NOW KEEPING THE ONLY THING THAT I SEE TO LIVE FOR ANYMORE IN THIS WORLD

  • Will you really sue if youtube takes this down.

  • @juslikejesus FUCK YEH!! i dont do business with any of their partners so I'm halfway there. disney, burger king, viacom, google, hulu and veto all have lost my respect

  • this is the second best song by alice in chains besides man in the box

  • Kickin' sum ass!! Keep it up bro!!

  • What i want to know is what the hell they singing about....rooster??? i dont get it

  • @MrB4Rizzle the lead singers dad was a vietnam war veteran, and his nickname was 'the rooster' his dad died in the war, and this song is about his dads troop and the war stories his dad told him. 'cant snuff the rooster' saying 'you cant get my dad'

  • im confused....wasnt it jerry cantrels dad that was a vietnam war veteran? it even shows him speaking to the veteran in the video.....and if layne staleys dad died in the war, how did he tell him the war stories if he never made it back from the war to do so?

  • @62beansgoon yes good point. someone answer this please

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  • @zooyorll for those of u that don't realize I'm a frequent commentator and therefore have NO IDEA what ur talking about Zoo. i think u provided me with a LINK, not an answer

  • this song is amazing!!!

    

  • When this kicked I literally lost control of my head and started headbanging involuntarily, fuck yeah!

  • Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now was one such Rooster-

  • Omg Same

  • this is the first song i ever heard by alice in chains : )

  • @zako1998 Same here! Although, I was unfortunate enough to find them as a band after they had split up..I would give anything to be at a live show. Same goes for Soundgarden, as well..

  • @zako1998 no excuses lol

  • mellow

  • love u alice in chains

  • can you see the dislike bar, niether can i

  • Man. What a tormented, emotional and soulfoul voice.

  • you just needed to be there to understand this song

    

  • One of the greatest songs ever \m/

  • i think ppl just hit the dislike button cause... they r just that person

  • Great lyrics, feel like you are in the jungle.

  • Why....would such a video have dislikes....NAY! Why would someone who doesn't like this song, FIND IT IN THE FIRST PLACE? Am I the only one who wonders these things?

  • @thechosencommander2 Maybe for the same reason we go to pop and rap videos and do the same thing.

  • Dreamy song: Feels like flying in space. The lyrics and the guitar meld with your brain into a delightful sensation.

  • my maker has denied me.

  • Anyone else find this song oddly soothing?

  • I disliked this video

  • @rockerduff1231 go fuck yourself

  • @fireofdoom56 I love alice in chains, they are my favorite band. I just felt like clicking dislike. U MAD BRO?

  • @fireofdoom56 HAHAHA!

  • @rockerduff1231

    lol. smooth.

  • Remember driving down Sunset Blvd. in Florida listening to this!

  • they seem to carry much influence from metallica. 2 great bands

  • WTF? 7 dislikes.......seriously WHO THE FUCK WOULD DISLIKE THIS

  • 7 Beiber fans accidently came here.

  • I came home from vietnam minus 1 leg and was spit on and called baby killer. They don't know what kind of hell I went through just to get back home.Fuck the medals!!!

  • "they spit on me in my homeland" is a direct connection to all the vietnam war veterans who came back to the united states and were bashed by their own people because all protestors saw were government workers doing what they were made to do. imagine being an 18 year old draftee, coming back to the US after fighting in a war you didn't believe in either, and then be spit on by your own people.

  • great song man damn right you better sue if this gets taken down youtube has billions of dollars

  • every time i hear this song it reminds me of my grandpa he was a medic in veitnam

  • bad ass song bad ass band saw em live once they were fuckin awesome lol i have a shit load of their albums haha

  • @deideikun1 i have every single album and song bought on itunes, AIC is fucking amazing

  • I'm addicted to this song!

  • i remember the 90`s...the best years of my live!!!

  • @ironhagoo thanks man! 

  • Just pointing this out anyone who can find a way to hit the dislike button is a fucking moron this song is amazing you dont like it dont hit the button and go fuck off to something else

  • @XxnarutoxisxcoolxX THANK YOU

  • @melvinwall Naruto i like how every time us rockers post a justin beiber comment someone actually sends me hate mail. u mean people actually listen to this AND justin beiber? its a contradiction-it don't make a wee bit o sense!!

  • @XxnarutoxisxcoolxX I was always under the impression that people hit the dislike button because the song ends.

  • @simboy37 hahahah I couldnt even hit the dislike button cuz of that. It's imposible! AIC the best

  • @simboy37 It's the only logical reason why.

  • @XxnarutoxisxcoolxX agreed,,you have to be a really bad hater to go find a song you dont like,then dislike it..you would you look for it if you dont like it...youtube has alot of fuckin retarted ppl on here..lol jus sayin

  • @XxnarutoxisxcoolxX that button is nessesary. it seperates the douchebags from the true. would you rather have a bunch of gueebo's pretending to like something or knowing whose opinions should be disregarded?

  • @XxnarutoxisxcoolxX Damn I am seeing all these negative comments about people pushing the Dislike button and what hell there will be if somebody hits the Dislike button,my thought is who cares if someone hits the Dislike button,its not a big deal people,its notlike you killed someone ,damn,i guess some people are wound too tight.

  • @Todzilla45 maybe lol

  • @Todzilla45 yeah dude people need to learn to have some fun and just be calm and collected or atleast smoke some weed and watch anime or play some monster hunter i mean shit we all got rage but thats what weed and monster hunting is for or maybe a good book and some sleep or a decent day of bike riding mind you i would ride a bike or drive a car stoned that just irresponsible but yeah i see youre point people are just too wound up nowadys so much they have no assholes anymore

  • @BlackBlade420 lol sorry i meant to say i would not you have to forgive me i have huge hands and a small keyboard

  • @XxnarutoxisxcoolxX good piont to nine people R-tard

  • @XxnarutoxisxcoolxX If ou and everybody who gave thumbs up to this comment are exagerating on your feeling about who dislike this song, then no problem!

    Otherwise I'm pretty scared to see so much fanatism over nothing!

    P.s: Awesome song!

  • stupid people dont have songs!!! Thumbs up for an amazing artist!!! We want resist!!! But he, and his music will!!!! So listen up: "Show must go one"!!!!!

  • fuck yes

  • I love how he says the first two "No!"'s :)

  • the best shit to get high to . . . .

  • 4 people obviously are absolutely insane.

  • !!!GLORIA SENT ME PICTURES OF MY BOY!!! great part of the song cause my father told me the same thing

  • Just heard this...Lisa...HaHa...Diane! Long tease...Everyone teases...while Winstar lets it ride! Pandora and her prayer box...what what you pray for when you pray to have a clear imagination. We get what we ask for...ESP...hmm...goFigUreNota­lone....cause we find we wander when we just don't know but we make it somehow!

  • i remember i grew up listening to this as a five year old girl and still now i love alice n chains RIP Layne Staley :)

  • "i will sue if this is taken down" You'll sue who? the band? the owner of the copyright? the website whose terms of service you agreed to by registering an account? Freedom of Speech does not extend to distribution of digital media but luckily they won't sue YOU unless you're making money off their work, which you aren't. If the copyright holder requests it be taken down youtube will do so because they have something to lose in a lawsuit, unlike someone who couldn't afford to engage in one :P

  • @ghr6uybsrthdj5q65 I'm rich as hell and what you said is mostly right but i can sue because if its taken down that is against the law because as you said I'm not making money. please I"m sure your american tea party member so you don't under stand the law please think before you say something stupid to and person who's dad was a lawyer, some of my best friends are lawyers, and who can pass the bar exam. Thank you also i just got a new keyboard and need to test it out.

  • @melvinwall

    You're rich, "as hell", and don't even have proper English grammar. Really?

  • @je25ff sir that is actually right and im irish i get to do what ever i want to say now please go screw your self

  • @melvinwall you dont have enough money to take on youtube u dumbass

  • @HoMeRuNMonkEY1 oh my god piss off you little shit head and no i might but guess what you touch your self at night

  • @melvinwall dude cool it ok no one gives a shit if you are rich they came here to watch the video not get berrated by some spoiled, ignorate little shit such as yourself

  • @melvinwall dude cool it ok no one gives a shit if you are rich they came here to watch the video not get berrated by some spoiled, ignorate little shit such as yourself

  • @melvinwall Ouch. That surely looks legitimately thought out and planned. Oh wait, no it doesn't. That's not even an insult, let alone a decent one. Also, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation exist for a reason. I highly suggest you use them. Without it, you look like an incompetent fool, as I am assuming you are based solely upon your "insult," let alone your lack of typing skills.

  • @yowipy go shoot your self

  • @yowipy im gonna take a guess and say your my 7th grade teacher

  • @melvinwall Anyone who has to say they're "rich as hell" to an anonymous stranger online probably isn't. Besides wouldn't you have better things to do then eat the troll food on youtube? I don't care if all your relatives are lawyers, doctors, engineers, or whatever as clearly you aren't. Saying you CAN pass the bar exam implies that you haven't. I'm sure it's because you just can't be bothered and not because you're a teenager or anything like that. Don't worry, I don't think any less of you :P

  • @ghr6uybsrthdj5q65 Ok, i understand what you mean now because of what little kids put on here all the time the reason its said is so that they know that I'm not making money and that i know the law and am not tring to break it also sry for going ape shit on you that day my ipod touch broke so i was pissed as hell and then they said that they didnt want to fix making a excuse of why they didnt again sry i was just pissed as hell man and i didnt want to deal with anyone.

  • Terminator Salvation <3

  • this has been stuck in my head all day :)

  • lol 420 likes, this is a great stonin song btw. :)

  • perfect song to red dead redemption!!

  • Lets snuff some roosters!

  • @cynder167 no thanks

  • @Methbuster167 Fine, count him out.

  • blaze mad bowls to this

  • happy 236 birthday u.s. army!

    YOU KNOW WE AINT GONNA DIE!

  • My dad's best friend didn't make it back from Iraq so on his birthday we listen to this and on the he died we listen to this and the day that he died we wouldn't listen to anything else. This is he song that I'm playing 3 days now in honor of Uncle Eric.

    R.I.P Uncle Eric. You are dearly missed. Thumbs up if you have a similar story, and please share it with me. R.I.P to all of our fallen fighters. LOVE!

  • @astorar1 my brother was about to come home. he was a sniper, and and they said he was on a recon mission. he went MIA and he still hasnt been found. i pray for the best

  • @Methbuster167 im truly sry to hear that and i hope that they find him soon.

  • @melvinwall thanks man. it means a lot, especially from a stranger who doesnt even know him. thanks

  • @Methbuster167 I'll pray too. I hope he's okay! I don't think anyone should be fighting like that. Just because they hate us doesn't mean they can steal our defenses. I think that THEY should think their stuff through more often.

  • @astorar1 i think that we should all think our stuff thru. i mean, if we all went for diplomacy before wipping out or guns, the world would be a much better place

  • @Methbuster167 That, plus we have very good technology. Then again, we need to be brave. We're low on all of our fighters, and I think that (even though I'm an American, and love it) America's defenses should leave other countries alone because the fight them for no fucking reason. GOD BLESS AMERICA ANYWAY!!

  • @astorar1 i can agree with you on most of that. i was never much of a patriot myself, but i just hope hes home soon

  • @Methbuster167 I do too. There's no reason for there to be another POW MIA. I'm sorry you haven't heard back. Even if he is a prisoner of war, I'm sure he's going to be the bad ass that gets a medal. Hope he's ok!

  • @astorar1 thanks, dude. and im sorry to hear about your friend Eric. may he rest in peace

  • @Methbuster167 Thanks. I'm just stoked that we still remember to play this damn song after 7 years! That's great. But I'm really sorry to hear about you're brother. I give you all of my love and support. Hope you see him soon.

  • @astorar1 thanks man. it means a lot

  • @Methbuster167 You guys are awesome. Made me tear up:)

  • @TheGenShadoe thanks man.

  • @Methbuster167 I hope your brother is alright

  • @mario1136 thanks man

  • @Methbuster167 No problem. Take care.

  • love this song, u can feel the emotion

  • The song was written by Jerry Cantrell for his father (Jerry Cantrell Sr.) who went by the nickname "rooster" while serving in the Army (101st Airborne) during nam.

    He was a M60 Gunner. "Rooster" is somewhat of a nomenclature for the M60's muzzle flash. (though it applies to just about any LMG/HMG)

  • @wildbill6976 I always thought "Rooster" meant the Eagle, because the vietnamese had no idea what an eagle was so they called it a rooster, hmm.

  • @adhdspazzdude Well, Viet Cong's actually referred to eagle as a "chicken". "Chicken men" was common name for the 101st by the cong

  • @tobehonest416 haha no doubt, my dads in afghanistan as a M249 support gunner and he said there trained to fire in bursts to contain accuracy (not needed on a LMG but what eves) and conserve ammo.

  • Get some my 31s brethren!!!

    They know who they are...

  • What does "snuff' mean? I only thought it was used when a radio station wanted to cover up the word 'fuck' in a song.

  • @TheSonomaDude snuff is either a video taped murder, word for chewing tobacco.

  • @TheSonomaDude in this case it means to kill, like snuffing a flame, putting out a flame.

  • Man I remember my dad had just got home from Iraq and i hadn't seen him in about shit almost a year. We went to see some horror movie and we were listening to this shit metal station. And this song comes on. My dad yelled in his Arabian accent this is my jam!!! And just blasted it and we was doing air drums and I was doing air guitar. People were just watching us and laughing their asses off.

  • @arabianmetalhead99 dude ive done that before im a sniper in training so when ever i hear

    this my sniper is a guitar and im sreading on it

  • @melvinwall Yeah man, this song brings tears in my eyes. I respect you and I'll pray for you brother.

  • @arabianmetalhead99 thanks mate good to hear that your dad made it back man

  • @melvinwall Yeah, i got cousins that live in Iraq like some of my family still lives there and we are trying to get em out of there. My dad is over there right now.

  • @melvinwall Dont let your sargent see you shredding.. one time i left my Weapon laying down, Sarg was not to happy.. he smoked me for at least an hour :\

  • @MonsterSk8er00 lol i sleep wih my sniper arched pointed to the door so my col. pretty much lets me do what i want because i mostly sleep in the weapons shed.

  • @arabianmetalhead99 My dad retired a few years back he was in The Army for like 23 years I believe and we I was driving and this song came on to and we just jamed out, and it great that he made it back!

    God bless our Troops!

  • @n00dles3264 Ah nice man, yeah me to it was an awesome time. 

  • @arabianmetalhead99 I wish my dad was like yours lol

  • @mario1136 Ah thanks brother. Cheers!

  • @arabianmetalhead99 No problem :)

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  • @JustAnotherDMBfan  Not sure.

  • @arabianmetalhead99 andrew nice to see you have the top comment on my favorite song

  • @MetalJoker9606 Oh shit i do XD, ah this song has memories. 

  • @arabianmetalhead99 God bless your dad. Risking his life to fight for others, AND rocking out to good music!

  • @arabianmetalhead99 "Dees es my jom" ! something like that? Thank-you I lmao ! People forget that it doesnt matter where you come from when it comes to liking something!!!! Awesome story! Tell your Dad thanks for his service!!!!

  • @tobehonest416 machine gunners you get cocky when you got a 100 rounds of 7.62 pointed at a zipperhead. thats what my uncle tells me anyway.

  • Lol. "I will sue if this is taken down."

  • have you watched the video?? its cantrells father telling about his time in vietnam.

  • Its not about anyone's dad you fucktards! Look it up dumbass! Thats how it is

  • @theaccushot are you retarded?

  • @theaccushot you dumbass its about jerry cantrells father which was a mchine gunner. not some vietnamese sniper/

  • Actually, its about a vietnamese sniper. The marines were sent in repeatedly to exterminate him, but nobody could get to him. They never did kill him.

  • one of the band members dad or uncle was a helicopter gunner in Nam and this song is for him.  sorry its been awhile i dont remember the exact details

  • This song is very awsome and is deticated to the ones who risked there lives for us

  • @SepulturaWorshipper it's a great song, it could be about any war really, even nearly 20 years after it's release. Thanks for replying :)

  • I'm sure I read somewhere that this song has something to do with jerry cantrell's grandfather. I was sad when layne died but it makes their music so poignant and touching. Beautiful.