Alice In Chains - Rooster with lyrics

[ozmister101]

never really got this song until lately im stick kickin. miss alot of friends along the line they fell along the thin line, but im the crazy ass that still alive semper fi my brothers

[Spearface100]

2:39 sex in my ears

[Alienwareman1]

I remember this dude on Battlefield 2142, he was so kick ass and his name was "Rooster". No it was not RoosterTeeth.

[MindRiotGood]

You guys need fuckin' roosters shoved up your asses.

To THEGOLDVIPER, this song was written by Jerry Cantrell (the lead guitarist, not the lead singer). Zerrick is correct. Cantrell's dad had hair that made him look like a rooster sometimes.

YouTube is crazy sometimes. I see stupid messages all over the place and I never think that they come from people. I'm convinced that stupid messages on YouTube are created by garbage. Great music like this makes me forget about the garbage on YouTube.

[thetruth71582]

is it just me or is nutshell the only great song he wrote cuz this suck badly

[ninjajesus81]

@thetruth71582 Did you just say that this song sucks badly?

[Devilofdoom]

@thetruth71582

This song suck badly? Mate, you're either lacking in eardrums or a complete retard.

[FaggotHatingGuy]

@Devilofdoom You need to get your brain checked,to get the Justin Beeber infection out

[Devilofdoom]

@FaggotHatingGuy

What were you dropped on the head as a child or something? How is this song anything like Justin Beiber? My god the level of retardation on this website is outstanding.

[Rindingal]

the song i listen to when i want some peace and to look back at the great day i had if it was that awesome

[sabbathfreak1]

I have this cassette

[Bosephusable]

I was a S.A.W gunner in Asscrackistan, I listened to this song at least once a day.

[zenithar6666]

was this before or after you went to war like a fucking idiot puppet robot who is fighting for "his country" that you justhappned to be born into for a governmetn that puts flouride into your water supply and forces vaccinactions of nurses? yeah, well done,

[MKWHzoller97]

The beggining of the song with the chorus brings back memeories of when I was little for some reason...Love this song...

[damntheday666]

my cds all fucked up with the track listings so if anyone knows it ill like to know the songs by the actual names

[Nancycarigen]

I recently began truck driving in teams, meaning i drive for 10 hours straight and then switch out. When your out without seeing family and friends for 3 weeks it starts taking a toll on you. The most comfort I get is finishing my shift, getting in my bunk and listening to this whole album. I know this song is about Vietnam and all but, it just hits the spot.

[creativewriter1000]

The ominous household pet...lol

[deadkennedys909]

Once I was told this song was about his dad, and he was called the rooster because of his red hair.. This song all made sense.

That album cover was the first band t-shirt I ever bought when I was 12 years old. HOOAH!

[nostrasmartass1]

its about cantrells dad the rooster

[mansonite45]

it's actually about the Screaming Eagles.

[creativewriter1000]

We ain't gonna die!!!!

[kylemenos]

why the fuck is this song restricted from being in a playlist? dude wtf

[OGDreality]

Rooster is actually the person that would be on the mounted .50 caliber machine gun on top of a hum-v or other vehicle.

[tighisabored]

joey diaz cocksuckas

[WickedMo13]

This song was about his Dad in vietnam who was apart of the navy seals group the roosters right? or was his dads callsign the rooster? I cant remember inform me!!!

[tsToasterwaffle]

@WickedMo13 They called him the Rooster;) it was his nick

name

[bassman34516]

@WickedMo13 his father fought in the group "the screaming eagles with a bald eagle adorned on their combat jackets. The Viet-cong did not know what an eagle was so they called those guys roosters which is where the name came from

[tikifreakazoid]

@bassman34516 I'm sure the soldiers discussed this with the Viet-Cong all the time.

[537monster]

@thepatriot1012 okay comon lets not bring any politics into this. thank you.

[SciPhen3030]

Sound quality is shitty



[chadabooo]

@SciPhen3030 must be your kmart compuiter, cause its perfect on mine, hahahahahaha. u failed

[SciPhen3030]

@chadabooo First of all it's computer. Secondly, Kmart technology department sells the same products as any other technology corporation you such as Best Buy which is where I purchased my Samsung laptop which is excellent. The sound quality is shitty, but I guess you're used to things sounding shitty which is probably why you don't notice the difference. I failed? At what making an observation? Are you trying to be a comedian because you just sound like a typical internet douche-bag.

[GREGMAN216]

i faught in nam. i was in the marine core. the government lied to us the whole timeand also withheld payments because the gov. was putting it in thier own pockets

[RogerRenegade11]

@GREGMAN216 Thank you for your service to our country. As corrupt as our government is, I still respect a vet. My dad was in Nam. He served 25 years in the air force

[GREGMAN216]

@RogerRenegade11 well son i learned alot from my service years.. it was a pleasure serving. i meat a lot of honorable soldiers and some of those are no longer with us, but only the dead have seen the last of war.

[iloverockyroad1]

@GREGMAN216 You were in the marines and never learned how to spell corps?

[GREGMAN216]

@iloverockyroad1 sorry for my spelling errors im not that well with the keyboard on the computer. and it doesnt help that im nearly blind.

[FutureMarine1775USA]

@GREGMAN216 A real Marine would capitalize "Marine" because it is a title and know how to spell "Corps".

[GREGMAN216]

@FutureMarine1775USA You sir should be ashamed of yourself, i served for the freedome of this country, so people like you could be free, i am a "real" Marine. the fact that i have errors in spelling and or capitalization once in a while says nothing about the fact i served. I am proud to say that i served in the Marine Corps. and i am so sorry that my grammer has offendedd you. actually i coulld care less what you think because you have dissrespected me

[DieselTech8]

@GREGMAN216 Thank you for your service to our country and for fighting for my freedom!!!!!

[GREGMAN216]

@FutureMarine1775USA i am nearl y blind and not tha t goood with a keboard, not that its any of your buisness, and i shouldnt have to explain myself to you.

[537monster]

@FutureMarine1775USA doesssss thiiiis bothr youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­????????

[537monster]

@GREGMAN216 you have my complete and utter respect and agreement. its a shame you had to go through that all for a bunch of rich pigs. it also sucks that i get the feeling the same crap is getting ready to happen again only in iran.

[GREGMAN216]

@537monster thank you, and you ar completely right about Iran

[jizzix]

I came here because of a memebase

[maxauburn]

This song is about the Vietnam war. I think on a friend of mine who was

in that war when I hear this, and about that scene in Terminator: Salvation,

where this song is played in one scene to lure a machine into a trap.

[ThEmB0nEz]

@TheGoldViper12 No one should Thumb You Up Because This Song Was Written By The Guitarist Jerry Cantrell. The Singer You don't Remember is The one and Only LAYNE STALEY!!!!!!!!!!!BoY

[TheGoldViper12]

this song was written because alice in chains first lead singer,(can't remember his name) his father was apart of the 101st Airborne in the vietnam war.the viet cong thought his insignia (patch on his shoulder) looked like a rooster (but it was really an eagle.) If you want people to know the real meaning of the song,please thumbs this up.

[ZerrickiShadow]

@TheGoldViper12 Wrong, it was their guitarist Jerry Cantrell's father, Jerry Cantrell Sr., and his hair stood up like a Rooster. You are right that one of the lyrics "chicken men" comes from the insigna patch on his shoulder, and since there are no bald eagles in Vietnam, they called it a "chicken."

[FuckPeople91]

@ZerrickiShadow thank you bro saved me some time

[TheWtfdude10]

@TheGoldViper12 lead singer was layne staley i think

[grannybenson]

@TheGoldViper12 I thumbs downed cause you're wrong. Batman all the way...and bears.

[dillon123met]

@TheGoldViper12 everything's true, except it was the guitar player, Jerry Cantrell's father, not Layne Staley, the singers

[AbyssOfTheTwilight]

@TheGoldViper12

It was actually the guitarist, but close enough :P

[yorbooalways]

F1!!!!!!

[soxy297]

Good song.

[justlh57]

thay called it rooster because vick looked like roosters no bs charley or rooster thay called them

[Cruciferian]

This is Guile's other theme

[jeffkav425]

this song means a lot to me. just the sound of it, its perfect

[grannybenson]

You all have it wrong...this song is about batman.

[teenmetalfreak3]

@grannybenson it all makes sense now.... :o

[grannybenson]

@teenmetalfreak3 Yep

[flyman0701]

@grannybenson

got nothing to do with batman granny

[grannybenson]

@flyman0701 Does so. The rooster was obviously one of batman's nemesis before the Joker came around.

[ostritchman101]

@grannybenson they come to snuff the joker..XD

[SuperBoobTube420]

This video is a response to Retarded Dog....wat.

[sgf1989]

@SuperBoobTube420 I thought the same thing, I ain't watching it though. let me know how it is.

[panchotheaddict420]

this song is about drugs.

[TheMatthess]

@panchotheaddict420 this song was writen about the writer's dad who served in Nam, his nickname was rooster

[xLexiiPuppyx]

guys, this isn't some smutty song about drugs like nowadays music, its about the war in Vietnam. So calm yourselves.

[jr74961324]

@axiomatic90 ps, if you want "Whine makers" listen to linkin park, they're just awful

[jr74961324]

@axiomatic90 OK, well, first off, read what you said, and tell me how it makes any sense whatsoever.

second: Tool is an amazing band, they do what music was created to do, EXPRESSION, just listen to it, get the lyrics, interpret them, anything after Ænema is good music. It all has meaning, listen to "Prison Sex" for example, what you won't realize is that it is a song about Maynard being raped as a child, almost all of their songs have something to do with their past, and hold deep meaning.

[dimitrisagreborn]

"you know he ain't gonna die" - dedicated to Layne Stanley

[baron8107]

@dimitrisagreborn

Well, that's ironic in the physical sense.

[akprasad1]

What a brooding bloody song! Love the opening 6-7 lines the most

[towcar68]

Its wierd that people just beak how much music is dead, but many people on music have quoted the exact same thing in the 80's, 90's, and now. Its way easier to look back at an artist and see he has 20 hit songs and so many accomplishments, but the artists now only 4 albums into there career are over looked by these "real music lovers", fuckin pieces of shit.

[DumAssTV1000]

Lol...All of you people talking about this song and drugs? Every one knows this song was written about the experience of someone they knew who fought in Vietnam right?

[TREBORRIS1234]

@DumAssTV1000 it was written about a sniper.......... SEMPER FI

[MaxRideWizardLord]

@DumAssTV1000 I don't get it, did someone from AIC band was in Vietnam war?

[theposs40]

@DumAssTV1000 jerry wrote this song about his father...who was a 60 gunner in 'nam

[Iiilyana]

@DumAssTV1000 not only that, it was a band member's father.

[yeahdudeitsreal]

@Iiilyana Cantrell wrote this song for his dad. That's why its so fucking amazing bro.

[Oliumen]

@DumAssTV1000 Hahaha That's what I was saying to myself lmfao!

[WelakaWombat]

@DumAssTV1000 It is about his father.. a Nam Sniper. A rooster is a sniper but yea.. you are right. On my depressed nights I listen to this song again and again and every time my sweet wife cringes not knowing if I may go off the deep end this time. So far so good though

[10886x6]

@DumAssTV1000

I'm a saw gunner on an 1151. this is my song!

[grungeguy83]

the works of the devil ..is all this is

[xXHaBXxluke]

Ah REAL music I haven't heard REAL MUSIC in a long time I'm 16 and this is music not this rap shit that's taking over peoples music view I say ban rap it's just shit like Justin biber or whatever the hell tone deaf people listen to well that's just my two cents if you don't like it I don't care

[SDMFbroly]

Son: Dad what is this im listening to , its confusing my brain.

Dad: Well son back before you where born we had this thing called MUSIC and TALENT but it seems to have mostly died out in the last 10-11 years.

Son: Oh cool i like it.

DAMN RIGHT

[yallainthighlikeme]

This song reminds me of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

[olapessoal100]

@yallainthighlikeme Invading and killing vietnam peasents

[quidseeker]

@olapessoal100 ftw

[cgmchelsey]

@yallainthighlikeme FRREEEEEEEEDOM FRIES!!!

[SeigSel]

The sound from my youth...and who is lady gaga?This is real music from the time good music was made.Nowdays its all shitt..

[Gothicday1]

Laying even money that Lady GaGa would do a better cover of this song than these mutts

[doomfan12345]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO AMERICA IN VIETNAM.....Jerry Cantrell Sr

[jameslowe123456789]

FUCK lady Gaga in the ass

[littlewolf60]

There was better music than this a while back too but you would really have to search for it.

[RunningBearButt]

Why cant people make music like this today. There is no respect for music now days.

[littlewolf60]

@RunningBearButt You are 100% right .I am 51 andI think that 99% of music these days suck .lady gaga is pathetic . Barry

[acdc601234]

@littlewolf60 Its not just lady gaga...I'm 13 and I think she SUCKS!!

[BandxOfxBrothers]

@littlewolf60

how can you say 99% of music sucks when you don't even know 20% of music throughout the world. heck you probably don't even know 5%.

[BlackBlade420]

@BandxOfxBrothers i can say for myself i know most of the music of the world because i have a broad Horizion of music most of the best metal came from Europe and then it slowly caught on in the us but as for other things go Europe and the Us fails now when it comes to music nothing is made with real spirit any its all shit and its my opinion just as you have shared your's now i have as well

[BlackBlade420]

@BandxOfxBrothers now as for rock goes it was pretty big in both countries even bigger in japan music is a great thing man its just too bad its slowly dying

[BlackBlade420]

@littlewolf60 haha i so agree with you both good music really does not exist nowadays im only 24 and i have been influenced with so much music from the 20's 30's 40's 50's 60's 70's 80's and 90's and i can say even from the earliest it was great but the music of the 2000's well it just blows

[whitenottrash]

Yes, this is a phenomenal classic ! Surely the best AIC song !

[yashespatel]

whenever I think about my life, and all the bullshit I've put up with and how it still sucks, I listen to this song and keep going...life could be a lot worse. Thank you Mike Starr and Alice in Chains.

[bluereaper75]

this is the kinda music you listen to while watching a sunrise after pulling an allnighter

[budmanSTAN]

@IslandRoninMedic your mistakes make you they dont break you live and learn and even tho you might think those days were bad you would never take it back but if you could go back to that day im sure you would finish that bottle snort the table dry and turn this song up because i know damn well thats what i would do ahah

[phil234561]

reminds me of discovering drug and hanging out behind the shops...

[CLIFFxMUSTAINE]

theres actually a rap version of the rooster "DAT BOI T - ROOSTER

[kyatzz]

@CLIFFxMUSTAINE well im not gonne listen to that rap version give just give me some ol' fashion grunge

[CLIFFxMUSTAINE]

theres actually a rap version of the rooster "DAT BOI T - ROOSTER

[bodhisattvaPatty]

GREATNESS~!!!! 

[OGDreality]

'Rooster' was a term for the man on the mounted machine gun turret during Vietnam.

[merlinbos1964]

excellent song..one of the top songs by them..

[merlinbos1964]

excellent song ...one of the top songs for them..

[newguitarist96]

R.I.P Layne Staley

[phil234561]

I'm here now, will always be here and if I die I am forever locked in time!! I ain't gonna die!!

[liamcartlidge1234]

also beer



[liamcartlidge1234]

beer and weed

[phillyshell94]

weed is shit alcohol is the key to your problems but brings more problems

[SkAtE45ist]

@phillyshell94 weed is awesome

[ryann45]

Somethin my brother used to listen to.

[grimm716]

freikin awesome ass song

[giuseppeguarneri]

@IslandRoninMedic Been there done that. Fact is, there right now.

[nikkopayne]

Ahh.. 240p we meet again.

[whiskeytango51]

They came to snub the rooster but he was to good a shot.

[smgman13]

@IslandRoninMedic Makes me feel the same. While you were about bottles and snow, I was pills, 12 packs, and bong rips. People think that sounds great, but it will open your mind to how terrible life can be. Didn't have the courage to see a counselor, but I had the courage to fucking ruin my body, mind and soul. Sometimes rock bottom needs to be hit to figure how good ya had it...Fuck the bad old days

[AwesomeBeatles]

This song still sends chills down my spine. Wow, great song.

[thug540]

Kind of reminds me of Anne Rice's character Lestat.

[PeopleLetMe]

Reminds me of staring at the ceiling while laying on a bed made very nice. with a guitar in my hand, my heart pounding so hard my vision is shaking, and playing this song gets me though it all and makes me calm

The good, now days :D

[dirty420dan]

@IslandRoninMedic leaving lines is drug abuse.

[2012Romney]

@dirty420dan lol, yeah, right.

[ElAxeMan24]

If it was about Carlos Hathcock (which its not) it wouldn't say "army green" since Carlos was a marine. It's about Jerry's father.

[whiskeytango51]

@ElAxeMan24

Bro in war color is not a issue. Army green is still army green to marines. The only thing that matters is the guy next to you.

[ElAxeMan24]

@whiskeytango51 Too true dude. I was just pointing out semantics haha. :P

[mario1136]

@Drugernautt lol, the top rated comments are always like this

[Guigley]

I'm not a huge Alice In Chains fan, but this song is just awesome. It creates an atmosphere that few rock songs do anymore.

[MrJerdog1]

a bullet screams at me from somewhere,.

[SmokinJoeCamels]

This song make me want to shoot an m60 at some low-to-the-ground, slant-eyed, rice-propelled N.V.A.

[preynation]

people thoght that the dislike button was dis i like

[work4thewicked]

song is about the hardest sniper in vietnam

[B3AN90]

how can anyone dislike this song

[kevmilla]

lol why the hell is this a video response to retarded dog? great song!

[DylanGTV]

In the movie terminator salvation it starts playing in an abandoned jeep they use, best scene of the movie very emotional very perfect for the scene

[Lohuydahutt]

:D

[deferdicus]

this song makes me feel badass

[ShelbySunshineJ]

This song just makes me want to replace my blood with heroin. <3

[Viriato91]

That song reminds me when I was in mission, in French Guyana as a military, I had to make patrols in the amazonian jungle, scout to find some illegal gold trafics, The brazilian traficants had guns, so it was dangerous ....

Every morning in the barracks I used to put this song when I was shaving

Good memories !!! (sorry for my english I'm french)

I really really love this song ...

[threedog1200]

13 people r homos who need to die

[JokesOnYou11]

@IslandRoninMedic Maybe not a good thing that i understand what you mean so well.

[MrLegion210]

Man i fuckin love this song it remind me of me.That dont make music like this people look up to lady gaga come on now man R.I.P 1990'S,1980'S O can forget.LAYNE STALEY AND MIKE STARR R.I.P YOU WANT BE FORGETTEN FRM ME.



[rule2011]

@MrLegion210 Were you dropped on your head as a child, or is your grammar seriously that bad?

[TheWolfDogMoon]

I saw AIC live back in the summer of 93 and this song stood out above all the rest of their great tunes. One of the best live songs I've ever heard. really really awesome live.

[Naruto56328]

:D ♥

[SWATalpha007]

SUPERNATURAL!!

[arcadus]

walking tall the chicken man

[BassAdams6661]

I played the entire Dirt album the day after Mike died in memory of him.

He really was AIC's best bassist, hands down.

Thank you for the inspiration Mike. Thank you for the music.

You were an amazing musician.

[yeee941]

R.I.P Mike I'm the bassist for my band,we play this shit every day in memory of you,you crazy FUCK

[deepthroatlike69]

Umm how come this is a response to Retarded Dog?? Lmfaoooo

RIP Mike & Layne. Your music will never die we can guarantee you that.

[ironmac10]

I first heard this song as a backdrop to a video game coming out (Spec ops the line) I don't got a damn clue what a rooster could possibly do to make you want to kill it but this is a BAD ASS SONG. I sent an Idea to the writers of FAMILY GUY. THEY should do a Long fight seen with peter fighting the rooster, AND do it up like Apocolypes NOW.

[freetruth2012]

@ironmac10  The guitarist jerry cantrell, his dad was a machine gunner in vietnam, they called him the rooster, this song is about him.