Alice In Chains - Frogs (From MTV Unplugged) 

whats MTV?....so sad its still not around. ridiclous actually cause it originally was awesome.

fuck I wish I could thumbs up a billion times. that's the greatest truest comment I think iv ever seen on shitube

No doubt at all right here I pray to God one day music will find itself again and we may grace the deep whole which is unplugged

And out of the unplugged series, this is the best show, and out of all the songs included on this show, this is the best version of the song

What about Teen Mom? 😂

It’s like being stuck standing in a nasty buggy marsh towards the end. Amazing and one of my all time faves from them. ❤

Frogs is elite

I love it..Tripod is an awesome AIC album.Dark album the way it should be.Layne and Jerry speak the truth in the lyrics.

Perfectly said.

I must admit.. very well put!!

it's the most beautiful.🖤

Layne had total control of the Mood he Sets Blows my mind seeing him from the Sleaze Performances high energy to Dark Haunting Pulling me into his mind

Not to mention the harmonies he often did with Jerry. Jerry once said something along the lines of "he did the wrong things at the right time". Truly a unique singer!

And.....he is doin all of this while being a HUGE heroin junkie

@@ryanbarr2718 He wasn't big into heroin until during/after the Van Halen tour so his peak performances from 1990-mid91 he wasn't really a junkie, just drank and did a lot of coke Although you definitely are right that he was still extremely impressive during his heroin struggles Almost baffling that he was able to sing well on Get Born Again (I know pro tools were used but they were to mask his lisp and not actually alter the notes etc)

What do you think about Hank Williams

@@bartembrey6106 Hank Williams is one of the goats of country but this is a AIC video you are in the wrong places my guy

Yes....

Still watching in 2021 and heart wrenching.."why's it have to be this way" . We miss you Layne.

Yea bro,

oh shut up brandon you 14 year old girl. You guys are so dramatic. I've loved this band since the early 2000s, Layne is gone but it doesn't mean you have to cry about it and psychoanalyze each sentence for 20 years.

@@LilHaseProductions jesus, calm down, boy.

Todo

Hey Derek. Must have read this a 100 times and it makes me smile everytime....😊. All the best from Denmark

Is that from something?

@Julian Baxter Hey Baxter. Yes and part/line 1 and 3 is Layne. And shows Layne's cool and insane funny humor😁.

@@sundigest1121 Hey Boussetta. Its from the unplugged show. You can hear it on the CD or on some uploads here on RU-vid. And its just a show of dear Lanye's humor.

OMG IS THAT THE REAL. JERRY CANTRELL?!?!

@@HeaVYScePTiC yes and I am the real facelift album

Well, this is a VERY merry Christmas for me

@@HeaVYScePTiC merry chainsmas

@@FACEL1FT LMAO 🤣

The Hall of Fame is a joke 🤣 true rock lovers couldn’t give a fuck about the HOF 🤣 all corporate bullshit

Politics and usual bullshit

I think they will go in the HOF. Just give it time

@@williamdavid9272 I waited a long time for NIN to get into the HOF, so I feel within the next few years Alice In Chains will be in there.

The fact so many lesser bands imo & some artist who aren’t even rock or metal have made it into the HOF but AIC haven’t😡 I know the band is still goi g strong with Layne & Duvall but 90s AIC needs to be inducted! Truthfully I really don’t care anyway we all know what’s up!

I've never read anything more true in my entire life.

Perfectly put couldn't have said it better myself! Their Swan Song for sure! Sure miss this guy.....

So sadly and perfectly worded we know the end result and it’s heartbreaking

You people act like he walked off the stage and died.This was1996,he didn't die until 2002,and then only after shooting more dope and coke than humanly possible.Don't ever count a junkie out until they put him in the ground.and please Pray For The Addicted.

@@tombstone1841 technically he was still alive, but you can see even on this video - he already looked like a ghost. How did he managed to stay alive for another six years is a mystery to me, but I don't think that he had a great time being isolated and losing almost all of his friends.

I just watched Jerry Cantrell talk about this show with Lars (the Metallica guy), and Jerry was talking about something horrible -- the band about to end, the dead end one of them was approaching, that in a way made this show extra special. There won't be any more tours, or shows, or songs. Nothing. You might as well say, it's our farewell show. Without that dread looming, without that pall....man I just love this band

On his knees, asking Must I accept my fate? He's angelic here.

Was proud when a friend of mine asked me "dont you ever grow tired, of that same old shit" - Referring to AIC unplugged, Live at the Moore and my other childhood favorites. To which I genuinely replied "No! Never!" 100% honest!

Go watch love hate love live at the Moore. Definitely laynes best live performance if not THE BEST of all time.

Yep I'm never sick of it either..Alot of my old 90s favorites I am sick of but this never gets old..It's true power and emotions..Aic had soul.

Junkhead on the Singles premier night was great as well.

This and Slipknot in London 2002

If I could go back in time and attend any concert, this would be the one

the studio version is times 10 on complexity

Listen to it high if you haven't. It's trippy lol and extra awesome

it's passion, true passion

@@Brokennindeathloop620 dont you think you would advise people not to do drugs?

@@Nile8765 just talking weed tho lol but yes if it was anything bad

I know it's really sad😔 I mean he knew how insanely gifted & talented he was, he just couldn't get past his demons. Jerry Cantrell is an Awesome singer, Amazing guitarist & a lyrical genius! Sean Kinney Kick ass drummer!! And both Mike Star & Mike Inez are/were excellent bassist's, I mean seriously the whole band was f***ing amazing!! Doesn't really get much better than this as far as I'm concerned. AIC rock's 4ever in my heart & home, car.....etc 😎 They're my all time favorite band. And Layne Staley R.I.P. is simply IT....😉for me, phenomenal I still listen to the Original AIC all the time, I'll never tire of hearing that Amazing Voice, Got me through some really tough times, too bad it wasn't in the card's to have someone helping him get through it🙄✌

👍

I hope you can get some no like some nonsense I guess but I don’t know if you’re going to get it so bye bye-bye blah blah blah blah blah Siri can I be OK OK OKAY to get Find a weekend do you work so dumb are you always just talking to me like nonsense

@@matthewgreen9704 ❔❓❕❗⁉😅😂

I love the way the music interweaves together on this one. Also really love the little high sounds on Jerry's guitar later on.

Hi Jerry, never expected a reply from you, I love your skills and talent and truly miss the old days when music had real meaning and story telling. The band was one of a kind and so are you.

Truth. I've spent hours once again, listening to this Unplugged session of AIC, & honestly, it takes me to a really dark place. But I can't stop listening to Layne's haunting harmonies & watching each of their facial expressions & eyes wondering what they were thinking during each song. So, so sad.

Someone replied to the Down in a Hole cut that it was like watching someone singing at their own funeral

yeah i can only listen to alice and chains when layne was the main voice

@@jamief.8406 agreed

Just like taylor, sean has been playing since he was a little kid

It sounded to me like Sean stepped down Jerry's too fast opening. But I could be wrong. Sean is a terrific drummer.

IKR, Sean is one of the best drummers of the grunge era

Sean isn’t underrated, he’s one of the wealthiest, most famous, and successful drummers of his generation and gets plenty of praise.

Agreed

he is not underrated at all

Yes agree with you 100% jar of flies is a great example. Listen to the cymbals on no excuse, headphones are best but the whole album is great drumming 👍

Sean has the amazing ability to be great but subtle hang just enough in the background to make all of them shine.

Agreed 100 % the unplugged series really showed just how great he is and his ability to hang back and play quietly with all his subtle highlights

Is a very technic drummer.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

He's dead unfortunately, he's nowhere

@@antonperes8213 Well, technically he's in the ground, or should i say the dirt.

​@@patrickshaffer2138 he was cremated

Staley is the Goat. Forever missed 😢😢😢

The harmonics are well done indeed

Listen to “then she did” by Jane’s addiction. That song is the most complex song in my history of songs.

Thank you!

❤

Indeed. There’s a real funereal feel to this whole gig, but especially this song. Heartbreaking.

Yer right! Never noticed listening to the album.

I’ve literally never noticed that and I’ve seen this show a million times..

Had to go back and see and you’re right 🙏

Jerry was actually on point. layne was looking for the lyrics so he slowed to give him time. look at Jerry looking at layne with a face saying come get it together.

@@alexklitschko6918 nope. Jerry was covering for layne looking for lyrics

Cb radio

Sometimes those soft souls aren’t meant to be here long. Earth and life is vicious and it takes a rock to make it through this thing for a long time. Soft souls can’t handle it and that’s just how it goes, but they teach us to try and fight towards making the world a better and kinder place in the future. One day we won’t all have to be so rock hard and the loving souls before paved that way.

@@shasmi93 beautifully said

@Javier Dextre BOOM! Get out of here with that freak show

Gtfo Marilyn

The bass work is so dope. That fretless sounds amazing

Hipnotic

Totally.

you got it

They're still my favorite band.

We're always here, my friend.

Hell yeah bub ❤️

Thank u!!

I am listening to it everyday.

😊

I’m here. I have it downloaded

❤

Tommy D as do I. I just love him so much.

only 50? lmao

So did I mate.

That same part reminds me of my late husband. He was a BIG music fan but never sang along. This song was on he sang along with it. Just that verse. He died a few months later from an overdose. I didn't know he was using.

@@leslienovakovic3819 I genuinely hope you never have to go through the pain and despair of losing a loved one to any kind of addiction.

Yes totally agree with you.. layne suffered a lot which he shouldn't of have soneone like him with all talent and love he had for people. He deserved sobmuch more in life such a loss to have him leave this world too soon. 💔 RIP My ONE & ONLY KING LAYNE S.

I can totally feel Layne's pain. Although I'm years after my opiate addiction, whenever I play this song it's hard not to break down because I've been where he was at this time and I wish he had made it through like I was fortunate enough to have done

Just goes to show that money doesn't make it any better when you're heart is broken. When he passed, my heart was broken also. nd you see top 100 singers of Layne's era and he was in the low 20's. What kind of s**t is that. I've never ever heard a more diversified singerand the level of feeling was and still to this day unparalleled for any type of music or so called genres. I am a drummer, started in 86 and I like speed metal (Behemoth, Nile,) ect. But if the Singer and band has feeling to it I Love it. Layne and band for example. Rest In Peace to the best all around singer live that will ever live. Sorry for long comment cause I can go on for days on A.I.Chains. Best to ever do it. Peace out.

Demri was still alive, she died October 29 of 96, this was April

He did not give up.

Same

yall lucky baztards!

I think that’s also why it’s called frogs jt really suits the whole gross swampy feeling

For me the vocal harmonies really make the song, and they’re missing from this version :(

Theres an audio recording of a creek filled with frogs in the background of the studio version, hence the name

@@CTheRevillusionS this version is really really good, but the guitar part leading up to the chorus is missing (but it may be impossible to replicate in an acoustic setting anyway so i'm totally fine with that). studio version definitely has the heavier atmosphere.

.. and wonderful.

Amen brother 💔

But ultimately make you feel hopeless because now your stuck using and scared to quit !!! And that's what the song portrays!! Hopelessness and it's beyond sad !! I know !!

He went to rehab 13 times. The final time, he was doing ok until his effing father pressured him into relapse. That is not a parent. That is a demon. My mother had my little brother cooking meth and selling for her at the age of 11. She never earned her title with either of us.

Don't forget Soundgarden

Jerry is one of the best songwriters ever, absolute legend, still writing kick ass shit today 30+ yrs later

Yes. Selling millions of records, being nominated for ELEVEN Grammy awards. MTV Video Music Awards. Billboard Awards. American Music Awards. Still selling tickets to his shows 30 years later. Signature guitars made by huge corporations. A spot on every "top 100 guitarists ever" list. More money than he could ever spend. And still being talked about and appreciated by people to this day who weren't even born when he started his band decades ago. Definitely "underrated"... Sure thing

@@artyomkurakin3393 I think Johathan by "Big Four" he meant Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains. At least for me that's the "Big Four".

Yes the big 4, from Seattle was ALICE IN CHAINS, Pearl Jam, soundgarden and stone temple pilots. The big 5 GRUNGE included Stone Temple Pilots

Hm Chris Cornell is powerful, but they're just different voices with different tones, so...

Chris Cornell was amazing but nothing can beat Layne

Or any era

Cornell, Staley and lanegan!

Dekar V. HE IS TALKING OF LAYNE STALEY. PLEASE, FUCK YOU

Same dawg

🎯🎯🎯

@1 2 he will be HEARD lmao 😆

By far. And so what? Its truth.

Sounds a little Jim Morrison influence great song writing

I loved reading the nostalgia in your comment. I was a kid during the 90s, very fortunate to have been alive at that time and still have so many memories but I often find myself wishing I had been a young adult during that decade. It seems like it was the idyllic time to have been college-aged. 🖤

If I told you some concerts I was at, you would scream. We didn't know except we always said " the nineties are the sixties upside down." It wasn't idyllic but it was fun.

I HATE THE YOU TUBE COMMENT SECTION

@@karenmcboogerballs3434 And? If you hate it, stay off if it. Simple.

Yup

Everyday I'm listening! Such a talented group! Laynes voice can go from low to high....Every one of them made this band!

Not only you’re hot, you’ve good taste too, which makes you even hotter

Yep same its amazing

Me too ✋️

Not by true AIC fans.

True fact. So hauntingly beautiful.

@@paulph12002yeah, imo the most under recognized songs by them is right turn or am i inside

@crepez NOW THATS AMAZING

@crepez - You'll have to pay close attention to what happens on the Tuesday morning before your birthday...at 7am.

17 years old august 22 ill be 18 on a thursday. "Im still young?"

*it'll BEAT me is the lyric....but you and I r lucky to see 28 I know I AM!

Nah, you’re old

Glad to see someone appreciating Sean. He's a phenomenal drummer who could be aggressive when he needed to, while still being able to be more subdued on songs like this.

@@generaljesus7669 I think he was the best of the grunge era drummers

The ghost notes on the snare and the embellishments with the little splash cymbal make the song for me. Probably my favorite drummer ever.

IKR, his drumming in "no excuses" is also excellent 👌

@@generaljesus7669 Agreed, he demonstrates he can sound like a drum machine on No Excuses and muddies it a bit on this album

OcelotDAD that's what I was seriously thinking. it puts you in a very odd place, especially when you realize he's talking about escaping this world through death (laynes rant). I can think of no other song that evokes this... maybe "killing moon" by echo and the bunnymen but its really not in the same league emotionally edit: there's probably some Tool song that comes close but Maynard doesn't have the same Soul Power layne did. infact I don't think there's anyone that has the soul power like that. one that really cuts through and makes you feel for what the singer is saying and feeling

The Cure. Faith and/or Pornography albums are right up there too.

kettering - the antlers

@@johndoe-qo9or Never mention that band or song on an Alice in Chain's video. Just don't because someone needs to throw a desk at your face for saying that. Have a wonderful day/night :)

Skully wow

meanwhile 360p intensifies

it's impossible. This show was not shoot on motion picture film

Word!

Rip to the one who did their best to put it up on RU-vid

Lol I bought the dvd for 5 bucks 10 years ago 😂

I have to say that stone temple pilots and nirvana is right up there too.

But there not alice in chains

STP and Pearl Jam tho

AIC and Nirvana 1a and 1b for me. Nirvanas unplugged was iconic as well, I love that Kurt performed deeper cuts and covers instead of hits. Probably pissed off MTV execs at the time but it was a wise decision.

Agree

I feel the same way and was trying to think, if it reminds me of another song.

My thoughts exactly the first time I heard this song.

Thats sad. You must be a clone.

@@karenmcboogerballs3434 Not sad at all.

Some one has to actually make rock music first...and im torn. Part of me says rock is over because we dont have the type people whod make rock. Everyone is too sensitive and uptight and narcissistic and obsessed with perfection and beauty. You can say all you want about rock n roll, but not ever has the notion of vanity and narcissism been interlocked with rock music. Thats just not what rock is. The other part of me thinks im beginning to see a rebellious undertone on the come up. Take a bunch of people who are ostracized from the woke society and are shunned as improper, and stick guitar in their hand and put them in an arena full of folks who feel the same, and maybe we get something like the next grunge movement. One that doesnt care about likes or selfies or being woke , and decides to disconnect from the web, dress like crap on purpose and are intentionally unwoke. Could very well be the next big culture shift

@@noahkb80 very interesting opinion!!! Thanks, I enjoyed reading that. I certainly hope so too....unfortunately all the things you mentioned are so prevalent that I don't think it'll happen 😢

@@babaluski5 me too. Sometimes i get a thought or feeling, i feel like i may be able to talk it into existence. And my imagination runs me lol. But i try to be hopeful. I dont know life without rock music. Born in 80, had a sister 5 yrs older than jammed big hair band and grundge eras, my folks were hippies, so there was classic rock to explore and enjoy, then.the ealry 2000s, which i just call grownling(but i liked alot of it) so ive been surrounded by rock my entire life. In both directions. The notion of no more rock is hard to comprehend. But someone the other day brought up other styles like jazz or older stuff, and they are gone. Not just eras , but total genres of music. So its possible and looks to be the case, that rock is gone. Which just absolutely breaks my damn heart. But thanks for comment. I know its a wordy post. I just kinda type like i hear it in my head. For better or worse...

PhuryousOne No doubt, Staley one of the best singers ever and Jerry is one of the best song writers ever which is evidenced by him writing the large majority of AiC’s music and still putting out good AiC albums today.both total legends

@@noahkb80 I see it too, tbh. I predict that the revolt is a strong, powerful wave that few see coming. Have faith in the art of music... its been around a long time and I hold faith that it will be present to support the coming rebellion against vanity and social media. 🙏❤

no demons, just humans....

Demons is correct. There is darkness in the spirit world. Layne talks of these things even if its subconsciously

I feel you, man. I had a chance to see Soundgarden two weeks before Chris Cornell died and I didn't go. I'll hate myself forever for that one.

Me too. Passed in 1996 at Tiger Stadium, figured they'd be back in 2 weeks in my town 2hrs away, and I had a hookup for VIP free tickets.....last show was date before mine. 👎

you can never tell someone 'i love you' too many times.

I was lucky. I saw AIC open for Ozzy in 92. Wish I had more memories of that show.

VTP01 I was at that show. I went for stp, and was cranked for aic. Never forget it.

@@pamelatyree3521 that's mike Inez he is still alive mike Starr died in late 92 I believe

Starr died in 2011

I know this isn't Starr but what does that change about what I said??

@@troyave9325 Starr died in 2011 and no this is not him. They kicked him out of the band in 1993

@@troyave9325 late 92??? mike starr died from a prescription drug overdose in mid 2011. he was replaced by mike inez in january 1993 (mike starr last live appearance in rio de jenairo in brazil) and never came back in the band.

They are all on here!

As powerful as it sounds here, it was clearly not all that Layne could give in his best times. But that little decrease in power, we got it in soul. No one puts more power and soul in his singing than Layne here. We miss you man.

Andrés Pizarro I agree. Powerful performance nonetheless.👍

He may not have the top end power, but damn those long soft notes are incredible. Those are not easy to hold that long , that softly, and never flinch or waver one bit. He carries them perfectly end to end.

So sorry about your loss. Please try to fight your addiction and stay well

@@Ичкерия90х thank you. I wish all the best for you and yours.

addiction sucks man we got this tho

Ben stay💪brother life’s worth living lm glad you found the ✌️you were looking for 🙏🏻

Ben, I understand very well how you feel. Life is definitely not easy and can be very sad. I am so sorry you had to go through so much hell in life. If you ever need to talk, I will be happy to listen. And Unplugged by AIC is definitely the best. I created a music studio in my home and dedicated it to beautiful Layne, AIC and Mad Season. I try to play some of their songs on my guitars and I love singing along with Down in a Hole. Stay safe, my friend 😉

Dead men walking don't inspire people to live

Also, he was sitting for the vast majority of the show.

@@conwaysdetailing387 I'm a recovering heroin junkie, 12 yrs clean....so that statement isn't 100% accurate. His music helped me

@@BigJ76937 I think misunderstood me. What I meant was , he wasn't a dead man walking , he was tough. Someone with really hard problems that always did his best to kick ass. He's the main person in this world that I can honestly say woke up to the fact that i was slowly killing myself. I'm hope you stay clean forever and ever my friend

@@conwaysdetailing387 appreciate the love. 1 day @ a time, it can be done!!

If you're reading this comment as a reply to your own comment than ur mom's the best.

Guilty

Watching this in 2022 😎

@MrBusticador anybody who still listens to Alice in Chains unplugged is a cherished soul

@@assasinpatates8066 that's right! 😆 Courtesy manners and politeness it's right

When Layne pulled that box out and sang into it, it blew me away. There's something about the way he says "fuck" too. He's an intense, intelligent artist.

@@codyagans1894 Harmonica mic..

I wonder if that's the $15 mic he mentioned in an interview not long after the release of Tripod? The one he said had been found accidentally at a market and he had been using it during the recordings to create some of the vocal effects on the self-titled record.

Warms the heart seeing someone from theyounger generations finally understand what great music is and what a great era the 90's were... growing up in my teens and 20's we always had that little voice in the back of our heads ssying this issomething special!

Nicely said... same here

Frogs is probably the best song ever written.

@bmcgmusic bruh

I remember being 4 years old in the early 90s and hearing Alice in chains my mom had facelift and the jar of flys album and I also remember the first time I herd no excuses I was at a party that my step dad took me too never should have been at that party but man I was so taken by Alice in chains I am 30 now and my mom got to see Alice in Chains at Tigers Stadium she said that they blew kiss out of the water she said kiss was good but she was there for Alice In Chains there unplugged is the best

Lol ...right on bro

Hold my pimprick... unfortunately

One from Metallica is the darkest song of all time.

"Fade to black" by metallica? Dark? .. haha! You new kids are funny! Atleast you got here in the end tho. Listen and learn !

@@liveShit Nah. I think that majority of the songs from Alice in chains are way darker than one.

Yes this unplugged session has been a therapy session for me for many years.

This song is dark and sad.

@@wyattatm6989 Exactly. Anyone going out of their way to listen to this song right now more than likely could use a little bit of encouragement

Absolutely, I'm finally feeling better lol

I wish the best for you ! much love from the US ❤❤

Wow this is so beautiful. You are an artist with your words.

Melhoras

Hi Lucianne! I hope you’re doing much better now. Regards!

Espero que você esteja melhor. O Layne tinha uma voz única e maravilhosa.

What if Layne enjoyed his state of despair? There are those of us who are in our element when we're hovering just above rock bottom. It's all we know and it's what we always run back to. It's not how most healthy functioning people would choose to live, but then most healthy functioning people would never start to use heroin as a way to cope with life. All of us long time heroin users are all very sad, very screwed up people before we ever even touched the drug for the first time.

​@@nooodles939 Honestly, I think your comment makes sense because, as much as I don't want to admit it, I also feel like that sometimes. Maybe that's the reason I love this song so much (especially this "Unplugged" version). When I see others "drowning in their emotions" or having their "storm in a teacup" moments emotionally, my first reaction is usually "Why are you doing this?", almost as if, just for that moment, I am completely oblivious to the fact that I behave just like them in comparable situations... I don't mean to judge people; in fact, everyone's free to do as they feel or want, and if they aren't, they should be. I haven't touched heroin or any other hard drugs, so I don't know what that sort of addiction feels like, and, even though I do have a tendency to go overboard with drinks occasionally, I am in control of it. As for you "users" being "screwed up", you're NOT. You're not screwed up. You're just probably the aftermath of a series of events that emotionally broke you, or restrictions that made your curiosity and desires run wild. Or something else. But I can't call you broken. Because, if I did, I'd also have to call myself "broken", which would be like admitting defeat, like accepting that nothing will ever improve in my life, or those of the people around me. Is it difficult to change? I don't know, but I've heard it can be very, very difficult. Is it impossible? No, it's not. In my life so far, I have more regrets for NOT doing / trying out stuff than for doing / trying the wrong stuff. At least, it sounds that, for the stuff you maybe regret doing, now you have the knowledge (and your personal reasons) for why you shouldn't keep doing them anymore. Be that drugs, or other types of experimenting. At least you're collecting experiences. As long as you have a circle of people around you that you can trust, things will get better.