No one can make a rock lover happy to be miserable like Staley. He does desperation, regret, self-loathing and confusion better than anyone. Another pleasant surprise is the auto-bio Junkhead from Dirt . Staley and Cantrell s harmonies work nicely on stage, while Sean Kinney s symbols persistently punctuate every word. But you can t please all of the people all of the time.
Rooster is one of the regrettable tunes included on the album.
This is the Cantrell-penned downer that makes one s skin crawl. Skip down to the track Dirt and you ll find a nearly indecipherable Staley doing what the band has called the drunk and disorderly version of the tune. It s awful. But if you think of them as being plastered, it s easier to laugh at and excuse. The three tunes taken from the Kiel Center in St. Louis, MO in 1996 take a turn for the worst.