Happy Birthday, Layne
Aug. 22nd, 2007 10:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rusty_haloToday would have been Layne Staley's 40th birthday. He was my favorite singer ever. I'm completely incapable of describing how wonderful he was, so I'll share some music that speaks for itself.
Two MP3s:
Nutshell
From Jar of Flies by Alice in Chains (1993).
Long Gone Day
From Above by Mad Season; a duet between Layne and Mark Lanegan (1995).
And some YouTube links:
Love Hate Love
Live at the Moore in Seattle, December 1990. I got the VHS of this when I was twelve; I used to come home from school and watch the five live songs over and over and over. I've never seen a live performance compare to this. After thirteen years it still sends chills down my spine.
Down in a Hole
From the 1996 Alice in Chains Unplugged performance; because Layne and Jerry were the greatest team in 90s rock, and their harmonies on this song are almost too amazing to be real.
Queen of the Rodeo
From 1991; because everyone seems to forget how damn hilarious Layne could be.
(Okay, someone tear me away from YouTube. There is so much freaking awesome rare stuff on there.)
Layne's mom set up the Layne Staley Fund to support treatment for heroin addiction. You can donate here.
[Cross-posted to my InsaneJournal]
Two MP3s:
Nutshell
From Jar of Flies by Alice in Chains (1993).
Long Gone Day
From Above by Mad Season; a duet between Layne and Mark Lanegan (1995).
And some YouTube links:
Love Hate Love
Live at the Moore in Seattle, December 1990. I got the VHS of this when I was twelve; I used to come home from school and watch the five live songs over and over and over. I've never seen a live performance compare to this. After thirteen years it still sends chills down my spine.
Down in a Hole
From the 1996 Alice in Chains Unplugged performance; because Layne and Jerry were the greatest team in 90s rock, and their harmonies on this song are almost too amazing to be real.
Queen of the Rodeo
From 1991; because everyone seems to forget how damn hilarious Layne could be.
(Okay, someone tear me away from YouTube. There is so much freaking awesome rare stuff on there.)
Layne's mom set up the Layne Staley Fund to support treatment for heroin addiction. You can donate here.
[Cross-posted to my InsaneJournal]
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Date: 2007-08-22 02:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-08-23 05:45 pm (UTC)I'm surprised you don't have the Mad Season album; it's really wonderful. Layne wrote all the lyrics and did the artwork, and it's all so beautiful and sad.
They put out a VHS of one of their few live shows; a bunch of clips from it are up on YouTube. Long Gone Day is my favorite.
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Date: 2007-08-28 05:07 pm (UTC)