APOCALYPSEENSABAHNUR
05-01-2006, 08:02 AM
I have been a member here for some time. I have not posted here in a while, mainly because I didn't see any topics that interested me. However, I could still (Hansel?) browse the forum and in doing so, observe the posts and comments made by others (I'm supposed to be doing homework right now.). On one such browsing, I came across a subject pertaining to the meaning of the song "Sober" and it's music video. The opinion of the author of that post was that the song was about drug addiction. They proceeded to claim that one of the (TOOL) band members had said that the song and video is all about "a guy" they (TOOL) knew who seemed to think he was more creative on drugs. Many who replied to this post seemed to agree with the author, including myself.
However, I have a theory that runs parallel with that authors interpretation; I thought/still think that video, given the time it was made, was about none other than Alice in Chains own (deceased) Layne Staley. I thought/think this because of something Maynard James Keenan (of TOOL) said when questioned about Mr. Staley's death:
(from http://www.mtv.com/bands/a/a_perfect_circle/news_feature_040122/index3.jhtml)
Keenan:......This was a very difficult task for me, because I don't know what [drug addiction] is like. I drew on the experiences of friends who have gone through recovery, and friends who will never go through recovery. Layne Staley, for example, who was an old friend.
Loder: You must have seen that coming with him, right?
Keenan: Yeah, absolutely. But there was nothing you could do, and it's very difficult to understand. Being a friend to someone like Layne, it really kind of does your head in. I don't understand it, but I do want to help other people who are on that borderline, who might hear [a song] and go, "You know what, I think I want to try to live."
I think these comments are very similar to the comments made about the "person" the song and video are "about".................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ..............................................
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.......illedgedly
I would like to know what everyone else thinks and, perhaps, get an answer as to if my assumptions are correct.
Thank you,
APOCALYPSE
However, I have a theory that runs parallel with that authors interpretation; I thought/still think that video, given the time it was made, was about none other than Alice in Chains own (deceased) Layne Staley. I thought/think this because of something Maynard James Keenan (of TOOL) said when questioned about Mr. Staley's death:
(from http://www.mtv.com/bands/a/a_perfect_circle/news_feature_040122/index3.jhtml)
Keenan:......This was a very difficult task for me, because I don't know what [drug addiction] is like. I drew on the experiences of friends who have gone through recovery, and friends who will never go through recovery. Layne Staley, for example, who was an old friend.
Loder: You must have seen that coming with him, right?
Keenan: Yeah, absolutely. But there was nothing you could do, and it's very difficult to understand. Being a friend to someone like Layne, it really kind of does your head in. I don't understand it, but I do want to help other people who are on that borderline, who might hear [a song] and go, "You know what, I think I want to try to live."
I think these comments are very similar to the comments made about the "person" the song and video are "about".................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ..............................................
...............................
.................
.......illedgedly
I would like to know what everyone else thinks and, perhaps, get an answer as to if my assumptions are correct.
Thank you,
APOCALYPSE