Alice in Chains - Would? Live, feat. James Hetfield

[Chris]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_cZ60v9YdM

 

[Chris]

Man in the Box with the new singer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks0pbT2Q0VM&mode=related&search=

And wow, a youtube comment that isn't absurd:

they should grab chris cornell now that hes not with audioslave

 

[Digital Black]

Wasn't sure what to expect when I clicked this one.

 

[Chris]

I'm sorry, that guy's just a poor choice of singers. I'm sure he sounds good doing his own thing, but that's just a poor Layne impression.

 

[Buzz762]

I really did not like that Hetfield performance. He sounded off key throughout the duration of the performance and defintely did not fit with Cantrell. It's really sad to see Hetfield's voice in such bad shape. He's got or had one of those iconic voices. Really, the new singer didn't fit much better with Cantrell's voice, but he did an excellent job on Man in the Box.

 

[Lozek]

Hmm, I dunno. It's one of those festival things I reckon. Saw them at Donnington last year and was really impressed, but I always feel whenever I see videos of bands live at festivals, they never come off really well. Sure, he's no Layne, but who ever will be? Just like no-one will ever be James Hetfield for better or worse, or Freddie Mercury or Kurt Cobain etc etc But I know I'm glad for having had the chance to see them.

 

[jaredowty]

AIC died with Layne. All I can say is that I wish I could've seen them back in the day.

 

[HighGain510]

Ouchies... Hetfield has put on some GREAT live performances in his day... sadly this doesn't seem to be one of them. Jerry Cantrell, on the other hand, sounded spot on!

 

[Lozek]

Ouchies... Hetfield has put on some GREAT live performances in his day... sadly this doesn't seem to be one of them. Jerry Cantrell, on the other hand, sounded spot on!

Also true. Funnily enough though, straight after watching this I saw a video from British TV back in '93, and Jerry was WAY off back then

 

[thedownside]

i loved the version they did a few months back with phil... it's actually the best i've heard him sound in a long time!

 

[Naren]

"Would?" is one of - if not - my favorite Alice In Chains songs, but I didn't think Hetfield did a good job on singing the song. Of course, there is also the thing that annoys me where he's always like "YEAH! YEEEEEEEHYAH! Oooo, yeah!"

 

[Wiz]

Yeah James sucks. I liked his stuff from 20 years ago but now he's just a MTV puppet.

 

[B Lopez]

When James walked out on there it looked like he was gonna play some blues

 

[Shawn]

Cool vids! Both Man In The Box and Would are the songs we covered in my band. I think alot of bands out there did those songs.

Damn That River is my favorite tune off Dirt though. Great tune.

 

[huber]

Meh I thought Hetfield did okay. It could have been worse considering how bad he was 3 years ago. The vids I've seen of him live last year are a vast improvement IMO.

 

[Adamh1331]

Wasnt to bad James voice seems better than it has been in the past years but the man in the box just kicked ass

 

[Durero]

That's my favorite AIC song
James sang way better than I expected after reading the comments here. He was in tune, but he just doesn't have the vocal range or agility that Lane had. That's a way harder vocal melody to sing than any Metallica I've heard - kudos to James for doing as well as he did.

Couldn't bring myself to watch the Man in the Box one - Lane's singing is my favorite part of AIC - don't really want to hear the same songs without him.

 

[TomAwesome]

Not bad, but I thought the songs they did with Maynard Keenan sounded way better.

 

[Durero]

Not bad, but I thought the songs they did with Maynard Keenan sounded way better.

That I'd like to hear! Links?

 

[The Dark Wolf]

Cool videos, thank you. I enjoyed both.