Vincent Vega Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 What do you feel about the last single released by the Classic Era GN'R? Released in December 1994, it's the last song to have Axl, Slash, Duff, Matt and Dizzy all on the same track....Do you think it's a good cover, beyond the drama surrounding how it was recorded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Criminally underrated due to something as trivial as a background guitar track. Slash is such a diva. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Its a great cover, idk what slash or axl is talking about.Like the stones version the best though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 never liked it, regardless of who plays what, don't care. having a band with axl and slash and calling slash a diva is really stupid btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 never liked it, regardless of who plays what, don't care. having a band with axl and slash and calling slash a diva is really stupid btw.Did I say Axl wasn't? Slash being a diva directly pertains to why so many people dislike this song. That's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 never liked it, regardless of who plays what, don't care. having a band with axl and slash and calling slash a diva is really stupid btw.Did I say Axl wasn't? Slash being a diva directly pertains to why so many people dislike this song. That's all.Not really sure if that's true, though. The song was met with a pretty lukewarm/hostile reaction even when it came out.Personally, I like it a lot. I always have. But I feel like only die-hard fans even really care about what Slash had to say about the song. I think for the general public it came out at a time when GN'R was fizzling on its way out during the rise of grunge/alt rock, and it just never really connected with people, so it doesn't even have much of a nostalgia factor outside the fanbase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadSlash Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 That was the beginning of the "You have to be a Slash fan or an Axl fan" BS. Slash Flat out said Axl ruined the song, and thus it began. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEXzilla Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Well I mentioned this before I tend to like most GnR covers and this is no different. I really like this song but I for one prefer the original I think the Stones vocals fit the song more than Axls but thats about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Drama Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I love Axl's vocals and Matt's drumming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeez Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) I like the song! Axls' voice fits with the lyrics really well, Edited June 5, 2013 by Jeez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I liked it at the end of the movie, and it's just one of those songs you have to listen to all the way through into the solo at the end. Slash did play Sympathy live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimb0 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 My friend used to blast it all the time. He was like... Guns N' Roses: Covering The Rolling Stones! You don't get much better than that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I like it a lot and hope they play it live. Wasn't it on the Rio set list, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 It is fucking shite. The Stones should have sued. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 never liked it, regardless of who plays what, don't care. having a band with axl and slash and calling slash a diva is really stupid btw.Did I say Axl wasn't? Slash being a diva directly pertains to why so many people dislike this song. That's all.Not really sure if that's true, though. The song was met with a pretty lukewarm/hostile reaction even when it came out.Personally, I like it a lot. I always have. But I feel like only die-hard fans even really care about what Slash had to say about the song. I think for the general public it came out at a time when GN'R was fizzling on its way out during the rise of grunge/alt rock, and it just never really connected with people, so it doesn't even have much of a nostalgia factor outside the fanbase.It hit #55 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1995, not bad for a cover song with no video or much promotion released by a band that had been on hiatus for two years. It couldn't have been that ill received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristmasFnatic Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Love it. In my top 5 GNR songs of all time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Great cover, I loved it. Slash shined on the outro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 What do you feel about the last single released by the Classic Era GN'R? Released in December 1994, it's the last song to have Axl, Slash, Duff, Matt and Dizzy all on the same track....Do you think it's a good cover, beyond the drama surrounding how it was recorded?I think it is a great cover. I really like Axl's singing on it and the guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Great cover. Incredible drumming.GNR made a good song into a great one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estrangedtwat Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 huh. Coulda sworn it came out in Fall 94, not December. Wasn't the movie released in summer or fall 94? I'm too lazy to look it up.I thought it was OK. But at the time I was sick as shit of covers cause TSI? had just come out. To be honest, I didn't play it that much. I much preferred Gilby's cover of Dead Flowers with Axl on background vocals.The best cover of Sympathy is hands down Jane's Addiction. They fucking OWN that song, better than the original. The one on their first album, not the newer version from Sons of Anarchy. That one kinda sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Great cover. Incredible drumming.GNR made a good song into a great one.Fuck off. Just plain, Fuck off!!!!!!The Stones original is incredible. The Stones original is iconic. The Stones original is of a, 60s idealism in absolute meltdown. Jagger speaks for his era. The beats echo throughout the spine. Richards lays down one of the most iconic solos ever. The whole recording is a masterpiece.GN'R's version is just a crappy cover recorded when the band were in freefall - Axl couldn't even be bothered to show up on time . The version is an insult to The Rolling Stones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Great cover. Incredible drumming.GNR made a good song into a great one.Fuck off. Just plain, Fuck off!!!!!!The Stones original is incredible. The Stones original is iconic. The Stones original is of a, 60s idealism in absolute meltdown. Jagger speaks for his era. The beats echo throughout the spine. Richards lays down one of the most iconic solos ever. The whole recording is a masterpiece.GN'R's version is just a crappy cover recorded when the band were in freefall - Axl couldn't even be bothered to show up on time . The version is an insult to The Rolling Stones.Nah, you are wrong. It is great. And did I mention how good Axl's delivery is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) I suppose I am stating the obvious when I say that Guns N' Roses fans are jammed up Guns N' Roses's arsehole. One of you is even saying #55 was something to be proud of haha. The original was the anthem of the post-60s malaise. It defined an era. It is vastly superior and all people of taste know this. Edited June 5, 2013 by DieselDaisy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) The cover is great. Ace production, Matt's drumming is absolutely awesome and Slash just rips it off in the solo/outro.BTW it's pointless to compare it with the Stones original : the original was recorded in a very voodoo-like mood, which is great in its own way. GN'R version, in a similar manner to the Interview with the vampire movie, chases a more gothic feel.Vastly different takes on a masterpiece, each awesome on their own. Edited June 5, 2013 by EvH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDemocracyRose Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 For me its a GNR song. Simply fantastic. One of the best vocal performance by Axl... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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