Popular Post sidman69 Posted February 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2017 This week I'm taking a look at the GNR Song Locomotive. What's cool is that there is a demo with Steven Adler on drums and Matt Sorum on drums so you can hear the differences in how the drummers approached the song. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post J Dog Posted February 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) Now this is a great fucking song. One of the boy's best. Edited February 17, 2017 by J Dog 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundOfAGun Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 13 minutes ago, J Dog said: Now this is a great fucking song. One of the boy's best. Fuck yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmore Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 One of the best GnR songs ever. They should do this one live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6lake sa66ath Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 If Axl can manage Coma then surely this too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmore Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 38 minutes ago, Blake Sabbath said: If Axl can manage Coma then surely this too? Yes man! Of course. Axl is just too lazy to rehearse it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RONIN Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 What would be cool to know is if Izzy had any involvement in this song. We know that Slash wrote the riff in Izzy's house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) The outro in this song! At beginning of outro that guitar note crying, along with Axls cooing, with the drums fading in! Those 1-2 bars almost form their own eternal moment, there own plain of existence. Edited February 18, 2017 by soon spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerInThisTown Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 That acoustic cover of Locomotive is seriously awesome. As some commenter said, I listened to the original a ton of times, but now I hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristmasFnatic Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Nice. thanks. And yes, a shame they dont play it live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Matt owns this song. Great lyrics, fantastic performance and for once, the lush production works perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverburst80 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) Songs fucking epic. Duff and Matt lay down a mean rhythm section on this one, Duff's jangly little bass line at the end of Matts drum intro is a thing of beauty. Slash is an absolute monster on this, the song really highlights his rhythm playing ( two different rhythm tracks )which doesn't really get spoken about. It's aggressive and precise but loses none of it's groove and oozes attitude. Then there's the solos littered throughout, like he's in a competition with himself as every one seems as though he's trying to outdo the last. Axl may have complained about having to lay down vocals for it and i kinda don't blame him due to it's complexity, there's some tricky little time changes in there... but he really came through and it's some of his finest work as lyricist without a shadow of a doubt. Anger, confusion, love and hate all laid down with Axls incredible vocal range. " If love is blind i guess i'll buy myself a cane " Edited February 18, 2017 by Silverburst80 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reclamation Project Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 "Sweetness is a virtue and you lost your virtue long ago. You know I'd like to hurt you, but my conscience always tells me no." My absolute favorite Guns song. Total perfection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidman69 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 On 2/17/2017 at 0:21 PM, StrangerInThisTown said: That acoustic cover of Locomotive is seriously awesome. As some commenter said, I listened to the original a ton of times, but now I hear it. yeah it also makes the lyrics more easier to understand and fits great with the tone of the song. That dude has some great covers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanity_lost Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, sidman69 said: yeah it also makes the lyrics more easier to understand and fits great with the tone of the song. That dude has some great covers. Thank you for introducing me to those covers! I spend way too much time yesterday listening through all the GnR ones and some of the other ones as well. Locomotive is the best, but there are other great ones as well. Edited February 19, 2017 by sanity_lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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