Popular Post Riad99 Posted March 10, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2017 (edited) This might sound cliche as surely all GNR songs, depending on your Era preference, can be the epitome of GNR writing. However YCBM, features perhaps Duffs best intro bass line, Sorum's best drum intro line, some of Slash's best soloing and Axl's great lyrics and vocal melody. What really stands out to me however is that this is your typical basic Izzy song blasted up to Terminator heights. If you look up RIR 91 you get a good idea of what the song would sound like with just Izzy on vocals when Axl's mic goes out and he carrys the song for a bit. If you listen to Izzy's Miami album then you get the idea of how this song started off as. Add in the aforementioned attributes of the others and you get the best GNR song of the UYI era in my opinion. Although I do prefer Adler over Sorum this track can not be imagined to have the same tenacity as Sorum provides with his heavy, sometimes robotic beat. If this is too cliche or whatnot sorry I just had to get this off my chest! Love to hear your thoughts... PS. If Izzy ever enters the fold of GNR writing again I think this song makes a great case as to why he should be there even they do try to persue a more modern or newer sound. Take a great Izzy song or idea and just add the necessary elements over it. Edited March 10, 2017 by Riad99 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-W.A.R- Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 i would agree is one of the quintessential songs of GNR but they were so diverse its hard to pin them to one song and say this represents them. the closet song that comes to doing that is Rocket Queen as its half rocker half ballad. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorderlineCrazy Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I don't know about that, it's really hard to tell. This is my favorite song and the one that made me fall in love with the band, though. I agree with everything you said about the drums. I prefer Steven over Matt by far but I think this song is probably Matt's best performance ever and it sounds absolutely brilliant with him. Duff's bass sounds just perfect (I still prefer SCOM and Rocket Queen's intro basslines, though). The guitars rock hard and are kinda catchy at the same time. Slash has better solos but this one is fn' mean and fits the song perfectly. And Axl... what he does on this song is just insane. He's the MVP in a song where everybody shines. Gives me chills to hear him singing this song both on studio and live through the UYI tour. Again, it's hard/impossible to tell because they have many brilliant songs but this one's definitely special to me. Eternally grateful to Izzy for this gem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Agree. Shame Axl doesn't want to sing this song the proper way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 YCBM or Street of Dreams. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkenchantress Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Yeah. My favorite UYI song together with Dust and bones. It's just the perfect song. Everything falls in its place at the right time and every instrument sounds amazing. The intro still gives me chills after all this time and, while I love Steven Adler and I'll defend his groove and talent until my dying day, I cannot take away from Matt the wonderful job he does behind the drum kit on this song. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson87 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I agree with what @-W.A.R- said. It's hard to pick a song and say it represents them because they have such a diverse (albeit small) catalogue. That said, for me personally it has to be either Nightrain or Coma. Nightrain has the sleazy Slash/Izzy guitar sound that we all know and love and it's not about anything complex. Amazing rock song, IMO. Coma is their masterpiece though. Lyrically brilliant and Slash's guitar work is in another league on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 6 hours ago, wasted said: YCBM or Street of Dreams. Both of them are different songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 YCBM, Civil War, PTU are all on the same level for me....which is kick ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickS77 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 34 minutes ago, Słash said: Both of them are different songs And one is great and the other sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson87 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 13 hours ago, Original said: YCBM, Civil War, PTU are all on the same level for me....which is kick ass! PTU? What's that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-W.A.R- Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 2 minutes ago, Gibson_Guy87 said: PTU? What's that one? Pretty Tied Up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caught_in_a_Coma Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 It's an amazing song. Arguably their best song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RONIN Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Great example of the band coming together and collaborating to make an amazing GnR song. I love the chorus refrain at the end -- iirc, it's Izzy singing background vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkenchantress Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 1 hour ago, RONIN said: Great example of the band coming together and collaborating to make an amazing GnR song. I love the chorus refrain at the end -- iirc, it's Izzy singing background vocals. Yeah, it's definitely him. Probably Duff too but you can clearly hear Izzy. Love that part too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaguns1982 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 I tend to put gunners song into two categories.. It's one of their top 5 rockers as estranged is a top 5 ballad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appetite4illusions Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 I hold it up as my all time favorite GN'R song, as well as the one that broke my cherry. It was my introduction to the band when I saw T2 for the very first time. It's the perfect confluence of the members. With that said. I can't say a live version of it has ever lived up to the studio cut. This is because of how demanding of a song it is for Axl. As he explained to Eddie Trunk, "the first time I had to sing You Could Be Mine, I said to myself 'what have I done!?'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 It's my favorite GN'R song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Macaroni Incident? Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 I would love to hear any demos of this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caught_in_a_Coma Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 It's like Izzy and Axl's collaborative masterpiece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downzy Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 I've always considered it a song that resonated more with hardcore GNR fans than casual fans, despite the fact it was released as a single. In some ways, I think it fits what was going on with AFD more so than the Illusion albums. It has its own identity; you know what you're hearing as soon as you hear Duff's bass line. Great song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Cavalerra Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 If somehow this song along with DC were in AFD replacing TAY or AG, AFD would've been flawless. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get In the Ring Motherfker Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 On 12/3/2017 at 6:08 AM, Magnus Cavalerra said: If somehow this song along with DC were in AFD replacing TAY or AG, AFD would've been flawless. I really love Think About You and Anything Goes just fits the whole sex,drugs and rockn'roll style of AFD perfectly. I wouldn't change a thing from AFD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ES175 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) it probably is the best combination of GN'R songwriting, axl's singing, slash/izzy guitar interplay, and yes, that video is phenomenal. woke me up to GN'R back in the day. By the way, does anyone know what that thanks to Elton John and Bernie Taupin in the liner notes was all about? Edited March 13, 2017 by ES175 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auad Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 great fuckin song! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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