John Bonham Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 ANDY MORAHAN: We couldn't figure out what we were going to do with Slash in "November Rain." I said to him, "Wouldn't it be cool if you walked out of the church into a completely different environment?" And he said, "Yeah, let's go to New Mexico and do that." So we did. Weirdly enough, Anton Corbijn was staying in the same hotel as us in New Mexico. I'd known Anton for a while, and I invited him to come to the shoot. After about a half hour he said to me, "Andy, this is incredible. You've got five cameras, cranes, helicopter, this big crew. Is this the whole video?" I said, "No, it's about twenty-seven seconds of it." I've had calls from Sofia Coppola's people over the years asking to buy the original storyboards from "November Rain." All three songs — "Don't Cry," "November Rain," and "Estranged" — are overblown power ballads. And all three videos are crazy. It was like Spinal Tap with money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Since we are on the topic of these three video's (which I personally enjoy all of them) I read on wiki about the theories surronding them. The conventinal theory has them going in the this order; Don't Cry, November Rain, and Estranged. But another theory suggests that November Rain is actually first, and the Don't Cry video is Axl dealing with the loss of Stephanie. Which the way it was described on the wiki website really made a lot of sense. With Estranged being about Axl moving on with his life "without you". The theory made a lot of sense, pointing to things in the videos that back up these claims. I would post the link, but it's a pain in the ass to do from my phone. Anyone have any thoughts they would like to add??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bonham Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Since we are on the topic of these three video's (which I personally enjoy all of them) I read on wiki about the theories surronding them. The conventinal theory has them going in the this order; Don't Cry, November Rain, and Estranged. But another theory suggests that November Rain is actually first, and the Don't Cry video is Axl dealing with the loss of Stephanie. Which the way it was described on the wiki website really made a lot of sense. With Estranged being about Axl moving on with his life "without you". The theory made a lot of sense, pointing to things in the videos that back up these claims. I would post the link, but it's a pain in the ass to do from my phone.Anyone have any thoughts they would like to add???It goes, November Rain wedding, then Don't Cry, then November Rain Pt. 2 (the funeral), then Estranged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 ANDY MORAHAN: We couldn't figure out what we were going to do with Slash in "November Rain." I said to him, "Wouldn't it be cool if you walked out of the church into a completely different environment?" And he said, "Yeah, let's go to New Mexico and do that." So we did. Weirdly enough, Anton Corbijn was staying in the same hotel as us in New Mexico. I'd known Anton for a while, and I invited him to come to the shoot. After about a half hour he said to me, "Andy, this is incredible. You've got five cameras, cranes, helicopter, this big crew. Is this the whole video?" I said, "No, it's about twenty-seven seconds of it."I've had calls from Sofia Coppola's people over the years asking to buy the original storyboards from "November Rain."All three songs — "Don't Cry," "November Rain," and "Estranged" — are overblown power ballads. And all three videos are crazy. It was like Spinal Tap with money.that's awesome. and i could totally see sofia coppola borrowing some of the lush, overwrought visual styling from a video like that for one of her movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcountry Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 First off Slash was never in the water for NR.He was also never in the water for estranged it was a double. If you look at what the double is playing during the solo where he raises from the water and it is no where close to the solo.Slash made a comment in MFV's IV about them wanting him to put a wet suit on and g\he said under these pants, the it showed his double. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-GenerationX Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 All three songs — "Don't Cry," "November Rain," and "Estranged" — are overblown power ballads. And all three videos are crazy. It was like Spinal Tap with money. :lol: Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Since we are on the topic of these three video's (which I personally enjoy all of them) I read on wiki about the theories surronding them. The conventinal theory has them going in the this order; Don't Cry, November Rain, and Estranged. But another theory suggests that November Rain is actually first, and the Don't Cry video is Axl dealing with the loss of Stephanie. Which the way it was described on the wiki website really made a lot of sense. With Estranged being about Axl moving on with his life "without you". The theory made a lot of sense, pointing to things in the videos that back up these claims. I would post the link, but it's a pain in the ass to do from my phone.Anyone have any thoughts they would like to add??? It goes, November Rain wedding, then Don't Cry, then November Rain Pt. 2 (the funeral), then Estranged.That makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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