Popular Post highvoltage Posted May 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 28, 2014 SHOW OF THE WEEK: GN'R @ The Felt Forum, NY - May 9th, 1988Welcome to MYGNR's first "Show of the Week"! I've made the first to kick things off, but going forward, a member will be selected each week to create the thread (or as often as we get around to it). If you have a show you'd like to submit, please submit a "pitch" to highvoltage via PM - the show, the setlist and a couple of lines listing why you think it should be the SOTW. It doesn't have to be GN'R.... it could be VR, Walking Papers or something else.This week's show is GN'R's set from the Felt Forum, in May 1988. Even though the video is poor, the sound is great and the show is notable for several reasons... it's an electric performance from the original lineup, and (I feel) it captures the unrestrained, scrappy energy of the time before they started to burn out from touring. Video thanks to GNRFrance. GNROntour have another version uploaded here.Highlights:- You're Crazy starts as the slow, bluesy version and morphs into the faster, AFD version after the second verse (starts at 1:12:30)- Rare 1988 performance of Don't Cry, 3 years before it's release- Slash. He's fucked up, but he's on. His solo in Brownstone is awesome.Setlist:It's So Easy Move to the City Mr. Brownstone Out Ta Get Me Rocket Queen Patience Used to Love Her My Michelle Welcome to the Jungle Sweet Child O' Mine Knockin' on Heaven's Door Slash Solo Blues Jam You're Crazy Nightrain Encore:Don't Cry Mama Kin Paradise City Photos:http://imgur.com/a/ctT2e 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Always loved this show. Much better than the Ritz and other shows that get much more attention from that era. I sent you a pitch for next week btw. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Great idea! This has been one of my favourite bootlegs for years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Anyone else find the AFD version of You're Crazy to be a bit underrated? It's always being called the worst song on AFD and shit like that. I love it, and it translates live wonderfully. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Awesome thread. Great show too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 That whole performance of Brownstone is killer. I miss how Axl used to hold the notes in the chorus. He stopped doing that way back in the 90s if I remember right.Anyone else find the AFD version of You're Crazy to be a bit underrated? It's always being called the worst song on AFD and shit like that. I love it, and it translates live wonderfully.It's definitely not the worst song on AFD, but live performances are the only versions I enjoy much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I prefer the acoustic Crazy but the electric version translates well live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Man, that's It's So Easy is awesome. Compare to this to Chicago '92 just 4 years later, where Duff's stoned out of his mind on the intro, Sorum's drumming nowhere near as good as Adler's... It's a shame the often bloated UYI shows are the one that are most prominent in the public perception of classic GNR and not these kick-ass AFD-era gigs.Rocket Queen, dat bass Axl has more interaction with the crowd in the first 5 minutes than in the past 4 years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 You're Crazy is a fucking beast live! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Drama Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Everyone knows Anything Goes, while still an awesome song, is the worst song on Appetite For Destruction.P.S. Think About You is an awesome song. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 SCOM kicked so much ass in '88. Don't think I've ever liked a live version since. That song needs Axl + Slash + Duff + Izzy + Adler. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 If I could see one band from any point in history play one song, it would be AFD-era GNR playing Nightrain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewporTimbo Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 This is a great idea! Thanks for everyone who is suggesting shows. It's a great way to hear shows that I normally wouldn't listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) One of my all time favorite GNR shows, pure magic. The energy and momentum during that show is just second to none! The Appetite lineup was really something special Edited May 28, 2014 by WhazUp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 "NEEEEEW YOOOOORK! From all the bands in the world..."Incredible show. Real Guns at its finest. Just awesome! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 That rendition of You're Crazy was amazing. Steven lost his mind on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Steven was always the king live. Too many hooray for tolerance!s think it makes them fans to take shots at him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Looking back on this show, everything after this lineup was worse iteration after worse iteration of NuGuns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Diet Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) Anyone else find the AFD version of You're Crazy to be a bit underrated? It's always being called the worst song on AFD and shit like that. I love it, and it translates live wonderfully.+1This is maybe the coolest show of 1988maybe even in the TOP5 for the AFD era GNR TOP 10 in classic GNR general Edited May 28, 2014 by Crash Diet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 The band liked it too: Interviewer: When I saw you, you were improvising madly, Slash was really working out, Axl was dancing around all while Steven and Duff were plugging away seemingly in their own world. Yet at a certain point, you five stopped on a dime! Izzy: It's amazing to me. That night at the Felt Forum in New York when you saw us was a particularly good night. I mean, sometimes we make bad mistakes onstage too. I remember in the old days we'd go so nuts we'd fall right off the stage. Sometimes we'd jump off the stage on purpose. You can't stay too tight when you do that! Interviewer: I saw kids getting crunched up to the foot of the stage and having to be rescued by security guards. I saw kids hurling themselves on top of other people right in front of you. Does that happen at every gig? Izzy: Oh, that was one of the more mellow gigs. In Europe, it's like a football game. Kids are flying through the air and landing on stage all the time. Interviewer: How can you keep playing? Izzy: It's not easy. Many times I'll be playing and some big kid will be hurtling through the air at 100 miles per hour right at me. I can't imagine what that must look like from the audience. But I'm sure it adds an excitement to the show. When these kids go flying past me and I never see it coming, it gives me a rush of adrenalin like you wouldn't believe. Interviewer: That's downright dangerous! Izzy: Sure it is. But it's also on the edge and that's what makes good rock 'n' roll. Interviewer: That's what I like too. You never know what's gonna happen at a Guns N' Roses concert. Izzy: We don't even know ourselves from one minute to the next. We don't even use a songlist anymore. Interviewer: When Axl rode that bicycle across the stage, people freaked! Izzy: I had no idea he would do that. It caught me by surprise [superstar facts, Interview with Izzy, 1988] Axl: In New York I was late to the show at the Felt Forum because I'd passed out after drinking Nightrain and doing an MTV interview. I showered, did my vocal exercises and got dressed within 15 minutes and went to the gig. We got out of an $8,000 overtime debt because the barricades that separate the fans from the stage were set up wrong, and by the time they'd fixed it, I'd gotten there and everything was cool [Rip Magazine, April 1989]. [btw, this show took place on May 9, not May 5.] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highvoltage Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 [btw, this show took place on May 9, not May 5.]Damn US dates! *shakes fist*Thanks... For the interview bits too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carburetta Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 '88 era killed. The Philly show is something special too. Haven't seen this yet so will check out later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 You're crazy is just plain under appreciated by both the band and the fans. Both version, Appetite and Lies are awesome, but I do prefer the acoustic version. It's a song that will get stuck in your head, which is a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Steven was always the king live. Too many hooray for tolerance!s think it makes them fans to take shots at him.Don't you know he can't play the drums anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NachoLZ Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Beautiful show, SCOM is also better than Ritz (which I think is the closest one to the studio version). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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