sidman69 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Back with another episode and one of the most requested use your illusion songs, don't damn me 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOS--LOA Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Hey man, awesome work as always! Can I get a source on Dave Lank writing the majority of the lyrics to Don't Damn Me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidman69 Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 58 minutes ago, TOS--LOA said: Hey man, awesome work as always! Can I get a source on Dave Lank writing the majority of the lyrics to Don't Damn Me? thanks man! I'm trying to find it. I recorded this months ago, once i track it down I'll let you know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidman69 Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 2 hours ago, TOS--LOA said: Hey man, awesome work as always! Can I get a source on Dave Lank writing the majority of the lyrics to Don't Damn Me? Found it! I shouldve included it in the description box so mick walls book last of the giants claims dave lank wrote some of the lyrics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOS--LOA Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 57 minutes ago, sidman69 said: Found it! I shouldve included it in the description box so mick walls book last of the giants claims dave lank wrote some of the lyrics Hmm sounds vague. The lyrics sound extremely Axl and very specific to Axl's situation. Very similar to Garden of Eden. I would believe that Axl collaborated with Dave Lank on the lyrics, but until someone asks Axl, Slash, or Duff I think it's a stretch to say that Dave Lank wrote the majority of the lyrics. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillionsOfSpiders Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 4 hours ago, TOS--LOA said: Hmm sounds vague. The lyrics sound extremely Axl and very specific to Axl's situation. Very similar to Garden of Eden. I would believe that Axl collaborated with Dave Lank on the lyrics, but until someone asks Axl, Slash, or Duff I think it's a stretch to say that Dave Lank wrote the majority of the lyrics. There was a thread about this a while ago and it was Dave Lanks wife who claimed he had written most of the lyrics for the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 19 hours ago, sidman69 said: Back with another episode and one of the most requested use your illusion songs, don't damn me Well done! I enjoyed it. I also noticed you used my site, Apppetite for Discussion, as a source and with a screenshot. Thank you! Keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerInThisTown Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, TOS--LOA said: Hmm sounds vague. The lyrics sound extremely Axl and very specific to Axl's situation. Very similar to Garden of Eden. I would believe that Axl collaborated with Dave Lank on the lyrics, but until someone asks Axl, Slash, or Duff I think it's a stretch to say that Dave Lank wrote the majority of the lyrics. His wife talked about it on a forum some years ago IIRC. But there are several factors you have to take into consideration here. Since neither of us is familiar with Dave Lanks style of writing lyrics apart from this song there is a high probability it's his lyrics. Axl claimed in a 1989 interview he and him are best friends who grew up together and are basically the same person. Don't think it's a stretch to believe there are other people in the world, especially from Axls really close circle who would write lyrics like him, and for him as in this case. On top of that, there would be no reason for Daves wife to go on a random online forum and bullshit about this. If it was some kind of big attention seeking post I would be sceptical, but it was just a small mention in some thread on some (VR?) forum. Good work sid for finding something obscure like that. Edited June 29, 2017 by StrangerInThisTown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 14 minutes ago, StrangerInThisTown said: His wife talked about it on a forum some years ago IIRC. But there are several factors you have to take into consideration here. Since neither of us is familiar with Dave Lanks style of writing lyrics apart from this song there is a high probability it's his lyrics. Axl claimed in a 1989 interview he and him are best friends who grew up together and are basically the same person. Don't think it's a stretch to believe there are other people in the world, especially from Axls really close circle who would write lyrics like him, and for him as in this case. On top of that, there would be no reason for Daves wife to go on a random online forum and bullshit about this. If it was some kind of big attention seeking post I would be sceptical, but it was just a small mention in some thread on some (VR?) forum. Good work sid for finding something obscure like that. Here are some of his lyrics for the band Mank Rage http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=37216.msg702251#msg702251 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillionsOfSpiders Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 22 minutes ago, Blackstar said: Here are some of his lyrics for the band Mank Rage http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=37216.msg702251#msg702251 Not much like Axl then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Just now, MillionsOfSpiders said: Not much like Axl then. Yes, I don't see much similarity either. I'm reading the thread now (there some more bits of his lyrics below) and, from what I understand, Mank Rage were planning to release an album then and Dave Lank's wife/friends were promoting the demos to the GnR forums, so maybe for this purpose she exaggerated a bit about his contribution on Don't Damn Me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidman69 Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 5 hours ago, SoulMonster said: Well done! I enjoyed it. I also noticed you used my site, Apppetite for Discussion, as a source and with a screenshot. Thank you! Keep up the good work. Dude! I love your site, it makes the true story episodes so much easier to research. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son Nguyen Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 All of this stuff is old info. And not all of it is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidman69 Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 12 hours ago, StrangerInThisTown said: His wife talked about it on a forum some years ago IIRC. But there are several factors you have to take into consideration here. Since neither of us is familiar with Dave Lanks style of writing lyrics apart from this song there is a high probability it's his lyrics. Axl claimed in a 1989 interview he and him are best friends who grew up together and are basically the same person. Don't think it's a stretch to believe there are other people in the world, especially from Axls really close circle who would write lyrics like him, and for him as in this case. On top of that, there would be no reason for Daves wife to go on a random online forum and bullshit about this. If it was some kind of big attention seeking post I would be sceptical, but it was just a small mention in some thread on some (VR?) forum. Good work sid for finding something obscure like that. thanks man! It's also mentioned in Mick Wall's new book Last of the Giants that Dave wrote at least part of the lyrics on the song too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, sidman69 said: thanks man! It's also mentioned in Mick Wall's new book Last of the Giants that Dave wrote at least part of the lyrics on the song too. It's evident he helped or contributed in the lyrics, since he got songwriting credit. What is disputable is if he wrote the majority of the lyrics like his wife said. Edited June 30, 2017 by Blackstar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibidy7 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 For what it's worth in the summer of 1991 my brother and a friend were given a photocopy of handwritten lyrics to Don't Damn Me. They were given to him by an engineer at Royal Recorder studios in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Supposedly they were mixing or doing some recording the weekend they opened the Use Your Illusions tour at Alpine Valley. That is the studio Skid Row recorded. Of course we have no idea where that paper is but if I ever find it I'll scan it and attach it to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratam Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 12 hours ago, StrangerInThisTown said: His wife talked about it on a forum some years ago IIRC. But there are several factors you have to take into consideration here. Since neither of us is familiar with Dave Lanks style of writing lyrics apart from this song there is a high probability it's his lyrics. Axl claimed in a 1989 interview he and him are best friends who grew up together and are basically the same person. Don't think it's a stretch to believe there are other people in the world, especially from Axls really close circle who would write lyrics like him, and for him as in this case. On top of that, there would be no reason for Daves wife to go on a random online forum and bullshit about this. If it was some kind of big attention seeking post I would be sceptical, but it was just a small mention in some thread on some (VR?) forum. Good work sid for finding something obscure like that. Sorry, who is DAVID LANK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerInThisTown Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) 22 hours ago, Ratam said: Sorry, who is DAVID LANK The guy on the right Edited July 1, 2017 by StrangerInThisTown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratam Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 43 minutes ago, StrangerInThisTown said: The guy on the right Thank you, i said David and is Dave ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnrwho Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiocYrv3dVY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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