wafflehead Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) Bad Apples and Locomotive always sounded similar to me. They're both groovy and funky and fun to listen too, but I can see why people hate them Shotgun Blues is actually pretty fun Back Off Bitch is one of my favorite GNR tracks. You can just hear the energy. It sounds amazing on the album and it's almost never been performed. This song actually could've been on AFD, and it sounds like it too. So Fine is mediocre Edited August 9, 2017 by wafflehead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMAC20 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 WHO HATES LOCOMOTIVE? it is one the best songs the band has ever done -EPIC- only thing I dislike about Bad Apples is the piano in the mix - should have never been there - and several others songs as well as far as locomotive - DAMN - MY favorite off the album with COMA and PERFECT CRIME 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jekylhyde Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Bad Apples sounds, to me, like a first ever song a starting band would write. There's something there, but it just doesn't quite work. I would have left it out of the album. The "Why let one bad apple spoil the whole damn bunch" -bit sounds too sing-a-long-y. I cringe everytime I hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Awesome sound! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Bad Apples has a killer solo too. The longest of the UYIs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k12 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I hate Bad Apples, only GNR song I just don't like, Right Next Door to Hell and Perfect Crime are song I am almost hating but not like Bad Apples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TupacShakur Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I hate the garden its to slow and boring and I dont like garden of eden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
default_ Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 My world only, and I dont even consider that shit as a song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson87 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I don't really hate any of the songs, I just get tired of certain ones. I tend to skip YCBM, Back Off Bitch, and 14 Years. Again, I don't hate those three, I've just grown tired of them recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walapino Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I never dug Bad Apples, seems like an unfinished song. Shot Gun blues is kinda fun but wores its welcome pretty fast. my world is bleh. To me these are the low points of the UYI, i like all the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PirateRadio Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I still like Shotgun Blues. And when I was 13 years old, forget about it...I fucking loved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PirateRadio Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 More than anything I actually hate the names of some songs. I hate that The Garden of Eden and The Garden are so similar. I don't like bad words in song titles - Back Off Bitch Bad Apples, Dead Horse, Dust N Bones, "Jive", all sound corny to me. The names of the songs is one of the main reasons why I like UYI II better than I. Oh, and the music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Eric Cantona Posted August 9, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2017 People who dislike Bad Apples shouldn't listen to GNR in the first place 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerInThisTown Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) 54 minutes ago, AslatIE said: People who dislike Bad Apples shouldn't listen to GNR in the first place I know right? Musically Brownstone part 2, great lyrics, Slash and Izzy trading riffs left and right channel like on AFD, an epic bridge section and a solo that just goes on and on and makes you go "wtf" Shotgun blues is the only GNR song (My World is just Axl it doesnt count) that I don't listen to. That's the lone gnr song I can truly call medicore. Even Anything Goes has more charm than that one. A way worse Get In The Ring (which I happen to love). Edited August 9, 2017 by StrangerInThisTown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MyPrettyTiedUpMichelle Posted August 9, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2017 1 hour ago, AslatIE said: People who dislike Bad Apples shouldn't listen to GNR in the first place Outta likes. I'm obsessed with Bad Apples. I mean, that intro...even after all these years it still blows me away, never gets old. Duff's bass is a beautiful thing here, it MAKES this song, it fucking rocks the chorus, the piano lifts the song and carries it, Axl's lyrics are surprisingly accessible so yeah, it's a dirty, bluesy sing-a-long song. I can' believe anyone can resist it, but hey, music is subjective. I think Vol 1. is hugely underrated; for me, it's the better of the two and also features the best Izzy songs. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Get In The Ring (to me) was Guns 1st real "filler" song for an album. Hence my 'hate' or more dislike for it. I like SF and BOB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 18 hours ago, Dimezy said: Why are Bad Apples, Back Off Bitch, So Fine and others hated on? Bad apples isnt the best song goin but its alright and its got a sick chorus i reckon. Back off bitch is groovy as fuck and i love the vibe of it, was one of my favourites for awhile. So Fine gets boring but it gives UYI a bit more variety with a chill slow sad song and i dig the melodic guitars, probably something id listen to if i was feelin down hahaha Another one is Shotgun Blues, nothing amazing but still a good song My world can fuck off but 😂 I don't "hate" any song off UYI except My World, which is a given. I don't really care for some of the others like Shotgun Blues, but not enough to skip them if I were playing either album straight through. I just wouldn't ever put certain songs on a playlist for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanG Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I understand the dislike towards Get In The Ring, but I like the first two minutes, after that it gets embarrassing. They should have written a decent chorus around the first two verses and lose all the immature parts in the song and they would have had a fun punk song that could have fitted nicely in between all the long and epic songs. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DieselDaisy Posted August 9, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2017 'Get in the Ring' was originally a decent punk song by McKagan which Rose then buggered up, adding that computerised voice and embarrassing rant. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanG Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Yeah, it was called ''Why Do You Look At Me When You Hate Me''. But I also read that Duff told Axl to do the embarrassing rant, so I don't know how much of it was Axl's doing that butchered this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerInThisTown Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: 'Get in the Ring' was originally a decent punk song by McKagan which Rose then buggered up, adding that computerised voice and embarrassing rant. The "embarrassing rant" was Duffs idea actually Edited August 9, 2017 by StrangerInThisTown 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Its Tino Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 9 hours ago, scooby845 said: UYI I is full of filler.. Bad Apples, Garden, Garden of Eden, Bad Obsession, You Ain't the First, Right next Door to hell... UYI II My World, Shotgun Blues... Man, I guess I really like filler!!!! And you ain't the first is VERY fun IMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Dog Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Get in the Ring never really bothered me, just some shit talking. My World I always just view as an outro. Bad Obsession is one that, I love it, good jam type song, but for whatever reason sometimes it feels like it's 15 minutes long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Boy Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I think what some people forget is that AFD only showed a certain side of them, and actually their musical influences were/are far more diverse. So songs like Bad Apples simply demonstrate their interest in blusey, funky Rolling Stones type jams. Well, here's my basic appraisal of the whole lot of UYI songs: Right Next Door To Hell - A fairly good straight up aggressive hard rock song. Dust N' Bones - Typical Izzy style, less rock/punk, more blues. Live And Let Die - Pointless shit cover. Axl thought it was "the next WTTJ"???!!! Don't Cry - Decent emotional powerful song. Perfect Crime - A fairly good straight up aggressive hard rock song. You Ain't The First - Just a throwaway acoustic jam, has its place though I guess. Bad Obsession - GnR showing the Rolling Stones influence. Back Off Bitch - Good guitar work, lyrics are a bit much. Double Talkin' Jive - Awesome live - Slash shines; but this studio version is a bit sterile. November Rain - Axl doing his epic Elton John thang. Not for me really, always skip. The Garden - Very underrated psychadellic deep cut. Great song. Garden Of Eden - Nice guitar instrumental, GnR doing "punk" but lyrics too rushed. Don't Damn Me - Again, Nice guitar instrumental but lyrics a bit 'angry teenager' Bad Apples - GnR showing the Rolling Stones influence. Dead Horse - Good hard rocker with Southern influence. Coma - Absolutely fucking amazing epic masterpiece. Civil War - Great song with very thoughtful lyrics. GnR had no 'integrity'? Listen to this! 14 Years - Izzy doing his Izzy thing, not heavy rock but bluesy style Yesterdays - The Southern Rock influence. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - A bit long but defo has its place. Preferred 80s live style. Get In The Ring - GnR do what they imagine punk to be but go well over the top. Shotgun Blues - Another throwaway 'punk' song, comes across as juvenile. Breakdown - The Southern Rock influence. Pretty Tied Up - Pretty good balance of Rolling Stones and hard rock influence. Locomotive - Amazing work from Slash and Axl. A grooving hard rocker and amazing end. So Fine - Uh.... In the words of Izzy, "No." Estranged - Axl epic, well better than NR and awesome Slash work too. You Could Be Mine - Killer riff, good meaty drum track, lyrics a bit dark and spiteful. Don't Cry - was another version necessary? My World - The real hidden underrated gem of the album. (Only joking, it's a total embarrasment.) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonGuns Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 If they were ever to re-record one UYI song I'd choose Double Talkin Jive all day long. Needs a better solo and maybe a third verse with a killer studio version of the live outro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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