Popular Post username Posted October 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) I made this overview of when songs debuted live and when they were last played live in both the old and new era. Then added how often they were played. This is all based on setlists.fm and updated until 2 November 2019. I'm not entirely sure about You're Crazy AFD version vs Lies version. So the numbers on the AFD one are a total of both. The dates are semi-accurate. Song Original live debut Original last played Times played original Post-2000 live debut Post-2000 last played Times played post-2000 Times played total Appetite For Destruction Welcome to the Jungle ^ 20-Jul-1985 17-Jul-1993 400 1-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 526 926 It's So Easy ^ 23-Oct-1986 16-Jul-1993 296 1-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 520 816 Nightrain ^ 20-Dec-1985 17-Jul-1993 212 1-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 520 732 Out ta Get Me ^ 26-Jan-1986 17-Sep-1992 187 1-Jan-2001 29-Nov-2017 181 368 Mr. Brownstone ^ 11-Mar-1986 17-Jul-1993 365 1-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 519 884 Paradise City ^ 10-Oct-1985 17-Jul-1993 340 1-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 522 862 My Michelle ^ 4-Jan-1986 30-Mar-1993 172 1-Jan-2001 29-Nov-2017 195 367 Think About You ^ 26-Mar-1985 10-May-1987 50 1-Jan-2001 20-Dec-2006 49 99 Sweet Child o' Mine ^ 11-Mar-1986 17-Jul-1993 321 1-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 526 847 You're Crazy ^ 3-May-1986 3-Aug-1991 163 2-Nov-2006 12-Apr-2014 26 189 Anything Goes *^ 26-Mar-1985 1-Aug-1988 67 n.a. n.a. 0 67 Rocket Queen ^ 20-Sep-1985 29-Jul-1992 153 1-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 448 601 GnR Lies Reckless Life *^ 11-May-1985 15-Apr-1993 35 n.a. n.a. 0 35 Nice Boys *^ 11-May-1985 26-Jun-1993 45 23-Jun-2007 11-Feb-2017 24 69 Move to the City ^ 26-Mar-1985 7-Sep-1992 145 n.a. n.a. 0 145 Mama Kin ^ 28-Jun-1985 6-Jun-1992 80 12-Mar-2012 12-Mar-2012 1 81 Patience 30-Oct-1987 17-Jul-1993 250 1-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 409 659 Used to Love Her 30-Oct-1987 17-Jul-1993 110 19-May-2006 8-Dec-2018 180 290 You're Crazy 10-Feb-1988 17-Jul-1993 19-May-2006 One in a Million 30-Oct-1987 31-Jan-1988 2 n.a. n.a. 0 2 Use Your Illusion I Right Next Door to Hell 11-May-1991 3-Aug-1991 12 n.a. n.a. 0 12 Dust N' Bones 9-May-1991 7-Jan-1992 46 n.a. n.a. 0 46 Live and Let Die 9-May-1991 17-Jul-1993 186 1-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 515 701 Don't Cry (Original) *^ 26-Mar-1985 16-Jul-1993 146 14-Jul-2007 1-Nov-2019 301 447 Perfect Crime ^ 31-Oct-1986 8-Aug-1992 44 n.a. n.a. 0 44 You Ain't the First 11-May-1991 17-Jul-1993 59 n.a. n.a. 0 59 Bad Obsession 9-May-1991 6-Feb-1993 126 n.a. n.a. 0 126 Back Off Bitch *^ 11-May-1985 7-Jun-1991 36 n.a. n.a. 0 36 Double Talkin' Jive 20-Jan-1991 17-Jul-1993 189 1-Apr-2016 2-Nov-2019 175 364 November Rain 29-May-1991 17-Jul-1993 182 1-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 514 696 The Garden 23-Feb-1993 27-Apr-1993 27 n.a. n.a. 0 27 Garden of Eden 23-Feb-1993 25-Feb-1993 2 n.a. n.a. 0 2 Don't Damn Me n.a. n.a. 0 n.a. n.a. 0 0 Bad Apples 23-Jan-1991 11-May-1991 2 n.a. n.a. 0 2 Dead Horse 20-Jan-1991 17-Jul-1993 52 23-Oct-2019 2-Nov-2019 5 57 Coma 4-Jun-1991 10-Apr-1993 5 8-Apr-2016 2-Nov-2019 165 170 Use Your Illusion II Civil War 7-Apr-1990 6-Feb-1993 138 4-Dec-2011 2-Nov-2019 267 405 14 Years 11-May-1991 31-Aug-1991 30 31-May-2012 24-Nov-2012 6 36 Yesterdays 14-Jan-1988 17-Jul-1993 33 4-Jun-2014 1-Oct-2019 97 130 Knockin' on Heaven's Door ^ 19-Jun-1986 17-Jul-1993 423 1-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 422 845 Get in the Ring n.a. n.a. 0 n.a. n.a. 0 0 Shotgun Blues n.a. n.a. 0 n.a. n.a. 0 0 Breakdown 6-Dec-1991 13-Dec-1991 2 n.a. n.a. 0 2 Pretty Tied Up (The Perils of Rock n' Roll Decadence) 20-Jan-1991 6-Apr-1992 31 n.a. n.a. 0 31 Locomotive (Complicity) 17-Jul-1991 20-Feb-1992 6 7-Oct-2019 23-Oct-2019 3 9 So Fine 5-Dec-1991 16-Jun-1993 45 n.a. n.a. 0 45 Estranged 20-Jan-1991 5-Jul-1993 85 2-Oct-2011 2-Nov-2019 324 409 You Could Be Mine 20-Jan-1991 17-Jul-1993 269 1-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 414 683 Don't Cry (Alt. Lyrics) 2-Aug-1991 20-May-1992 2 n.a. n.a. 0 2 My World n.a. n.a. 0 n.a. n.a. 0 0 The Spaghetti Incident Since I Don't Have You n.a. n.a. 0 n.a. n.a. 0 0 New Rose n.a. n.a. 0 1-Apr-2016 9-Jul-2018 24 65 Down on the Farm 7-Apr-1990 7-Apr-1990 1 3-Nov-2006 20-Dec-2006 10 11 Human Being n.a. n.a. 0 n.a. n.a. 0 0 Raw Power n.a. n.a. 0 6-Apr-2014 19-Aug-2016 13 13 Ain't It Fun n.a. n.a. 0 n.a. n.a. 0 0 Buick Makane (Big Dumb Sex) n.a. n.a. 0 n.a. n.a. 0 0 Hair of the Dog * 23-May-1988 9-Nov-1990 3 n.a. n.a. 0 3 Attitude 17-Jul-1991 17-Jul-1993 135 6-Apr-2014 2-Nov-2019 109 244 Black Leather n.a. n.a. 0 n.a. n.a. 0 0 You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory n.a. n.a. 0 n.a. n.a. 0 0 I Don't Care About You n.a. n.a. 0 n.a. n.a. 0 0 Look at Your Game, Girl n.a. n.a. 0 n.a. n.a. 0 0 Chinese Democracy Chinese Democracy n.a. n.a. n.a. 1-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 461 461 Shackler's Revenge n.a. n.a. n.a. 11-Dec-2009 9-Apr-2014 106 106 Better n.a. n.a. n.a. 12-May-2006 2-Nov-2019 478 478 Street of Dreams n.a. n.a. n.a. 1-Jan-2001 18-Dec-2012 301 301 If the World n.a. n.a. n.a. 11-Dec-2009 7-Apr-2010 28 28 There Was a Time n.a. n.a. n.a. 12-May-2006 29-Nov-2017 25 25 Catcher in the Rye n.a. n.a. n.a. 16-Dec-2009 20-Nov-2017 74 74 Scraped n.a. n.a. n.a. 16-Dec-2009 25-Nov-2011 12 12 Riad N' the Bedouins n.a. n.a. n.a. 1-Jan-2001 21-Nov-2002 6 6 Sorry n.a. n.a. n.a. 13-Dec-2009 21-Jun-2018 195 195 I.R.S. n.a. n.a. n.a. 12-May-2006 23-Oct-2010 98 98 Madagascar n.a. n.a. n.a. 15-Jan-2001 2-Nov-2019 280 280 This I Love n.a. n.a. n.a. 11-Dec-2009 14-Nov-2018 366 366 Prostitute n.a. n.a. n.a. 15-Dec-2009 29-Nov-2017 19 19 Other GnR releases Sympathy For The Devil (Rolling Stones cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 0 0 It's Alright (Black Sabbath cover) 16-May-1992 6-Feb-1993 44 n.a. n.a. 0 44 Oh My God n.a. n.a. n.a. 1-Jan-2001 31-Dec-2001 4 4 Motivation (Tommy Stinson cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 16-Dec-2011 15-Jul-2013 78 78 Objectify (Bumblefoot cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 14-Nov-2012 15-Jul-2013 27 27 The Seeker (The Who cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 7-Nov-2012 2-Nov-2019 215 215 Shadow Of Your Love *^ 26-Mar-1985 22-Jun-1987 29 12-Jun-2018 2-Nov-2019 40 69 Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley cover) ^ 26-Mar-1985 31-Jul-1986 33 15-Feb-2012 15-Feb-2012 1 34 Jumpin' Jack Flash (Rolling Stones cover) ^ 26-Mar-1985 23-Aug-1986 32 n.a. n.a. 0 32 Whole Lotta Rosie (AC/DC cover) ^ 22-Nov-1985 21-Jan-1988 10 16-Dec-2009 9-Jul-2018 144 154 Ain't Goin' Down ^ 23-Aug-1986 23-Aug-1986 1 n.a. n.a. 0 1 Unreleased GnR songs Goodnight Tonight ^ 18-Jan-1986 18-Jan-1986 1 n.a. n.a. 0 1 Sentimental Movie 14-Jan-1988 14-Jan-1988 1 n.a. n.a. 0 1 Cornshucker 31-Jan-1988 31-Jan-1988 1 n.a. n.a. 0 1 It Tastes Good, Don't It? 1-Jun-1988 27-Jul-1988 5 n.a. n.a. 0 5 Silkworms n.a. n.a. n.a. 1-Jan-2001 31-Dec-2001 4 4 Live covers Speak Softly Love (The Godfather Theme) (Nino Rota cover) 20-Jan-1991 16-Jul-1993 133 1-Apr-2016 29-Oct-2019 160 293 Dust in the Wind (Todd Rundgren cover) 13-Jul-1991 13-Jul-1991 1 n.a. n.a. 0 1 Train Kept A Rollin (Aerosmith cover) 6-Jul-1992 6-Jul-1992 1 n.a. n.a. 0 1 Always On The Run (Lenny Kravitz cover) 6-Jul-1992 6-Jul-1992 1 n.a. n.a. 0 1 Dead Flowers (Rolling Stones cover) 26-May-1993 17-Jul-1993 17 12-Mar-2012 23-Nov-2012 12 29 You Gotta Move (Mississippi Fred McDowell cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 14-Jul-2006 30-Jul-2006 5 5 Back In The U.S.S.R. (Beatles cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 29-Jul-2006 29-Jul-2006 1 1 Sway (Rolling Stones cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 29-Jul-2006 30-Jul-2006 2 2 Sailing (Sutherland Brothers cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 29-Jul-2006 30-Jul-2006 2 2 Liquor & Whores (Bubbles & the Shit Rockers cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 20-Nov-2006 27-Dec-2011 16 16 My Generation (The Who cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 11-Dec-2009 20-Nov-2011 19 19 Riff Raff (AC/DC cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 5-Oct-2011 12-Jul-2018 47 47 Don't Let It Bring You Down (Neil Young cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 21-Oct-2012 15-Jul-2013 19 19 Glad To Be Here (Bumblefoot cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 14-Nov-2012 17-Mar-2013 40 40 Abnormal (Bumblefoot cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 20-Mar-2014 7-Jun-2014 23 23 Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 8-Apr-2016 1-Oct-2019 162 162 Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 27-May-2017 1-Nov-2019 99 99 I Got You (I Feel Good) (James Brown cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 30-Aug-2017 8-Oct-2017 6 6 Wichita Lineman (Jimmy Webb cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 30-Aug-2017 2-Nov-2019 75 75 Slither (Velvet Revolver cover) n.a. n.a. n.a. 3-Jun-2018 2-Nov-2019 45 45 ^ Due to incomplete setlist information (especially in the mid-80's) these songs may have been played more often and/or debuted at an earlier date. * These songs are known to have been played an unknown number of times prior to 26-Mar-1985 under the bandnames Hollywood Rose, Rose or AXL. I tried my best to only include full songs, not intro's and snippets. But it's hard to distinguish based on the info we have. The list of live covers is, obviously, incomplete. Ps. Pro tip: You can just copy-paste this table to Excel and sort by most played, last played, first played etc. Edited November 4, 2019 by username 10 8 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ©GnrPersia Posted October 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2019 sad that My World never got a chance to shine live 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Are you sure One in a Million wasn't played 3 times? Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Shocking that RNDTH has only had 12 plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Towelie said: Shocking that RNDTH has only had 12 plays. Probably a little bit hard to sing and also not enough audience reaction? I always found it to be one of the most lyrically profound songs on the album, and then when I heard the origin story (living next to a bad neighbor) I was shocked, because it seemed like such a shallow idea. But I guess the song isn't really about a bad neighbor, it simply spawned the idea for the song. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Amish said: Are you sure One in a Million wasn't played 3 times? Anyone? GnRontour seems to agree with setlists.fm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 @username Thank you for this, it's a good bit of info. Ain't it Fun is a surprise one for 0 plays. I guess because it was a late single release. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 minute ago, janrichmond said: @username Thank you for this, it's a good bit of info. Ain't it Fun is a surprise one for 0 plays. I guess because it was a late single release. Same could be said for Since I Don't Have You. And yeah, it was kind of strange to compile. 9 of the 14 CD songs haven't been played in the past 2 years. Six of which not since the reunion. And Some songs have been played (much) more by the new lineup than the old one, which makes sense but still feels strange. There are all kinds of those odd realizations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lame ass security Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Damn, that had to be a lot of work compiling that info. Great job, thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 minute ago, username said: Same could be said for Since I Don't Have You. They did tease it a bit in '93, just the intro and maybe the first line or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Love this intro though: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, janrichmond said: They did tease it a bit in '93, just the intro and maybe the first line or two Typical GnR, all cockteasing without finishing you off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Amish said: Are you sure One in a Million wasn't played 3 times? Anyone? Only two shows have been confirmed (CBGB's, NY, USA, Oct. 31, 1987 and The Limelight, NY, USA, Jan. 31, 1988). It was also possibly played at two more (Music Hall, Cleveland, OH, USA, May 5, 1988 and Val Du Lakes, Mears, MI, USA, July 30, 1988) http://www.a-4-d.com/t1412-1988-05-05-music-hall-cleveland-usa http://www.a-4-d.com/t1637-1988-07-30-val-du-lakes-amphitheatre-mears-usa#5320 Edited October 23, 2019 by Blackstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Holy shit @username! Awesome work! Thanks for this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legendador Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) 15 minutes ago, RussTCB said: Holy shit @username! Awesome work! Thanks for this! This is such a great work! But since WTTJ was played 921 times, can I assume it was played in every single GNR concert? And if that's the case, GNR is 79 shows away in order to complete 1000 (ONE THOUSAND) live performances? WOW! Just WOW!!! Edited October 23, 2019 by Legendador 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Amish said: Probably a little bit hard to sing and also not enough audience reaction? I always found it to be one of the most lyrically profound songs on the album, and then when I heard the origin story (living next to a bad neighbor) I was shocked, because it seemed like such a shallow idea. But I guess the song isn't really about a bad neighbor, it simply spawned the idea for the song. Actually only the chorus is about the neighbour. Axl had written the verses before that: Axl: [RNDTH] has a verse about life in L.A., and the chorus came when I was at home and couldn’t figure one out. All of a sudden Gabby started beating on the walls and had her television cranked on 10 to bother me, and I just wrote this chorus called ‘Right Next Door to Hell.’ It works really well.” Axl: I wrote the chorus of this song - the verses have nothing to do about that part - I wrote the chorus because of my next-door neighbor [The Ritz, New York, USA, May 16, 1991] Axl: Well, the song wasn’t necessarily written about my neighbor. It’s just - the incident with my next door neighbor just inspired the chorus. And that chorus was also... Some of the verses were inspired by imagining myself sitting on Steven Adler’s street, and just imagining that I hadn’t – you know, that we hadn’t made it yet, and we were still on the streets and feeling like there was nothing there; I was kinda trying to relate with Steven. And other parts in the verses are me relating with things in my childhood and with our climb to the top; you know, “Not bad kids just stupid ones/ we thought we'd own the world/ and gettin' used was havin' fun.” [Rockline, November 27, 1991]. Axl: I'd say "Right Next Door To Hell" is something like the chorus from "Locomotive," but the verses are much deeper, much more serious [Metallix, December 1992]. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euchre Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Amish said: Are you sure One in a Million wasn't played 3 times? Anyone? I do have a magazine article or book somewhere that talks about a series of shows during the Illusions tour where they would bring a couch on stage and do some songs acoustically. The article says they did One In A Million on the first night but then dropped it. I’m not so familiar with the UYI era so can’t really narrow down where that was, but some else may be able to. From memory I think it was one of the latter legs of the tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Euchre said: I do have a magazine article or book somewhere that talks about a series of shows during the Illusions tour where they would bring a couch on stage and do some songs acoustically. The article says they did One In A Million on the first night but then dropped it. I’m not so familiar with the UYI era so can’t really narrow down where that was, but some else may be able to. From memory I think it was one of the latter legs of the tour. I guess that magazine was referring to the Skin N' Bones tour in 1993 (February 23 to July 17). One in a Million 100% wasn't played at any of those shows, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAU3R Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 18 minutes ago, Legendador said: This is such a great work! But since WTTJ was played 921 times, can I assume it was played in every single GNR concert? And if that's the case, GNR is 79 shows away in order to complete 1000 (ONE THOUSAND) live performances? WOW! Just WOW!!! On setlist.fm it says, that they have played 956 shows so far, they didn't play WTTJ in the early shows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kecleveland Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Where's You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parisrocks Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I saw the last performance of Oh, My God. One of my top 5 GN'R songs. And I can't remember a single note of it and the audio/video never leaked. Bittersweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedYourIllusion Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Dust N' Bones in 1992, does anyone remember or know from the bootleg in Memphis at the old pyramid who sang lead vocals? I'm assuming Duff and Axl did the vocal fills? That's probably my all-time favorite GN'R song, and it's sad to me that Izzy probably won't ever be back to sing it :/ 4 hours ago, Legendador said: This is such a great work! But since WTTJ was played 921 times, can I assume it was played in every single GNR concert? And if that's the case, GNR is 79 shows away in order to complete 1000 (ONE THOUSAND) live performances? WOW! Just WOW!!! Welcome to the jungle was NOT played in 1992 at the Oklahoma show, I guess they forgot haha. Also memorable because it's one of the best GN'R proshots out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomas Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I guess you can add Dead Horse now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I wonder why they did Bad Apples twice and dropped it like a sack of bricks. Garden of Eden I get, 'cause it's probably a pain to sing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 3 hours ago, fantomas said: I guess you can add Dead Horse now! Yeah. I wasn't planning on updating this after every single gig. But for this one I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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