uruguns Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Yesterdays and Catcher are the songs I most look forward to hearing live. And I love Yesterdays (studio, demo, live performances, both official videos) great song.I wish I had the full video of Yesterdays @ Sao Paulo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satanisk_Slakt Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 The album version sucks. The demo on the other had is great. Too bad we don't have that in a quality version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Oral Sex Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Yesterdays is a personal favorite. As many have said, yes its short. Its so sweet though. It packs such a wallop in the short playtime that it has. The lyrics alone merit enough appreciation, theyre terrific. Even if one applies them relatively - the words can say and mean so much to an individual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Rose Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Great song.Would love if they played it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryjanitor69 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Yesterdays is one of my all-time fav songs.IF they were to do it live, i think they should slow it down, and do it acousticallymaybe just DJ and Ron playing guitars, and let Axl's Voice just take over.maybe even try to get the crowd involved a lil bit.they would always extend the song with a couple of bridges or solo's in it if desired.and as far as it being Axl's call what songs get playedwell doesnt anyone remember the 06-07 shows? when Ron would play a lil bit of Don't Cryand now on this tour Axl is singing part of the song!IF the band said hey, how bout we do this song and get it into the show that would be great.i say drop an AFD song, maybe My Michelle or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehill Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Yeahh, Yesterdays is an awsome song, it'd be nice to see them do it in an upcoming show at some stage, infact it would be great to hear!, Bones- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASTRID SUICIDE Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Yesterdays is on of my favorite GN'R songs! The vocals on it is amazing!!! I would rather hear that played live again than Estranged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springclean Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Come on.Everyone talking about Civil War this, Estranged that, and nobody says anything about Yesterdays? its a great song id love to hear it right before pc at the end of each show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I think as the tour goes, some songs will be added, some songs will be dropped. As the setlists have been posted, they have some songs they're doing night after night, but it's not the type of setlist VH was doing, which was the same exact setlist everywhere they played.But I think the expectation that GNR just set are people now expecting 3-4 hour shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackler Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I love yesterdays, in fact now that I think of it, theres a lot of UYI stuff that could be great live...But we'll see what happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I would choose yesterday over civil war. Both are great tunes but yesterday is just amazing. Then we have breakdown.. If feels like its related to yesterday the same way estranged is related to NR. I wouldnt either call yesterday a ballad. Just mid fast song.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 would be very interesting to hear this! but a big song like 'Breakdown' would sound too amazing with a band as big as this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyL Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I always loved the song. It really brings you back in your own life. I always loved this version with West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appetite4illusions Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 It's got a really great melody that didn't survive the cheese of the album version. The acoustic Scrap Bar Daze he did with West was that song in it's best incarnation. Shame it was only a thirty second jam.Chuck Klosterman once said that Catcher sounded like a reworked version of Yesterdays. I have to say I hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deep_estranged Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I love "Yesterdays".. and "Think about you".... hope to see this @ Brazil! I always loved the song. It really brings you back in your own life. I always loved this version with West. wow... didn't see ths before. lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyL Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I always liked it nice little candid shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Yeah i like 'Yesterdays' i may not be their best song but i still think its pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Horse Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I love this sing, it is one of my favourites from the UYI but I don´t think will see it played live again. It would be cool if they played it but I think there´s enough old material yet and the focus now is in Chinese Democracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 "Yesterdays" is great. I've always loved the song. I'm really not sure why Axl has steered so clear of the UYI material since he started "NuGNR."Because AFD is the superior and more popular album, and since this is the Chinese Democracy tour, CD has priority over UYI for lesser-known songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingarthur Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Does anyone remember "booze-parlor days"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeGlass Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 This song would/will be amazing live. Axl's voice now is just how it was when this song was recorded. Fuckin rocks. I reeeealy hope they do this song. Ima be like pretty sad if they never get around to playing all these epic UYI songs. No way they can go thru the rest of the tour pretending UYI hardly exists. And Yesterdays is not a ballad.Great song.......but he'll never play it again. (for alot of reasons). " I reeeealy hope they do this song" you should use the term "they" loosely. As in "they" would be AXL. He runs the show. It aint no democracy. Can you imagine one of the hired guns firing up "hey Axl, i think we should play...............". LOLThis post really shows how much you know. Tommy Stintson chooses most of the songs.Yes, he does - from a pre-approved list provided by the man who runs the whole thing...Axl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbz Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I actually love that song .. I can't help replaying it over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 This song would/will be amazing live. Axl's voice now is just how it was when this song was recorded. Fuckin rocks. I reeeealy hope they do this song. Ima be like pretty sad if they never get around to playing all these epic UYI songs. No way they can go thru the rest of the tour pretending UYI hardly exists. And Yesterdays is not a ballad.Great song.......but he'll never play it again. (for alot of reasons). " I reeeealy hope they do this song" you should use the term "they" loosely. As in "they" would be AXL. He runs the show. It aint no democracy. Can you imagine one of the hired guns firing up "hey Axl, i think we should play...............". LOLThis post really shows how much you know. Tommy Stintson chooses most of the songs.Yes, he does - from a pre-approved list provided by the man who runs the whole thing...Axl.And what do you think might be the reason for it, if indeed it is so? Axl's "running the whole thing" or him being the singer who is centre of attention and must deliver there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowmass Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 This song would/will be amazing live. Axl's voice now is just how it was when this song was recorded. Fuckin rocks. I reeeealy hope they do this song. Ima be like pretty sad if they never get around to playing all these epic UYI songs. No way they can go thru the rest of the tour pretending UYI hardly exists. And Yesterdays is not a ballad.Great song.......but he'll never play it again. (for alot of reasons). " I reeeealy hope they do this song" you should use the term "they" loosely. As in "they" would be AXL. He runs the show. It aint no democracy. Can you imagine one of the hired guns firing up "hey Axl, i think we should play...............". LOLThis post really shows how much you know. Tommy Stintson chooses most of the songs.Yes, he does - from a pre-approved list provided by the man who runs the whole thing...Axl.And what do you think might be the reason for it, if indeed it is so? Axl's "running the whole thing" or him being the singer who is centre of attention and must deliver there?Axl is GnR. W all love Axl. GnR isn't GnR without Axl. GnR is GnR with anyone at any other 'position' but singer. I'm not saying current GnR is bad (I actually thing it's the best post original line up yet). But face it, not one memebrs opinion means a damn thing. No way say Ashba approaches Axl, "hey, lets play your old song Estranged"....Axl would laugh and say 'come again'? Why are you talking to me"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I have always really liked this song -- it was the complete antithesis of the other "ballads" on the Illusion discs -- fast, taught, to-the-point. Axl's vocals were at a peak on this track, and I think the music video -- in retrospect -- is almost eerily prescient. You could pretend that video was made from archive footage in the late '90s after the band broke up, and all the footage and the nostalgic style of the video itself would seem really fitting. It's almost like whoever put together that video could tell the band's days were numbered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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