SR_GR Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 What is known about This I love in the GNR fan circles? Is it general knowledge when it was written and composed? Or when it was first performed? There is something captivating about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 It was first performed on this current tour.It is rumored to have been written in the early nineties although I dont know if there is a legit source or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthisriver Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Did Axl write it, or was it a group effort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 I am pretty sure it was Axl's creation - or else the old members would get writing credits on the album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRoza Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Axl first mentioned it in 91. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerman Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 I am pretty sure it was Axl's creation - or else the old members would get writing credits on the albumAxl wrote it , said he didnt want to do it but I think it was ffink and the rest of the group that insisted it see the light of day. Speculation is it about Stephanie Seymour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRoza Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Sorry - 93. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthisriver Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 I am pretty sure it was Axl's creation - or else the old members would get writing credits on the albumI'm not sure he could come up with such complex lyrics without some help. He must have had some help even if they are uncredited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbradeli Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 I am pretty sure it was Axl's creation - or else the old members would get writing credits on the albumI'm not sure he could come up with such complex lyrics without some help. He must have had some help even if they are uncredited.If anything lyrics are what he's best at. I'm 100% he handles all of his lyrics by himself. The band only helps with arrangements nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakey Styley Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Axl mentioned it in 93.There is a rumored Acoustic version of it.Axl didn't want it on the album but Finck insisted on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthisriver Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Axl mentioned it in 93.There is a rumored Acoustic version of it.Axl didn't want it on the album but Finck insisted on it.source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapJon Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 an instrumental version of it was played in seattle 92 as an intro to nov. rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianGNR Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Axl mentioned it in 93.There is a rumored Acoustic version of it.Axl didn't want it on the album but Finck insisted on it.source?Axl's chat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthisriver Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Axl mentioned it in 93.There is a rumored Acoustic version of it.Axl didn't want it on the album but Finck insisted on it.source?Axl's chat!link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giblet Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Axl mentioned it in 93.There is a rumored Acoustic version of it.Axl didn't want it on the album but Finck insisted on it.source?Axl's chat!link". The songs were chosen by everyone involved. I didn’t want to do This I love in anyway shape or form and Robin and Caram insisted gaining Tommy’s and the others support. "http://www.mygnrforum.com/index.php?showtopic=133371 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo666 Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Axl first mentioned TIL in an interview with Hit Parader in 1993."I just recorded a new love song I want on the next record called "This I Love." It's the heaviest thing I've ever written."Since then it was GNR legend....Several years back it was rumored to have been considered for the soundtrack to the Robin Williams film "What Dreams May Come" (1998) but was rejected by the films producers for unknown reasons. At the time of the film's release this was not known, but it came to be a rumor several years after the fact through the GNR fan community.There supposedly exists a raw demo version recorded in 1993 or so, featuring just Axl and a piano, recorded in one take. Those who have heard describe it as "raw and emotional".....this recording has never been available to the public. The supposed "hoarders" have it though....but whether or not they do, or if they even exist, remains to be proven.Here's a thread I started I about TIL way back before CD ever had a release date....back when it was all shrouded in mystery and legend....http://www.mygnrforum.com/index.php?showtopic=121519&st=0&p=2105493&hl=this%20i%20love&fromsearch=1entry2105493not about Stephanie Seymour OR her kid as everyone seems to think....it was written while they were still together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaramouche Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 an instrumental version of it was played in seattle 92 as an intro to nov. rainIs there a video of that somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAFC Nick Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 an instrumental version of it was played in seattle 92 as an intro to nov. rainIs there a video of that somewhere?I have seen this video too. I wouldn't say that it was an instrumental of TIL, but the two pieces do display similarities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapJon Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 an instrumental version of it was played in seattle 92 as an intro to nov. rainIs there a video of that somewhere?I have seen this video too. I wouldn't say that it was an instrumental of TIL, but the two pieces do display similarities.don't know about a video but here's a link to the audio, it's not exactly the same but absolutely similarities.. credit to estebanfhttp://rapidshare.com/files/309959147/GNR-TILPIANOSOLOSEATTLE92-ESTEBANF.mp3 i think it's an early, rough and altered version of TIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleber Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 (edited) an instrumental version of it was played in seattle 92 as an intro to nov. rainIs there a video of that somewhere?I have seen this video too. I wouldn't say that it was an instrumental of TIL, but the two pieces do display similarities.Sure someone from the forum have the video or audio,can anyone put here to download?But it is only axl on piano?...maybe it is the same as in Rosemont?or okhaloma?april 1992? Edited June 22, 2010 by kleber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleber Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GuVfhiwIgUChicago april 1992.What about this intro to november rain?...doesn't it sound l this i love in some parts? Edited June 22, 2010 by kleber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nambis Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Axl first mentioned TIL in an interview with Hit Parader in 1993."I just recorded a new love song I want on the next record called "This I Love." It's the heaviest thing I've ever written."Since then it was GNR legend....Several years back it was rumored to have been considered for the soundtrack to the Robin Williams film "What Dreams May Come" (1998) but was rejected by the films producers for unknown reasons. At the time of the film's release this was not known, but it came to be a rumor several years after the fact through the GNR fan community.There supposedly exists a raw demo version recorded in 1993 or so, featuring just Axl and a piano, recorded in one take. Those who have heard describe it as "raw and emotional".....this recording has never been available to the public. The supposed "hoarders" have it though....but whether or not they do, or if they even exist, remains to be proven.Here's a thread I started I about TIL way back before CD ever had a release date....back when it was all shrouded in mystery and legend....http://www.mygnrforum.com/index.php?showtopic=121519&st=0&p=2105493&hl=this%20i%20love&fromsearch=1entry2105493not about Stephanie Seymour OR her kid as everyone seems to think....it was written while they were still together.actually, the quote you give above is from a Kurt Loder interview in the backyard of Axl's old house in the Hollywood Hills. the video is on youtube. someone else can look it up, cause i'm too lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevelle Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GuVfhiwIgUChicago april 1992.What about this intro to november rain?...doesn't it sound l this i love in some parts? I'm not sure, but I just realized that Axl is one fuck of a piano player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapJon Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GuVfhiwIgUChicago april 1992.What about this intro to november rain?...doesn't it sound l this i love in some parts? from around 2.25 there's some similarities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henfjel Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GuVfhiwIgUChicago april 1992.What about this intro to november rain?...doesn't it sound l this i love in some parts? it had some resemblance in the beginning, but no i doubt it is TIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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