tingirl Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Back to WTTJ for a moment i was wondering about other peoples thoughts about the"serpentine" refference.Do you think he's just singing about sexual domination on the ladder to success?I always thought he was in a round about way reffering to the serpent in the tree of knowledge in the garden of eden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verruckt Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Back to WTTJ for a moment i was wondering about other peoples thoughts about the"serpentine" refference.Do you think he's just singing about sexual domination on the ladder to success?I always thought he was in a round about way reffering to the serpent in the tree of knowledge in the garden of eden.Hmm, seems like another double entendre. So yeah, both.Literal meaning = sex in exchange for "favors"Figurative meaning = serpent and all the symbolism that goes with it (evil, temptation, etc.)Good catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I always thought it was "them" for free. I hear "them." I've never seen a lyric book or anything.So no consensus yet on the "Welcome to the Jungle" lyrics? As for "Nightrain," Axl does sing "SPEEDIN' like a space brain in one of the verses."Always thought he was singing "Spinnin' like a space brain." Speedin' could be in, though, now that I really think about it.I used to think the lyrics in Patience were, "And the streets don't change but maybe the names." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingirl Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Again back to WTTJ i see in earlier posts about "tasting the bright lights but you wont get them for free"I see this as a refference to heroin, when a user does small amounts to satisfy their needs they call it "just a taste"they fool themselves into believing they are in control when they are not and for that they pay.Just my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveNuseR Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 lyrics in CD booklets have been known to be inaccurate too.There are a lot of inaccuracies in the chinese democracy booklet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verruckt Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Again back to WTTJ i see in earlier posts about "tasting the bright lights but you wont get them for free"I see this as a refference to heroin, when a user does small amounts to satisfy their needs they call it "just a taste"they fool themselves into believing they are in control when they are not and for that they pay.Just my opinionFrom personal experience I would be more inclined to associate "bright lights" with cocaine rather than heroin, but that's a matter of opinion I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingirl Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 You maybe right it could not mean drugs at all but more the illusion of being in control and thinking your only sampling but your just fooling yourself and that will cost you more than you realize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verruckt Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 You maybe right it could not mean drugs at all but more the illusion of being in control and thinking your only sampling but your just fooling yourself and that will cost you more than you realize.That's the way I hear it. To me, the verse prior is more explicitly about drugs: "We are the people who can find / whatever you may need / if you got the money, honey / we got your disease." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Try deciphering PJ's Yellow Ledbetter now.Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphyra Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I had a misunderstanding about Patience. Girl, I think about you every day nowORGonna think about you every day now. So how about Patience? Can anyone help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) You forgot GIVE ME THE FUCKING BALLI don't even know if it's there or them, works either way for me since I can't figure it out. Edited January 7, 2012 by RandallFlagg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlsalinger Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I had a misunderstanding about Patience. Girl, I think about you every day nowORGonna think about you every day now. So how about Patience? Can anyone help me? It's definitely "Girl". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphyra Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I had a misunderstanding about Patience. Girl, I think about you every day nowORGonna think about you every day now. So how about Patience? Can anyone help me? It's definitely "Girl".Well I'm still not sure becouse I heard "gonna" too and this version I like more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazrui Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I'ts "them". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I had a misunderstanding about Patience. Girl, I think about you every day nowORGonna think about you every day now. So how about Patience? Can anyone help me? It's definitely "Girl".Well I'm still not sure becouse I heard "gonna" too and this version I like more It's, "Girl." 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiraMPD Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) I had a misunderstanding about Patience. Girl, I think about you every day nowORGonna think about you every day now. So how about Patience? Can anyone help me? It's definitely "Girl".Well I'm still not sure becouse I heard "gonna" too and this version I like more It's, "Girl." 100%.LOL, think about this every time I hear that line in the song... Edited January 9, 2012 by KiraMPD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 when I first heard UYI1 it was on a CD somebody had burned for me, so I had no tracklist. First song starts to play and I'm loving it, then it gets to the chorus and i swore i was hearing "Rednecks go to hell" i was like... yeah, fuck rednecks!felt so dumb when i bought the album like 2 days later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 when I first heard UYI1 it was on a CD somebody had burned for me, so I had no tracklist. First song starts to play and I'm loving it, then it gets to the chorus and i swore i was hearing "Rednecks go to hell" i was like... yeah, fuck rednecks!felt so dumb when i bought the album like 2 days laterNice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazrui Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 when I first heard UYI1 it was on a CD somebody had burned for me, so I had no tracklist. First song starts to play and I'm loving it, then it gets to the chorus and i swore i was hearing "Rednecks go to hell" i was like... yeah, fuck rednecks!felt so dumb when i bought the album like 2 days laterlol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) Yeah it's them I just checked the Appetite lyrics all better! Edited January 13, 2012 by RandallFlagg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flayer Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 My perspective on Locomotive changed a lot after I learned the line is "You know I tried to wake you," not "You know I tried to rape you." Thought Axl was playing an evil character in that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Miller Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 You maybe right it could not mean drugs at all but more the illusion of being in control and thinking your only sampling but your just fooling yourself and that will cost you more than you realize.It's saying that you can find wealth and fame in the city, but it'll corrupt you to the core. Think "Bright Lights, Big City." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scumcat Esq. Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 when I first heard UYI1 it was on a CD somebody had burned for me, so I had no tracklist. First song starts to play and I'm loving it, then it gets to the chorus and i swore i was hearing "Rednecks go to hell" i was like... yeah, fuck rednecks!felt so dumb when i bought the album like 2 days laterPriceless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verruckt Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 You maybe right it could not mean drugs at all but more the illusion of being in control and thinking your only sampling but your just fooling yourself and that will cost you more than you realize.It's saying that you can find wealth and fame in the city, but it'll corrupt you to the core. Think "Bright Lights, Big City."Like I said, cocaine. That book is overflowing with coke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Again back to WTTJ i see in earlier posts about "tasting the bright lights but you wont get them for free"I see this as a refference to heroin, when a user does small amounts to satisfy their needs they call it "just a taste"they fool themselves into believing they are in control when they are not and for that they pay.Just my opinionIt might be a drug reference, but it's more about getting in with people with money, (whether they're movie stars or rock stars or the people that run their careers) and having to do things you don't like. He's telling the girl that she's going to have to drop the hard to please/hard to get thing if she's going to get the VIP pass, you're going to have to whore yourself out a bit. He might be talking about a girl trying to get backstage in hopes of becoming a rock wife (has it ever worked?), or a young starlet coming to Hollywood and it's either porn, the pole, or serving pancakes to make a living. Or it could be a struggling actor or musician doing what they can to make it. The song's pretty much about doing what you can to make it, trying to survive when you have no money, and trying to make into that VIP world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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