Original GNR Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 (edited) As part of a longer interview, Slash was asked about the songwriting behind some of the Appetite tracks. I'm only posting that part of the interview as the rest is obviously not Guns N Roses related. I'll be posting the full interview in the Former Gunners sections.April 12, 2012ML: During your GNR days, you’re credited with helping to write some of rock music’s all-time greatest songs and favorites of our site. Is there anything that you can tell our fans about the lyric and songwriting process that went into staple songs like “Welcome To The Jungle”, “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, “Paradise City”…Slash: With lyrics, that was very much an Axl thing. I always thought he was such a great lyricist. Those three songs, there was a riff there, and we got together and sort of fleshed out an arrangement for the songs. Axl may or may not have lyrics in his mind already when we do that. I think in the case of “Welcome To The Jungle”, he did.ML: So they basically just started off of a riff?Slash: Yeah, well, [“Welcome To The Jungle”] started off as a riff, but I think he had the lyrics in mind already. When he heard that riff and the rest of the band started putting together the song, it started to come. That’s my recollection of it. “Sweet Child O’ Mine” started with a riff, and I hadn’t even really expected anything to come of it. Izzy started playing some guitar chords underneath it and it just all of a sudden blossomed into a song.The thing about the first Guns record [Appetite For Destruction] is that all these songs came together musically really quickly, like, in a matter of hours. They almost wrote themselves. And Axl may or may not have had the lyrics in mind already. “Paradise City” was pretty spontaneous, that all happened all sort of at the same time. I remember writing it in the van on the way from San Francisco to LA for a gig, and coming up with the chords and the chorus. I think it’s one of the few melodies I made up for vocals with Guns N Roses, and that turned into where Axl started writing lyrics for it. Sometimes Axl will ruminate over a lyric for a long time after the songs are structured, and that was also the case with [vocalist] Myles [Kennedy] on my last record, he came up with melodies to the music and then the lyrics really didn’t come until we actually started to record the record.http://www.metrolyrics.com/blog/2012/04/12/interview-slash-talks-songwriting-new-album-and-fave-collaborators/ Edited April 20, 2012 by Original GNR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Interesting read, thanks for sharing it is always cool to hear stories about those days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuddMckagan Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Inb4 "Slash never wrote anything for Guns" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 the AFD line-up was really one of a kind. i don't know when we'll get another group of musicians with so much talent and charima again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31illusions Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 (edited) Slash Rocks. Edited April 20, 2012 by 31illusions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Cool of Slash to give credit where it's due. I think that Axl's an amazing lyricist myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Inb4 "Slash never wrote anything for Guns"Yeah I predict this thread is going to be filled with pointless arguments of people lessening Slash's importance and other people going off on Axl - when in reality nobody is going to convince anyone that they are right because it is more about these pointless arguments than it is about the actual music here.Anyways, I always like reading stuff about the AFD days, it really fascinates me to read about the genesis of such a great record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Talked about it more indeph in his book. How he and Izzy wrote Mr. Brownstone together and handed it to Axl for his take on it. Said how Axl had a talent for making lyrics sound cooler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gunns5 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Plug plug plug the new album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original GNR Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 (edited) Plug plug plug the new albumLol. The interview was primarily about his new album. They then asked a question about GNR. Don't see how it's a "plug" when the interview was for promo of his new album anyway. This was just a small part of a longer interview. Edited April 20, 2012 by Original GNR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibsonLP Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 WTF that's called promotion that's what musicians do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gunns5 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Plug plug plug the new albumLol. The interview was primarily about his new album. They then asked a question about GNR. Don't see how it's a "plug" when the interview was for promo of his new album anyway. This was just a small part of a longer interview.and talking about gnr is a large part of the plug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibsonLP Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 That was in relation to the plug plug plug comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 It must be really annoying to be asked about GN'R when you are trying to promote your solo album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original GNR Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 Plug plug plug the new albumLol. The interview was primarily about his new album. They then asked a question about GNR. Don't see how it's a "plug" when the interview was for promo of his new album anyway. This was just a small part of a longer interview.and talking about gnr is a large part of the plugHe was asked the question. What did you want him to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russfaraday Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 By now he has to know it comes with the territory. If he makes a public appearance or sits down for an interview, people will ask GN'R questions whether it's the past or reunion stuff. If he was bothered about it he could request no Guns questions be asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty-nine Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Plug plug plug the new albumLol. The interview was primarily about his new album. They then asked a question about GNR. Don't see how it's a "plug" when the interview was for promo of his new album anyway. This was just a small part of a longer interview.and talking about gnr is a large part of the plugSlash doesn't ask himself the questions. Do you get upset when someone asks Joe Montana abiut the 49ers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gunns5 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Plug plug plug the new albumLol. The interview was primarily about his new album. They then asked a question about GNR. Don't see how it's a "plug" when the interview was for promo of his new album anyway. This was just a small part of a longer interview.and talking about gnr is a large part of the plugSlash doesn't ask himself the questions. Do you get upset when someone asks Joe Montana abiut the 49ers?your assuming Slash doesn't know about the questions before hand, the majority of interviews have preset questions or stipulations from the interviewee about what can or can't be asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibsonLP Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Besides, he's entitled to answer GnR questions, because as we established last Saturday night he's a part of it No it's Axl who has preset questions and stipulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Why are we arguing about this? I don't get what the issue is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Why are we arguing about this? I don't get what the issue is...Whether or not Slash should answer questions about GN'R?I just thought it was cool of him to talk about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Why are we arguing about this? I don't get what the issue is...Whether or not Slash should answer questions about GN'R?I just thought it was cool of him to talk about it.Yeah same here, I love reading about those days and the process of making such a great debut album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Cool of Slash to give credit where it's due. I think that Axl's an amazing lyricist myself.Are you okay Damn_Smooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Yeah, it is one of my favorite behind the scenes ever. I love reading about its history on how it came to be (and argue how it can ever be repeated). When Slash says the music was written within hours, it was just that their living is constant inspiration, they had enough music for two albums. You get into it than listen and go "damn, no wonder they didn't last long" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 (edited) Cool of Slash to give credit where it's due. I think that Axl's an amazing lyricist myself.Are you okay Damn_Smooth? Yeah man, thanks for asking.I can't completely hate someone that was responsible for some of my favorite songs on earth, and I really thought it was cool of him to give credit to Axl when he didn't have to. Edited April 20, 2012 by Damn_Smooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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