Vincent Vega Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Does anyone else prefer the Live Era version of WTTJ to the AFD version? For all the cutting and pasting done to the Live Era version (dozens of performances spliced together, some Axl vocal fixups, some guitar fix ups) it might as well be a studio version...And as such IMO it destroys the AFD version. Axl's voice is so powerful on the Live Era version, the guitars are ten times meaner and much more raw...Live Era's WTTJ is what really got me into GN'R, I think. That, along with UYI 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haters Gonna Hate Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Live Era jungle is a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakey Styley Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Live Era in general disgusts me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 i listen to it more often than the studio version, yeah. i love the energy and intensity of it, and axl's grittier vocals.the studio version IS better, and it's a classic, but i throw this one on my gym playlist a lot and think it's a little rawer and more aggressive so that's why i tend to play it more.also love axl's scream at the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 It's a great "performance" if we can call it that and I enjoy listening to it, but better than the studio? I'm not sure. My biggest problem with Live Era is the production. I'm all for the rawness of a live recording but the guitars sound so lifeless and the drums are exceptionally dull. There's almost a lack of clarity or something, but it's hard to describe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyReedsexmachine Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 AFD version Live Era sucks imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno P. Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Live Era by a long shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRfan2008 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I love Axl's scream at the beginning, but no way in hell is the Live Era version better than the Appetite version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 The Live Era version is weird, I don't know if they sped up the song or if the whole band tuned the instruments this way, but the song pitch-wise is in between Eb and E, which makes it sound a bit odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl8302 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 The Live Era version is weird, I don't know if they sped up the song or if the whole band tuned the instruments this way, but the song pitch-wise is in between Eb and E, which makes it sound a bit odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Welcome to the Jungle Rio 1991 > WTTJ Live era + WTTJ AFD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Rocket Queen Live Era > AFD RQ, maybe even the same for Estranged as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Bird Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Rocket Queen Live Era > AFD RQ, maybe even the same for Estranged as well.And for Nightrain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I hate it for the sole reason that I was going to see the Jungle clip one night on TV here and instead I got some shit clip and this version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I like live era, it is really the swan song of classic gnr. Saying that I hardly listen to it. If I listen to live gnr, ritz 88', paris 92, chicago 92, and argentina 93 are better than live era imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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