SoulMonster Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Credit should also be given to Paul's performance. What a way to enter the band! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER PT Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Criminally underrated due to something as trivial as a background guitar track. Slash is such a diva.This.Some people have the fame, others have the benefit ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixk Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Sucked. I was very disappointed when I first heard it worst cover they ever released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Love it. Be cool if it replaced one of the other covers during shows. Not that that will ever happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Awesome cover! Better than the Stones' version. Paul Tobias is amazing as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaider Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Never got the hate for it. It's a great cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real McCoy Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Always loved the GNR version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I understand why Slash was pissed, but I can't deny how awesome the call and response solo sounds. Great cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bellastar2355 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I understand why Slash was pissed, but I can't deny how awesome the call and response solo sounds. Great cover. He was even pissed at Tom Cruise lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Great cover. Incredible drumming.GNR made a good song into a great one.The Stones original is incredible. The Stones original is iconic. The Stones original is of a, 60s idealism in absolute meltdown. Jagger speaks for his era. The beats echo throughout the spine. Richards lays down one of the most iconic solos ever. The whole recording is a masterpiece.GN'R's version is just a crappy cover recorded when the band were in freefall - Axl couldn't even be bothered to show up on time . The version is an insult to The Rolling Stones.Agreed.Might be my least favorite GnR recording of all time.They totally missed the essence of what the song is.Terrible cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cbgnr666 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) I heard this on the radio on the way home last night.Guns version is wayyyyyyyyy better then the stones original.Sorry but Axl was born to sing this. Edited June 5, 2013 by cbgnr666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NGOG Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 It's enjoyable but doesn't have anything on the Stones original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Great cover. Incredible drumming.GNR made a good song into a great one.The Stones original is incredible. The Stones original is iconic. The Stones original is of a, 60s idealism in absolute meltdown. Jagger speaks for his era. The beats echo throughout the spine. Richards lays down one of the most iconic solos ever. The whole recording is a masterpiece.GN'R's version is just a crappy cover recorded when the band were in freefall - Axl couldn't even be bothered to show up on time . The version is an insult to The Rolling Stones.Agreed.Might be my least favorite GnR recording of all time.They totally missed the essence of what the song is.Terrible cover.Terrible? A little dramatic? Axl sounds amazing so does the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cbgnr666 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) Axl sounds like he could be the devil while jagger sounds like my uncle Bob at karaoke. Edited June 5, 2013 by cbgnr666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 huh. Coulda sworn it came out in Fall 94, not December. Wasn't the movie released in summer or fall 94? I'm too lazy to look it up.I thought it was OK. But at the time I was sick as shit of covers cause TSI? had just come out. To be honest, I didn't play it that much. I much preferred Gilby's cover of Dead Flowers with Axl on background vocals.The best cover of Sympathy is hands down Jane's Addiction. They fucking OWN that song, better than the original. The one on their first album, not the newer version from Sons of Anarchy. That one kinda sucks. That's the "ghost riders" version, prob. a trade off for Dave on the show. The original was okay, I wish they had a soundboard of the Camp Freddy one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russel Nash Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I understand why Slash was pissed, but I can't deny how awesome the call and response solo sounds. Great cover. He was even pissed at Tom Cruise lolCocaine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Great cover. Incredible drumming.GNR made a good song into a great one.The Stones original is incredible. The Stones original is iconic. The Stones original is of a, 60s idealism in absolute meltdown. Jagger speaks for his era. The beats echo throughout the spine. Richards lays down one of the most iconic solos ever. The whole recording is a masterpiece.GN'R's version is just a crappy cover recorded when the band were in freefall - Axl couldn't even be bothered to show up on time . The version is an insult to The Rolling Stones.Agreed.Might be my least favorite GnR recording of all time.They totally missed the essence of what the song is.Terrible cover.Terrible? A little dramatic? Axl sounds amazing so does the band.Yes Volcano. It is terrible. One of the only GnR songs that I will turn off if it comes on the radio. I actually cringe when I hear it - that's how bad it is.See, lil fella, music is subjective. I'm sure I love songs that you think are pure crap. And vice versa.The funny thing about this song is that you probably only like it because Slash was unhappy with how it turned out. Whereas myself, and most logically thinking people, judge a song purely by how it sounds to our ears, how it touches our heart/soul, and if it makes our foot tap or not. You, on the other hand, base your musical selection solely based on whether it is Axl Rose or Slash playing on the song. Sure, that is shallow and weird, but whatever floats your boat.SFTD, Get In The Ring, Chinese Democracy, Live and Let Die, You Aint The First, Double Talking Jive, Shotgun Blues and My World.........all, imo, terrible GnR songs. See, it's OK to be a die-hard fan of a band and not love and praise and worship every move or song that the band does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
November_rain Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I love this cover, it´s great imo. I like it more than the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I just do not understand how any one can possibly pick the cover over the original. I bet even Axl would pick the original - we know Slash hates the thing. The original is one of the greatest and most iconic recordings in the history of rock n' roll (as captured by Godard).GN'R's cover? Well they play it fairly straight, except, they obviously faced the same dilemna the Stones did in 1968, the problem of where do you put the guitars? SFTD does not have obvious room for guitars. Slash/GN'R just fleshes the whole song out with chords. It was not a very inspired decision. The better solution would have been to do what The Stones do live and do the whole, weaving thing. But, who could Slash weave with without Izzy - and now that Axl had decided to sack Gilby? Tobias?And then you have the thing with the Tobias dub which produces a rather weak affect. Richards screams decisiveness. Richard's solo was recorded on an acoustic on a cassette recorder and fed through the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 People are confused. You can enjoy more the GN'R cover, but a cover cannot be "better" than the original.Also, Paul Tobias sounds horrible in the song. What a worthless guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaider Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Hey, Axl handpicked the guy. He is God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 but a cover cannot be "better" than the original.All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 but a cover cannot be "better" than the original.All Along The Watchtower - Jimi HendrixThe Beatles - Twist and Shout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinaski Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 It would be decent if it wasn't a cover of Symapthy for the Devil.I know that doesn't really make much sense but I think the drumming is cool, Slash sounds good and Axl's vocals in the second half are pretty nuts, but the moments where they have to deal with the song itself end up sounding a bit off and just not right. I think the first half is a bit of a mess. There's no real intricacy or style to it. It sounds really unnatural.After the first couple of minutes when you're just listening to Slash rip and Axl yelling that's always good to hear but by that point it's pretty much standard GNR territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Hey, Axl handpicked the guy. He is God Not God, but not horrible or worthless either.I like the cover, but I wouldn't claim it's better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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