gunnari Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) I think this song lyrics shows how Axl feels about the old GnR:'Cause yesterday's got nothin' for meOld pictures that I'll always seeTime just fades the pagesIn my book of memoriesPrayers in my pocketAnd no hand in destinyI'll keep on movin' alongWith no time to plant my feet'Cause yesterday's got nothin' for meOld pictures that I'll always seeSome things could be betterIf we'd all just let them behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADNXs_kMa7M Edited October 7, 2013 by gunnari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intercourse Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Except it was written when he was in the old band so its not about that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netcat Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 it's about how Axl refuses to learn from his old mistakes still relevantlove this very muchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBn9LAW9bB0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnari Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) I think it's funny how old songs like Yesterdays are relevant even today And when we look Don't Cry video and its ending from todays perspective we see Axl standing on his grave..To me that represents the "death" or ending of Appetite and Illusion Axl and todays Axl born from all that (inside that grave with his hands pointing upwards)..Maybe I look too much into all this but that's how I feel..start video at 4.30 (the grave scene) Edited October 7, 2013 by gunnari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Didnt Wes Arkeen and Del also write some lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Platitudes are good like that. They can apply to almost any situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowmass Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Yesterdays = Great song. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfuckinga Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Lose DLIBYD or The Seeker and add Yesterdays again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Axl would never be able to pull this one off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intercourse Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Love to hear that tune again live. I don't reckon Slash will even approach it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfuckinga Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Todd (his bass player) said Slash won't approach UYI material because he likes the harder, rawer sound of the AFD songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Paradise Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I think it's funny how old songs like Yesterdays are relevant even today And when we look Don't Cry video and its ending from todays perspective we see Axl standing on his grave..To me that represents the "death" or ending of Appetite and Illusion Axl and todays Axl born from all that (inside that grave with his hands pointing upwards)..Maybe I look too much into all this but that's how I feel..start video at 4.30 (the grave scene) Actually at the time, the grave represented what the end of his marriage meant to him. He was like born again after a very tumultuous time of his life. The old problematic Axl was dead ( at least in his mind) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hashtaggnr Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Yesterdays was a fucking awesome song, wasn't it boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlinkafayette Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 My favorite G N R Song/Video comboSimple and powerful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Always thought it was one of their best and most underrated songs.Civil War and Yesterdays - both should have been as classic as PC and the YCBM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 The video is indeed fuckin' cool. Axl looks killer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siraddam Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 apparently it isn't Slash in the video for Yesterdays! I remember reading that Axl organised the filming without telling Slash and on the day hired a lookalike. If you watch the 'Slash' parts of the video it doesn't seem to be him ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoke Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Is that really true? They never show his face when he's with the band... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dariablue Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 apparently it isn't Slash in the video for Yesterdays! I remember reading that Axl organised the filming without telling Slash and on the day hired a lookalike. If you watch the 'Slash' parts of the video it doesn't seem to be him ...Never heard they before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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