dando Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 My favorite TSI song and one of my top Gn'R covers. Was this released as a single? Did it do any good as I've been listening to it over and over lately & really love it.I like it, I've listened to TSI more than any other record lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Axl: When we started rehearsing, living in a little craphole on…[...] Off Sunset and Gardener. It was just a song for some reason I wanted to do and Slash wanted to do a long time ago, and we don't really know… we felt indicated…[...] I don't know why I really liked that song, I just did and then… We were on the road, we had three days off in Boston, and the song just fit things at the time and we had some time so we went in and did it without having any clue of what it was gonna sound like musically. Because it's a completely different string arrangement and everything in the original. And we went in and just had fun with it [Axl and Slash interview, Rockline 1994]. Slash: There's a good story going behind that song because I think that was one of the first songs that really started to turn this "Spaghetti Incident" thing into an actual album. And we did it on off time on the road and recorded it in Makeshift studios in Boston. Brought rental gear down there 'cause all our gear was on the track. And that was how badly we wanted to do it. We just… you know, pulled out whatever we had. And talking about Gilby's guitar… We used his practice guitar and we used rented gear and this and that. We couldn't find a guitar store in Boston [Axl and Slash interview, Rockline 1994]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stella Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 In 2015 it would be really nice to see people stop using the word 'gay' as a pejorative. Just saying. /soapboxAnyway, the song. I like the original and I've heard other people cover it well. With the Guns N' Roses version, I will give them props for recording something outside of their normal comfort zone/type of song, but I can't say that I like listening to it very much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 The song on its own was fine without a video. They should have done one for "Hair of the Dog" because that seemed to be the one radio played way more. Damn those Pearl Jam bandwagon jumpers - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkuk04 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Quite like the video. Its not over the top and Gary Oldman is superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Yeah, I think Axl sounded fantastic on this song, but the video was very creepy.Not really a fan of this song either, but Axl and the band did a great job with it. Axl's voice sounds so soulful on this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Who Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I love the outro. It's eerie but in a really cool way. And the band doesn't even know how it got on the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatashame Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 failed to read all comments so not sure if what i'm about to say was mentioned, but it is still an interesting fact that spaghetti was released in nov 93 and since i dont have you had already been played as a tape intro before gnr shows as far back as march 93, the skin and bones tour. i wasnt there but the intro was included in some bootlegs from that tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Who Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 failed to read all comments so not sure if what i'm about to say was mentioned, but it is still an interesting fact that spaghetti was released in nov 93 and since i dont have you had already been played as a tape intro before gnr shows as far back as march 93, the skin and bones tour. i wasnt there but the intro was included in some bootlegs from that tour.The song was recorded in March 1993 in Boston, that's why. Axl and Slash both confirmed this in their joint Jan '94 interview. They were on tour in Boston and were so intent on recording it they went to this random studio, used one of Gilby's spare guitars and recorded it quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDemocracyRose Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 One of Axls best performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) This is the only good song on TSI...Surely you mean the only good cover on the album, because most of the originals are pretty good songs?And even then, I deeply disagree. Ain'T It Fun is absolutely amazing. Down On The Farm is truly great. Black Leather is great. New Rose is great too, even if the original by the Damned is far superior.Only Hair Of The Dog is a mixed bag to me.The real duds on the album are Raw Power (absolutely no soul whatsoever in that cover), Human Being (which is basically noise), Attitude (a cover by bloated Duff is more of the antithesis of punk), and You Can't Put... because it's a fucking shit song.I really like what Axl did with the Manson song, but I don't really consider it a part of the album.And yes, Axl's sheer vocal performance on SIDHY is one of his truly best. Edited February 15, 2015 by EvH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Dog Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 One of those songs that I didn't like at first, but now have a big appreciation for. Great performance from Axl. Plus it's different from your everyday slow song/ballad. Kind of an odd choice for an album opener though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Axl in 20 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Axl in 20 years? The guy has even less power in his voice than 2011 raincoat wearing Axl during the end of Patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I always liked how you can see a full on pussy lip at 1:29 in the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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