downzy Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Was running home from the gym yesterday and Get in the Ring came on my iPod. I do still really like the song, but the part where Axl sounds off against journalists he highly dislikes made me wonder how Axl views those lyrics today. The first time I heard those lines I was 12 years old and thought they were badass and not something you normally hear from a band. Even through my twenties I thought the lyrics were appropriate. But I'm now 35 years old, and listening to those lyrics make me cringe. They just sound so juvenile. Never mind Axl never really backed up his words when being called out by some the journalists he mentioned (I believe Bob Guccioni Jr. told Axl he'd fight him anytime, any place, to which Axl never responded). While one way to look at it is, well, that was a true expression by Axl at the time and it is what it is, I wonder if Axl, now being in his 50s and hopefully wiser and more mature, looks back at those lines and regrets them. And that got me thinking about whether there are any other lyrics that he regrets. My broaching this subject isn't meant to serve as an opportunity to point out all lyrics that you think are bad. So you can save your "all of Chinese Democracy," comments. I'm just curious if there are lyrics by Axl (or even Izzy) where the author now looks back and thinks, "yeah, probably shouldn't have written that." I'm sure there are, just curious what lines you think Axl regrets as man in his 50s who is constantly subjected to his work from 20 to 25 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I guess OIAM would be the other obvious candidate, it seems to me to be an honest portrayal of a worldview he once had that he doesn't have now living outside of the sticks.They're seemed to be an "ironic" distancing of self from Back Off Bitch even when it came out, get the impression it was more heartfelt as an angrier younger man.Shotgun Blues, because WTF is that?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Axl has written some really good and some really terrible lyrics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dude Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Was running home from the gym yesterday and Get in the Ring came on my iPod. I do still really like the song, but the part where Axl sounds off against journalists he highly dislikes made me wonder how Axl views those lyrics today. The first time I heard those lines I was 12 years old and thought they were badass and not something you normally hear from a band. Even through my twenties I thought the lyrics were appropriate. But I'm now 35 years old, and listening to those lyrics make me cringe. They just sound so juvenile. Never mind Axl never really backed up his words when being called out by some the journalists he mentioned (I believe Bob Guccioni Jr. told Axl he'd fight him anytime, any place, to which Axl never responded). While one way to look at it is, well, that was a true expression by Axl at the time and it is what it is, I wonder if Axl, now being in his 50s and hopefully wiser and more mature, looks back at those lines and regrets them. And that got me thinking about whether there are any other lyrics that he regrets. My broaching this subject isn't meant to serve as an opportunity to point out all lyrics that you think are bad. So you can save your "all of Chinese Democracy," comments. I'm just curious if there are lyrics by Axl (or even Izzy) where the author now looks back and thinks, "yeah, probably shouldn't have written that." I'm sure there are, just curious what lines you think Axl regrets as man in his 50s who is constantly subjected to his work from 20 to 25 years ago. I think the most cringeworthy part of the song is Duff's dedication at the end. Still, like the song as a whole. Its charming in its own juveline idignatious sort of way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarBradley Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Yeah definitely Back Off Bitch..... killer song though. And Axl (and most who cover YCMB) don't sing the "ass in the air" part anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I remember translating the UYI lyrics by myself as a kid and for some reason, I thought that "dick" was not "penis" and you had to use "fucking dick" for it to have the appropiate meaning, so I taught that to all my friends, "fucking dick". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downzy Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Shotgun Blues, because WTF is that?!Yeah, I still can't listen to that song due to one line: you can suck my ass. I get that he needed to something to rhyme with the word class, but that line is all sorts of wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapJon Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I call my mother, she's just a cunt now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) I call my mother, she's just a cunt now.I love that one. It's technically awful though."And you...You can suck my ass and I think you're so low class" is horridly horrid. I really hope he regrets ever releasing this shit."Seems like forever and a day" - I'll take you can suck my ass instead. A generic as shit and horrid sounding line. I like the rest of the lyrics thoughAll of Anything Goes is shitty.One In A Million Some of the lyrics to Scraped are not even real. Edited April 15, 2015 by Rovim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Man, I love the lyrics to Scraped, my favourite thing about that song by a mile! They're some of the few lyrics on that album that aren't completely despondent and self-loathing.#inconquerable 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Man, I love the lyrics to Scraped, my favourite thing about that song by a mile! They're some of the few lyrics on that album that aren't completely despondent and self-loathing.#inconquerableOk but you gotta give me "I'll kick your ass like I said that I would" and an I.R.S chorus.Haha I like those, too. Sorry to me is just a great, bitter "fuck you" song. IRS chorus isn't exactly profound (funny hearing it in context of Zakk saying that Axl said back in the 90s if he tried to write lyrics back then they'd be about lawyers etc.), but I love the lyrics in the one of the verses:I bet you think I'm doin' this all for my healthI shoulda looked again babe at somebody elseFeelin' like I've done way more than wrongFeelin' like I'm livin' inside of this songFeelin' like I'm just too tired to careFeelin' like I've done more than my shareCould it be the way I've carried onLike a broken record for so longThere's nothing in ChiDem that makes me cringe like Shotgun Blues or Get in the Ring. Dead Horse's opening lyrics ("sick of this life, not that you care") come across as Cobain Lite and a bit too try-hard, but they're not as bad the Shotgun Blues or Get in the Ring examples. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Shotgun Blues is probably the absolute worst. It Tastes Good Don't It sounds like poetry compared to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Shotgun Blues, because WTF is that?!Yeah, I still can't listen to that song due to one line: you can suck my ass. I get that he needed to something to rhyme with the word class, but that line is all sorts of wrong. Depends on what you're in to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentonneskeleton Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Some of the lyrics to Scraped are not even real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Good topic, obviously Get In The Ring and Shotgun Blues stick out like dog's balls.Is Axl ashamed of "woman hating" lyrics?Nobody's mentioned Silkworms yet, the "pussy full of maggots" line...legend has it that that's been removed?On a sort of related note, KISS went through a real "bitch hating" phase in the hair metal days too..."Burn Bitch Burn" and all that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Ever since Axl started wearing t-shirts with women stuffed upside down into garbage cans I've thought, "Man, he's really matured. I bet he regrets some of his more juvenile lyrics." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER PT Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) Anything Goes ... best lyrics ever (I'm being honest) ... people just take things too serious nowadays Edited April 17, 2015 by GUNNER PT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricia Sieberns Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 The lyrics really don't bother me because they remind me of being a teenager and thinking the irreverence was so cool. I do have a problem listening to some of their songs around my kids, though. Most of the time I don't think they're paying attention to the lyrics, but today I was shown, once again, that I was wrong. My son said, "Hey! Axl's talking about lighting malotov cocktail! Cooooool!" At least I wasn't listening to "Anything Goes!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 (edited) I call my mother, she's just a cunt now.I dunno, it's to be understood in context, it's meant to be an addict talking y'know? It's part of the tone of the song, it's very low life-ish.And i love Shotgun BluesNothing...but a fuckin' PUSSY! Edited April 21, 2015 by Len B'stard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapJon Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I call my mother, she's just a cunt now.I dunno, it's to be understood in context, it's meant to be an addict talking y'know? It's part of the tone of the song, it's very low life-ish.I get it, it's still just.. the fuckImagine him singing it nowadays though, I call beta, she's just a cunt now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Nowadays it'd just be plain accurate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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