WAR41 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Hey Marc,Civil War was released in July 1990 on the Nobody's Child compilation, more than a year before the release of the UYI albums that the same version of the song would end up on. Was it a difficult process to get the band to contribute the song to the compilation? Was there ever an intention to re-record Civil War with Matt on drums before the release of UYI?I honestly do not remember any hype around the release. Was there a lot of press behind its release because of the inclusion of a new GNR track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyman Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 This is from a transcript of a 1994 interview with Axl and Slash found in this thread:Phil - What was the inspiration behind "Civil War" and how did it end up on the benefit album, "Nobody's Child"?Slash - Umm…Axl - It ended up on the benefit album 'cause Tom Petty called me and asked me, which was really weird, asked me if George Harrison could call me.Slash - [laughs][laughs]Axl - And then George Harrison called me and we we're talking, and all of a sudden he started talking about his wife flying to Bangladesh… It just… All of a sudden my mind was like, boom… hyper-space, I'm talking to a Beatle. And he was very Beatle-esque talking about Bangladesh. [laughs]Slash - [laughs]Steve Downs - Yeah, of course [laughs]Axl - It was pretty wild. They asked for the song and the inspiration was… A friend asked me to write a song about just how crazy the world is and certain things and… I just thought it was an interesting subject and just… Slash had this music and it exactly fit what I'd written.Slash - There's something very unnerving about having George Harrison around, let me tell you. [laughs]Steve Downs - Oh, I can imagine.Slash - He came to my house once when I was… I was like: "Whoa". I should have brought the picture with me that he left. This Indian picture, it's hilarious. But, it meant a lot to him to leave…Axl - Plus, I was trying to be the fifth Wilbury.Steve Downs - Fifth Wilbury! That's right. There you go.Axl - I was working. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostie Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 He'd make an awesome Wilbury! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 NICE READ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) That "friend" Axl talks about who asked him to write a song about "how crazy the world is", is, according to Axl, Erin's brother and the same guy who was suåpposedly the inspiration for Rhiad. Edited August 21, 2015 by SoulMonster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAR41 Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 Thanks for the note Crazyman. That Rockline interview is so great. I go back and listen to it every few years. I guess I can also ask any members of the forum here if they remember if there was any hype/press about Civil War being on this compilation. I still do not remember any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 here's a little something 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 That album was organised by the four Beatles' wives for the Romanian Angel Appeal Foundation. It was in wake of the big scandal which erupted in the late 1980s concerning the plight of Romanian orphans who were subjected to physical and sexual abuse in these horrendous unsanitary state institution; it was a legacy of Ceaușescu who had prohibited abortion/contraception while seizing the Romania's economic assets in order to pay off foreign debt. This may be of interest,http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4630855.stm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyman Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I remember downloading it back in 2005ish when I joined the forum. Haven't heard it since (wish I could find it) but I remember the mix being different.In regards to press surrounding it, all I see is that it was mentioned in a few reviews from the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguy Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Holy shit, that demo is so incredible!And what strikes me the most is how powerful Steven is with the drummin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Holy shit, that demo is so incredible!And what strikes me the most is how powerful Steven is with the drummin.But don't you know the UYI material was much too complex for Adler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Holy shit, that demo is so incredible!And what strikes me the most is how powerful Steven is with the drummin.But don't you know the UYI material was much too complex for Adler?NahSteven drummed on half of the songs, before the UYI recordings take place (aka in the AFD days) and he was OK, but Sorum was better. Of course his reverb drum sound was dated even in 1991, but he played much better than Adler, imhoBtw on this CW demo, Adler drums like shitOk, it was powerful, but sounds stretched as fuckOn the other hand, i like Back Off Bitch with Adler's drumming here's Sorum's take (mixing is a bit different than the album version and the song is slower a bit) Steven's take is much better, imho Edited September 1, 2015 by Strange Broue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 here's a little something I found a better quality vocal wise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recklessroad Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Holy shit, that demo is so incredible!And what strikes me the most is how powerful Steven is with the drummin.But don't you know the UYI material was much too complex for Adler?Steven was in still able to work when they recorded Civil War but by the time they were ready to record again things changed and he was in real bad shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padme Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 That "friend" Axl talks about who asked him to write a song about "how crazy the world is", is, according to Axl, Erin's brother and the same guy who was suåpposedly the inspiration for Rhiad.Correction: It was Erin´s brother in law who was from the Middle East. And the guy´s "job" was dealing weapons illigally to that region Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Holy shit, that demo is so incredible!And what strikes me the most is how powerful Steven is with the drummin.But don't you know the UYI material was much too complex for Adler?Steven was in still able to work when they recorded Civil War but by the time they were ready to record again things changed and he was in real bad shapeSorry, yeah I was making a snarky reference to the many posts I've seen on forums that (in the hypothetical reunion) Matt would have to play the UYI stuff because it's too complex for Steven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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