t-p-d-a Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 This is the best WTTJ Performance of the history of GN'R. Axl Rose was almost over the edge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lines n' noses Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 i always thought the ritz version was the best. .Really? I find it pretty lackluster.really. it's one of my favorites, but then again i don't rate that VMA version from the op either.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_rose Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 45:20 for Jungle, but for those looking for a solid vocal performance of an entire show, it doesn't get much better than this.Great gig, awesome knockin' solo. I remember I had this pen-pal(remember those back in the day?) who was at this gig. He wrote a long letter about this gig and how awesome it was :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdlove Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 (edited) Unpopular opinion time but Edited August 22, 2015 by Cdlove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcountry Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) I see several people commenting on the crowd was just setting down during the 88 VMA performance but,,,,,, That is how the VMA's where back then you had all the A listers up front and the fans in the back. That is why you see no one standing,Now the VMA's have a section of fans at the front so the performance has a real feel of a live performance. But who really gives a live performance on the VMA's it is all lip syncing for the most part and people that are critical of the 2002 VMA's at least they done the performance live and not recorded. Edited August 23, 2015 by bigcountry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) The one where he tells a story about some guy trying to fuck him whilst everyone is getting coked up backstage or Slash is finding his shoes or whatever has one hell of a shriek on it, can't remember the venue but it was filmed I'm pretty sure.eedit; here we go- Edited August 23, 2015 by RandallFlagg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoking guns Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 The one where he tells a story about some guy trying to fuck him whilst everyone is getting coked up backstage or Slash is finding his shoes or whatever has one hell of a shriek on it, can't remember the venue but it was filmed I'm pretty sure.eedit; here we go- That was so awesome!!!What a badass fucking band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadsy Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 After watching that (for the millionth time) all I can say is that anybody on this board not in favor of a reunion is a massive tool. I know it's not 1988 anymore, but there would be such an energy to seeing a reunion that would make it far better than any performances since 1993. I know some folks would rather have new music, but seeing the REAL guns n roses play jungle again is worth more to me than any nugnr or Slash album. It just is...No one is denying that "it just is" to you. It isn't to me, but different strokes and all that. I certainly won't call you a "massive tool" for having a different opinion than me .Personally I think that watching that clip only makes me want a reunion LESS. Not because I don't think they would be able to deliver a good performance of the song, I think they would, but because the song comes with a certain attitude and context that simply isn't there anymore. Old, bloated, rich guys playing a song they wrote in their twenties about the hardships of their lives and a city that now has changed, just is so remote from that performance in 1988 that it might as well be some other guys playing it. I grew up in the 80s and I think we should let it rest. I understand that people who grew up later and have only heard GN'R music disconnected from the circumstances when it was written and performed fresh, might not get it. But I honestly prefer other guys playing the songs, and adding something new to them, than rehashing the past and knowing you will come short from what once was. So if I have to choose between a nostalgia reunion tour that I know will be a shadow of what it once was, or the guys running other projects and releasing new music, then I will always take the latter.You would be in a very small minority I would say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 After watching that (for the millionth time) all I can say is that anybody on this board not in favor of a reunion is a massive tool. I know it's not 1988 anymore, but there would be such an energy to seeing a reunion that would make it far better than any performances since 1993. I know some folks would rather have new music, but seeing the REAL guns n roses play jungle again is worth more to me than any nugnr or Slash album. It just is...No one is denying that "it just is" to you. It isn't to me, but different strokes and all that. I certainly won't call you a "massive tool" for having a different opinion than me .Personally I think that watching that clip only makes me want a reunion LESS. Not because I don't think they would be able to deliver a good performance of the song, I think they would, but because the song comes with a certain attitude and context that simply isn't there anymore. Old, bloated, rich guys playing a song they wrote in their twenties about the hardships of their lives and a city that now has changed, just is so remote from that performance in 1988 that it might as well be some other guys playing it. I grew up in the 80s and I think we should let it rest. I understand that people who grew up later and have only heard GN'R music disconnected from the circumstances when it was written and performed fresh, might not get it. But I honestly prefer other guys playing the songs, and adding something new to them, than rehashing the past and knowing you will come short from what once was. So if I have to choose between a nostalgia reunion tour that I know will be a shadow of what it once was, or the guys running other projects and releasing new music, then I will always take the latter.You would be in a very small minority I would sayYeah, I have known that for quite some time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadsy Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Haha fair play bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ88 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 love that performanceback when MTV gave a shit about music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auad Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auad Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dijon Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Definitely one of the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 When he did WTTJ a lot of the times it was one hour in and there's shows where he's doing the yelling it out like Dave Grohl does instead of singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liers Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Definately one of the best....Rio 2001 is one of my favorites. Not because of Axl's voice, but because of the energy he, the band, and the crowd all had. I don't mind Axl's nonraspy voice on most songs, and even prefer it on a few but WTTJ is one of the songs that NEEDS rasp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passenger57 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 This one is my fav - sound quality is crap but check out Axl's vocals at 4:14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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