Don't Damn Me and Back Off Bitch (Album vs Demo)

[Epson]

Which versions do you like more? 

I personally would take both demo versions over album ones, mainly because of vocals. Don't like the overuse of distortion and rasp. Axl sounds healthier and simply better to me on demos. 

 

 

Edited December 21, 2016 by Epson

[StrangerInThisTown]

Back Off Bitch missing the epic dramatic Izzy intro solo so I'm gonna have to go with album version on that

[MrSoftie]

Never heard these before. I can't believe how clean his voice is on those high notes during the chorus in Back Off Bitch.

[t-p-d-a]

"na na... naaaa, na na... naaaa, na na... naaaaa" it's interessting. Thanks never heard it before

[WhenYou'reTalkinToYourself]

Back Off Bitch was one of my least favourite GN'R songs, but it has grown on me lately. I listen to it every day now.

I prefer the album versions on both songs.

[DMathski]

Great fucking song!!

[Silverburst80]

44 minutes ago, WhenYou'reTalkinToYourself said:

Back Off Bitch was one of my least favourite GN'R songs, but it has grown on me lately. I listen to it every day now.

I prefer the album versions on both songs.

Yeah Back off bitch sounds like a corny Sunset Strip glam metal song to me probably my least favourite Guns tune. Don't Damn Me on the other hand is the shit.

[StrangerInThisTown]

2 hours ago, Silverburst80 said:

Yeah Back off bitch sounds like a corny Sunset Strip glam metal song to me probably my least favourite Guns tune. Don't Damn Me on the other hand is the shit.

To me it's the pinnacle of the badass GNR attitude. And it's great to crank when you just broke up with an ex lol, it really motivated me. I really don't get how some people rank it worse than Shotgun Blues. The intro to Back Off Bitch is so great it should have opened up UYI I instead of RNDTH imo.

Edited December 22, 2016 by StrangerInThisTown

[BorderlineCrazy]

12 minutes ago, StrangerInThisTown said:

To me it's the pinnacle of the badass GNR attitude. And it's great to crank when you just broke up with an ex lol, it really motivated me. I really don't get how some people rank it worse than Shotgun Blues. The intro to Back Off Bitch is so great it should have opened up UYI I instead of RNDTH imo.

Shotgun Blues is a major piece of shit, IMO.

For GNR standards obviously!

[Fitha_whiskey]

DDM- I prefer album. It's so fast lyrically and hard rocking, I just think the more refined version sounds better.

BOB- I love that demo version! I like the song on the album too, but that demo version is just so fuckin awesome it's unreal. The familiar riff is there obviously, but the "na na na na" stuff and a different more sleazy guitar tone just make it seem so different. That's the club days captured, right there!

Thanks for posting those @Epson...

[rocknroll41]

I like the demos better

[liqddynamite]

Cool post, like the album versions better but really enjoyed hearing these.  Really liked hearing axl have some fun with the DDM outro, both are total classic GNR songs btw.

[The Holographic Universe]

I think this back off bitch would have been perfect for AFD. 

[cheesecake]

DDM is like my favorite song off UYI I, and I love the album version as DDM is supposed to portray certain degree of frustrations and anger and I prefer his raspy voice on the album version. The cleaner voice just didn't do it for me. Sorry.

 

BOB.... hhmm I can't decide... feel like I like both? Well... maybe I'm sliiiiiiightly partial to the album version but that's maybe due to the fact that I'm more familiar with it? 

 

Thanks for sharing these! 

Edited December 22, 2016 by cheesecake

[Live Like a Suicide]

I prefer the album version of Don't Damn Me, and the demo version of Back off Bitch.

Edited December 22, 2016 by Live Like a Suicide

[EvanG]

Don't Damn Me demo is the same version as on the album, just recorded less professionally (obviously). Even the guitar solo's are the same. No point in choosing between two almost identical versions.