Fanboy Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Estranged, this song is just perfect in so many ways, eargasm and I use Reckless Life/Out Ta Get Me when I want a boost of motivation Quote
Sydney Fan Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 14 hours ago, Creed said: Well, correct me if i'm wrong, but CD is the most expensive album ever made. In 2004 the production costs were 14.000.0000$. How much copies did they sold? 6 million? I thought that was the main motivation for the record company in doing a greatest hits. The RC recouping money incase CD was a commercial failure. Quote
Its Tino Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Just checking in to see if this turned into an argument about Izzy or Frank yet 😂 1 Quote
MYWIFEMYLIFE Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Breakdown summarizes what a unique and magnificent band they are. Rocket Queen comes second. Quote
Sanomatovic Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 November Rain One of Axl's epics which would be a very good song either way, but Slash's solo(s) takes it to an all new level Quote
Snytefant Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 100% Nightrain The song got everything that I need in a song. Good groove straight on rock n roll! I do believe it is the first Guns song i heard. My brother got the Tokyo gig on VHS, and that tape got it's fair share of reruns! Nightrain is the only song I can play on repeat all day long and never get bored! 2 Quote
Len Cnut Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 14 minutes ago, Snytefant said: My brother got the Tokyo gig on VHS, and that tape got it's fair share of reruns! For the life of me I'll never understand why the fuck they put that dud gig out as a DVD, its fuckin' crazy. They have so many wild stonking performances that'll blow your fuckin' hair back like a trip in the DeLorean and the best they could fuckin' think of was that shit, it very nearly put me off rock n roll as a genre for the simple fact that I was really little when I got into Guns n Roses and being of limited resources I'd only seen like three videos and listened to the albums and the rest I had to like, imagine what they must be like live and then I see this gig and its like...wow, OK, thats kinda...lame. I mean don't get me wrong it has its moments and when you're a kid any fuckin' thing'll do, especially when you have nothing to really compare it to but when i got older I saw like The Ritz, Indiana 91, Chicago, even St Louis (which everyone slags off but its not like it was cut short after 3 songs, they got the majority of the gig done) and what do they release? This pile of Japanese shit, it makes you think like there's someone on the inside trying to sabotage this band or something, I mean for a band that spends SOOOOO much time working out what to release its like c'mon lads, fuckin' hell, what point were you trying to make releasing that? To a little kid just like getting into rock n roll the last thing you want is a Matt Sorum drum solo. Now thats a performance! 2 Quote
Natty Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Hm a song that represents GNR.. with reference to the 80/90 s: Dont damn me or Back of Bitch and Get in the ring. Those songs represent their "fuck you all" attitude and great rock songs. My favourite of these: Don t damn me. which song represents GNR nowadays: no idea... they have become "toothless" . no more anger. always punctual.. double talkin jive maybe. I think 90 s Axl would laugh at 2019 Axl regarding several things (selling vip tickets for tremendous prices without even meeting a member of the band instead of writing new music, having become a predictable act and so on) . haha.. I sound quite frustrated now Quote
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 On 3/12/2019 at 11:12 AM, Sosso said: Welcome to the Jungle I agree. Welcome to the Jungle is my go to song for GNR. Never get tired of hearing this song. At the time of it's release, this was the one song that everyone knew represented GNR to a T! I'm sure it still does! Quote
Tom-Ass Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Len Cnut said: For the life of me I'll never understand why the fuck they put that dud gig out as a DVD It was most likely the plan before they even played the shows. They filmed and recorded the Tokyo shows specifically for release. They took the best of both nights and released it. It would have had to of been pretty bad for them to just scrap the whole thing. Them knowing it was being filmed probably made it less spontaneous than most Guns shows.. All in all I still thought it was pretty good. I prefer the audio over the video though just because Axl looks so foolish in those outfits... It is just a damn shame that they don't give us some more shows from the classic era though. Such a waste Quote
Len Cnut Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, Tom-Ass said: It was most likely the plan before they even played the shows. They filmed and recorded the Tokyo shows specifically for release. They took the best of both nights and released it. It would have had to of been pretty bad for them to just scrap the whole thing. Them knowing it was being filmed probably made it less spontaneous than most Guns shows.. All in all I still thought it was pretty good. I prefer the audio over the video though just because Axl looks so foolish in those outfits... It is just a damn shame that they don't give us some more shows from the classic era though. Such a waste I dunno, even the sound was kinda...tinny a bit, I’m not sure why. Perhaps my childhood impression of like, y’know it was the first live thing I ever saw and it sound so much less beefy than the heavily overdubbed album version...but at that age you dunno what an overdub is, you think the shit just sounds like that...then when you get something as crap as this its kinda a big letdown. Quote
lame ass security Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Len Cnut said: For the life of me I'll never understand why the fuck they put that dud gig out as a DVD, its fuckin' crazy. They have so many wild stonking performances that'll blow your fuckin' hair back like a trip in the DeLorean and the best they could fuckin' think of was that shit, it very nearly put me off rock n roll as a genre for the simple fact that I was really little when I got into Guns n Roses and being of limited resources I'd only seen like three videos and listened to the albums and the rest I had to like, imagine what they must be like live and then I see this gig and its like...wow, OK, thats kinda...lame. I mean don't get me wrong it has its moments and when you're a kid any fuckin' thing'll do, especially when you have nothing to really compare it to but when i got older I saw like The Ritz, Indiana 91, Chicago, even St Louis (which everyone slags off but its not like it was cut short after 3 songs, they got the majority of the gig done) and what do they release? This pile of Japanese shit, it makes you think like there's someone on the inside trying to sabotage this band or something, I mean for a band that spends SOOOOO much time working out what to release its like c'mon lads, fuckin' hell, what point were you trying to make releasing that? To a little kid just like getting into rock n roll the last thing you want is a Matt Sorum drum solo. Now thats a performance! I couldn't agree more, I never understood it either. It just had a sterile, antiseptic(if that makes sense) feel to it. My favorite part of that vid is probably a drunk Duff trying to explain his role as conductor in the band.😄 1 Quote
Sydney Fan Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 22 minutes ago, lame ass security said: I couldn't agree more, I never understood it either. It just had a sterile, antiseptic(if that makes sense) feel to it. My favorite part of that vid is probably a drunk Duff trying to explain his role as conductor in the band.😄 The musical performances were no problem for me but axls wardrobe changes have gotten more of a joke over time. Duff off his face talking about his role as a conductor, and slash giving the finger out of the limo. 2 Quote
DieselDaisy Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Len Cnut said: I saw like The Ritz, Indiana 91, Chicago, even St Louis (which everyone slags off but its not like it was cut short after 3 songs, they got the majority of the gig done) Real Guns nerd secretly, aren't you? Quote
Len Cnut Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 15 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: Real Guns nerd secretly, aren't you? The live gigs of theirs I’ve seen on video are Rock in Rio 2001 i think it was or 04? Plus Indiana, St Louis (got em bootleg DVD off ebay), the CBGBs one, Ritz...plus saw em for myself in 2006 in Hammersmith. I think I’ve seen the Chicago one, if not all of it then a fair bit of it. Quote
DieselDaisy Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Just now, Len Cnut said: The live gigs of theirs I’ve seen on video are Rock in Rio 2001 i think it was or 04? Plus Indiana, St Louis (got em bootleg DVD off ebay), the CBGBs one, Ritz...plus saw em for myself in 2006 in Hammersmith. I think I’ve seen the Chicago one, if not all of it then a fair bit of it. Proper nerd. We all know what you are. Quote
Len Cnut Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: Proper nerd. We all know what you are. I been into em since I was 10, thats longer than some forumers have been alive Might've even been 9 actually, I remember it was proper young. The friends sister who copied the tape for us deliberately left out Get in the Ring cuz apparently we weren't old enough. She left Shotgun Blues in though, oddly. That was like one of my favourite GnR songs as a kid, surprised to find it was/is considered something of a shitter in the Guns pantheon. I loved em from 92 to 95, got a little back into em after the VMAs and around the time Chi Dem came out then it all died again when it became clear that it was just same old fuckeries. This forum has a great deal to do with my resurgence of interest for them. Edited March 14, 2019 by Len Cnut Quote
lame ass security Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 23 minutes ago, Len Cnut said: I been into em since I was 10, thats longer than some forumers have been alive Might've even been 9 actually, I remember it was proper young. The friends sister who copied the tape for us deliberately left out Get in the Ring cuz apparently we weren't old enough. She left Shotgun Blues in though, oddly. That was like one of my favourite GnR songs as a kid, surprised to find it was/is considered something of a shitter in the Guns pantheon. I loved em from 92 to 95, got a little back into em after the VMAs and around the time Chi Dem came out then it all died again when it became clear that it was just same old fuckeries. This forum has a great deal to do with my resurgence of interest for them. What's kind of strange reading about some of these songs is that it has been years since I've listened to a lot of them. I should revisit them, would sort of be like hearing them anew. Maybe. Quote
DeperilsofrockNRollDekednz Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Don’t Damn Me heart on sleeve lyrics and Slash ripping up ’If I damned your point of view would you turn the other cheek?!’ The song nails GNR 1 Quote
Sydney Fan Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 2 hours ago, DeperilsofrockNRollDekednz said: Don’t Damn Me heart on sleeve lyrics and Slash ripping up ’If I damned your point of view would you turn the other cheek?!’ The song nails GNR I love slashs solo in that song. Smokem if ya gottem. 1 Quote
Ninjapie24 Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 The best example of everything they do that I can think of is Move To The City. It has the horns and extra instruments that the Illusions and Chinese are known for. But on the other hand it is also a short rock song with personal lyrics like Appetite and Lies. Quote
WAR41 Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 9 hours ago, Ninjapie24 said: The best example of everything they do that I can think of is Move To The City. It has the horns and extra instruments that the Illusions and Chinese are known for. But on the other hand it is also a short rock song with personal lyrics like Appetite and Lies. Hm. Interesting choice since you explained why. I'd never even think of that song to 'define' GNR, but you made some valid points. Quote
KURT19 Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 If I have to pick one... MR. BROWNSTONE If I'm allowed to pick two... MR. BROWNSTONE + OUT TA GET ME If I'm allowed to pick five... SIDE G 2 Quote
vikute91 Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 Tough one. It's gotta be Rocket Queen, I love how obscene, yet sweet it is. Slash's solo on that one is so sexy too. And then Locomotive. I think I'm more of a lyrics person, so I'm a sucker for those ones where Axl just pours his heart out. But in general I am a very moody listener, so I'm glad to have a band like them to listen to, cause they have a song for pretty much any occasion without ever sounding too depressing. Could say the same thing about the Rolling Stones 2 Quote
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