DurhamGirl Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I am just going through some old GnR clips and came across one where Axl is singing a song 'Dust In The Wind', he is playing the piano and Slash is sat next to him playing guitar. Does anybody know the history of this song and when they played it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 17 minutes ago, DurhamGirl said: I am just going through some old GnR clips and came across one where Axl is singing a song 'Dust In The Wind', he is playing the piano and Slash is sat next to him playing guitar. Does anybody know the history of this song and when they played it? I listened to that A LOT when I first heard it. I remember it was an audience recording and there's no better sounding version of it. I think someone tried to remix it years ago but it sounded terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedYourIllusion Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 They started playing it very late in the UYI tour, what's considered the "Skin and Bones tour" in 1993. Before, up until that point in the tour, they usually played "It's Alright" by Black Sabbath or Axl would just play a solo on the piano. The most known version is from Turin, in 1993; there's a soundboard version from the Argentina 1993 show (second), but much like the Rock In Rio shows, the radio announcer speaks over the intro of the song. I think the same is true about the first night (July 16th). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jafeijo Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 This cover introduced me to the great artist that Todd Rundgren is. The original song is so great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underhardy Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 There is a really good audience Recording of it. That’s the Turin one. Pretty sure it was only ever performed in 1993. Axl put so much soul into those performances. And slashes guitar solo is so perfect. So much feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waemoth Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 As far as I know they only played it during late June and July of 1993, in other words only during certain parts of the European portion of Skin N' Bones, as well as the two dates in Argentina 1993. The version from the second night of Modena 1993 is indeed awesome, much more so than the FM broadcast. Skin N' Bones was really nice in that the acoustic portion of the sets were easy to record compared to their typical songs. Dead Flowers is another one of the 1993 only songs that I think they performed really quite well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Paris, Bercy 1993 it was played then too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 and Madrid 93 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) And Barcelona 1993. Duff was asked about it by a Spanish magazine after the Barcelona show: ------- Okay. Now a question that interests me a lot. What was the song that Axl played on the piano just before "November Rain"? Duff: "It's a song by Todd Rundgren."Oh, okay... Duff: "I know nobody has heard of this song."I even thought it was a new Guns N' Roses song. Duff: "No, no. Nobody knew what the hell it was. I looked at the people in the crowd and they were like asking themselves, ‘What is this, a new song?’"It’s a good song. Duff: "Yeah".Do you know the name of it? Duff: "I know it's by Todd Rundgren, but the title? No idea". http://www.a-4-d.com/t4287-1993-09-dd-popular-1-metallica-are-not-honest-guys-they-re-liars-duff Edited February 13, 2020 by Blackstar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 It's my favourite cover, Axl's voice suited it perfectly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurhamGirl Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 On 11/02/2020 at 4:26 PM, jafeijo said: This cover introduced me to the great artist that Todd Rundgren is. The original song is so great. Wow fabulous music by Todd Rundgren, just bought some... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby845 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 On 2/13/2020 at 10:39 PM, janrichmond said: It's my favourite cover, Axl's voice suited it perfectly. and don't forget Slash's solo... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotsfired cro Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I woul have preffered more if they played part of Kansas version...Kinda like they did with Imagine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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