StrangerInThisTown Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) Opinions on this song? Instrumentally it can hold up with anything they released on AFD, and Slashs solos are badass. Too bad they never recorded it, I think GNR were actually ahead of their time writing "Guns N Roses version of a rap song" (Axls words) at this time, before rap was even mainstream. Who knows how influential this would have been if GNR had recorded it and put on a proper album during that time period? I wish there was soundboard recording, but this footage is good enough to hear the song: Edited March 27, 2021 by StrangerInThisTown 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I'd be more curious to hear The Yellow Road to Compton. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I always liked this song. I think they'd be killed if they brought this little ditty back, Chauvinist etc. This should have been the final song on UYI II instead of My World... not that my world isn't a masterpiece 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey15 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) They used to mix this in during their live versions of Rocket Queen. Starts around the 3:30 mark, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVskHfgwwyY Edited March 27, 2021 by Bailey15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 18 minutes ago, Bailey15 said: They used to mix this long in during their live versions of Rocket Queen. Starts around the 3:30 mark, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVskHfgwwyY This is where I heard it first, I don't like the extended middle of RQ (these-days) but if they added this in I'd be all for it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerInThisTown Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Bailey15 said: They used to mix this long in during their live versions of Rocket Queen. Starts around the 3:30 mark, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVskHfgwwyY Oh yeah I forgot about that, feels way less "dangerous" than the real instrumental they wrote, it comes across kinda goofy here IMHO, more like a Chili Peppers thing than GNR. Maybe also because time has moved on and it wasn't the AFD time period anymore. Edited March 27, 2021 by StrangerInThisTown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 23 minutes ago, StrangerInThisTown said: Oh yeah I forgot about that, feels way less "dangerous" than the real instrumental they wrote, it comes across kinda goofy here IMHO, more like a Chili Peppers thing than GNR. Maybe also because time has moved on and it wasn't the AFD time period anymore. Yeah this is way more RHCP, the original idea had more to with Faith no more 'We care a lot', this is cool but definitely no snarl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledge Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Instrumentally yeah it's awesome. Lyrically no. It's because of that connection it won't come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackparker123 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) A version of this would have been perfect for the AFD boxset. I imagine most non die hard GNR fans have no idea this song exists. Edited March 27, 2021 by jackparker123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerInThisTown Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, jackparker123 said: A version of this would have been perfect for the AFD boxset. I imagine most non die hard GNR fans have no idea this song exists. They didn't even bother to put the SCOM demo in that boxset. You know, the song that made them famous. Or the Nightrain demo with the alternate intro. Unless of course they want to milk it again and release the EVEN MORE REMASTERED & LOADED AFD boxset in 2027, which I totally expect from GNRs management. Edited March 27, 2021 by StrangerInThisTown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Hell yea'! Cowbell in a Guns N' Roses version of a rap song. Haven't heard this song in a long time now - thanks for posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlvai Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Haaaa! Dis is a joke song. Nothing more. TB: We have new single. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draguns Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 11 hours ago, Dean said: I'd be more curious to hear The Yellow Road to Compton. Easy E's estate missed out on a big opportunity to release this song. They have the recording. In 2016, you had the GNR reunion tour and the Straight outta Compton movie. I don't get how they missed an opportunity like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl666 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 You know, I've been listening to GNR for long time now, and never heard of this song. Was this written as part of the Appetite sessions? Or after Appetite and before UYI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draguns Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, axl666 said: You know, I've been listening to GNR for long time now, and never heard of this song. Was this written as part of the Appetite sessions? Or after Appetite and before UYI? It was actually written when GNR opened for Iron Maiden. GNR was trying to get kicked off the tour and wrote this song as a result. Edited March 28, 2021 by Draguns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vloors Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 18 hours ago, Draguns said: Easy E's estate missed out on a big opportunity to release this song. They have the recording. In 2016, you had the GNR reunion tour and the Straight outta Compton movie. I don't get how they missed an opportunity like that. Axl does not appear on the song. Will just be slash, duff and matt on the instrumental supposedly. Axl stated it sounded like a bodycount rip off and he was not interested in doing any additional vocals for it. Cant remember which axl interview it was from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-Ass Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 God they were fucking awesome.. Listen to that crowd cheering for the opening band after playing some joke song that they never heard before.. As for the song itself I actually like it... Slash was ripping it up the whole time. It could have used a little more work and the "chorus" got a little repetitive but still cool none the less. Much better than the snippets they did in Rocket Queen during the UYI tour but that was still fun at the time too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31illusions Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Good song. Instrumentally it's pretty sweet. Lyrically it's juvenile. You it's just a jam song. Steven stops playing near the end and starts again. Steven also continues playing after they've ended. Still it's a fun Jam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendez Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) its the AFD era version of Silkworms Edited March 29, 2021 by Mendez 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwaystired Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) I always assumed it was a cover version I'd never heard he original of until recently. Edited March 29, 2021 by allwaystired Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerInThisTown Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) 23 hours ago, axl666 said: You know, I've been listening to GNR for long time now, and never heard of this song. Was this written as part of the Appetite sessions? Or after Appetite and before UYI? I did some research and the other 3 times it was played before the performance above, Axl just raps the intro for like 30 seconds with some random jamming by the band, before they go into Brownstone or Rocket Queen. I found a source that said GNR pulled out of the Iron Maiden tour because Axl blew out his throat singing this song, which must be June 6th, that would be the first time they played it in full, and then they didn't play it again until July 27th. That would make June-July the window of time when the band wrote the music to Axls lyrics, and he already had the lyrics by June 1st. Edited March 29, 2021 by StrangerInThisTown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerInThisTown Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, Mendez said: its the AFD era version of Silkworms Except this is a song from the AFD lineup and not Axl with random musicians, which probably explains the dip in quality, lol Edited March 29, 2021 by StrangerInThisTown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwaystired Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Again though, with this it really rams home the missed opportunity of the AFD re-release. This could have been on there, the uncensored Ritz etc etc. I will never ever understand why there isn't a desire to maximise income by making things that fans find desirable. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Killer Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 On 3/27/2021 at 10:12 PM, StrangerInThisTown said: They didn't even bother to put the SCOM demo in that boxset. You know, the song that made them famous. Or the Nightrain demo with the alternate intro. Unless of course they want to milk it again and release the EVEN MORE REMASTERED & LOADED AFD boxset in 2027, which I totally expect from GNRs management. You wouldn't want them to blow their LOAD all at once? Sometimes you just gotta savor the flavor? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euchre Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 14 hours ago, 31illusions said: Steven stops playing near the end and starts again. Steven also continues playing after they've ended. Still it's a fun Jam. I didn't notice that before, but that's the sort of stuff I used to love from that era - made every show seem spontaneous and somehow more real. Half the time I don't even notice it, its when the stuff is played note perfect it sounds wrong and stands out to me. Ritz is the classic case, epic show with so many imperfections. I went back and watched that Taste's Good ending again - it seemed between Slash, Duff & Steve no one was really sure when to end the thing, but somehow it all came together and worked - great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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