We love Axl Rose Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Riad N` The Bedouins is the least listened song from the CD album. I`m interested to see who likes this song after all, and why ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallex78 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Me, though I think the cut n paste job of the chorus with the “no one had wove as well” line, sounding shitty protooled together, really brings the song down, from being great. But I think it’s definitely one of the better songs on CD. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19AT5 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 The lyrics are utterly dreadful, in my opinion. Appear to have been written by an angry teenager who has been pushy jilted! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I like it better than IRS, If The World and of course Scraped. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll41 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I only like the chorus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 12 minutes ago, rocknroll41 said: I only like the chorus. The bit that's ripped off from Immigrant Song? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I don't dislike it but it could be a much better song with some work. Title and lyrics are stupid and I don't like the guitar tones much at the Bucket robot part and on BBF's solo. I also prefer the original solo and even that could have been better. The leaked version of this one is the superior version imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 It's not the worst track and at least he's not moaning about love The Star Wars noises are annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOUCOULDBEMINE. Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I like the drums 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkarmy Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Not particularly. Lyrics sound like axl watched a cheesy made for TV movie on Middle East politics and wrote the first thing of his head no edits 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundOfAGun Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 The riff is quite good, the rest is Chinese Stew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 It's just a bit of a nothing song, isn't it? It's not bad, it's just lyrically weird (and not in a way that makes you think it's got any sort of hidden depth) and musically, it doesn't have a standout melodic hook, either vocally or instrumentally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elis Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 3 hours ago, We love Axl Rose said: Riad N` The Bedouins es la canción menos escuchada del CD. Estoy interesado en ver a quién le gusta esta canción después de todo, y por qué. Me encanta ese tema, me gustaria ver a slash tocando el tema 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We love Axl Rose Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 Axl Rose describing the song: Riad is the name my one time momentary brother-in-law of Erin Everly went by when I knew him. Of part Lebanese descent and a former student of Pepperdine University he claims to be an international arms dealer, billionaire with ambitions of being “King of the World”. He claims to fund several medical organizations and underground Nazi organizations around the world who says his heroes are Napoleon and Adolph Hitler. He claims his most prized asset is his anonymity. He also claims to be an expert in military strategy and was the inspiration for the Guns song Civil War which was written per his request for a song how “people were stupid and he could and he could sell them anything because people love to kill each other.” He also claims to be an expert in global finance and money laundering living tax free in Belair last I was aware and claiming to launder monies for wealthy individuals in several countries predominantly Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, with ties to the Bush/Reagan administrations and wherever there’s a war in the world at any given moment. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DTJ80 Posted May 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2021 It’s one of my favourite songs off CD. 😂 Great riffs and some stellar vocals (at one point he hits a high note which is unreal) and it’s a great rocker (of which there were too few)…I know I’m in the minority but hey-ho….🤣 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweersa Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 23 minutes ago, We love Axl Rose said: Axl Rose describing the song: Riad is the name my one time momentary brother-in-law of Erin Everly went by when I knew him. Of part Lebanese descent and a former student of Pepperdine University he claims to be an international arms dealer, billionaire with ambitions of being “King of the World”. He claims to fund several medical organizations and underground Nazi organizations around the world who says his heroes are Napoleon and Adolph Hitler. He claims his most prized asset is his anonymity. He also claims to be an expert in military strategy and was the inspiration for the Guns song Civil War which was written per his request for a song how “people were stupid and he could and he could sell them anything because people love to kill each other.” He also claims to be an expert in global finance and money laundering living tax free in Belair last I was aware and claiming to launder monies for wealthy individuals in several countries predominantly Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, with ties to the Bush/Reagan administrations and wherever there’s a war in the world at any given moment. Sounds like Nicholas Cage in The Lord of War. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I kinda admire its experimental originality and do listen to it sometimes, but probably wouldn't really give it the time of day if Axl/GNR hadn't created it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaneisKing1389 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I enjoy it quite a bit. After 10+ years of the album being out, I think it’s one of the more interesting songs on the album. I always feel like Shackler’s doesn't get the love it deserves, either. Killer choruses. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakey Styley Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I used to love it. I thought it captured well how rock/metal was sounding in the 2000s. You don’t get that feeling often on CD given how long it took to record. It definitely has an emo flair to it. Axls vocals are killer, lyrics are awful though (although supposedly about a really interesting guy). Not a good guitar solo. Also think it could’ve been mixed better to allow the instruments to come through better. The intro shouldn’t be there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll41 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Towelie said: The bit that's ripped off from Immigrant Song? Well, now I don’t like that part anymore either. Thanks, Towlie! You’re the best South Park character ever!! Wanna get high? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRfanMILO Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I like the Village version, but I think the finished version from Chinese Democracy is trash. It's IMO the song that suffered overproduction the most, right there with Street of Dreams. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystery Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Jakey Styley said: I used to love it. I thought it captured well how rock/metal was sounding in the 2000s. You don’t get that feeling often on CD given how long it took to record. It definitely has an emo flair to it. Axls vocals are killer, lyrics are awful though (although supposedly about a really interesting guy). Not a good guitar solo. Also think it could’ve been mixed better to allow the instruments to come through better. The intro shouldn’t be there. I always like the song as a display for Axl's vocals; he goes all out on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I *hated* Riad the first time I heard it, which happened to be in concert. They did it in Detroit in 2002 and I'd never heard the song before. I kept saying "What the fuck is this?" to my friend during the song, then at the end I said "SWING AND A MISS, AXL". I'm pretty sure everyone in the venue heard me seeing as there was dead silience/indifference to the song when they finished. It did grow on me in it's studio form though. I dug the studio leak a lot more and then I ended up liking the album version a great deal. It's in the middle for me, I don't love it and I don't hate it. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweersa Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I thought every leaked version of Riad was way better than the album version (As I do with most of the CD-era stuff). That stupid intro (that they got in legal trouble for, nice work Pitman, now give us CD2 please Chris, and all will be forgiven by the fans) Bumble's uninspired cluster fuck of a guitar solo was absolute trash, compared to the Robin/Bucket solo in the earlier take. No dig against Bumble, I liked what he added to the title track and his Shackler's solo is pretty good (curious to hear Bucket's advanced take), and while I prefer May's work on Catcher, Bumble played that song well. I like the Josh drums version from the village leaks the best on Riad. Axl's new vocal bits to replace the older vocal track bits also stand out on the album version, where he says "no one had walked as well" towards the end of the song, or is he saying "wove"? I always thought it was "walked" but online lyrics are saying "wove". Definitely not a song Axl seems to nail down live, sort of like Better. Better, being probably the best officially released CD-era song, is one Axl doesn't perform well live, of course. Sort of like SCOM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnR Chris Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 (edited) A version of Riad on the locker room leaks elevates the song, IMO. The laser-sounding noises are turned up in the mix. That and added bass makes the song slap so fuckin’ hard. I like Riad. Lyrically weak, but good tune. Edited May 22, 2021 by GnR Chris 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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