GN'R Survivor: Axl's Guest Appearances - FINAL ROUND

[Blackstar]

Salt Of The Earth is gone...

HOW IT WORKS: Each round, you vote for your LEAST FAVORITE of the options. The option with the most votes gets eliminated in the next round, and so on, until only one song remains.

Round 1 - Rock and Roll  [live with Shark Island] (1986)

Round 2 - Rock The Rock [Looney Tunes episode] (aired 2019)

Round 3 - I Did U No Wrong [on Steve Jones’ "Fire And Gasoline" album] (1989)

Round 4 - Come Together [live with Bruce Springsteen at the RRHOF] (1994)

Round 5 - I Will Not Go Quietly [on Don Henley’s "The End of the Innocence" album] (1989)

Round 6 - Big Shot [live with Billy Joel] (2017)

Round 7 - Anxious Disease [with Slash on the album by West Arkeen's band The Outpatience] (1996)

Round 8 - Piece Of Me [live with members of Metallica and Skid Row at RIP Magazine party] (1990)

Round 9 - Highway To Hell [live with Billy Joel] (2017)

Round 10 - Under My Wheels [with Alice Cooper, Slash and Izzy on "The Decline Of The Western Civilization" OST] (1988)

Round 11 - (Love Is) A Bitchslap [on Sebastian Bach’s "Angel Down" album] (2007)

Round 12 - Dead Flowers [vocals & piano - on Gilby’s "Pawn Shop Guitars" album] (1994)

Round 13 - Back In The Saddle [on Sebastian Bach’s "Angel Down" album] (2007)

Round 14 - Stuck Inside [on Sebastian Bach’s "Angel Down" album] (2007)

Round 15 - We Will Rock You [live with Queen at Freddie Mercury Tribute] (1992)

Round 16 - Salt Of The Earth [live with The Rolling Stones and Izzy] (1989)

Round 17 -

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Notes:

- Not included in the poll: 1) Live appearances where Axl sang GN’R songs (like with The Foo Fighters and Carrie Underwood) or songs that were already covered by GN’R  (e.g. KOHD with U2, Heartbreak Hotel with Tom Petty, Hair of the Dog at the RIP party.). That doesn't apply to Dead Flowers (as it's a guest appearance on a studio recording) and to We Will Rock You (because GN’R played it only once with Brian May after the Freddie Mercury Tribute), so they have been included.  2) Live appearances that are relatively rare or hard to find and/or there's no decent recording of  (e.g.  Mixed Emotions with The Rolling Stones,  Dead, Jail or Rock ‘n’ Roll with Michael Monroe and the Biff Malibu video from 1989). 3) Axl/DC, because it can't be considered a guest appearance; Axl was the touring singer of the band.

Edited August 2, 2022 by Blackstar

[jamillos]

I think people have been voting more like for the better song rather than Axl's performance. Free Fallin' contains the most Axl, and the most beautiful performance, too. 

[ssiscool]

But the bohemian performance gives you chills as he bursts on to the stage and really amps up the song

[jamillos]

12 minutes ago, ssiscool said:

But the bohemian performance gives you chills as he bursts on to the stage and really amps up the song

You're right, which is why it's gonna win. FF ftw though. 

[BangoSkank]

I watched both recently and the "Bohemian Rhapsody" is just so definitive. I have to vote for "Free Fallin'". 

Real talk, the final four should have been:

"Bohemian Rhapsody"

"Free Fallin'"

"Salt of the Earth"

And "STUCK INSIDE" - which slaps so hard.

[We love Axl Rose]

In my opinion Free Fallin' should win. 

[Tom-Ass]

1 hour ago, We love Axl Rose said:

In my opinion Free Fallin' should win. 

Salt of the Earth for me followed closely by Free Fallin.. Bohemian Rapsody isn't even close for me..

[Gordon Comstock]

12 hours ago, ssiscool said:

But the bohemian performance gives you chills as he bursts on to the stage and really amps up the song

 

Bohemian Rhapsody is basically the quintessential Axl Rose performance. He's the star while sharing the stage with Queen and Elton. He bursts onto the stage in an explosion of energy, holds the entire stadium in the palm of his hand, and sounds amazing.

Edited August 1, 2022 by Gordon Comstock

[Manfisman]

Love both appearences.

However, I think Bohemain Rhapsody is the best Axl performance ever. Like, if you don't know who Axl Rose is, or why he is such an unique and legendary frontman, just watch how he spins into the stage. The outfit, the moves, the voice, the attitude. Everything is perfect. I think in that moment Axl showed that he was the brightest star at the time.

Prime Axl is the best to ever do it IMO.

[ssiscool]

11 hours ago, Manfisman said:

Love both appearences.

However, I think Bohemain Rhapsody is the best Axl performance ever. Like, if you don't know who Axl Rose is, or why he is such an unique and legendary frontman, just watch how he spins into the stage. The outfit, the moves, the voice, the attitude. Everything is perfect. I think in that moment Axl showed that he was the brightest star at the time.

Prime Axl is the best to ever do it IMO.

At that point, they were the biggest band in the world. They were legendary. And Axl really gives it his all at that show. Kohd is probably my favorite version from that show. So much emotion.

[opalho]

40 minutes ago, ssiscool said:

Kohd is probably my favorite version from that show. So much emotion.

IMO, the best bit from that song is when Axl does the "I'll sing one, then you sing one". There is nothing like hearing 70,000 people singing along. It's awesome

[Sosso]

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[Blackstar]

1 hour ago, Sosso said:

You do not have permission to vote in this poll, or see the poll results.

The results are not visible? I can see them.

[We love Axl Rose]

2 hours ago, Sosso said:

You do not have permission to vote in this poll, or see the poll results.

If you didn't vote, you can't see the results.

[Blackstar]

12 minutes ago, We love Axl Rose said:

If you didn't vote, you can't see the results.

Oh, I guess that happens after the poll closes.

But when a poll is active one can choose whether to vote or see the results (but if they choose the latter, they don't have the right to vote).

[Blackstar]

For the people who can't see the votes:

[ssiscool]

Closer than I expected

[Ratam]

Is a sin that Salt of the Earth is out 

[Sosso]

19 minutes ago, Ratam said:

Is a sin that Salt of the Earth is out 

Well, that's how a poll works