Original Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 How am I just now stumbling on this?- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 It's not exactly GN'R, it's one of the West Arkeen demos with Axl on it, recorded probably in 1985/86. It's most likely from the same sessions as Crash Diet, Sentimental Movie etc. It was considered as one of the songs that would be on Use Your Illusion, but didn't make it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 It doesn't fit UYI, or any other GNR album really, at all imo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estrangedtwat Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 I don't believe any of those old West Arkeen outtakes were ever considered GNR songs or were ever actually considered for GNR records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, estrangedtwat said: I don't believe any of those old West Arkeen outtakes were ever considered GNR songs or were ever actually considered for GNR records. The Garden, Yesterdays, Bad Obsession and I think the original version of It's So Easy are from the same session(s) though. Seems like GNR members worked on a bunch of West's songs then picked the ones they wanted to keep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTJ80 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Crash Diet and Too Much Too Fast were my favourites of that tape. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 2 hours ago, estrangedtwat said: I don't believe any of those old West Arkeen outtakes were ever considered GNR songs or were ever actually considered for GNR records. Duff had mentioned Just Another Sunday as one of the songs for UYI: Duff: Yeah, we got a song called “Yesterdays” - a great fucking song. And, er, ‘Just Another Sunday”. Both great tunes that we wrote aeons ago... Like, “It’s So Easy" Wes and I wrote together, that’s what we did for the last record. Axl put about a quarter of the lyrics into that. But this time these songs are almost fully his, I guess, if I remember right... Maybe I wrote part of them with Wes and Axl, yeah, whatever. But, yeah, Wes is gonna be with us on this one. [Interview with Mick Wall, January 1990] Sentimental Movie had "GN'R" next to it on the West Arkeen tape that was sold on eBay a while back, so maybe that was considered as well. I don't think any of the rest were considered (except, of course, the three that made UYI) - Crash Diet definitely wasn't considered a GN'R song. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Axl also explained the It's so easy story on that Eddie trunk radio interview in 2006, right before Baz put his foot in it and asked how West was doing. Haven't seen that tape before although i have heard the songs off it you would expect. But did any of the other songs ever appear from it? Wonder how much better the sound may be on those songs taken from that tape than the rips of ones already out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, Shacklermyrye said: Axl also explained the It's so easy story on that Eddie trunk radio interview in 2006, right before Baz put his foot in it and asked how West was doing. Haven't seen that tape before although i have heard the songs off it you would expect. But did any of the other songs ever appear from it? Wonder how much better the sound may be on those songs taken from that tape than the rips of ones already out there No, the other songs have not circulated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkside259 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Axl voice was on fire back then 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausagebrain Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 It's for my money, the worst song that has ever had the GnR name attached to it (even if it was attached incorrectly). It reminds me of that crap cover of 'I Got You Babe' by UB40 and Chrissie Hynde. I remember that, sometime in the 2000s, some music magazine heard it and reported that it was a leaked demo for Chinese Democracy. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerInThisTown Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 6 hours ago, Blackstar said: Duff had mentioned Just Another Sunday as one of the songs for UYI: Duff: Yeah, we got a song called “Yesterdays” - a great fucking song. And, er, ‘Just Another Sunday”. Both great tunes that we wrote aeons ago... Like, “It’s So Easy" Wes and I wrote together, that’s what we did for the last record. Axl put about a quarter of the lyrics into that. But this time these songs are almost fully his, I guess, if I remember right... Maybe I wrote part of them with Wes and Axl, yeah, whatever. But, yeah, Wes is gonna be with us on this one. [Interview with Mick Wall, January 1990] Sentimental Movie had "GN'R" next to it on the West Arkeen tape that was sold on eBay a while back, so maybe that was considered as well. I don't think any of the rest were considered (except, of course, the three that made UYI) - Crash Diet definitely wasn't considered a GN'R song. I didn't realize it was that old, but "Make Your Play" ended up on the first Brother Cane album from 1993 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSlashrose Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Too Much To Soon é de Mentiras? Ou West Arkeen também? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 7 hours ago, Shacklermyrye said: Axl also explained the It's so easy story on that Eddie trunk radio interview in 2006, right before Baz put his foot in it and asked how West was doing. Haven't seen that tape before although i have heard the songs off it you would expect. But did any of the other songs ever appear from it? Wonder how much better the sound may be on those songs taken from that tape than the rips of ones already out there yeah he interrupted too much in that interview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyman Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 12 hours ago, Original said: How am I just now stumbling on this?- Because you missed it the last 30 years it's been available? Either way, happy holiday! There's other songs from that era that are available, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTJ80 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 12 hours ago, Blackstar said: Duff had mentioned Just Another Sunday as one of the songs for UYI: Duff: Yeah, we got a song called “Yesterdays” - a great fucking song. And, er, ‘Just Another Sunday”. Both great tunes that we wrote aeons ago... Like, “It’s So Easy" Wes and I wrote together, that’s what we did for the last record. Axl put about a quarter of the lyrics into that. But this time these songs are almost fully his, I guess, if I remember right... Maybe I wrote part of them with Wes and Axl, yeah, whatever. But, yeah, Wes is gonna be with us on this one. [Interview with Mick Wall, January 1990] Sentimental Movie had "GN'R" next to it on the West Arkeen tape that was sold on eBay a while back, so maybe that was considered as well. I don't think any of the rest were considered (except, of course, the three that made UYI) - Crash Diet definitely wasn't considered a GN'R song. How much did that tape go for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 59 minutes ago, DTJ80 said: How much did that tape go for? I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTJ80 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Blackstar said: I have no idea. Cool - crazy to think that it was up for sale so potentially anyone of us COULD have got it (maybe someone did….👀). I always found it odd that only some of the tracks got out. Like you - I’d love to know how good it sounds….particularly Crash Diet. On looking on the web I found a link to the Canter Banter section where the tape was discussed. There was a post on there from years ago with the poster claiming there are Arkeen demos which were only to be used if Axl and Slash reconciled. I’d never heard that before. Edited September 19, 2022 by DTJ80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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