Did you really feel "welcomed" to the jungle by axl rose, or do you think that was sort of just insincere, halfhearted graciousness?

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"welcome" to the "jungle"

david day (winslow), Friday, 2 September 2005 15:55 (eighteen years ago) link

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Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 3 September 2005 10:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Incidentally, if anybody wonders why Universal would have pumped as much money into Chinese Democracy as it did, consider the spam this thread got, which suggests that "Axl" and/or "welcome to the jungle" indicate, to a spambot, a fuckload of people who might answer its ad.

Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Saturday, 3 September 2005 12:34 (eighteen years ago) link

two years pass...

It is insincere, halfhearted graciousness

admrl, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2003/07/21eighties.html

and what, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link

I think Claire Zulkey was at the 2004 election-watching party I went to at Kenan's apartment.

jaymc, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link

four years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEy6Zs7KL7k

Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 October 2012 04:52 (eleven years ago) link

spent most of that trying to figure out what band he was sitting in w/ before realizing 'o i guess that's guns n roses now'

balls, Monday, 22 October 2012 05:12 (eleven years ago) link

Lord, that's not very far from being a St. Sanders video.

Fetchboy, Monday, 22 October 2012 05:36 (eleven years ago) link

better was worse

Matt Armstrong, Monday, 22 October 2012 07:04 (eleven years ago) link

That's Tony Clifton right?

wk, Monday, 22 October 2012 07:15 (eleven years ago) link

spent most of that trying to figure out what band he was sitting in w/ before realizing 'o i guess that's guns n roses now'

― balls, Monday, October 22, 2012 1:12 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wookiefoot perhaps?

how's life, Monday, 22 October 2012 09:31 (eleven years ago) link

Top 10 all-time thread title candidate here

Clarke B., Monday, 22 October 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link

hahahaha omg

ENBB, Monday, 22 October 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link

that guitarist, DJ Ashba? is the weirdest looking dude

also lol at the random band member dancing around waving a flag the whole time

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link

Hahah well Pitchfork just reblogged my post of this on Tumblr, it'll be everywhere soon enough.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 October 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link

everyone needs to know the hideousness & hilarity

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 October 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link

official camp Axl explanation is strep throat

Matt Armstrong, Monday, 22 October 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link

He should get that looked at, he's had it for about two years.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 October 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link

omg "better"....his tubby stage moves on all this stuff are amazing too

terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link

okay so did no one think that tuning the guitars would be a good idea before starting the song

also there is no fucking way Axl could make any sound remotely near the pitches he's hitting if he had strep, he would basically sound like a hoarse Andrew Eldritch

The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link

execution aside what style of music are they even trying to play this in, so fd up

--bob marley (lag∞n), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link

Still not convinced this isn't one of those "shreds" videos.

pplains, Monday, 22 October 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link

Guns 'N Roses unplugged doing music that isn't their weepy ballads is a terrible idea anyway, about the only thing that would be worse is something like an acoustic Meat Beat Manifesto set

The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link

you don't understand, "strep throat" is the name of my guitar

rhino what boys like (Noodle Vague), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link

xpost DJP otm -- he was, in whatever form, "singing", he just couldn't sustain certain high notes without ditching out ...which is not strep throat

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link

they apparently recorded an acoustic version of Better, so they're really wedded to the idea that it somehow works as an acoustic song

Matt Armstrong, Monday, 22 October 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link

the drummer is using those lil bunches of sticks sticks is how i knew it was real

--bob marley (lag∞n), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link

although it's true that Andrew Eldritch singing "Welcome To The Jungle" over severely out of tune/out of rhythm guitars would be amazing and must happen immediately

The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link

I have also long thought that the main thing "Welcome To The Jungle" needed in order to really make it pop is bongos

The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link

ned, you bastard, i've already been having chest pain issues lately

charlie the luna (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link

also am I wrong or are the guitarists Perry Bamonte and Adam Duritz

The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link

imho each original member of gnr should form their own gnr and tour the world playing horrible grotesque renditions, maybe they could have a festival

--bob marley (lag∞n), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link

I was thinking the same thing about Jungle DJP -- bongos/lotsa percussion would be awesome

I was hoping for more of a Don't Cry, November Rain, slowjam kinda show or change up the old tunes with just a guitar or whatever.
bleh

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link

dunno if I should be sad that I can't tell which one is Tommy Stinson

Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/07o8u.png

shakey noo

--bob marley (lag∞n), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link

but they had like, 4 guitarists on stage and it barely sounded like they had one

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link

oh Shakey no

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link

hahaha this is still cached in my browser so I'm still listening to it

The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:58 (eleven years ago) link

haha who/what is 'shakey pictures'?

goole, Monday, 22 October 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link

oh duh it's neil young's film outfit

goole, Monday, 22 October 2012 21:02 (eleven years ago) link

Shakey Mo Pictures.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 October 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link

Production company specialising in obituaries

rhino what boys like (Noodle Vague), Monday, 22 October 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link

but they had like, 4 guitarists on stage and it barely sounded like they had one

the saddest part (well okay one of the saddest parts) is how there's all those guitars and cowboy hats and not a single motherfucking one of them knows how to pick a lead on an acoustic guitar.

Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 October 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link

Well of course a benefit for cerebral palsy would be filmed by Shakey pictures.

pplains, Monday, 22 October 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link

thank you so much for making a joke like that before I could succumb to the temptation

The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Monday, 22 October 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link

hWah!

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 22 October 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link

i like how theres at least one guy w/a long braided goatee up there

--bob marley (lag∞n), Monday, 22 October 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link

Well of course a benefit for cerebral palsy would be filmed by Shakey pictures.

*pedant alert*

Neil Young has epilepsy. Which earned him the nickname "Shakey". "Bernard Shakey" is the fake name he has used when involved in filmmaking, and Shakey Films is the name of his production company. Neil's son has cerebral palsy, and that is why Neil set up the Bridge School Foundation.

the end

Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 October 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link


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