Guns n Roses: Critical Rehab

I feel like the Republicans should start blasting this during their rallies.

The next line makes it clearer

glad we cleared that up

always important to establish the logical consistency of bigoted morons

But tying them together with the "It's all Greek to me" wordplay.

But, hey, lyrics that deal with the world in a rational way are the least interesting.

i never bothered with Lies so i've been hearing about that song for 20 years before finally giving it a listen on Spotify because of this thread. pretty lame, lyrics definitely not redeemed by the music remotely as much as on "Get In The Ring" or anything.

why are you listening to Lies when you should be listening to the Bee Gees

:(

just from this sampling, I'd say "get in the ring" represents a maturation in lyric craft. less show-offy is better.

^^^first time "What, you pissed off 'cause your dad gets more pussy than you?" has been praised for its subtlety and maturity

from the AMG review:

"[the] emotional directness [of "Patience"] makes the misogyny of "Used to Love Her (But I Had to Kill Her)" and the pitiful slanders of "One in a Million" sound genuine. Although the cover shrugs them off as a "joke," Axl Rose's venom is frightening -- there's little doubt that he truly does believe that "faggots" come to America from another country and that "niggers" should stay out of his way."

"he" "truly" "does" "believe"

ugh Get In The Ring is as embarrassing as One In A Million, for completely different reasons. But both underline that Axl is crazypants. the end.

I loooooove Get in the Ring!!!!

I got a thought that would be nice
I'd like to crush your head tight in my vice...pain!!

And my personal fave:

I don't like you, I just hate you
I'm gonna kick your ass

I hum this to myself all the time.

i like how they added like 5 new members to the band so they could get their weigh-in up for that song.

matt sorum is a total pawg

is loving Get In The Ring like loving Megashark Vs Giant Octopus? i think i could understand that :)

"Get In The Ring" belatedly became one of my favorite GNR songs when i started revisiting UYI the last few years, it's so insanely catchy

see I dig a lot of UYI, but Get In The Ring just makes me cringe now
I can't stand it

yeah it grated for a long time, but now it just feels so goofily triumphant -- those huge swinging slash leads, the title chant, duff's final rant, it's glorious.

It's just so unhinged but oddly funny in a stupidly endearing sort of way. Like, the ridiculous rhyme scheme of those first lyrics I quoted, which end in the grunt of "pain." And the way the other lyrics I quote don't even work rhythmically.

Also awesome because a couple of those dudes accepted Axl's challenge to fight and we wimped out.

haha really? hilarious

And my personal fave:

I don't like you, I just hate you
I'm gonna kick your ass

I hum this to myself all the time.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is the best part of the song.

i'm pretty fond of "there's a smell of retribution in the air"

nothing in get in the ring is as cringeworthy as "what's so civil about war, anyway?" or "human grocery store, ain't that fresh"

i generally try to avoid linking something i wrote but it seems important to drop this into the convo: http://www.splicetoday.com/music/use-your-interjection

Oh my distorted smile.

PS: wrong lineup in the photo Al

ain't that fresh rules!

That picture is the "Civil War" line-up.

Minus Dizzy, but fuck that dude.

haha really? hilarious

Guccione in particular iirc - printed something in SPIN about how he was all set to go whenever/wherever Axl wanted

what does 'human grocery store' mean, anyway? It sounds kind of macabre, but I'm not sure it was meant to be taken that way.

in contrast to giraffe grocery stores, I assume

eh don't blame me, i didn't pick the photo

plus i mean Adler was in the studio for SOME of the Illusion sessions /reaching

ha oh josh already got my back

xp It's next to the jerk store, and it's open from 7-9 six days a week.

Steven only appears on "Civil War" from the UYI albums.

my girlfriend heard me listening to "One in a Million" the other day. When the lines "Immigrants and faggots / They make no sense to me / They come to our country / And think they'll do as they please"
came on, she perked up and said matter-of-factly, "Faggots come from Faggotland." LOLZORS

― Poliopolice, Wednesday, June 13, 2012 4:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sigggghhhh. The two phrases relate to the two groups separately. It's a lyrical trick. The next line makes it clearer "Like start some mini-Iran, or spread some fucking disease."

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, June 13, 2012 11:20 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

... you realize your "defense" makes no sense and that followup just makes it seem even more like Axl thinks gay people come from another country, right

The more I reflect on these lyrics, the more I realize that the sentiments perfectly articulate many of the preoccupations of modern day tea partiers: gays corrupting the moral underpinnings of society; blacks maintaining a threatening presence just by being in the presence of whites; malevolent middle easterners deliberately destroying the nation while taking umbrage under American laws; and a general sense of fear-induced xenophobia, with the narrator's yearning to just be left alone by everyone, almost like a separatist.

nothing in get in the ring is as cringeworthy as "what's so civil about war, anyway?" or "human grocery store, ain't that fresh"

two of the most embarrassing lines ever sung by anybody

i got some genuine imitation awesome lyrics, free sample, for aerosmith's peace o' mind only $9.95

Duff is a very underrated bass player too.

two of the most embarrassing lines ever sung by anybody

Sammy Hagar raises an eyebrow and steps up to the challenge.

"Get In The Ring" belatedly became one of my favorite GNR songs when i started revisiting UYI the last few years, it's so insanely catchy

― bronytheus (some dude), Thursday, June 14, 2012 11:27 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the instrumental is out there, it's pretty rad

... you realize your "defense" makes no sense and that followup just makes it seem even more like Axl thinks gay people come from another country, right

― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Friday, June 15, 2012 6:23 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

do you think Axl meant police wear gold chains, too?

The more I reflect on these lyrics, the more I realize that the sentiments perfectly articulate many of the preoccupations of modern day tea partiers: gays corrupting the moral underpinnings of society; blacks maintaining a threatening presence just by being in the presence of whites; malevolent middle easterners deliberately destroying the nation while taking umbrage under American laws; and a general sense of fear-induced xenophobia, with the narrator's yearning to just be left alone by everyone, almost like a separatist.

― Poliopolice, Friday, June 15, 2012 7:00 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes indeed. If Axl hadn't actually held a lot of the beliefs in the song I'd be more comfortable saying it's a masterpiece.