Guns n Roses: Critical Rehab

So whichever GNR thread has been revived most recently becomes receptacle for all things GNR? Whatevs. I can work with that. Though I just assumed that cheeky thread title meant it was about Axl specifically, or "Welcome" specifically.

Alright, no biggie. But since you posted a vid of Axl desperately attempting to sing his way through "Welcome..", I thought it would interest you that this particular video has been discussed in that partiular thread for a few days now.

Good to know! What else is being discussed in other threads, while we're here?

Well, forget it then. Didn't mean to start anything, though it seems I did..

I'm just joshing with you.

Ok, we're good.

I, for one, am ashamed and disappointed in myself for participating in this revive. I'll be taking a brief respite for reflection and to spend time with my family. With Christ's help, I hope that I can avoid any further grievous lapses in judgment.

Yeah, I'm going to pray on it, too.

people on this site get up in arms about trivial shit a lot, i've noticed

no one got up in arms though? was just a friendly 'hey join the discussion here'

I mean today, in this instance.

Just another disgusting instance of Axlsplaining imo.

Just Axl being an Axlhole.

Been listening to Appetite a bit lately. Nonbelievers, I think if you're willing to listen with new ears, you'll find a phenomenal album of surprising complexity and quality. I think there's only one song that doesn't completely kick ass ("anything goes"). The riffs are unstoppable.

I really don't think appetite would rate any higher in people's unbiased minds than say a motley crue record. (I personally like Mr. Brownstone better than Dr. Feelgood, but this is all stripper music, basically)

I don't want to see strippers dance to "Mr. Brownstone".

would you rather see axl dance to it?

neither, thanx.

so maybe I like stripper music

;_;

I really don't think appetite would rate any higher in people's unbiased minds than say a motley crue record. (I personally like Mr. Brownstone better than Dr. Feelgood, but this is all stripper music, basically)

― Philip Nunez, Sunday, October 28, 2012 3:55 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

As a huge fan of stripper music I can tell you in my unbiased stripper music mind that Motley Crue doesn't have an album with more than 3 or 4 good songs on it and Appetite has 10.

3 or 4 solid stripper tracks sounds right for appetite. welcome to the jungle, paradise city, mr. brownstone. rocket queen kind of overstays its welcome and sweet child o' mine's lyrics appear to be about pubes, so those two are kind of iffy for the 4th.

You overstay your welcome. BAH. Hello? Night train? It's So Easy? My Michelle?

Sweet Child is a strip club classic wtf bro

the song is about young axl hiding in some lady's pubes and waiting for heavy periods to pass.
welcome to the jungle, indeed.

You are a curious fellow

xpost otm

This conversation makes me wish that I'd let that stripper music poll of mine get off the ground.

Motley Crue is terrible. Some of the worst and worst sounding albums of their ilk from the '80s.

xpost how's life, you should totally run it!

Motley Crue first album is awesome imo

VG, it was going to be this

"If only more strippers voted." - the Hard Rock and Hair Metal tracks poll nominations thread (Closes September 3rd)

It was a great idea, I thought! But I there's been too much of that type of polling going on these days as far as I'm concerned.

Add it to the bottom of WMC's list! By then it'll be midyear next year and it'll give me another poll to look forward to!

*begs*

Yeah, ok.

hooray! :)

I know nothing about running polls but if you need help when the time rolls around, I'll donate my services

I'll hold you to that!

the song i feel least happy about on my '80s rock ballot is "Sweet Child O' Mine" while I believe Axl was having a genuine, tender moment, I just can't get over the knowledge that Slash couldn't have given less of a fuck.

Appetite is still a solid album

Slash is lying about not liking Sweet Child imo

yeah initially i thought "well i can enjoy it FOR slash knocking off such a solid hook even while rolling his eyes at steven adler" but recently the tale has harshed my buzz

i used to hear stories about Slash hating "Sweet Child" or coming up with the riff as a joke but then in his memoir and interviews have never seen him expressing any negative opinions of the song so i've started to wonder if it was an urban legend (xpost)

ah i see that story is on the wiki page, i guess it's more confirmed than i'd thought? also lol:

On an interview on Eddie Trunk's New York radio show in May 2006, Axl Rose stated that his original concept for the video focused on the theme of drug trafficking. According to Rose, the video was to depict an Asian woman carrying a baby into a foreign land, only to discover at the end that the child was dead and filled with heroin. This concept was rejected by Geffen Records.

wikipedia credits the "slash made the riff as a joke, then Axl went 'aw that would go well with my love poem" bit to Duff in an '88 hit parader article, though links to some foreign "meanings behind songs" site. xpost

xp: Reminds me of how the original cover of Appetite was supposed to be a picture of the Challenger explosion.

xpost: slash talks about it in his autobiography. called it "circus music" or something.

i used to hear stories about Slash hating "Sweet Child" or coming up with the riff as a joke but then in his memoir and interviews have never seen him expressing any negative opinions of the song so i've started to wonder if it was an urban legend (xpost)

― the man with 2 BRAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINZ! (some dude), Sunday, October 28, 2012 8:59 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he wildly contradicts himself about it

the impression i got was that slash didn't like it at the time because it was kind of corny, but over time, he's grown to enjoy it.

riff is corny, izzy lifts it to glory anyway, solos rule

can we talk about how great izzy was

i can talk about how great izzy was ALL DAY

but full disclosure i share his keef fetish so

heart and soul of that band etc etc

too bad his solo stuff is like 85% snoozeville