Here Today... Gone To Hell!

I've been listenin' to Locomotive over n' over all week, THE best lyrics EVER!!!!!

Anyway, i was listenin' to the piano outro with the drum rolls n' shit n' forgot  that Matt n' Duff r' credited for percusion...n' its obviously Duff smashin' that crash symbol :yes:......do you think this is where the idea came from for Duff to run out on stage durin' Matt's solo n' jam with him for the Illusion shows?????

it just fuckin' hit me :beer:

I dunno, but I wish they had played Locomotive instead of that awful boring drum solo. :P

I agree, Matt Sorum's drum solo's were fuckin shite. Just an excuse for the band to have a drink.

mmm honestly I love locomotion Locomotive, as you can't imagine, but specially the last part the slowly part, its so great, it leads you to states of unconscience, without drinking or smoking anything, that is for me... That is the only remarkable song of the Illusion II, in my opinion, that is not considered a HIT, its SOOO different from the rest of the album, that when you really like it, You only want more of that KIND of music, instead the BIG hits, like KOHD, or Civil War, that compared with Locomotive, are nothing,in my not so humble opinion,? and it turns out to be, an Axl and Slash composition, with demonstrates us, that they "together" were certainly a Strong force, of writing, penning composing, and playing...

anyway, Relationships as Love, is So strange...

I think I can imagine it !  ;D

haha sorry man, I made a huge mistake, that says a lot of my love to Locomotive right ?  ;) anyway I changed it, look at it...

In a serious note man, Locomotive, is an extremely awesome, song, I only wish, the last part, would like a longer time...

Yeah, was *joking*  ;)
I agree with you: Locomotive is great ! Listening to the end while closing my eyes is so relaxing (my english is bad I l know  :P)
Estranged and Coma are masterpieces too  :drool:

oh I forgot about Estranged, but you know, Locomotive is definitively something different... anyway, I understand you man, Im from bolivia hehe

So do we all. That drum solo is awful

Especially during the days of VHS when you had to fast forward through.

lol, good times my friend, good times.

Locomotive is indeed a great song, very complete, with insanely good lyrics. In 1991, Axl was saying Locomotive was "Slash's baby" from the Illusions set, while Estranged was Axl's...

I rememeber the first time I heard locomotive, I always liked the part of "gotta find a way to cure this loneliness...", but the most excelent part is the outro of loooooove is so stranged, I mean what the fuck did Axl was thinking when he came up with that. I think that song just as breakdown is my fave of GNR.  :peace:

when was it performed live.?????

07.19.91 - Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
07.30.91 - Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA
08.03.91 - Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA
12.13.91 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
02.20.92 - Toyko Dome, Tokyo, Japan (nope, it wasn't on the official DVDs...)

You can download the Madison Square Garden 91 show here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=40344&hit=1

You have to register there and search on Google or in their FAQ if you don't know about torrents.

that explains why we can hear Matt playin' it durin' the speaches, maybe they fucked it up live ???

I thnk you mean that Axl said that Coma was  Slash's baby not Locomotive.

My baby's got a locomotive, my baby's gone off the track...

Locomotive is a masterpiece why did the fucking Geffen edit it out of that video? It?d be so very amazing to see GNR playin? locomotive in Tokyo ?92 :(

mmm I love Locomotive, and if there was gonna be a video, I would do it, the last part would be a sunset and a shining sun, pretty cool....

I always envision myself skydiving at a couple thousand feet as soon as the finally of that song hits. The possibilities they could have captured on video in relation to the song's multi-dimensional lyrics are endless.

mmm Locomotive, is great,  but Honestly I would use anything white, like snow.... I would use fire and something  blue like the UYI2

I have a rare version; I can share it with you!  :peace:

AxlRose Ven, then share it dude, dont even ask...

but how can i upload it here?   ;D

Please do, Id be most obliged to listen : ok:

ok, just give me a rest n' i'll be right back to put it here

how much time?

you don't asnwer me yet : where ya from really?

They were going to play it at that PPV in 92 also with Jeff Beck but Jeffs tenisis (sp?) acted up and he couldnt play.
That would have been so killer with slash and jeff on lead and axl sounded great that show.

As for the Japan DVDs, i have the cd import and it was not on that either. Are you sure they played it on that nite.

Axl did say Locomotive was Slash's baby. Check out the L.A Forum 91 shows. I could post the bit where he says that but I don't really have time right now lol.

Concerning Paris, yeah they even rehearsed Locomotive with Jeff Beck (no vocals by Axl though) the day before the show. I posted the rehearsals DVD video on DIME for those interested, actually (http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=62995&hit=1 - hurry before there is no seed anymore, they rehearsed Train Kept A Rollin with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry as well and it's on the video).

And for the Japan DVDs, they did play Locomotive on the 20th. The even played Coma as an opener (!!!) on the 19th. What did Geffen (and/ or the band) choose to release?? The 22nd of course! With no freakin rare song played that night.

I could post all those live versions of Locomotive if people are interested. I could probably do one right now. Let me know.

Thanks for uploading that.  : ok:

There you go, Locomotive live in Tokyo, 02.20.1992. Kickin ass and takin names.

http://rapidshare.de/files/6220980/GNR-1992.02.20-d1t04.flac.html (you have to choose Free and on the next page, then scroll down and wait 30 seconds - it's a pain but it's free! :))

It's in FLAC (lossless) format. Download and install this plugin in Winamp if you don't already have it: click here (http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=131643&download=yes&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.nullsoft.com%2Fcustomize%2Fcomponent%2F2003%2F3%2F31%2FP%2FFlac_Plugin_for_WA2.exe). Why FLAC? Because it was how it was shared and I usually don't alter shared stuff, plus it's a lossless format which means you'll have great quality.

It's an audience recording, but it's still pretty good. Enjoy!

And you're welcome for the rehearsals DVD, Genesis.

cool thanks : ok:

If you want more, let me know, the other live versions are bigger than 50MB though, so I may have to share them in MP3 (the size limit is 50MB).

Ups.  I posted the comment inside the quote instead of after it.
Most of you will understand it,  though.

yeah put'em all here please, we the gnr fans wanna get'em all right now!

...n' for the Japan DVDs they did play it there even they also played ?Bad Apple? but i don't kow yet why the fuck does they Geffen hide those videos to date? Maybe did gnr play those songs so very wrong? That?s why really? You can check da?japan DVDs out to notice when GNR plays ?Bad Apple' ? Backstage, few minutes before that show!

Thanks Will! This is the best live version of Locomotive I've heard so far.

FYI the tokyo Setlists recycled from the past thread.

@19 Feb 1992 Tokyo Dome
01) Coma 02) Mr. Brownstone 03) Live And Let Die 04) Bad Obsession 05) Double Talkin' Jive 06) Civil War 07) Wild Horses~ Patience 08) Attitude 09) Welcome To The Jungle 10) Don't Cry 11) Piano Solo~ November Rain 12) Nightrain 13) Drum Solo -) Guitar Solo -) Godfather Theme 14) Sail Away Sweet Sister~Bad Time~ Sweet Child O' Mine 15) You Could Be Mine 16) So Fine 17) Only Women Bleed~ Knockin' On Heaven's Door　
//encore  18) Estranged  19) Mother~ Paradise City

@20 Feb 1992 Dome
01) It's So Easy 02) Mr. Brownstone 03) Locomotive 04) Bad Obsession 05) Live And Let Die 06)Attitude 07) Don't Cry 08) Nightrain 09) So Fine 10) Wild Horses~ Patience 11) Welcome To The Jungle 12) Double Talkin' Jive 13) Civil War 14) Piano Solo~ November Rain 15) Drum Solo -) Guitar Solo -) Godfather Theme 16) Sail Away Sweet Sister~Bad Time~ Sweet Child O' Mine 17) Move To The City 18) You Could Be Mine 19) Only Women Bleed~ Knockin' On Heaven's Door 　
//encore  20) Mother~ Paradise City

@22 Feb 1992 Dome
01) Nigh train 02) Mr. Brownstone 03) Live And Let Die 04) It's So Easy 05) Bad Obsession 06) Attitude 07) Pretty Tied Up 08) Welcome To The Jungle 09) Don't Cry 10) Double Talkin' Jive 11) Civil War 12) Wild Horses~ Patience 13) You Could Be Mine 14) Piano Solo~ November Rain 15) Drum Solo Guitar Solo -) Godfather Theme 16) Sail Away Sweet Sister~ Bad Time~ Sweet Child O' Mine 17) So Fine 18) Rocket Queen+It Tastes Good, Don't It? 19) Move To The City 20) Only Women Bleed ~Knockin' On Heaven's Door　
//encore 21) Estranged 22) Mother~ Paradise City

You can check da?japan DVDs out to notice when GNR plays ?Bad Apple' ?

hum..:headscratch:

I think they're playing "Bad Apples" during soundcheck.

You see it during one of the interview segements as far as I remember....



/jarmo

then, my bad. :P

I will post the rest tomorrow.

Exactly! that's i meant so it showed it was gonna be played that night!

Bolivia ;)

mmm I got lost, anyway, lets make this topic an excellent tribute to locomotive, and nothing more than that... cause my baby is gone off the track11!!

really? come n' live in Venezuela, this is the land to reach dreams out, that's why GNR played in here in 1992  :beer:

I don't think it meant they were gonna play it.

Bands play all kinds of songs during soundcheck for fun. Sometimes because they're gonna play the song during the show, but it's not a guarantee.



And save your Venezuela Tourist Office posts for some other section. This is the GN'R section where we talk about GN'R.


/jarmo

Locomotive live at the L.A Forum, 07.30.1991: http://rapidshare.de/files/6266273/gnr.locomotive.live.la.forum.1991.mp3.html

Locomotive live in Mountain View, 07.19.1991:
http://rapidshare.de/files/6266532/gnr.locomotive.live.mountain.view.1991.mp3.html

MP3 format cuz the lossless were bigger than 50MB. Enjoy!

Wow, thanks!

Awesomely good and appropriate response

If you haven't already, I would suggest revisiting this song one more time  :smoking:

where did they play it exactly? Boston-E.E.U.U ???

Thanks! I would love to hear a full soundboard version, but the only one out there is the Paris rehearsals, right? :\

Paris rehearsals is indeed the only SBD version, and it does not have vocals. Sorry. :(

Let me upload two more:

- Live at the L.A Forum, 08.03.1991: http://rapidshare.de/files/6303048/gnr.locomotive.live.la.forum.19910803.mp3.html

- Live at the Madison Square Garden, N.Y., 12.13.1991: http://rapidshare.de/files/6303243/gnr.locomotive.live.ny.msg.19911213.mp3.html (I think this one is the better sounding one, very clear sound)

So now you have all the known and recorded live versions of the song.


The exact dates are the following:


Mountain View is not in MA., it's in CA. (California), and yes it's in the States.

Thanks Mysteron, haven't seen you in ages here. :)

Thanks a lot Will for sharing those. The Tokyo version is flac is very cool? : ok:

I don't really care for the backing vocals they had during the 92 shows, but I thought they sounded really cool on this song, especially towards the end.

thanx ya for answering me!...r ya a mod. on the chinese forum   ???  ? ...don't ya have a video where GNR playes?  Locomotive?

Thanks man. Check your pm, please!
Oh, I already have all of those versions (and I have the Tokyo version you forgot about) but the ones you uploaded sounds way better. Thanks again! : ok:

I didn't forget about the Tokyo version. Check the whole thread. ;) Yes man, you can post the tracks anywhere you want.

AxlRoseVen, very sorry but there's no known live video of this song. :( This is a bummer because it's one my fav. tracks as well. Yes, I am a mod on CD.com as well.

Uh, sorry... Thanks for the losless version too. :)

Sadly GNR n' The Geffen company do a BIG mistake cuz they didn't make the locomotive video , that way it'd be a' eternal hit like SCO, Don't cry, SIDHY, etc, to remember forever!  :-\

thanks for that lossless from tokyo, i didn't have that man sounds much better than my mp3

dude - also, thanks so much for those two torrents on dime, the soundcheck and more so the pro-shot medley - even though it's little it's still really cool to see something pro shot

Thanks for all 5 versions Will, they kick serious ass : ok: MSG is definately my favorite version so far, the band just totally dominates this song, and Axl's voice is flawlessly full of venom.

Can someone please upload all 5 versions of this kickass song! thanks

Wow, Estranged... Estranged is the best thing Axl and Slash will ever work on.. Amazing lyrics, beautiful piano, genius riff.. They'll never beat that song, altho Axl could on Chinese Democracy with the right musicians.. Buckethead, anyone?

This would be most appreciated.  :peace:

The outro is definately one of the best Gn'R ever composed.

Second to Coma for me :)

locomotion is good, but breakdown is the best song on that album by far!!!