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Title: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: COMAMOTIVE on April 26, 2006, 01:34:31 AM If you had to pick one GNR song to play for the average music fan who is so-so on GNR, but has probably only heard the Radio-played hits,
which would you choose, in hopes of " converting " them ? I've done this with Coma, Estranged, and Don't Damn Me................ Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Axl_owns_dexter on April 26, 2006, 01:36:07 AM I'd go with "Better" :hihi:
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: gnr_12 on April 26, 2006, 01:46:21 AM id go with something like.. nighttrain, estranged or something along those lines..
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: w.axl.rose on April 26, 2006, 01:52:11 AM yeah id go with nightrain, and if they wanna hear something new then id go with better :peace:
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: supaplex on April 26, 2006, 01:52:45 AM i think i would chose something from appetite like nightrain, anything goes, rocket queen
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: journey on April 26, 2006, 02:03:08 AM I.R.S.
Better 14 Years You Ain't The First Breakdown Used To Love Her Think About You Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: HungerForChaos on April 26, 2006, 02:12:53 AM Either Better or Night train. Maybe Welcome to the jungle.
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Mandy. on April 26, 2006, 05:39:08 AM Nightrain, Perfect Crime and Coma
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Kaybee on April 26, 2006, 05:48:35 AM Definitely Estranged. That song is so beautiful, and has so much appeal on so many levels...
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: TOPGUNner on April 26, 2006, 05:52:34 AM Definitely Estranged. That song is so beautiful, and has so much appeal on so many levels... If I was trying to teach them about old GNR, I'd use Estranged. Now if I was trying to sell them on the new GNR, I'd use TWAT. Ironic how both songs have similar structure Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: NicoRourke on April 26, 2006, 05:58:31 AM I'd pick Estranged without a doubt.
And I'll add a little bit of WTTJ and Better for the spice :yes: Taste of old & new stuffs Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Kaybee on April 26, 2006, 06:01:53 AM Definitely Estranged. That song is so beautiful, and has so much appeal on so many levels... If I was trying to teach them about old GNR, I'd use Estranged. Now if I was trying to sell them on the new GNR, I'd use TWAT. Ironic how both songs have similar structure Very true. Old GNR, I'd use Estranged, but if I was to introduce them to new GNR... I think I'd use 'Better'. Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Jamie on April 26, 2006, 09:20:28 AM Depends what type of music they were into really. For someone into heavier music I'd go along the lines of It's So Easy, or Garden of Eden maybe. For someone who just appreciates music in general I'd go with Estranged.
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: GeorgeSteele on April 26, 2006, 10:27:47 AM Yes, it depends on who the person is, but you don't necessarily want to start with their best songs. For example, many of the casual GNR fans I know took a very long time to finally appreciate Estranged. Good intro songs are PC (catchiest chorus) and Patience (everyone likes a good whistle). When they're close to being converted, then you hit them with Coma, One in a Million, and Estranged. At that point, they'll either run for their lives or be fans for life. Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: BaDoBsEsSiOn418 on April 26, 2006, 10:33:47 AM Probably My World and Silkworms : ok:
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Back Off Bitch on April 26, 2006, 10:35:34 AM Better, Coma, Rocket Queen, Estranged...
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: pilferk on April 26, 2006, 10:36:32 AM "MY Favorite Pillow" :rofl:
Seriously, it would depend on the person. Coma, Estranged, or PC cover almost the full gamut, I think. Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Alan on April 26, 2006, 10:36:56 AM depends on the person, but nightrain is one of the ones i generally use.
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: slashisvr on April 26, 2006, 11:51:55 AM iv converted 3 girlfriends (at the time) into GnR fans, they buy there albums now, 1 girl was a dirty girl, so i played rocket queen and she loved it!!!1converted, dont cry 2 another, she was converted, and SCOM to the 3rd, another converted
axl should give me a percent of the profits of album sales :rofl: Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Sparksry on April 26, 2006, 11:54:44 AM Id probably go with Breakdown, estranged, Pretty tied up or mr brownstone...
Breakdown is such a good song but never got very much airtime Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: mikegiuliana on April 26, 2006, 12:48:27 PM wttj scom or pc.. or just give them afd
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: ppbebe on April 26, 2006, 12:50:56 PM To the average music fan who's heard the GNR hits and not very impressed.. ?
Hmm the other day I just talked to someone like that. I mentioned the ny shows to her as she has quite a few friends there, no actually in NJ. She was like "uh-uh, but aren't they hard rock? " I automatically said "no not just hard rock". I don't know what GNR song suit her taste as she seems to like the songs she can sing like the singers do?wait, maybe I should try the blues and maddy on her. I'd say better or twat in general. IRS for someone into classic rock. Silk worms If "someone" is into abstract art. Worth a try. But I wouldn't really try to convert anyone. You're apt to hate it when it is forced on you. Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: 2112 on April 26, 2006, 01:28:18 PM the Blues
Think About You So Fine Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: CAFC Nick on April 26, 2006, 01:37:45 PM Welcome to the Jungle - AFD
Patience - Lies UYI 1 - Don't Cry UYI 2 - Estranged Ain't It Fun - TSI? Better - CD Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Genesis on April 26, 2006, 02:14:12 PM Scom. Everybody's perennial favourite. : ok:
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: surforia on April 26, 2006, 02:39:57 PM i converted some of my boys a few years back with Civil War. We were all wasted and when that guitar comes in at the beginning, i pulled a hot "windmill" air guitar riff, and they went ape shit... fucking loved it... :peace:
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: ppbebe on April 26, 2006, 02:43:06 PM Read the first post, lazybones. :no: (not you surforia)
The subject is someone who probably knows those gnr hits, yet is not crazy about the songs. If you had to pick one GNR song to play for the average music fan who is so-so on GNR, but has probably only heard the Radio-played hits, which would you choose, in hopes of " converting " them ? Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: kaddisonmoore on April 26, 2006, 03:02:08 PM Probably My World and Silkworms? : ok: same lolnightrain or estranged Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Irish rose on April 26, 2006, 03:08:24 PM Mr Brownstone, because it was the first song I heard that wasnt one of the hits but thought was cool immediately. Or else Used to love her because its humourous and catchy and so many people can relate to it (not in the murder sense!)
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Nytunz on April 26, 2006, 03:10:47 PM Coma
Better Rocket Queen Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: gilee7 on April 26, 2006, 03:14:02 PM To the people who are listing "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Sweet Child O'Mine," I think you missed the original question.
I think I'd use either "Rocket Queen" or "Civil War" to convert someone to GNR that has only heard the hits on the radio. I've noticed a few people saying that they'd use "Estranged," but I really don't think that'd convert anybody. That songs takes some warming up to. When I first heard it, I wasn't that big a fan of it; I'd actually skip it on the CD. But now "Estranged" is my favorite song of all time. Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: marknroses on April 26, 2006, 03:30:50 PM If you had to pick one GNR song to play for the average music fan who is so-so on GNR, but has probably only heard the Radio-played hits, which would you choose, in hopes of " converting " them ? I'd start slow with WTTJ, SCOM, PC, Patience and then move onto Don't Cry, Live & Let Die, Yesterdays, Nighttrain, Its So Easy. Most important would be to use visuals. Show them videos of Welcome to the Videos, followed by performances from Ritz 1991, Paris 1992, Buenos Aires 1993, Felt Forum 1988, MTV VMA's 1988. It might take a whole afternoon, but it'd be worth their time and mine, MNW Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: JB9988 on April 26, 2006, 06:01:28 PM i would show them all the new songs they are much better!
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Jessica on April 26, 2006, 06:04:11 PM SCOM, i used to love her, 14 years and paradise city
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: chinesedemocracy05 on April 26, 2006, 06:06:00 PM Locomotive and Brownstone, they are amazing tunes.
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Axl4Prez2004 on April 26, 2006, 06:31:28 PM It depends on the person you're playing music for. On this note, at work today, I played the Boston boot of Maddy for some folks today. About a minute or 2 into the song, she asked, "Are all the new songs this good?" I proceeded to play IRS and Better. She liked Maddy the best. Later, I introduced CITR, which again was an instant, "I like it!" My bro-in-law loved IRS from the 1st play, and he's pumped about the NY shows coming up. We'll be there. I played him the end to Better over the phone and he loved it too. Another chick liked the 3 tracks (Maddy, IRS, and Better) I played for her.
GNR, especially new GNR, has something for everyone. There Was a Time, still my personal fav., wasn't liked as much as the others...I think it's raw with tons of potential, but on 1st listen for non-Gunners it's a little tougher to get into I suppose. Last note, I wouldn't try to convert anybody, just ask them to give it a try. If they connect with the music, that's great, if not, it's their loss. : ok: If you really dislike someone, play them this 3-song medley: My World, Silkworms, and Cornshucker! :rofl: Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Takemedown on April 26, 2006, 06:52:16 PM Def. rocket Queen. And Used To Love Her...my ex couldn't believe that song was GNR (she only knew the hits).
Needless to say, that ex o' mine...she's buried right here in my backyaaaaaaaaaaard! Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week. :peace: Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: andypa1 on April 26, 2006, 07:01:13 PM Prosperous Chile! well you cant beat the sound of silence
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: MJRoses23 on April 26, 2006, 07:29:38 PM Probably Breakdown, Better, and Nightrain...That pretty much sums up GNR with those 3 songs
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: bigcash2002 on April 26, 2006, 07:59:52 PM Mr. Brownstone
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: AxlsSweetChild on April 26, 2006, 10:19:57 PM I'd start off with Think About You, because it's more punk sounding, and that BS is hot right now, and then I'd go more into the hard rock, like Civil War, Mr. Brownstone, Nightrain, Pretty Tied Up, etc.
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: MR.BROWNSTONE on April 26, 2006, 10:35:24 PM But I wouldn't really try to convert anyone. You're apt to hate it when it is forced on you. Yeah that si a good point. I would try with anything from AFD, NR, Coma, Estranged, Civil War. If none of them work the person does not understande great music when they hear it. Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Megaguns on April 27, 2006, 12:55:35 AM i converted a girlfriend years ago with locomotive.
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: oneAXLinamillion on April 27, 2006, 02:54:59 AM Probably My World and Silkworms? : ok: Yeah good choice :hihi: Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: mikegiuliana on April 27, 2006, 08:51:07 AM Read the first post, lazybones.? :no: (not you surforia) The subject is someone who probably knows those gnr hits, yet is not crazy about the songs. If you had to pick one GNR song to play for the average music fan who is so-so on GNR, but has probably only heard the Radio-played hits, which would you choose, in hopes of " converting " them ? RQ :-* I definetly lazy bones illusions I would throw out coma Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: February on April 27, 2006, 02:01:31 PM To someone familiar with the main hits (on my age range everybody knows PC; SCOM; NR and WTTJ), i would go with:
Nice boys don't play rock n roll, such an underrated song, and according to my experience it works really well "converting" people, as long as they like rock most people just love it Out to get me Garden of Eden Crazy Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: COMAMOTIVE on April 27, 2006, 03:13:32 PM To someone familiar with the main hits (on my age range everybody knows PC; SCOM; NR and WTTJ), i would go with:? Nice boys don't play rock n roll, such an underrated song, and according to my experience it works really well "converting" people, as long as they like rock most people just love it Out to get me Garden of Eden Crazy Ah the wide ranges of the common GNR fan - You just named 4 of my LEAST favorite tunes - with the exception of Crazy, which I love the acoustic version - To each their own Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Drew on April 27, 2006, 07:23:05 PM Don't Cry (Alt. lyrics)
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Steel_Angel on April 27, 2006, 07:26:05 PM welcome to the jungle and ofcourse "better". works everytime.
Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: Elrothiel on April 28, 2006, 06:41:46 AM If you had to pick one GNR song to play for the average music fan who is so-so on GNR, but has probably only heard the Radio-played hits, which would you choose, in hopes of " converting " them ? I've done this with Coma, Estranged, and Don't Damn Me................ Done it by forcing them to listen to AFD, Lies, and UYIs all in succession. They were pissed at first... but they thanked me afterwards... ;D :D Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: budmaster on April 28, 2006, 04:38:20 PM probably Breakdown & Civil war.......i know alot of you guys dont like em but i also think '14 years' & 'So Fine' are 2 of the best illusion tracks? :yes:
::) Title: Re: If you could convert someone to GNR.................. Post by: AXL 20 on April 28, 2006, 06:25:25 PM All of 'em! i'd strap 'em down in a chair and threaten to beat them oif they dont like it? :P but seriously i would like force them to listen to all of 'em. My friend got interested himself because at school im known for 3 things either A) the kid who loves hockey B) the kid who plays guitar or most prominently C) the kid who is waaaaay too obsessed with guns n' roses
so he downloaded some stuff and hes hooked. hes also gotten into the chinese democracy stuff and lieks it |