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Title: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: Bumblefeet on June 25, 2006, 05:45:15 PM this must be a song that involves either their best or your favourite band members at their very best!! it must contain the attributes of guns N'Roses!! i believe that it must have a good riff with raw lyrics! so it is probably gonna have to be... You could be mine...but i could go on for ever!! i was also wondering "wot do you think is the guns n roses attempt at stairway", if you think that they have one? i think that it is estranged!!!!!!
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: LaTeRaLuS on June 25, 2006, 06:01:16 PM probably locomotive
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: FortusGNR21 on June 25, 2006, 06:08:17 PM Jungle for me, it's just the whole package!
The lyrics, signifying the coming of a young guy from Indiana to the big city, kinda representing GN'R coming out of the small clubs to becoming the biggest band in the world. The music, Slash's riff is just so fucking good! : ok: And there is just so much energy and passion in the song, but it retains a pop sensibility, It's just an awesome song and always to me is the one song that defines GN'R! Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: Better on June 25, 2006, 06:21:46 PM Jungle for me, it's just the whole package! The lyrics, signifying the coming of a young guy from Indiana to the big city, kinda representing GN'R coming out of the small clubs to becoming the biggest band in the world. The music, Slash's riff is just so fucking good!? : ok: And there is just so much energy and passion in the song, but it retains a pop sensibility, It's just an awesome song and always to me is the one song that defines GN'R! agree 110% Best Album Opener Ever, One of the greatest songs ever Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: mikegiuliana on June 25, 2006, 06:35:15 PM WTTJ PC scom are the songs everyone knows for gnr, wttj though it's the anthem of many sporting events like baseball games or football games
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: NickNasty on June 25, 2006, 06:35:30 PM I'll put in a vote for 'Jungle' not because its my favorite song (that vote goes to 'Coma'), but because i think it really signifies what the band was about
- the riffs are slick and dangerous - the lyrics show the ugly side of the LA scene it just screams 'fuck you' to the world-and is thus pretty representative of what gnr is, IMO Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: heinous on June 25, 2006, 06:35:49 PM As was talked about above, "Welcome to the Jungle" basically encompasses the entire history of Guns N' Roses.
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: avesia on June 25, 2006, 06:36:42 PM yup, I agree
WTTJ : ok: Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: SpUd_Jr on June 25, 2006, 06:56:39 PM It can't be anything but Jungle, even though it's a song I rarely listen to now.
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: kaddisonmoore on June 25, 2006, 07:01:53 PM jungle or ISE represent what GNR was about
their stairway to heaven NR that outro solo is amazing even though estranged is my favorite song ever Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: Smoking Guns on June 25, 2006, 07:04:04 PM Jungle or Paradise City.....
Paradise City is Slash's favorite GNR song.. Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: EccoTides on June 25, 2006, 07:04:55 PM Old Band: It's So Easy
New Band: There Was a Time Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: Niko on June 25, 2006, 07:26:53 PM paradise city
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: dave-gnfnr2k on June 25, 2006, 07:27:24 PM pretty tied up ;)
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: ShotgunBlues1978 on June 25, 2006, 07:27:54 PM Jungle is really the song that defines them to this day, probably the first thing that springs to most peoples mind when they hear Guns N Roses is Welcome To The Jungle
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: imgrubby on June 25, 2006, 07:40:23 PM The Jungle. It's what started it all for most.
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: dolphin on June 25, 2006, 07:46:47 PM I have to go with what is on Welcome to the Videos because you get a mental picture as well as the music so WTTJ and SCOM and Patience and Paradise City.
With these 4 songs, you can shut your eyes and the music is universal regardless of who is on stage playing in the band :peace: Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: SWINGTRADER on June 25, 2006, 07:58:54 PM My World
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: JB9988 on June 25, 2006, 08:06:41 PM ONE IN A MILLION
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: Tomorrows on June 25, 2006, 08:08:28 PM Mr Brownstone.
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: gnrforevr7 on June 25, 2006, 08:21:43 PM the song that most people think of when they think of gnr is WTTJ
the song i think represents them well is rocket queen. its a kickass song with one of my favorite bass lines ever. also it is my favorite outro. the last 2 minutes are one of the greatest 2 minutes in rock imo. Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: yupyup on June 25, 2006, 08:41:00 PM this must be a song that involves either their best or your favourite band members at their very best!! it must contain the attributes of guns N'Roses!! i believe that it must have a good riff with raw lyrics! so it is probably gonna have to be... You could be mine...but i could go on for ever!! i was also wondering "wot do you think is the guns n roses attempt at stairway", if you think that they have one? i think that it is estranged!!!!!! No song defines the recorded band. They touched on every style of rock n roll over thier recording career. That's why they were the best. Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: bazgnr on June 25, 2006, 09:00:32 PM Then: Jungle
Now: Better Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: RTK on June 25, 2006, 09:35:50 PM I think that although WTTJ is the song that best encompasses everything to do with GNR, the real song that deifnes them is SCOM. Great musicianship, vocals, lyrics, not to mention its probably the most played song by GNR on the radio.
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: jimmythegent on June 25, 2006, 09:54:34 PM Paradise City or SCOM
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: nycangel on June 25, 2006, 10:11:35 PM o wow, to me there are so many songs that define gnr, but i think wttj, scom, pc, and one in a million do a pretty good job
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: HoldenCaulfield on June 25, 2006, 11:29:54 PM It's So Easy. Very dirty indeed...
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: Evolution on June 25, 2006, 11:32:02 PM Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: TempleOfRoses on June 25, 2006, 11:38:27 PM That's easy.
Pretty Tied Up. "Once there was this rock n roll band, rolling on the streets.... time went by it became a joke, we just need more and more fulfilling uh-huh, time went by and it all went up in smoke!" :hihi: Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: TrueRock&Roll on June 25, 2006, 11:46:55 PM Welcome to the Jungle for sure
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: DuffRoze on June 25, 2006, 11:55:32 PM haha swingtrader your such a cunt for saying my world haha
but I would have to say.... nightrain, or maybe even dounble talkin jive just for the cool solo at the end Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: sootn on June 26, 2006, 12:03:02 AM Jungle all day long I think everyone loves that song.
Still get played and used heavily everywhere. :yes: but im burnt out on it. Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: AxlFink on June 26, 2006, 12:14:52 AM madagascar because it seems to define axl a bit and axl is gnr
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: dodger girl on June 26, 2006, 12:30:14 AM jungle or paradise.. can't decide which one
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: johnnythunders24 on June 26, 2006, 12:42:29 AM I don't think any song defines guns n' roses. thats the whole idea. its like what song defines the beatles? you'll get 100 different answers. not to say gn'r is the beatles, but you get what i mean.
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: ClintroN on June 26, 2006, 03:05:17 AM Old - LOCOMOTIVE
New - (i dont know why...but im pickin') CHINESE DEMOCRACY its mean, n' it rocks!! :beer: :beer: Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: makane on June 26, 2006, 11:09:19 AM New: Pretty Tied Up
Old: Bad Apples " ;)" Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: gilee7 on June 26, 2006, 12:35:27 PM The lyrics in "Pretty Tied Up" best define GNR. It's basically their autobiography and a foretelling of what was to come. Izzy must've had a crystal ball when he wrote that song.
But overall I'd say "Welcome to the Jungle." Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: IloveGnR on June 26, 2006, 12:54:40 PM Crazy or sweet child
Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: sesor on June 26, 2006, 01:50:44 PM Jungle for me, it's just the whole package! The lyrics, signifying the coming of a young guy from Indiana to the big city, kinda representing GN'R coming out of the small clubs to becoming the biggest band in the world. The music, Slash's riff is just so fucking good! : ok: And there is just so much energy and passion in the song, but it retains a pop sensibility, It's just an awesome song and always to me is the one song that defines GN'R! yeah thats true, but nighttrain has all this aswell. and yeah, i agree witht eh 'stairway attept' at estranged, i thoguht of estranged before i read what you said. if any of their songs had to be classed a sthat it would estranged anyway, but i dont liek to class it in that way lol fekin uber song thoguh ^.^ =P same goes for nightrain. Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: estrangedpaul on June 26, 2006, 01:52:30 PM I would have said Paradise City but now I think about it Welcome To The Jungle is the choice lyrically. Paradise City is the best representative musically. It's got melodic sections, a catchy chorus, heavy sleezy riffing, sleezy simple lyrics in the verses, bluesy guitar solo, epic, rockin and anthemic all in one, and then the really fast outro which they done a lot of on AFD. Everything Guns were about musically. Jungle is the best autobiography of the band lyrically though.
As for GnR's Stairway I think its got to be SCOM, for having a must learn riff for new guitarists everywhere, a guitar shop standard. It's also one of the most played songs on radio surly! And an anthem everyone knows with an amazing guitar solo. But from a songwriting point of view their attempt at Stairway could be any of the UYI epics, November Rain, Civil War, Coma and Estranged. They all start slow and quiet except maybe Coma, then build to an amazing climax. Axl probably had Bohemian Rhapsody rather than Stairway in mind however! Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: ppbebe on June 26, 2006, 01:53:04 PM I can't help but focus my mind on the GNR on active service. I pick out in the songs they are playing for now.
What song defines Guns N' Roses? - Better (nicely schizo. Lovely!) "wot do you think is the guns n roses attempt at stairway" - IRS (starts gently, the accumulating emotion gradually develops into touching chaos. very dramatic and artistic) highly doubt that they aimed at the song in particular. Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: mikegiuliana on June 26, 2006, 02:24:45 PM no song defines the new band yet imo maybe as far as forum freaks you can do it, but songs that defines gnr has to be known by the general public.. Well at least to me it does..
What song do you think of when you hear gnr wttj Title: Re: What song defines Guns N'Roses? Post by: sesor on June 26, 2006, 02:33:27 PM i just had a think then, but november rain signifies axl taking over, his dominating manner. that he went in the direction he wanted, depsite slash wanting a more raw approach. it shows the amazing guitar with those solo's, oh such great solo's. it shows the soft side of gn'r, which is just as important as the more raw side, its the mix of the 2 that makes gn'r so special. and november rain is the ultimate display of this.
if you want to really look into it =P then...the 'crossover' in the song, shows the change in the band, there is almost a conflict within the song. |