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to me it was anyway
i thought it was definitly the most memorable, and there hasnt been an artist close since then to even come close to comparing IMO
what do you all think?

If axl didnt suck it up so bad it would have been amazing.

Pretty much sums it up.

Gnr doing WTTJ in the 80s was
The 2002 gnr ws the biggest surprise by far.

I think it was really fucked up.

 :rofl:

(http://www.britneysites.com/pictures/awards/vma_2000/vma11.jpg)This one was better, visually anyway.

Great surprise, but below par performance by Axl.  Anything live from 2006 blows the 02 VMA's away.

Yeah, I agree, Axl's voice made me cringe! So did his terrible cornrows.....thank god he shortned them.

man, i can hear the crickets chirping where im at   :-[

I think your right about the memorable part...for us GnR fans anyway. To everyone else, it was Axl Rose with a guy wearing a bucket on his head, and a few other nobodys playing songs they kinda remember. I will always remember that night, to me it was the night GnR stepped BACK into the spotlight, however good or bad it was.

axl and tom petty 1989.........that was kick arse..........axl blowing tom outta the water for free fallin

Whenever I show free falling to people I know they all look horrified as soon as Axl starts his wailing, and they are GnR fans, I don't mind it but it does seem kind of humorous.

False by far.......simply put, Neil Young and Eddie Vedder doing "Keep On Rocking In The Free World" was the greatest MTV Awards live performance.

False, I really almost cried after I saw it.

I think even Axl would agree.

But he sounds so much better now, so much like his younger self that I really just try to block 2002 out of my mind entirely.

i'm sure that it was the biggest surprise, but definitly not the best performance...

i remember just wanting it to end. I thought that was  his worst live performance ever.
the best suprise of the last 20yrs for sure though
best performance imo pearl jam and neil young in 93'

TRUE.

As far VMA performances, I really prefer GNR/Elton John 1992 November Rain.  That would be my fav.  I haven't watched the 2002 performance since it aired on TV. 

easy answer: FALSE.

It was, using someone else's words, a "catastrophe."

The opening to this performance was awesome all the way up to it gets rocking. Axl's scream was good, but when the vocals kick in, it's kinda scary. The only parts I ever watch when I watch it is the opening, ending of Jungle with the good vocals, Madagascar, then the interview cause it's cool to see Axl.

I've been looking for the interview on YouTube for a long time now with no luck. I haven't seen it since it aired the first time on TV. Can you help me find it?

FALSE.

I would upload it, cause I just have it on a file I dowloaded when I had broadband. My net is way too slow to do it now tho, sorry.

That's OK. Thanks anyway. Anyone maybe have an idea where I can download it?

That show made this comeback so much harder than it already was. It was everyone's first impression of his new group, and it bombed. You can only make one first impression, and I would still argue to this day he has not fully lived that down in the eyes of the general public who still have their last image of him at his lowest moment.

I think things would be entirely different right now had he come out and tore the joint down and left people raving the next day. That obviously did not happen.

The sound mix sucked and Axl was out of shape.

That performance was what got me into Guns N' Roses. I was like "this is kind of cool".

And then I went online and saw pictures of Axl from the 1990s and went "what the fuck did this guy do to himself between then and now?". I ordered a Rock in Rio III DVD from eBay, which was a year before, and he still looked totally different compared to his appearance at the VMA's.

And then I got bootlegs of shows from the 1990s and went "what the fuck happened to his voice between 1992 and 2001?".

In essence, the 2001-2002 lineup was a mess.

Neil Young with Pearl Jam.  and yeah, that performance was, by far, the best ever...

No way, this was Axl at hos worst... a dark moment in GNR history for sure.


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The 1992 VMA performance of November Rain or the 1987 performance of WTTJ are by far the greatest performances in VMA history. 

Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora acoustic Prayer and Wanted thus sparking the MTV Unplugged series.

Greatest VMA performance ever

I thought it was cool but Axl did not sound well.

Definitely the most surprising, but not the best.

Not a chance in hell was it the best. I liked it, but, damn, I'm hard-core. It was a performance only a mother could love.

It wasn't that bad, by far the best performance of the night.

I thought Springsteen's performance that opened the show was way better. The Sheryl Crow performance was very good as well.

the intro scream to jungle was one of his best ever, madagascar sounded good, the band sounded good overall, but the vocals on jungle and paradise city were sub-par. he was out of breath during both of those songs.

i think the best was the jungle in '89, that was sick, axl was all over the stage and the whole band nailed it.

They performed "Animal" first.  ;)

The 1988 VMA's, you mean.

I love that performance, but Axl starts to lose his voice halfway through and it's destracting.

Not that he didn't always have that happen while singing WTTJ during that time period, but still.

WTTJ VMA performance was unbelivably good.  I also really liked Free Fallin'.  So 2002 is not the best IMO.

if the 06 guns did the vmas it would of been the shit. :beer:

For sure.  They should really get something out in the spotlight for the public to see (on TV)because sadly what most people remember is the 2002 debacle.

I have to agree that Axl's voice at the 2002 VMAs had me worried for the quality of what might be on Chinese Democracy.  I thought, "Oh, No!  Another aging rock vocalist gone bad!," and I'm happy to say that I've been much reassured since.  While the performance pleased me from that "desperate for GNR" perspective, it wasn't great.

oh yes.

Neil Young and Pearl Jam in 1993

surprise wise and "holy shit" moment - yes

performance wise - no

that would be false

GNR in 88 ripping up Jungle comes to mind as one of the greats -02 Axl, out of breath, shape and tune most certainly does not

Not really. Their 2002 look was way more fun (with BH, Finck as a goth, Axl looking younger) whereas now they really look as an Adult Oriented Rock act...

FALSE: it was terrible.  This is the only place where I saw people who thought the performance was actually any good.

for example, axl's. He said at one interview: "that was a catastrophe."

well actually John Norris wondered if axl had any memories of that night and axl responded "catastrophe"the they both laughed : ok:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqKKo8QEqaU

anyway no it's not the best performance, the best performance was WTTJ from 88 hands down

I'm in agreement with several others, the 1988 VMA performance of "Welcome of the Jungle" has always stood out as the best VMA performance ever.? The 2002 Axl Rose medley was one of the worst.


Hey, don't forget that idiot Jimmy Fallon.  He went apeshit over it on stage, and then again on Conan O'Brien a few days later.

Oh dear god no, VMA 2002 was utter crap. It made me cringe.  :crying:

Madagascar was decent, but WTTJ was unbearable. If they were to do the VMA's now....  :drool:

i am afraid i have to agree.  the wttj and paradise city parts of the medley were utter cringeworthy and it had me worried as to the future of the band to be honest.  axl has also come out and said pretty much the same thing.  However, my worries were extinguished when the 2006 tour started and we heard axl back to his best.  it may have took him 4 years to get there but he is back to his best.  he looks better and sounds better.
i don't know of anyone who enjoyed the 2002 vma's.  obviously it was great to see them but the performance.......................???????????????

anyway, we should just enjoy now and forget about any bad performances.