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Kinda bored  so figured i'd start a topic.. what are some rare songs that GNR have played?.. by rare i don't mean hard to find.. because its pretty easy to find Coma.. but i would say that it was rare that it was played live.. here are the ones that i could remember from the 01-06  tour.. i'd like to know more about the older tours too.. like coma, cornchucker ect...

Rhiad
slikworms
Oh my god
Down on the farm
back in the ussr
sway
sailing
you gotta move
liquor and whores
there was a time

I believe "Breakdown" was only played twice.  "Don't Cry, Alt. lyrics" only a couple times too I believe.

The garden of eden.

Hair of the Dog
The One
Godfather Theme
Goodnight Tonight

Bad Apples was played at Rock in Rio 2, I think.

Someone should create a website that tabulates how many times every GNR song was played at concerts, and list them of course.  Song by song.  Somebody get on that.  We've had enough of a 14 year layoff that this could've been accomplished.  Anyone?  Am I the only one interested in exactly how many times the band (all lineups) have played Jungle vs. Paradise City, etc.?

www.gnrontour.com

How many times have they played the stones "dead Flowers"?

It Tastes Good
Light My Fire
Dust In the Wind

it would prob be pretty easy to do.. i just started coping and pasting the 86 set lists from gnrontour.com.. then do text to columns to separate each song.. once you do that for each show.. it will be easy to tally them up.. i have no clue how to make a website.. but i could at least post that.. if anyone feels like starting with 06 and working backwards pm me.  shouldn't take too long.. but after sitting at work all day.. i don't really feel like sitting in front of a computer for another hour or 2..

Yeah but that doesn't tabulate exact # of times each song was played. ?If I want to search the site and count myself I might finish in 14 more years.

That would be good stuff.  I would help you out, but it's about bedtime for me.  I would thoroughly enjoy the statistics though.  Maybe break it down, do it over the next couple days just before the 2007 World tour begins.  Then add on my brotha!

this might take a little longer than i though.. there are 358 shows on that site with set lists.. i've done about 40.. i have a three hour train ride this weekend.. prob shelve the project till then. 

If I'm not wrong, twice: one at the MSG in december 1991, and the other in Worcester, MA (same month/year)


Several times back in 1993, when GNR used to do an acoustic set, including Dead Flowers, You Aint The First, You're Crazy, Used To Love Her, Patience [w/Imagine] and Knockin' On Heaven's Door [w/Ziggy Stardust]

The acoustic set in Buenos Aires 07/16 is simply brilliant  :love:

Don't damn me was also only played once...

Don't damn me has never been played live as far as I know

You're right my mistake

I think Heartbreak Hotel and Jumpin' Jack Flash were played a lot in their formulative days, but we only have a very few bootlegs of them playing it.  I think it's five for JJF, and three for HH, from gnrontour.  I'm sure they played it more, at concerts that weren't booted of course. 

What about Ain't Goin Down, that was played once, in 1988. 

U2's One and Nazareth's Fallen Angel were both used as intros to SCOM only once. A version of Grand Funk Railroad's We're An American Band was played once. Then there was Indiana Ain't My Kinda Town and Marseilles.

anyone know why this might be?

Apparently he'd "already got the message accross through releasing it on the album" or something. 

http://www.gnrsource.com/songinfo/uyi1/ddm.htm

I guess One In A Million are pretty rare, it was played at the limelight in '88 and CBGB's in '87.  Can't think of any other times. 

I have it, but only done for the "old" band, so it's up to 1994.
Should make it for the 2001-2006 too in some days.

Really?  Is there an easy way to share those results?

I have made one of these. Just gotta finish up the statistics.

If you have MSN I can send it to you, I can do it as a txt file

Wasn't that Get In The Ring. Its a kinda crazy reason not to play Don't Damn Me live, its a great rocker. I always thought it might be because its probably the most difficult GnR song to play, and they never bothered putting in the time to rehearse it to be able to play it live properly.

Difficult?  Ok, i'm in no position to authoritatively judge, but I'd have said songs like Estranged, or Locomotive, were significantly harder than Don't Damn Me. 

no. it was never played live. bad apples was played once at rock in rio 91. aint goin' down was played during the club days as well as shadow of your love and back off bitch....

there were no other times, that's it....

What about this, taken from www.gnrontour.com:

12.06.89 - Mates Rehearsal, North Hollywood, CA
set: Don't Damn Me [#1], Don't Damn Me [#2], Garden Of Eden, Locomotive, Dust N' Bones
audio/video recording?: audio
notes: Use Your Illusion rehearsals. Duff partially sings 'Dust N' Bones.'

well, what are we talking about here? this was a closed, practice session in the studio. this was not performed live in concert. btw- this is an awesome bootleg.....

so it's with vocals?

goodnight tonight, isn't it rare? I found it on my pc while tidying up the files today.   :D

It's still a live performance, isn't it? :)

But not a live concert.....



/jarmo

I never said it was a concert, just wanted to point out that they actually have played it live. Maybe it was in front of 30 people? That is a concert if you ask me or at least a "gig"  :P

Sounds like a rehearsal not even featuring the full band....

So it's not a live concert or even a GN'R performance since parts of the band were missing.....  :P




/jarmo

with that logic you would think that GNR at versaces party wasn't GNR since brain or tommy wasn't there?

This will get a little out of hand if we try counting every time something is rehearsed or played behind closed doors.

You know how it works, Axl and a guitarist or two, a bassist, a drummer, some additional musicians, and you can call it GN'R.

if you want to consider it a live performance, go right ahead....

That's exactly what I said wasn't it?


Yeah, so three members of GN'R rehearsed in 1989 which means it was a Guns N' Roses concert.....


Since Axl appeared with the Rolling Stones in 1989, why not say it was a Guns N' Roses show then? I mean, it was Axl and some other guys on stage.....  ::)




/jarmo

No, no you don't get it. Since they were already in The Stones it doesn't count. There has to be a contract, and an audience. Complicated, I know. Get confused myself sometimes, who's in the band, or not.

Fundementally I agree though. DDM was never played live. :yes:

I could tell you who's in the band....

Alphabetical order: 4tus, Axl, Brain, Chris, Dizzy, Frank, Robin, Ron & Tommy




/jarmo

Bad Apples was also played at the second UYI Tour warm-up show in LA but no bootleg exists.
Back Off Bitch was played only once during the UYI Tour, in Toronto in 1991.
And how could we forget The Asshole Song from the 2002 tour?

It was played in 2006 too.

I remember it from the Oslo show on July 8th.





/jarmo

It was Also played briefly at Malakasa Greece, by special request of Christos

Coma
Wild Horses
Sossego(sp)
Attitude
Salt of the Earth(Axl and Izzy, with Stones)
Freefallin'(Axl with Tom Petty)
Yesterdays(sorta live, Axl and Wes Arkeen in a bar)

here is the break down for the 06 tour.? gnrontour.com had a little diff format.. and they didn't have many set lists from the latest tour.. so just used the tour section here.. to do the rest 85-94 is another project..? Excel reall is amazing.? it won't be that hard to do the rest and just add them together..  if the guy that has the break down through 94 woudl email me what he has.. then all i need to do is the 02 tour.. which would be pretty easy.   it might be off by one or two.. clearly they played PC at every show.. not sure why its a few short.. there might have been an extra comma or something that messed up formula for a couple songs.. .. .. but this is pretty much the break down.

Song   Played
 Knockin' On Heaven's Door Total   70
 Mr. Brownstone Total   70
 Sweet Child O' Mine Total   70
Welcome to the Jungle Total   70
 November Rain Total   69
 The Blues Total   69
 It's So Easy Total   68
 Live And Let Die Total   68
 Out Ta Get Me Total   68
 You Could Be Mine Total   68
 Patience Total   67
 Paradise City Total   66
 Better Total   65
 Nightrain Total   64
 My Michelle Total   63
IRS Total   52
 Madagascar Total   49
Chinese Democracy Total   36
 Used To Love Her Total   26
 Think About You Total   20
 Rocket Queen Total   19
 Down On The Farm Total   8
 Liquor & Whores (with Bubbles) Total   5
 You Gotta Move Total   5
 You're Crazy Total   3
 I Feel Good Total   2
 Sailing Total   2
 Sway Total   2
 There Was A Time Total   2
 Back In The USSR (with Izzy Stradlin) Total   1
 Paradise City (with Sebastian Bach Total   1
 Smoke On The Water (Izzy intro) / Patience (with Izzy Stradlin) Total   1
 The Addams Family Theme Total   1
 The Asshole Song Total   1
 You're Crazy (acoust GN'R Lies version) Total   1
Light My Fire partial Total   1

Bad Apples was played live twice. Rio n' Pantages theater.

thanks. i didnt know it was played in cal for the warm-up.....i do have the rio version though.....curious if any audio of that cal is around...

Nope. The only one of the three warm up shows that isn't.

Do any of you know the name (if it has one) of the piano introduction to November Rain that Axl played in some concerts in 1993?

I am talking specifically about the piano intro he did in, for example, Hartford, CT '93

That is one of the most beautiful pieces of music GNR has ever done. But I dont know what's it, who wrote it, and the title...

Nice job!  That does seem a little off though for some songs.  I know they did miss Paradise City at a few shows, but I don't remember them skipping It's So Easy, NR, LALD, YCBM, or The Blues.  I could be wrong though.

here is the break down for 86-2002.  i only used whatever was on gnrontour.com.. there were a lot of partial set lists and blank ones..  i also couldn't include all the diff intros.. some of the songs only played one time might be intros or solos.. wasnt sure so i left them on.  anyways. kinda cool to see.. i always thought estranged was pretty rare.. but they played it quite often...   too bad GNR don't have a website like pearl jam.. that site is awsome to look at old setlist, song counts ect..

Song   Played
Welcome To The Jungle Total Total   292
Mr. Brownstone Total Total   280
Knockin' On Heaven's Door Total Total   267
Sweet Child O' Mine Total Total   262
Paradise City Total Total   256
Patience Total Total   230
It's So Easy Total Total   227
Live And Let Die Total Total   187
November Rain Total Total   182
You Could Be Mine Total Total   168
Double Talkin' Jive Total Total   162
Nightrain Total Total   156
Civil War Total Total   122
Godfather Theme Total Total   120
Out Ta Get Me Total Total   118
Attitude Total Total   115
Rocket Queen Total Total   112
Bad Obsession Total Total   111
My Michelle Total Total   104
You're Crazy Total Total   102
Don't Cry Total Total   89
Used To Love Her Total Total   83
Move To The City Total Total   77
Estranged Total Total   70
You Ain't The First Total Total   48
Dead Horse Total Total   42
Dust N' Bones Total Total   41
So Fine Total Total   35
Think About You Total Total   34
Mama Kin Total Total   32
Perfect Crime Total Total   32
Yesterdays Total Total   30
14 Years Total Total   27
Madagascar Total Total   26
The Blues Total Total   26
Chinese Democracy Total Total   25
Pretty Tied Up Total Total   25
Nice Boys Total Total   20
The Garden Total Total   19
Dead Flowers Total Total   16
It Tastes Good, Don?t it? Total Total   14
Anything Goes Total Total   11
Reckless Life Total Total   11
Right Next Door To Hell Total Total   8
Back Off Bitch Total Total   7
Locomotive Total Total   6
Rhiad And The Bedouins Total Total   6
Honky Tonk Women Total Total   5
Jumpin' Jack Flash Total Total   5
Whole Lotta Rosie Total Total   5
Anything Goes [Alt. Lyrics] Total Total   4
Coma Total Total   4
Garden Of Eden Total Total   4
Heartbreak Hotel Total Total   4
Oh My God Total Total   4
Shadow Of Your Love Total Total   4
Silkworms Total Total   4
Salt Of The Earth Total Total   3
Bad Apples Total Total   2
Breakdown Total Total   2
Communication Breakdown Total Total   2
Don't Cry [Alt. Lyrics] Total Total   2
Don't Damn Me Total Total   2
Free Fallin' Total Total   2
One In A Million Total Total   2
Tie Your Mother Down Total Total   2
We Will Rock You Total Total   2
Ain't Goin' Down Total Total   1
Always On The Run [w/ Lenny Kravitz] Total Total   1
Anarchy In The UK [Axl & Lars Ulrich w/ Megadeth] Total Total   1
Bohemian Rhapsody [Axl w/ Elton John & Queen] Total Total   1
Born To Be Wild Total Total   1
Come Together Total Total   1
Cornshucker Total Total   1
Goodnight Tonight Total Total   1
Hair Of The Dog Total Total   1
Jail Or Rock N' Roll [w/ Axl] Total Total   1
Mongoloid Total Total   1
Rock And Roll Total Total   1
Rock N' Roll Outlaw Total Total   1
Suicide City Total Total   1
Train Kept A Rollin' [w/ Steven Tyler & Joe Perry] Total Total   1
Under My Wheels Total Total   1
White Light / White Heat Total Total   1
You Shook Me Total Total   1

anybody mentioned I feel good .......james brown.

I'm pretty sure on one of the import versions of Live Era there's a version of "Coma."

Yeah, Japan I believe.

Dust In The Wind - Todd Rundgren

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/todd+rundgren/dust+in+the+wind_20138253.html

No dude, I'm not talking about Dust In The Wind, another beautiful song by Todd Rundgreen.

I am talking about a completely instrumental song, played entirely in piano by Axl before November Rain

This is the audio of it:
http://download.yousendit.com/82F8E19D0D336610

does South Park theme count from Birmingham NEC from last year? I remember Axl doing his 'cartman' impression.

And singing "Come Sail Away"....  :hihi:



/jarmo

thats a sin

i have one "don't damn me" live, i got this on the old kazaa a long time ago.. if anyone want to take this and make sure that this is real or not add me: matt_tb@hotmail.com

might be from this closed session

I heard a demo version of "Don't Damn Me".  I got that from Kazaa years ago I believe.  It was labeled as live, but it wasn't.  It was a demo.  Not sure if that's the same thing you got.

So why do they never play it live? Is it too hard to sing live or what?

Liquior and Whores?? What is that? A song...or just a Quick Jam ? When was it played... and does anyone have it to post?

Thanks!

Axl also sang the hungarian folk song ''Tavaszi Sz?l Vizet Araszt'' at Nepstadion, in Budapest, the 22nd of may 1992.


Anyone know the name of this song, if it has one?

Trailer park boys song. try and find any show from canada 06

well, must be the same so, at the end he screams different things, kind of "rock n' roll everybody now..", yours got that too?

When did they play Sway?  And does anyone have an mp3 of this?

@gnrkid03
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rymPbB9HoDY


November Rain. :P
Or a variation on the piano bits of the song.
makes me think?the guitar solo was originally written on piano by axl? I wonder.

Don't know exactly. I think it's something about not needing to sing it live, it's there on the album. Kinda like Get In The Ring.



July 29, 2006 in London along with Sailing and Back In The USSR (redone as Back In The Fucking UK). Not sure if that last one's been mentioned here yet.

Here's an mp3 of it:
http://download.yousendit.com/CD56173842D00F84


I believe that Dizzy played part of the Stones' 'Angie' once (possibly more) at an '06 show.



Cool piece of music. Not sure what it is, but there's little bits of it that make me think of The Blues.

"Everything Tonight"

you're not being serious, right? If Im not wrong, the link I provided has a piano solo, that has absolutly nothing to do with November Rain... its just a piano intro, like Dust In The Wind or Its Alright... or do you think that Black Sabbath's ''Its Alright'' is a ''variation on the piano bits of the song''?  ???


Agreed. Dont know what is is, but I love it.

It is estebanf. listen to the piano on the song.

I got this info awhile back from a website that lists GNR songs, the meanings behind them, band members comments about them, etc.

"Don't Damn Me" was never played live by Guns N' Roses. The reason was that Axl thought it was enough to have the song on the album, and his reasons were somewhat similar as to why he doesn't want to sing "One In A Million".

Written by: "Don't Damn Me" was written by Axl, Dave Lank and Slash. The lyrics were written by Axl, while the music was written by Slash. Dave Lank's contribution is unknown.
Written in: "Don't Damn Me" was written in or before 1989.

Written about: "Don't Damn Me" was an answer to those who disagreed with Axl.

The website I got this from has since changed web addresses.  I was able to track it down a few months ago, but since have forgotten it.  Anyone know what it is now?  GNRsource.com or something to that effect?

I got it, it is www.gnrsource.com.  For some reason it didn't work for me the first time.  Good site though, with tons of info.  Check it out.