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For those interested, I wrote a new article at WickedInfo.com entitled "7 Great Unknown Guns N' Roses Songs." I stayed away from demos and bootlegs and just went for great songs that most casual fans don't know. I'm sure many will disagree with some of my choices, but that's what's great about Gn'R; they have so many great songs that it's impossible for everyone to agree. The link to the article is: http://www.wickedinfo.com/content/view/174/1/

Steve

hmm not bad man but when you said "unknown" songs i thought you were talkin' about songs like Crash Diet and Shadow of your love. But i do agree with you on Coma, its a song thats genious and never got the attension and respect a good song should get. But thats probably because most people don't like songs in excess of 10 minutes and they'd have to bleep out the good parts on the radio, But still its a GREAT SONG DAMNIT. Glad to see it got some good feedback and maybe you will inspire people more people to get the UYI's if they don't allready :)

as for Civil War and Rocket Queen, i think most people know those songs pretty well imo.

:peace:

actually those are my fav 7 GNR songs crazy!  : ok:

Great list :beer: Thanks for someone finally giving props to "Back Off Bitch." But hey, what about "Breakdown"?

nice 1, ye breakdown is also the don!

civil war does not have a video though does it?????

No, it does not.



Good to see Rocket Queen get a mention. : ok:

nice list.....rocket queen, coma, and locomotive are probably my 3 favorite gn'r tunes.  i think estranged and civil war are pretty well known though.....i probably would have went with something like bad obsession, nightrain, 14 years, dust n' bones, rocket queen, locomotive, and coma!  it's hard to make just 7 cause pretty much everything gn'r has ever released is unbelievable

I can't get the link to open...I'd love to read it and comment, but it isn't working for me.  Can someone list the 7 songs that the article is about?

Maybe not an "official" one, but years ago up here in Canada, MuchMusic used to play a Civil War video taken from the Tokyo show.

Try it again, it was probably just a hiccup with the webhost.

yeah it worked this time...thanks

Just my comments on your choices...

Rocket Queen- Have to admit when I first bought AFD when it first came out, I was in grade 6 and I thought the sex sounds in the background were the coolest things ever.  It is a great song, but most GnR fans know and appreciate this song.

Don't Damn Me- I love this song and it was one of my favourites from the beginning when I first listened to UYI1.  The "Sometimes I want to kill, sometimes I want to die, sometimes I want..."  is one of my favourite Axl type rants. 

Locomotive- I enjoy this song...there aren't many songs that I don't enjoy off the first four albums (actually only My World and So Fine ever get skipped)...but it is a weaker song in my opinion compared to others on this list.

Coma- I love this song.  I remember listening to it over and over when I was a kid, reading the liner notes, and memorizing this song  I think this song and Civil War are some of Axl's best vocals ever recorded.  He is amazing on this song...and I think one of his best solo writing credits. 

Estranged- I love the song, but the video...er...not so much.  The music and lyrics to this song are amazing.  I just can't get past the dolphins in the video...

Civil War- As I mentioned in Coma, one of Axl's strongest vocal performances ever recorded.  I wish this video had a proper video as it deserved one.

Back Off Bitch- Another great song.  Nothing really stands out for me, but a great solid song.

You can't put Civil War here, because most people DO in fact know it, and who sings it

Back off Bitch is the only one I would take issue with. I liked it when the Illusions first came out for personal reasons, but when I try to listen to it now, it's one of the weakest songs they've recorded in my opinion

Although Civil War did get radio play, and was included on the Greatest Hits, I've found that many casual fans really do not know the song, let alone who it is by. Maybe it's just because no radio station around me plays it *shrugs* However I have to disagree with him mentioning the same about Don't Cry, as near everyone I know that knows more than just Jungle/SCOM/Paradise City knows Don't Cry/November Rain/Patience.

I've never really loved BoB, I mean it has attitude, no doubt, but in the end it's never really stuck with me or anything. Actually one of the weaker songs IMO.

I agree that Breakdown should have been #7

What a terrible list.  These are all known songs to a certain extent.  However to put this list on a diehard fan board is a complete waste of post.   Put this post on the casual fan board.  God do we need a single or at least some news.  This site is growing board and inactive.

You should switch to de-caf there buddy

He clearly stated " For those interested " before you chose to click on his list, give the guy a break

Easy there killer. ?Just trying to spark some discussion, nothing wrong with that. ?"Rocket Queen" is my favorite song, so I definitely agree with that one. ?I too would have "Breakdown" on the list, probably in place of "Back Off Bitch". ?Also a big fan of "Dead Horse" and "Bad Apples". ?Probably would've replace "Civil War" and "Estranged". ?I think those songs are pretty well known.

Actually ( it was buggin the hell outta me ) Slash and Axl wrote Coma. All the songs kick ass IMO I love Back Off Bitch and Dont Damn Me

Slash wrote the music and as far as I know, Axl wrote the lyrics alone.  That is what I meant by my comment...sorry if I wasn't clearer  :peace:

I doubt that since the credits are usually for the lyrics alone , im sure slash probably threw a line in or two we all know Axl wrote most of it I just had to point that out lol.

quit being so damn sensitive yo

By pointing out that Slash has some writing credits in a song , why don't you quit being so damn sensitive.  ::) assholes these days.

yea, they seem to be getting stinkier and stinkier.   people don't wipe as good as they used to.

cool list

i will give just one more "breakdown"

I'm not really so fond of Back off Bitch myself, but it does have a really, really good intro.

I agree with the list for the most part.

I never liked Don't Damn Me, probably my least fav song on the UYI Set. However, it could very well be because Axl never performed it live. Songs like Rocket Queen and My Michelle, when performed live, became favs of mine because Axl and the band put real passion into them.

Bad Apples would have been great live because the entire band wrote and sang that song and its too bad they never performed it live (except maybe at RR2 1991).

MNW

its about time someone talks good about: Don't Damn Me & Back Off Bitch

I've always wanted to give Breakdown a chance and really get into it, but I've never found a way to understand the lyrics.  WTF is Axl talking about in this song? 

Haha, well-said. This is a song that I equate to Madagascar - it could have been a tremendous hit. Beautiful piano, great , great lyrics, but Axl just gets a little too crazy on it with the quotes and the strange sayings - I like the song, but It was always brought down a notch because of the strange shit going on - Same with Maddy - That could have been so much better without the damn quotes and movie lines

I actually feel that the quotes and movie lines make Madagascar a really great song.

I love "Breakdown".  The music and lyrics are great, the only thing I am not a huge fan of is the spoken word at the end.  I think probably ruins it for many fans.  The rest of "Breakdown" is amazing.  One of my favourites

If i had to play my friends 7 songs they may not know it'd be

Think About you
Anything Goes
I Used To Love Her
Dust And Bones
Bad Obsession
Pretty Tied Up
Better

trust me they wouldnt know them

Coma!

Best GNR song ever!  :o  :D

great list....pretty tied up.  i saw a gnr cover last week do this song and the place went nuts.

Why thank you :)

Another would be

01 Rocket Queen
02 Doubletalkinjive
03 14 Years
04 My World
05 Buick McKaine
06 One In A Million
07 Catcher In The Rye

One In A Million always got stir cause of the whole nigger usage but I LOVE THAT sound its years ahead of its time. Start to finish is just beautiful

"Immigrants and faggots they make no sense to me / They come to our country and think they'll do as they please /Like start some MINI IRAN or spread some fucking disease "

" So I thumbed it , down to 6th in LA / Maybe a greyhound could be my way "

1. Coma
2. Bad Apples
3. Double Talkin' Jive
4. Used To Love Her
5. Pretty Tied Up
6. Mr. Brownstone
7. Locomotive


That's my 7...  ;)

Sorry.. what the fuck?

Please tell me you aint racist and homophobic lol

Yo guys! (first post, i'll post my hello in a while)

The 7 i'd choose would be.

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Right Next Door To Hell

(agreeing with) Back Off Bitch

Dust N' Bones

14 Years

Double Talkin' Jive (which was amazing to listen to the first time with the killer midsection solo into the outro by Slash...man)

Bad Obsession

Coma (for sure, 10 minutes of awesomeness)

Nice list, great read.  I think Coma has to be the best rock and roll song ever written.


AR

sorry, but gotta disagree. the quotes and lines make the song much more powerful, especially if you have seen the movies that the quotes are from.....

IRS better Oh My God  TWAT   Riadh and bed  CD  Madagascar.....
should be my list of 7 Great yet to be known to the world GNR songs.  :peace:

the post was focusing on only released material.

my post isn't. my list is mine and others have theirs. what's the problem ???

if its only released material then it's known, isn't it?

Of the released stuff, the 7 under-rated GNR songs are, in my eyes
Oh My God
Right Next Door To Hell
So Fine
Shadow of Your Love
My World
I Don't Care About You
Coma

Good list mine would be:
Coma
Perfect crime
Dont Damn me
One in a million
down on the farm
Shotgun blues
AND....CornSchucker...or garden of eden

Cool read although i agree with the majority Civil War is a pretty well known song.  Being the b- side to You Could Be Mine helped alot. Back in the day it was getting played just as much if not more than You Could Be Mine.


I am gonna have a go at this.

In No particular order:

Pretty Tied Up: great jam song. the cool little bass intro and cool lyrics.

Dont Damn Me: IMO one of the most underrated GnR songs.

Right Next Door to Hell: Killer vocals, great riff, and cool six string bass.

Down on The Farm: even though it is a cover, this song just rocks.

Dust n Bones : This is the most underrated GnR songs. Izzy sounds great on this track.

So Fine: Its funny as the local bar i used to visit back in the day before child and wife, had this on the jukebox. I always played it and i was always surprised by the number of people who said this was one of there favorite tracks on '2'.  I would love to hear it done live today as Duff's vocals are a ton better since he cleaned his act up.

Shotgun Blues: always was a favorite of mine, great guitar, bass, and vocals. It seems alot dont like this song but i always thought it was great.