PRETTY TIED UP is one awesome song!

[Dizzy]

No crap about any other song in this thread, this is devoted solely to "Pretty Tied Up", a song that does everything a song should, it rocks hard and the lyrics tell a great story.  In this case, the brilliant storytelling of Mr. Izzy Stradlin shines through on a dead-on account of the implosion of the original lineup due to the excess.

I've been listening to this song a lot recently, I never gave it much attention in the past.  Both the UYI version and the Live Era version are great, I can't decide which is better.

Who else loves this song?

[DRUNK]

I LOVE it.  The Live Era version also has some great vocal work and an overall differant vocal sound because of the backup singers etc.  

[Walapino]

This song simply put ROCKS!  

[AsXpLy]

I LOVE TO PLAY THAT SONG IN MY SHOWS

[matt88]

I've always liked Pretty Tied Up. I like the sitar at the start it really gived a vibe to the song

[SunKing278]

An overlooked gem in the GNR catalogue.  A truly gritty rock n' roll song born out of real experience.  Izzy and Slash gave it a groovy vibe with the sitar and psychedelic guitars.

[Vegar]

I love that song... As with estranged, I think the Live Era version is better than the UYI II version.  Just faster, and brilliant!  

[Hammy]

Very cool song would of made a great single instead of 'The Garden' IMO, imagine the cool video they could of done for this

[Mang]

That song is so cool, from the heavy bass introduction to the last yawl of Axl it sure does rocks! I like the fact that Izzy writes ironically about how GNR becomes too big and, therefore becomes a "joke"! (As everyone knows Izzy got out of the band 'cause it became to big for him..)
The song rules!

[Dave_Rose]

Pretty Tied Up is such a catchy song as well I love it

[Johnnyblood]

PTU was the first of the Illusion songs that I got into. I bought a copy of the now-contraband Hard and Heavy video in order to see the live Rio version. This was the summer before Illusions were out, even before the YCBM single I think. Totally loved it, still don't get why it wasn't a single or something (like superjudge says, it would've been a lot better than Garden of Eden). Some rock stations still play it on their own.

[duga]

It's on my 10 top list. Should've been a single!

[page]

I always loved the song, - great to see so many others fell the same

[MadmanDan]

Pure in-your-face dirty Rock N' Roll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hell yeah!

[Slashly]

It?s  awsome, indeed.Great lyrics about decadence by Mr. Stradlin.
I like the live version bet.I just can?t stand one thing about the studio version:
The chorus with that semimuted voice, a low one, a mid one, and a high 1.Much more better the live version (although it hasn?t got the citar  ) with Tracy and Roberta doing some kick ass singing in the chorus.
Awsome rock song!!!!Rock on Izzy!!!!






Baby Sash//

[JamieG]

I disagree. No song can be "awesome" that is so lyrically lacking.

"She's pretty tied up hangin' upside down
She's pretty tied up and you can ride her"

Come on.

A great song needs to have some depth in the lyrics. There's plenty of them on UYI 2. Civil War, Yesterdays, Breakdown and of course Estranged.

Pretty Tied Up is not one of them.

[badapple81]

Its a story!

How can you use YESTERDAYS as an example of a GNR song with more depth than PTU?! As much as I love Yesterdays..

'Cause yesterday's got nothin' for me
Old pictures that I'll always see
Some things could be better
If we'd all just let them be

Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Got nothin' for me

 

[Evolution]

It?s  awsome, indeed.Great lyrics about decadence by Mr. Stradlin.
I like the live version bet.I just can?t stand one thing about the studio version:
The chorus with that semimuted voice, a low one, a mid one, and a high 1.Much more better the live version (although it hasn?t got the citar  ) with Tracy and Roberta doing some kick ass singing in the chorus.
Awsome rock song!!!!Rock on Izzy!!!!






Baby Sash//

i agree.the chorus on Live Era is so much more upbeat!like a breath of fresh air

[YouCouldBeMine]

PTU is pretty good but at least on Live Era I dont think it can beat Dust N Bones, Yesterdays, and of course November Rain.

[Dizzy]

I disagree. No song can be "awesome" that is so lyrically lacking.

"She's pretty tied up hangin' upside down
She's pretty tied up and you can ride her"

Come on.

A great song needs to have some depth in the lyrics. There's plenty of them on UYI 2. Civil War, Yesterdays, Breakdown and of course Estranged.

Pretty Tied Up is not one of them.

Have you ever listened to the actual verse lyrics?  Because you sound as if the chorus is the only part of the song you've ever heard.  The lyrics are incredible, and tell a great story.  Try listening beyond the chorus and you'll see what I mean.