Favorite Televised GNR Performance?

[Booker Floyd]

There havent been many, but for me its "Welcome To The Jungle" from the '88 VMAs.? Its the probably the quintessential GNR performance.? "Patience" from the '89 Grammys about as good, and one of the coolest Slash moments I can recall.? That solo is mesmerizing.

So whats your favorite?? Feel free to include the 1990, 1991 and 2002 VMAs.

[Chief]

one i just remembered which was really cool was the Used To Love Her on arsenio hall ( i think that's correct )...

[jarmo]

So whats your favorite?? Feel free to include the 1990, 1991 and 2002 VMAs.

"November Rain" with Elton John at the 1992 VMAs isn't allowed to be listed?



I guess the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert is one of my favorites. I remember watching it live on tv back in April 1992.




/jarmo

[anythinggoes]

i dont know if this is allowed but mine is the Paris Concert on Channel 4 about a week after it was performed although at the time i didnt know it was cut to shit but that was the first time i had seen a "full" Gnr concert 

[W 23 AXL II]

The 1988 VMA was bad ass.........BAS ASS!!!!! Patience in 89 was pretty cool too with the replacement drummer.
But Axl looked possessed in 88 and Slash was like something very new n cool to people my age. i was born in 1976. they were like this perfect 1-2 combo, better then joe perry and tyler, and dare to say even better then page n plant.

[ckgent]

a few days after i saw GN'R at milton keynes in 93, mtv showed a bit from that concert when ronnie wood joined them for honkey tonk women. Brought it all flooding back. There was also a show that was shown a few years later on bbc when the book with robert johns photos came out. Had fotage from the european tour, and again featured some milton keynes stuff. Possibly one of the best trips i ever went on. Blind Melon, Soul asylum and the cult opened. Mike monroe(hanoi), Ron wood(stones), gilby(broken arm at time) singing dead flower and izzy back on guitarWhat a fukin show

[33]

Shit good thread! Wow they were all pretty amazing! But I loved the 92 performance of Nov Rain with Sir Elton and again the performance of Bohemium Rhapsody with Elton and We Will Rock You as well at the Freddie Tribute Concert. I have to say the 2002 performance was pretty fucking cool because it had been so long without seeing the main man on the tv!!

[Ignatius]

"Patience" from the '89 Grammys about as good, and one of the coolest Slash moments I can recall.? That solo is mesmerizing.

I've neven seen that one...is there any footage avialable? anyone?

I guess my favorite is Axl and Izzy with Tom Petty at the vma's in 89. I think I must've seen that performance 100 times.

And GNR as a whole, the Paris show in 92 was pretty good.

[Booker Floyd]

So whats your favorite?? Feel free to include the 1990, 1991 and 2002 VMAs.

"November Rain" with Elton John at the 1992 VMAs isn't allowed to be listed?

Of course, I only made note of those shows because 1990 was only a few members, 1991 was technically just a GNR concert, and 2002 is the new band.  '88 and '92 seem to be the only "true" GNR VMA performances. 

But  incidentally, Im not a big fan of the '92 VMA performance.  It contains my least favorite elements of UYI-era GNR: backup singers, piano playing atop a motorcycle, synths, an orchestra, etc...not to mention that it simply wasnt the bands best performance.  It was good, but it certainly doesnt hit me like '88s "WTTJ" or '89s "Patience."

I've neven seen that one...is there any footage avialable? anyone?

I do...albeit in average quality.  Which reminds me...Whats your policy on YouSendIt, Jarmo?  Because Id be glad to share some of these performances, and others could do the same.

[jarmo]

I do...albeit in average quality. Which reminds me...Whats your policy on YouSendIt, Jarmo? Because Id be glad to share some of these performances, and others could do the same.

As long as the links are to bootlegs and not officially released material, it's fine. 




/jarmo

[anythinggoes]

"Patience" from the '89 Grammys about as good, and one of the coolest Slash moments I can recall.? That solo is mesmerizing.

I've neven seen that one...is there any footage avialable? anyone?

I guess my favorite is Axl and Izzy with Tom Petty at the vma's in 89. I think I must've seen that performance 100 times.



And GNR as a whole, the Paris show in 92 was pretty good.

i will try to upload it for you tonight if someone already hasnt 

[GypsySoul]

Civil War performed at the 1990 Farm Aid?

[Booker Floyd]

As long as the links are to bootlegs and not officially released material, it's fine

Very nice, Ill try to get some of these up later toinght.  Id also like to start a YouSendIt thread in the VR forum.

Id personally appreciate it if somebody could post up the Farm Aid performance, as well as the "Used To Love Her."

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

88 MTV VMAS. yes, bad ass. BAD ASS

[mean_machine]

down on the farm from live aid

[madagas]

1. Farm Aid-Civil War and the best, most snarling version of Down on the Farm ever. Civil War was also a brand new song so I almost passed out from excitement-then it kicked ass on top of that. Down on the Farm was easily GNR's most punk moment ever. The entire band looked bad ass as well. Other favs, hard to rank because they are all so good-Axl/Izzy with the Stones and with Tom Petty, Patience at the Grammy's-Don Henley on drums by the way. Everything about the Freddie Tribute but most importantly Axl flying out during the middle of Bohemian Rhap. 1988 Jungle performance at vma's-straight up rock and Axl's vocals were demonic. Ahhh, those were the days.

[mrsaxlrose]

one i just remembered which was really cool was the Used To Love Her on arsenio hall ( i think that's correct )...

Yea, I LOVE that; it was the Fox Late Night Show, but it wasn't Arsenio Hall

My other favorite is 88 VMA's; my favorite live version of WTTJ ever

[madagas]

AHH, It's So Easy and Welcome to the Jungle live at the Ritz 88 when MTV aired a majority of the show. That is my favorite version of Jungle ever.

[anythinggoes]

As long as the links are to bootlegs and not officially released material, it's fine

Very nice, Ill try to get some of these up later toinght.? Id also like to start a YouSendIt thread in the VR forum.

Id personally appreciate it if somebody could post up the Farm Aid performance, as well as the "Used To Love Her."

ill try to do farm aid tonight give me more info on Used to love her i might have it somewhere

[Thorazine Shuffle]

My all-time would be Paris 92.? Slash was on fire at that show.? Followed by Ritz 88, and the Freddie Mercury tribute 92.? Oh, how I wish for those days back.