Axl's finest moment

[RichardNixon]

This is different from your favorite  GN'R song. What in your opinion, is the one moment when you feel Axl is his most brilliant, soulful...

For me it is "Estranged," especially the last verse...beautiful, brilliant...

[BaDoBsEsSiOn418]

I don't know, those last few lyrics in Coma are pretty friggin' amazing. 

[The Estranged MrFlashbax]

ritz 88 or paris 92

[BD888]

ritz 88 or paris 92

Was just going to say exactly that.

On an album, Rocket Queen is perfection

[WAR41]

While I realize this isnt Axl's finest moment as far as singing goes I think it is actually the moment when the band was feeling its best.  I instantly said  the Stones shows... now before everyone jumps on me and says it was Axl's worst moment because he went off on the band members let me explain....

AFD had already become an enormous success.  Lies and AFD were in the top 5 of the charts in early 1989.  First band that had ever done that.  Now fast forward to the show where Axl threatened the band.  Drug use was most likely at an all time high for the band.  Axl was livid and things felt like they were falling apart.  Axl calls everyone out.  That night was miserable. 

But then they came out and played the next 3 shows and everything went great.  Obviously the band made a commitment to each other and went forward with their careers.  Imagine feeling like everything was going to come to an end and then everyone getting their shit together and straightening everything out.  Not only that but they chosen to open for rock legends.  It must have been a great feeling. 

I imagine the band feeling great about where they were and where they were going.  Things must have deteriorated rather quickly after that.

[Carlos_f_Rose]

mmm Once in the France concert just a second before Slash did the SCOM riff, when vowed down and the air blown his hair... pretty cool.

[MR W,AXL ROSE]

its gotta be the whole performance at wembley for the freddie mercury tribute.axl was in a contraversial situation with the whole ''one in a million'' lyrics about ''faggots'' thing and the ''kill your idols'' tshirt yet,they still managed to rock about 200'000 queen fans.axl sang the most inportant line of the most inportant song in the whole queen catalouge (bohemian rhapsody) which he performed down to a t.we will rock you was amazing and knockin on heavens was proberbly my best live version ever.

[Carlos_f_Rose]

Same here. MR war.

[MR W,AXL ROSE]

Same here. MR war.

i think alot of poeple would agree that not only AXL but the whole band were in there element at the freddie mercury tribute which was GNRs best years(91,92,).

[misterbrownstone]

its gotta be the whole performance at wembley for the freddie mercury tribute.axl was in a contraversial situation with the whole ''one in a million'' lyrics about ''faggots'' thing and the ''kill your idols'' tshirt yet,they still managed to rock about 200'000 queen fans.axl sang the most inportant line of the most inportant song in the whole queen catalouge (bohemian rhapsody) which he performed down to a t.we will rock you was amazing and knockin on heavens was proberbly my best live version ever.

took the words right outta my mouth.

[Carlos_f_Rose]

Yeap, thats even better than VR's Live 8 performance.

[Queen of Everything]

Estranged all the way!!!   

[Ineverlearn000022]

I'm sorry....Estranged is great, but, nothing will beat Slash in "Don't Cry" video.   When he chuckes his guitar over the cliff (only to meet a giant fire) after his fight with his woman.  We've all been there.  I'm out!

[Genesis]

Estranged

[anythinggoes]

it is still to come poeple 

[Mr. Dick Purple]

Yeap, thats even better than VR's Live 8 performance.

I agree with you, Freddies tribute was a high class show and those were great years for GNR, even though Freddie isnt with us 

[Crashdiet]

I'm going to have to say mtv awards in 88 when they played jungle.... that my friends was fucking outstanding. Axl performed like a man hungry for something great.

[elmir]

I felt goose bumps on my skin when I heard Jungle in RIR 3.
It felt like a great comeback, the opening scream, and the mass of crowd going nuts over it.

[jameslofton29]

I'm going to have to say mtv awards in 88 when they played jungle.... that my friends was fucking outstanding. Axl performed like a man hungry for something great.

Good choice. No band will ever have the intensity that GNR had at that time. I would have to pick their performance at Farm Aid. What was supposed to be an event for charity and a good cause ended up being overshadowed by GNR, and the majority of the crowd was there to see them. I read an interesting newspaper article about that show years ago. If I ever come across it again, I'll post it.

[avesia]

its gotta be the whole performance at wembley for the freddie mercury tribute.axl was in a contraversial situation with the whole ''one in a million'' lyrics about ''faggots'' thing and the ''kill your idols'' tshirt yet,they still managed to rock about 200'000 queen fans.axl sang the most inportant line of the most inportant song in the whole queen catalouge (bohemian rhapsody) which he performed down to a t.we will rock you was amazing and knockin on heavens was proberbly my best live version ever.

Not to mention that Axl is a huge Queen fan and Freddy's death affected him a lot