What's wrong with Sympathy For The Devil and/or The Spaghetti Incident?

[W 23 AXL II]

first off, its MUCH better then the original, Stones version

but really, i think the song has energy and axl sounds great. the end is alittle messy, and the mix isn't great....there doesnt seem to be any LEAD guitar, but 2 or 3 semi-leads, if that makes sense. but i think the cover is really cool, why do people KILL IT?

[nesquick]

I like it, exept the end wich is too long and noisy. Maybe it's the mix. And maybe it was Paul Huge Tobias, the Yoko Ohno of GN'R.

[mikegiuliana]

first off, its MUCH better then the original, Stones version

but really, i think the song has energy and axl sounds great. the end is alittle messy, and the mix isn't great....there doesnt seem to be any LEAD guitar, but 2 or 3 semi-leads, if that makes sense. but i think the cover is really cool, why do people KILL IT?

maybe people kill it because it was the end of gnr..? I don't know.. I like the tune but I would have to say the original is better imo

[fartinabag]

I still think that the Stones version is much better. ?Probably my least favorite Gnr cover song, not including Spaghetti Incident tunes. ?I don't think the song is complete crap or anything.  The song just never did much for me.

[W 23 AXL II]

and to add to the question, TSI? is pretty amazing too. Human Being is about as energetic as Paradise City, and Ain't it Fun sounds awesome!!! i dont get why people kill TSI? either.

and for trent, UYI's were awesome albums, the only "filler" would be My World, but who cares about that, its like a minute long, i took it more as a joke and cd-ender.

[WAR41]

I liked Sympathy, but I think it was because it was relatively unknown when it came out.  I actually had to do some searching to find that single, and when I found it was I was real happy.  It was a tough find. 

[mikegiuliana]

I liked Sympathy, but I think it was because it was relatively unknown when it came out.? I actually had to do some searching to find that single, and when I found it was I was real happy.? It was a tough find.?

wasn't a tough find if you were a gnr fan in 1994 or knew of sympathy for the devil... Song is played at the end of the movie

[WAR41]

I liked Sympathy, but I think it was because it was relatively unknown when it came out.  I actually had to do some searching to find that single, and when I found it was I was real happy.  It was a tough find. 

wasn't a tough find if you were a gnr fan in 1994 or knew of sympathy for the devil... Song is played at the end of the movie

I was.... I was 13 and all the mainstream stores around me did not carry the single or the soundtrack.  I had to actually go out and actively search for it.

[mikegiuliana]

I liked Sympathy, but I think it was because it was relatively unknown when it came out.? I actually had to do some searching to find that single, and when I found it was I was real happy.? It was a tough find.?

wasn't a tough find if you were a gnr fan in 1994 or knew of sympathy for the devil... Song is played at the end of the movie

I was.... I was 13 and all the mainstream stores around me did not carry the single or the soundtrack.? I had to actually go out and actively search for it.

really.. Shit I saw it in every local store(wiz)...  it was also played on rock radio,.. Not tons of airtime but enough to catch it in a few month period..

[jameslofton29]

First off, the original is much better than the GNR cover version. This is the most pointless GNR cover yet. It wasn't neccessary. When Axl was first approached about doing Sympathy, he flat out refused. He told them to just leave the Stones version in the movie. They should have took his advice. But they kept on until he finally did it. Was getting this song onto the movie worth all the shit that happened over it?

[dave-gnfnr2k]

I like it, exept the end wich is too long and noisy. Maybe it's the mix. And maybe it was Paul Huge Tobias, the Yoko Ohno of GN'R.

I find that laughable that? you make this claim since most people, not saying you, never even knew paul was on the song until 5 years ago.? No one every complained about the song until it got more widely know Paul played on it.

[killingvector]

First off, the original is much better than the GNR cover version. This is the most pointless GNR cover yet. It wasn't neccessary. When Axl was first approached about doing Sympathy, he flat out refused. He told them to just leave the Stones version in the movie. They should have took his advice. But they kept on until he finally did it. Was getting this song onto the movie worth all the shit that happened over it?

I actually like the GnR cover better than the Stones' original; there are tempo changes, axl's voice sounds both refined and demonic, and the dueling guitar solos nicely compliments the chaos at the end of the song. I always thought the Stones' version lacked that explosion, especially during the outro.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

The best version is still janes addition though IMO.

[kever20]

The originals are always the best. I can't think of any covers at the moment that were beter than the original. I'm not saying that GNR did a bad job, it just isn't as good as the original. I didn't even know J's A did the song....

/Kevin Miller

[WAR41]

I like it, exept the end wich is too long and noisy. Maybe it's the mix. And maybe it was Paul Huge Tobias, the Yoko Ohno of GN'R.

I find that laughable that  you make this claim since most people, not saying you, never even knew paul was on the song until 5 years ago.  No one every complained about the song until it got more widely know Paul played on it.

  Do you have specific evidence supporting this?  This is the first I have heard of this claim. 

[mikegiuliana]

I like it, exept the end wich is too long and noisy. Maybe it's the mix. And maybe it was Paul Huge Tobias, the Yoko Ohno of GN'R.

I find that laughable that? you make this claim since most people, not saying you, never even knew paul was on the song until 5 years ago.? No one every complained about the song until it got more widely know Paul played on it.

  Do you have specific evidence supporting this?? This is the first I have heard of this claim.?

you can read old metal edge magazines and read that childhood friend paul huge was around..

[dave-gnfnr2k]

I like it, exept the end wich is too long and noisy. Maybe it's the mix. And maybe it was Paul Huge Tobias, the Yoko Ohno of GN'R.

I find that laughable that? you make this claim since most people, not saying you, never even knew paul was on the song until 5 years ago.? No one every complained about the song until it got more widely know Paul played on it.

  Do you have specific evidence supporting this?? This is the first I have heard of this claim.?

Until Paul started playing with the new gnr at hob, rio and the other few shows no one ever bitched how paul sucked or his parts on SFTD sucked. I have been here and the other gnr boards since the gnronline days and never until 5 years ago did people say his parts on SFTD sucked.

Also its one thing knowing his name paul huge, but its another to know who he really was. Sure we always heard the name around but no one ever complained about his playing on that track.

[DemocracyRose]

Axl sounds fucking great om SFD...

I dont hear a band breaking up...

Im glad that GNR did that song....

[Voodoochild]

First off, the original is much better than the GNR cover version. This is the most pointless GNR cover yet. It wasn't neccessary. When Axl was first approached about doing Sympathy, he flat out refused. He told them to just leave the Stones version in the movie. They should have took his advice. But they kept on until he finally did it. Was getting this song onto the movie worth all the shit that happened over it?

I actually like the GnR cover better than the Stones' original; there are tempo changes, axl's voice sounds both refined and demonic, and the dueling guitar solos nicely compliments the chaos at the end of the song. I always thought the Stones' version lacked that explosion, especially during the outro.

Agreed 100%. I love the dueling guitar solos, I think its really cool. In fact, I think Paul did an awesome job, putting some modern sounds to the song (even if the mix was really lazy).

[Sillything]

Really good song and much better than the stone