What song defines Guns N'Roses?

[estrangedpaul]

I would have said Paradise City but now I think about it Welcome To The Jungle is the choice lyrically. Paradise City is the best representative musically. It's got melodic sections, a catchy chorus, heavy sleezy riffing, sleezy simple lyrics in the verses, bluesy guitar solo, epic, rockin and anthemic all in one, and then the really fast outro which they done a lot of on AFD. Everything Guns were about musically. Jungle is the best autobiography of the band lyrically though.

As for GnR's Stairway I think its got to be SCOM, for having a must learn riff for new guitarists everywhere, a guitar shop standard. It's also one of the most played songs on radio surly! And an anthem everyone knows with an amazing guitar solo.

But from a songwriting point of view their attempt at Stairway could be any of the UYI epics, November Rain, Civil War, Coma and Estranged. They all start slow and quiet except maybe Coma, then build to an amazing climax. Axl probably had Bohemian Rhapsody rather than Stairway in mind however!

[ppbebe]

I can't help but focus my mind on the GNR on active service. I pick out in the songs they are playing for now.

What song defines Guns N' Roses? -  Better (nicely schizo. Lovely!)

"wot do you think is the guns n roses attempt at stairway" - IRS (starts gently, the accumulating emotion gradually develops into touching chaos. very dramatic and artistic) highly doubt that they aimed at the song in particular.

[mikegiuliana]

no song defines the new band yet imo maybe as far as forum freaks you can do it, but songs that defines gnr has to be known by the general public.. Well at least to me it does..

What song do you think of when you hear gnr wttj

[sesor]

i just had a think then, but november rain signifies axl taking over, his dominating manner. that he went in the direction he wanted, depsite slash wanting a more raw approach. it shows the amazing guitar with those solo's, oh such great solo's. it shows the soft side of gn'r, which is just as important as the more raw side, its the mix of the 2 that makes gn'r so special. and november rain is the ultimate display of this.

if you want to really look into it =P then...the 'crossover' in the song, shows the change in the band, there is almost a conflict within the song.