Live Versions of Estranged

[Krispy Kreme]

It can't be any worse than hearing him destroy November Rain...

How about the way he butchers the solo in SCOM, I am talking about toward the end, right before 'where do we go'. That is just torture to listen to.

[Bostonrose]

there are just some songs that Finck shouldn't be allowed to **ahem cough ahem* put his touch on?!?1

[muresan]

They don't play it because Axl can't sing it. He's out of breath singing the first verse to jungle and that?s the first song they play. If they were to play Estranged he'd have to bring his oxygen tent on stage with him. As far as the band I think Fink would butcher the song he maybe one of the worst guitar players I ever heard. How some of you love this guy is beyond me. He's awful.

Axl seems to have distanced himself from the Illusion songs. Probably because of the complex nature of those songs and the inability of being able to teach the new band what exactly Slash was playing in those songs. Slash was all about playing with feeling and I think only Richard has some of that. You can't teach feeling and judging by the boots you can't imitate it either.

Estranged is not all that difficult to sing, relative to some of the songs on the current setlist. I would argue that WTTJ is tougher, for example.

[EFISH]

just so you know... heres a list of the times estranged has been played live

20/01/91
23/01/91
09/05/91
16/05/91
25/05/91


28/05/91
29/05/91
04/06/91
05/06/91
07/06/91
08/06/91
10/06/91

11/06/91
13/06/91
17/06/91
20/06/91
22/06/91
29/06/91
30/06/91


19/07/91
20/07/91
25/07/91
29/07/91
30/07/91


02/08/91
03/08/91
14/08/91
16/08/91
17/08/91
19/08/91
24/08/91


31/08/91
05/12/91
06/12/91
09/12/91
16/12/91
17/12/91
28/12/91
31/12/91


04/01/92
21/01/92
22/01/92
27/01/92
28/01/92


01/02/92
19/02/92
06/04/92
50/05/92
28/05/92


18/07/92
22/07/92
03/10/92
12/01/93
06/03/93


18/06/93
19/06/93
25/06/93
26/06/93

[GNR estranged]

i hate hearing that "the new band cant play the song" or "the song is too (insert old band member's name here) influenced." I remember reading an interview with axl (maybe 2001/2002) and he said when the band was in the studio they re-recored all the appetite songs. i think the setlist that they play now is just the songs that they practiced playing the most in the studio. but then again, nobody knows for sure except axl....