There Was A Time - discussion thread

[seely]

Piano: Paul Tobias

Wonder if it was composed on piano as well....





/jarmo

Well Paul helped write the song, so it's quite probable......

[Marion68]

i like the song

[AtariLegend]

Greatest "Guns N' Roses" Guitar Solo Ever.

[GNRFAN20]

Song has many layers to it.

[duga]

Reminds me a bit of Moby, like Extreme Ways.

[Chuzeville]

Still my favourite song on the album.

[gcluskey]

This song is my favourite on Chinese Democracy, think they've only played it once on this tour. Would love the guys to play it more, the solos are out of this world and Axl's vocals are class! If I get to see them live this year I hope they'll play TWAT

[Halo69]

To be 100% honest, i think the 1999 demo version is much better then the one that ended up on the cd.

I like the guitars better and i also like that the song ends with Axl screaming There was a time instead of the long solo parts.

I think GNR should have had the 1999 version perfected without changing it too much, and have TWAT be a single so they could put the longer version as a B-side on the single.
Thats just my opinion!

The album version is also great though!

[Gracie2006]

I liked the Cocaine in the hall lyrics

[One.In.A.Million]

I just want to give Tommy the praise he deserves for that wicked bass riff he's added to the finished version. This along with axl's added vocal layers proves that playing around with a song and getting different ideas for sections can improve a song immensely. I also noticed buckethead's outro solo is turned up significantly to what it was previously.

But Tommy's bass really shines through for me on this track.

Lee

[AxlsMainMan]

I can hear the piano parts clear as day on this crumby Wal-Mart stereo I have up here in Toronto. Can't get the melody out of my head

[LIGuns]

Where she was while she was sleeping,
in another woman's bed,
At 1st I thought Axl was claiming the woman was a lesbian. But now I'm thinking it's a reference that she was cheating on him w/ a married man.

or the doctors or the lawyers,
or a stranger that she met.
If there's nothing I can gain from this,
or anything at all,
it'd be the knowledge that ya gave me,
when I thought I'd heard it all.
Perhaps she alway has a reason for not being home. He's being positive/sarcastic. This relationship hasn't been a total waist, he's gained knowledge for future relations..

[requiem156]

At 1st I thought Axl was claiming the woman was a lesbian. But now I'm thinking it's a reference that she was cheating on him w/ a married man.

You just thought of that now?

[LIGuns]

At 1st I thought Axl was claiming the woman was a lesbian. But now I'm thinking it's a reference that she was cheating on him w/ a married man.


You just thought of that now?

No, but until previously the TWAT thread has been buried..