Ever noticed how Guns N Roses can't be covered?

[alimari]

I hate people like Avril Lavigne screwing with Guns songs.

But... she hasn't.

Oh yes, she has!

Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt-uSWmAnD0

[D]

yeah but ISE and Brownstone have LOW vocal registers


Carrie Underwood actually makes GNR songs boring....

There is a difference in hitting the note when it comes to GNR songs....... there is some intangible quality with Axl's voice that just makes the song different.. his emotion, anger etc... I don't know what u call it but its different when others try.

normally i agree w you D but I'm not feeling it on this one- yes axl has a unique voice, no it's not impossible to cover their songs

Yeah someone can cover but it just comes nowhere near the original.

For instance, Carrie Underwood and Fergie can hit the notes.. but the songs aren't the same

Sheryl Crow is a Hall of Famer.. her SCOM sucks, Carrie Underwood as I said makes GNR songs boring as shit

True VR kick ass on ISE and Brownstone BUT what happens at the end of ISE when Axl screams the Its so fucking Easy stuff?

[Loaded NightraiN]

but the songs aren't the same

Thats kinda the point of some covers though

[estebanf]

I hate people like Avril Lavigne screwing with Guns songs.

that never happened as far as i know...

[Loaded NightraiN]

I hate people like Avril Lavigne screwing with Guns songs.

that never happened as far as i know...

I hate people like Avril Lavigne screwing with Guns songs.

But... she hasn't.

Oh yes, she has!

Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt-uSWmAnD0

 

[gcluskey]

The only way they sound halfway decent is if they completely change the song A la Taking on Trees SCOM

True, and that's not only with GN'R but with every other artist/song too. Or at least in my opinion the only "right way" to do a cover is to do it with your own style and by adding something to the original song. There's no point doing the same song twice, or to try to do. I like this guy: http://www.youtube.com/user/axl77#p/u/0/Jt1yGk0plVU

That's cool!

[kukol1978]

John5's WTTJ is pretty sick...

yeah I think that one's great http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zprnSk6iIY there's no need for the vocals, when you're as familiar with the song as us you can pretty much hear the lyrics through the guitar

OH! iv never heard that cover before.Mother of god ! you can nearly hear axl voice.How can he do it? LOL

[One.In.A.Million]

I really agree with this thread, I hate it when anybody covers GN'R songs, yes especially VR. I think it goes to show how unique Axls voice really is. But the strange thing is Axl and GN'R can cover anything, and I'll think it's better than the original. 

Back when I first got into GN'R I used to buy all of these tribute CDs, like the crap where the guy from Cinderella or Warrior Soul are singing. I can't even listen to that stuff anymore, it even makes me cringe. No one can sing like Axl,thats why we love him so much. 


Lee

[D]

Exactly, take GNR for instance... They covered Mama Kin.. didn't change a thing and i like it better than Aerosmiths.

[w.axl.rose]

I can cover GNR pretty well i must say. 

[Estranged#9]

yeah but ISE and Brownstone have LOW vocal registers


Carrie Underwood actually makes GNR songs boring....

There is a difference in hitting the note when it comes to GNR songs....... there is some intangible quality with Axl's voice that just makes the song different.. his emotion, anger etc... I don't know what u call it but its different when others try.

+1 that's what makes him Axl Fucking Rose
and that's why Velvet Revolver is Velvet Revolver!!!!!

i mean there might be a few guys across the globe that can sing like Axl but just a few!!

Funny story real quick, my cousin just turned 16 last week, and friends and family threw him a surprise party, and we hired a local rock band to
play the party at the end the set the lead singer was like "Happy Birthday , whats you fav. group or song ?" he was like Guns N Roses
The singer face dropped and was like "Oh man" he looked at his band mates and says anybody want to attempt Axl?,  so he just turned to my cousin and said "Happy Birthday Bro"    i thought that was pretty damn funny 

[comaboy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWDAI_cmU0Y

i like this one by hoobastank

[DebbieNgeorgia]

That Hoobastank cover is actually pretty good. I was surprised because, I too, have always felt that NO ONE can cover Guns N' Roses songs. 

[Mandy.]

Bumblefoot's cover of SCOM is actually pretty good too...

ftp://ftp.bunglefever.com/pub/Bumblefoot/Most%20Precious%20Blood%20With%20Bumblefoot%20-%20Sweet%20Child%20O%27Mine.mp3


 

[One.In.A.Million]

Bumblefoot's cover of SCOM is actually pretty good too...

ftp://ftp.bunglefever.com/pub/Bumblefoot/Most%20Precious%20Blood%20With%20Bumblefoot%20-%20Sweet%20Child%20O%27Mine.mp3


 

Thats very funny, I officially endorse this, that rocks ha, I remember that not too long ago. 

But I'm being serious, there are about 5 - 10 tribute CD's for GN'R. And I don't need John Corabi singing Patience, or Kory Clarke mumbling Paradise City (OMG Awful). I appreciate artists paying tribute to GN'R but they must know when they listen to it back it's not even a good attempt.

When I saw GN'R in Vegas in 2006, Hoobastank played a bit of that cover (Civil War), because the crowd was shouting it out. 

But I'll say it again, in my opinion, no one on this earth can imitate Axls voice and range, he's amazing. 


Lee

[inlikeflynn420]

When I saw VR they did "Used To Love Her". That's a song that maybe you don't remember having the trademark Axl sound, but when Weiland sang it it just sounded so boring and flat, and really made you appreciate Axl's unique voice, even on that song.  I think they picked GnR songs that were less vocally challenging because they had to play some GnR for the fans (they also played some STP, which sounded pretty good). It even seemed like Weiland really wasn't into those songs, but he had no choice. It was cool to see the band play the music, but the vocals were weak.
I saw a GnR tribute band about 7 years ago ("Gett Your Guns"). They were dressed as the band. "Slash" was a fat dude with a bad wig on. "Axl" looked like a tweeked out junkie. But, they weren't bad. In fact, as the night went on, and the drunker I got -- and i was wasted -- they actually sounded pretty good.
I've seen some cover bands in bars cover GnR and it pretty much always makes me cringe, but the songs (usually SCOM or Paradise City) always get the crowds pumped up and singing along, so that's cool to see the people getting into it. Plus, when the crowd sings it tends to cover up the singer trying to actually sound like Axl (it never does).

[D]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWDAI_cmU0Y

i like this one by hoobastank

once again... he sings it in the same octave

he doesn't go MY HANDS R TIEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD


so yeah, people can take it down but that Civil War has no balls with Hoobastank.

and once again, it makes me want to take a nap

[helenluna]

Meh. I don't like any GnR cover. I think they can even copy the instrumental and EVEN Axl's voice, but the emotion, the spirit behind GnR songs is what makes them awesome. And that can't be covered.

I like Bumblefoot's SCOM though because it's funny as hell and I'm a big Bumblefoot kiss-ass 

[AxlReznor]

I'm not sure whether I agree with this or not. I haven't heard a cover of a GN'R song that I've ever come close to liking. But at the same time I don't think any band/artist are beyond being covered, and in the hands of the right band I'm sure there could be a cover that does the track justice. (the covers of Sweet Child O' Mine that have been released have all been awful). I liked Velvet Revolver doing GN'R songs, but I don't consider them covers... not for 3/5's of the band, at least.

Also, about the Avril Lavigne thing... I'd never seen that before. But at least it was only live, and not released. I just remember some idiot on the Velvet Revolver forum being infuriated that she had covered a GN'R classic. They then provided a link to the cover of Knockin' On Heaven's Door that she released.

[jacdaniel]

Also, about the Avril Lavigne thing... I'd never seen that before. But at least it was only live, and not released. I just remember some idiot on the Velvet Revolver forum being infuriated that she had covered a GN'R classic. They then provided a link to the cover of Knockin' On Heaven's Door that she released.

  classic!

She also done Jungle live once or twice. ha