TOP 3 from each GN'R album *THE RESULTS/SUGGEST NEXT TOP 3*

[Spirit]

TOP 3 - FINAL RESULTS

Appetite For Destruction	GN'R Lies	Use Your Illusion I
1. Rocket Queen 2. Nightrain 3. It's So Easy 4. Welcome To The Jungle 5. Sweet Child O' Mine 6. Mr. Brownstone 7. Paradise City 8. Out Ta Get Me 9. Think About You 10. My Michelle 11. You're Crazy 12. Anything Goes	1. Patience 2. Used To Love Her 3. One In A Million 4. You're Crazy 5. Nice Boys 6. Move To The City 7. Mama Kin 8. Reckless Life	1. Coma 2. Don't Cry 3. November Rain 4. Don't Damn Me 5. Dead Horse 6. Double Talkin' Jive 7. Perfect Crime 8. Garden Of Eden 9. Dust N' Bones 10. Right Next Door To Hell 11. The Garden 12. Bad Obsession 13. You Ain't The First 14. Live And Let Die 15. Back Off Bitch 16. Bad Apples

Use Your Illusion II	"The Spaghetti Incident?"	Chinese Democracy
1. Estranged 2. Civil War 3. You Could Be Mine 4. Breakdown 5. Locomotive 6. Yesterdays 7. Pretty Tied Up 8. 14 Years 9. Get In The Ring 10. Knockin' On Heaven's Door 11. So Fine 12. Shotgun Blues 13. Don't Cry (Alt. lyrics) 14. My World	1. Ain't It Fun 2. Down On The Farm 3. Human Being 4. Attitude 5. Hair Of The Dog 6. New Rose 7. Black Leather 8. I Don't Care About You 9. Raw Power 10. Since I Don't Have You 11. You Can't Put Your Arms.. 12. Buick Makane (Big Dumb Sex) 13. Look At Your Game, Girl	1. There Was A Time 2. Better 3. Prostitute 4. Street Of Dreams 5. Madagascar 6. Catcher In The Rye 7. This I Love 8. Sorry 9. Chinese Democracy 10. Shackler's Revenge 11. If The World 12. I.R.S. 13. Riad N' The Bedouins 14. Scraped

This was fun! Some surprising results, some not so surprising. 


We can use this thread for discussion on the results. At the same time, come up with ideas for new "Top 3s". I had some in mind already.

Some suggestions of mine: GNR music videos, best vocal performance (requires a nomination round first) or best guitar solo (nominations here as well).





SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT TOP 3:

- GN'R music videos
- Vocal performances (nominations req.)
- Guitar solos (nominations req.)
- Song/album productions
- "Best of the worst" (Vote on all bottom 3 placers from the album songs poll)
- Guitar riffs (nominations req.)
- Song chorus (nominations req.)
- Opening acts on tour (a need to set a requirement? maybe at least 5 appearances?)
- Album/Single/DVD cover art
- Lyrics (nominations req.)
- Demos
- Concerts (nominations req.)
- Tour visual profile
- Albums

[Sosso]

Right Next Door To Hell and Riad N' The Bedouins are heavily underrated.

[Spirit]

Personally I have Riad, IRS and Move To The City higher on my list.

Riad, I agree - heavily underrated. Coolest guitar riff, best drumming on the record.

Don't Cry (alt lyrics) was actually the first GNR song I heard, so it would naturally place higher as well.

[GnR-NOW]

Can we take the top songs or all of the 18 songs and have the contest for best GNR song overall ?

[Spirit]

Can we take the top songs or all of the 18 songs and have the contest for best GNR song overall ?

I see there's a thread created already.

Starting with 30 points will make the process take a long time though... there's 540 points in circulation, and it will drop 1 for each vote.

I was also thinking.. There are GNR songs not included on any album that'll get excluded for a "best GNR song" overall. Oh My God and Sympathy for instance.

[Sosso]

Can we take the top songs or all of the 18 songs and have the contest for best GNR song overall ?

I see there's a thread created already.

Starting with 30 points will make the process take a long time though... there's 540 points in circulation, and it will drop 1 for each vote.

I was also thinking.. There are GNR songs not included on any album that'll get excluded for a "best GNR song" overall. Oh My God and Sympathy for instance.

It's all about the very best song so I wanted to put that into a higher level.

[Spirit]

Can we take the top songs or all of the 18 songs and have the contest for best GNR song overall ?

I see there's a thread created already.

Starting with 30 points will make the process take a long time though... there's 540 points in circulation, and it will drop 1 for each vote.

I was also thinking.. There are GNR songs not included on any album that'll get excluded for a "best GNR song" overall. Oh My God and Sympathy for instance.

It's all about the very best song so I wanted to put that into a higher level.

That's ok. I'm just saying it will take some time.

[Spirit]

My take on the results:

Appetite: Kinda surprising really. None of the three big singles in the top 3. On the other hand, hardly a bad song on the album, so I can't really argue with the ones making it to the top. I voted a lot for Nightrain, so I'm happy with that one.

Lies: Three good songs in the top spots, personally I would have liked to have Move To The City in there. It's really a great song.

UYI 1: This one pretty much reflects my personal opinion on the album. The Garden would probably have placed a bit higher.

UYI 2: Pretty much the same as UYI 1. If I had to change anything, Don't Cry and 14 Years could place a little higher, not in the top 3 though.

TSI: The top 3 I agree with. It's a toss-up between Down On The Farm and Ain't It Fun for the top spot. I would have swapped Black Leather with Attitude, then placed Hair Of The Dog on 4th.

Chinese: Better is my favorite song. There Was A Time belongs in the top 3. Riad and I.R.S. belongs higher on the list in my opinion, maybe as high as 4th and 5th.

[D-GenerationX]

Results are pretty much what I expected, and most reflect my feelings.

Well, with the exception of AFD.  Seems like some too cool for the room-itis might have played a role there.  C'mon, NONE of the singles made it?  That are their signature songs, for god's sake.  But I got the feeling that they suffered from people not wanting to be mainstream. 

[jarmo]

So most of the songs GN'R plays in concerts are the ones the fans like. Interesting.

I was expecting some fan favorites like Coma, Breakdown, Prostitute and so on to be high up.

I think all the singles would be higher up if this poll was done with more average rock fans.




/jarmo

[Sosso]

Results are pretty much what I expected, and most reflect my feelings.

Well, with the exception of AFD.  Seems like some too cool for the room-itis might have played a role there.  C'mon, NONE of the singles made it?  That are their signature songs, for god's sake.  But I got the feeling that they suffered from people not wanting to be mainstream. 

It's so easy was a single.

[Axl4Prez2004]

Reckless Life finished last on Lies???
That's effing insane.  Love that tune!

 

[D-GenerationX]

So most of the songs GN'R plays in concerts are the ones the fans like. Interesting.

I was expecting some fan favorites like Coma, Breakdown, Prostitute and so on to be high up.

I think all the singles would be higher up if this poll was done with more average rock fans.

'Coma', 'Estranged', and 'There Was A Time' were locks.

[Nytunz]

Interesting. Coma is the only nr.1 song (not including SI album) that GNR don't play live anymore! Coma is my favorite GNR song, and i would love to hear them play it live sometime.

I also think that its crazy that Bad Apples lost the UYI1 poll..... i love that song.

[Sosso]

I don't remember if Ain't It Fun was ever played live. Also There Was A Time is a rare live performance.

[14 Yrs Of Silence]

I think DX has a point regarding this sort of group think on AFD.  The thing is, those songs have become stadium anthems and commercialized to such an extent that they've lost some of there original luster.  But lets make no mistake, WTTJ, SCOM and PC are masterpieces of hard rock.  That being said, RQ has always been my favorite, and really, I think that ten of twelve tracks from that album stand up to much of the greatest rock of all time.

I forecasted Lies to end up pretty much how it landed.  Thought we might and would have liked to see Move to the City higher.

UYI1 was a fun to see Don't Damn Me so close to the top 3.  Great song, great lyrics on that one, and I know its never been played live...imagine Axl digging that one up on the next tour?  Same with Breakdown on UYI2.  Its cool to see the epic stuff at the top of both UYI1 and 2. 

I thought TSI was interesting.  The favorites were far more spread out here.  Human Being is my favorite track, but noticed every morning it would get negative votes and me and others had to keep propping it back up in the afternoon. 

CD was a great battle at the end with TWAT and Better.  I like Prostitute, but didn't realize the love for this track was so prevalent.  Axl was nailing this and TWAT at the end of the last residency.  Rankings here are pretty spot on with my own picks, save for a couple things.  I put Street of Dreams at 3, Madagascar 4 and Prostitute 5.  And if Catcher wasn't so overproduced and was more raw, closer to the demo, I'd have that in the top 3 too.

[Spirit]

As for suggestions for a new Top 3 category:

I won't create a new poll until the current one Sosso created is done. But, if we were to choose a category like best vocal performance or best guitar solo, we could use the time to come with nominations.

Best vocal performance could be both live or studio, but if you want to nominate a live performance you'll need to provide a youtube link. Same goes for a guitar solo.

So, just to see where the interest lies, what sort of Top 3 would you guys like to do next? It could be any of the suggestions I've come up with or it could be some suggestion of your own.

[Sosso]

Top 3 music video
Top 3 song/album production

[Spirit]

I'll note all suggestions in the 1st post of the thread.

Sosso, what do you mean by song/album production? Do you mean sound wise, like mix and mastering?

[Sosso]

I'll note all suggestions in the 1st post of the thread.

Sosso, what do you mean by song/album production? Do you mean sound wise, like mix and mastering?

Yes. Which song/album has the best results in that regard.