I get chills every time Axl screams, "My hands are tied!!" I think we all feel that way about the world sometimes, like "What am I supposed to do about it?"
Strother Martin giving the speech at the start of the song. From the movie Cool Hand Luke. The intro and outro whistle by Axl are the old American Civil War song When Johnny Comes Marching Home. The interlude quotes a Peruvian Shining Path guerilla officer. This song are the only one that featured the original drummer Steven Adler. The rest was done by Matt Sorum.
Funny how this song still relates to what's happening today. 30 some years after it was written and recorded. both the use your illusions are probably my favorite albums, but Appetite for Destruction was a HUGE influence.
When my fellow Ginger Hoosier gets on the piano GnR songs go to another level. The November Rain live performance with Elton John at the 92 MTV awards is amazing. Axl and Elton on the piano together is next level.
Hollywood don't try to overthink it. According to the band it is a protest song on war , referring to all war as "civil war" cause war only "feeds the rich while it buries the poor". Duff McKagan said , " I went in a peace march , when i was a little kid with my mom. I was like 4 years old , for Martin Luther King. And thats where the line , 'Did you wear the black arm band when they shot the man who said : Peace could last forever ?". It's just true life expieriences , really.
Chinese Democracy is your favorite GNR album? 😮😳 You gotta understand, when this album coming out, it was an epic release. Even though we had GnR Lies, that was just an EP, so we had waited since Appetite for this release, and it was 2 albums. Use Your Illusion I & II were incredible, and still are. It was also an epic time for music, as we had like a dozen releases all released withing a few months of each other. Simply a great time for music, and a great time to be in college and angsty. Lol
1991 was an amazing year for rock and metal, so many classic albums released: Use Your Illusions 1+2 The Black Album - Metallica Arise - Sepultura Never Mind - Nirvana Just to name a few!!
My biggest self realization is that I've lived in my head for many years and I need to remind myself on the daily to do grounding and be mindful and enjoy the moments life gives me
Guns N' Roses got their name from the fact that it was originally the union of Hollywood Rose and LA Guns, two big bands on the scene in that day. Also, to quote Freud, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." The song is literally a call for peace on Earth. If you think about when the band grew up, it was in the aftermath of WWII and the rise of American exceptionalism in the 50s, followed by the wars in Korea and Vietnam. At the time they were working on this album, the Middle East conflict was heating up again, shortly after Iran-Contra. All they'd seen, it seems, was people being killed in wars that only made the rich richer. So they pulled from Lennon and are asking to give peace a chance.
The "Use Your Illusion" albums by Guns N' Roses, released in 1991, have distinctive album covers. "Use Your Illusion I" features a detail from Raphael's "The School of Athens" painting, which depicts various philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians from classical antiquity. The cover of "Use Your Illusion II" features a modified version of a painting by Mark Kostabi, an artist known for his surreal and thought-provoking works. The modified version for the album cover is titled "Time Fades Away." Both covers are quite intricate and visually striking, adding to the mystique of the albums.
Hi guys . I've been following you for over a year now . Really love your channell. You are 2 genuine guys .I like a lot concept the way you start all your episodes , and your analyse for the songs !!! From Mike in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield , Quebec,Canada ......Valleyfield known for it's annuel hydroplane race week-end ...it's 84th year comming this july !!
I started listening to Guns around the time I was 7-8 when Appetite for Destruction came out. This is probably their best song. If I wanted someone to know about them I'd play this. It has everything that made them cool-imo. Piano, sweet guitars, drums, singing all over the place, great message.
@@PML78 hahaha. yeah, but when i saw them play it live, they did an extended outro for about 5 - 7 more minutes. it was the 4th song they played, and i leaned over to my cousin and said, if they walked off stage right now, i'd still fee like i got my money's worth.
Dude this is one of my favorite songs of theirs the message, the guitar solo, vocals and lyrics. Also the live verion of this back in the awards show and other live in 80s version this song is amazing.❤😊 love the whole breakdown and how u guys analyze it.
One of my Guns N’ Roses favorite songs. So many great songs. Rocket queen, Night train, One in a million, Patience: pretty much all of them. My favorite from Chinese Democracy is There was a time: the guitar solos are freaking amazing. I love your enthusiasm. I think Civil war is about all the war aside from the 1st and 2nd world war. He also mentioned Vietnam
My favorite band right here glad you shared this, check out all the albums, they have been my favorite but when use your illusion albums came out just solidified them as rock legends. Im gonna try and do the you got it my friend, thanks. Have a good one fellas. Thanks again so glad you enjoyed 🎉 Check out get in the ring on that album,
One of my GnR favorites for sure! I'm so glad someone else appreciates it as much as I do. I think people were so turned off by the Chinese Democracy album that it wasn't given a chance. A classic for sure 🤌🏾
Talking about how guns and roses are opposites, it came from the original band Hollywood Roses, which was Axel and Tracii Guns (of L.A. Guns). Turned into G’n’R, and Tracii left and formed LA Guns. 👍
GREAT reaction guys!! This is my top GnR song - has been since this came out!! Seriously Hollywood, if you think Chinese Democracy is their best, then you really haven't listened enough to Appetite For Destruction, Lies & Use Your Illusion 1 & 2...it's not a horrible album, but it's really not GnR - it's Axl with a supporting band. This song has everything that made them great! And yes, always loved the closing line - one of the ultimate oxymorons - there is NOTHING civil about war! Noticed you haven't done Estranged, Night Train, Don't Cry, Mr. Brownstone, Rocket Queen yet! Get on it! Cheers!
Thanks to a cool record store employee I was turned onto Guns N Roses very early. He told me the Live Like a Suicide EP was coming out and that I had to hear this band. I picked it up at midnight the day it came out and rest is history. I saw them twice on the Use Your Illusion tour. Once with Metallica and once as a solo headliner. With Metallica was at the Pontiac Silver Dome in what has become known as the night of a million boobs. Between sets women lifted their shirts to get on the jumbotron, as they do at all metal shows, but it was so popular with the audience that it went on way longer then normal. This of course pissed off Axl since they came on late technically. Metallica came on first and just blew them away. Axl, as he did many times on this tour, just left the stage at one point. He threw down the mic and was gone for like twenty minutes. Never forget that night. To be fair though when I saw them later on that tour with only them as the headliner they were second to none. Interestingly Metallica by themselves kind of sucked on that tour.
Bruce is a Metal legend and a perfect front man for Iron Maiden but their first album is awesome. I actually didn’t know there was a different lead singer until way after I heard it for the first time.
My favourite track by GnR. The song is definitely anti war just like Sabbath's War Pigs. By the way, your country may only have had one civil war but your politicians and forces have been involved in civil wars world wide.
Use your Illusion 1 & 2 are masterpieces, but many die hard fans are not keen as they see it as a bit of a sell out, similar to Greenday fans from American Idiot onwards, this view of course is nonsense, it's just the musicians spreading their wings and showing heir true talents
"What's so civil about war anyway?" That's a powerful line.
Amen brother ! 😎💪❤️🇺🇸
ACtually, I always found that line to be a little embarrassing. Too obvious to be deep.
@@MarkMay-cr6bv it's an oxymoron, that's why.
Look at the shoes your filling
Look at the blood we're spilling
Look at the world we're killing
The way we've always done before... 💯
@@PML78 “look at the leaders we follow.”
You got it right when you said every war is a civil war. Incredibly powerful and sadly apparently eternally relevant song.
Rocket queen, night train, appetite for destruction is one of the greatest albums ever made
Rocket Queen is one of the most underrated songs ever. What a fucking jam!!!
@WolfFX13 I agree 🤘🏽😎
😂
Hell yeah 👍
By far the best debut album EVER!!
You cant trust FREEDOM
WHEN IT'S
NOT IN YOUR HANDS
When everyone is fighting for the promise land ....
I get chills every time Axl screams, "My hands are tied!!" I think we all feel that way about the world sometimes, like "What am I supposed to do about it?"
We found out today that there is indeed 1 person in this world that has “Chinese Democracy” as their favorite GnR album
Yeah, that admission really surprised me. 🤣
I have never even listened to Chinese Democracy.
Your missing out
I really enjoy that album. Sure, it isn't the typical GnR we all know but it has some great songs on it. Like Madagascar, a very underrated song.
That's a pretty wild take when the same band is also responsible for Appetite for Destruction...one of the greatest rock albums ever made lol
This song came out when many countries around the world were having civil wars like in El Salvador. I loved it since the first time I heard it!
Strother Martin giving the speech at the start of the song. From the movie Cool Hand Luke. The intro and outro whistle by Axl are the old American Civil War song When Johnny Comes Marching Home. The interlude quotes a Peruvian Shining Path guerilla officer. This song are the only one that featured the original drummer Steven Adler. The rest was done by Matt Sorum.
Came here to say this. Great movie.
COOL Hand Luke
Funny how this song still relates to what's happening today. 30 some years after it was written and recorded. both the use your illusions are probably my favorite albums, but Appetite for Destruction was a HUGE influence.
When my fellow Ginger Hoosier gets on the piano GnR songs go to another level. The November Rain live performance with Elton John at the 92 MTV awards is amazing. Axl and Elton on the piano together is next level.
It's more societal than political. It's more about what society is willing to tolerate and accept.
A powerful song, a master piece…
Gnr were a mixture of all genres because of their influences
Axl Has Been Super Loud About Politics Forever!! He Has A Zero B.S. Tolerance!! If You See The Live Version Notice The Jacket Changes!!
He also admired Charles Manson. He was a goof.
@@johnsambo9379 He Was Fascinated By The Control & Obsessiveness Of Cults In General!
He gets his info from readers digest!
If your favorite GnR song is 'November Rain', then you would like 'Estranged'.
I second Estranged. My number one GNR song
@@ronparsons8786same
Love Estranged, too!! Epic double album!!
One of their best songs ever !
Hollywood don't try to overthink it. According to the band it is a protest song on war , referring to all war as "civil war" cause war only "feeds the rich while it buries the poor". Duff McKagan said , " I went in a peace march , when i was a little kid with my mom. I was like 4 years old , for Martin Luther King. And thats where the line , 'Did you wear the black arm band when they shot the man who said : Peace could last forever ?". It's just true life expieriences , really.
Chinese Democracy is your favorite GNR album? 😮😳
You gotta understand, when this album coming out, it was an epic release. Even though we had GnR Lies, that was just an EP, so we had waited since Appetite for this release, and it was 2 albums. Use Your Illusion I & II were incredible, and still are. It was also an epic time for music, as we had like a dozen releases all released withing a few months of each other. Simply a great time for music, and a great time to be in college and angsty. Lol
1991 was an amazing year for rock and metal, so many classic albums released:
Use Your Illusions 1+2
The Black Album - Metallica
Arise - Sepultura
Never Mind - Nirvana
Just to name a few!!
@michaelward5370 91' gives 71' a run for its money when it comes to the release of some of the best rock albums of all time!!
You gotta check out “Get in the ring”. Also from Use Your Illusion.
The first album will always be my favorite album. I love the rest but the first one has so many good songs. Listen to the whole album .
Top 3 Guns and Roses songs
1. "It's so Easy"
2. "Nightrain"
3. "November Rain"
I have to add Rocket Queen
@@JL-is9rgWhich lends credence to Appetite as their best album.
Gums N Roses did my favorite cover of Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”.
Ya'll should absolutely do Coma. Far and away the best song they've ever done
Love the Duff Mackagan's bass guitar intro at the start of Coma!!
I don't know how, but Smokey rockin' the shades and the wig a little too well lol
He looks like Steven Adler the drummer of Guns and Roses
My biggest self realization is that I've lived in my head for many years and I need to remind myself on the daily to do grounding and be mindful and enjoy the moments life gives me
Guns N' Roses got their name from the fact that it was originally the union of Hollywood Rose and LA Guns, two big bands on the scene in that day.
Also, to quote Freud, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." The song is literally a call for peace on Earth. If you think about when the band grew up, it was in the aftermath of WWII and the rise of American exceptionalism in the 50s, followed by the wars in Korea and Vietnam. At the time they were working on this album, the Middle East conflict was heating up again, shortly after Iran-Contra. All they'd seen, it seems, was people being killed in wars that only made the rich richer. So they pulled from Lennon and are asking to give peace a chance.
Look at the shoes your filling
Look at the blood were spilling
Look at the world were killing
THE WAY WEVE ALWAYS DONE BEFORE... 🇺🇸
Rocket Queen is one of the best songs that encapsulates GNR talent
Agree!
The opening speech comes from the movie Cool Hand Luke early 70’s,
Just another badass whistle intro 🤘🏽😎
My biggest self realization was things are never as they seem. When I learned that it made me a lot more aware of the world around me
Axel was a really good whistler. Just throwing that out for the algorithm.
You need to watch a “Live” performance of GNR doing this song ! You can feel the emotions of Axl and the band as they rock out
This has always been my favourite gnr song. Cheers guy
Did you ever did 'Estranged'? It's from the same album en my persnal favourite, with Civil war right after that.
Estranged is a masterpiece!
The "Use Your Illusion" albums by Guns N' Roses, released in 1991, have distinctive album covers. "Use Your Illusion I" features a detail from Raphael's "The School of Athens" painting, which depicts various philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians from classical antiquity. The cover of "Use Your Illusion II" features a modified version of a painting by Mark Kostabi, an artist known for his surreal and thought-provoking works. The modified version for the album cover is titled "Time Fades Away." Both covers are quite intricate and visually striking, adding to the mystique of the albums.
anything out of appetite for destruction, use your illusion 1 , use your illusion 2 all is a banger
Hi guys . I've been following you for over a year now . Really love your channell. You are 2 genuine guys .I like a lot concept the way you start all your episodes , and your analyse for the songs !!! From Mike in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield , Quebec,Canada ......Valleyfield known for it's annuel hydroplane race week-end ...it's 84th year comming this july !!
This is one of the greatest songs, sadly it will stay relevant until the end of time..
The beginning from the movie "Cool Hand Luke" is epic.
i was 18 years young, when this 2 albums came out, the changed my life for music complete. im a fully metalhead now ! 🤘
I started listening to Guns around the time I was 7-8 when Appetite for Destruction came out. This is probably their best song. If I wanted someone to know about them I'd play this. It has everything that made them cool-imo. Piano, sweet guitars, drums, singing all over the place, great message.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate is from the movie "cool hand Luke"
Skip to 9:45 to get to the song
This song is fantastic. The lyrics so true....
My biggest self realisation:
Everyone else is too focused on their own insecurities to be worried about mine
You can't imagine how it feels to see them play this Live.
The whistling at the start - the ants go marching - is When Johnny Comes Marching Home, and is an American Civil War era song.
You guys should react to their first album, “Appetite for Destruction.” Now THAT’s the REAL CLASSIC Guns’n Roses with their ORIGINAL lineup!
my top 3 guns n roses songs:
1. breakdown
2. double talkin' jive
3. it's so easy
Double Talkin Jive ... damn... bad thing about that track is it's too short... it rocks🤘🏽😎
@@PML78 hahaha. yeah, but when i saw them play it live, they did an extended outro for about 5 - 7 more minutes. it was the 4th song they played, and i leaned over to my cousin and said, if they walked off stage right now, i'd still fee like i got my money's worth.
Dude this is one of my favorite songs of theirs the message, the guitar solo, vocals and lyrics. Also the live verion of this back in the awards show and other live in 80s version this song is amazing.❤😊 love the whole breakdown and how u guys analyze it.
Masterpiece. 🤘🏻
My biggest realization was iv made mistakes and I wish I didn't make them.. but I would never want to forget the lessons
One of my Guns N’ Roses favorite songs. So many great songs. Rocket queen, Night train, One in a million, Patience: pretty much all of them. My favorite from Chinese Democracy is There was a time: the guitar solos are freaking amazing. I love your enthusiasm. I think Civil war is about all the war aside from the 1st and 2nd world war. He also mentioned Vietnam
If ya wanna know how guns n roses felt about the press the very next song on this album is get in the ring yeah axl calls everyone out
The song Chinese Democracy is 🔥
My self realization is I do for many people cause I have a big heart but nobody does for me. Can't let people into my world cause no trust.
Love your reaction
The opening speech is from the Paul newman movie cool hand Luke based on the speech the song goes a different direction
I love the Smoke Dog just be vibin!This is such a great song!
The spoken word part about "as popular war advances" is a quote from the Pentagon Papers.
Masterpiece
Loved H&R and I agree, this is my favorite song by them.
That was the old man from cool hand Luke the movie talking... where Paul Newman Had to eat 50 boiled eggs in an hour eggs for a bet
the spoken part at the beginning is from the movie cool hand Luke starring Paul newman
Smokey in the wig and sunglasses is a spitting image for Dave Stewart in the 1980's ! big love to all people :)
The spoken word in the beginning of the song
Is from a movie
Called cool hand luke
Start the great paul Newman
F yeaya! Nice one Atlanta!!!! Mad love from Richmond Va ☘️💥
What magic masterpiece.....I love this Song.....
The intro is from the movie Cool Hand Luke with Paul Newman..great movie btw
My favorite band right here glad you shared this, check out all the albums, they have been my favorite but when use your illusion albums came out just solidified them as rock legends. Im gonna try and do the you got it my friend, thanks. Have a good one fellas. Thanks again so glad you enjoyed 🎉 Check out get in the ring on that album,
GNR is a hard rock band.
One of my GnR favorites for sure! I'm so glad someone else appreciates it as much as I do. I think people were so turned off by the Chinese Democracy album that it wasn't given a chance. A classic for sure 🤌🏾
I just listened GnR concert on YT and Axl Rose his voice is 🫣 not the same anymore.
Talking about how guns and roses are opposites, it came from the original band Hollywood Roses, which was Axel and Tracii Guns (of L.A. Guns). Turned into G’n’R, and Tracii left and formed LA Guns. 👍
I can’t narrow down top three G&R songs. But this Is definitely one of the best.
You guys have to listen to Estranged
Best Gn'R song right there
Public Enemy -
"Harder Than You Think"
(lyric breakdown)
Michael Franti and Spearhead - "Good To Alive Today"
(lyric breakdown)
GREAT reaction guys!! This is my top GnR song - has been since this came out!!
Seriously Hollywood, if you think Chinese Democracy is their best, then you really haven't listened enough to Appetite For Destruction, Lies & Use Your Illusion 1 & 2...it's not a horrible album, but it's really not GnR - it's Axl with a supporting band.
This song has everything that made them great! And yes, always loved the closing line - one of the ultimate oxymorons - there is NOTHING civil about war!
Noticed you haven't done Estranged, Night Train, Don't Cry, Mr. Brownstone, Rocket Queen yet! Get on it! Cheers!
Thanks to a cool record store employee I was turned onto Guns N Roses very early. He told me the Live Like a Suicide EP was coming out and that I had to hear this band. I picked it up at midnight the day it came out and rest is history. I saw them twice on the Use Your Illusion tour. Once with Metallica and once as a solo headliner. With Metallica was at the Pontiac Silver Dome in what has become known as the night of a million boobs. Between sets women lifted their shirts to get on the jumbotron, as they do at all metal shows, but it was so popular with the audience that it went on way longer then normal. This of course pissed off Axl since they came on late technically. Metallica came on first and just blew them away. Axl, as he did many times on this tour, just left the stage at one point. He threw down the mic and was gone for like twenty minutes. Never forget that night. To be fair though when I saw them later on that tour with only them as the headliner they were second to none. Interestingly Metallica by themselves kind of sucked on that tour.
Appetite is the only answer for best album. Every song on that album is good.
EVERYONE wishes they could sing like him, even HIM haha
One of my favorite GnR songs. Have you ever checked out Get In The Ring by them? It's kind of a diss song.
Greetings from Germany
It's ok, man! I love Chinese Democracy too! It's a fantastic album and completely underrated
I put this song to a group of pictures I took at Antietam national battlefield
You guys should check out G&R's Mr. Brownstone.
Great song, great reaction
My too 3 are:
Mr. Brownstone
Nightrain
It’s so easy
If you like November Rain and Civil War then you should listen to Estranged.
I sure wish you guys would react too Breakdown by Guns n Roses....it is my all time favorite song by them hands down.
Guns N’ Roses is named after Tracy Guns and Axle Rose.
My favorite too
Civil war my favorite gnr song too Holly wood needs to listen to both use your illusions imediately
Bruce is a Metal legend and a perfect front man for Iron Maiden but their first album is awesome. I actually didn’t know there was a different lead singer until way after I heard it for the first time.
This entire album, use your illusion II, is a masterpiece. This is by far their best album in my opinion.
That's actually Use Your Illusion 1
No way
We used to make fun of this song so hard but it’s always a good listen.
My favourite track by GnR. The song is definitely anti war just like Sabbath's War Pigs. By the way, your country may only have had one civil war but your politicians and forces have been involved in civil wars world wide.
American Revolution, war of 1812, some Indian mexican scuffles but yeah we see a lot of war
#1 You could be mine, #2 Night Train #3 Paradise City.
Use your Illusion 1 & 2 are masterpieces, but many die hard fans are not keen as they see it as a bit of a sell out, similar to Greenday fans from American Idiot onwards, this view of course is nonsense, it's just the musicians spreading their wings and showing heir true talents
This is how you start an album! Hands down this is Axl's best work lyrically.