Released in 1992, this 'November rain' music video reportedly cost 1.5 million $$$ (one of the most expensive videos ever made) and was based on a story by writer Del James (a friend of the band) about losing a love... There was rain at the November wedding, and a year later, there was rain again at the wife's funeral (Apparently, she took her own life...) The model in the music video was supermodel Stephanie Seymour, who was engaged to GNR singer W. Axl Rose at the time... She was also in the first part of the video trilogy ("Don't cry" by GNR) ... 'November rain' was part 2. Axl Rose was huge fan of Elton John and his romantic piano ballads, and 'November rain' was inspired by his music. By 1993, Axl Rose and Seymour had split up... she sued him in court for abuse and damages... So, part 3 was the GNR song 'Estranged' and Seymour was not in it... it depicted Axl's struggles after losing his love. The other members of GNR were not happy that million$ were being spent on lavish music videos, but there was nothing they could do to convince Axl Rose otherwise. Guns N' Roses were known for their brand of heavy rock music in 1987 w/ their debut album 'Appetite for destruction'... their 1988 EP 'GNR Lies' had acoustic songs showcasing the band's versatility. In 1991, the 2 albums 'Use your illusion' (Vol. I & II) were released, and they were vastly different from the first album... there were heavy rock songs, but there was so much diversity - epic ballads, country songs, boogie rock, punk rock, etc... U noticed the difference in the videos from 'Paradise city' in 1988, and 'November rain' that was shot in 1992... the band did not look the same at all ( 2 members had also left the original Guns N' Roses).
The band didn’t like that they spent so much indeed however in hindsight they accomplished something spectacular music and video wise. I’m pretty sure the rest of the band nowadays can agree that it was worth it. They left behind a masterpiece music videos instead of something cheap. Axl is a true legend.
I agree there are players that can play fast hard to play shut and then there’s guitarists that can not only do that but literally almost speak lyrics with the solo … slash is one Richie sambora is one too
At the beginning of the video, he's going to bed, taking some pills to help him sleep. Everything else in the video are memories that he's reliving in dreams, from them hanging out together (dating?), and then the wedding. Then he dreams about when she died and that terrible memory causes him to wake up in a cold sweat, reliving his loss and remembering that he's all alone. Beautiful, but ultimately sad video.
You'll notice a lot of foreshadowing throughout the video. At the beginning he's sleeping on one side of the bed, the other side was her side. At the reception, she's wearing black, the destruction of their wedding cake, and the spilled red wine, all signal something tragic is coming.
Ax already started writing this song when he was still in school. It was a poem then. Many of his songs started this way. It will forever be my fave GnR song. I still remember the day the video was on for the first time. '92 was the best year. I met Axl back then and that June I was in the video Slash, Gilby and Teddy were making with MJ in Munich, Germany. Being on the road around newly free Europe and seeing all those great shows was magical. The atmosphere was one of a kind. November Rain will always be part of the soundtrack of the times and of my DNA ♥
@@InnaSoloMusicYes. An early version of the song existed as early as 1982 when Axl was 17. He said that at some point he didn't know what to do with it. It evolved over time, didn't fit in Appetite for Destruction and was finally recorded in 1990/1991 as Axl ultimately "envisioned" it. Before UYI I & II came out in September 1991 they were already touring since the beginning of 1991 and playing the song live. Guns N' Roses very often played songs live before they were released on a record, they still do it, and that's something that almost no band did/does.
My favorite visuals in this video in no particular order: *During intro, the bass guitarist raises both arms right before the drums come in...just looks bad*ss *The bloody tear from Jesus just sets the tone for the whole thing *Slash standing out in front of the chapel, hair flying (which I learned the wind was from the helicopter flying overhead😂 videotaping it) *the little boy looking up at the sky before rain starts...shot that perfectly *Slash standing on the piano doing those 2 little shimmies right b4 launching into his epic solo *Axl running his hands across the keys of the piano *The bride throwing the white bouquet at the reception, and as it flies thru the air it turns red and lands on her casket...brilliant 👏
I think the length of the video, the storytelling and cinematography really made it a standout at the time, it really was cinematic. Although "Thriller" by Michael Jackson was likely the beginning of epic, cinematic music videos. I remember my jaw dropped watching this one as a kid, it was so magnificent.
People who weren't alive then have no idea how big this band was. They were so big that they co headlined a tour with Metallica. Appetite For Destruction is on the best debut album of all time list...very high imo....then they put out Lies, which was all acoustic....I loved Patience....and everyone was super hyped to see what they would do next. This is their magnum opus.....Use Your Illusion 1 and 2 were released at the same time, and if a band has to end (I know they're touring), going out on top has the be the way to go and Use Your Illusion 1 and 2 put them about as on top as a band can get! Other than Metallica, no other band was as big as GNR during this time. If you like November Rain, check out Estranged, Don't Cry, Knocking On Heaven's Door, and Civil War, all from the Use Your Illusion albums.
Slash is not only a guitar legend but he’s the most chill person ever lol… axle rose was the guy with the vision for the band and although he was known to be possessive with the band he also composed most of the bands hits. He even manage to secure the band with private jets and bigger budgets for their shows even though they were still considered a freshly new band
Check your facts. The band would’ve been NOTHING without Slash and Izzy’s songwriting contributions….and Axl didn’t “secure” jack - they were one of the biggest bands in the world at the time so their label (Geffen) ensured that they were touring at the highest level. It was 100% a combination of all the members that made them so successful. Axl’s main “vision” for them at this time was adding a pointless 2nd keyboardist, backing singers and hosting super-expensive afterparties that drained most of their tour profits.
@@blahzay_ 1st of all you’re right about Izzy and slash’s contribution on the lyrics but you gotta learn to read, I said Axl composed most of their hits, I’m talking about the instrumentals. Even on slash autobiography he talks about how Axl was the 1st to be in the studio and the last one to leave. Other than Axl nobody else in the band cared about a bigger stage and budgets for their music videos, they also didn’t care for all the different instruments like the pianos, keyboards, back up singer that could play various instruments… that was all axl’s vision or at least most of it. Their record label spend so much money (more than they cared to) on the band only due to axls demands, this is also on slash autobiography btw. And as for the heavy partying budget, every single band member was on board with that not just axl… In fact, axl did partake in drug use but not as much nor as often as other members especially not after he flatlined from an overdose. I know a lot about this band buddy, go fact check someone else 😎
This is a part of a trilogy, the others songs are Don't Cry and Estranged, you really sould check-out... And the bride is the real girlfriend, you are right... Congratulations for your channel and saluts from Brazil...
Based on the story "Without you" By Del James. Here's a short recap of the story The famous short story on which the guys from Guns 'N Roses based the videos for the songs Don't Cry, November Rain and Estranged. Is it very similar to the story-line in the videos? Well, yeah but only in the broadest sense. The story revolves around 80's rock star guitar player Mayne Mann (yeah, I know, but that's how it was with those 80's glam rock types), who's been slowly self-destructing through drugs and alcohol after his band broke up. He shits money, so he can drink and drug himself to sleep every day, except he's not doing it because he's a depraved rock star. He's got emotions, see? Turns out his girlfriend caught him cheating on her after his band's last show and she sent him packing, and no matter hoelw much he tried to win her back, she just was having none of it. So he wrote her a song called "Without You" that became his biggest solo hit and he tried to win her back by offering her royalties from it when the song didn't work by itself. But no. She declined half of the royalties along with his overtures and, finally, after some time, he couldn't take it anymore and went to her place to try and talk to her but found her with the song playing on repeat and having shot herself in the head. So now he blames himself for cheating and for having his greatest hit be about this situation, and for her death, and for not being able to play anymore without thinking about his whole mess. So he drinks, does drugs, destroys his apartment, destroys his car, throw his money out of the balcony and into the street, destroys most of his guitar collection except his '57 Les Paul Sunburst, lights his place on fire, and finally dies in the resulting inferno while performing "Without You" for her one last time. Yeah, high literature this ain't. But it was entertaining enough, especially since I knew of its existence but I'd never read it. So how similar is it to the videos? Well, we have a melodramatic diva hair metal star, a model-looking girlfriend who's done wrong by him, her death, and her death as his man pain. So the main elements are there, it's just the details that are different, so I can see how Axl Rose might have identified with the main character and his trouble dealing with fame, substance abuse, the industry, and all that. The whole business with the dead girlfriend is sort of tangential. Also, Mayne Mann's band is called Suicide Shift. Yes, really.
This is an amazing song, and possibly Guns 'n' Roses best, with the song lasting nearly 10 minutes, it has just over 2 billion views on UA-cam, goes to show you how good it is.
Symphonic. Saw this video premiere and watching your reaction is full circle ⭕. It was very video killed the radio star. But,this video put them on a global map. The dress everyone wanted. The hair,makeup,cigs,alcohol, they glorified it all beautifully. It's predictive of Axls life going into hell. Very well done. Their lives were never the sane after this video. Rest in peace 1990s forever young at ♥. Great video!!!
Amazing group, Phenomenal song, and the video is amazing too. Love this group and their 1987 album Appetit for Destruction, the best of the lot. This video went super viral, it was the first rock music video to have 2 billion views.
This song reminds me a lot of memories. Guns were awesome! Stephanie Seymour (one of my fav top model in the 90's) at that time was Axl's girlfriend for sure.
Fun fact: the band hated fake playing, so they always played the song in the video, including this one. In the behind the scenes making of, you can hear the orchestra as well. It sounded pretty cool. The acoustics of a theatre like that are made for live music.
I wondered about that...during Slash's 1st solo outside in front of that chapel, 1 reactor pointed out something so obvious that I felt like an idiot having never noticed it before. He said (I'm paraphrasing), "I don't know a lot about guitars, but for the one he's playing, doesn't it have to be plugged into something in order to make noise?" In all these years, never once occurred to me, lol
Just seeing all of them at the table drinking and smoking and laughing brings me back to my youth. It wasn't healthy but we were young and thought we would live forever.
By name and by theme it kind of reminded me of the full length movie, "Sweet November" Release Date: 1968 Starring: Anthony Newley and Sandy Dennis. Remake Date: February 16, 2001 Starring: Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron
Slash said his solo in the album version was developed directly from improvisation. He also said he was scared to death doing the solo outside like that cause the helicopter getting the video was getting too close to him. In 2022 they did a 30th anniversary release of this song and they redid the music with an actual orchestra where previously they used sampled sounds.
This was the early 90s. The beginning of the end for music videos. Still popular, but the days were numbered.. The real ""viral" music videos were on MTV in the early 80s.
When i listen to this song, i get the message, that even if your loved ones die, you still need somebody, and your not alone in this cold November rain, that wont last forever, you got to find new love then, thats just what i get.. If you want another great video, and slower song from GNR, Estraged official video, it used to be my favorite GNR song, at least in a long period it was.. maybe it still is, im not sure..lol
Based on the short story "Without You" by Del James. The story was a fictionalized account of a band that was on the rise of the biggest band in the world and the song that launched them on the ride. And how it destroyed the relationship of the girl it was written for/about. Basically Sweet Child and Erin Everly. The video was the 2nd in a trilogy. The story was near impossible to find until a few years ago, now it is a google search away. Worth reading and explains the video's very well.
3:50. This is when music videos had PLOTS. They were full on stories!! Google, "Hazard" by Richard Marx or "Rush, Rush" by Paula Abdul starring Keanu Reeves.....
Guns N Roses have some great music videos, including this one which is one of my favorite music videos (or songs), but I would say that Michael Jackson is the one who really revolutioned the music video. He essentially made short movies. The Beatles were the first band to make music videos, essentially promotional videos, since they wanted to quit touring .
Yes! This was from an era where MTV, and music videos were a big thing. The internet existed then, I think, but it was new, and the technology still wasn't anything like today yet, so there just wasn't as much access to information and media that's anything like today. You only had so many sources to be exposed to things you were interested in, if at all. So we watched this kind of stuff on TV, where it was the only place we could. At this time, lots of money was sometimes thrown at making music videos, and they did start to get more elaborate and were sometimes like movies. The whole music business in general was also much different then, before downloading and streaming music became a thing, and it was about getting people to buy actual albums. The record companies, and sometimes the artists, when they weren't cheated by the record companies, made obscene amounts of money then, so investing money in videos like this was worth the promotion and advertising to make more money selling the albums. Video definitely did take over that purpose which had previously been done by getting your music played on the radio. The actress that played his wife in the video was Stephanie Seymour. She was one of the top super models at that time. Her and Axel Rose did have a relationship in real life at that time, and I think it was rumored that they may have been engaged to be married at one point, but it didn't last, and they were never actually married, and she did not die tragically.
If you notice the brides face in the video, you can tell she doesn't want to be there. She doesn't seem to really want the wedding. This is the meaning above all.
If you’re going to do this, you have to do it right you have to do the trilogy you have to start with don’t cry, then November rain ending with estranged. They all three tell a story when put together.
The video meaning, you can't handle. It's about making it in the music business. If one understands the industry and accepts the truth, you'll get the video.
That wasn't green screen. It was rear projection. The back drop actually changed behind him. He could see it while performing. There's no edits in post. The back drop was live.
The entire song started with him taking pills and yet not able to sleep, it kind of spoiled without spoiling because u easily forget about it when the music starts He sang "don't you need some time on your own?", life can change so very quickly, his wife died and sadly enough he got all the time in the world for himself
Video had killed the radio star about a decade prior to the release of this song, however, I think that was a perfect description of the impact this video had when it was released. It is iconic as far as videos go, as you can tell by the billions of views It has received. Also, the model is Stephanie Seymour, a real life 90s supermodel and real life girlfriend of Axl Rose at the time. If you want to watch some videos that actually killed the radio star, you need to go back to the 80s and check out Duran Duran. Anything from that era would do, but maybe start with Rio.
Well, THE music video that changed the game forever was Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in 83. If there ever was a "viral" video before the internet, that's the one! MTV viewership skyrocketed every time it played for quite some time.
@@Fenrir1 for sure Thriller is a must see! I'm just saying that video took a real foothold in the early 80s. I guess you could argue to go back and just watch the Video Killed a Radio Star Video too. Duran Duran just had so many iconic videos.
Seeing them live at 1993 was amazing and years got past and i met my girlfriend, and this song was verry special to here sadly she past a way so this soung in verry emoitional to me and we played it at here funural. Inever can hear this song whitout tearing my eyes. Thx for your reaction.
My first thing on my mind when you saw the woman in the coffin was if you still think that it would be cool if she were his real wife. I love this song, but the video I saw for the first time a year ago.
“A legendary Dutch mythological figure, Vunter Slaush (better known as Slash) is a member of the mystical group Guns n' Roses who goes around playing music for children and adults alike... in reality, however, Slash is not believed to be real, but a fictional character portrayed by parents like Randy Marsh and Roger Donovan for their kids. Sometimes described as a 'feeling in your heart', there is a small group of kids, such as Eric Cartman, so loyal to the legend, they believe Slash may in fact, be real after all. It may or may not be worthy of note he was never seen in Imaginationland.”
Rumor has it this is how people in California react every time a little bit of rain is falling. Screaming in horror, jumping over tables, trampling each other to death. Tragic.
Great job with your reaction to November Rain from Guns and Roses to understand the full story of this trilogy you have to listen to Don't Cry this one ( November Rain) and the end song E stranged to appreciate it.
Most expensive video during those time. 1.5 million they need to built the chapel just for exclusive wedding and the aerial video for slash guitar solo using helicopters making one of the best music video of all time.
This is one of the most expensive Video ever made for one song . The bride in the video is supermodel Stephanie Seymour formore girlfriend at the time of Axl Rose.
there are many theories about the "Illusion trilogy" that don´t cry, estranged and november rain have a kind of conecction, there´s not a clear conclusion about that but it´s help you to understand better the video
7:41 If i not bad remind, she was hired for acting on this and also the video of Don´t cry, but after, Axl falled in love for her, and they had a relationship, a litlle conflictive,, unfortunally they finished 2 years later, bcs Axl think that she´s having something with Charlie Seen
Looks to me that metaphyorically their love died, ergo the casket and funeral. Great song though! I love that we're all (you, me and all of us listening are going through this music together Feels really cool
Released in 1992, this 'November rain' music video reportedly cost 1.5 million $$$ (one of the most expensive videos ever made) and was based on a story by writer Del James (a friend of the band) about losing a love... There was rain at the November wedding, and a year later, there was rain again at the wife's funeral (Apparently, she took her own life...)
The model in the music video was supermodel Stephanie Seymour, who was engaged to GNR singer W. Axl Rose at the time... She was also in the first part of the video trilogy ("Don't cry" by GNR) ... 'November rain' was part 2.
Axl Rose was huge fan of Elton John and his romantic piano ballads, and 'November rain' was inspired by his music.
By 1993, Axl Rose and Seymour had split up... she sued him in court for abuse and damages...
So, part 3 was the GNR song 'Estranged' and Seymour was not in it... it depicted Axl's struggles after losing his love. The other members of GNR were not happy that million$ were being spent on lavish music videos, but there was nothing they could do to convince Axl Rose otherwise.
Guns N' Roses were known for their brand of heavy rock music in 1987 w/ their debut album 'Appetite for destruction'... their 1988 EP 'GNR Lies' had acoustic songs showcasing the band's versatility.
In 1991, the 2 albums 'Use your illusion' (Vol. I & II) were released, and they were vastly different from the first album... there were heavy rock songs, but there was so much diversity - epic ballads, country songs, boogie rock, punk rock, etc...
U noticed the difference in the videos from 'Paradise city' in 1988, and 'November rain' that was shot in 1992... the band did not look the same at all ( 2 members had also left the original Guns N' Roses).
That's an amazing read. Thank you for such detail with the dates, I had just left school in '92' many memories I have dates for now. Thank you 😊
Great post sumon. Thank you!
The band didn’t like that they spent so much indeed however in hindsight they accomplished something spectacular music and video wise. I’m pretty sure the rest of the band nowadays can agree that it was worth it. They left behind a masterpiece music videos instead of something cheap. Axl is a true legend.
Over the years, GnR has had I think over 20 different lineups.
Thanks, i was always so confused on the twist
Slash is one of those few people who doesn't play a guitar, he channels his emotions through it. pure emotion in his solo's.
I agree there are players that can play fast hard to play shut and then there’s guitarists that can not only do that but literally almost speak lyrics with the solo … slash is one Richie sambora is one too
@@justinsquibb9030Gary Moore is one of them and my personally favourite
When slash goes into the graveyard my childhood comes back to me my first ever cassete tape was use your illusion
30 years later and i still have never really seen his face
At the beginning of the video, he's going to bed, taking some pills to help him sleep. Everything else in the video are memories that he's reliving in dreams, from them hanging out together (dating?), and then the wedding. Then he dreams about when she died and that terrible memory causes him to wake up in a cold sweat, reliving his loss and remembering that he's all alone. Beautiful, but ultimately sad video.
You'll notice a lot of foreshadowing throughout the video. At the beginning he's sleeping on one side of the bed, the other side was her side. At the reception, she's wearing black, the destruction of their wedding cake, and the spilled red wine, all signal something tragic is coming.
Ax already started writing this song when he was still in school. It was a poem then. Many of his songs started this way. It will forever be my fave GnR song. I still remember the day the video was on for the first time. '92 was the best year. I met Axl back then and that June I was in the video Slash, Gilby and Teddy were making with MJ in Munich, Germany. Being on the road around newly free Europe and seeing all those great shows was magical. The atmosphere was one of a kind. November Rain will always be part of the soundtrack of the times and of my DNA ♥
Still in school? That’s impressive! Thank you very much for sharing with me your precious memories! Means a lot to me!
@@InnaSoloMusicYes. An early version of the song existed as early as 1982 when Axl was 17. He said that at some point he didn't know what to do with it.
It evolved over time, didn't fit in Appetite for Destruction and was finally recorded in 1990/1991 as Axl ultimately "envisioned" it.
Before UYI I & II came out in September 1991 they were already touring since the beginning of 1991 and playing the song live.
Guns N' Roses very often played songs live before they were released on a record, they still do it, and that's something that almost no band did/does.
Have you ever heard a guitar cryin’? Well, here it is. Right on the “funeral “ solo. Amazing Slash.
My favorite visuals in this video in no particular order:
*During intro, the bass guitarist raises both arms right before the drums come in...just looks bad*ss
*The bloody tear from Jesus just sets the tone for the whole thing
*Slash standing out in front of the chapel, hair flying (which I learned the wind was from the helicopter flying overhead😂 videotaping it)
*the little boy looking up at the sky before rain starts...shot that perfectly
*Slash standing on the piano doing those 2 little shimmies right b4 launching into his epic solo
*Axl running his hands across the keys of the piano
*The bride throwing the white bouquet at the reception, and as it flies thru the air it turns red and lands on her casket...brilliant 👏
Yes, great parts. I'll add: 5:42 Slash walking out of the crowded giant cathedral and outside it's a tiny white church in barren desert.
How lucky to be able to enjoy the video and the song for the first time🤘🤘
I think the length of the video, the storytelling and cinematography really made it a standout at the time, it really was cinematic. Although "Thriller" by Michael Jackson was likely the beginning of epic, cinematic music videos. I remember my jaw dropped watching this one as a kid, it was so magnificent.
I have seen that one ages ago! I need to check it out again now 😊
His guitar melodies have become one of the legends of world music
People who weren't alive then have no idea how big this band was. They were so big that they co headlined a tour with Metallica. Appetite For Destruction is on the best debut album of all time list...very high imo....then they put out Lies, which was all acoustic....I loved Patience....and everyone was super hyped to see what they would do next. This is their magnum opus.....Use Your Illusion 1 and 2 were released at the same time, and if a band has to end (I know they're touring), going out on top has the be the way to go and Use Your Illusion 1 and 2 put them about as on top as a band can get! Other than Metallica, no other band was as big as GNR during this time.
If you like November Rain, check out Estranged, Don't Cry, Knocking On Heaven's Door, and Civil War, all from the Use Your Illusion albums.
A friend of mine wrote in my yearbook that I listen to the albums Use Your Illusion 1 and 2 too much!
This has been my favorite song since i was 11, I'm 43 now... Slash's solo in front of the church is my favorite thing ever..
Timeless classic masterpiece
🔥❤🔥
Totally agree!
the guitar solo is my favourite of all time, it made me want to learn to play. to me he makes the guitar cry
Slash is not only a guitar legend but he’s the most chill person ever lol… axle rose was the guy with the vision for the band and although he was known to be possessive with the band he also composed most of the bands hits. He even manage to secure the band with private jets and bigger budgets for their shows even though they were still considered a freshly new band
Check your facts. The band would’ve been NOTHING without Slash and Izzy’s songwriting contributions….and Axl didn’t “secure” jack - they were one of the biggest bands in the world at the time so their label (Geffen) ensured that they were touring at the highest level. It was 100% a combination of all the members that made them so successful. Axl’s main “vision” for them at this time was adding a pointless 2nd keyboardist, backing singers and hosting super-expensive afterparties that drained most of their tour profits.
@@blahzay_ 1st of all you’re right about Izzy and slash’s contribution on the lyrics but you gotta learn to read, I said Axl composed most of their hits, I’m talking about the instrumentals. Even on slash autobiography he talks about how Axl was the 1st to be in the studio and the last one to leave. Other than Axl nobody else in the band cared about a bigger stage and budgets for their music videos, they also didn’t care for all the different instruments like the pianos, keyboards, back up singer that could play various instruments… that was all axl’s vision or at least most of it. Their record label spend so much money (more than they cared to) on the band only due to axls demands, this is also on slash autobiography btw. And as for the heavy partying budget, every single band member was on board with that not just axl… In fact, axl did partake in drug use but not as much nor as often as other members especially not after he flatlined from an overdose. I know a lot about this band buddy, go fact check someone else 😎
This is a part of a trilogy, the others songs are Don't Cry and Estranged, you really sould check-out...
And the bride is the real girlfriend, you are right...
Congratulations for your channel and saluts from Brazil...
@devildog5354nothing lasts forever
@@choticogamer and we both know hearts can change
This song is a beautiful way to show how quickly love can be in your life and then be gone😢
It's a classic. You'd probably enjoy the live performance of this they did with Elton John. Elton and Axel on pianos 😎
I was 14 years old when I 1st heard this and I still ♥️ it now, 30+ years later. Yay 90s music, models, etc etc etc!!!! 😂
Great reaction, to phenomenal song and video.
DON’T CRY , should be the next reaction.
Great video, keep it up 👍
Based on the story "Without you" By Del James. Here's a short recap of the story
The famous short story on which the guys from Guns 'N Roses based the videos for the songs Don't Cry, November Rain and Estranged.
Is it very similar to the story-line in the videos? Well, yeah but only in the broadest sense. The story revolves around 80's rock star guitar player Mayne Mann (yeah, I know, but that's how it was with those 80's glam rock types), who's been slowly self-destructing through drugs and alcohol after his band broke up. He shits money, so he can drink and drug himself to sleep every day, except he's not doing it because he's a depraved rock star. He's got emotions, see?
Turns out his girlfriend caught him cheating on her after his band's last show and she sent him packing, and no matter hoelw much he tried to win her back, she just was having none of it. So he wrote her a song called "Without You" that became his biggest solo hit and he tried to win her back by offering her royalties from it when the song didn't work by itself.
But no. She declined half of the royalties along with his overtures and, finally, after some time, he couldn't take it anymore and went to her place to try and talk to her but found her with the song playing on repeat and having shot herself in the head. So now he blames himself for cheating and for having his greatest hit be about this situation, and for her death, and for not being able to play anymore without thinking about his whole mess.
So he drinks, does drugs, destroys his apartment, destroys his car, throw his money out of the balcony and into the street, destroys most of his guitar collection except his '57 Les Paul Sunburst, lights his place on fire, and finally dies in the resulting inferno while performing "Without You" for her one last time.
Yeah, high literature this ain't.
But it was entertaining enough, especially since I knew of its existence but I'd never read it. So how similar is it to the videos? Well, we have a melodramatic diva hair metal star, a model-looking girlfriend who's done wrong by him, her death, and her death as his man pain. So the main elements are there, it's just the details that are different, so I can see how Axl Rose might have identified with the main character and his trouble dealing with fame, substance abuse, the industry, and all that. The whole business with the dead girlfriend is sort of tangential.
Also, Mayne Mann's band is called Suicide Shift. Yes, really.
30 years later and people still fast forward to Slash standing on the piano.
This is an amazing song, and possibly Guns 'n' Roses best, with the song lasting nearly 10 minutes, it has just over 2 billion views on UA-cam, goes to show you how good it is.
This melody is a legend good reaction I grew up whit this band
Love Guns N' Roses! 🤘😎
The last solo is so epic ❤
Symphonic. Saw this video premiere and watching your reaction is full circle ⭕. It was very video killed the radio star. But,this video put them on a global map. The dress everyone wanted. The hair,makeup,cigs,alcohol, they glorified it all beautifully. It's predictive of Axls life going into hell. Very well done. Their lives were never the sane after this video. Rest in peace 1990s forever young at ♥. Great video!!!
Amazing group, Phenomenal song, and the video is amazing too. Love this group and their 1987 album Appetit for Destruction, the best of the lot. This video went super viral, it was the first rock music video to have 2 billion views.
This song reminds me a lot of memories. Guns were awesome! Stephanie Seymour (one of my fav top model in the 90's) at that time was Axl's girlfriend for sure.
Fun fact: the band hated fake playing, so they always played the song in the video, including this one. In the behind the scenes making of, you can hear the orchestra as well. It sounded pretty cool. The acoustics of a theatre like that are made for live music.
I wondered about that...during Slash's 1st solo outside in front of that chapel, 1 reactor pointed out something so obvious that I felt like an idiot having never noticed it before. He said (I'm paraphrasing), "I don't know a lot about guitars, but for the one he's playing, doesn't it have to be plugged into something in order to make noise?" In all these years, never once occurred to me, lol
Her reaction to the end part says it all ❤
Yes Stephanie Seymour and Axl where together she also appeared in the music video Don't Cry
Just seeing all of them at the table drinking and smoking and laughing brings me back to my youth. It wasn't healthy but we were young and thought we would live forever.
He was having a nightmare love this is like a movie and very pretty song need More
By name and by theme it kind of reminded me of the full length movie, "Sweet November"
Release Date: 1968
Starring: Anthony Newley and Sandy Dennis.
Remake Date: February 16, 2001
Starring: Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron
My dad favorite song ! 🥰🖤🤘
their best songs for me and one of nest videos ever
Great video 😍🤟
Thank you very much 😊
Slash said his solo in the album version was developed directly from improvisation. He also said he was scared to death doing the solo outside like that cause the helicopter getting the video was getting too close to him. In 2022 they did a 30th anniversary release of this song and they redid the music with an actual orchestra where previously they used sampled sounds.
it's fantastic the axl Roses imitating Helton John on piano
Afternoon Inna , loving this ❤
This was the early 90s. The beginning of the end for music videos. Still popular, but the days were numbered.. The real ""viral" music videos were on MTV in the early 80s.
I remember when this came out - a nine minute video was unheard of. And they did it again with Estranged.
When i listen to this song, i get the message, that even if your loved ones die, you still need somebody, and your not alone in this cold November rain, that wont last forever, you got to find new love then, thats just what i get..
If you want another great video, and slower song from GNR, Estraged official video, it used to be my favorite GNR song, at least in a long period it was.. maybe it still is, im not sure..lol
Based on the short story "Without You" by Del James. The story was a fictionalized account of a band that was on the rise of the biggest band in the world and the song that launched them on the ride. And how it destroyed the relationship of the girl it was written for/about. Basically Sweet Child and Erin Everly. The video was the 2nd in a trilogy. The story was near impossible to find until a few years ago, now it is a google search away. Worth reading and explains the video's very well.
Whenever it rains I always look for the nearest tiered wedding cake to dive through😜
She was hit by lightning at the wedding reception.
3:50. This is when music videos had PLOTS. They were full on stories!! Google, "Hazard" by Richard Marx or "Rush, Rush" by Paula Abdul starring Keanu Reeves.....
Mother Nature November rain, very hazardous, shucked her down…😢 love you
💯correct about the video. I got to watch it in real time.
This is the greatest rock music ever
Nothing last 4ever,n we both know heart can change. It's true.
Guns N Roses have some great music videos, including this one which is one of my favorite music videos (or songs), but I would say that Michael Jackson is the one who really revolutioned the music video. He essentially made short movies. The Beatles were the first band to make music videos, essentially promotional videos, since they wanted to quit touring .
Yes! This was from an era where MTV, and music videos were a big thing. The internet existed then, I think, but it was new, and the technology still wasn't anything like today yet, so there just wasn't as much access to information and media that's anything like today. You only had so many sources to be exposed to things you were interested in, if at all. So we watched this kind of stuff on TV, where it was the only place we could. At this time, lots of money was sometimes thrown at making music videos, and they did start to get more elaborate and were sometimes like movies. The whole music business in general was also much different then, before downloading and streaming music became a thing, and it was about getting people to buy actual albums. The record companies, and sometimes the artists, when they weren't cheated by the record companies, made obscene amounts of money then, so investing money in videos like this was worth the promotion and advertising to make more money selling the albums. Video definitely did take over that purpose which had previously been done by getting your music played on the radio.
The actress that played his wife in the video was Stephanie Seymour. She was one of the top super models at that time. Her and Axel Rose did have a relationship in real life at that time, and I think it was rumored that they may have been engaged to be married at one point, but it didn't last, and they were never actually married, and she did not die tragically.
Nice reactions
If you notice the brides face in the video, you can tell she doesn't want to be there. She doesn't seem to really want the wedding. This is the meaning above all.
If you’re going to do this, you have to do it right you have to do the trilogy you have to start with don’t cry, then November rain ending with estranged. They all three tell a story when put together.
The bride is Angie Everhart, a famous model in the 90s, then an actress, but has never been in a relationship with the singer.
Their new single PERHAPS has just dropped
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Stefanie Seymour was Axl's girlfriend/fiancee at the time. And yes ,this was one of the most played videos on MTV at the time
Gun,s and roses,❤❤❤
Masterpiece
Isso que e música de verdade❤
The next Guns N' Roses song you should react to is "Patience". One of their best hits!
Thank you very much for the suggestion 😊
this song is trilogy, with Estranged and Don't Cry. you must listening, too
The video meaning, you can't handle. It's about making it in the music business. If one understands the industry and accepts the truth, you'll get the video.
It is like Axel would know my story before it happned, this song is like it was writren for me.
That wasn't green screen. It was rear projection. The back drop actually changed behind him. He could see it while performing. There's no edits in post. The back drop was live.
The entire song started with him taking pills and yet not able to sleep, it kind of spoiled without spoiling because u easily forget about it when the music starts
He sang "don't you need some time on your own?", life can change so very quickly, his wife died and sadly enough he got all the time in the world for himself
Video had killed the radio star about a decade prior to the release of this song, however, I think that was a perfect description of the impact this video had when it was released. It is iconic as far as videos go, as you can tell by the billions of views It has received. Also, the model is Stephanie Seymour, a real life 90s supermodel and real life girlfriend of Axl Rose at the time.
If you want to watch some videos that actually killed the radio star, you need to go back to the 80s and check out Duran Duran. Anything from that era would do, but maybe start with Rio.
Well, THE music video that changed the game forever was Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in 83. If there ever was a "viral" video before the internet, that's the one! MTV viewership skyrocketed every time it played for quite some time.
@@Fenrir1 for sure Thriller is a must see! I'm just saying that video took a real foothold in the early 80s. I guess you could argue to go back and just watch the Video Killed a Radio Star Video too. Duran Duran just had so many iconic videos.
@@dipsydoodle7988 Agreed
Seeing them live at 1993 was amazing and years got past and i met my girlfriend, and this song was verry special to here sadly she past a way so this soung in verry emoitional to me and we played it at here funural. Inever can hear this song whitout tearing my eyes. Thx for your reaction.
I’m so sorry that you had to experience that 😔
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My first thing on my mind when you saw the woman in the coffin was if you still think that it would be cool if she were his real wife. I love this song, but the video I saw for the first time a year ago.
“A legendary Dutch mythological figure, Vunter Slaush (better known as Slash) is a member of the mystical group Guns n' Roses who goes around playing music for children and adults alike... in reality, however, Slash is not believed to be real, but a fictional character portrayed by parents like Randy Marsh and Roger Donovan for their kids. Sometimes described as a 'feeling in your heart', there is a small group of kids, such as Eric Cartman, so loyal to the legend, they believe Slash may in fact, be real after all. It may or may not be worthy of note he was never seen in Imaginationland.”
Rumor has it this is how people in California react every time a little bit of rain is falling. Screaming in horror, jumping over tables, trampling each other to death.
Tragic.
Great job with your reaction to November Rain from Guns and Roses to understand the full story of this trilogy you have to listen to Don't Cry this one ( November Rain) and the end song E stranged to appreciate it.
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Ciao dal Canada, Inna. Sono fan dei GN'R dal '91.
Ciao! 👋🏻
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” was the first movie like music video I recall seeing in 1983/84… but there perhaps is older ones I can’t think of.
There's 2 different videos for DONT CRY, And ESTRANGED, all directed by same guy, I think, and November Rain is also ONE, they are all intertwined
Most expensive video during those time. 1.5 million they need to built the chapel just for exclusive wedding and the aerial video for slash guitar solo using helicopters making one of the best music video of all time.
This is one of the most expensive Video ever made for one song . The bride in the video is supermodel Stephanie Seymour formore girlfriend at the time of Axl Rose.
In 1991 this video cost $1.5M to make. In today's dollars that is $3.3M. Video budgets back then we're crazy. 😁
there are many theories about the "Illusion trilogy" that don´t cry, estranged and november rain have a kind of conecction, there´s not a clear conclusion about that but it´s help you to understand better the video
7:41 If i not bad remind, she was hired for acting on this and also the video of Don´t cry, but after, Axl falled in love for her, and they had a relationship, a litlle conflictive,, unfortunally they finished 2 years later, bcs Axl think that she´s having something with Charlie Seen
The first big music video was Elvis's Jailhouse Rock.
Try "Estranged" if you like this rollercoster of emotions
Yea, we had green screen back in the 80s and 90s. We also had flush toilets and knew how to use fire too. Pretty shocking, eh?
Looks to me that metaphyorically their love died, ergo the casket and funeral. Great song though! I love that we're all (you, me and all of us listening are going through this music together Feels really cool
Muito bom o clip! Um dos melhores clips.
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He sang this at a LISA MARIE PRESLEY Memorial, and played a grand piano, I thought his performance was "LAUGHABLE"
Of course ,,dearling
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11:53 LOL. ^^;
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Please review Halestorm...I recommend starting with 'Apocalyptic' or 'I Miss the Misery'.
It was his actual girlfriend at the time she was a very well-known Victoria’s Secret model in the 90s
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Inna, this video is definitely very good, but "the first one like it" was "Thriller" by Michael Jackson.
3:23 was the scene where i realized as a kid that i wasn't gay