Appetite for Destruction - General Discussion Discussion

[–] SamNoyoun (5827) 23 days ago

I'll go with "Welcome to the Jungle" by a country mile, though I do love the whole album...When that song burst upon the scene it was so unlike anything that had come before you couldn't help but sit up and take notice! I've obviously always wanted to cover it in one of my bands over the years, but I've come to terms with the fact that I simply lack the pipes to pull it off...

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[–] fourlemons (1662) 23 days ago

Exactly- about it making people sit up and take notice. Those guitars command attention! 😁

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[–] KiwiJim (1176) 23 days ago

Mine is also Mr. Brownstone! 🤜🤛

Welcome to the Jungle is a close no. 2 but it’s been a little overused now.

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[–] fourlemons (1662) 23 days ago

High five to another Mr. Brownstone fan! 🙏 I love me a frantically grinding guitar! It hits you right in the soul! Or the groin! Or both! 😂

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (21452) 23 days ago

I’m definitely going to crank it on the turntable tonight. Thanks for the idea.

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[–] fourlemons (1662) 23 days ago

😁

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[–] MartyDeniro (4171) 23 days ago

1- Rocket Queen
2 - My Michelle

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[–] fourlemons (1662) 23 days ago

Excellent choices!!

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[–] KingBob (2107) 23 days ago

Night train

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[–] fourlemons (1662) 23 days ago

Ooh, that's a good one! It's my older son's favorite.

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[–] VinceD (9805) 23 days ago

Mr. Brownstone is my favorite of that album as well. My shit band used to cover it in High School and it was always fun to play live.

It's So Easy, Nightrain, and Think about You are my other favorites off that album.

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[–] fourlemons (1662) 23 days ago

Another Mr. Brownstone high five! 🙏

Did you play the guitar part? Cuz if you did I might have a crush on you now.

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[–] VinceD (9805) 23 days ago

I did but I wasn't very good so probably not worth crushing on lol

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[–] fourlemons (1662) 23 days ago

Ok, maybe just a little crush. That's still impressive.

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[–] jacotodd47 (1832) 22 days ago

Good question.

Fave track...

Well, back then (1987) or now????

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[–] fourlemons (1662) 22 days ago

You can do both! 😁

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[–] jacotodd47 (1832) 22 days ago

Ok, cool.

Then - yeah no doubt....

"Paradise City"

Now - let me get back to you - I'm going to play Appetite while I work out. Let's see what stands out now.......

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[–] jacotodd47 (1832) 22 days ago

Ok, current fave came down to three cuts.....

"Mr. Brownstone"

"My Michelle" and this next one, I'll add the video so you can see the band in their prime......

It is in fact my current fave track off of the great album "Appetite for Destruction"......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMbl1ntpIXQ

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[–] fourlemons (1662) 22 days ago

You can't go wrong with any of the songs on this album. Hope you enjoyed the trip down memory lane this morning!

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[–] jacotodd47 (1832) 22 days ago

Hahahah

Yeah it was nice being a teenager again...

If only for a couple of hours, LOL

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[–] GolfnGuitars (2886) 22 days ago

My late college roommate absolutely loved this recording...he played this all the time from 1987-1989.

To be honest, I'm not a huge GNR fan. Slash is a great guitar player and I will definitely give them their due for being a huge band back in the day...but I've never been crazy about "Appetite For Destruction." I like "Lies" better...I think "Patience" is hands down their best song and I like "Used To Love Her" a lot also.

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[–] fourlemons (1662) 22 days ago

That's okay. We can still be friends. 😉

Music speaks to everybody differently and it's great that there are so many different kinds so that we can all find what moves us. I'm sure even if we don't find some musical overlap here we'll find it somewhere else. 😊

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[–] GolfnGuitars (2886) 22 days ago

Oh, of course! I never put anyone down for what they like/don't like musically and I think we far more agree than disagree when we talk about music.

What's kind of "Ironic" (You'll see where I'm going with this in a second) is that I don't like Alanis Morrissette much either (I think "You Oughta Know" became famous for one reason...she sang "the F word!" 😃), so today might be the first day where I've disagreed with you musically! But I could never be mad at someone who said "Here Comes The Sun" is her favorite Beatles' song (It's mine as well... it's one of my favorite songs to play on the guitar...I actually play a fingerstyle version of it on my nylon-string...it could easily have been written as a "classical guitar piece, IMO). But it's all good on this end... keep your posts coming! 👍👍

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[–] fourlemons (1662) 22 days ago

We're actually closer to being on the same page than you think. 😊 Although I think You Outta Know is the ultimate "been done wrong song", in general I'm not an Alanis fan. She would be an example of a musical act where I don't have much use for the larger body of her work, but she's got one song that I think is exquisite.

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