Everyone in the band knew how important alder was. When had the public ever understood anything! Star power? I promise you they didn’t feel that way about themselves (except maybe Axl). They are musicians first. Hard for anyone else to understands… not many real musicians gets into it to be a “star”.
@@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec Right. But how many people play for hours and hours a day and jump through all the hoops of making a career out of it because they DON'T like it?
Boy, I'll never forget 1988. I was 15 going on 30. Guns N Roses was the greatest thing in the world for a teenage boy in the late 80s.. Er, maybe make that second greatest thing in the world. I actually remember hearing this record in the second half of 87. End of 87 is when Welcome to the Jungle started picking up steam on MTV. This would have been the spring of 88, and by the summer they hit #1 with Sweet Child O' Mine. And they carried on kicking that ass all thru the grunge era before the big flop in the mid 90s. But it was marvelous while it lasted.
Yip. It was GnR mania at my high school. Everyone was signing their songs during break time and in class. We also had the Hysteria album around that time which was massive too. And lots of other good stuff too. We have no idea how fortunate we were to have these great albums as soundtracks to our teen years.
I got to see them open for Aerosmith at SPAC that summer while Sweet Child was #1. A few of the guys including Axl came out on the lawn during Aerosmith's set but not many people even recognized them yet, Axl just looked like an everyday scumbag in the trailer next door 😂
a legendary concert and above all a good sound signed mtv. I read that the band was tired that night, that says it all. in fact we have very few good quality video testimonials from that time which is why the ritz is referenced. in fact the band sounded perfect in 1988. izzy said that when steven broke his arm he was temporarily replaced by a technically very good drummer but that strangely nothing worked without steven. that's what I think. steven axl slash izzy duff for ever gnr 88 🙏🙏🙏🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🙏🙏🙏👍
Yes - when you come up with the drum parts and you actually write the song with the band - in my opinion, you will always play it better for that reason. Because it is suited to you. I never thought too much about how drummers have a personal swing - one that is all their own, until I really listened to Steven play the songs and then heard others play them. I absolutely love this show because it is one of the few times that they give Steven a decent amount of screen time. And I'm so glad they did, because this is one of his best performances of Brownstone and Rocket Queen. He looks like Animal from the Muppets up there on stage! That's the level of energy he put out! (I don't want to put down Frank, but I have heard that he leaves a part out of Rocket Queen that is supposed to be in there, and I gotta say - if that is true, then that sucks! I mean, that song is 'probably' AFD's track with the best drum section.)
Other guys wanted to be Slash, I wanted to be Izzy. So chill and laid back, but he was the genius behind all their hits - with the exception of November Rain, I'll give that one to Axl.
Slash said that he used heroin while off the road. He used alcohol heavily on tour in it's place. Which is why GNR toured in 1991. Axl said on That Metal Show interview that he didn't want to tour but either their manager or the record company said that Slash was probably going to overdose on heroin if they didn't go on tour.
It’s word play, the song name, brownstone is used a lot for buildings particularly over in the US, a lot of heroin is brown, stone, well, shouldn’t have to say it. It’s pretty clever when you think about it
@@Mr.Cynical92 I don’t really believe that after going through addictions now. I read that autobiography too. It’s easy to hide that shit when you’re addicted
@NamikSokolovic3778 Nope. Matt is a great drummer, but he doesn't have same the groove/swing Adler brought. Take Izzy and Adler away and the GnR sound becomes flat and mechanical. It's all about timing and feel, not technical ability.
..the lyrics lyrics mention how the band would take heroin before performing at concerts. "The show usually starts around 7, we go on stage around 9" means they were two hours late for the show because of the drug. Group guitarists Slash and Izzy Stradlin wrote the tune while they were sitting around Stradlin's apartment complaining about their addictions to heroin, for which "Brownstone" is a slang term.
The whole first paragraph is total BS! Read Slash's autobiography and you'll learn Slash couldn't and wouldn't ever play in that condition and the others never did either. Also, it wasn't the "bands' drug of choice, just Slash and Izzy's for a while.
2023 bud. :Suicide doesn't stop life from possibly getting worse,It's stops life from possibly ever getting better. R.I.P David Palladino/Kevin Phillips. Your loved bro. Stick Around
They had one although their part was way too brief. They were in The Dead Pool which was released in '88 and featured Clint Eastwood and the completely unknown actor (at the time) Jim Carrey. Check it out sometime, and look for the GnR guys in the funeral scene. The song Welcome To The Jungle was also spotlighted in one scene in which Jim Carrey is supposed to be the actual vocalist. Definitely worth taking the time to watch!
I'm 17 and questions to the oldies, how bad actually is heroin? My dad's 66 and he's like "it's the worst thing ever" but he's a nurse gives fent patches everyday. I have really bad pain
I posted this before but 0:57-107 is how those of us with Integrity dance while others bow down and do anything for money..It feels good to stand firm against the things that everyone else is doing..🤔
The ironic thing about LA hard rock is that it had gone so far in copying what Eddie Van Halen did it had lost all the great grooving hooks that a rock guitar riff is supposed to have. When Guns n' Roses brought back the 70's rhythms it was a huge breath of fresh air compared to what all the hair metal bands were doing. It had swagger and balls.
When song came out it wasn't heroin..It was Pablo Escobar Coke days.. song isn't about coke but it might as well been ...because I used to do a little ...but a little wouldn't do it....
I was listening to this while taking kratom and I was like... wait a minute... I used to think it was about doing a little more, like working harder to get ahead or something, which was pretty stupid since it's g&r lol. Then I realized it was about drug tolerance, cuz kratom and caffeine are the same way, you have to keep doing more to get the effects lol.
I would be embarrassed if it took me more than one listen to the song to figure that part out lol. Yes it is very clearly describing the need for more and more because a little doesn't do it anymore.
@@Delta1up. I think I was like 10 when I first heard it so sort of had my mind made up on it then. I guess I should be embarrassed that as a 10 year old I wasn't thinking about drugs.
