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From the perspective of evolutionary psychology, proactive violence is a hallmark of our species. What's amazing from that same perspective is how we have downregulated reactive violence to such a staggering degree; only a tiny fraction of humans are as reactively violent as chimps or bonobos, and those are driven from society. To your point though, war is a feature of humans and always will be, so long as we are recognizably human.
It's cool because the song isn't even really directly about war or peace, it's about the people in power pulling the wool over our eyes. The war that the powerful enact upon civilization.
The part where he said D'you wear a black armband when they shot the man who said "peace could last forever" That was Dr. Matin Luther King he was referring to
My daughter took her daughter to a G&R concert a few weeks ago my daughter grew up listening to them. My daughter is 44 and my granddaughter is 16.... If I was in good health I would have went .. I'm 75 !!...
Not least of which is purely due to those low end notes and that precise tone Axl is getting on like "and I don't wanna hear no more." Does something to the spine!
Axl is a great singer, an amazing frontman, and a brilliant mind. This double album shows that. It really is underrated in my opinion. And Slash is a God on guitar! You should deep dive more from this album
@nicholasthomas3635 I don't honestly think GN'R would have ever dropped off, they just did themselves in. GN'R was bigger than that whole movement ever was, the last massive band
Yeah It's like the songs are diverse lol So different to each other, yet so.ehow work as a collective still I love Nirvana never mind... but every song sounds like it's from that album lol It's rare a band can do that and still seem like the same band imo
@@nicholasthomas3635you need to check that out because at that time gnr was one of the few hard rock bands that survived the grunge movement, they were still selling out stadiums
Illusion is more uneven, but takes more chances. You take the 10 best songs of both Illusion CDs and you've got just as good an album as Appetite, one of the greatest rock albums ever.
@@naseemakram9807 I knew about Axl touring with AC/DC for a time: As for on the UYI tour, which concert and are they on youtube? They didn’t cover it at the concert I went to.
The beginning of the song where the man is speaking comes from the classic film, “Cool Hand Luke”, starring the late, great Paul Newman. If you’ve never seen it, you should definitely check it out.
As a GNR fan since 1987 I really appreciate this particular reaction. This is one of my favorite songs from the Use Your Illusions double album set. You should do Estranged next.
This was actually released before the Use Your Illusion set by a year or more. It was on an album called Romainian angel appeal. It was a charity album for orphans of the Romanian Civil War
@@Kid-8888 estranged, breakdown, double talkin' jive, don't damn me, you could be mine, and locomotive are my favorites from the use your illusion albums. use your illusion II is easily my favorite guns n roses album. every song except my world is at least a 4 out of 5.
One of their best songs lyrically and musically. I heard this first when a teenager and the lyrics struck me right away and made me think a lot about the world and my relation to it. A worthy exercise for any man or woman.
My local radio station released both albums a week early. I stayed up and recorded them on to cassette tapes. Definitely some nostalgia going on here for me! Great reaction to some of his best lyrics!
One of their very best songs, and the one that convinced me - all those years ago - that the Gunners were something special. Superb song throughout, but the decision to add the piano in the coda was a truly inspired choice. Also, hearing the line 'when everybody's fighting in the promised land' - at this point in history - just gave me chills.
That intro (from a great movie, Cool Hand Luke) always gets me. The late Strother Martin. Such an amazing actor. Saw them on the Use Your Illusion tour. Fucking phenomenal. With Soundgarden opening. What a night
I was fortunate enough to see GnR on their first, Appetite for Destruction tour. They became significant so quickly that their first album tour was only performed when they were an opening band. I saw it when they opened for Aerosmith at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Colombia, Md.
@@chrisalloway4189 Same here. Plus, at Merriweather one of the twins had a little too much pre-concert fun, so while they were being treated, GnR had to improvise by staying on stage longer. They didn’t really have that much material. I remember Slash doing a long solo. It was an incredible show. Of all the bands I’ve seen as opening acts, they’re up near the top. As an opener, I’ve also seen Scorpions, Blackfoot, Def Leppard, Duran Duran, Metallica (11 times, never saw them headline), 21 Pilots, Panic at the Disco, and tons of others over the years. I could also mention Beastie Boys; however myself, along with most of the audience, hated them, so I made a bathroom Run and They were booed off of the stage early. They never should’ve opened for Anthrax. It was not a receptive crowd. I’ve seen Aerosmith at least once in every decade since the 70s.
I just saw GN'R live at Fenway Park a couple months ago for the 3rd time, and holy smoke do they put on a great show. Even though he's older, Axl puts out so much energy during the show, you can see him giving everything he has. He's my favorite frontman of all time, watching them perform in 1987-1993 was mindblowing, you just never knew what would happen next. Could be a great encore, could be a riot, who knows?! I'm thrilled to see most of the band back together and touring all over the world, seems like a whole new generation of fans have come to appreciate GN'R. Their music is timeless. People will still be rocking out to Paradise City and singing along to Sweet Child of Mine 20, 40, 75 years from now.
@@jasonf3128 Yeah it was.. and Axl was pretty cool about it, joking that the rain would wash away our sins, lol. I had a blast. Looking forward to seeing Smashing Pumpkins & Green Day there next Summer 🤘
The next song on that album is 14 years, which axl doesn't sing and is one of my favorites. All these years later i still automatically start hearing the next track
The opening speech is from the movie cool hand luke, the warden of a chain gang is talking about like who has tried to escape twice and they really punish him for it
You know what you said at the end of this video is exactly what I was thinking in my head when I came across this reaction. The song is freakishly, relevant even to this day. And it was written right at the beginning of the information age where all the trees began emerging about the history and that’s when we learned that we were only getting one side of the story. And what is absolutely disturbingly prophetic is it predicted turbulent times ahead. I had only ever heard this song one other time and I remember when I came across it I was getting ready for college one day, and I was sitting on the couch and watching the rock channel because I liked to listen to music in the mornings after breakfast, and they literally played rock from every era. And since then, it is probably my favorite song by Guns N’ Roses.
I believe this to be one of GnR best songs ever. So much meaning and such a different vibe from their other songs. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it and it just gets better every time I hear it.
I was barely 13 when this song was released. I am 46 as of today (June 15, 2024) Somehow as a young person, hot of the heels of the entire Rhythm Nation 1814 album, songs like this, Power of Equality, Free Your Mind, that we were moving forward. We were making changes and standing together. We were not going to go backwards. Forward and forward. It has been a while since I listen to GNR. Kind of mad at them for the lacking album releases. But it made me real sad to hear this again. Listening to it kind of made me realize that all that movement and effort back then didn't really change anything. We are on the edge of darkness all over again. Unlike that 13 year old me full of energy and desire to make it right....I am hella older, and just tired. I only hope I am wrong. I hope all of back then has not been lost. I do not want to think it was a wasted effort.
The first time I heard this song was on the “Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal” album. It was out of year before the “Use Your Illusion” albums were released. It is one of my favorite GnR songs.
This song is from the ‘Use Your Illusion 1 & 2’ double set which, imo, is their best work as it really shows their range and versatility. The opening line is from the movie ‘Cool Hand Luke’, a Hollywood classic. FYI, you probably have been told this a bunch of times by now but ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’ is AC/DC. But you are correct, GnR’s lead singer is Axl Rose so we’ll call it a wash👍
Guns N’ Roses is by far my favorite all-time band. To me this really is their best song. My personal favorite song is rocket queen but as far as a masterpiece, the song is just perfect.
great reaction Polo. This song definitely activates your brain. One of the lines that stood out to me "I went numb when I learned to see (4:21)." This is most of us as a civilization IMHO as we choose to look through a blind eye and ignore the eye that holds accountability and truth. Amazing how a single choice can have such an impact, even if the choice is to do nothing. Loved to hear your thoughts as always. Stay Blessed!!
Can you imagine being so aware 25 years ago ? Consider people in that time period likely didn't even much notice the message !!!?! Musicians must often carry a burden!! Has taken 20+ years to even become appreciated !!
I remember getting out of class during my first semester in college to go down the road to Raccoon Records in Lafayette, Louisiana in September 1991 to go buy these two albumns! Guns N' Roses at their absolute peak! The beginning of the song was a sample of a speech by Strother Martin from the 1967 movie "Cool Hand Luke" that starred Paul Newman. Other songs of note from these two albums: November Rain, You Could Be Mine (theme song for the movie "Terminator 2"), Don't Cry, Live & Let Die (cover of the Wings/Paul McCartney song used as the theme song for the 1973 James Bond movie of the same name) & Knocking On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan cover).
Great Review Good Insights too I remember getting Illusion 1 & 2 for christmas in '91. This song immediately resonated with me and still does today. I've always appreciated their choice of the word They in the lyric "my first memories, They shot kennedy" This one word adds so much to the song
So glad Steven Adler is on drums on this track. I guess that makes it the last recorded track with all the original members. The rest of the album was drummer Matt Sorum from the band The Cult. Adler should be so glad this was the song he was on before Axl ditched him
Young Man, I have NEVER given a comment to a reaction video, such as the one I am about to give You. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Your comments are insightful and are spoken with thought behind them. Your interruptions of the video, were perfect. Not too many, yet also brief enough that the beat and rhythm of the song are still prominent in the head and are easily rejoined. Your smooth even toned voice is also a plus. Keep up the good work.
Look at your young men fighting Look at your women crying Look at your young men dying The way they've always done before Look at the hate we're breeding Look at the fear we're feeding Look at the lives we're leading The way we've always done before My hands are tied The billions shift from side to side And the wars go on with brainwashed pride For the love of God and our human rights And all these things are swept aside By bloody hands time can't deny And are washed away by your genocide And history hides the lies of our civil wars D'you wear a black armband When they shot the man Who said "peace could last forever" And in my first memories They shot Kennedy I went numb when I learned to see So I never fell for Vietnam We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all That you can't trust freedom When it's not in your hands When everybody's fightin' For their promised land And I don't need your civil war It feeds the rich while it buries the poor Your power hungry sellin' soldiers In a human grocery store Ain't that fresh I don't need your civil war Ow, oh no, no, no, no, no Look at the shoes you're filling Look at the blood we're spilling Look at the world we're killing The way we've always done before Look in the doubt we've wallowed Look at the leaders we've followed Look at the lies we've swallowed And I don't want to hear no more My hands are tied For all I've seen has changed my mind But still the wars go on as the years go by With no love of God or human rights 'Cause all these dreams are swept aside By bloody hands of the hypnotized Who carry the cross of homicide And history bears the scars of our civil wars I don't need your civil war It feeds the rich while it buries the poor Your power hungry sellin' soldiers In a human grocery store Ain't that fresh I don't need your civil war No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no I don't need your civil war I don't need your civil war Your power hungry sellin' soldiers In a human grocery store Ain't that fresh I don't need your civil war No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no uh-oh-uh, no uh-oh, uh no I don't need one more war I don't need one more war No, no, no, no uh-oh-uh, no uh-oh, uh no Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway?
Thanks to my big sister I have become a huge guns n' roses fan when I was only 6 years old I'm 40 now and civil war was the first song that resonated and touched me at that age I don't know why but something about it I knew every single word and lyrics to that song at 6 years old and still do today. Fun fact the quote at the beginning of the movie is the captains speech to his men from a 1960s movie called Cool hand Luke
I remember pre-paying for this album when it was about to be released. Still have it (on cassette tape!) and am still friends with the man that owned our local record store back in the 80's. We both share a love for Moto Guzzi's. This is the best song on the album for me. I love the guitar tone.
For those who don't know The opening words were of the BOSSMAN from the movie COOL HAND LUKE with Paul newman . One powerful and relevant song especially nowadays. It's almost as if GNR foresaw what was to come for us all in AMERICA even back then
It was the Captain of the guards giving the speech. Cool Hand Luke had escaped and was captured and beaten, and tossed out of the car. What we have here is a failure to communicate. I told you there's no escape and I set the rules but you didn't listen. Some men (Luke) you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week. (escape /disobedience) Which is the way he wants it. Well he gets (taught a lesson about the price) I don't like it anymore than you men. (having to beat prisoners, chasing them.) Hurts more than it hurts you... Rules and discipline. I don't like it (beating a prisoner) anymore than you men.
Great reaction to a Fantastic Tune off a Fantastic Double album, from one of the Greatest Rock bands of all time! Their first 4 albums Lies, Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion 1, & 2, were their Best and we're PACKED FULL of HITS/FANTASTIC Songs! With hindsight and history they ACTUALLY get more poignant as Albums and they were fantastic in their day! Cheers from London 👍🎸😎🏴🇬🇧
Well started the morning off right with a Polo Reaction...NICE WORK MAN! G&R always reinvents itself with their albums. The length of their tracks allows for as you said. "battle songs"
So you should know that this track is the only song from the Ilusion albums that had their original drummer, Steven Adler on it. His replacement, Matt Sorum was a legend in his own right but since you commented on the drumming, that is indeed Steven Adler who drummed on tracks like Sweet Child of Mine, Paradise City and Welcome to the Jungle.
Great reaction Polo!! I've loved this song since first release back in 1991! This song was the opening track on Use Your Illusion II - and WHAT an opener! Long been in my top 5 GnR songs...It's probably their most socially conscious song, lyrically - and I appreciate that they had something to say - and VERY effectively said it! Axl's final words 'What's so civil about war anyway?' will forever ring true!! Other 'musts' from this album: Estranged, You Could Be Mine, Don't Cry...for starters. Cheers!
instant respect for you my freind for a simple thing you at the point put the volume up on the lyrics. Im 45 and g&r have been my go to band for thinking. Thank you. check out patience. But yet again thank you.
