From: aa765@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Chris Young)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.gnr
Subject: Re: Not quite right...
Date: 17 Nov 1992 20:18:57 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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alexa@county.lmt.mn.org (Alex Alexander) writes:

>aa765@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Chris Young) writes:

     Something got screwed up with the citations. I think this
is right.

>>      The vocals on the entire song suck, IMO. Besides
>> the fact that it's another sappy, candy-ass pop track,
>> the song just isn't suited to Axl's voice.

> No it really isn't. The original was an acoustic ballad written by
> West Arkeen and Del James. But I still think Axl does an OK job with it,
> considering the material he has to work with.

     I think my biggest problem with it is the production
quality. In an otherwise *fabulously* produced album, this
song sounds like Axl walked into the studio and was handed
a lyric sheet, then they recorded the vocal track on the
first take- it's sounds rough, awkward, and rather unpolis-
hed.

>>      He pulled off 'Don't Cry', but 'Yesterdays' is not
>> for him. I think it's a conspicuous stain on an other-
>> wise fantasic album, and I was pretty surprised when I
>> heard that it was a single. Now that I've thought about
>> it, though, I guess I should have expected it, the last
>> original signal they put out that *rocked* was 'You
>> Could Be Mine', and that was before the album.

> What do you mean "pulled off" Don't Cry? That song it perfectly suited to
> his voice. Maybe not as much at the beginning as at the end, but it is
> definitely a GNR song.

     I wasn't implying that it wasn't a good song- just
that Axl's voice, while perfect for 'Welcome to the Jungle',
isn't perfectly suited for slow, melodic pieces. By saying
he pulled it off, I meant he did well, despite of his
'handicap'.

>Obviously, you don't like anything even remotely
> soft and quiet on an album.

     Obviously, you don't know the first thing about me.

     My all time FAVORITE band is The Police. I'm also
a classical and jazz trumpetist and I enjoy (worship)
Wynton Marsalis. Led Zep and GNR are influences when I play
(bass) with my own band, as are Police and Dire Straits
when I compose.

     My point is that GNR have something they do VERY well,
and that's rock your fucking balls off. I'm disappointed
when they try to stray from this just to garner popular
attention from a bunch of prepubescent teenie-rockers.

>>      It's a shame that a top-notch rock band like GNR
>> has resorted to the same cheesy commercialism that I'd
>> expect from Warrant, Bon Jovi, Poison, Extreme, and all
>> the other pretty-boy glam rockers. And kick ass songs
>> like 'Garden Of Eden', 'Breakdown', and 'Locomotive',
>> to name a few, sit in obscurity.

> The Garden of Eden video is already made. It has just not been released.
> I don't think GNR is resorting to anything cheesy. They do what they want.

     I ANXIOUSLY await this video...

     And I certainly agree that they "do what they want"!

>>      'November Rain' sucks my left testicle.

> Obviously all you give a fuck about is extremely heavy rock. I got news for
> ya: GNR has changed since Appetite, dude. They are a different band now. That
> doesn't mean they're a sellout. I like them this way and I think I speak for
> a helluva lot of other people when I say that. They can rock like a fuckin'
> gun and they can smell like a fuckin' rose.

     Let's hope they don't forget who they are in their
meteoric rise to flaming glory.

     Long Live Izzy.

     Long Live GNR.
-- 
                                             - C Young

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