Genre: Rock
Places I remember: Hope collection
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: You Could Be Mine
Gear costume: Welcome To The Jungle
Active compensatory factors: I feel like I need to begin this post with an apology to Jo who I can guarantee will read this one. Sorry Jo, but this is my only Guns n' Roses album. I know. But I'm just not a fan.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: You Could Be Mine
Gear costume: Welcome To The Jungle
Active compensatory factors: I feel like I need to begin this post with an apology to Jo who I can guarantee will read this one. Sorry Jo, but this is my only Guns n' Roses album. I know. But I'm just not a fan.
At times the band annoys me. There's the hanging apostrophe in their name for a starter (I mean, that the...?); Axl's vocal affectations can grate; the bloated songs like November Rain also get my goat; and the overall bad boy drugs and swearing pose leaves me a little cold.
However! It's not all doom and gloom. I do love a few of their songs, and live seems to be the best way to hear Welcome To The Jungle, You Could Be Mine (what a great song), and Sweet Child O' Mine, as the studio versions have become a little too familiar.
Also on the plus side: although these are songs from a variety of years and sources it sounds like a cohesive concert, with no fading of the audience between songs. Kudos where it is due - there is a uniformity of full-on committed attack from the band throughout the album.
Where do they all belong? Again, apologies Jo, not looking to add to the GN'R collection!
Where do they all belong? Again, apologies Jo, not looking to add to the GN'R collection!
