oh man, that's too hard
I like many of them equally and for different reasons.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:29, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I'd probably plump for Sanitarium.
But then again, Enter Sandman is excellent too. And I've always really liked "Wherever I may roam"
(Bazongaloid, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:31, Reply)

I'm shocked at taking stuff from the black album
Both good songs too. And the last one (of which I cannot remember the name)
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:32, Reply)

I also love My Friend of Misery and Of Wolf and Man
but then you have to consider Fade to Black, Ride the Lightning, Call of the Chtulu, Battery, Master of Puppets, Disposable Heroes, Damage Inc., Blackened, Fixxxer, All Nightmare Long....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:33, Reply)

I'd go for Sanitarium
Vippers does make a lot of good points below. Right. Favourite G'n'R song.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:38, Reply)

You Could Be Mine or Civil War probably
although Sweet Child has one of (if not the) greatest guitar solos ever
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:40, Reply)

You must have a special version that I've never heard, then.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:44, Reply)

you're a miserable old cunt.
by any reasonable standard it is a really fucking good solo
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:45, Reply)

It's a brilliant solo
Monty just doesn't understand all this modern music which doesn't have a washboard player.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:45, Reply)

It's quite good. Nothing more, to my ears.
Like all of their output - nothing raises about a 'quite good'. I hate the syrupy tone to 'Axl Rose's' voice, too: it makes me feel queasy.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:46, Reply)

the dynamics of it are absolutely superb
as is the way it fits with the rhythm.

Axl's voice is kind of shit, but musically they were leaps ahead of most other rock bands at that time. A lot of the rhythm guitar work is outstanding
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:48, Reply)

They weren't leaps ahead of anyone.
At their best they were churning out sub-Zeppelin riffs with generic LA 'metal' vocals, and at worst schmaltzy, cheesy pap that owed as much to Elton fucking John as anyone decent.

You cannot argue they were doing anything new, surely? Whether you like them or not they weren't doing anything that hadn't been done before by Johnny Thunders or Aerosmith or whoever - from the 'Jack Daniels and drugs image' to the sound of the records.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:55, Reply)

They were a lot like Aerosmith.
But just adapted for the 80s, which, ironically, Aerosmith totally failed to do themselves until "Done with Mirrors".
(Bazongaloid, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:58, Reply)

I agree that the image stuff was all old news
but particularly with the rhythm guitar stuff it is much better than most rock bands.

I wouldn't compare them to Zeppelin, and early Aerosmith is definitely better, but there's no denying that they could really play their instruments.

Thing is, there was a transition from rock music like Zeppelin which had a lot of feeling in it, like the old blues stuff, to stuff that was more produced and stuff, and of those bands Guns and Roses were pretty much the best.

Not glowing praise in your eyes, but for those of us who can still appreciate that there was good rock music produced during that period...

edit: at least they weren't Motley fucking Crue, who by their own admission don't know why they were popular.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:59, Reply)

Motley Crue had literally nothing of merit to them whatsoever.
I feel the same way about KISS. I have absolutely no idea why people like them.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:05, Reply)

Kiss have literally only one half decent song, "I was made for loving you"
and they wrote that because they wanted to show how easy it was to write a disco hit. Shame they didn't manage to write any good songs in other genres.

I fucking loathe Kiss, and all their stupid stupid fans.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:07, Reply)

I think 'Crazy Crazy Nights' is possibly the gayest song I've ever heard*.
Those money-grubbing cunts have never had a crazy fucking night in their lives. Wankers.



*even gayer than Mighty Real by Sylvester.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:09, Reply)

I hear on Planet Rock that Kiss are planning a "Kiss Kruze"
whereby they get a load of their wanker "army" on a boat and play shit music at them, while travelling from Florida to the Bahamas or something.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:10, Reply)

*tips off Somali pirates*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:13, Reply)

that would be fucking awesome

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:14, Reply)

I'll tell you what though
Def Leppard are fucking shit. Joe Elliot is a wanker and I wish he'd get off the fucking radio.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:49, Reply)

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And I Love!
Animal!
(Bazongaloid, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:53, Reply)

You are Jeff AICMFP

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:54, Reply)

*click*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:55, Reply)

hahahaha

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:01, Reply)

Awful, awful cunts.
'Pour some sugar on mayyyy' - fuck off. I'd like to pour boiling fucking oil on them and their Deacon fucking drummer.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:56, Reply)

fucking northern cunts

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:01, Reply)

Hey!! Vipros!!
Let's Get Rocked!!!!!!!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:07, Reply)

Oh, the hysteria.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:08, Reply)

arg, them and fucking White Snake make my skin itch
"I suppose a rock is out of the question?"

Fuck you, you fucking shitbags
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:08, Reply)

Whitesnake are completely fucking dismal.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:12, Reply)

I was disgusted when I found out that some of my favourite Deep Purple songs featured David Coverdale on vocals
I felt betrayed
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:13, Reply)

I hate to admit it - and the tune it's on is appalling,
but the solo on 'Another Brick in the Wall' is one of my favourites. It hurts me to post this.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:49, Reply)

that is a good one
for similar reasons
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:51, Reply)

That's fucking spooky
Civil War is my favourite, hands down. Have overplayed Sweet Child at my night now, but I could never get tired of that solo
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:45, Reply)

that is strange
it's a sadly overlooked song
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:46, Reply)

Yeah, I never understood why it didn't get more credit
I know it goes on a bit, but Estranged and November Rain both clock in just shy of 9 minutes IIRC
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:48, Reply)

November Rain is fucking awful - and the video is equally as poor.
That song is embarrassing.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:50, Reply)

NO WAI!
The video is fantastic, especially the bit when it starts to rain and, for no reason at all, one of the guests decides the only way he can possibly shelter is by jumping THROUGH the wedding cake.

Also, Slash walking out of what, from the inside, looks like a cathedral, to emerge from a tiny church in the desert so he can play his guitar solo.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:52, Reply)

haha
this
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 17:00, Reply)

I cannot think of anything you could have said that would have surprised me less
Everything I know about your music taste tells me that November Rain is absolute anathema to you.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:57, Reply)

I like Patience
Although I do have a soft spot for the excessive craziness of November Rain
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:41, Reply)

Don't Cry
because I'm a sucker for a Power Ballad. But if you want my favourite good song of theirs, then probably Welcome to the Jungle
(Bazongaloid, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:41, Reply)

I overlooked Welcome to the Jungle in my selection
hmmm
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 16:43, Reply)