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
As bad as I hate to say it. Slash basically based this riff off on sweet emotion. Just picture sweet emotion riff slowed down just a bit. But he (slash) has always stated he's a Aerosmith guy as far as riffs are concerned
..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.
@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.
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..🤔
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
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
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!
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....
damn they were on top of the game back then
Wasn't they just 🤯
Axl was in sick shape vocally here. Absolutely insane.
@@jjcaron72unreal
This performance was actually pretty sloppy tbh, besides Adler
1988 GNR was untouchable.
1983-mid1987 W. Axl Rose is untouchable
This country has fallen so far lol
'86 to '90 best band ever. Their prime.
Hell yeh
they nuked the scene for sure
I watched this live on MTV when it aired. Since I lived in the eastern time zone nothing was cut out. Being a kid in the 89s, it was great! 😂
Yes!
I remember
I taped it and got the whole broadcast. Can't find THAT version on "Knockin On Heaven's Door" anywhere.
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Same here
Best performance ever of the song.
I believe it's the Mr. Brownstone on Marquee Club 1987 3rd night
@@gunsnrosesdefinition7672 link bro or invalid
Rock in rio 1991
Slash’s solo in Tokyo 1992
@@Rilez616 ruclips.net/video/_Gm-Nnae2jA/видео.html
must build time machine to go watch this live
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 was 9!!!! Still was so into it even at 9.
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 😂
Tシャツの上にジャケット着てるだけなのに何重にも重ね着しているように見えるステキ！ この頃が一番イケメン
God Adler was so damn Good and had a distinct groove. Really miss him after he left
He diddnt leave he was fired
He was dancing with mr brownstone too much so they fired him :(
@@Centerpointless😂 and 😢 so unfair when they’re all addicts themselves
Could of rehired him when he got better
@@wearefunkedsteven’s was really bad hence effecting his ability, and axl wasn’t as bad with drugs as the rest
Fantastic song on a fantastic album
The sound is explosive.
What do u mean, original line up. Best ever. Stoned and drunk. Love it!!!
THIS IS THE REAL GNR I GREW UP ON...PRICELESS....
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 🙏🙏🙏🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🙏🙏🙏👍
Ritz 1988 and Melbourne 1988 are the only concerts on pro shots which is released on that year
Steve energy was bigtime
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.
Yup Izzy wrote this about being addicted to heroine
I'd rather be Duff.
Nah Slash was the genius. All the iconic guitar work is him.
Great artists all of them but none of it happens without the combo of Axl & Slash
You should give it to Slash. He performed the epic solos that made that track what it was
Best time to watch best performance and not busy recording the show with cell phones.
👍
I would rather leave my phone in a safe locker and enjoy a real life performance!👀🎸🎶📺📱💯
The energy was untouchable!!!!!
Slash had a great sound and monster riffs
Still does!!!
I love when Axl wraps that banner like a coat and does his sway thing! I actually watched this as it happened, live on MTV. Maybe 1987 or 1988
Man, this gives me goosebumps.
Havent felt this way about music in 35 years lol ...
Well, maybe when i heard Nirvana....
As an FYI as a kid I used to think MR. Brownstone was Axl's landlord that was being mean to Axl , harassing him for late payments
God, this is incredible to watch Adler was a force
Amazing.
Best GNR song in my opinion...it rocks from beginning to end
looks like slash is loader up with h. dont know how he plays so good all f up?? he is great!!!
It's cause he probably is, he wrote this song while strung out on herion.
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
You must be one of the judges from America's got talent ???
One of the most underrated riffs ever...guitarists wet dream!
As bad as I hate to say it. Slash basically based this riff off on sweet emotion. Just picture sweet emotion riff slowed down just a bit. But he (slash) has always stated he's a Aerosmith guy as far as riffs are concerned
..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.
Awesome performance, my favourite of this song....the entire live amazing, incredible....
Axl's Indiana drawl really comes out at the beginning lol, amazing
I am the only one who swoons a little bit when I see Axl and Izzy singing with each other? It's almost too much to handle.
Me too
@@Barbara-jk5kd 🤘
It really looks like they're about to make out.
Amazing live performance
Mantap 🇮🇩🇮🇩
Love early axls voice live !!
Say whatever you want about these guys but at their prime they were pure rock n roll. Fucking badass
They're just amazing.
Could you all imagine a world without gnr
Hell to the NO!!!!!!
Oh to be a young man in America year of 1988. I remember it well. The end of the great anything goes to X-ES decade. Mine go to 11
THE ULTIMATE GUNS N FUCKIN' ROSES!!!
Melhor de todos! Amo até hoje!!!😢😢❤❤😂😂
Gnarly performance. Slash and Axl Rose.
Yet again no one gives Izzy the credit he deserves
@@jgfunkIf you listen to Appetite left side is Izzy guitar, riffs are way cleaner
Yes it was wild had best concerts in my home town of New Haven Connecticut ❤❤❤❤❤❤😮😂😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😮
I remember seeing this on mtv😢
Офигенный Иззи 🤘
AMAZING!!! AS ALWAYS!!!
Axel hitting them notes
Gotta love the Axl dance.
Man if these dudes would have lasted just two or three more years. They disbanded right art the start of their Peak
2:04 This is a more romantic duet than "I Got You Babe" or "Islands in the Stream".
Duff and Steven miss y'all ❤❤❤
I am originally from north jersey litlle falls nj i was at this ahow what a great memory
Wished I had seen them back then. Axl is wearing so many rings, looks like he is also wearing a wedding band.
Oh man I remember boy legging this concert with my cassette recorder 😂😂😂
I love your music 😊
The only different about them is when they choose to become pure Hard Rock. Literally every band during that time become Glam/Hair metal.
Fukn ROCKS
no Izzy, no Steven .... no Guns n' Roses
Yes👍
💯
Bener pisan
But they were even better with Matt Sorum, and Matt is a better drummer than Steven by at least 100 light years
@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.
Yes...............Ⓜ️
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..🤔
WOOOOOOOOOO Me Brownstone ✨
Legends 😊❤
“Now you all know we is filming tonight. For the MTV”
I STILL STREET GO
35 years ago!
I always love how Slash really does look like a smelly junkie. What a riff.
Puro ponch!!! Steve Adler bien chingón!!! Ese toke
Love Adlers drumming on this one
Tour de force in every way
Louder the better.
If this song doesn't make you want to dance, then you have no soul. Or heartbeat. Or something like that. 😆
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
Sick slash gtr solo
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
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Axl rose is the king of rock n roll
Fun fact. . Axl was the least druggie of the band.
Axl was a bipolar control freak lunatic. He caused the demise of this band.
Wayne's world had Aerosmith... Ozzy in little Nicky...blues brothers.2 awesome ending ...guns n roses needs a movie cameo
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!
@@Delta1up. James bond 007 used their music
The Deadpool 1988
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.
高校ん時見たよ。今も通用してる
This is why snarks were invented
❤🎉 🌹
They were so POLITE at the beggining
More fun than Catfish. Grateful I was born in the 80s. LOL.
I got simply 35 years old of Guns n Roses.
Like a freight train heading right towards you at 200 mph. I mean that in a good way. They were a loud, powerful force.
Hej B!!! 💖🙏🤩🥳🤪🎉🍿💋🍾🍒🎸🍭🎈🎉🧬👍👊🤟🤙✌️👐🙌👏👣🎊🌈🎶💯
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Steve Adler at top👍
I can't be the only weeb that thinks the opening sounds like Ready Steady Go's opening from FMA
YA MTV
the little got mo & mo 🤭👍👀
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....
It was mainly about heroin hence the name, but I'm sure coke was a heavy influence on the lyrics as well.
Heroin is a killer
no kiddin?
Ritz in Portugal?
I wish axl wrote more songs in his low voice ❤
Axl as heart slash as brain duff as neck izzy as hand steven addler as foot
One fof all, all fof one. Complattly
1988
Its brutal to listen to out of tune guitars. Its still a legendary gig.
HEHEHEHE LINE CLEAR CONNEDCHIONET
izzy was singing with axl rose
act like you don't see me I'll act like I can't hair you
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Back when Mtv still had SOME balls left