I met Slash when I worked as a valet at a hotel he was staying at while touring with Slash's Snake Pit. We talked music for a half hour. He was the truest most down to earth brother. He didn't even mention Guns n Rose's. Most humble dude.
As a 50 yr old, I LOVE watching your reactions. These are my bands,my era! I'm thrilled to see y'all getting to experience what we felt. Keep up the great content!
I'm a 90's kid but I love music from your era. Something special. This song specifically brings back memories from childhood, even though my parents were from much older generations. Just something about this song does that.
I'm not even much on a GNR fan, but this album is 100% one of the best hard rock albums of all time. Every song is a certified banger, and the level of technical proficiency is unsurpassed.
I bought the tape and had to hide it from my mother so she wouldn’t read the lyrics. I could t agree more, that album you can listen to every single song. It is absolutely a masterpiece, but with that said… I can skip Mr Brownstone :)
WHAT! No way is this hard rock, but the band was fab, I have this blasting out in my car here in the UK and have you boys been living under a rock 🎸 haha turn it up you need this loud 🤘
@@FUBAR1986 I get the distinct impression that it's not that people don't like it anymore, it's that people just aren't being exposed to it, so have no idea what they're missing. Which is strange, in an era where a huge variety of music is available in just a few clicks. Maybe it's time for download services etc do features on rock music, time to educate the masses!
Many will mention this, but it needs repeating : You cannot finish with Guns N Roses until you review "Paradise City". Every member of the band contributes to this masterpiece! You do not simply listen to this song, it is unleashed upon you!
You guys make me smile. You are witnessing one of the greatest bands of all time! Their Appetite for Destruction album is still one of the best rock albums of all time. It exploded onto the scene like a nuclear bomb! GnR became extremely famous overnight! They dominated!! Slash and Axl had incredible chemistry. I saw them perform live way back at their height of fame and I can tell you they sound even better live. Life changing event! History in the making! It’s so nice to see the younger generation introduced to GnR and to see you recognize true talent! Axl is so dynamic that it’s electric in a live performance!!!!
@@LiveAlcheme Yes I agree, the band was never the same after Izzy left. They had perfect chemistry but if you remove one component from dynamite, you dont have an explosive anymore.
'Sweet Child O' Mine' is one of the best songs ever made. Slash 'paints' with his guitar. Listen closely to his subtleties leading up to the second solo, where his guitar is actually doing a duet with Axl Roses vocals.
I was thinking the same thing while sitting on the back of a boat in Cabo. Idk if it was about that part specifically. I think I was more focused on the big part of the "where do we go". Gilmore and Slash are my two favorite because you can really feel emotion in their playing.
November 11, 1987 they opened for Mötley Crüe in Huntsville, AL. I was 17 and in the front row. We were all just in shock when they came out and started playing. The applause and screaming was thunderous. We tried to storm the stage and they turned the fire hoses onto us. It was great man!!! I will NEVER forget that concert!
I was an eighties teenager and G'N'R is still my favorite band. the album 'Appetite for Destruction' is still the highest selling debut album of all time.
These guys are perfect mix of goofy meets intelligence. You never know who’s going to hit you with the line that sticks with you. But sorry commingled from Metallica. That whole song is bassed upon “beware of dog”. It was about a double agent who tried to trick a us army member into giving up info. It’s only like 40 pages or so, read it in high school. Super awesome, but yes he was a war vet who realized he was in Germany that he looked out the window and”beware of dog” was written in German and he finally knew what was going on.
Same here. Before hearing Guns 'n Roses, W.A.S.P was my favorite band in the 80s. But Guns 'n Roses was just on another level. Every member of that band was just phenomenal.
Couple random fun facts about this. The opening riff was just a practice exercise Slash was doing laying around the house to help practice skipping strings. Someone walked in and was like, "That's cool, we should use that!" and slash was like, "That's stupid, it's just a practice exercise." Also, the "Where do we go now?" was about the song. They were playing as they were writing it and got to that part and the singer was like, "Where do we go now?" like what should we do? and started singing it and they kept it in.
@@marinadiamondz We're both wrong. ""Somebody else said that and it just became one of those things," Slash clarified when speaking with Trunk for the Eddie Trunk Podcast (as heard below). "It wasn't a warm-up exercise. I was sitting around the house where Guns used to live at one point in '86 I guess it was and I just came up with this riff. It was just me messing around and putting notes together like any riff you do. You're like, 'This is cool,' and then you put the third note and find a melody like that. So it was a real riff, it wasn't a warm-up exercise."
You really need to sit down and listen to the whole appetite for destruction album from them. Every song is good on it. Mr. Brownstone is one of my favorites from it.
@@baileybowman2449 I just read that songs name and I can hear the song in my head and it's been a few years since hearing it. But I also went through 2 cassettes and wore them out before I got a CD of the album back in the day.
a year late but, guys for real, this genre of music will never again grace us. The real instruments, the musicians, my god, keep them rolling and alive, because talent like this just does not happen anymore! Edit: Full Disclosure, I am 45 years old and rocked this at around 12 every Saturday morning rocking air guitars with my cuz R.I.P CB
Legend has it that the ending on the song “Where do we go now” was when they couldn’t figure out how to end the song. They kept jamming to that part trying write the ending. Could never figure it out and the rest is history. Absolutely legends
I am glad Axl convinced Slash to keep it because that is a powerful piece of musical artistry. The dynamic change of that guitar sound gives me the chills.
Guys this song means so much to me. I learned it from my mom and it became our song. Then I practiced and learned it for Mother’s Day on my guitar 🎸 and played it for her. Even my wife knows. This is a special song to me and my mom.
@@markvanderstelt8999 thanks I know we all have a special place in our heart for our moms. I haven’t seen my mom in 10 going on 11 years in a few days. Since my mom lives in Texas and I live in Japan.
I remember the first time this video premiered on MTV at 11 pm central time. I was sitting on the sofa folding the laundry. I was shocked! I could not believe what I was hearing. Pure, raw, rock music. No glam, no glitter, just lyrics and instruments 🎸. I swore that they saved rock and roll that night. Guns and Roses was the real deal. I had chills. Back then they would only play those videos at night but I bought that album.
I worked security at a club in the late 1990's, early 2000's and Slash's Snakepit performed there. Slash was hand's down one of the nicest, most laid backed and easiest person's to talk to. He just loved what he was doing. What a legend.
I love the fact that all of u are stepping out of ur comfortable zone and are listening to wat real music is. Keep it up fellas. Love ur reactions. 23yr disabled veteran and I still listen to this when I get down in the dump.
One of my all-time favourite GnR songs....the unsung hero for me is Duff Mckagan is an awesome bassist, Axl Rose's voice is so distinct and Slash with his riffs,
I see slash as one of those almost osmosis type guitarists. He soaks up the energy and vibes from whomever he playing . He's already a master, but the lead vocalist, the rhythm just feeds him and POW! All of his glory!
I’m now 50 years old and this is my favourite song of all time. I was 21 years old when it blew up. My wife had a huge crush on Axl Rose. This is her favourite song too. Our wedding song. Sending love from Cape Town South Africa
@@realmonster5866 not that I can remember. I was in high school in South Africa, so Depeche Mode was all the rage. “Welcome to the Jungle” was their first hit in South Africa, which was probably around 88 or 89, then Paradise City. They had a big fan base those days here, but for some reason in 1992/1993 the party venues started playing this song and so many bands tried to cover it. That’s when it became everyone’s favourite song. Remember it was during Apartheid so we never had any them tour here and also in the 80’s our government were like literal Nazis that banned or prevented music they didn’t like getting played on the radio. So those days we were a couple years behind with mainstream. Except for performers like Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie etc.Go figure, all black artists being played non stop by Apartheid TV and Radio Stations for white people.
@@ChimPanion Aye. Came to comment that OP claims to be 50 currently but was 21 when "it blew up". No way is the time-line correct as I'm older than OP and I was 16 when the album dropped in 1987.
Slash is the guitarist that keeps on giving! They actually made the song around his riff that came to be when he was just messing about during a warm up! To end up with an iconic rock song that's defined by his natural musical ear, just puts him into a different class! Like you said, there's a lot of legendary guitarists you've had the pleasure to watch, but Slash makes the guitar sing, shout, cry, angry but with ease and flow where one note plays seamlessly into the next. Keep it up guys! Cause you're just at the tip of the iceberg. Take care 🏴💚
Slash's solo mid song is even crazier if you watch a live performance. That man's guitar abilities transcend talent. His play style, to me, is almost instrumental operatic, hidden within a rock song. It just WORKS.
Radio just about beat this song to death back in the day. I am not exaggerating when I say you might've heard it at least 4 times a day, every day. We got so sick of it, that when it came on the radio, someone would change the station. Hearing it now, I am able to appreciate it again. Appetite For Destruction was one of the greatest albums in rock n roll history, and remains so to this day. Excellent reaction.
It was the same for me. I got so tired of hearing their music that I got totally turned off of it, but in the time since then, I've been able to really come to love it.
I never got tired of it. Lol Most people get tired fo hearing songs over and over but if I really love a song, I don't get tired, of, it, but I guess i am different that way. I gotta hear it till it's out of my system. Lol
@@christina9841there are many songs l do not tire of hearing, but this one is not my favorite track on the album. That plus the fact is was overplayed made me break up with the song. But I'm back together with it again after all these years. 😆🤘
Just found your channel….loving y’all’s reactions to this music….love it. I’m old enough to be your grandmother….wish my grandkids would sit around and fall in love with this music. Rock on. Y’all are awesome.
When they were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, Axel said something like, “I’m sure there are a lot better singers out there than me” Like dude are you kidding?! Lol 🤦🏻♀️ so good ❤
@@markvanderstelt8999 I mean yeah there is but I mean he is still the sound of a generation and he is capable of hitting some amazing notes! I just felt he was a bit hard on himself
@@jd35711 I never saw them live in the 90s but I saw them live some years back and to me he sounded great 😊 maybe I was being biased because I was so excited to be there and finally see them, but at his age I thought he sounded great
Timeless. This is the definition of timeless. Reaches across decades. Reaches across genres. Reaches across demographics. I wish true rock music would make a come back... They say everything comes back into style eventually... hopefully Old school style rock music comes back soon lol... an old man can dream.
Let’s not forget the fact that Slash’s signature guitar sound. He still uses the guitar he played on most if not all of the “ Appetite “ album. He’s one of my all time favorites. Check out Velvet Revolver “Sucker Train Blues” and Slash with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators “Back from Cali.” Slash is amazing!
Ha exact same..i feel sooo lucky to be born when we were. Heard all the 50s and 60s from my parents..got the led zep stones bkack sabbath from my younger uncles..discovered radio dial around 5..found some disco..and then the 80s..music, cars, hanging out so much fun 😁 I miss it!
Wow. Your reactions make me feel so good. I remember as a kid, mowing my lawn and listening to this song on my Sony Walkman when it first came out and knowing it would be a banger!
The Rascal Flats song you mentioned was a cover of that song. It was originally done by Tom Cochrane (the original is more of a rocker). Tom Cochrane also does a song called Lunatic Fringe which is absolutely awesome. You guys should definitely check it out.
I feel like this is Guns N Roses best song ever, and I also think it showed Axl's great singing range and skills and Slash's skills on the guitar too. But the overall song was just so well put together too.
Axl's voice is so unique, and it works surprisingly well with so many other songs and singers you wouldn't expect. Check out Axl and Elton John singing Bohemian Rhapsody at Freddy Mercury's tribute concert. Amazing
Axl’s lyrics are sublime - he went on to write many more add a dash of slash and its Rock History - and on stage they bounce off eachother like nothing else - awesome song incredible album and for me the best Rock band !
My Mother who is 77 has ALWAYS loved this song; my youngest brother got married 2 years ago and this is the song they used for the Mother/Son dance; PRICELESS ❤
Mother,son dance at a wedding 🤦🤔😂✌️🤘 that is awesome and weird and a bit creepy All at once 🤪💯🤪🙄🤔😂🤦 she's 77 😳😲 wow. That put her At 42 when the album was released that's cool. Most mom's hated GNR
I cannot tell you guys how fun it was to go to concerts at this time. Mostly general admission-wide open floor space where most people stood, danced, drank beer,etc. Some pyrotechnics, but focus was on the band, the instruments and whoever was singing. You really appreciated how everyone of them contributed. It’s so strange for an old fart like me today where people just talk about an individual performer singing. We were ALWAYS treated to drum solos, guitar solos, etc. so those folks got to show their stuff too. Not to mention tickets were like $8 and no Ticketmaster. I know I’m not alone when I say I went to several concerts a year of big name acts. Thanks for checking all these different talents out and enjoy!
Sitting on “the hill” at Pine Knob Music Theatre (DTE now) with our blankets, cooler full of beer, smokes being passed around and everyone having an amazing time together all for $5 a ticket. Fabulous!
It would sound devastating to the younger generation now but i think online ticket sales should be removed entirely and make it only physical copies instead, to bring that special feeling back
Love your reaction. This number was written in 1987 (as far as i remember), so its way back from arround my 5 year birthday, and it STILL ROCKS...! When Slash just goes solo on the guitar gives me chills...! You do NOT find music of this calibr today.!
Absolutely loved this reaction! As you age you miss hear such songs for the first time but seeing you all react almost feels like hearing/seeing it for the first time. I was in Jr High when this came out and the whole album is one of my favorites and this my favorite song by them.
For guitar skill Glenn Campbell, Jerry Reed and Roy Clark. They are country pickers, but got the skills.......Eddie Van Halen wanted guitar lessons from Glenn Campbell.
That is so true. Although my mother just loves Guns n Rose's but yes that's right. It's the one song that most parents at that time liked when they didn't like metal music
I love this song. I actually used to not really like the singer's voice, but it grew on me. Your channel makes me smile a lot. I come and watch when I've had a bad day and you all make me feel better. Thank you!
I feel so priviliged to have been a teenager when this came out and actually seeing the birth of Rock and Hip Hop. Bruh Im 47 and I still remember all the good feelings all this music generated and how we were all so excited to hear every new song as if it was a gift to us. Im a Hip Hopper but I have always loved Guns n Roses and AC⚡ DC
Two of the greatest Albums in rock history are “Appetite for Destruction” by Guns N Roses which this song is from and the “Black” album by Metallica. Perfect from beginning to end.. not a bad song on them and a bunch of top hits from both albums. 🤘🔥
Black Metallica! Man! I wore unforgiven, sad but true and nothing else matters out dancing in the 90s. A dude in a cowboy hat straight up gave me 100 bucks while dancing unforgiven 1 night, couldn't believe his eyes a black gurl dancing to metallica. He said damn black gurl here, never thought Id see a black gurl dancing to metallica. I said thanks lots white dude... thing is Im genx our ears were not segregated like they are now. So it was music to us! He was old to my eyes @ the time. lol
There may be more technical, virtuoso players than Slash. But like you said, in song he's amazing. His solos simply sound and feel great. He's been my favorite lead player for... decades.
Fun fact which I'm sure someone else already pointed out, the "where do we go, where do we go now" was actually something axel started repeating when the band was stuck and wasn't sure where to go next with the song. Someone latched onto it and realized it was just what they had been looking for, rather ironically. Someone else can probably provide better insight and more details to this story, but I always think about it when I hear it and had to share. PS: Love the channel guys, your reactions are honest and genuine. Earned my sub, keep up the fantastic work! Random non-musical suggestion to react to: Sebastian Maniscalco, one of the very few comedians I hold on a level close to Bill Burr.
This song has been my ringtone forever! When I'm in public and my phone goes off, people around me look and smile, cuz they ALL love this song!!! Glad you liked it!!!
Even crazier when you learn the story behind the song. They never meant for it to be taken seriously, it was supposed to be a filler. The opening riff was a warm up Slash used. There was actually a third verse, but the label thought it was too long and told them to cut it. That’s why Axle just repeats, “Where do we go now?” He really didn’t know where to go with the song 😂
I had read that in a listicle(whatever the word is?)/article about crazy facts about songs, how the into riff was just an exercise Slash was using to practice string skipping, Axl heard it and wrote lyrics to it and made them play it until it was finished. Slash hated playing the song for the longest because he thought it was just a stupid exercise he used to practice. Then the producer said it wasn't long enough and made them add the final section. Axl literally had no clue what to do with it and just started singing "where do we go now" thinking they'd eventually come up with better lyrics, but they just stuck with it 😂. I love reading about stuff like this, the 'behind the music' stories.
This song is perfect because to me it incapsulates everything great about Guns and each member from the bass to the drums to the guitars and the vocals all shine somewhere in this song. It also highlights a core part of guns songs which is the switch up. Notice how the first half of the song sounds different to the second half. Guns songs tend to do this. Perfect song
Actually, they were pretty much forgotten. It wasn’t until MTV played Welcome to the Jungle did the get any notice and that was months after it’s release.
This 76 year old white woman loves you! Your reactions to the music of my and my children's generations are right on point. Thanks for appreciating our contributions to the world of music.
“Popcorn” Steven Adler on the freaking drums?! 🥁 C’mon! He made this sound amazing! One of the best drummers. So happy he got sober. And still can play. Glad he’s alive. He made the early “GNR” days! As did Izzy! That entire ensemble rocked! I was 10 when at my bff’s bday slumber party 🎉 and will never forget seeing this vid on MTV decades prior to selling the f out. Good ole days! 😢😂 💯 God.. was Axel pretty at the end of this vid. 😍 hehe It’s all coming back to me now.
Guns & Rose's recorded "Apatite for Destruction" in 12 hours - the entire album. Listen to the entire thing. The best song on it is the last song Rocket Queen!
You guys gotta check out some of their other songs, like Civil War, Coma, November Rain, Patience, Estranged, Yesteredays, knockin on heavens door cover and Dont Cry.
No matter what genre you like what color you are, certain songs just define and take you back in time to when they were released. Just iconic and this is one of them…
Axl Rose the lead singer is also ONE of a kind voice that once you know it, it doesn't matter if you know the song. You know it's Rose.
Then you proceed to turn it off lol
@@derekgagnon1250Only if you have horrible music taste lol.
@@vinnypaolini9116 if it’s this record or use your illusions, fine. But he hasn’t been good in 30 years now
@@leanbeeffatty1 better than Vince Neil or Cory feldman
he sound like crap now .
I met Slash when I worked as a valet at a hotel he was staying at while touring with Slash's Snake Pit. We talked music for a half hour. He was the truest most down to earth brother. He didn't even mention Guns n Rose's. Most humble dude.
Slash snakepit is awesome af.
He also doesn't mention it in his Spotify bio
I love Slash😊❤
We were in line behind him at an ATM in West Hollywood in '89 or '90. He was totally chill and polite, offering us ladies to go ahead of him in line.
@grim7803 Yeah man, he's a good dude.
As a 50 yr old, I LOVE watching your reactions. These are my bands,my era! I'm thrilled to see y'all getting to experience what we felt. Keep up the great content!
Im 50 too
Gen X music is the best
I'm a 90's kid but I love music from your era. Something special. This song specifically brings back memories from childhood, even though my parents were from much older generations. Just something about this song does that.
So true my teens years were blessed with these masterpieces
at 72 I LOVE IT!
This song never will get old!
Agreed
@@IIIYungIIII still remember doing lines of cocaine with my ex and her dad while listening to this song. Good old memories 😅❄️❄️
Disagreed
Absolutely! 💕
@@101stairborne6 🤣🤣👍
I'm not even much on a GNR fan, but this album is 100% one of the best hard rock albums of all time. Every song is a certified banger, and the level of technical proficiency is unsurpassed.
I bought the tape and had to hide it from my mother so she wouldn’t read the lyrics.
I could t agree more, that album you can listen to every single song. It is absolutely a masterpiece, but with that said… I can skip Mr Brownstone :)
still the best selling debut album of all time
not bad for a juvenile delinquent from Fort Wayne, IN xD
I bought the tape when it was released and I was surprised I liked every song. Usually I only liked half of the songs on a album.
WHAT! No way is this hard rock, but the band was fab, I have this blasting out in my car here in the UK and have you boys been living under a rock 🎸 haha turn it up you need this loud 🤘
I'm a 63-year old white woman who smokes weed and grew up on rock-n-roll. I adore you guys and love to watch your reactions ❤.
I'm 66 and that's my life too.✌️🌻🌻
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do they know that Slash played with MJ?
54 male her loves it
63 yo woman... I like it
Right back at ya 🤣🤣
I love seeing their faces melt at these amazing rock songs. 😊 The world needs to wake up to how awesome this kind of music is!! 🤟
Yep.
The world needs this music back
@@FUBAR1986 I get the distinct impression that it's not that people don't like it anymore, it's that people just aren't being exposed to it, so have no idea what they're missing. Which is strange, in an era where a huge variety of music is available in just a few clicks. Maybe it's time for download services etc do features on rock music, time to educate the masses!
We on the same page 🇮🇪🔥
Still gives me goosebumps
Many will mention this, but it needs repeating : You cannot finish with Guns N Roses until you review "Paradise City". Every member of the band contributes to this masterpiece! You do not simply listen to this song, it is unleashed upon you!
The first 45 seconds of the song is great. The rest is repetitive. Wrong choice - something like November rain or civil war is 10x better.
Nobody has not heard paradise city.
You're obviously talking about Rocket Queen
@@thisguy73 They had already reviewed November rain and my personal opinion is that paradise city is a faster tempo than civil war.
@@jamesstortz936 Agreed. I was more or less talking about from a review standpoint.
You guys make me smile. You are witnessing one of the greatest bands of all time! Their Appetite for Destruction album is still one of the best rock albums of all time. It exploded onto the scene like a nuclear bomb! GnR became extremely famous overnight! They dominated!! Slash and Axl had incredible chemistry. I saw them perform live way back at their height of fame and I can tell you they sound even better live. Life changing event! History in the making! It’s so nice to see the younger generation introduced to GnR and to see you recognize true talent! Axl is so dynamic that it’s electric in a live performance!!!!
My eldest daughter had an 80s party at school. Her class won a contest. She said it was hilarious watching the principal jamming to this song.
Appetite is unbelievable, one of the Top 5 best albums of all time, there is literally not a single bad song on the entire album!
I wouldn't say Slash is one of the best technical guitar players ever, but dude came up with some of the catchiest riffs ever.
Actually Izzy Stradlin wrote most of the riffs, as well as this one, but Slashs solos are incredible.
Slash is special cuz of his solos.
its the whole package man, he had the rockstar look etc. the hat is iconic
Agree with comichoarder410’s comment. GnR lost its soul when Izzy left IMO.
@@LiveAlcheme Yes I agree, the band was never the same after Izzy left. They had perfect chemistry but if you remove one component from dynamite, you dont have an explosive anymore.
'Sweet Child O' Mine' is one of the best songs ever made. Slash 'paints' with his guitar. Listen closely to his subtleties leading up to the second solo, where his guitar is actually doing a duet with Axl Roses vocals.
I don't have your type of hearing but I believe you
I was thinking the same thing while sitting on the back of a boat in Cabo. Idk if it was about that part specifically. I think I was more focused on the big part of the "where do we go". Gilmore and Slash are my two favorite because you can really feel emotion in their playing.
100%!!👌👌🔥🔥🔥
This album is seriously one of the best ever. It was life changing at the time.
my first Tape I ever bought
Still is one of the best selling albums
Yes!!! No other album hit us like THAT. It was insane.
True talk
Guns N Roses is one the absolute BEST!! Love Axel’s voice! One of a kind, and you can’t replace Slash!!
November 11, 1987 they opened for Mötley Crüe in Huntsville, AL. I was 17 and in the front row. We were all just in shock when they came out and started playing. The applause and screaming was thunderous. We tried to storm the stage and they turned the fire hoses onto us. It was great man!!! I will NEVER forget that concert!
I was an eighties teenager and G'N'R is still my favorite band. the album 'Appetite for Destruction' is still the highest selling debut album of all time.
Being a teenager in the 80's was the best . Even though some of it is hazy 😆
I had to skip over a few of the songs when my grandma was home. You know the ones...lol.
We had the best music ever....let's not forget Motörhead and AC/DC
These guys are perfect mix of goofy meets intelligence. You never know who’s going to hit you with the line that sticks with you. But sorry commingled from Metallica. That whole song is bassed upon “beware of dog”. It was about a double agent who tried to trick a us army member into giving up info. It’s only like 40 pages or so, read it in high school. Super awesome, but yes he was a war vet who realized he was in Germany that he looked out the window and”beware of dog” was written in German and he finally knew what was going on.
Same here. Before hearing Guns 'n Roses, W.A.S.P was my favorite band in the 80s. But Guns 'n Roses was just on another level. Every member of that band was just phenomenal.
Couple random fun facts about this. The opening riff was just a practice exercise Slash was doing laying around the house to help practice skipping strings. Someone walked in and was like, "That's cool, we should use that!" and slash was like, "That's stupid, it's just a practice exercise." Also, the "Where do we go now?" was about the song. They were playing as they were writing it and got to that part and the singer was like, "Where do we go now?" like what should we do? and started singing it and they kept it in.
And Axl was singing to Don Everly of the Everly Brothers daughter, Erin.
Nope, actually slash was doing that riff bc Somebody fell and he was trying to make an circus melody
Makes sense. Nobody is mentioning how basic this song actually is.
I like how the "Where do we go now" is like the "anyone seen the bridge" of this song lol.
@@marinadiamondz We're both wrong. ""Somebody else said that and it just became one of those things," Slash clarified when speaking with Trunk for the Eddie Trunk Podcast (as heard below). "It wasn't a warm-up exercise. I was sitting around the house where Guns used to live at one point in '86 I guess it was and I just came up with this riff. It was just me messing around and putting notes together like any riff you do. You're like, 'This is cool,' and then you put the third note and find a melody like that. So it was a real riff, it wasn't a warm-up exercise."
Guns and Roses hit the late 80's like a rocket!!!! And we were all game for the ride!!
Literally like a rocket . Came on the scene and blew everyone way.
You really need to sit down and listen to the whole appetite for destruction album from them. Every song is good on it. Mr. Brownstone is one of my favorites from it.
There might be 10 perfect albums in rock history. Appetite For Destruction makes the list.
@@CMF-qh1rw 100% agree. There isn't many albums I can say that I liked all the songs on but appetite is one of them.
There's a channel called Verdychannel that just did the whole album for anyone interested. She loved it, and it reminded me of how great it really is.
Mr. Brownstone 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@baileybowman2449 I just read that songs name and I can hear the song in my head and it's been a few years since hearing it. But I also went through 2 cassettes and wore them out before I got a CD of the album back in the day.
You have no idea how big this was in 1988, I mean there are no words... Slash is one of a kind, they broke the mold with him.
True, very true
a year late but, guys for real, this genre of music will never again grace us. The real instruments, the musicians, my god, keep them rolling and alive, because talent like this just does not happen anymore! Edit: Full Disclosure, I am 45 years old and rocked this at around 12 every Saturday morning rocking air guitars with my cuz R.I.P CB
Legend has it that the ending on the song “Where do we go now” was when they couldn’t figure out how to end the song. They kept jamming to that part trying write the ending. Could never figure it out and the rest is history. Absolutely legends
Love that lil tid bit !
It’s fitting too since the riff at the beginning was supposed to be a joke but axl loved it and slash hated it lol
I am glad Axl convinced Slash to keep it because that is a powerful piece of musical artistry. The dynamic change of that guitar sound gives me the chills.
It would make sense since Slash’s guitar parts at the end definitely have more of a jam session type of vibe while the solo sounds more polished
You can't imagine what a MASSIVE hit this song was in the late '80s!
True! 😊
you didn't need the cassette because it was on every 10 minutes!
I lived it…it was Amazing
I was a teenager, and it was a massive hit. We loved it! ❤
@jaygee1616 best concert I've ever been to was Aerosmith permanent vacation with GnR appetite for destruction opening.. fucking phenomenal
Guys this song means so much to me. I learned it from my mom and it became our song. Then I practiced and learned it for Mother’s Day on my guitar 🎸 and played it for her. Even my wife knows. This is a special song to me and my mom.
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@@markvanderstelt8999 thanks I know we all have a special place in our heart for our moms. I haven’t seen my mom in 10 going on 11 years in a few days. Since my mom lives in Texas and I live in Japan.
Cool... hearts out to moms!
I remember the first time this video premiered on MTV at 11 pm central time. I was sitting on the sofa folding the laundry. I was shocked! I could not believe what I was hearing. Pure, raw, rock music. No glam, no glitter, just lyrics and instruments 🎸. I swore that they saved rock and roll that night. Guns and Roses was the real deal. I had chills. Back then they would only play those videos at night but I bought that album.
I worked security at a club in the late 1990's, early 2000's and Slash's Snakepit performed there. Slash was hand's down one of the nicest, most laid backed and easiest person's to talk to. He just loved what he was doing. What a legend.
I love the fact that all of u are stepping out of ur comfortable zone and are listening to wat real music is. Keep it up fellas. Love ur reactions. 23yr disabled veteran and I still listen to this when I get down in the dump.
All this stuff real music 😂
More than the song, I love y'all reactions to it. Y'all are the example of what this country needs.
The whole album is amazing
Seeing you all experience one of my all time favorite songs for the first time was such a pleasure! This song NEVER gets old.
The fella in the orange hoodie is really into it. It's so cool to watch young black men react like this to rock classics.
One of my all-time favourite GnR songs....the unsung hero for me is Duff Mckagan is an awesome bassist, Axl Rose's voice is so distinct and Slash with his riffs,
I was a total Duff fan. He was my pretend boyfriend back in HS. My girl crew all had their fave.
Slash's solo always gives me goosebumps.
Slash is literally one of the top 5 guitarist of all time. His talent is insane, to this day! There will never be another like him!
I see slash as one of those almost osmosis type guitarists. He soaks up the energy and vibes from whomever he playing . He's already a master, but the lead vocalist, the rhythm just feeds him and POW! All of his glory!
I’m now 50 years old and this is my favourite song of all time. I was 21 years old when it blew up. My wife had a huge crush on Axl Rose. This is her favourite song too. Our wedding song. Sending love from Cape Town South Africa
I am also 50 and it blew up in the US in 1988. We were both 15. Did it blow up in the South African charts in 1994?
@@realmonster5866 not that I can remember. I was in high school in South Africa, so Depeche Mode was all the rage. “Welcome to the Jungle” was their first hit in South Africa, which was probably around 88 or 89, then Paradise City. They had a big fan base those days here, but for some reason in 1992/1993 the party venues started playing this song and so many bands tried to cover it. That’s when it became everyone’s favourite song. Remember it was during Apartheid so we never had any them tour here and also in the 80’s our government were like literal Nazis that banned or prevented music they didn’t like getting played on the radio. So those days we were a couple years behind with mainstream. Except for performers like Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie etc.Go figure, all black artists being played non stop by Apartheid TV and Radio Stations for white people.
@@realmonster5866 Didn't make sense to me either. Graduated in 87 this hit in 88, I was 19.
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Aye.
Came to comment that OP claims to be 50 currently but was 21 when "it blew up".
No way is the time-line correct as I'm older than OP and I was 16 when the album dropped in 1987.
I'm 51 and this was a hit in 88 when I was 16 so u would have been 15
Such a beautiful song lyrically. Axl's voice cuts right to the core. So powerful. 🎶 Love this band.
I grew up with this. So happy to see others appreciate real musicians.
Slash is the guitarist that keeps on giving! They actually made the song around his riff that came to be when he was just messing about during a warm up! To end up with an iconic rock song that's defined by his natural musical ear, just puts him into a different class! Like you said, there's a lot of legendary guitarists you've had the pleasure to watch, but Slash makes the guitar sing, shout, cry, angry but with ease and flow where one note plays seamlessly into the next. Keep it up guys! Cause you're just at the tip of the iceberg. Take care 🏴💚
That solo makes hearing this song every day all the time worth it
Slash's solo mid song is even crazier if you watch a live performance. That man's guitar abilities transcend talent. His play style, to me, is almost instrumental operatic, hidden within a rock song. It just WORKS.
Radio just about beat this song to death back in the day. I am not exaggerating when I say you might've heard it at least 4 times a day, every day. We got so sick of it, that when it came on the radio, someone would change the station. Hearing it now, I am able to appreciate it again. Appetite For Destruction was one of the greatest albums in rock n roll history, and remains so to this day. Excellent reaction.
It was the same for me. I got so tired of hearing their music that I got totally turned off of it, but in the time since then, I've been able to really come to love it.
So true! Took me 20 years to listen to it again lol
I never got tired of it. Lol Most people get tired fo hearing songs over and over but if I really love a song, I don't get tired, of, it, but I guess i am different that way. I gotta hear it till it's out of my system. Lol
Not one of the best It Is the number One Rock Recored OF All Times
@@christina9841there are many songs l do not tire of hearing, but this one is not my favorite track on the album. That plus the fact is was overplayed made me break up with the song. But I'm back together with it again after all these years. 😆🤘
I look forward to you all reacting to the Paradise City music video. An absolute banger, a huge hit, and the whole band shines! 🤙
Just found your channel….loving y’all’s reactions to this music….love it. I’m old enough to be your grandmother….wish my grandkids would sit around and fall in love with this music. Rock on. Y’all are awesome.
When they were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, Axel said something like, “I’m sure there are a lot better singers out there than me”
Like dude are you kidding?! Lol 🤦🏻♀️ so good ❤
he was speaking the truth.😀
i guess you never watched him live
i did and do have a great deal of affection for Axl, but i've heard better singing voices at karaoke bars.
@@markvanderstelt8999 I mean yeah there is but I mean he is still the sound of a generation and he is capable of hitting some amazing notes! I just felt he was a bit hard on himself
@@jd35711 I never saw them live in the 90s but I saw them live some years back and to me he sounded great 😊 maybe I was being biased because I was so excited to be there and finally see them, but at his age I thought he sounded great
@@elizabitty213 fair enough!
Timeless. This is the definition of timeless. Reaches across decades. Reaches across genres. Reaches across demographics. I wish true rock music would make a come back... They say everything comes back into style eventually... hopefully Old school style rock music comes back soon lol... an old man can dream.
So glad I discovered this precious channel. You are helping me love my music more than I thought was possible. Keep up the good work.
One of the most recognizable guitar riffs of all time.
@OFFIACIAL_CARTIERFAMILY.. ✌️
@OFFIACIAL_CARTIERFAMILY.. quit with your scamming bull shit bot.
You guys give me something to look forward to every day. Literally every day I check for new reactions. Keep em coming
Let’s not forget the fact that Slash’s signature guitar sound. He still uses the guitar he played on most if not all of the “ Appetite “ album. He’s one of my all time favorites. Check out Velvet Revolver “Sucker Train Blues” and Slash with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators “Back from Cali.” Slash is amazing!
I was 17 in 1987 the 80’s fkn rocked…this album cannot be understated on how it rocked the nation
Ha exact same..i feel sooo lucky to be born when we were. Heard all the 50s and 60s from my parents..got the led zep stones bkack sabbath from my younger uncles..discovered radio dial around 5..found some disco..and then the 80s..music, cars, hanging out so much fun 😁 I miss it!
I saw GnR live at the Houston Astrodome in 1992--it was a show that can never be topped.
i remember seeing you there what a night.
Wow. Your reactions make me feel so good. I remember as a kid, mowing my lawn and listening to this song on my Sony Walkman when it first came out and knowing it would be a banger!
The Rascal Flats song you mentioned was a cover of that song. It was originally done by Tom Cochrane (the original is more of a rocker). Tom Cochrane also does a song called Lunatic Fringe which is absolutely awesome. You guys should definitely check it out.
I was looking for someone to say this. If not I was going to
Ditto
I feel like this is Guns N Roses best song ever, and I also think it showed Axl's great singing range and skills and Slash's skills on the guitar too. But the overall song was just so well put together too.
Estranged is Gnrs best song ever IMO. The lyrics and solos are probably GNRs best.
I watched several of your all’s reaction videos over various topics and music genres and I just love all you all!❤️
The whole "appetite for destruction" album is one of the best in rock history.
Love "Rocket Queen"
Axl's voice is so unique, and it works surprisingly well with so many other songs and singers you wouldn't expect. Check out Axl and Elton John singing Bohemian Rhapsody at Freddy Mercury's tribute concert. Amazing
I'm doing this rn
I remember back then that Axl actually has a natural baritone voice and he created the GNR's voice.
Axl’s lyrics are sublime - he went on to write many more add a dash of slash and its Rock History - and on stage they bounce off eachother like nothing else - awesome song incredible album and for me the best Rock band !
My Mother who is 77 has ALWAYS loved this song; my youngest brother got married 2 years ago and this is the song they used for the Mother/Son dance; PRICELESS ❤
Now, THAT is awesome!
Mother,son dance at a wedding 🤦🤔😂✌️🤘 that is awesome and weird and a bit creepy All at once 🤪💯🤪🙄🤔😂🤦 she's 77 😳😲 wow. That put her At 42 when the album was released that's cool. Most mom's hated GNR
Mom always listened to good music; I grew up to HER Led Zeppelin, Who, Doors, Janis Joplin records ❤️
I cannot tell you guys how fun it was to go to concerts at this time. Mostly general admission-wide open floor space where most people stood, danced, drank beer,etc. Some pyrotechnics, but focus was on the band, the instruments and whoever was singing. You really appreciated how everyone of them contributed. It’s so strange for an old fart like me today where people just talk about an individual performer singing. We were ALWAYS treated to drum solos, guitar solos, etc. so those folks got to show their stuff too. Not to mention tickets were like $8 and no Ticketmaster. I know I’m not alone when I say I went to several concerts a year of big name acts. Thanks for checking all these different talents out and enjoy!
Sitting on “the hill” at Pine Knob Music Theatre (DTE now) with our blankets, cooler full of beer, smokes being passed around and everyone having an amazing time together all for $5 a ticket. Fabulous!
@@debbie9041 Drain one of those long necks for me! (Marlboro Reds?) 😅
@@Calmontheoutside I only did the bud light in those days. 😆
@@Calmontheoutside I will hold out on saying what the smoke was…
It would sound devastating to the younger generation now but i think online ticket sales should be removed entirely and make it only physical copies instead, to bring that special feeling back
Love your reaction.
This number was written in 1987 (as far as i remember), so its way back from arround my 5 year birthday, and it STILL ROCKS...!
When Slash just goes solo on the guitar gives me chills...!
You do NOT find music of this calibr today.!
Absolutely loved this reaction! As you age you miss hear such songs for the first time but seeing you all react almost feels like hearing/seeing it for the first time. I was in Jr High when this came out and the whole album is one of my favorites and this my favorite song by them.
It’s awesome to see you guys like rock music of the 80’s and today’s country! But for serious guitar you gotta give it to Eddie VanHalen!! (RIP Eddie)
For guitar skill Glenn Campbell, Jerry Reed and Roy Clark. They are country pickers, but got the skills.......Eddie Van Halen wanted guitar lessons from Glenn Campbell.
This was the song your Mom liked when your parents didn't approve of heavy metal. The entire album is a banger. All killer, no filler!
That is so true. Although my mother just loves Guns n Rose's but yes that's right. It's the one song that most parents at that time liked when they didn't like metal music
Great reaction!! Axl & Slash were always vibing off of one another, makes for great music! The rest of the band too😊🎶😊
I love this song. I actually used to not really like the singer's voice, but it grew on me. Your channel makes me smile a lot. I come and watch when I've had a bad day and you all make me feel better. Thank you!
One of the best solos, especially in terms of flow within a song, ever.
Welcome To The Jungle is another big hit for the group
And of course Paradise City
I feel so priviliged to have been a teenager when this came out and actually seeing the birth of Rock and Hip Hop. Bruh Im 47 and I still remember all the good feelings all this music generated and how we were all so excited to hear every new song as if it was a gift to us. Im a Hip Hopper but I have always loved Guns n Roses and AC⚡ DC
Dude. this was NOT the birth of rock. It was, like, one or two generations AFTER the birth of rock.
Two of the greatest Albums in rock history are “Appetite for Destruction” by Guns N Roses which this song is from and the “Black” album by Metallica. Perfect from beginning to end.. not a bad song on them and a bunch of top hits from both albums. 🤘🔥
Black Metallica! Man! I wore unforgiven, sad but true and nothing else matters out dancing in the 90s. A dude in a cowboy hat straight up gave me 100 bucks while dancing unforgiven 1 night, couldn't believe his eyes a black gurl dancing to metallica. He said damn black gurl here, never thought Id see a black gurl dancing to metallica. I said thanks lots white dude... thing is Im genx our ears were not segregated like they are now. So it was music to us! He was old to my eyes @ the time. lol
Black made me stop listening to Metallica. Pure sellout album 👎
I’m so proud of the talented ‘60’s, ‘70’s & ‘80’s musicians & singers and how well their talents combine❤ Hope you gentlemen appreciate it as well.
😂 I LOVE seeing you guys discover Classic Rock!! We loved it tooooo!!!
In a concert clip the crowd loses their minds after the guitar solo.
There may be more technical, virtuoso players than Slash.
But like you said, in song he's amazing. His solos simply sound and feel great. He's been my favorite lead player for... decades.
Fun fact which I'm sure someone else already pointed out, the "where do we go, where do we go now" was actually something axel started repeating when the band was stuck and wasn't sure where to go next with the song. Someone latched onto it and realized it was just what they had been looking for, rather ironically.
Someone else can probably provide better insight and more details to this story, but I always think about it when I hear it and had to share.
PS: Love the channel guys, your reactions are honest and genuine. Earned my sub, keep up the fantastic work! Random non-musical suggestion to react to: Sebastian Maniscalco, one of the very few comedians I hold on a level close to Bill Burr.
Wow!! You guys brought me BACK!! The BEST!!!😢
This song has been my ringtone forever! When I'm in public and my phone goes off, people around me look and smile, cuz they ALL love this song!!! Glad you liked it!!!
Same here
Same. My dog just reacted to it because he thought it was my phone 😂
Best guitar riff of all time ❤
Even crazier when you learn the story behind the song. They never meant for it to be taken seriously, it was supposed to be a filler. The opening riff was a warm up Slash used. There was actually a third verse, but the label thought it was too long and told them to cut it. That’s why Axle just repeats, “Where do we go now?” He really didn’t know where to go with the song 😂
Shit no way 😂 I occasionally hear GNR, but not so deep into the history of band
I had read that in a listicle(whatever the word is?)/article about crazy facts about songs, how the into riff was just an exercise Slash was using to practice string skipping, Axl heard it and wrote lyrics to it and made them play it until it was finished. Slash hated playing the song for the longest because he thought it was just a stupid exercise he used to practice. Then the producer said it wasn't long enough and made them add the final section. Axl literally had no clue what to do with it and just started singing "where do we go now" thinking they'd eventually come up with better lyrics, but they just stuck with it 😂. I love reading about stuff like this, the 'behind the music' stories.
@@JKforUA Pretty much. It was put on the album to basically finish it out. It was basically a filler song, then became (arguably) their biggest hit.
@@JakeNaughtFromStateFarm Slash hated the song, I'd read, for the longest. He's changed his viewpoint in recent years, i think lol
@@JakeNaughtFromStateFarm wasn't the song about one of Axl's girlfriends? At least the lyrics?
I'm a 59 year old white woman who also smokes weed and grew up on rock 'n roll. And I love watching your reactions, too.
The reason Slash is the greatest guitarist of all time, is cause he sang his heart out, without saying a word.
Love this ❤❤
Love this song forever!! Will always be epic!! And Slash is simply a BEAST on guitar!
G&R is FANTASTIC for rockin' out! Thanks for your reaction.
This song is perfect because to me it incapsulates everything great about Guns and each member from the bass to the drums to the guitars and the vocals all shine somewhere in this song. It also highlights a core part of guns songs which is the switch up. Notice how the first half of the song sounds different to the second half. Guns songs tend to do this. Perfect song
They were massive when they first came out and this song is considered on most list the best classic rock song of the '80s
Actually, they were pretty much forgotten. It wasn’t until MTV played Welcome to the Jungle did the get any notice and that was months after it’s release.
@@depalma13 I'm not talking literally immediately lol but their first album did break a record for the most sales on a debut album with 20 million.
Civil War is a big hit and still relevant today with the lyrics definitely should check it out
My literal favorite song EVER 🖤🖤🖤 you got Axl with the fire vocals, Slash always doing his thang on the guitar 🎸 Duff with the vibes 🔥 best song ever
This 76 year old white woman loves you! Your reactions to the music of my and my children's generations are right on point. Thanks for appreciating our contributions to the world of music.
I almost forgot this masterpiece. They don't make em like it used to be. So much soul in his voice.
“Popcorn” Steven Adler on the freaking drums?! 🥁 C’mon! He made this sound amazing! One of the best drummers. So happy he got sober. And still can play. Glad he’s alive. He made the early “GNR” days! As did Izzy! That entire ensemble rocked! I was 10 when at my bff’s bday slumber party 🎉 and will never forget seeing this vid on MTV decades prior to selling the f out. Good ole days! 😢😂 💯 God.. was Axel pretty at the end of this vid. 😍 hehe It’s all coming back to me now.
Watch live performances and the energy Axl Rose puts into his singing. The mans range is mind-blowing
You guys are killing it! Slash is the shit (although Stevie Ray Vaughan is king)!
Dude on the left is biased.
@@edkrupka742 Love it!
Guns & Rose's recorded "Apatite for Destruction" in 12 hours - the entire album. Listen to the entire thing. The best song on it is the last song Rocket Queen!
I love Rocket Queen!!!
To this day Slash is still my favorite Guitarist and will always be my favorite not just for his talent but his personality as well
This song is definitely a 'classic'......I was 16 when this came out💃🏽.
Lol, in my early 20's had one baby and another on the way. Baby did some bouncing.😂
Dios, estaban tan hermosos,la voz impecable de Axel, todos perfectos es una emoción ver estos videos 💞🇦🇷
Welcome to my youth men, 47 here....and what a blessing to have grown up with these timeless rock ballots...and I mean timeless.
I LOVE THIS SONG. ONE OF MY FAVORITES FROM AXLE ROSÉ.
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You guys gotta check out some of their other songs, like Civil War, Coma, November Rain, Patience, Estranged, Yesteredays, knockin on heavens door cover and Dont Cry.
OMG! I LOVED watching your reactions to my most favorite song!
This song transformed them from just another LA band to Worldwide Superstars. (the whole album , but this song in particular)
Crazy how y'all don't recognize Axle Rose's voice. One of the greatest all time.
No matter what genre you like what color you are, certain songs just define and take you back in time to when they were released. Just iconic and this is one of them…