Michael1973
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Post by Michael1973 on Oct 28, 2004 10:22:33 GMT -5
My second favorite GNR song after "November Rain", this song is still one of my favorite 90's hits. I think it was perhaps the biggest victim of the AT40 chart changeover, as it fell clean off the chart from #10 that week.
What compelled me to start this thread, though, was last night I heard a totally different version of the song than the one I'm used to. Same music, same chorus, completely different lyrics otherwise. Anybody know about this? Why do artists feel the need to record two entirely different versions of a song? (Yes, Jennifer Lopez, I'm looking at you!)
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620 Soul Train
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Post by 620 Soul Train on Oct 28, 2004 11:42:28 GMT -5
I see....why the lyrics were different. I remember hearing "Don't Cry" way before they released "November Rain" and it charting in the top 40. "Live & Let Die" was their immediate follow-up. Anyway I like the original version a heck of a lot.
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Post by jimmy74747 on Oct 28, 2004 14:00:37 GMT -5
The original version on "Use Your Illusion I" is a lot better than the alternate version on "Use Your Illusion II"
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BillboardBoy
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Post by BillboardBoy on Oct 28, 2004 22:51:27 GMT -5
LOL! This song reminds me of Rick Dees. He always made fun of the final drug-out note. Once they had a Katherine Hepburn sound-alike singing along to it. Another time they had dogs barking 'cause it went on for so long  |
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Post by reception on Oct 29, 2004 14:16:39 GMT -5
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Post by Hervard on Oct 29, 2004 15:20:27 GMT -5
LOL! This song reminds me of Rick Dees. He always made fun of the final drug-out note. Once they had a Katherine Hepburn sound-alike singing along to it. Another time they had dogs barking 'cause it went on for so long "Ax-l? Ax-l, that's enough! Stop it! Stop it! (WHAM!!) (note trails off...) |
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BillboardBoy
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Post by BillboardBoy on Jan 30, 2007 10:32:04 GMT -5
Great song! I need to hear it again, it's been years.
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Post by joker on Jan 30, 2007 13:43:09 GMT -5
Love it.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Oct 6, 2007 11:04:07 GMT -5
Already done.
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dth1971
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 6, 2007 15:58:35 GMT -5
My second favorite GNR song after "November Rain", this song is still one of my favorite 90's hits. I think it was perhaps the biggest victim of the AT40 chart changeover, as it fell clean off the chart from #10 that week. What compelled me to start this thread, though, was last night I heard a totally different version of the song than the one I'm used to. Same music, same chorus, completely different lyrics otherwise. Anybody know about this? Why do artists feel the need to record two entirely different versions of a song? (Yes, Jennifer Lopez, I'm looking at you!) You are refering to Don't Cry by Guns 'n Roses falling off the Shadoe Stevens AT40 chart from #10, are you? |
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Nov 12, 2007 20:18:51 GMT -5
I am one of the few that preferred the alternate version. Easily my favorite GNR song.
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Post by unicorns on Nov 13, 2007 21:41:02 GMT -5
I like this! GNR are another cool band :)
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