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Free Music Review: Perhaps not a great
Hit: 5 Stars
In between APPETITE and the dual ILLUSIONS Gn'R brought out this album that featured two of their most famous songs - Patience and One in a Million, the latter of which sparked a wave of controvery due to its lyrics, specifically: "Immigrants and faggots \ They make no sense to me \ They come to our country \ And think they'll do as they please" etc...along with racial slurs and other angry lyrics.
But I think it's one of their best songs and people were too eager to jump on the bandwagon without actually _listening_ to what this song is about. Like always many people are just way too happy to find something to pick apart - One in a Million is lyrically and rhythmically one of Gn'R's greatest hits and no doubt had there not been such a wave of controversy surrounding its release, it would have been featured on the Greatest Hits collection. It's a very dark and different song for Axl but with an acoustic overtone - I love it.
Also included is I Used to Love Her, which I enjoy but have never really loved very much as I can't listen to it over and over again. And frankly the lyrics never sat well with me even if Axl is talking about killing his dog - as someone else mentioned the rhythm is too upbeat. That said, it's still a really good song and something I like to listen to once in a while. (Velvet Revolver also did a really good live cover of it.)
Mama Kin (cover of Aerosmith's version) is a great song and although a bit rough at first [...] you get used to it and the beat is really great and bluesy. This is the type of stuff that should have been used as the "filler" on the Illusion records instead of some of the overblown stuff they put on there.
Overall this is a really great CD as each song on the disc is worth listening to, and more than a few are wonderful and Gn'R classics. If you're just starting to listen to Gn'R I only advise you to listen to Patience and then store this CD away for later - once you've been through Appetite, take this out again and play it...chances are you'll really love it.
Free Music Review: It's So Great
Hit: 5 Stars
Another masterpiece from the Rockgods. What I always aprecciated
in GN'R is that all their stuff is so perferct. I like ALMOST each song they wrote. And Lies is another example of perfect album. This album is also very original conception - two sides with totally different stuff, hard rock and acoustic.
The entire thing starts with powerful, based on a strong guitar riff wild song "Reckless Life". It shows Guns crew in their best time and shows how much wild and powerful they were while playing live. Next one is a cover of an old, forgotten australian punk rock band, Rose Tattoo, "Nice Boys" which starts with a strong drums beat(impressive for Steven Adler!) and comes into a wild, punk song, that is really great. Move To The City is based on blues, and its rough n' tough, and I love the solo in it. Here we got something more - A song 'bout your f****** mother(too bad Axl) is a cover of Aerosmith classic Mama Kin. However, I'm a great fan of Aerosmith and finally i prefer Aerosmith version.
And this is where the wilderness ends. Time to chill out... Next song is one of band's most beautiful songs and my personal favourite, Patience. At first time it seems like just another simple acoustic song, but after listening to it few times you can feel this wonderful magic... Used To Love Her is a joke song, simple, few country chords, and words about girlfriend that was messing up and Axl had to bury her in backyard... good one. I love the acoustic version of You're Crazy. It's so cool. It can be powerful without distorted guitars and no punk stuff that it has on Appetite For Destruction. Last song is a beautiful ballad, One In A Million. However, the band suffered from this song, the critics were judging Axl and crew as rasists, but I think that's nonsense. I like this song.
I really love this CD and it sounds perfect on each song. I recommend it to each GN'R fan, but for beginners: maybe start with Appetite For Destruction. Final Mark: Amazing Great Masterpiece.
Free Music Review: A LITTLE SOMETHING
Hit: 5 Stars
For me Lies is all about the acoustic side of the album. I don't think that I'm alone here. In the many years that I have owned this disc, I have only listened to the live side a handful of times, meanwhile the "B side" is an essential part to the collection.
FOUR SONGS:
PATIENCE, so different than anything on APPETITE. You can easily look at this in a couple of ways. A) AXL ROSE pussied out B) AXL ROSE was a genius in that he could do rippin' rock tracks AND songs to get the ladies unzipped, or C.) Who the hell is AXL ROSE? Either way this track was key in the catalouge of GN'R because it introduced the softer side of the band... this would be very important in their future success.
USED TO LOVE HER, If you are the biggest, dirtiest band around and you release an acoustic disc, you have to do something to make sur integrity is held. This song does that perfectly. A light riff with words about killing your chick and literally burying her in the back yard. Yes.
YOURE CRAZY, shows that GN'R almost invented the concept of UNPLUGGED. They took one of their nastiest electric tunes and rehashed it into a still pretty nasty acoustic track. My personal choice for this pack.
ONE IN A MILLION, well, I ain't no racist ok? Maybe I'm just a regular white boy trying to make ends meat. Still, I've always liked this song due to the fact that there are so many questionable lyrics, digging at all races, the police, homosexuals etc. No way would he get away with releasing this today. This song is like he was just proving that this band was the biggest thing in the world and that he could say ANYTHING and get away with it. Classic.
The live tracks ARE ok, but they are nothing legendary. This is all together a nice little package for any GNR fan. There really isn't to much in the catalouge- so, if you don't have THIS one then you are missing a lot.
Free Music Review: GN'R Lies
Hit: 5 Stars
I got Gn'R Lies for my birthday yesterday, and I don't regret it. Gn'R is my favourite band. This is one of their weakest albums though, but it still gets 5 stars! I would give it 4.5, or a 4.3, but it's Gn'R and it's new. Kicks off with Steven's drumming, shows us how he could drum in a punkier, harder way than Matt. Axl then pops in, and the action begins.
In Nice Boys, the rough attitude of the band keeps going. Then we have Move To The City, what a great riff! I think it's my new favourite riff. It's awesome. This version is superior than the live version. Much of a party song! The first side closes with Mama Kin, and even though I like Aerosmith, I've got to admit this version breaks Aerosmith's one in two, though Steve (sp?) Tyler did a better job saying the "waaagon" or "draaaaagon" parts. I like the guitars here better too. Mama Kin may be the best song here -- It's too cool!
Then we get Gn'R's first ballad ever, Patience. Patience is great. Axl shines here, great lyrics and vocals. Well, vocals only, since Izzy wrote this thing alone. It's never been one of my favourites, but it's great. I Used To Love Her is funny, and some kind of rip-off/sampling the Rolling Stones' Dead Flowers, which has the same three chords and the exact same solo! You're Crazy is more bluesy here, I haven't listened to it much but I still like the Appetite version better.
Closes with One In A Million, in which Izzy saves the day with an amazing rhythm guitar and Slash does one of his best solos ever -- And I mean it! Overall, a great album. The action is nonstop, especially in Side 1, which is better IMO. I strongly recommend getting this album. Made me get back on Gn'R, I stopped listening to them a while before.
Free Music Review: A slightly underrated but two classic EPs rolled into one great album
Hit: 5 Stars
Guns and Roses' second major label release G 'N' R Lies was released in November of 1988.
Lies was released as a sort of cash-in on the success of the band's debut blockbuster Appetite for Destruction.
The album comprised of two EPs in one album. First, the long deleted Live Like a Suicide is comprised of covers namely Aerosmith's "Mama Kin" and the superb "Nice Boys". Ironically, the latter was what the band were not to the press as their image of being bad boy rockers followed them. "Reckless Life" and "Move to the City" were great tracks as well.
The second of the two EPs on this album was G'N'R semi-unplugged. First song is the ballad "Patience" which was a huge hit and was one of the first tracks to have Axl sing in a lower octave for almost an entire song for a change rather than hearing him screech (which was his trademark) and is a great ballad. "Used to Love Her" is a funny ode to Axl's dog and not a song about him killing his girlfriend/wife as many sexists claim. An acoustic remake of the Appetite track "You're Crazy" is arguably better in its slow, unplugged style with Axl singing rather than screaming half the time. The controversial "One in a Million" closes the album with its lyrics which caused certain groups to call G'n'R racist, anti-gays, etc but the words were used to describe low-lifes and those supporting drug habits.
As always, the album hit the US Top 5 and sold millions. Unfortunately, this was the last gasp with original drummer Steven Adler as he was dismissed from the band in 1990.
Recommended!