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| Greatest Hits Indeed!This is truly a Guns N' Roses greatest hits collection. It perfectly sums up the band's entire career, with it's core members. There seems to be a problem with the tracks Geffen (record label) chose for this compilation. I noticed more than half the 1-2 star reviews rated so low simply because it didn't contain the tracks THEY wanted it to have. Keep in mind, this is a Greatest Hits package, not a Best Of.. meaning a collection of hits that were at one time released singles by the band launched to radio/MTV by the label. I couldn't agree more with this list, with the slight exception of a song that was a single but ommitted here.
Appetite for Destruction: (1987)
Welcome to the Jungle
Sweet Child O' Mine
Paradise City
*Three singles off that album.--two others off the album include It's So Easy and Nightrain, but were not included due to spacing on the album.*
G N R Lies: (1988)
Patience
You can't expect much attention to an EP on a Greatest Hits album. This was the only release from this album anyway. -and acoustic at that.
Use Your Illusion I: (1991)
Live and Let Die
Don't Cry (Original)
November Rain
*These are 3 singles off that release. There are videos for songs off that album that were not released as singles such as The Garden, Garden of Eden and Dead Horse. That is why those aren't on there.
Use Your Illusion II: (1991)
Civil War - the final track in GNR's career to feature Steven Adler as the drummer before being replaced by Matt Sorum. There is no video for this single.
You Could Be Mine - notably off The Terminator II
Yesterdays
Knockin On Heaven's Door- though the second single off that album, no video was officially made for it. The song Estranged was another single and video released, but as with the 2 others off Appetite, it was left off due to spacing. Too bad, it personally enjoy that song, as it's one of two of their most progressive tracks. The 2nd being Coma off UYI I.
*For a good Best Of compilation of the two Use Your Illusion albums, check out Use Your Illusion.
The Spaghetti Incident?: (1993)
Since I Don't Have You
Ain't It Fun
*Probably 2 out of 3 songs on here that non-GNR fans may not be familiar with. Though singles, not much airplay these days. Both covers off this cover album. Ain't it Fun didn't have a video, unlike Since I Don't Have You, which is their final video...to date.
Interview With The Vampire Soundtack: (1994)
Sympathy For The Devil - (the 3rd of the 3)
This cover of The Rolling Stones song (1969?) released as a single, the final featuring Slash on lead guitar, was indeed their... final single with Slash. Released in 1994, it was supposedly the final straw that broke the camels back, so to speak, for Slash. According to Slash, Paul Huge, the backing guitarist, who was Gibly Clark's replacement after Axl fired him, recorded a guitar part over Slash's guitar part without his consent. Slash finally had it, and supposedly quit right after. Congrats Axl!! Huge isn't even in the band anymore. (oh how things work out the way they do) anyway, Axl and other sources claim otherwise... I'm not writing this to discuss the matter even further. Ok, the acutal soundrack is rare to find in stores, so Geffen decided to stick the song as the final track on the album. Listen to the guitar parts and decide for yourself. Back to the compliation.
Other than the removal of those few tracks because of space (Geffen chose to have a single disc release rather than a double one) I have no problem with the songs chosen for this release. They are hits. Sure, as a GNR fan myself, I have my personal favorites and could come up with a Best Of collection, based on personal preference. Doesn't make this album horrible. Horrible enough to rate so poor, unless you hate the tracks themselves. There are some other poor reviewers who stress the fact that Guns N' Roses were "unorginal" as more than a third of the singles on here are covers. Well, that may be, and a 5 songs out of the 14 are in fact covers. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan), Live and Let Die ( Sir Paul McCartney), Ain't It Fun (The Dead Boys), Since I Don't Have You (The Skyliners) and Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones). Why they were released as singles...they're good covers. But Guns N' Roses have very good original material and were definately more than the average hair/glam metal bands that erupted out of the 80s. The Illusion albums prove this.
Also as mentioned in other reviews, you should purchase this set for one of three reasons.
1. You want a Guns N Roses album but want only one. A non-fan who wishes to expand his or her collection of music. This is perfect for that collection.
2. You are a die-hard fan, like myself (one of my favorite rock/metal groups) and want to support that group by purchasing anything that is released by them, even complilations like this here.
3 You plan to give this as a gift to a non-fan in hopes of him or her becoming one. (A reason already mentioned by a very helpful review on this product.)
In conclusion, I highly recommend this album. I believe it is unfairly given the Explicit Lyrics tag on the title. The only song on the album worthy of this tag would be Ain't It Fun, for its rebellious, carefree lyrics, smaking the "C" word in the middle of the song. Still recommended though. Unfortunately there is not a lot on the inside, such as band photos (only one on the inside and one on the back both in black and white), no tour pictures, and other extras. Geffen must have used all that for their live compilation Live Era '87-'93. All the credit is given, band members, song/lryic writers, for each track, as well as pictures of each album cover by Guns N Roses. Because if this I was tempted to drop the rating a little, but it didn't bother me much (since I own the rest of the albums) but only whole stars are clickable on Amazon, not pieces of stars, therefore it rounds out to a full 5 stars.
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| Kyle Gass (and the other guy) kicks a**The D returns in the follow-up to the under appreciated movie/album "The Pick of Destiny" which, even though it tanked at the theatres, totally rocked and should definately become a cult classic. This new set gives us an excellent live concert featuring a full band, incredible live versions of "Tribute", "Friendship", "Kickapoo" (Great vocals by Kyle, and oh, the other guy, too!). These guys have never sounded better! Rage Cage's incredible guitar work deserves a mention here. This guy is a master on the acoustic guitar! The bonus disc includes a behind the scenes documentary that fans of the band will enjoy. Near the end of this, we get some insight into the creative process and are treated as the D performs a new song which is, well, incedible! I hope this song makes it onto a new album soon! Overall, I would highly reccomend this DVD to fans of the band or fans of rock music in general. Long Live the D!
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| O.K. if you like Be-BopI saw a review in an audio magazine, and bought it because of the good
rating they gave it---It is a little too modern for me---I like straight
ahead jazz, and I went through the bop era, but did not like it then either. If you like more modern jazz, you might like the CD----the DVD
that comes with it is just watching the preparation of the CD in a studio
and they just turned on a camera and paid no attention to levels or anything else. It was more like a virtual studio scene---
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| Finally!!Eliose at Christmas time is a wonderful movie. Sometimes the movies that are made from books, do not do justice to the whole story. This movie is just as endearing as the book! Its wholesome, funny, sweet, and there are lessons to be learned while watching it. All though Eliose lives an extraordinary life, and most kids watching will never know the comfort that she knows, there is alot about love to be learned in this story. It is a Christmas Story, But we watch all year round. Its that good! I hope that you enjoy it, I know that my family I do!!
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| Things UnsaidIt may not transcend Parachutes, but this is a very decent sophomore effort. Sure it's mopey; sure it's resigned. That's the whole point. The question then becomes, how well does it achieve its goal to mope you out? Well, as it turns out it's pretty damn effective in that department.
Most of the songs are mid-tempo, with lots of dynamic shifts and volume-tweaking. Coldplay have been criticized as being Radiohead Lite (for one thing) but that isn't really true. Coldplay is a lot more melodic than Radiohead; more conventionally "pretty." While that may sound like proof of the very charge, I think the comparison is made more for the quality and timbre of Chris Martin's voice. The similarity to Thom Yorke's voice is sometimes uncanny.
There are some problems, though. Sequencing "Daylight" immediately after the beautiful, shimmering "Clocks" was a mistake as although they are structurally different they have virtually identical rhythms. Great songs both, particularly the former, but a little close for comfort. Another problem (not a serious one, however) is the pacing of the rest of the album. As I said, most of the songs are mid tempo and some ("Green Eyes," "Warning Sign," "In My Place") even have a quasi-country lilt to them which is nice, but there's a certain sameness that gets to be distracting: instead of just losing yourself in the lushness of it all, you might find yourself critiquing it instead. Like here.
But when it's good, A RUSH is great. "Clocks," "A Whisper" (particularly the coda), "God Put A Smile On Your Face" are all required listening . . . in fact, nothing on this album is anything less than very good. Oddly, however, I find the title track to be the weakest of the bunch, mainly because of its length (nearly six minutes).
So, I keep coming back to this album - - more so than to the debut. I didn't like it much at first. But there's a certain closeness to it - - a certain confessional quality I find compelling. So . . . I guess it transcends PARACHUTES after all.
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