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Guns N' Roses – Dead Horse
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“Dead Horse” is the second to last track on Use Your Illusion I. Based on the expression “beating a dead horse”, the lyrics are about trying to rebuild yourself after a failed
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L.A. Guns – Wanted Dead Or Alive
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It's all the same, only the names will change / Everyday, it seems we're wasting away / Another place, where the faces are so cold / I drive all night, just to get back home / I'm
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Guns N' Roses – Right Next Door to Hell
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Right Next Door To Hell is the first song off 1991’s Use Your Illusion I.
Axl has stated that the lyrics are about his then-neighbor Gabriella Kantor, who accused him of
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Guns N' Roses – Back Off Bitch
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“Back Off Bitch” was written before the band’s 1987 debut album, Appetite for Destruction. The song was also played during Guns N' Roses concerts before the release of Appetite for
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Guns N' Roses (Ft. Shannon Hoon) – Don’t Cry
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“Don’t Cry” is a Guns N' Roses melodic ballad off their 1991 album Use Your Illusion I.
It was one of the first compositions written by Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin while in Los
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Guns N' Roses – November Rain
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This piano ballad grand masterpiece became the signature song and the centerpiece of their simultaneous twin double album releases Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II.
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Guns N' Roses – Dust N’ Bones
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This classic and yet under-appreciated track features Izzy Stradlin on lead vocals, with Axl Rose providing high harmonies in the background. It focuses on the struggles of
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Guns N' Roses (Ft. Alice Cooper) – The Garden
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“The Garden” is the 11th track off 1991’s “Use Your Illusion” and features guest vocals from Alice Cooper and Shannon Hoon.
The lyrics are about drug use and addiction, and the
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Guns N' Roses – Bad Apples
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“Bad Apples” is commonly thought to be about Guns N Roses' temptation of taking drugs (or “Bad Apples” as they are nicknamed in the song) out of boredom and to escape their hectic
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Guns N' Roses – Bad Obsession
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“Bad Obsession” is about tackling drug abuse and addiction, which had haunted the band since before they had become famous written by Izzy Stradlin and West Arkeen. Michael Monroe
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Guns N' Roses – Coma
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Appearing on Use Your Illusion I, the longest Guns N' Roses song (so far) is the 10 minutes, 14 seconds long chorus-less “Coma”. Lyrically, the song is one of their heaviest
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Guns N' Roses – Nightrain (Live In Las Vegas, Thomas & Mack Center - January 25, 1992)
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[Spoken Word] / Vegas! You wanted the best / Well they didn't f**king make it! / So here's what you get! For Hollywood! / Guns N' Roses! / [Train Horn] / [Intro] / Loaded like a
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Guns N' Roses – Live and Let Die
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A cover of Paul McCartney and Wings' song, originally written for the 1973 James Bond film of the same name.
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Guns N' Roses – Double Talkin' Jive
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Izzy Stradlin wrote the song after police found human body parts in a garbage can in the vicinity of their recording studio. It is a wonderful mixture of the energy of Appetite for
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Guns N' Roses – 14 Years (2022 Remaster)
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[Verse 1: Izzy Stradlin] / I try and feel the sunshine, you bring the rain / You try and hold me down with your complaints / You cry and moan and complain, you whine an tear / Up
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Guns N' Roses – Don't Damn Me
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“Don’t Damn Me” is 13th track in the album Use Your Illusion I, released in 1991. Presumably, the track was created as a response to the controversy surrounding Guns N' Roses after
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The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses
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Originally, Keith wrote “Wild Horses” as a simple lullaby for his son, finding it more and more difficult to part from Marlon to go on tour.
The song then took on a different
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Guns N' Roses – You Ain't the First
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“You Ain’t the First” plays more like a boozy acoustic blues than the hard rock or heavy ballads the band was known for. Izzy Stradlin and Axl Rose share double vocal duties, while
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Guns N' Roses – You Could Be Mine (2022 Remaster)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / I'm a cold heartbreaker, fit to burn and I'll rip your heart in two / And I'll leave you lyin' on the bed / I'll be out the door before you wake
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Guns N' Roses (Ft. Shannon Hoon) – Don't Cry [Original] (2022 Remaster)
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[Verse 1] / Talk to me softly, there's something in your eyes / Don't hang your head in sorrow and please don't cry / I know how you feel inside, I've, I've been there before
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Guns N' Roses – Pretty Tied Up (Live In New York, Ritz Theatre - May 16, 1991)
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[Verse 1] / I know this chick, she lives down on Melrose / She ain't satisfied without some pain, ooh / Friday night is going up inside her again / Well, crack the whip, 'cause
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Guns N' Roses – Speak Softly, Love (Love Theme From The Godfather) (Live In Las Vegas, Thomas & Mack Center - January 25, 1992)
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[Instrumental]
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Guns N' Roses – Perfect Crime
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[Intro] / Oh / [Verse 1] / Kickin' back in the shadow / Got no need for the light / Who's sorry now, old-timer? / Look at how you've spent your life / Scrounging for change to put
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Guns N' Roses – Get In The Ring (2022 Remaster)
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[Intro] / Yeah, c'mon / [Verse 1] / Why do you look at me, when you hate me? / Why should I look at you, when you make me hate you too? / I sense a smell of retribution in the air
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Guns N' Roses – November Rain (2022 Ver.)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / When I look into your eyes / I can see a love restrained / But, darlin', when I hold you / Don't you know I feel the same? Yeah / [Chorus] / '
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Guns N' Roses – Garden of Eden
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[Intro] / It's a critical solution, and the east coast got the blues / It's a mass of confusion, like the lies they sell to you / [Verse 1] / You got a glass-jawed toothache of a
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Guns N' Roses – Voodoo Child (Slight Return) / Civil War (Live In New York, Ritz Theatre - May 16, 1991)
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[Guitar Intro] / *Whistling* / [Bridge] / Look at your young men fighting / Look at your women crying / Look at your young men dying / The way they've always done before / Look at
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Guns N' Roses – Only Women Bleed / Knocking On Heaven's Door (Live In New York, Ritz Theatre - May 16, 1991)
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[Intro] / Man lies right at you / He's your life's mistake / All you're really looking for is an even break / [Verse 1] / Mama, take this badge from me / I can't use it anymore
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Guns N' Roses – Civil War (2022 Remaster)
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[Spoken Intro: Strother Martin] / What we've got here is failure to communicate / Some men, you just can't reach / So you get what we had here last week / Which is the way he wants
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Guns N' Roses (Ft. The Waters) – Knockin’ On Heaven's Door (2022 Remaster)
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[Intro: Axl Rose] / Ooh, ooh / Hey / [Verse 1: Axl Rose] / Mama, take this badge from me / I can't use it anymore / It's gettin' dark, too dark to see / Feels like I'm knockin' on
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Guns N' Roses – Welcome To The Jungle (Live In New York, Ritz Theatre - May 16, 1991)
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[Spoken Word : Axl] / We dedicate this to usually to like every big city where in / If it wasn't for LA. And for spending some time starting here in / New York, We wouldn't never
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Kodak Black – Pistolz & Pearlz
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[Intro] / Yeah, like pistols and pearls / Pearls, pearls / (Ear Drummers) / [Verse] / Hmm, I like pistols and pearls / Always knew I wanted to be a thug since a baby / Thanks to
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