Genius Meanings
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Guns N' Roses – One in a Million
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Released as the final track on 1988’s GN'R Lies, “One In A Million” would prove to be one of Guns N' Roses' most controversial songs.
The song is said to be semi-autobiographical
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Guns N' Roses – Nice Boys
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This song was wrote for Rose Tattoo band. Rose Tattoo are a punk rock band, and Guns N' Roses (mainly Duff McKagan) was influenced by punk rock. And, this is a tribute to this
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Guns N' Roses – Patience
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One of the Guns N' Roses' most famous and beautiful songs. This song was the main single of their second album G N' R Lies.
Played with only three guitars, it remains one of rock’
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Guns N' Roses – Used to Love Her
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A humorous murder ballad, Izzy wrote it after he heard a song on the radio about a guy who’s girlfriend bothered him. It is actually about Axl’s dog, originally recorded in an
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Guns N' Roses – Paradise City
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A Guns N' Roses masterpiece, usually the last song in every setlist, “Paradise City” was the sixth track for debut studio album Appetite for Destruction, and upon its single
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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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Guns N' Roses – Rocket Queen
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The song was named after Barbi Von Grief, a girl Axl was infatuated during GNR’s club days. As stated in Slash’s autobiography, Barbi “Rocket Queen” Von Greif was only 18-years old
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Guns N' Roses – Pretty Tied Up (The Perils of Rock N' Roll Decadence)
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Opening with the sounds of a coral sitar played by Izzy Stradlin, “Pretty Tied Up” highlights the excess of the Rock N' Roll lifestyle.
During an interview in 1992, Stradlin
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JPEGMAFIA – Police & Niggaz Interlude
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“Police & Niggaz Interlude” serves as a prelude into the next track, “Police & Niggaz”.
The vocals are a sample of a 1989 live performance of “One in a Million” by Guns N' Roses.
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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 – Reckless Life
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This is a historical song for Guns N' Roses. They wrote it in 1983/1984, before even forming the band. Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin wrote this song back when the band was still
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Guns N' Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
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“Sweet Child O’ Mine” is the 9th track of Guns N’ Roses’ debut album Appetite for Destruction. The song became GNR’s most successful single, topping the Billboard Hot 100.
The
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Guns N' Roses – Civil War
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Before its release as the opening track on the Guns N' Roses album Use Your Illusion II in 1991, “Civil War” first appeared on the 1990 charity compilation Nobody’s Child: Romanian
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Guns N' Roses – Move to the City
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This song was written by Guns N' Roses members, Del James and Chris Weber. Like other songs of GN'R Lies, this song was in Live Like a Suicide too.
It’s possible this song was
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Inner Wave – One in a Million
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[Verse 1] / I could go away give you space and / I could be a friend and if needed / Let you know the plan how convenient / I would see it through, through and through / The sun is
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Aaliyah – One In A Million
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The title track in Aaliyah’s second studio album, “One in a Million” was considered an atypical R&B song at the time due to its almost drum-n-bass style beats. It was one of the
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Guns N' Roses – Pretty Tied Up (Live)
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The pearls of rock 'n' roll decadence / I know this chick, she lives down on Melrose / She ain't satisfied without some pain / Friday night is goin' up inside her again / Crack the
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Green Day – 21 Guns
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“21 Guns”, the second single off 21st Century Breakdown, is a power ballad that questions war and shows a narrator looking for peace. When taken on its own out of the 21st Century
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Guns N' Roses – Mama Kin
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Cover of an Aerosmith song, originally featured on GNR’s EP Live Like a Suicide.
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Guns N' Roses (Ft. Tommy Stinson) – Going Down
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‘Going Down’ is an unreleased Guns N' Roses song featuring bassist Tommy Stinson on lead vocals, with Axl Rose singing backup. It has yet to be officially released, but a demo was
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