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  1. Originally posted by RUMMY:I was simply speaking from my own personal experiences (which I usually) in music stores 15-20 years ago.

    In the ones I visited, there weren't many singles - in any format - so if there was a song I really liked, I had to purchased the entire album. This sometimes turned out to be a good thing (e.g., Radiohead's Pablo Honey) and sometimes a not-so-good thing (e.g., the Batman Forever soundtrack).

    I never regretted buying any of the GNR albums.

    I never had any trouble finding stuff. For exampleI bought most U2 CD-singles at their time of release, starting with three JT in a pack, mid'87. At about the same time I also bought a pre-JT pack, with (5?) CD singles: Fire (EP), NYD (EP) SBS (EP) Pride (EP) & TUF (EP) even though I already had WAIA.

    HMTMKMKM I have, as wel as the EBTTRT remixes CD-single, basically everything up to ca.2002.

    I used to own some G'nR CD singles too, but gave them away since they had no B-sides. I Kept Sympathy for the Devil (Vampire OST), since I don't own an album with that on it. So generally I bought these to keep my collection complete, I prefer full albums on CD. I don't think I regret ever buying any album, even if I don't much play some of those impulse buys..

    Paid downloading makes no sense to me,
    1) I don't want to pay for something I can do for free ("illegal" downloads are legal here in the Netherlands).
    2) I don't want to pay 10eur for a CD worth of tracks, when I can buy the physical CD for 10$, and receive a nice package, booklet etc. In fact I just bought three metal CDs I didn't have yet for 6eur each. U2 was also on discount; perhaps I should've bought R&H for 6eur, makes a great present.
    3) I can hear the difference in quality between a download and an actual CD.
    4) my car plays CDs not mp3s.
  2. Generalizing gain, but I think singles were easier to find in Europe - or in larger cities in North America. I had an easier time finding them when I would go into Toronto for the day and the one time in my life when I went to London.

    As a matter of fact, I once went into the city and found the cassette single for GNR's for "Sympathy for the Devil!"

    And I still have it!
  3. I will contradict myself as I do recall finding (and purchasing, of course) the CD single of "You Could Be Mine." in my (relatively small) hometown back in 1991,

    It's got Arnie (T2) on the cover.
  4. I had that too, but IIRC civil war was the B-side, so I might've given it away.

    Civil War is awesome btw...one of their top5 tracks.

    What's your top5 GnR?
  5. Originally posted by eviltwin:I had that too, but IIRC civil war was the B-side, so I might've given it away.

    Civil War is awesome btw...one of their top5 tracks.

    What's your top5 GnR?

    It's a shame singles have gone by the wayside. The days of getting a couple of good B-sides and maybe a remix or video was always worth it. So that's why I always keep an eye out on eBay and at little op shops / corner stores for singles with B-sides and extra tracks.

    Still remember one of the best singles I ever bought had three unreleased songs and a B-side of Hallelujah; this was as recent as 2007 I think.


    Top five GnR:

    1. Coma
    2. Don't Damn Me
    3. Locomotive
    4. Rocket Queen
    5. Civil War

    Honourable mentions to Estranged, There Was A Time (the last two minutes....especially), Yesterdays and So Fine. It would be incredible to hear Coma being played now - the same setlist after how many years is becoming terribly stale; and adding some covers, a few solos in between and Civil War / Estranged isn't doing it for anyone.
  6. Originally posted by RUMMY:I will contradict myself as I do recall finding (and purchasing, of course) the CD single of "You Could Be Mine." in my (relatively small) hometown back in 1991,

    It's got Arnie (T2) on the cover.

    Mine has "Civil War" as well - I had forgotten about that! It was nice to get it as a b-side because up until that point, I didn't have a digital copy of the song (I didn't buy that Nobody's Child compilation). All I had was some half-baked copy I taped off the radio!
  7. Top five...hmmm tough.

    It hard for me to not include the "big three" from Appetite for Destruction and also "Patience." So... ASIDE FROM THOSE FOUR SONGS:
    1. Mr. Brownstone
    2. Estranged
    3. Dead Horse
    4. Rocket Queen
    5. Don't Cry

    The list would probably be different next week.
  8. Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

    It's a shame singles have gone by the wayside. The days of getting a couple of good B-sides and maybe a remix or video was always worth it. So that's why I always keep an eye out on eBay and at little op shops / corner stores for singles with B-sides and extra tracks.

    Still remember one of the best singles I ever bought had three unreleased songs and a B-side of Hallelujah; this was as recent as 2007 I think.


    Top five GnR:

    1. Coma
    2. Don't Damn Me
    3. Locomotive
    4. Rocket Queen
    5. Civil War

    Honourable mentions to Estranged, There Was A Time (the last two minutes....especially), Yesterdays and So Fine. It would be incredible to hear Coma being played now - the same setlist after how many years is becoming terribly stale; and adding some covers, a few solos in between and Civil War / Estranged isn't doing it for anyone.

    Hard to believe somebody other than me has Coma as their #1 GNR song. My list always changes after #1, but here is a current opinion:

    1 Coma
    2 Civil War
    3 Paradise City
    4 Rocket Queen
    5 Sweet Child O Mine
    6 Welcome To The Jungle
    7 Estranged
    8 Nightrain
    9 Better
    10 This I Love
    11 Sorry
    12 Patience
    13 Locomotive
    14 Mr Brownstone
    15 Don't Cry(Demo version from single)
  9. Coma never really changes for me out of the greatest GnR songs because it's just that - brilliant in every way. There's nothing else in a song that isn't in there. Well, maybe some orchestration and a bit longer but that's just me.

    I forgot all about Patience and Don't Cry; they're in there - both versions of Don't Cry; it actually took me a while to realise the differences between the two, however small they may be. Does anyone else like My World or am I the only one who thinks it's awesome?


    1) I don't want to pay for something I can do for free ("illegal" downloads are legal here in the Netherlands).
    2) I don't want to pay 10eur for a CD worth of tracks, when I can buy the physical CD for 10$, and receive a nice package, booklet etc. In fact I just bought three metal CDs I didn't have yet for 6eur each. U2 was also on discount; perhaps I should've bought R&H for 6eur, makes a great present.


    For me, a download is just that. It's a file, and files shouldn't cost what they do. I know this generation is all about driving us to downloads and over-the-air services, but for me I prefer the old way; unless there is absolutely no other way to get it, and even then I don't think I'd want to pay for a download. I've never seen what a download does for anyone besides convenience.

    On the other hand, I would pay a bit more for a CD if it had the booklet, mixed and mastered well (I'd be even happier with that than anything) as well as those extra tracks put on a second CD - for instance, like Ozzy's last two albums had (you got outtakes, B-sides and live tracks on both Scream and Black Rain - and some of those are better than the core tracks themselves; Jump The Moon, Nightmare and I Can't Save You.

    I love buying CDs, stuff you don't even know for next-to-nothing and then enjoying them - because you have no pre-conceptions on what you've just bought into. Some of those albums I still play; some have become some of my favourite albums in a way I never thought they would.
  10. Here is mine :

    1- Paradise city
    2- You could be mine
    3- Sweet child of mine
    4- Nightrain
    5-Mr Brownstone / Welcome to the jungle
  11. GNR should be going to be at the Bridge School Benefit concert ... Axl has a heart nevertheless hehe

    line-up, aside of uncle Neil of course
    Jack White
    Guns N' Roses
    The Flaming Lips
    Sarah McLachlan
    Foster the People
    Lucinda Williams
    Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers
    k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang
    Gary Clark Jr.
    Ray LaMontagne
  12. I wonder what that benefit show's setlist will be. Will be interesting, indeed.

    ...and then they're on their way to the 12-show 'Appetite For Democracy' Tour. O rly? Ya, rly.





    Non-Guns aside, I'd love to see Jack White, Neil Young and Steve Martin.
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