Poll: Use Your Illusion I or II?

aaharvel
aaharvel Posts: 4,489
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
II's got my vote- but both are great.

Estranged on II is my favorite cut- it's much like November Rain on I
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited February 2006
    No GNR fans here? I'm shocked. :eek:
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited February 2006
    number 1 for me. If I remember correctly. It's been a few years since I've dusted those off...
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2006
    The only song I really remember off of Use Your Illusion was November Rain.

    Honestly, I'd listen to both on acontinuous loop over that new single they put out. God awful
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited February 2006
    I voted II.

    I like their cover of "Knockin of Heaven's Door."


    John
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2006
    Both are great. 1 gets my vote in a close race.
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  • *Seby*-Polk-
    *Seby*-Polk- Posts: 375
    edited February 2006
    For me...Illusion 1 is better. (I own both anyway :P)

    Classics like don't cry or november rain are fabulous. AXL COME BACK !!!!
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  • Burnzy
    Burnzy Posts: 250
    edited February 2006
    Voted for 1 also but both are good...

    Actually have 1 on my mp3 player.
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  • thehaens@cox.net
    thehaens@cox.net Posts: 1,012
    edited February 2006
    G N' R fan here, keep on looking around the corner....I have a feeling that AXL is finally going to be releasing Chinese Democracy V. 10.2, this album has gone through so many revisions, I wonder what is left on it from when it was first recorded (97?)
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,221
    edited February 2006
    AXL's time has come and gone......he's a has been. The best, and I use that word lightly, was Appetite For Destruction. G-N-R had it's day, perhaps it's week, but they flamed out and their legacy will be there, but for me they are way... way down the list.

    H9
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited February 2006
    heiney9 wrote:
    AXL's time has come and gone......he's a has been. The best, and I use that word lightly, was Appetite For Destruction. G-N-R had it's day, perhaps it's week, but they flamed out and their legacy will be there, but for me they are way... way down the list.

    H9

    in retrospect, I agree. But i can't help but think that November Rain, Don't Cry and especially 'eEstranged' (the original intended video trilogy) are some of the best examples of power ballads i've ever heard.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,221
    edited February 2006
    aaharvel wrote:
    in retrospect, I agree. But i can't help but think that November Rain, Don't Cry and especially 'eEstranged' (the original intended video trilogy) are some of the best examples of power ballads i've ever heard.

    I always enjoy listening to some songs by G-N-R, but they were never in my heavy rotation. Mostly just get an urge to dig some out now and then, mostly then however. Lots and Lots of great power ballads out there, so in the grand scheme, the songs you mentioned get lost with many other very good ballads. Just recently pulled out Home Sweet Home by Motley Crue. Not a huge Crue fan but still enjoy them once in awhile.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited February 2006
    home sweet home was another good one.
    basically i'm just re-living my days from jr. high.

    back then it was guns n'roses, motley crue, def leppard, and great white. Metallical never did much for me.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,221
    edited February 2006
    aaharvel wrote:
    home sweet home was another good one.
    basically i'm just re-living my days from jr. high.

    back then it was guns n'roses, motley crue, def leppard, and great white. Metallical never did much for me.

    All the bands with the exception of Great White I used to listen too, for me it was high school. For me their very first albums were their best. Of course this doesn't include all the classic rock bands I listened to, just speaking of these 4 bands.

    G-N-R- Appetite for Destruction
    Motley- Too fast For Love & (Hon. Men.) Shout At The Devil
    Def Leppard- On Thru The Night
    Metallica- Kill Em All & Ride The Lightening

    Those are the ones worth listening too again, IMO ;)

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • whitetruk
    whitetruk Posts: 308
    edited February 2006
    aaharvel wrote:
    II's got my vote- but both are great.

    Estranged on II is my favorite cut- it's much like November Rain on I


    could not say it better myself
    I thought it was fairly amusing also. The Polk Ogre doesn't always get 'it'
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