The opening is representing when Axl Rose first came to Hollywood as a teen - he was Bill Bailey from Indiana and a "hick" (represented by the wheat in his mouth) and then had to survive the jungle.
If I remember correctly from an interview I saw with Axl he said when he first got off the bus in Hollywood a bum saw him and said Welcome to the jungle baby, you gonna die and thats where it all came from.
And then at the end, it shows him with his hair all teased while he's looking at the tv in the store window, looking totally different. You can clearly see how the jungle changed him from the beginning of the song to the end.
Dude. This is a top ten rock album of all time. Listen to every single on this album. And yes the jungle is exactly what you are describing it as. Great catch 👍🏼
As a kid who grew up, loving the 50s through the 80s music… after five years in the Navy and getting into here these guys were the first time I knew rock had a chance of being revived🎉😂❤
i was 5 but my coussin was 16....in Serbia... needless to say she had all the influence and by 9 i was the only kid at school who listed "you could be mine" on full blast xD
Farm boy gets off the bus in the big city. Dark city has everything. He ends up in a straight jacket being forced to see all the city's underbelly has to offer.
Rock bands with three guitars are most successful in the 80s. Axl’s vocals next to Slash’s lead guitar are magic, backed by Duff on bass and Izzy on rhythm. It’s a true rock 80s sound. Then there is Steven on drums. Although his time with GNR was cut short by an acute heroin addiction, I’ve always loved him. He gives life to the heartbeat of the music. The song is about arriving in LA, in the 80s, in a decadent sex, drugs and Rock n’ Roll era. They should know all about it because they lived it.
Their first song... Old man told axl when he got to LA from Indiana... He said welcome to the jungle. You're going to die... So he wrote a song about the encounter... Check out the story. It's on the tube
Growing up in a rural area, I would pull tall grass and chew at the end of it because it was a sweet tasty chew. Not sure why he would be chewing on a dried up one.
Read the lyrics. He's talking about all the evil he saw and heard when he went to chase a basic dream and what you have to do to get to it.. He's actually pissed off, singing it through a song
Welcome to the Jungle Shon, your right it's the energy 👌 "Guns N' Roses" 💪 makes you Rock'n'Roll 😅 Peace✌️ Gary 😊 the 70 year old Hippie 😊 The 80's, what can I say Whow!
axle says when he hitch hiked to LA, they ran up on an old black guy under an underpass, abd the old guy says "welcome to the jungle baby, your gonna die" lol
Rare album where every song is a banger! This production was a game changer because it kept us captive. It was the beginning of the end of glam metal! Then the Seattle sound and great 90s alternative bands were great!! GnR kept rolling thru those murky waters
It's definitely about the singer coming from small town Indiana, arriving in Southern CA. Los Angeles / Hollywood to be exact and the shock effect it had on him. A lot of what you see on the TV inthe video was on the news in Southern CA.
First music video I ever saw. Flipping random channels at a neighbors’ house, while my folks ate dinner. Caught me flat-footed, blew me away. Been a music fan ever since.
This song is about him going to Hollywood,… The Sunset strip in the 80s.!!! Every musician and group alive played the strip. Going to the strip every weekend and Cal jam…. i’ve seen at least 100 groups perform live. (it’s true what they say… it’s all a bit of a blur)
I watch a lot of reaction channels. I always watch yours first. Even if other videos have songs i enjoy more, your commentary and breakdown is top notch.
Check out “Live Tokyo”, “Rocket Queen” “November Rain” “Don't Cry” “ Bad Obsession” and more. GNR were so good live during that time and the concert was awesome.
Your very first interpretation was the correct interpretation. I don't know what he had in his mouth at the beginning, but Cowboys usually have a straw of hay that they chew on or suck on usually to control their smoking habit. Some people do it just because they like the taste of hay.
And that’s only regarding guitar playing ability. He’s obviously very successful, writes catchy melodies, is insanely recognizable, etc. Just as far as technical skill goes there are so many better guitarists.
@@LemmyGibbler To be fair she said "one of" which could mean top 1000 for all we know. He sure as hell is closer to one of the world's best than he is to one of the world's worst.
SHON, Do "Patience" , Next. Acoustic And U Get To Here The Best Known WHISTLING , Segment , In Music History!! Also, The "Innocent Young, Man Getting Off The Bus", Is Representing What A Country/ Rural Innocent Looks/ Acts Like When They Hit The Big City, JUNGLE!! ( THE SLANG TERM "COUNTRY-HAYSEED, WITH A Grass/ Weed Stem , In His Mouth..., For Video Storyline - Effect/ Character Identity... PS.Slash Is On Tour With His Blues- Tribute CD, Doing Well Known Covers , With Diverse Artists, From Demi La foto To Metal Icons, Like. AC👈
My take is he referring to the “concrete jungle” as in big urban cities where there is always crime and immoral activities taking place and it can suck you in and bring you down
I live about 45 min from where Axl Rose grew up. When i was in high school, my drama teacher told us that her friend's son had started a band and "they were going to be big. BIG, big." She said.... ❤
I remember staying up late to see this on Headbangers Ball. It wasn't in daytime rotation on MTV. Too ribald, hah! Ty for reaction sir. This was the first single.
You noted this song talks about over indulgence. So does Hotel California by the Eagles. It talks about the excesses in and around Los Angeles and Hollywood.
I remember seeing this video for the first time on MTV and immediately loved it. Normally the songs that instantly grab me don’t stand the test of time. This one does, and the entire album is excellent. I prefer the heavier side of rock/metal but this album captured the time period perfectly and I still love it. Great reaction!!
Being Riordan to watch voile clips is referencing the movie A Clockwork Orange where a criminal was forced to watch violence while they made him sick as a treatment.
"Appetite for Destruction" the album this song comes off is the best selling debut effort by any artist or group and is 30+ million strong in sells. And that didn't happen by chance, this entire record is amazing, as is the cover art which is a painting by Robert Williams titled of course, Appetite for Destruction. The fact that none of these guys died at the start or in their formative years is an accomplishment all it's own.
GNR was full of drug references. Check out Mr. Brownstone... This was the soundtrack of my Senior year. ( I guess it was my inner rebellious teen) LOL. I am enjoying your reactions. And I have to say the music has me up and dancing!
The opening is representing when Axl Rose first came to Hollywood as a teen - he was Bill Bailey from Indiana and a "hick" (represented by the wheat in his mouth) and then had to survive the jungle.
The “ hayseed”
If I remember correctly from an interview I saw with Axl he said when he first got off the bus in Hollywood a bum saw him and said Welcome to the jungle baby, you gonna die and thats where it all came from.
And then at the end, it shows him with his hair all teased while he's looking at the tv in the store window, looking totally different. You can clearly see how the jungle changed him from the beginning of the song to the end.
Smartest damn reactor out there. Never seen someone pick up on the idea of a song correctly so often after less than one full listen.
***MR. BROWNSTONE*** next. Trust me!
And "night train"
Let's just simplify it: anything from Appetite!
I'm thinking My Michelle 💯🔥
Rocket Queen
agree
Dude. This is a top ten rock album of all time. Listen to every single on this album. And yes the jungle is exactly what you are describing it as. Great catch 👍🏼
I was 16 in 87 when this came out and it was such a different sound! Great memories to an awesome band!!
As a kid who grew up, loving the 50s through the 80s music… after five years in the Navy and getting into here these guys were the first time I knew rock had a chance of being revived🎉😂❤
i was 5 but my coussin was 16....in Serbia... needless to say she had all the influence and by 9 i was the only kid at school who listed "you could be mine" on full blast xD
I was 15 n it was a glorious time😂❤
There is not a bad song on that album. It is full of bangers. My Michelle, Rocket Queen and Nightrain are other standouts!
Listen to the whole Appetite For Destruction!
Sweet Child of Mine ❤
@ConspiracySmurf Love Mr. Brownstone too!
Love love love Night Train
"you can have everything you want, but you better not take it from me" ........ epic
***KNOCKIN ON HEAVENS DOOR*** and ***DON'T CRY*** super huge power ballads
grain stalks are just another thing to chew on...like toothpicks or bubble gum
It's a piece of wheat, hicks in Indiana do that stuff, lol. (I'm in Indiana. I can say that, lol)
Farm boy gets off the bus in the big city. Dark city has everything. He ends up in a straight jacket being forced to see all the city's underbelly has to offer.
Rock bands with three guitars are most successful in the 80s. Axl’s vocals next to Slash’s lead guitar are magic, backed by Duff on bass and Izzy on rhythm. It’s a true rock 80s sound. Then there is Steven on drums. Although his time with GNR was cut short by an acute heroin addiction, I’ve always loved him. He gives life to the heartbeat of the music.
The song is about arriving in LA, in the 80s, in a decadent sex, drugs and Rock n’ Roll era. They should know all about it because they lived it.
Their first song... Old man told axl when he got to LA from Indiana... He said welcome to the jungle. You're going to die... So he wrote a song about the encounter... Check out the story. It's on the tube
Growing up in a rural area, I would pull tall grass and chew at the end of it because it was a sweet tasty chew. Not sure why he would be chewing on a dried up one.
Read the lyrics. He's talking about all the evil he saw and heard when he went to chase a basic dream and what you have to do to get to it.. He's actually pissed off, singing it through a song
My favorite G N' R song!!!
straight-jacket metal = Quiet Riot Metal Health (Bang Your Head) 🤘
Equals Stanley Kubrick's movie A Clockwork Orange.
Hell yes, my 2nd fav gnr song...WHO DEY Baby lol...our theme song for the Cincy Bengals.
Welcome to the Jungle Shon, your right it's the energy 👌 "Guns N' Roses" 💪 makes you Rock'n'Roll 😅 Peace✌️ Gary 😊 the 70 year old Hippie 😊 The 80's, what can I say Whow!
Still gives me chills! So raw!
axle says when he hitch hiked to LA, they ran up on an old black guy under an underpass, abd the old guy says "welcome to the jungle baby, your gonna die" lol
Rare album where every song is a banger! This production was a game changer because it kept us captive. It was the beginning of the end of glam metal! Then the Seattle sound and great 90s alternative bands were great!! GnR kept rolling thru those murky waters
It's definitely about the singer coming from small town Indiana, arriving in Southern CA. Los Angeles / Hollywood to be exact and the shock effect it had on him.
A lot of what you see on the TV inthe video was on the news in Southern CA.
First music video I ever saw. Flipping random channels at a neighbors’ house, while my folks ate dinner. Caught me flat-footed, blew me away. Been a music fan ever since.
This song is about him going to Hollywood,… The Sunset strip in the 80s.!!!
Every musician and group alive played the strip.
Going to the strip every weekend and Cal jam…. i’ve seen at least 100 groups perform live.
(it’s true what they say… it’s all a bit of a blur)
Concrete Jungle is Big City LA and the stuff you go thru making it in the music business, also just making it thru all the craziness
Straight banger
I watch a lot of reaction channels. I always watch yours first. Even if other videos have songs i enjoy more, your commentary and breakdown is top notch.
Check out “Live Tokyo”, “Rocket Queen” “November Rain” “Don't Cry” “ Bad Obsession” and more. GNR were so good live during that time and the concert was awesome.
Your very first interpretation was the correct interpretation. I don't know what he had in his mouth at the beginning, but Cowboys usually have a straw of hay that they chew on or suck on usually to control their smoking habit. Some people do it just because they like the taste of hay.
I think was just to show that was a innocent country boy travelling to the big city to make in the music business and how crazy and dangerous it was.
Slash is one of the world's best guitarists!!!💜💜💜🎶🎼🎵🎸🎸🎸🎸
He really isn’t though. Name something slash did that 100 or more didn’t do before him?
And that’s only regarding guitar playing ability. He’s obviously very successful, writes catchy melodies, is insanely recognizable, etc. Just as far as technical skill goes there are so many better guitarists.
@@LemmyGibblerFans always go a little overboard
@@LemmyGibbler To be fair she said "one of" which could mean top 1000 for all we know. He sure as hell is closer to one of the world's best than he is to one of the world's worst.
@@thorfinsky1427 thank you!! I did say one of the world's best.....that cover countless guitarist.
This is the song that put them on the map. Then everyone went to the concert they opened for motley crue and after that everyone knew guns n roses.
I live in Cincy, when the Bengals come out to this song you can't help but get super pumped up.
My favorite band! 🔥❤️
Another one of my favorites , thanks Shon have a nice Sunday
Let's do it!
Haha you’ve been blessed
Check out GNR's other songs "PATIENCE", "I USED TO LOVE HER", "CIVIL WAR", "YOU COULD BE MINE".
My favorite GnR song. Phenomenal guitar work.
All I can see when I hear this song is the movie Lean on Me. Lol
"Welcome to your fifties, heres your heating pad"
And still Rock harder than the kids today...
“ if you run outta Bengay, you gonna get real mad”
Omg. When this came out it was the pinnacle of cool.
🤘 G'N'F'N'R! = "Guns 'N' F**kin' Roses!" =
How they were introduced in concerts! (& recorded in "G'N'R Live! double CD in '99;)
Sweet child ol' mine, November rain are must reactions!!!💪💪
Excellent interpretation of the lyrics!
I love GNR!! Thanks Shon!
Always loving some G~N~R ❤❤❤
Slash is one of the best guitarist. He is up there with the best.
Small town American kids going to LA to make it big and what happens when they get there.
Old school explains it as The Concrete Jungle.
He’s getting electroshock everytime he sees something toxic . The straw in his mouth symbolizes his being a hick/ hayseed from the farm.
A Reference to Clockwork Orange, surely.
SHON, Do "Patience" , Next. Acoustic And U Get To Here The Best Known WHISTLING , Segment , In Music History!! Also, The "Innocent Young, Man Getting Off The Bus", Is Representing What A Country/ Rural Innocent Looks/ Acts Like When They Hit The Big City, JUNGLE!! ( THE SLANG TERM "COUNTRY-HAYSEED, WITH A Grass/ Weed Stem , In His Mouth..., For Video Storyline - Effect/ Character Identity... PS.Slash Is On Tour With His Blues- Tribute CD, Doing Well Known Covers , With Diverse Artists, From Demi La foto To Metal Icons, Like. AC👈
Badass tune. I knew when I first heard this song I knew they were gonna be famous
Absolute fire
Definitely check out G&R Nightrain. Awesome band.
the whole album Appetite for Destruction is loaded with bangers!!!
I only listen to about 5 albums straight through, and this is one of them.
Oh yeah Shon, they are gonna tear this up!🤘👊
YES !!!!!!
When I'm riding the Harley...this is one of those songs i crank up...but have to watch how much i twist that throttle 🤣 😁
I saw them live in Orlando in 2016., Great show!
My take is he referring to the “concrete jungle” as in big urban cities where there is always crime and immoral activities taking place and it can suck you in and bring you down
First time I ever heard this song and GnR was in the movie The Dead Pool w/ Clint Eastwood.
My absolute favorite song from GNR
Did you know axel played and sang at Lisa Marie Presley funeral
Was about when axl came to LA when he was 17.
It’s a strand of wheat he’s chewing on. It’s good! 😉
It's a stereotype image of a "hayseed" rural kid. Quick visual ID to show who this is (naïve, out-of-place, potential victim).
I live about 45 min from where Axl Rose grew up. When i was in high school, my drama teacher told us that her friend's son had started a band and "they were going to be big. BIG, big." She said.... ❤
That's cool that she believed in them.
I was 16 yrs old when this came out...great time to be alive for music!
Must smoke weed now was 24 when this album was released loved every song
Entertainment industry, is the jungle, i believe
Love GNR, thanks for this
You are fun
✌️🏵️💞
Story goes, as he got off the bus from Indiana, a homeless guy said to him. "Welcome to the jungle, you gonna die".
Tvs mind control.
This was my introduction to hard rock/ metal music. I was 9 years when this came out I've been addicted ever since.
Love the straight jacket…idea taken from a scene from the movie a Clockwork Orange 😂
Crazy Train, Smells like Teen Spirit, Welcome to the Jungle, these songs already in your head stop fighting Rock N Roll
This is the Cincinnati Bengals walkout music. The nickname for Paycor Stadium is The Jungle. That will really fire you up before a football game.
🐅🧡🤚
I’m pulling up for this one Shon! This song is epic! ❤
Thanks for the review
This is my fave from G&R - THE perfect rock song. And yes, the main draw for me is the incredible energy of it.
I remember staying up late to see this on Headbangers Ball. It wasn't in daytime rotation on MTV. Too ribald, hah! Ty for reaction sir.
This was the first single.
You noted this song talks about over indulgence. So does Hotel California by the Eagles. It talks about the excesses in and around Los Angeles and Hollywood.
Love G&R Great Reaction ❤
My favorite song of theirs.
I remember seeing this video for the first time on MTV and immediately loved it. Normally the songs that instantly grab me don’t stand the test of time. This one does, and the entire album is excellent. I prefer the heavier side of rock/metal but this album captured the time period perfectly and I still love it. Great reaction!!
Great reaction, love Guns N Roses! I would love to hear your reaction to Arch Enemy-Handshake with Hell, it's a banger!
The line was:"you can everything you want, but you better not take it from me"
"I feel like they gave him a whole section just to moan" hahahahahahahaha made my day, Shon!!!
checkin in...
Being Riordan to watch voile clips is referencing the movie A Clockwork Orange where a criminal was forced to watch violence while they made him sick as a treatment.
Awesome reaction 💯
"Appetite for Destruction" the album this song comes off is the best selling debut effort by any artist or group and is 30+ million strong in sells. And that didn't happen by chance, this entire record is amazing, as is the cover art which is a painting by Robert Williams titled of course, Appetite for Destruction. The fact that none of these guys died at the start or in their formative years is an accomplishment all it's own.
The straight jacket scenes make me think of a clockwork orange
Guns and Roses Estranged is a great song
🐅Cincinnati Bangles
Welcome to the Jungle
Theme Song🧡Shon🔥
GNR was full of drug references. Check out Mr. Brownstone... This was the soundtrack of my Senior year. ( I guess it was my inner rebellious teen) LOL. I am enjoying your reactions. And I have to say the music has me up and dancing!
When you said “quite a lot of moaning” you had me lmao😅
“Oh my God?!”… lol..
Most people also miss that it is Slash playing the drunk/wino under the TV sets in the window....
Getting up there on the subs brother! Keep pushin!!
"Sweet Child of mine", "Civil War" are great by them. . .