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From the perspective of evolutionary psychology, proactive violence is a hallmark of our species. What's amazing from that same perspective is how we have downregulated reactive violence to such a staggering degree; only a tiny fraction of humans are as reactively violent as chimps or bonobos, and those are driven from society. To your point though, war is a feature of humans and always will be, so long as we are recognizably human.
My daughter took her daughter to a G&R concert a few weeks ago my daughter grew up listening to them. My daughter is 44 and my granddaughter is 16.... If I was in good health I would have went .. I'm 75 !!...
Not least of which is purely due to those low end notes and that precise tone Axl is getting on like "and I don't wanna hear no more." Does something to the spine!
The part where he said D'you wear a black armband when they shot the man who said "peace could last forever" That was Dr. Matin Luther King he was referring to
@@naseemakram9807 I knew about Axl touring with AC/DC for a time: As for on the UYI tour, which concert and are they on youtube? They didn’t cover it at the concert I went to.
It's cool because the song isn't even really directly about war or peace, it's about the people in power pulling the wool over our eyes. The war that the powerful enact upon civilization.
Axl is a great singer, an amazing frontman, and a brilliant mind. This double album shows that. It really is underrated in my opinion. And Slash is a God on guitar! You should deep dive more from this album
@nicholasthomas3635 I don't honestly think GN'R would have ever dropped off, they just did themselves in. GN'R was bigger than that whole movement ever was, the last massive band
Yeah It's like the songs are diverse lol So different to each other, yet so.ehow work as a collective still I love Nirvana never mind... but every song sounds like it's from that album lol It's rare a band can do that and still seem like the same band imo
@@nicholasthomas3635you need to check that out because at that time gnr was one of the few hard rock bands that survived the grunge movement, they were still selling out stadiums
Illusion is more uneven, but takes more chances. You take the 10 best songs of both Illusion CDs and you've got just as good an album as Appetite, one of the greatest rock albums ever.
As a GNR fan since 1987 I really appreciate this particular reaction. This is one of my favorite songs from the Use Your Illusions double album set. You should do Estranged next.
This was actually released before the Use Your Illusion set by a year or more. It was on an album called Romainian angel appeal. It was a charity album for orphans of the Romanian Civil War
@@Kid-8888 estranged, breakdown, double talkin' jive, don't damn me, you could be mine, and locomotive are my favorites from the use your illusion albums. use your illusion II is easily my favorite guns n roses album. every song except my world is at least a 4 out of 5.
One of their best songs lyrically and musically. I heard this first when a teenager and the lyrics struck me right away and made me think a lot about the world and my relation to it. A worthy exercise for any man or woman.
My local radio station released both albums a week early. I stayed up and recorded them on to cassette tapes. Definitely some nostalgia going on here for me! Great reaction to some of his best lyrics!
One of their very best songs, and the one that convinced me - all those years ago - that the Gunners were something special. Superb song throughout, but the decision to add the piano in the coda was a truly inspired choice. Also, hearing the line 'when everybody's fighting in the promised land' - at this point in history - just gave me chills.
The next song on that album is 14 years, which axl doesn't sing and is one of my favorites. All these years later i still automatically start hearing the next track
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 the hate we're breeding Look at the fear we're feeding Look at the lives we're leading The way we've always done before My hands are tied The billions shift from side to side And the wars go on with brainwashed pride For the love of God and our human rights And all these things are swept aside By bloody hands time can't deny And are washed away by your genocide And history hides the lies of our civil wars D'you wear a black armband When they shot the man Who said "peace could last forever" And in my first memories They shot Kennedy I went numb when I learned to see So I never fell for Vietnam We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all That you can't trust freedom When it's not in your hands When everybody's fightin' For their promised land And I don't need your civil war It feeds the rich while it buries the poor Your power hungry sellin' soldiers In a human grocery store Ain't that fresh I don't need your civil war Ow, oh no, no, no, no, no Look at the shoes you're filling Look at the blood we're spilling Look at the world we're killing The way we've always done before Look in the doubt we've wallowed Look at the leaders we've followed Look at the lies we've swallowed And I don't want to hear no more My hands are tied For all I've seen has changed my mind But still the wars go on as the years go by With no love of God or human rights 'Cause all these dreams are swept aside By bloody hands of the hypnotized Who carry the cross of homicide And history bears the scars of our civil wars I don't need your civil war It feeds the rich while it buries the poor Your power hungry sellin' soldiers In a human grocery store Ain't that fresh I don't need your civil war No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no I don't need your civil war I don't need your civil war Your power hungry sellin' soldiers In a human grocery store Ain't that fresh I don't need your civil war No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no uh-oh-uh, no uh-oh, uh no I don't need one more war I don't need one more war No, no, no, no uh-oh-uh, no uh-oh, uh no Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway?
That intro (from a great movie, Cool Hand Luke) always gets me. The late Strother Martin. Such an amazing actor. Saw them on the Use Your Illusion tour. Fucking phenomenal. With Soundgarden opening. What a night
I just saw GN'R live at Fenway Park a couple months ago for the 3rd time, and holy smoke do they put on a great show. Even though he's older, Axl puts out so much energy during the show, you can see him giving everything he has. He's my favorite frontman of all time, watching them perform in 1987-1993 was mindblowing, you just never knew what would happen next. Could be a great encore, could be a riot, who knows?! I'm thrilled to see most of the band back together and touring all over the world, seems like a whole new generation of fans have come to appreciate GN'R. Their music is timeless. People will still be rocking out to Paradise City and singing along to Sweet Child of Mine 20, 40, 75 years from now.
@@jasonf3128 Yeah it was.. and Axl was pretty cool about it, joking that the rain would wash away our sins, lol. I had a blast. Looking forward to seeing Smashing Pumpkins & Green Day there next Summer 🤘
You know what you said at the end of this video is exactly what I was thinking in my head when I came across this reaction. The song is freakishly, relevant even to this day. And it was written right at the beginning of the information age where all the trees began emerging about the history and that’s when we learned that we were only getting one side of the story. And what is absolutely disturbingly prophetic is it predicted turbulent times ahead. I had only ever heard this song one other time and I remember when I came across it I was getting ready for college one day, and I was sitting on the couch and watching the rock channel because I liked to listen to music in the mornings after breakfast, and they literally played rock from every era. And since then, it is probably my favorite song by Guns N’ Roses.
Great Review Good Insights too I remember getting Illusion 1 & 2 for christmas in '91. This song immediately resonated with me and still does today. I've always appreciated their choice of the word They in the lyric "my first memories, They shot kennedy" This one word adds so much to the song
I was fortunate enough to see GnR on their first, Appetite for Destruction tour. They became significant so quickly that their first album tour was only performed when they were an opening band. I saw it when they opened for Aerosmith at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Colombia, Md.
@@chrisalloway4189 Same here. Plus, at Merriweather one of the twins had a little too much pre-concert fun, so while they were being treated, GnR had to improvise by staying on stage longer. They didn’t really have that much material. I remember Slash doing a long solo. It was an incredible show. Of all the bands I’ve seen as opening acts, they’re up near the top. As an opener, I’ve also seen Scorpions, Blackfoot, Def Leppard, Duran Duran, Metallica (11 times, never saw them headline), 21 Pilots, Panic at the Disco, and tons of others over the years. I could also mention Beastie Boys; however myself, along with most of the audience, hated them, so I made a bathroom Run and They were booed off of the stage early. They never should’ve opened for Anthrax. It was not a receptive crowd. I’ve seen Aerosmith at least once in every decade since the 70s.
great reaction Polo. This song definitely activates your brain. One of the lines that stood out to me "I went numb when I learned to see (4:21)." This is most of us as a civilization IMHO as we choose to look through a blind eye and ignore the eye that holds accountability and truth. Amazing how a single choice can have such an impact, even if the choice is to do nothing. Loved to hear your thoughts as always. Stay Blessed!!
Young Man, I have NEVER given a comment to a reaction video, such as the one I am about to give You. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Your comments are insightful and are spoken with thought behind them. Your interruptions of the video, were perfect. Not too many, yet also brief enough that the beat and rhythm of the song are still prominent in the head and are easily rejoined. Your smooth even toned voice is also a plus. Keep up the good work.
This song is from the ‘Use Your Illusion 1 & 2’ double set which, imo, is their best work as it really shows their range and versatility. The opening line is from the movie ‘Cool Hand Luke’, a Hollywood classic. FYI, you probably have been told this a bunch of times by now but ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’ is AC/DC. But you are correct, GnR’s lead singer is Axl Rose so we’ll call it a wash👍
I believe this to be one of GnR best songs ever. So much meaning and such a different vibe from their other songs. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it and it just gets better every time I hear it.
The opening speech is from the movie cool hand luke, the warden of a chain gang is talking about like who has tried to escape twice and they really punish him for it
Guns N’ Roses is by far my favorite all-time band. To me this really is their best song. My personal favorite song is rocket queen but as far as a masterpiece, the song is just perfect.
Well started the morning off right with a Polo Reaction...NICE WORK MAN! G&R always reinvents itself with their albums. The length of their tracks allows for as you said. "battle songs"
I was barely 13 when this song was released. I am 46 as of today (June 15, 2024) Somehow as a young person, hot of the heels of the entire Rhythm Nation 1814 album, songs like this, Power of Equality, Free Your Mind, that we were moving forward. We were making changes and standing together. We were not going to go backwards. Forward and forward. It has been a while since I listen to GNR. Kind of mad at them for the lacking album releases. But it made me real sad to hear this again. Listening to it kind of made me realize that all that movement and effort back then didn't really change anything. We are on the edge of darkness all over again. Unlike that 13 year old me full of energy and desire to make it right....I am hella older, and just tired. I only hope I am wrong. I hope all of back then has not been lost. I do not want to think it was a wasted effort.
The first time I heard this song was on the “Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal” album. It was out of year before the “Use Your Illusion” albums were released. It is one of my favorite GnR songs.
Can you imagine being so aware 25 years ago ? Consider people in that time period likely didn't even much notice the message !!!?! Musicians must often carry a burden!! Has taken 20+ years to even become appreciated !!
I remember getting out of class during my first semester in college to go down the road to Raccoon Records in Lafayette, Louisiana in September 1991 to go buy these two albumns! Guns N' Roses at their absolute peak! The beginning of the song was a sample of a speech by Strother Martin from the 1967 movie "Cool Hand Luke" that starred Paul Newman. Other songs of note from these two albums: November Rain, You Could Be Mine (theme song for the movie "Terminator 2"), Don't Cry, Live & Let Die (cover of the Wings/Paul McCartney song used as the theme song for the 1973 James Bond movie of the same name) & Knocking On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan cover).
So glad Steven Adler is on drums on this track. I guess that makes it the last recorded track with all the original members. The rest of the album was drummer Matt Sorum from the band The Cult. Adler should be so glad this was the song he was on before Axl ditched him
Great reaction to a Fantastic Tune off a Fantastic Double album, from one of the Greatest Rock bands of all time! Their first 4 albums Lies, Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion 1, & 2, were their Best and we're PACKED FULL of HITS/FANTASTIC Songs! With hindsight and history they ACTUALLY get more poignant as Albums and they were fantastic in their day! Cheers from London 👍🎸😎🏴🇬🇧
The beginning of the song where the man is speaking comes from the classic film, “Cool Hand Luke”, starring the late, great Paul Newman. If you’ve never seen it, you should definitely check it out.
So you should know that this track is the only song from the Ilusion albums that had their original drummer, Steven Adler on it. His replacement, Matt Sorum was a legend in his own right but since you commented on the drumming, that is indeed Steven Adler who drummed on tracks like Sweet Child of Mine, Paradise City and Welcome to the Jungle.
I remember pre-paying for this album when it was about to be released. Still have it (on cassette tape!) and am still friends with the man that owned our local record store back in the 80's. We both share a love for Moto Guzzi's. This is the best song on the album for me. I love the guitar tone.
Great reaction Polo!! I've loved this song since first release back in 1991! This song was the opening track on Use Your Illusion II - and WHAT an opener! Long been in my top 5 GnR songs...It's probably their most socially conscious song, lyrically - and I appreciate that they had something to say - and VERY effectively said it! Axl's final words 'What's so civil about war anyway?' will forever ring true!! Other 'musts' from this album: Estranged, You Could Be Mine, Don't Cry...for starters. Cheers!
Thanks to my big sister I have become a huge guns n' roses fan when I was only 6 years old I'm 40 now and civil war was the first song that resonated and touched me at that age I don't know why but something about it I knew every single word and lyrics to that song at 6 years old and still do today. Fun fact the quote at the beginning of the movie is the captains speech to his men from a 1960s movie called Cool hand Luke
For those who don't know The opening words were of the BOSSMAN from the movie COOL HAND LUKE with Paul newman . One powerful and relevant song especially nowadays. It's almost as if GNR foresaw what was to come for us all in AMERICA even back then
It was the Captain of the guards giving the speech. Cool Hand Luke had escaped and was captured and beaten, and tossed out of the car. What we have here is a failure to communicate. I told you there's no escape and I set the rules but you didn't listen. Some men (Luke) you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week. (escape /disobedience) Which is the way he wants it. Well he gets (taught a lesson about the price) I don't like it anymore than you men. (having to beat prisoners, chasing them.) Hurts more than it hurts you... Rules and discipline. I don't like it (beating a prisoner) anymore than you men.
instant respect for you my freind for a simple thing you at the point put the volume up on the lyrics. Im 45 and g&r have been my go to band for thinking. Thank you. check out patience. But yet again thank you.
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a deep cut from the Guns n Roses Use Your Illusion albums you may like is a track called Don't Damn Me
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The opening dialog is from the film Cool Hand Luke.
You sent me an email wanting to talk. Please send again. Times were tough back then. Hope you remember doing that. Excellent video as usual
@@brothadarrell8315 Wasn't me it was spam. Be careful of spam in the comments
30 years old and this song still reflects how people treat each other. Sadly it will probably still be relevant 100 years from now.
If we haven't killed each other off by then
From the perspective of evolutionary psychology, proactive violence is a hallmark of our species. What's amazing from that same perspective is how we have downregulated reactive violence to such a staggering degree; only a tiny fraction of humans are as reactively violent as chimps or bonobos, and those are driven from society. To your point though, war is a feature of humans and always will be, so long as we are recognizably human.
it's statement was relevant 2000 years ago and will be relevant 2000 years into the future. humans are human, we can't help ourselves.
67 and you’re right…at least as long as I have been alive…
It's definitely in the air tonight.
These lyrics will always be true. "It feeds the rich whilst it buries the poor"
"Selling soldiers in a human grocery store....aint that fresh." Genius.
“Can’t trust freedom when it’s not in your hands”
This and Estranged are masterpieces of lyricism, to say nothing of the music itself.
I would also have to add Coma to that list.
And all of those song were written by axl... a genius lyricst
Estranged is my favorite GNR
Estranged is my personal fav as well.
Axl's really underrated as a lyricist. The UYI albums have some beautiful songs on them.
My daughter took her daughter to a G&R concert a few weeks ago my daughter grew up listening to them. My daughter is 44 and my granddaughter is 16.... If I was in good health I would have went .. I'm 75 !!...
Took my daughter to see them in KC last month
My 5th show
Her first
Salute my friend. Be proud
All these years later and I still get the chills. One of their best.
Not least of which is purely due to those low end notes and that precise tone Axl is getting on like "and I don't wanna hear no more." Does something to the spine!
same here, chills all over, such a good song
This was my favorite song off this album when it came out. This album was chalked full of Hits. Peak GNR for sure.
The part where he said D'you wear a black armband when they shot the man who said "peace could last forever" That was Dr. Matin Luther King he was referring to
Brilliant song with such a powerful message. Whole Lotta Rosie was an AC/DC song, though. Good reaction regardless.
That was what I was thinking. Memory isn't what it used to be.
GnR covered it during their UYI tour. Also, Axl sang with AC/DC for a while too while Brian was recovering.
@@naseemakram9807 I knew about Axl touring with AC/DC for a time: As for on the UYI tour, which concert and are they on youtube? They didn’t cover it at the concert I went to.
AC/DC sang whole lotta Rosie not GNR
You should react to November, rain
Axl’s voice does something almost unexplainable, sounds like 2 people singing when he hits those crazy notes. In his prime best front man to do it.
Yeah I was blown away first time hearing this one. If you havn't watched the Paris 92 live version is absolutely incredible
WHAT'S SO CIVIL ABOUT WAR ANYWAY? One of the best lines in rock history!
It's cool because the song isn't even really directly about war or peace, it's about the people in power pulling the wool over our eyes. The war that the powerful enact upon civilization.
Axl is a great singer, an amazing frontman, and a brilliant mind. This double album shows that. It really is underrated in my opinion. And Slash is a God on guitar! You should deep dive more from this album
The 'industry' was pushing the Grunge movement so it phased out hard rock & hair bands.
@nicholasthomas3635 I don't honestly think GN'R would have ever dropped off, they just did themselves in. GN'R was bigger than that whole movement ever was, the last massive band
Yeah
It's like the songs are diverse lol
So different to each other, yet so.ehow work as a collective still
I love Nirvana never mind... but every song sounds like it's from that album lol
It's rare a band can do that and still seem like the same band imo
@@nicholasthomas3635you need to check that out because at that time gnr was one of the few hard rock bands that survived the grunge movement, they were still selling out stadiums
Illusion is more uneven, but takes more chances. You take the 10 best songs of both Illusion CDs and you've got just as good an album as Appetite, one of the greatest rock albums ever.
This song is more relevant now then when this album came out.
Uhh, no.
@@beakyturf6336 Uhhh, yes.
The most well written GnR song of all time. Spot on lyrics
Duff is an awesome bass player too💯🔥🎸
As a GNR fan since 1987 I really appreciate this particular reaction. This is one of my favorite songs from the Use Your Illusions double album set. You should do Estranged next.
Ahh, yes, Estranged for sure!
It is my own personal favorite off the 2 albums. It is such a roller coaster of a masterpiece and well worth the ride!
This was actually released before the Use Your Illusion set by a year or more. It was on an album called Romainian angel appeal. It was a charity album for orphans of the Romanian Civil War
Everyone focuses on AFD, which obviously is an iconic album but there's so many good ones on Use Your Illusion
@@Kid-8888 estranged, breakdown, double talkin' jive, don't damn me, you could be mine, and locomotive are my favorites from the use your illusion albums. use your illusion II is easily my favorite guns n roses album. every song except my world is at least a 4 out of 5.
And November Rain
Chills every time I hear this song. Thirty years later and nothing much has changed, to our collective shame
One of their best songs lyrically and musically. I heard this first when a teenager and the lyrics struck me right away and made me think a lot about the world and my relation to it. A worthy exercise for any man or woman.
This AND appetite for destruction
This is foundational to the wiring of my brain. ❤
"ESTRANGED"...Is so to my heart.
Estranged win by good video clip
Decades later this still slaps
Both Use Your Illusion albums are absolute FIRE 🔥
Truth! I remember buying the CDs.
@@ladylisaromance8129 my high school years I burned both up! Lol great stuff 👌
My local radio station released both albums a week early. I stayed up and recorded them on to cassette tapes. Definitely some nostalgia going on here for me! Great reaction to some of his best lyrics!
Absolutely! so many great tracks, these albums are masterpieces! The only turd is My World, what was Axl thinking?
Only really II plus November Rain from I, most of the rest of part I is filler.
I wish this song wasnt still so apt a depiction of our society.
Thank you Polo for taking the time out of your day to do a reaction to this song! So very much respect, sir! Keep up the great work, man!
One of their very best songs, and the one that convinced me - all those years ago - that the Gunners were something special. Superb song throughout, but the decision to add the piano in the coda was a truly inspired choice.
Also, hearing the line 'when everybody's fighting in the promised land' - at this point in history - just gave me chills.
"When everybody's fightin' for their promised land"
back in 1991/92,
GnR/Metallica/Nirvana ruled the world, you can't imagine how big they were
At the start they played an audio clip from the Paul Newman movie "Cool Hand Luke". Interesting. Thanks!
Heard this in the mid 90s as a young teenager. Hit a chord then, and hits even harder now.
The next song on that album is 14 years, which axl doesn't sing and is one of my favorites. All these years later i still automatically start hearing the next track
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 the hate we're breeding
Look at the fear we're feeding
Look at the lives we're leading
The way we've always done before
My hands are tied
The billions shift from side to side
And the wars go on with brainwashed pride
For the love of God and our human rights
And all these things are swept aside
By bloody hands time can't deny
And are washed away by your genocide
And history hides the lies of our civil wars
D'you wear a black armband
When they shot the man
Who said "peace could last forever"
And in my first memories
They shot Kennedy
I went numb when I learned to see
So I never fell for Vietnam
We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
That you can't trust freedom
When it's not in your hands
When everybody's fightin'
For their promised land
And
I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war
Ow, oh no, no, no, no, no
Look at the shoes you're filling
Look at the blood we're spilling
Look at the world we're killing
The way we've always done before
Look in the doubt we've wallowed
Look at the leaders we've followed
Look at the lies we've swallowed
And I don't want to hear no more
My hands are tied
For all I've seen has changed my mind
But still the wars go on as the years go by
With no love of God or human rights
'Cause all these dreams are swept aside
By bloody hands of the hypnotized
Who carry the cross of homicide
And history bears the scars of our civil wars
I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
I don't need your civil war
I don't need your civil war
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no uh-oh-uh, no uh-oh, uh no
I don't need one more war
I don't need one more war
No, no, no, no uh-oh-uh, no uh-oh, uh no
Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway?
Nice! 👊
Thank you
That intro (from a great movie, Cool Hand Luke) always gets me. The late Strother Martin. Such an amazing actor. Saw them on the Use Your Illusion tour. Fucking phenomenal. With Soundgarden opening. What a night
I love that you're checking this out. This was the album for a lot of middle aged dudes.
I just saw GN'R live at Fenway Park a couple months ago for the 3rd time, and holy smoke do they put on a great show. Even though he's older, Axl puts out so much energy during the show, you can see him giving everything he has. He's my favorite frontman of all time, watching them perform in 1987-1993 was mindblowing, you just never knew what would happen next. Could be a great encore, could be a riot, who knows?! I'm thrilled to see most of the band back together and touring all over the world, seems like a whole new generation of fans have come to appreciate GN'R. Their music is timeless. People will still be rocking out to Paradise City and singing along to Sweet Child of Mine 20, 40, 75 years from now.
The rain was insane that night.
@@jasonf3128 Yeah it was.. and Axl was pretty cool about it, joking that the rain would wash away our sins, lol. I had a blast. Looking forward to seeing Smashing Pumpkins & Green Day there next Summer 🤘
You know what you said at the end of this video is exactly what I was thinking in my head when I came across this reaction. The song is freakishly, relevant even to this day. And it was written right at the beginning of the information age where all the trees began emerging about the history and that’s when we learned that we were only getting one side of the story. And what is absolutely disturbingly prophetic is it predicted turbulent times ahead. I had only ever heard this song one other time and I remember when I came across it I was getting ready for college one day, and I was sitting on the couch and watching the rock channel because I liked to listen to music in the mornings after breakfast, and they literally played rock from every era. And since then, it is probably my favorite song by Guns N’ Roses.
Yes....God bless Israel! He Will
Great Review Good Insights too
I remember getting Illusion 1 & 2 for christmas in '91. This song immediately resonated with me and still does today. I've always appreciated their choice of the word They in the lyric "my first memories, They shot kennedy" This one word adds so much to the song
This song is more relatable today than when it came out
Truth
I was fortunate enough to see GnR on their first, Appetite for Destruction tour. They became significant so quickly that their first album tour was only performed when they were an opening band. I saw it when they opened for Aerosmith at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Colombia, Md.
Me to..when I saw them on appetite tour they actually opened for Aerosmith... the toxic twins tour..
@@chrisalloway4189 Same here. Plus, at Merriweather one of the twins had a little too much pre-concert fun, so while they were being treated, GnR had to improvise by staying on stage longer. They didn’t really have that much material. I remember Slash doing a long solo. It was an incredible show. Of all the bands I’ve seen as opening acts, they’re up near the top.
As an opener, I’ve also seen Scorpions, Blackfoot, Def Leppard, Duran Duran, Metallica (11 times, never saw them headline), 21 Pilots, Panic at the Disco, and tons of others over the years. I could also mention Beastie Boys; however myself, along with most of the audience, hated them, so I made a bathroom Run and They were booed off of the stage early. They never should’ve opened for Anthrax. It was not a receptive crowd.
I’ve seen Aerosmith at least once in every decade since the 70s.
When I got that use your illusion in my hands I couldn’t stop listening for days and days and days. Nice time that was.
I love this reaction. I agree, we don't need war, we need communication. Ty Polo!
great reaction Polo. This song definitely activates your brain. One of the lines that stood out to me "I went numb when I learned to see (4:21)." This is most of us as a civilization IMHO as we choose to look through a blind eye and ignore the eye that holds accountability and truth. Amazing how a single choice can have such an impact, even if the choice is to do nothing. Loved to hear your thoughts as always. Stay Blessed!!
"What we have here is a failure to communicate." IMO is the best entro for this song. Keep listening.
That came from cool hand Luke starring Paul newmen
@@birddogoutdoors8320 Great movie, greatest line ever
Haven't heard this one is a long time! Thank you for reaction! Scary it's just as relevant...
Young Man, I have NEVER given a comment to a reaction video, such as the one I am about to give You. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Your comments are insightful and are spoken with thought behind them. Your interruptions of the video, were perfect. Not too many, yet also brief enough that the beat and rhythm of the song are still prominent in the head and are easily rejoined. Your smooth even toned voice is also a plus. Keep up the good work.
This song is from the ‘Use Your Illusion 1 & 2’ double set which, imo, is their best work as it really shows their range and versatility. The opening line is from the movie ‘Cool Hand Luke’, a Hollywood classic. FYI, you probably have been told this a bunch of times by now but ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’ is AC/DC. But you are correct, GnR’s lead singer is Axl Rose so we’ll call it a wash👍
I believe this to be one of GnR best songs ever. So much meaning and such a different vibe from their other songs. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it and it just gets better every time I hear it.
The opening speech is from the movie cool hand luke, the warden of a chain gang is talking about like who has tried to escape twice and they really punish him for it
Great reaction ☮️ And song. ✌️
Guns N’ Roses is by far my favorite all-time band. To me this really is their best song. My personal favorite song is rocket queen but as far as a masterpiece, the song is just perfect.
Love the beginning from Cool Hand Luke. Great tune, G n R at their best
Well started the morning off right with a Polo Reaction...NICE WORK MAN! G&R always reinvents itself with their albums. The length of their tracks allows for as you said. "battle songs"
I was barely 13 when this song was released. I am 46 as of today (June 15, 2024)
Somehow as a young person, hot of the heels of the entire Rhythm Nation 1814 album, songs like this, Power of Equality, Free Your Mind, that we were moving forward. We were making changes and standing together. We were not going to go backwards. Forward and forward.
It has been a while since I listen to GNR. Kind of mad at them for the lacking album releases. But it made me real sad to hear this again. Listening to it kind of made me realize that all that movement and effort back then didn't really change anything. We are on the edge of darkness all over again. Unlike that 13 year old me full of energy and desire to make it right....I am hella older, and just tired. I only hope I am wrong. I hope all of back then has not been lost. I do not want to think it was a wasted effort.
Timeless song, more of a parable than anything
I’m so happy with the taste of music in this community. It’s refreshing to see good suggestions for once
The first time I heard this song was on the “Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal” album. It was out of year before the “Use Your Illusion” albums were released. It is one of my favorite GnR songs.
Great, thoughtful reaction. Just subscribed.
It's an amazing song, both the message/lyrics and the musical arrangement
Can you imagine being so aware 25 years ago ? Consider people in that time period likely didn't even much notice the message !!!?! Musicians must often carry a burden!! Has taken 20+ years to even become appreciated !!
Just subscribed to your channel…….simply awesome! Keep on keepin’ on!! Thank you!
Love this song. Thank you for this genuine reaction
Damn, i heard those two albums non stop for months i feel, when i think back on that time in my life. Thank you for bringing back so many memories. :)
My favorite song as a teenager in the 90’s, those lyrics still resonate. 2024 and the history still carries disguises of wars
Don't cry or November rain are both amazing songs with the mellow feel
I remember getting out of class during my first semester in college to go down the road to Raccoon Records in Lafayette, Louisiana in September 1991 to go buy these two albumns! Guns N' Roses at their absolute peak!
The beginning of the song was a sample of a speech by Strother Martin from the 1967 movie "Cool Hand Luke" that starred Paul Newman.
Other songs of note from these two albums: November Rain, You Could Be Mine (theme song for the movie "Terminator 2"), Don't Cry, Live & Let Die (cover of the Wings/Paul McCartney song used as the theme song for the 1973 James Bond movie of the same name) & Knocking On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan cover).
Such an epic song from 2 epic albums!!! Great reaction!
This song still hits so hard. Definitely gotta hit that volume knob 😏
Whole Lotta Rosie is ACDC, but both are still epic bands either way!
GN'R did a cover of the song.
Mais atual do que nunca, uma obra prima 💥
This song resonates even more now. Great reaction.
Lucky enough to see them in the early 90’s. Appetite for Destruction tour. Soooo good. 😊
Me too...! Where have the years gone?
@@christikirk7265 right
I’m glad you reacted to this. It’s one of my favorite anti-war songs.
I saw Guns n Roses in Milton Keynes, on the Use Your Illusion tour in 1993. Still the best gig I've seen in person!
So glad Steven Adler is on drums on this track. I guess that makes it the last recorded track with all the original members. The rest of the album was drummer Matt Sorum from the band The Cult. Adler should be so glad this was the song he was on before Axl ditched him
Adler feels the song and band so good groove
Adler was so messed up on drugs they had no choice but to fire him. It's really a sad story
Liking this before I even watch it!
Great reaction to a Fantastic Tune off a Fantastic Double album, from one of the Greatest Rock bands of all time! Their first 4 albums Lies, Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion 1, & 2, were their Best and we're PACKED FULL of HITS/FANTASTIC Songs! With hindsight and history they ACTUALLY get more poignant as Albums and they were fantastic in their day!
Cheers from London 👍🎸😎🏴🇬🇧
The beginning of the song where the man is speaking comes from the classic film,
“Cool Hand Luke”, starring the late, great Paul Newman.
If you’ve never seen it, you should definitely check it out.
Love the sample from “the Great Escape”
So you should know that this track is the only song from the Ilusion albums that had their original drummer, Steven Adler on it. His replacement, Matt Sorum was a legend in his own right but since you commented on the drumming, that is indeed Steven Adler who drummed on tracks like Sweet Child of Mine, Paradise City and Welcome to the Jungle.
I remember pre-paying for this album when it was about to be released. Still have it (on cassette tape!) and am still friends with the man that owned our local record store back in the 80's. We both share a love for Moto Guzzi's.
This is the best song on the album for me. I love the guitar tone.
Me too!
Great reaction Polo!! I've loved this song since first release back in 1991! This song was the opening track on Use Your Illusion II - and WHAT an opener! Long been in my top 5 GnR songs...It's probably their most socially conscious song, lyrically - and I appreciate that they had something to say - and VERY effectively said it!
Axl's final words 'What's so civil about war anyway?' will forever ring true!!
Other 'musts' from this album: Estranged, You Could Be Mine, Don't Cry...for starters. Cheers!
One of the most relevant lyrics by Gnr. Right up with Coma. The meaning still resonates nowadays.
Such an amazing song. Great reaction!
Love LOVE this classic GnR!!❤
Thanks to my big sister I have become a huge guns n' roses fan when I was only 6 years old I'm 40 now and civil war was the first song that resonated and touched me at that age I don't know why but something about it I knew every single word and lyrics to that song at 6 years old and still do today. Fun fact the quote at the beginning of the movie is the captains speech to his men from a 1960s movie called Cool hand Luke
I heard someone say that Axl Rose voice sounded like a mix of Janis Joplin and Robert Plant.
Great choice. It's been on my playlist for decades.
For those who don't know
The opening words were of the BOSSMAN from the movie
COOL HAND LUKE with
Paul newman .
One powerful and relevant song especially nowadays. It's almost as if GNR foresaw what was to come for us all in AMERICA even back then
It's always been like that in America. Civil War is one of the best songs about America.
It was the Captain of the guards giving the speech. Cool Hand Luke had escaped and was captured and beaten, and tossed out of the car.
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
I told you there's no escape and I set the rules but you didn't listen.
Some men (Luke) you just can't reach.
So you get what we had here last week.
(escape /disobedience)
Which is the way he wants it. Well he gets (taught a lesson about the price)
I don't like it anymore than you men.
(having to beat prisoners, chasing them.)
Hurts more than it hurts you...
Rules and discipline.
I don't like it (beating a prisoner) anymore than you men.
not sure if it was mentioned but the opening is from the movie "Cool Hand Luke"
instant respect for you my freind for a simple thing you at the point put the volume up on the lyrics. Im 45 and g&r have been my go to band for thinking. Thank you. check out patience. But yet again thank you.
Coma was my favourite of the album, together with Estranged
A great and unfortunately relevant song. ☮️💜🤘 "Someone" always benefits from divisions in society. Estranged is also an amazing song. Axl😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥💜💜💜
With the recent current events, this song is very pertinent. Great reaction.
The beginning is an outtake on a movie called "Cool Hand Luke." Great movie, great tune as well
In English media class we made a fan video to this song back when this first came out. I always go back to the gunners.
My personal favorite song by GnR; still relevant today! Enjoyed your reaction
Good song to start the morning with. Love your reviews
I have a cousin being deployed as of yesterday. Praying this ends.
Truly their masterpiece imho. I remember that single tape, B-side of T2 soundtrack You Could Be Mine !
The man's voice before the song starts is the movie "cool hand luke" with Paul newman. Good movie man. Be cool stay safe.
The beginning, with the man talking, comes from a really good movie called "Cool Hand Luke."
Another perceptive reaction Polo! This is in my top 3 G&R songs if not #1 - Mr. Brownstone will always be a vibe