If you could convert someone to GNR..................

[COMAMOTIVE]

If you had to pick one GNR song to play for the average music fan who is so-so on GNR, but has probably only heard the Radio-played hits,
which would you choose, in hopes of " converting " them ?


I've done this with Coma, Estranged, and Don't Damn Me................

[Axl_owns_dexter]

I'd go with "Better"   

[gnr_12]

id go with something like.. nighttrain, estranged or something along those lines..

[w.axl.rose]

yeah id go with nightrain, and if they wanna hear something new then id go with better 

[supaplex]

i think i would chose something from appetite like nightrain, anything goes, rocket queen

[journey]

I.R.S.
Better
14 Years
You Ain't The First
Breakdown
Used To Love Her
Think About You

[HungerForChaos]

Either Better or Night train. Maybe Welcome to the jungle.

[Mandy.]

Nightrain, Perfect Crime and Coma

[Kaybee]

Definitely Estranged. That song is so beautiful, and has so much appeal on so many levels...

[TOPGUNner]

Definitely Estranged. That song is so beautiful, and has so much appeal on so many levels...

If I was trying to teach them about old GNR, I'd use Estranged. Now if I was trying to sell them on the new GNR, I'd use TWAT. Ironic how both songs have similar structure

[NicoRourke]

I'd pick Estranged without a doubt.

And I'll add a little bit of WTTJ and Better for the spice Taste of old & new stuffs

[Kaybee]

Definitely Estranged. That song is so beautiful, and has so much appeal on so many levels...

If I was trying to teach them about old GNR, I'd use Estranged. Now if I was trying to sell them on the new GNR, I'd use TWAT. Ironic how both songs have similar structure

Very true. Old GNR, I'd use Estranged, but if I was to introduce them to new GNR... I think I'd use 'Better'.

[Jamie]

Depends what type of music they were into really. For someone into heavier music I'd go along the lines of It's So Easy, or Garden of Eden maybe. For someone who just appreciates music in general I'd go with Estranged.

[GeorgeSteele]

Yes, it depends on who the person is, but you don't necessarily want to start with their best songs.  For example, many of the casual GNR fans I know took a very long time to finally appreciate Estranged. 

Good intro songs are PC (catchiest chorus) and Patience (everyone likes a good whistle).  When they're close to being converted, then you hit them with Coma, One in a Million, and Estranged.  At that point, they'll either run for their lives or be fans for life.

[BaDoBsEsSiOn418]

Probably My World and Silkworms 

[Back Off Bitch]

Better, Coma, Rocket Queen, Estranged...

[pilferk]

"MY Favorite Pillow" 

Seriously, it would depend on the person.

Coma, Estranged, or PC cover almost the full gamut, I think.

[Alan]

depends on the person, but nightrain is one of the ones i generally use.

[slashisvr]

iv converted 3 girlfriends (at the time) into GnR fans, they buy there albums now, 1 girl was a dirty girl, so i played rocket queen and she loved it!!!1converted, dont cry 2 another, she was converted, and SCOM to the 3rd, another converted

axl should give me a percent of the profits of album sales

[Sparksry]

Id probably go with Breakdown, estranged, Pretty tied up or mr brownstone...

Breakdown is such a good song but never got very much airtime

[mikegiuliana]

wttj scom or pc.. or just give them afd

[ppbebe]

To the average music fan who's heard the GNR hits and not very impressed.. ?

Hmm the other day I just talked to someone like that. I mentioned the ny shows to her as she has quite a few friends there, no actually in NJ.   She was like "uh-uh, but aren't they hard rock? " I automatically said "no not just hard rock". I don't know what GNR song suit her taste as she seems to like the songs she can sing like the singers do?wait,  maybe I should try the blues and maddy on her.

I'd say better or twat in general.
IRS for someone into classic rock. Silk worms If "someone" is into abstract art. Worth a try.

But I wouldn't really try to convert anyone.
You're apt to hate it when it is forced on you.

[2112]

the Blues
Think About You
So Fine

[CAFC Nick]

Welcome to the Jungle - AFD
Patience - Lies
UYI 1 - Don't Cry
UYI 2 - Estranged
Ain't It Fun - TSI?
Better - CD

[Genesis]

Scom. Everybody's perennial favourite. 

[surforia]

i converted some of my boys a few years back with Civil War.  We were all wasted and when that guitar comes in at the beginning, i pulled a hot "windmill" air guitar riff, and they went ape shit... fucking loved it...   

[ppbebe]

Read the first post, lazybones.  (not you surforia)

The subject is someone who probably knows those gnr hits, yet is not crazy about the songs.

If you had to pick one GNR song to play for the average music fan who is so-so on GNR, but has probably only heard the Radio-played hits,
which would you choose, in hopes of " converting " them ?

[kaddisonmoore]

Probably My World and Silkworms?

same lol
nightrain or estranged

[Irish rose]

Mr Brownstone, because it was the first song I heard that wasnt one of the hits but thought was cool immediately. Or else Used to love her because its humourous and catchy and so many people can relate to it (not in the murder sense!)

[Nytunz]

Coma
Better
Rocket Queen

[gilee7]

To the people who are listing "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Sweet Child O'Mine," I think you missed the original question.


I think I'd use either "Rocket Queen" or "Civil War" to convert someone to GNR that has only heard the hits on the radio. I've noticed a few people saying that they'd use "Estranged," but I really don't think that'd convert anybody. That songs takes some warming up to. When I first heard it, I wasn't that big a fan of it; I'd actually skip it on the CD. But now "Estranged" is my favorite song of all time.

[marknroses]

If you had to pick one GNR song to play for the average music fan who is so-so on GNR, but has probably only heard the Radio-played hits,
which would you choose, in hopes of " converting " them ?

I'd start slow with WTTJ, SCOM, PC, Patience and then move onto Don't Cry, Live & Let Die, Yesterdays, Nighttrain, Its So Easy.
Most important would be to use visuals. Show them videos of Welcome to the Videos, followed by performances from Ritz 1991, Paris 1992, Buenos Aires 1993, Felt Forum 1988, MTV VMA's 1988.

It might take a whole afternoon, but it'd be worth their time and mine,

MNW

[JB9988]

i would show them all the new songs they are much better!

[Jessica]

SCOM, i used to love her, 14 years and paradise city

[chinesedemocracy05]

Locomotive and Brownstone, they are amazing tunes.

[Axl4Prez2004]

  It depends on the person you're playing music for.  On this note, at work today, I played the Boston boot of Maddy for some folks today.  About a minute or 2 into the song, she asked, "Are all the new songs this good?"  I proceeded to play IRS and Better.  She liked Maddy the best.  Later, I introduced CITR, which again was an instant, "I like it!"  My bro-in-law loved IRS from the 1st play, and he's pumped about the NY shows coming up.  We'll be there.  I played him the end to Better over the phone and he loved it too.  Another chick liked the 3 tracks (Maddy, IRS, and Better) I played for her.

  GNR, especially new GNR, has something for everyone.  There Was a Time, still my personal fav., wasn't liked as much as the others...I think it's raw with tons of potential, but on 1st listen for non-Gunners it's a little tougher to get into I suppose.

  Last note, I wouldn't try to convert anybody, just ask them to give it a try.  If they connect with the music, that's great, if not, it's their loss. 

  If you really dislike someone, play them this 3-song medley:  My World, Silkworms, and Cornshucker!   

[Takemedown]

Def. rocket Queen. And Used To Love Her...my ex couldn't believe that song was GNR (she only knew the hits).

Needless to say, that ex o' mine...she's buried right here in my backyaaaaaaaaaaard!

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week. 

[andypa1]

Prosperous Chile! well you cant beat the sound of silence

[MJRoses23]

Probably Breakdown, Better, and Nightrain...That pretty much sums up GNR with those 3 songs

[bigcash2002]

Mr. Brownstone

[AxlsSweetChild]

I'd start off with Think About You, because it's more punk sounding, and that BS is hot right now, and then I'd go more into the hard rock, like Civil War, Mr. Brownstone, Nightrain, Pretty Tied Up, etc.

[MR.BROWNSTONE]

But I wouldn't really try to convert anyone.
You're apt to hate it when it is forced on you.

Yeah that si a good point. I would try with anything from AFD, NR, Coma, Estranged, Civil War. If none of them work the person does not understande great music when they hear it.

[Megaguns]

i converted a girlfriend years ago with locomotive.

[oneAXLinamillion]

Probably My World and Silkworms?

Yeah good choice

[mikegiuliana]

Read the first post, lazybones.? (not you surforia)

The subject is someone who probably knows those gnr hits, yet is not crazy about the songs.

If you had to pick one GNR song to play for the average music fan who is so-so on GNR, but has probably only heard the Radio-played hits,
which would you choose, in hopes of " converting " them ?

RQ I definetly lazy bones
illusions I would throw out coma

[February]

To someone familiar with the main hits (on my age range everybody knows PC; SCOM; NR and WTTJ), i would go with: 
Nice boys don't play rock n roll, such an underrated song, and according to my experience it works really well "converting" people, as long as they like rock most people just love it
Out to get me
Garden of Eden
Crazy

[COMAMOTIVE]

To someone familiar with the main hits (on my age range everybody knows PC; SCOM; NR and WTTJ), i would go with:?
Nice boys don't play rock n roll, such an underrated song, and according to my experience it works really well "converting" people, as long as they like rock most people just love it
Out to get me
Garden of Eden
Crazy

Ah the wide ranges of the common GNR fan - You just named 4 of my LEAST favorite tunes - with the exception of Crazy, which I love the acoustic version -
To each their own

[Drew]

Don't Cry (Alt. lyrics)

[Steel_Angel]

welcome to the jungle and ofcourse "better". works everytime.

[Elrothiel]

If you had to pick one GNR song to play for the average music fan who is so-so on GNR, but has probably only heard the Radio-played hits,
which would you choose, in hopes of " converting " them ?


I've done this with Coma, Estranged, and Don't Damn Me................

Done it by forcing them to listen to AFD, Lies, and UYIs all in succession.
They were pissed at first... but they thanked me afterwards...

[budmaster]

probably Breakdown & Civil war.......i know alot of you guys dont like em but i also think '14 years' & 'So Fine' are 2 of the best illusion tracks?

 

[AXL 20]

All of 'em! i'd strap 'em down in a chair and threaten to beat them oif they dont like it? but seriously i would like force them to listen to all of 'em. My friend got interested himself because at school im known for 3 things either A) the kid who loves hockey B) the kid who plays guitar or most prominently C) the kid who is waaaaay too obsessed with guns n' roses
so he downloaded some stuff and hes hooked. hes also gotten into the chinese democracy stuff and lieks it