"I get up around seven, Get outta bed around nine"

[RnT]

Did Axl make fun of the song "Working Man" by Rush in this part?

Rush:
" I get up at seven, yeah,
And I go to work at nine.
I got no time for livin',
Yes, I'm workin' all the time."

GNR:
"I get up around seven
Get outta bed around nine
And I don't worry about nothin' no
Because worryin' is a waste of my... time"

[One.In.A.Million]

Good spot and maybe so, it seems to be more likely than not that Axl was referring to that song in Mr. Brownstone. 

[Mysteron]

Did Axl make fun of the song "Working Man" by Rush in this part?

Rush:
" I get up at seven, yeah,
And I go to work at nine.
I got no time for livin',
Yes, I'm workin' all the time."

GNR:
"I get up around seven
Get outta bed around nine
And I don't worry about nothin' no
Because worryin' is a waste of my... time"

What a brilliant find.

It is like a response from Guns' late 80s LA scene to Rush's philosophical prog rock scene. Surely worthy of an essay

[russkwtx]

I am sure that it is pure coincidence.

[jazjme]

Definitely interesting, would love to pick the brain of Axl on this one for sure, might be quite fun!

[AXLRIVERS]

Didnt Izzy write Mr Brownstone though. So might be better asking him haha - Im sure I read somewhere he wrote the music and lyrics on this one? Could be wrong though!

[LIGuns]

Wow never put that together..now let's get to the bottom on who wrote the lyrics..

[jazjme]

My point being,  AFD credits all members as songwriters, I don't think if there was something somehow to this as a perhaps joke etc, or whatever that somehow Axl or any of the members would be left out of the joke. I'm sure anyone of the embers could answer on this.