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Title: The Importance of Izzy Post by: CherryGarcia on January 17, 2016, 11:55:50 PM To demonstrate Izzy's importance if the regroup band is to be writing new material, I'm going to put the list of GN'R songs co-written or written by Izzy (lyrically or musically) vs. the songs which he had no part in:
Izzy: Nightrain Out Ta Get Me Mr. Brownstone Paradise City My Michelle Think About You Sweet Child O' Mine You're Crazy Anything Goes Rocket Queen Reckless Life Move to the City Patience Right Next Door to Hell Dust N' Bones Don't Cry Perfect Crime You Ain't the First Bad Obsession Double Talkin' Jive Bad Apples 14 Years Pretty Tied Up You Could Be Mine No Izzy: Welcome to the Jungle It's So Easy One in a Million Civil War Back Off Bitch November Rain The Garden Garden of Eden Don't Damn Me Dead Horse Coma Yesterdays Get in the Ring Shotgun Blues Breakdown Locomotive So Fine Estranged My World Oh My God Chinese Democracy Shackler's Revenge Street of Dreams Better IRS T.W.A.T. Catcher in the Rye Scraped Rhiad N' The Bedouins Sorry Madagascar This I Love Prostitute Axl/Slash: Welcome to the Jungle Garden of Eden Coma Locomotive Izzy/Axl: My Michelle You're Crazy 14 Years Don't Cry You Could Be Mine Izzy alone: Think About You Patience You Ain't The First Double Talkin' Jive Pretty Tied Up Axl alone: One in a Million November Rain Dead Horse Shotgun Blues Breakdown Estranged My World This I Love Slash alone: Duff alone: So Fine Title: Re: The Importance of Izzy Post by: norway on January 18, 2016, 12:10:40 AM You did a lot of work on this :yes: Izzy's filter on DTJ I guess is Axl's idea. Title: Re: The Importance of Izzy Post by: CherryGarcia on January 18, 2016, 12:19:49 AM If you remove CD/post 1997 material from the mix, Izzy had a hand in more of the band's material than anyone else, even if it was just in collaboration. By credits alone, without Izzy, we wouldn't have any AFD song except Jungle and It's So Easy.
Title: Re: The Importance of Izzy Post by: reayj2003 on January 18, 2016, 04:04:23 AM He was obviously a key component. However in 2016 if I look at everyone's output of material since the breakup I by far prefer what Axl, Slash & Duff have done in comparison to Izzys output. Now I'm not saying for one minute that means he couldn't compliment those guys just like before however musically I think Slash has shown some strokes of genius that if Axl had been involved in would have been even better.. I'm talking Fall to Pieces, Anastasia, Starlight, World on Fire, Bent to Fly etc
If Izzy is involved great but if not I'm still extremely hopeful. Spaghetti incident certainly still sounded like GN'R despite Izzy not being on it. Title: Re: The Importance of Izzy Post by: Wooody on January 18, 2016, 09:47:54 AM He was obviously a key component. However in 2016 if I look at everyone's output of material since the breakup I by far prefer what Axl, Slash & Duff have done in comparison to Izzys output. Now I'm not saying for one minute that means he couldn't compliment those guys just like before however musically I think Slash has shown some strokes of genius that if Axl had been involved in would have been even better.. I'm talking Fall to Pieces, Anastasia, Starlight, World on Fire, Bent to Fly etc If Izzy is involved great but if not I'm still extremely hopeful. Spaghetti incident certainly still sounded like GN'R despite Izzy not being on it. I think Izzy writes songs that are better sung by someone else. If you imagine Axl singing some of those songs it sounds pretty cool, add slash on guitar and it already becomes something else. Its like Bob Dylan, his songs are cool and all, but very often, when other people cover him the songs become catchier, vocals are better, and the whole songs just sounds better. If you study Izzy's songs, he's got a real craft for making, not just a song, but a rock n roll song in the classic sense. With izzy's structure compositions, I think they could do wonders in this reunion. |