"The Spaghetti Incident?" appreciation thread

[Booker Floyd]

An average album from a band that put out nothing but great albums up until that point.  The covers were mostly punk songs, which really didnt showcase the bands strengths...it might have worked better with more hard rock tracks instead.

"Hair Of The Dog" is    The way they slam it into 4 times overdrive at the end is incredible.  Its easily the CDs best track.  Theres a few more good tracks ("Aint It Fun," "I Dont Care About You," "Human Being") but most it is just okay.  The hidden song just sucks, Manson or no Manson.  

[Mattgnr]

Sorry if this is a dead horse question but can anybody enlighten me on what incident was the spaghetti incident was?

Well i know in England a while back, the 'spaghetti incident' was a Aprils fools day'  (Aprils 1st) joke.  Where the whole nation was led to believe that a hybrid crop was developed to grow actual spaghetti.

The pictures on the news actually showed what must have been placed spagehetti on the plant crop - many believed the amazing development.

Just a big hoax in hindsight!

[Scree]

Sorry if this is a dead horse question but can anybody enlighten me on what incident was the spaghetti incident was?

I believe it came about during the court case Steven brought against the original members (claiming they got him hooked on hard drugs then kicked him out and didn't help him). I think it was an interview with one of the original members who said something about the whole case being a joke and when Steven complained about something to do with a plate of spaghetti leftovers and the band being mean to him, people in the court started laughing. They didn't however say EXACTLY what happened though.

[Surge]

It's written about a girl Charles Manson killed. To me it sounds like he thought he helped her by killing her. Disgusting as hell to me. I can't understand how Axl could ever do that song.

Er.. what girl would that be? Unless u mean he's fantacising for the sake of the song.

He's probably "fantacising" too. I can't recall the name of a girl, but I know Charles Manson wrote it about a girl he murdered.

[volcano62]

"The Spaghetti Incident?" Is My Favourite GN'R Album

I give you two thumbs up as being to first to come out of the "closet" and admitting it's the best album . I know there is more of us out there that love the "The Spaghetti Incident?"

[Freya]

The hidden song just sucks, Manson or no Manson.  

I kind of like it.  It's just a simple, folksy song, but I like Axl's vocals on it.  As to what Surge said, I don't think Manson wrote it about a girl he murdered, he wrote songs and was trying to be a recording artist before he masterminded those murders.

As for the origin of the Spaghetti Incident, I think in his suit against the band, Steven Adler, cited that the band left him out of things, and one time when they were living together, Duff ate his share of the spaghetti.  Which is what I believe Axl found so hilarious.  

[Mattgnr]

The hidden song just sucks, Manson or no Manson.  

I kind of like it.  It's just a simple, folksy song, but I like Axl's vocals on it.  As to what Surge said, I don't think Manson wrote it about a girl he murdered, he wrote songs and was trying to be a recording artist before he masterminded those murders.

As for the origin of the Spaghetti Incident, I think in his suit against the band, Steven Adler, cited that the band left him out of things, and one time when they were living together, Duff ate his share of the spaghetti.  Which is what I believe Axl found so hilarious.  

I'm sticking with my answer  

[SwedeChildO'Mine]

It's an underrated album with great covers.

Since it was impossible for GNR to even write a song I think they did the right and released an album with their favorite punk songs.

[Buddha_Master]

The Spaghetti Incident relates to Spaghetti Westerns right.

But whatthefuckever. I don't like this album very much. I dig Down On The Farm though. As a whole, this album always sounded and seemed really weak and lame to me. Kind of an embarrasment that pretty much summed up perfectly the state GNR had become come the end of 1992, beginning of 1993.

Sad but true. I wish this album never came out. They could have used the time to develop something cool instead. Its a waste of talent. The originals, by an large are far superior to these.

With GNR, I could feel the Bleeding hearts that were poured into their albums. They had heart to them. There is no heart in TSI. No passion. Its not even a fun throwaway album.

I have to agree with the negative reviews this album got. You dont come off pure masterpieces with "horseshit."


But saying this, I agree with the dude above who said it. TSI is far better than any of the Snakepit albums, and Duffs solo crap. Amazing how much shit GNR and its members actually produced. Who would have thought?

Velvet Revolver and Chinese Democracy need to come out and fix a lot of the damage that GNR caused.

[GNRisAFD]

TSI isn't as bad as some people say but i do agree that it is below par. I love Down on the Farm,  Since I Don't have You, Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory and Black Leather. The rest is laughable.

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Does anyone know how the bandmembers themselves feels about this album? and what does anyone here thinks?

[Slashly]

No idea.Slash always said that SIDHY was a joke and that he didn?t really liked Look At Your Game Girl.



Slashly//

[mr_BROWNSTONE]

I don't know about the band but I love some of the songs from "The Spaghetti" the same way as I love the rest GN'R songs. Which means that I like the album very much. I love Down On The Farm, Buick Makane, Hair Of The Dog, Attitude, Black Leather and You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory! It's strange that I don't like Since I Don't Have You and I really hate sometimes Ain't It Fun. I don't know why.

[matt88]

It was pretty much an album all members enjoyed doing, Axl, Slash, Duff i mean, they basically chose their favorite punk songs and mucked around on them and put it all togethor, i think it was to buy them some time before they released their next full length LP and to have some fun.

They were mostly recorded during the Illusions sessions and a few while they were on the UYI tour. Axl, Slash, Duff, Izzy and Matt recorded it but when Izzy left and Gilby joined Gilby re-recorded Izzy's parts for the album.

[Rebecca Duff Rose]

No idea.Slash always said that SIDHY was a joke and that he didn?t really liked Look At Your Game Girl.

I agree with Mr. Slash!!!  

God instead of releasing SIDHY- They could of released a better song- Buick Makane never gets enough credit!!
Ain't It Fun just rocks!
LAYGG Ain't punk to me!

[spiderman]

am i the only gnr fan in the world who likes "the spaghetti incedent?" i just wanted to know cause i think it rocks, i know there covers but aint it fun is cool. so is buik mkane, human being, raw power. all the gnr fans i know either havent got this album or thinks it sucks. please somebody else tell me this albums cool cause im starting to think that maybe im a little bit strange....

[Dave_Rose]

I think you'll find a lot of people on the board like the album I do my self a lot cos they covered great songs and did a good job even though it was slated by critics still sold well though.

[V]

am i the only gnr fan in the world who likes "the spaghetti incedent?" i just wanted to know cause i think it rocks, i know there covers but aint it fun is cool. so is buik mkane, human being, raw power. all the gnr fans i know either havent got this album or thinks it sucks. please somebody else tell me this albums cool cause im starting to think that maybe im a little bit strange....

There was only one 'original' song in the album and it was not listed...

So yeah, i like the album but it was fuckin' short!

[Slashly]

TSI is fucking great, and don?t be sourprised if this topic ends  up having 400000 pages (just jocking about the number) with people saying the same!!


Baby Slash//

[jarmo]

There was only one 'original' song in the album and it was not listed...

Original song on a cover album?  



/jarmo