![]() ![]() “November Rain” has a few similarities with both those songs which can be observed in the advancement and progression of the melody and quick changes of the rhythm. In a several occasions, he mentioned that Zeppelin and Queen, especially, were a huge influence to him and his career. On an interesting note, it seems like Axl was always striving towards making a song that resembles “Stairway to Heaven” or “Bohemian Rhapsody”. I should say that based on my research, Slash completely disagreed and contradicted such claims. I am not sure how truthful those statements are because Axl Rose likes to make up stories every now and then. He said that eventually he managed to convince them that this could be a good direction for the band. According to him, they wanted for the band to stick to rough rock music and don’t go with a song like this one. He stated that his ideas and visions for a more symphonic, power-ballad style rock song were rejected from Slash and McKagan. As I said, the lengthy artistic visions of Rose had to be cut down, along with the guitar solos of Slash… (the song was shortened to almost 9 minutes).ĭuring the Chinese Democracy Tour, back in 2006, Axl Rose shared with the audience that the other band members were opposing the production and release of this song. Actually, Slash plays a few guitar solos in the song ( depending on how you see it). Interesting fact, the song contains the longest ever guitar solo in a Top 10 single. I need Moody’s help,” said Tracii Guns, founding member of Guns ‘N Roses about Axl Rose working on this song since at least 1983. And I’d go, “When are you gonna finish that already”, you know? And he’d go, “I don’t know what to do with it. And, like, anytime we’d be at a hotel or anywhere, there’d be a piano he’d just kinda play that music. He’d go, “Someday this song is gonna be really cool.” And I’d go, “It’s cool now.” “But it’s not done”, you know, he used to say. It was the only thing he knew how to play, but it was his. Guns, like ’83? He was playing “November Rain” - and it was called “November Rain” - you know, on piano. I would honestly love to listen to this song for almost half an hour, though. The original version, by the way, was 25-minutes long – wow! However, they had to cut it short – a completely understandable move, having in mind the radio and TV limitations back then. Furthermore, “November Rain” is the longest song in history to enter the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 chart – it runs for 8:57 minutes. In the USA, it got to number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and worldwide it reached top 10 positions in countries such as Australia, Canada, UK, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Ireland and others. He actually wrote it on his piano in the early 80s…The power-ballad style song made a huge statement the moment it was released to the public. “November Rain” was written by Guns N’ Roses’ lead singer – Axl Rose and was recorded sometime between 19. (I feel like I should just mention that “Use Your Illusion I” and “Use Your Illusion II” were released simultaneously, however I still stand for what I said in terms of which one is better) Not to mention that it was certified 7x times platinum by the RIAA, got a bunch of Grammy nominations and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard charts. By the way, it’s an awesome album and in my opinion their most admirable one. 3.Guns N’ Roses – “Use Your Illusion I” (1991) album coverĮven though “November Rain” was released as a single in 1992, it actually featured in their 1991 album “Use Your Illusion I”. On the recorded version, the flamenco feel is re-emphasized by the band fading out against his nylon acoustics – which, for many guitar players and fans, sits high among the album’s many highlights. “I don’t want to just play scales or some cool arpeggiated technique – the most important thing for me is focusing on the feel or mood of what I’m trying to achieve in those little combinations of phrasing.” ![]() ![]() “I’m not thinking in technical terms because I don’t really know that stuff specifically – I just know the note is a half-step away from where it would normally be,” he told this GW writer when asked about the track in 2018. Album: Use Your Illusion I (Guns N' Roses, 1991)Īnyone that’s caught Guns N’ Roses on their recent Not In This Lifetime reunion tour – or, indeed, the original Use Your Illusion run from 1991 to 1993 – will have seen Slash extending his leads for a song that’s already two-thirds guitar solo.įor this track, he decided to go with an enchanting and dramatic Phrygian feel, and this is made evident from the very beginning – starting on the minor second and soon resolving one fret down, capitalizing on the power chord progression that goes from E to Eb.
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