Checking out Guns N Roses Paradise City For The First Time

[@patricksmith3376]

I was 14 when when "Appetite for Destruction" came out and it just blew me away. Guns n Rose's were the total opposite of glam/hair metal. They were gritty,rugged and raw. To this very day Appetite is my all time favorite album EVER!

[@spencerific93]

Yeah, GNR is definitely more classic hard rock, like Van Halen or AC/DC. Like you said, more gritty and raw. They did have big hair, but that was kinda par for the course for any band of the time period.

[@gregstivers8959]

Same I'm 44 now lol, still listening tho

[@welding_guy7524]

I was about the same age.. my family had just moved to a new state, NY a to DE.. everyone hated me cuz I was a city boy.. I was playing pinball in a soda shop, yeah they existed in 87-90.. some kid tried to start a fight with me and that’s how I met my brother.. some local guy jumped up and defended me..30 years later we are still family.. James my brother I love you..

[@marshyovbfd]

I was 12 yrs old.. my dad drove his bosses sons truck,I found his tape of AoD in the tape deck..haven’t stopped listening to it and I’m now 43! My kids (and partner) can’t understand!😂

[@mrschadmcinnish142]

I agree .I was about 19 when they debuted ..I had just got off work..walked in the door..it was about 1 am..MTV wouldn't debut them til after midnight ..I bought the cassette the very next morning .they came out in a time in my life where their music fit me perfectly...my favorite band of all time

[@SIXX2772]

Still get chills from this powerful band.....seen them open for Aerosmith in the late 80....LOVE GNR

[@slashthe2nd]

Im not jealous......well actually i am.😄

[@SIXX2772]

@@slashthe2nd lol

[@independenceltd.]

saw that tour in dallas

[@kevincostello3856]

Exactly, Guns playing chicago 92 , played " Coma" just incredible!!! Yeah still get chills also.

[@CarmenOrtega-yo6de]

You were lucky to see two awesome bands live!!

[@kreativjunkie8053]

This is a melange of Blues and Metal in perfection.

[@ginao8935]

Ha! Nobody has moves like Axl Rose. That was his signature move😂 So glad I grew up with this era of music!

[@Dave_Langer]

He stole his snake dance from Davey Jones of the Monkees.

[@ginao8935]

@@Dave_Langer No way lol. 😱I don’t remember that 😆

[@jamesmyrick9083]

Sweet Child O Mine and Paradise City were played by every DJ every day on our local rock station. Maybe Welcome to the Jungle, too. The whole album is dope. It's one you can throw on and listen front to back.

[@cardiac19]

Front to back is the best way for this album. It flows so nicely.

[@deaconj3406]

This is actually only almost true. There is a skip on the album. Think About You is just kinda lame. Every other song is epic but that one song just not doing it. I skip it every time.

[@jamesmyrick9083]

@@deaconj3406 I stand corrected. That one does suck.

[@deaconj3406]

@@jamesmyrick9083 don't make no sense. The whole rest of that album is 🔥 but that one song is terrible.

[@bennettfender9927]

@@jamesmyrick9083 What I love Think About You the weakest for me is Anything Goes and I still love that song.

[@frankdtank7444]

I definitely want second the recommendation for Guns n Roses covering "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" live at Wembley Stadium at the Freddy Mecury Tribute concert. Pretty much any GnR live in the early 90s Use Your Illusion tour shows the band at the peak of their live performing abilities.

[@DrJReefer]

Dizzy totally fucks the piano at the start. It's funny AF

[@sherrelwilson7354]

I completely agree with your assessment of Axl Rose. He was the shit in his prime😍 check out Mr. Brownstone next please!

[@peterb4312]

One of the best!

[@googo151]

MR BROWNSTONE, YES! ALL ABOUT HEROINE. BROWNIE BAGS IN BROOKLYN 80'S.

[@DrJReefer]

You can't sing like that for long without murdering your vocal chords though. Axl needed surgery before the Appetite tour was half way done.

[@Intentionally_Inflammatory]

​@@DrJReefer I don't think Axl and his ~$200,000,000 are worried about that.

[@omargamez64]

Good reaction. Guns n Roses - Paradise city the best

[@geoffsullivan7902]

These guys weren’t hair glam- they had long hair but they weren’t polished… they were raw… 🤘😎🔥❤️🎼❤️

[@robclark8889]

When Guns N Roses broke out with Welcome to the Jungle, it was a tidal wave of hard rock and heavy metal to hit the top 40. Nobody gave the rock scene the time of day until they exploded and broke it wide open.

[@juliemanarin4127]

There was still Van Halen and Aerosmith and others too.

[@SamC379]

yes, like before 1987 rock didn't really take off 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@goodfella2400]

I get what you’re saying, but I would rephrase and say AFD’s explosion brought the “apex” or “zenith” for the genre between 1987-92. The tidal wave that opened ‘80s hard rock/metal to the masses really occurred in ‘83-‘84. But circa ‘88 was the pinnacle.

[@spencerific93]

@@goodfella2400 I think that's a good summary. 1987 wasn't the start, but it was arguably the peak. In that year, we got Appetite, Whitesnake's re-release of "Here I Go Again" with that iconic video, and Def Leppard's Hysteria. What a massive year for hard rock and heavy metal in the mainstream.

[@jimkelton4037]

“Night train” is another great song off of this album!

[@cardiac19]

Be honest, you wanted to just list the whole album. :)

[@stjohntownsend3019]

I love the bit in the video when it goes to the Monsters of Rock at Donington Park as i was at that gig in 88.

[@KrisThroughGlass]

I love this band. After 30 years they are still in my top 10. Greetings from Germany

[@blgeiger71]

So happy to see and hear just how much you enjoyed this particular song! I was 16 years old in ‘87 when this album dropped, it was the same year that Mötley Crüe released “Girls, Girls, Girl” and I got to see that Tour in Augusta, GA! Guns N Roses was their opening act early on, but not long after that this album blew up so fast that they left the Crüe Tour to start headlining themselves (as you can plainly see in the venues used for this video!!! It was an amazing time to be a teenager.

[@crickethanback8338]

It definitely was!

[@LilNeggy88]

T, I cant wait for you to get hear this entire album start to finish! You're in for a treat my man!

[@Jd-im4my]

Yes, we wore this whole album out back in the day, and still love it to this day.

[@TheBobdabob]

I went to these concerts in the 80s...you still have no idea ! 😁

[@Meeshrick]

Black and white footage recorded in England Monsters of Rock at Donington Park. Color footage recorded at Giants stadium NJ opening for Aerosmith.

[@wolfeflambe]

I’m at the gig in the second half of this song. Filmed in 1988 at the Monsters of Rock at Donington Park. Sadly a couple of fans got crushed to death during their set. Over 110000 people there.

[@gemsun6512]

That Outro IS THE BEST IN ROCK HISTORY!! ✌🏼❤️

[@OCRay1]

Yes GNR we’re definitely the definition of rock stars in the 80’s and early 90’s. It’s was epic

[@anthonybyrge8074]

AFD was amazing album!! Most back the had filler songs. AFD every song was hit.... my Michelle, night train, mr. Brownstone so many more. Lies lies cassette I burned up patience, one in a million, and use to love her. Slash, Santana, and slow hand my favorite guitarist 🎸

[@kimzwolinski9919]

They perform “knocking on heaven’s door “ at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert. Amazing live performance. Axl never slows down on stage

[@lau.lawrance3619]

Axl really is a superstar,such a charismatic front man all over the stage.And the whole band too,they got a good reason to make it that huge.

[@danjohnson2986]

This will always be a rock out song. Total charisma. You called it. He has “it”. Cardio for days. He would run from one end of the stage to the other while slash gets down the cool mysterious vibe.

[@jimmoore2838]

The summer before shutdown I got to see them live. Axl seemed to have about 80% of his voice but Slash looked like he could have played those killer sold for hours if he wanted to. It was the best concert I've been to

[@svenpoletka5236]

Slash solos got so good because Axl just kept singing over them all the time!

[@candie757]

G n R is my all time favorite band and Axl is hands down the best front man of all time (in my opinion anyway). They reunited and went on tour in 2016 I finally got to see them live in 2017 and let me tell you they are still unbelievably mind blowing amazing. They are actually still touring and this tour has become the 3rd best selling tour of all time.

[@juliemanarin4127]

The best front man was Robert Plant!

[@candie757]

@@juliemanarin4127 To each their own🙂

[@chaospoet]

Finally saw them in 2017 too! Saw them in Boston. No opener. 3 and a half hours straight of GNR! It was everything I hoped it would be.

[@spencerific93]

I also saw them in 2017. I was lucky enough to get to see them in Philly two days after seeing Paul McCartney. So I got to see Sir Paul do "Live And Let Die" live, and then right after that I got to see GNR do their rendition of the song live. Definitely one of the highlights of my life. And, of course, GNR ended with Paradice City as a curtain call. They actually went half an hour past the curfew on concerts within the city limits and caught a huge fine. But man, they made that stadium come alive.

[@Gadget-ez1xr]

Hi T. A few more G & R bangers you will love include Double Talkin' Jive, Locomotive, You Could Be Mine, Rocket Queen, Civil War and Mr. Brownstone! :-)

[@goodfella2400]

This is one of the bands where the *deep cuts* are where it’s at. A truer representation than the radio/video hits. - Out Ta Get Me - You’re Crazy - Back off Bitch - Double Talkin Jive - Coma - Get in the Ring

[@bubamaranovichok4901]

Forgot one of the most important song in their repertoire, ( Civil War ) which actually caused Axels fall from haven!

[@goodfella2400]

@@bubamaranovichok4901 Civil War is an epic masterpiece, no doubt. I guess I was going for the gritty, profanity laced tracks that rarely get reaction attention.

[@dwaynek.1293]

Love your channel guys. I remember Duff and Slash coming up on stage on the MTV video awards drunk. 😂 I was lucky to get to see Guns n Roses on the Use Your Illusion Tour. Skid Row opened for them. It was an awesome show. I was in the nose bleed seats but I was there.😊👍🤘🤘🤘🤘. Check out their song "I Use To Lover Her" and Mr. Brownstone. My wife at the time had a crush on Axil. 🙄

[@pleutron]

I think many girls had a crush on Axl lol. My favorite hard rock band.

[@cardiac19]

The only time I got to see them was one of the last Day on the Green shows in Oakland. Body Count opened, Metallica followed with James' first show back on guitar after getting burned, then Guns. One of the best shows I made it to.

[@deportedsouls3165]

I was a young teenager when this hit the market! I'd never heard or seen anything like it before. I dove head-first in and bought the first press of the vinyl, with the uncensored album cover.

[@jerihalter1339]

I love your reaction! It makes me happy you are finding how my generation ROCKS!!!

[@DubyaDaLastRepugPrez]

What you said at the end of the video about when this song first came out....Guns N' Roses was the biggest, most exciting band since the Beatles. I've been waiting 30 years for another band to come along that excited me as much as GNR and NOBODY can touch them.

[@karmicscope5259]

Thanks so much for not pausing the song. You’ve got a new subscriber. This is definitely one of THE BEST GNR songs.

[@paulcallaway71]

Everytime I listent to this song I am exhausted by the end. It just takes me on a mental & spiritual sprint at the end. Love it!!

[@Biempje]

Paradise City is still one of my favourites!! I've seen them 8 times in 1991, 1992 and 1993 and 4 times in 2014. In the early 90s, they were at their best on the big stages. They were mindblowing!! Wish I could relive those shows again!! Sigh. Seen them 4 times in the 2000s too, but oh well.

[@jeannieschmidt2217]

Don't Cry is one of my very favorite GNR songs. The video is a must watch. Cheers from Canada :)

[@jahrolo]

Guns ´n Roses live in Vienna 1992 - my first concert at 8 years old :)

[@nancyridenour1815]

So Beautiful…. All All of our yearnings & The Band

[@ilegallaws3741]

When I heard gunners appetite of destruction and motley Crüe it was insane!! Intro to welcome to the jungle and dr feel good from motley Crüe !! I used to blast my old school dads stereo at home and getting in trouble with the church across the road!! Oh memories!!!!

[@ericgaudet5488]

This was a Kick Ass video from Guns and Roses for Paradise City . The video was filmed were the Giants and Jets play football . The Vocals are dubbed for the video.

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Hard to argue that Appetite for Destruction is one of the best debut albums ever and album ever, along with Boston "Boston".

[@independenceltd.]

I actually threw this album on a couple of days ago, for the first time in ages. Timeless classic.

[@philjohnston4779]

Another kick ass tune. They usually end their live set with this and then come back for an encore

[@pthor6265]

We used to call that dance the Axl Shuffle. I saw them with Great White and Armored Saint at the Palace in Hollywood in 87, and 5 more times before the 90's. It was the local metal stations gig; G n R was still playing small venues. When they blew up in 87, it was worldwide, for like 2 or 3 years.

[@chaospoet]

I was 6 years old when this came out and this was actually the first GNR song I heard. Missed out on Welcome To The Jungle somehow (May not have had cable then). It was on MTV on rotation as well as the radio. I loved this song from the moment I heard it. Even at 6 seeing what else was out there I knew this was the real deal. When I was 12 I got a paper route (when kids could still do that) and with my first paycheck bought every Guns N Roses album that existed at the time: Appetite For Destruction, Lies Lies Lies (a friend warned me about the inside sleeve so I hid that one from my parents to this very day) and Use Your Illusions 1 and 2. Didn't see Guns N Roses until the 2017 Reunion "Not In This Lifetime" Tour where they played for 3 and a half hours! Last song: Paradise City! That end section when it speeds up just imagine that with fireworks, pyrotechnics, and about 10 metric tons of confetti raining down from the ceiling. It was f*cking awesome!

[@omargamez64]

Good reaction buddy..love GunsnRoses

[@darrylbirt6049]

Exactly how you said at the beginning mate, the GNR rabbit hole!

[@andrewmacleod3308]

Wish i could hear Appetite For Destruction for the 1st time again, what an album!! You're reaction?? Superb

[@JohnnyLichtergud]

Dude! The expression on your face when they hit the 'good part'...was priceless. Nice. I believe the common parlance is: 'Oh! Snap!' excellent work!!!

[@bakercarl8518]

It doesn't get any better!!!🤘

[@karicastanza5216]

I miss them so much! I was going insane w/all their music! It hit a chord being a teen in the 80's. It just blew everything away and I never looked back.

[@crusaderlatin732]

His smile said it all!!!

[@tomc217]

I was fortunate enough to be at this show. The color part was filmed at the old Giants Stadium in New Jersey. It was a triple bill with Deep Purple and Aerosmith. Axl asked the crowd if they wanted to be in a video for MTV. Then they launched into this song. The crowd went apeshit crazy. It was glorious.

[@davidtingley9978]

Think about this: GNR weren't even the headliners in the concert footage here. I'n color they're at Giants Stadium in New Jersey opening for Aerosmith and Deep Purple. The black and white footage is from a festival in England at Castle Donnington (Monsters of Rock?)

[@JorgeReyes-mq6le]

First video I ever saw... my favorite song from the greatest band...

[@Jaysun1]

"Sweet Child O Mine". The guitar solo in that song is perfection IMO.

[@MB-oc1nw]

G nR were more street level than Motley Crue were in 87 when the record came out. The Appetite record kind of forced Motley Crue to back off the make up and get a bit more gritty for Girls Girls Girls. This was the point where the entire LA glam scene started to break up

[@jamesmyrick9083]

@ M B Yeah, I think GNR put a boot up the ass of LA's glam/hair rock scene!

[@longbeach7623]

I agree about GNR bringing street/gritty/true-to-life subjects and vibe but Girls, Girls, Girls came out two months prior to AFD, I so don’t think there’s a correlation.

[@MB-oc1nw]

@@longbeach7623 Nikki Sixx and Slash were friends for a few years before that and from interviews I think Nikki knew which way things were going when Guns n Roses were signed by David Geffen to Elektra Records and they decided to move more in that direction.

[@ll7868]

You weren't alive in '87 were you?

[@sumonjamal1653]

It was the other way around... Motley Crue saw a plethora of bands like Poison, Vinnie Vincent Invasion & Cinderella using the 'glam' image by 1987, so they decided to take a tougher image w/ 'Girls, girls, girls' and took off the makeup & costumes. Guns N' Roses (and Axl Rose's prior band Hollywood Rose) did use hairspray and eyeliner in the club days (there are pics!), but they opened for Motley Crue in 1987 and opted to follow their example...

[@thielmangary]

Saw GNR at MSG in 91' Soundgarden opening act... wow

[@liiayang]

AXL ROSE🔥🙌🏻 I LOOOVEE THIS SONG

[@gordo6327]

Paradise City one of the best songs ever written in rock and roll history

[@yesiamawildflower]

Your reaction was the best! It’s fun to see new fans!!! 💗❤️

[@Slayton1978]

I was a fresh high school student back in 92 when I first heard about GnR. Just got out of a very conservative school run by evangelists. The genre was so new to me. I was introduced to GnR by two of my new classmates who were...well...kinda' "off". I listened to both "Use Your Illusion" albums and only picked up "Appetite for Destruction" around two months after. I became a huge GnR fan and my bedroom wall was covered with posters of other hard rock/metal bands but most were GnR and Metallica. My parents saw my collection of GnR cassettes and got awfully upset saying I should stop listening to their music or else I would end up being unemployed and a drug addict. 30 years later, here I am. Married with two kids. Making investments in stock and crypto while running my retail store for construction equipments. And every time I see people on KZbin getting exposed to Guns n Roses and other bands from the genre, I feel so happy that I get to rock out with the new generation of people who appreciates the music. 😊

[@matthewlee6168]

I saw GnR live in concert in Houston back in 1993--and it was every bit as glorious at you think it would be.

[@mikenastasi8927]

Before grunge changed things up, when Guns N Roses released Appetite For Destruction, that album was a kick in the ass to the 80's metal bands. That album was huge.

[@timjenkins4065]

Appetite for Destruction is a F’N masterpiece…. We all know this 😁

[@marcarcmracmcram4275]

I remember the first time I heard appetite for destruction, It was around about the first time portable CD players was on the market, and when I put those headphones on, and the band asked me do I know where I am, I WAS IN THE FUCKN JUNGLE BABY, I have never turned back

[@kristinabushnell3652]

Love GNR!! Please react to their song It's So Easy or Civil War. Both are great. Great reaction!! 🙂

[@SuperMongo33]

saw them in 92 at slane castle in ireland,one of the greats

[@mtdreams72]

From the first time I heard this song it was my favorite of any songs. I’m 2021 I lived a dream and got to see it live in Washing Grizzly Stadium (home of the Montana grizzlies). Most amazing part is my wife surprised me with tickets for Valentine’s Day in 2020. Then had to wait a year cuz of Covid cancelation. But the show was amazing

[@mikenastasi8927]

From GNR check out: Nightrain, Rocket Queen, Out To Get Me, Mr Brownstone, My Michelle, You Could Be Mine, Civil War, Right Next Door To Hell, Don't Damn Me, 14 Years, Estranged, It's So Easy, Think About You, Anything Goes

[@jantheman2]

I recommend checking out the Perhaps music video. It’s a similar arena concert video but it’s a glimpse at how their shows look today vs their prime

[@arnoldcox9128]

That song rocks my socks off every time

[@sorensmith9873]

Fortunate to see them in Brisbane in January 2017 on Australian tour, this was the final encore song with fireworks blasting at the end of a hot summer evening after an almost non stop 2 hour show was phenomenal. Only 3 of the original members, Axl, Slash, Duff but with an outstanding band and they still killed it

[@kellyspong2267]

You have to check out Rocket Queen live in Tokyo. Axl really shows his stuff

[@urex1717]

I was born in 1959 and got turned on to hard rock in 1973. I can tell you exactly where I was and what I was doing the first time I heard Van Halen and the first time I heard Guns And Roses.

[@susanlindner8626]

I saw GnR when this album first came out... they were opening for Aerosmith. Both bands are amazing!!

[@tinalouise1764]

This was thee song to headbang to in 87.

[@logantawhiti55]

Awesome Bro 👍 Guns and Roses rock especially this entire album one of the best albums of all time (Appetite for distraction, it kicks ass. I always looked at gun's and rose's as a dirty metal, rock band in a good way cross between hair metal and the rolling stones. Awesome 👍 stuff bro love it 👍❤️🥝🇳🇿

[@ly123dia1953]

You have to watch the Tokyo 1992 concert, they are in top form. Guns N' Roses are rock legends and the last of the giants. They don't have much left to prove. Hello from France.

[@deelawson4551]

Appetite For Destruction is on my top 5 album list of all time! From start to finish it is fire! Also saw where it was trending that Axle came out at a Carrie Underwood concert and sang with her the other day. Love my 80s (my era) so you are right up my alley with this! You need to definitely check out some Queensryche and Tesla too 😊 Keep On Rockin'

[@bhamgreeneyes]

Something else to ponder when listening to this and Welcome to the Jungle; this is their debut album. It sounds like an established band that is at the peak of their creative powers but this is how they started out of the gate. This came out when I was in high school and this being their first album still impresses me. Yes, there was an EP called Live Like a Suicide prior but this was the first real album.

[@joshmalcom89]

I can hear doc neeson (vocalist for the angels influence here.. In the cadence of the lyric rhythm, and content of lyrics It's killer!!! Axle took notezzz!

[@danjohnson2986]

Great react.

[@crashchaser]

As soon as he started talking bout the stripclubs,my brain vent BOOM Motley crue and girls girls girls LOL 😂😂

[@labchic97]

They were great live! Seen them 2x

[@fionnmaccumhaill3257]

These guys were never considered "glam" in the day. Many people thought they were going to be the next "Rolling Stones"!

[@Rayray-kj9cc]

I saw them in 1988 and was one of the best times of my life!!

[@cripplious]

First time I heard this song was on Cant Hardly Wait.

[@brent4209]

Bad Apples , Garden of Eden , Dead Horse , Locomotive , Coma , Crazy (electric), Used to Love Her , It’s So Easy

[@TheGuardiansChronicl]

hello ! They re not glam , they have more a punk life way of life. And Duff the bass player is just sooo cool !

[@L-xj2xs]

Duff #1👍

[@billyculbertson3880]

I saw G n R play after Faith No More & b4 Metallica & SC football stadium to a sold out crowd !!!!! BEST CONCERT EVER !!!!!

[@timscimeca978]

Love yr reaction... just like me in 1987

[@joshmalcom89]

THE ANGELS !!!!!..BEST HARD ROCK BAND NOBODY KNOWS

[@rhondaholtfrazer7800]

Look up the story...How Guns and roses set MTV's switchboard on fire the very first time they were on it!!

[@monicar503]

Axl & Slash are everything!!!

[@SearlesHernandez]

I never saw GNR as Glam. They were more gritty and this album and their others R 🔥🔥🔥🎸 and that move you like is "The Axl"

[@fhermeneses7999]

Great reaction thanks... I WACHT FROMT COSTA RICA 🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@paulavaughan2194]

1 song. Out of a 3 hour concert. I miss the 80s. These are my people

[@corkycobon1481]

I got a speeding ticket because of this song in 1988. If you are gonna dive into more GNR, I recommend You're Crazy off of either Appetite or GNR Lies, My Michelle and Rocket Queen off of Appetite. All solid songs from front to back!