Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine REACTION! I always thought this was about...

[@thetomgibson]

This must be a generational thing. I never once considered this was about a child. It’s always been about a woman he loves.

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

Cause we always got the messages.

[@waynebrown389]

The newer generation ALWAYS takes things way too literally

[@rubyslippers8215]

Guns N' Roses was never on my radar. This is MY first time reacting to it. IMHO It's about a woman not a child...NOT getting any "it's about a kid" thing.

[@NetVoyer]

P.S. Slash is the man.

[@emerald1805]

“Honey Child” is what we call our significant other, in the South. This guy is weird if he thinks calling your girlfriend “Child” is weird.

[@stoneybrotherbass]

It's a love letter to a woman that makes him feel secure, he's using the word child the way many would use the word baby.

[@darlenegattus8190]

Yup

[@wribit]

for some reason, baby feels less icky to me than child. 🤷‍♀

[@bekahb6811]

I've never heard anyone call their woman "child", or even allude to that poetically, as something interchangeable with "baby". I've heard "This is my Girl". I don't know man, unless he is referring to this from the perspective of his boyhood memory as a child, it's odd.

[@stoneybrotherbass]

@@bekahb6811 I never said I used the word that way, but Axle did in the song.

[@The_Jasonian01]

@@stoneybrotherbassAxl

[@FinallyTuned]

His woman now makes him feel safe and secure and happy - the feeling he had when he was young.

[@personalcheeses8073]

The woman was Erin Everly (Don Everly’s daughter)

[@kaila288]

Isn’t that we he said… he said he thought it might be about a child at first glance so to speak, but upon hearing it it’s not it’s about the love he feels and how it made him feel safe like when he was a child….

[@hope7144]

Exactly ! Lived the 1980s rock music.. EPIC !!!!

[@Cristi81272]

Entire album Appetite for Destruction is a TRUE masterpiece. And to be a DEBUT. It perfectly encapsulates what the 80s hard rock music genre was all about. Some bands tried to play it safe and keep a clean reputation.. GNR did not care. They did their thing and we loved them for it. This is Gen X.

[@sarablack2547]

i always thought it was straight forward,no hidden meaning. to me he meant child as in baby,babe his girlfriend. he's with his soul mate.he's secure in his relationship.she makes him feel safe,happy like when he was a child. in the uk i don't remeber any edited for radio version.we always got the guitar solo. it's one of the best guitar solos.

[@sbhamby8707]

GenX here✋🏻 We never not once ever thought this was about an actual child. This was always about someone he is very much in love with. This was a big one in the soundtrack of my youth.

[@Rmeyer1226]

Never thought it was about a child.

[@OwiggumX]

The bass line in this song is so underappreciated. It's incredible.

[@jockeyladjockeylad8492]

Agreed. Duff doesn't get anywhere near the love he deserves in my opinion. His Bass lines are a big part of their sound.

[@tweettweet2457]

Love Duff!

[@Rorschachqp]

The baseline is the song with help of the rhythm guitar. The vocals and the lead are the flashy outer wear.

[@deniackeridge5273]

Duff is seriously underrated. I get the line from Paradise City in my head alot.

[@lucasingram77]

This song is the reason I started playing guitar and bass 🤘🏼

[@CourtCarter83]

I know this is about Axl's girlfriend/wife, but my Dad and I danced to this at my wedding. He died unexpectedly last year. On the way home from his funeral, I was holding his urn in my lap and this song came on. Every time I hear it, it feels like he's sending it to me. I always hear it when I need my Dad the most. So while it's technically a love song, it can mean so many things to so many different people.

[@lauraross9005]

❤

[@allthingsnerd.4484]

I lost my dad unexpectedly 13 years ago and I still have moments like that. Your post made me think of him again, and I thank you for that.

[@CourtCarter83]

@@allthingsnerd.4484 I am so sorry for your loss 💔

[@allthingsnerd.4484]

@@CourtCarter83 as am I for yours. It does get better, but it never goes away.

[@dawngipe6324]

You are absolutely right. This is the ringtone on my phone for my oldest daughter. I have 2 and she was always the sweetest kid. Don't get me wrong, I love both my girls. But she was born in 93 and youngest in 2000. So Guns was just so amazing and their music was still way popular in those early 90s. And she's turned out to be an amazing woman and mother. I am very close to her and am extremely proud of her.

[@TheSpaztickOne]

I dedicated this song to my first love... My Daughter. We listen and sing it together all the time.

[@jacqueline4514]

My youngest brother got married 3 years ago; our Mother, who was 75 at the time, loves this song; crazy to think she was in her 40’s and I was in my 20’s when this came out and he was just a little kid; time flies. Anyway, this was the song for the Mother and Son dance; it was PRICELESS ❤ Her favorite part: “Where do we go now”

[@tarynkirchen5961]

This and "Patience" are, I think, my favorite Guns n Roses songs :) Thank you so much for reacting to this :D

[@kathieovercash8414]

He wrote it about his first love. Her name is Erin Everly. The Professor of Rock has a story about it. She is the daughter of one of the Everly Brothers. They were married for a short time and I believe it was annulled. This is one of the most downloaded and sold songs in the world. The number is in the billions.

[@dustinjones8887]

Right. I was about to write this too. More specifically, the lyrics were originally a love poem on it's own to Erin. Only later, when Slash and Izzy were working out the new song instrumentally, Axl heard what they were doing and thought that poem would be a good lyric to it. ....however, the poem ends after the 2nd verse. After the guitar solo during the arrangement rehearsals, they didn't know what to do. Axl told the producer: "Where do we go now?" The producer then said say that!.

[@personalcheeses8073]

Erin is in the video

[@loadedorygun]

I wish I could have been at the Everly house when she brought Axl home to Daddy lol.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

This was about his future wife Erin. The term child was often used as a term of endearment for a young female significant other.

[@daz97]

* his future X wife lol Sorry couldn't help myself OCD maybe 😂✌️

[@sprontos]

You left out the part where she left him for beating her. 😂

[@kathieovercash8414]

It was about his first wife, first love Erin Everly. She was the daughter of one of the Everly Brothers. Their marriage was annulled.

[@personalcheeses8073]

Erin is in the video.

[@rowanmayfair9249]

All of the bands' significant others were in the video as well. I think it's more a culture thing. I was always one who had a mixed bag of friends, and there was never "child" used in relationships to a woman in the more "hip hop" kids. They used it as a friend, or the elders used it straight up. In the rock culture, it was used as "baby." The difference in phrases is such a fascinating thing to be exposed to at a young age... hell, even now. It's just my memories, not a trustworthy measure, at all. This also is not 100% of any one cultural speech. I've heard it all in different settings. Age will do that crap, 🤪🤣.

[@kenneth2875]

Wikipedia-During a jam session at the band's house in Sunset Strip, drummer Steven Adler and Slash were warming up and Slash began to play a "circus" melody while making faces at Adler. Rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin asked Slash to play it again. Stradlin came up with some chords, Duff McKagan created a bassline and Adler planned a beat. In his autobiography, Slash said "within an hour my guitar exercise had become something else." Lead singer Axl Rose was listening to the musicians upstairs in his room and was inspired to write lyrics, which he completed by the following afternoon. He based it on his girlfriend Erin Everly (daughter of Don Everly, of the Everly Brothers, and Venetia Stevenson), and declared that Lynyrd Skynyrd served as an inspiration "to make sure that we'd got that heartfelt feeling."

[@stevenewcomer8837]

Would Steven Adler be “Cisco” from the band Whitestarr? Their song “Beautiful Thing”, is an excellent song. Both their albums are excellent. I wish someone would react to them. Link for “Beautiful Thing” by Whitestarr below. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKiUpZttbauFbNksi=0RRgWsqzVlD7aS5f

[@Thegiftburrow]

Axl Rose, renowned as the frontman of Guns N' Roses, is not only a rock legend but also a vocalist with a remarkable five-octave vocal range. His ability to effortlessly hit both high and low notes has set him apart in the music world

[@tweettweet2457]

And was ever so beautiful ❤

[@diydad7704]

I read in an article that if Axl kept singing like this, he'd lose his voice sometime in the future. Unfortunately that was true.

[@FightingPaddys]

It's similar to you calling your significant other "baby girl". It's a love song. As a man, you often look at your significant other as innocent and needing protection. It's a term of endearment.

[@Shortsac72]

Just over 43 years playing guitar and I still can't get some of those sounds 😅 F'n Slash... The GOAT!

[@gennyyelton4392]

Love song❤️ She made him remember childhood and was his safe place. However I played this for my son after he was born. I didn't think they would mind ❤

[@Whitesquall123]

I'm sure the many other comments on here have referenced the "where do we go, where do we go now?" part, but in case you haven't heard, that part was sung by Axl when they were jamming and he was sincerely asking 'where do we go, where do we take the song from here?' and it just sounded good and they left it.

[@mikeb36240]

After Slash's solo Axel didn't know what to say or how to follow up that amazing guitar work.

[@rodthebodfromcanada]

"Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses was written by lead singer Axl Rose about his then-girlfriend, Erin Everly.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

The BBC today covered the story of Jon Bon Jovi talking someone down from jumping off a bridge in Nashville. It goes to show that even international celebrities can be down to earth when called upon. Before he intervened, several people simply passed by this desperate person. Truly a Samaritan. ❤

[@rebeccacurtis6680]

I saw that this morning, too. Just another reason why I like JBJ. Good hearted man in addition to being a legend. I was actually surprised when he was part of the Jimmy Buffett "Keep the party going" memorial concert earlier this year. Had no idea they had been good friends & it just made me adore him more.

[@laurabailey1054]

Jon Bon Jovi has a pay what you can restaurant in New Jersey and he frequently washes the dishes in the restaurant

[@lissettenukida5096]

He's awesome in more ways than just being a great artist. He is a good person, with a heart 🙌

[@RockinMamaT]

Yes I saw that this morning too...Jon is great humanitarian ❤

[@personalcheeses8073]

You watch the BBC? SHAME ON YOU!

[@christopherderoy3153]

WHAAAAAT WHAT!!! No matter how many guitarists, bands etc try to cover this song, the riff NEVER, EVER sounds like Slash’s’

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

Never. He's the Original.

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

Yup. Slash is the Original.

[@russellw7785]

Amen

[@mickjuul1977]

@rimskykorsakov2892 He might have been inspired by it... But he then perfected it.... Sounds so different from each other...

[@TeresaGrimes-fm5is]

Yes!Memories. Sweet child of mine. It's both, I feel.. my sweet daughter of mine.

[@christina9841]

I'm just blown away that this song is almost 40 years old.. I watched a Nirvana interview yesterday from 1991, hard to believe those kids were goofing around in the interview 33 years ago... time goes sooo fast....

[@ConspiracySmurf]

**KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR** got to hear that!

[@klz4377]

Live...knocking on heavens door. LIVE❤

[@Bill-c8k]

One of the GREATEST hard rock song of all time The song was written about Axl's ex girlfriend Erin Everly daughter of Don Everly of The Everly Brothers

[@lindalou6105]

I did not know she was Don Everly's daughter

[@matheya]

Still it won't go to his playlist! 😁😁😁Figure out that...

[@jeremiahrose4681]

@@matheya Can't

[@jeremiahrose4681]

I did not know anything about the Everly relationship or the daughter of. Interesting.

[@peggysolomon2784]

Erin Everly was married to Axl Rose for a brief time.

[@theoldhenhouse9087]

I always thought this song was about his first love/crush. That opening still gives me goosebumps all these years later, I could listen to it over and over!!

[@MKitchen75]

i was 15 when heard this song first time and fall in love the music from Guns and Roses and still love their music

[@BeccaM24]

My favorite Guns and Roses song and the guitar solo is CRAZY!! Slash is amazing at guitar.

[@beckiramsey9561]

Love Axel’s voice, love this song!!❤❤ Really enjoy your reactions BP!!❤❤

[@kaynesheldon4905]

I love how the guitar was basically singing with the lead singer at the end! Such a great song!

[@allenruss2976]

He wrote this song for his fiance at the time, Erin Everly. She was the daughter of one of the Everly Brothers. Another great duo to react to

[@jonahhex8178]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@rebeccacurtis6680]

I'm glad someone else recommends BP chk out the Everly Brothers. My parents were always fans of theirs & I grew up listening to their music.

[@orangeandblackattack]

Bird Dog

[@donnakubiski5572]

My mother had a couple of Everly Brothers record albums when I was a kid that I used to play constantly. Love their harmonies.

[@kayprice7800]

For me, it reminds me of when my daughter was a teenager, and my way of parenting her as I had when she was a child weren't working, and I wondered how she and I would work our our differences, that though she was my daughter, she was also her own person.

[@sandrafazackerley9526]

What a great song to start my day off on. Awesome reaction. Cheers & Peace Out! ✌️

[@kylespence9060]

One of my favorite songs of theirs along welcome to the jungle, november rain, paradise city, their version of sympathy for the devil

[@roihesse9174]

I saw Guns N' Roses live in Cologne in 1993. Müngersdorf Stadium, 50m from the stage The best concert of my life. The opening acts were Faith No More and Soundgarden

[@revaflowers3115]

Back in the day "child or chile' "was the word for woman girlfriend,boyfriend. and I think it was just a shortened term from "honey child'. I think Janis Joplin has used it in a lot of her songs too. Axl Rose was dating Erin Everly(Don Everly of the Everly Brother's daughter) at the time of this song, in fact they were married for about a year.Erin appears in this video if you watch closely. He wrote this song for her.

[@lorriwood8545]

My younger brother and his wife dressed as Slash and Axel Rhodes for Halloween. He's tall, she was like 5 foot flat. Long blonde hair, but on that bandana did Axel's little dance. It was sooooooo cool!!! I miss my brother. He passed at the age of 46, in 2017. 😢😢 God bless y'all ✌️✌️ & ❤❤

[@ReddevilsFanNGainz86]

One of my favourites from them and favourite band too. 😎 🌹🥀🎸

[@Ontheroxxwithsalt]

This was my song for my daughter when she was born in 2002. You know you always have a song that you have that you relate to each child and this is the one that makes me nostalgic about her childhood. She is a senior in college today. I can't believe it's been 23 years!

[@russellw7785]

"Patience", is a great one, Slash playing acoustic

[@jockeyladjockeylad8492]

It's wild that the opening riff was just a little something/nothing that Slash used as a finger warm-up - look up serendipity & there will be a picture of him tuning up.

[@alitheweepingangel1742]

These songs are the memories of our lives. For me I consider Slash’s solo in this is like Phil Collins getting to the drum part in ‘In the Air Tonight’. It’s the extra epic bit in the song 😃🤣

[@Heather-x3m]

8:31 I personally think he's saying that she makes him feel safe and the term "child" is like "boo"

[@thereseborneman2377]

This song reminds me of so many all night kind of good times!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@fhdz505]

80s, best music decade EVER!

[@ekathrynlee7757]

Yes, Axel‼️ Thanks for the memory. Late 20s, just got kids off to school, washing breakfast dishes. The phone rang, it was my sister saying put on MTV! I did and it was Guns and Roses doing this song, we were hooked‼️ Sometimes lyrics aren't important, just FEEL the song💖

[@stevehamilton8824]

One of the best power ballads written. "Child" is often times used as a term of endearment for someone they love (not being a child). In this case, it is about his girl at the time and their relationship. The song equates the qualities & characteristics of his lover and how she brings back memories of his childhood. The opening is iconic. Slash's opening riff is beautiful and the bass is incredible. The band overall knocked this out of the park and set them on a road to being an iconic band. The entire album, APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION set off a chain reaction for this genre of music to be much more genuine. At the time, hair metal was a bit over the top with party anthems, sex, drugs & rock n roll. GnR brought it back down to Earth.

[@sassypatty2666]

Perfecto

[@Reiki0525]

Check out Welcome to the Jungle. My favorite Guns ‘n Roses song.

[@detredwings21]

Axl Rose was listening to the musicians upstairs in his room and was inspired to write lyrics, which he completed by the following afternoon.[10] He based it on his girlfriend Erin Everly (daughter of Don Everly, of the Everly Brothers, and Venetia Stevenson), and declared that Lynyrd Skynyrd served as an inspiration "to make sure that we'd got that heartfelt feeling

[@Angelina-ot8rx]

I always play the song for my daughters it's a dedication to them 💯💜🌹

[@jamessims2311]

Gen X'r here(1970 YOB). Was 17 when LP came out. Still have the "Appetite" tour shirt and occasionally wear it present day. As an aside, a depresding note to my contemporaries: All membets of the band are now in their 60's.😂

[@shannontrough2680]

❤ Patience is the one you need to do!

[@griffygut7683]

I view this song on the mother, Maiden, Crone spectrum. He wrote it after holding his 1st child, but it is deeper about the generational connections to childhood and wanting to protect & guide. I think the trouble understanding is how they blend the mix of emotions the ways they flood in real life.

[@memorylane7068]

Some radio stations play a chopped-up version where he comes in singing sooner and they also chop out much of the soloing guitar. Written bout Axel's then jet-setting girlfriend. She is daughter to one of the Everly Brothers.

[@loadedorygun]

One of the most distinctive basses in metal. Usually they’re so buried under guitars, but Izzy really keeps things bouncing which I think helped mainstream their sound.

[@michaelauer2231]

Duff McKagan was(is) the bassist.

[@loadedorygun]

@@michaelauer2231sorry yes

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

Favorite song by them. Love the guitar solo. Love how they put attention on all members. Always loved their first drummer.

[@aura81295]

Beautiful, powerful love song with a great non-ending. Doesn't the question after reaching a certain point in a relationship or whatever endeavor (including writing a song...lol) lend itself to pause for reflection and trying to figure out what's next, hence "where do we go now"? I think it's brilliant. 👏

[@_Love_-ru7pz]

I love your reactions. Thank you for taking the time to do them

[@bjs001001]

A lot of rock hits have guitar solos, but that one is a little longer than the average guitar solo. There are a few super hots like Freebird and Hotel California that have extra long solos, and or, guitar duets. BIG props for looking it up on the video, I like that.

[@kerrysmethurst3972]

GnR at their finest. Slash guitar rift and axl spray painted on trousers 😂❤ 🔫n🌹. 🎩 🚬 Sweet childhood memories for me although I know that isn’t what the song is about 😊. Nice one BP great reaction as always xx

[@CoreyWickramasekera]

I had a leather jacket with a fringe, and a Levi's jean jacket vest I wore just like that, except I had a GUNS N ROSES 🌹, scroll patch on the back of it

[@cheriemelissa]

This song was always played with the complete guitar solo. He is referring to a woman with the lyric "Sweet Child Of Mine" .

[@michaelauer2231]

The song is about his then girl friend Erin Everly, but it has deeper meanings as well such as verse 2, "She's got eyes of the bluest skies As if they thought of rain I'd hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain Her hair reminds me of a warm, safe place Where, as a child, I'd hide And pray for the thunder and the rain to quietly pass me by" Axl and Erin were very much in love, but had a tumultuous relationship. Also, Axl had a terrible childhood in which he and his sister were abused by his stepfather whom he didn't know was not his biological father until he was older. In this verse he is saying that her hair reminds him of the place where he would hide from his stepfather to escape the abuse.

[@memorylane7068]

You are right. Not many epic solos in #1 hits. This was #1!

[@lisas6450]

😊❤ Hi Black P! 😅 You are absolutely correct that there's different versions of songs for the radio!! LOL 😂 I guess in the biz they call it 'radio friendly '. Not sure who does it but, they will edit out curse words, remove instrumental sections. If it had too long of an into, middle or ending instrument solo, it was cut. 😢 That's what I also love about these channels is that I get to experience something new too! So many of the songs from my youth I only experienced through the radio. But now I get to see videos of live performances and hear the songs the way the artists intended them to be!! 😅 Luv ya 😊❤❤

[@SharonLathanNovelist]

"Child" as an endearment for one's female sweetheart, a bit less common but not unknown endearment at various times. Similar to using "baby" for an adult sweetheart.

[@cindya9572]

If a rock song had a great guitar solo that spoke to my emotions, It was a winner in my book. Words to me were always secondary. It was all about the music and how it made me feel.

[@courtneygardiner3461]

My sister was born the week it came out (in the UK) and a month after it came out in the USA, it has always been my dad and sisters song. They even danced to it for her father daughter dance at her wedding

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

He says “her hair reminds of a warm safe place where as a child I’d hide…and wait for the thunder and the rain to quietly pass me by”….referring to his physical abuse he suffered as a child

[@gilliansl]

"The song was based around his romantic partner, his girlfriend Erin Everly (the daughter of Don Everly of the Everly Brothers). Rose said the idea was also inspired by the “heartfelt” Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The band completed the song soon after, adding a bridge and a solo in the middle of the track."

[@lindsayyoung2788]

So many songs are cut down for radio and MTV. Some specific ones that come to mind are Down with the Sickness by Disturbed (a whole verse is cut out), 45 by Shinedown (gun references were removed for MTV until the band asked that it be taken down completely because of the censorship), and Face Down by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (screaming removed from a verse toward the end). I know it has to be frustrating for artists to hear their songs edited for nonsense reasons.

[@newfiemom8696]

❤THIS IS MY JAM ❤

[@LisaPoole-z6r]

Love this tune!

[@sylvimichelle6447]

Never ever thought of this song in that way.. first time im seeing this.. always looked at it as he's talking about his girl

[@sherreywurz731]

Love love this band ........

[@Sober2003]

I was waiting for you to mention that solo! Lol one of the best solo’s I think and another killer solo is Sliver by Velvet Revolver with Slash!❤

[@jeremiahrose4681]

One of the best debuts albums of all time along with Boston. You can listen to each sone one right after the other and enjoy. It was so insanely popular when it came out, I was in High School at the time. The two albums that stood out was this and Hysteria.

[@ConspiracySmurf]

YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS! Ya need to play this for your kids! This is me and my two girls song. So glad you found this one! :)

[@marcieharreld286]

Slash is such a spectacular guitarist!!!💜🎵🎼🎶🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@AlexHernandez-yb9rx]

This song is about his then, girlfriend. It’s funny how songs can have different meanings. I was like maybe 12 when this song came out, and LOVED this song. My mom calls me her “Sweet child o’mine” bc it reminds her of me. ❤love LOVE this song! One of the best songs ever 💕🤘🏽

[@JonMalbrough]

"Appetite for Destruction" is a rare perfect album. Its worth a start to finish listen

[@jlchambe77]

I always interpreted the song as he was singing to a significant other. Calling her sweet child, like calling your wife or girlfriend “baby”. But since the first time I heard the song after I became a father to my daughter, I can’t help but think of the first time I held my baby daughter and looked into her eyes.

[@TheSpaztickOne]

Please react to - Live Forever by Billy Joe Shaver. You will love it, it is one of my favorites.

[@Hawkman007]

That opening riff was what Slash used to do to warm up as he got ready to play the guitar. Axl heard it and started writing lyrics for it. The rest is history.

[@laurabailey1054]

I used to work midnights at a gas station across the road from a bar called the Aberdeen that played live music in the 80’s. After the bar closed the bands would play acoustic music and one of the bands they would play was Guns and Roses. They used to play Patience and it was one of my favourites

[@AmbassadorDvinn]

Awwww snap!!! one of the best guitar solos ever! Slash slays.

[@KimberlyLopez-hp7yj]

I went to see Guns and Roses in 1990 in they were so good in concert they didn't disappoint at all.

[@Rayray-kj9cc]

It was so different when it came out! Standing in the high school parking lot rocking out! I miss the 80s!!

[@woodrowdixon1543]

The music video was made on the "dumbed down" version. The album cut had extended guitars at the beginning and the solo.

[@GinaGeeILuvu]

Great tune! I love Slash!❤❤

[@toddylu6869]

There are very few groups that I can remember where I was when I first heard them. Rosanna by Toto at home in front of my Daddy’s stereo listening to the radio after school. Years later Welcome to the Jungle came on while I was driving home one night. It was 1100 and the DJ said they were new and he couldn’t play them earlier in the day. It came on and I had to stop at a stop sign on a dark road and listen. I was like “What the hell! They are going to be huge”. It was only me in the car but a nice memory.

[@adellegregory4433]

Saw these at Download in the UK. Slash was amazing

[@RockinMamaT]

You should check out Knocking on heavens door it's amazing too. The phrase "child" more refers to a younger woman. Lots of bands back in the 60s and 70s referred to the younger women as " child" like guys would say "baby girl " to their GF. Great reaction and Peace out 🙏 ✌️ ☮️

[@shilmanmartin]

Its impossible to replicate the sweet child of mine solo.

[@AuthorLaurieAnnSmith]

I love GNR!! Thanks BP!

[@Xtro-1098]

Chooooooooooooooooooon!!!!.. ..keep pumping out great content BP...🙏

[@rickwiese8878]

I never thought of a child during this. I thought of the girlfriend. It was a love song. This came out when I was a junior in high-school. And girls loved this song.

[@gennyyelton4392]

You did really good on this one and I understand the bit of confusion ❤

[@Uuna]

He is singing to the woman he loves,she makes him feel as if he was a child again...

[@annettegyde7585]

He actually refers to himself as a child in only a portion of this song as a reflection on something in his past and how his present made him think of that.