Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N' Roses | " Rock Music " Reaction

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

The song is about Axl coming from Indiana to Los Angeles and LA being the jungle. Apparently the "welcome to the jungle" was said to him by a homeless man trying to scare them off the runaways from NY. And it left such an impact on him he wrote the song.

[@jadoo868]

When Rock was dangerous.

[@Rob_MiniDepp]

When Rock was Rock 🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@The_Cali_State]

actually the song is about Los Angeles, the dark scenes of LA

[@scottscage6409]

Im actually set to return to LA on 7/7

[@realityutubetv8846]

That's basically what he said dumbass

[@ageofpeace2081]

Reality Utube Tv 😂

[@ageofpeace2081]

Reality Utube Tv welcome to the jangle baby 😂

[@paulriddle7818]

Actually.... it was inspired by a trip to Duffs hometown of Seattle.

[@KaidenOrgana]

This album, Appetite For Destruction was their debut album and arguably not only their best, but one of the all time best. Go listen to the whole thing, it's all excellent.

[@CoreyT127]

Yeah, it's the best album ever made! IMO because it's so good it's like the 1st time hearing it everytime you hear it.

[@lightlantern]

“ Your Daddy Works In Porno Now That Mommy Is Not Around, She Used To Like Her Heroin Now She’s Not Under Ground! F’n Brilliant Lyrics!!

[@marcospman9396]

Oh yeah! They arrived with both feet at the door!

[@scottanderson2807]

I’d say it is one of the top five all time rock albums ever.

[@jabreck1934]

Welcome to the 80s

[@johnnndoeee6674]

He’s sayin “if you want it, you’re gonna bleed. But it’s the price you pay” at the part you were confused about

[@jimilemons3437]

You must do ‘Nightrain’, ‘Mr. Brownstone’, ‘It’s So Easy’ and ‘My Michelle’ - All Bangers!

[@brandonrobinson7825]

Nightrain is one of there best songs

[@edk2502]

All four are awesome - "My Michelle" being the favorite. "Appetite for Destruction" is one of the greatest albums of all time - right next to "Master of Puppets"

[@CDO1113]

Axl Rose was like a supernova...came into the scene and exploded as one of the most dynamic front men in rock n roll history and then burned out and faded away unfortunately. I’m so happy they all got back together for a tour in 2018.

[@psycojuggalo1642]

This song was about the culture shock axl rose felt when he stepped off the bus onto the streets of LA and what he saw ... theres another one they do but I'll warn you react at your own risk the song is Guns & Rose's- ONE IN A MILLION

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

Yeah I still don't know how to feel about that one.

[@cullertransportation]

@@dustywaynemusic6297 nobody does. I think that was the reaction Axle was going for with one in a million

[@DarkSkies72]

That song almost destroyed them. Axl was a prick to do that song with a black guitarist.

[@psycojuggalo1642]

@@DarkSkies72 You do realize that slash had the OPTION to say I'm not recording so obviously he was fine with it unless you can link an interview of slash saying different I grew up in this time there was a small controversy about it then it disappeared into obscurity leave it there the band was nowhere near destroyed by it

[@DimebagDarrell942]

Sure there are 2 slurs but theres the line that says"Radicals and racist dont put your finger at me, im a small town boy" But i think its a great song except slurs and i think its just the culture shock at the first i dont think he was still racist

[@Alex-gx9kg]

It’s about going from living in a small Midwest town to living the big city street life, and one of the things that makes GN’R great is the majority of their songs are based on their real life experiences.

[@ryanknowlton6455]

“Knockin on heavens door” is another good one to do

[@balucious]

It's a good one to listen to live in the early days. Best left to Bob though.

[@shirleyallen5178]

This is the song that set MTV on fire!!! Literally! Look it up!

[@uzi978]

1987... yeah, the war on drugs was in full swing by then. But the police footage in the video is used more just to convey chaos. The song is about singer Axl Rose moving from Indiana to Los Angeles and his first impression of the big city. Seeing drug dealers, hookers, and all the crazy characters on the Sunset Strip. It was a big shock to his system, which is why you see him in the electric chair watching the TV footage. This was their 1st video, and it didn't do well when it first came out in 1987.. it wasn't until a year later, after Sweet Child O' Mine became a big hit, that they re-released Jungle and it was put in regular rotation on MTV. Axl has another song about life in L.A. that you may not like called One In A Million. It's their most controversial song, because he uses the N word, and the F word (for gay people). But you may want to check it out. Run The Jewels 4 dropped early yesterday, you hear any of it? Album of the year. Killer Mike and El-P are what you need to listen to right now if you're into riot music. Zach De La Rocha from Rage Against the Machine is on the album too.

[@randomhockeyguy9149]

Welcome to the Jungle was also on the soundtrack to The Deadpool with Clint Eastwood, which came out in 1988. Song was played in very early part of the movie, and the band is in the movie as extras during one scene. I think that also gave the song a boost, along with Sweet Child of Mine release.

[@davidtokash4701]

theres heavy debate about these details. Supposedly a guy in the bronx said the " youre in the jungle...youre gonna die.." line to axl and his buddy well before he moved to LA. However moving to LA, a big city, inspired him to write it and use the the line the guy in the bronx told him back when it happened.

[@CrashRockstar]

Besides I believe it was about the enforcement system fightin' against everything that was 'different' - not only drugs or hookers, but also "small town white boys" wandering about...

[@sandramayer9456]

When Axl got off the bus in LA a guy came up to him and said you know where you are?? You’re in the jungle baby! You’re gonna die! It was his inspiration for this song. I saw them live in late 80’s!!! Their energy was absolutely electric live. The energy between Axl and Slash was a phenomenon! Unforgettable!!!

[@lisarose3566]

Axl's vocal range is wider than Mariah's. He was great in his prime. He's pretty good now too. Seen them 3 times in "Not in this lifetime" tour. Love them forever..🤘🏼🤘🏼🎤🎤🎸🎸

[@nelax44]

Paraphrasing: "I've never given Slash less than a 9 for a solo.... But I did just listen to Patience." lol. The true rock fan always debates his own lists. Welcome to the club

[@kurtsaxton9665]

You're not giving slash near enough credit, when you have greats like BB King and Joe Perry endorsing you I say you've made it.

[@michaelreynolds8300]

This song is about LA. Axl and Izzy are from a town in Indiana in the middle of nowhere. Axl got off the bus in LA homeless black man said to "You know where you are? You're in the jungle. You're gonna die". News footage you see the band bought that footage for the video. With all the craziness happening in LA in the mid 80's

[@CrashRockstar]

That 'fun and games' can mean a lotta different things at present :D

[@johnwray393]

True. I know exactly what it meant to guns & roses though. Lol

[@Beebeebombie]

This song was basically about everything. Axl was a small town boy who came out to the big city chasing big dreams of being big. He wrote about LA, the darkest parts of it, and basically everything. This song was mainly inspired because of the culture shock and how wild LA seemed to be compared to Lafayette, and the things one had to do to come by in a place infested by so many small town boys chasing big dreams. The police images is because of the police brutality LA was known for back in the day.

[@paulvece3714]

All these years later, this intro is still creepy and awesome

[@mariobarrientos6673]

Do civil war but react to the lyrics...the song is really deep

[@gun4614]

Yes he should do that. Its got the best lyrics of any song I think cause its deep and rlly true

[@pedroicaro8924]

Great, do civil war please

[@redrollins8346]

Ditto

[@aleteiki4686]

Pleaseeee Civil War

[@dawest767]

I don't need your civil war.

[@allensaunders449]

One of the best anti war songs ever right there with black sabbaths war pigs

[@ManicMechanic82]

Has been one of my favorite hard rock albums sense the day it came out. MTV constantly played GnR back when they were still MTV!

[@MaddoxMelton]

This guy is awesome!

[@dogmom485]

One of the best songs and bands ever. What he can do with his voice is incredible. Brush up more on Guns N Rose's.. you definitely won't be disappointed. 🤘

[@Nokio8484]

you should listen to sweet child o´mine. the best guitar rifs of all time

[@rebeccarockchik6704]

I think he did that one already. ?

[@talkshowhost85]

really? not November Rain?

[@juliemanarin4127]

It was a great riff...but not the best ever

[@Nokio8484]

@@juliemanarin4127 Of course you can argue about that, but in my opinion it is the best. But I can understand if you have another opinion. That is what is great about music :)

[@michaeltaylor5939]

@@rebeccarockchik6704 I agree, and apparently so do a lot of other people... www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-5838340

[@CaroleMcDonnell]

I remember back in the day Axel talking about arriving in LA and being homeless and living on the streets. This song talks about some of his experiences.

[@deannawalker7022]

Dude when you hear that scream at the beginning you know it's lit....

[@throneborn]

He says "if you want it you're gonna bleed, but it's the price you pay"

[@andrusmotto1257]

Double Talkin Jive, Night Train, Civil War, so many excellent song's

[@sharonburcham25]

Back in my time!! Seems like yesterday!! The 80’s ROCKED... ❤️Tennessee

[@Keplerb-od1lr]

Axl’s scream at the beginning sounds so much like a cop siren

[@michaeltabor4176]

Not nose bleed... It was actually, "If you want it your gonna bleed but that's the price you pay"

[@brendanperrett8248]

Do “Rocket Queen “ off the same album

[@CalleseAlaVerga]

Another banger💯🔥

[@brendanperrett8248]

The whole albums a banger

[@neallinville1708]

I want him to Do The Studio Version, OR If I am saying IT Wrong he Needs to Hear The Version OFF of Appetite For Destruction. He will BE too busy trying to see IF he is hearing what he thinks he is hearing, He won't BE Rating Slash's on that one IF he gets the Right Version and a TTRUE G-n-R FAN knows EXACTLY What I AM TALKI" ABOUT. G-n-R FAN SINCE 1987 and have NEVER Stopped, Neal Linville

[@michaelreynolds8300]

Paradise City is my favorite song by them!

[@lowrider4266]

This song is played a lot at NFL games. Its pretty much the Bengals theme song. I'm sure you have heard it many places. My fav by them. Civil War is a really good one.

[@maryroberts9233]

Thank you for playing Guns and Roses...great music

[@AustinChurch95]

This is literally just about the dark side of fame and how crazy it really is out there

[@dusman7]

This song was featured in The Dead Pool with Clint Eastwood, one of his Dirty Harry movies.

[@LaptopLarry330]

The song and music video for "Welcome To The Jungle", by Guns 'N Roses, debuted in 1987. In the music video, a lot of news footage from Los Angeles-based TV stations, and CNN, were featured. Most of the footage was from hostage events, or local neighborhood riots (mostly racial-related at the hands of local police officers). The footage of police officers wearing sweaters and berets beating protesters with long, whip-like rods, took place in South Africa. I remember watching the news report on CNN , when Nelson Mandela was still in prison. Mandela was released from prison in 1990.

[@evabyrum3327]

The way I understood it he was talking about LA. Drugs, beautiful women and opportunity to have anything you want but you won't get it for free. L.A was a jungle. Song came out in 1987 off of the album Appetite For Destruction. I was 20 yrs old when this came out. This album still sales pretty big today from what I understand. I still see T-shirts on young folks and they actually know the music from this band! Love Guns and Roses!!

[@gesmith98]

I will never forget the first time this video was aired. Me and my buddies knew what time World Premier Video's came on througout the day and would come inside to watch em. When this video started, them gettin off the bus, just had this feeling of the calm before the storm, then that shit started, Axle hit that growling siren scream and it cut o them in the stage setting and just took off, we lost our damn minds! We were jumpin around playin air instruments and pretending to sing a song we'd never heard before the end of the first verse. Only other World Premier I remember that perfectly is Nirvana - Teen Spirit, two times that a new band just decimated the era and what came before them.

[@libertypills5580]

Dude is just about living' in the big city! Dangerous, dirty, addictive, chaotic, corrupt and just straight up evil!

[@bradyguerin5525]

the song is about life in hollywood. "You can taste the bright lights but you won't get there for free". you can see the fame and the "lights" but you gotta pay to get there

[@tomazroses6022]

Best 👑 BAND 👑EVER. 🤘

[@michellewheatley2007]

According to band legend this song happened because when he got off the bus in LA, someone said to him Welcome to the jungle, you're gonna die.

[@supernick189]

The song is about Axl and Izzy moving from Indiana to South central LA. Another GnR song about that very same Greyhound bus trip is One in a Million.

[@tammydesilva2390]

I passed out flyers in the 80S for them and other bands in Los angels for people to go see them play. I miss the 80s 😭

[@wendyraymond1751]

This was amazing ..thanku you are amazing too holla love an god bless x

[@mr.h.36]

"you ain't the first" is nice little ditty too

[@patman854]

The song is about living in LA. The singer Axl wrote it about moving to LA from Indana

[@lovetocheerx0x0]

He’s saying, you’re a very sexy girl, very hard to please, you can have anything you like, but you better not take it from me. Rolling Stone magazine listed it as 1 of the 500 best songs of all time. It was their 2nd debut song on their 1st album, “Appetite for Destruction”. GNR is one of the best bands in Rock History. They just didn’t ever, ever have a sucky song. Love em, love em, loooooooove em!!!

[@roberthendrix6769]

More guns n Rose's please

[@tylerschuler8096]

This song is about Los Angeles. It exposes the dark side of the city many people encounter when they go there to pursue fame. Guns N' Roses knew this side of the city well: in 1985, they lived in a place on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles that they called "Hell House." The house was often filled with drugs, alcohol and groupies.

[@cricketcrocker]

This was about his first reaction to 80’s LA. A lot was raised in Indiana. He might as well been from another country.

[@jaimzalvarez]

ROCKET QUEEN!!

[@latingirl042]

Their theme song from Terminator 2 "You Could be Mine" that's rock & roll at it's finest. You will love it for sure.

[@loraharvey6740]

Thank you for the guns n roses reactions. They are my all time favorite band. To my knowledge this song is about Axl leaving a small town in Indiana and coming to a big city. The lifestyle of the big city. He was facing juvenile detention at 17 and he ran to the city of St. Louis first and then on to California. The difference from his small hometown to the bigger cities were like a jungle. Axl used to do rants before his songs and I have put a link down below that will help you to understand what i explained and what the song means. And by the way Knocking on Heavens Door live in Tokyo 1992 is my fav or theirs lol. music.kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZbVkKGGbc6Kjrc&feature=share

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

The "welcome to the jungle" was said to him by a homeless man trying to scare them off the runaways from NY. And it left such an impact on him he wrote the song.

[@Brandon_093]

This song was about axl arriving in la from where he was born and raised in Indiana and basically experiencing the seedy underworld of la

[@diogosabino2545]

The song is about the first experience of AXL in LA and all the craziness and vibe...

[@ToyutahLifein]

If you weren't born when this came out, then you might not have seen the movie A Clockwork Orange". When Axl is in that chair it's a total idea copy of one of the violent cronies who gets put in a mental asylum and is tied to a chair like that. If you've heard of Stanley Kubrick, he made that movie in 1971... probably clips on here... the 80s were crazy anyway, I was 17 when this came out, and needed it...

[@beckystarrski]

Steven 🍿Adler, on those 🥁!! Dammit man he sounds so amazing. #RocketQueen is one you should do next! ✌🏻

[@gabeackerman4964]

AGAIN THIS^^^

[@chefg_murder1191]

Transplants sold their song "Diamonds and Guns" to Garnier ... for shampoo commercials. But, the entire song is about Heroin... lmaooooo

[@hoythendrix]

This song is about Axl coming to LA from Illinois. When he steps off the bus and walks down the street a man asks him, “Do you know where you are?” Axl replies and says no. This when the man says, “You’re in the middle of the jungle baby; you’re gonna die!” Reference point in the song when he says, You’re in the jungle baby You’re gonna diiiiiiiiieeeeeeee

[@Frostrazor]

"The Jungle" is L.A. The metaphor is his experience trying to acclimate living there after coming from the midwest.

[@patrickbateman7769]

the premise of this video is about going from rural life to the toxic dangers of urban life experienced by Axl when he first moved from Indianna to LA. The part where Axl's strapped to the straitjacket is essentially where he is forced to endure and watch the horros of urban life and get indoctrinated to this lifestyle until he is "cured" and suggests this may be what most towns folk moving from rural areas to urban life would've felt. This was stated by their then manager Doug Goldstein in the book "Last of the giants: The True story of guns n roses"

[@a.m.creativ]

The entire album, Appetite for Destruction was written on real life experiences and truth. All of it. Each song is a picture of what they were living from 1985 to when the album was made. Welcome to the Jungle is about Axl running away from Indiana to California. He had someone say to him "Do you know where you are? You're in the jungle, baby. You're gonna die!" But it might have been in New York when this was said to a young William Bailey (Axl).

[@cirrustate8674]

The basic storyline of the song is, people moving to big cities, being attracted to the glitz and the glamour, and then discovering the dark, gritty underbelly of those big cities. You can find anything you want in those cities, but there is ALWAYS a price, and it isn't always one you're going to be willing to pay. It is referring especially to L.A. and NYC.

[@MyKeeP81]

yeah the song is about LA ad the crazy place it can be, especially for a kid from indiana like axl showing up for the first time

[@gesmith98]

Axle said that when he first got to L.A. one of the first people he talked to was an old black man who didn't think he could handle it and the dude literally said "You in the jungle Baby, you gonna die." He is referring to the party scene in L.A. at the time and how it would eat people alive that weren't prepared for it. That was where you went in the 80's if you wanted to be "in it" a lot of the people that went out there thinkin they were gonna be somethin got chewed up and spit out... That coupled with the backdrop of police brutality and racism throughout the LAPD that was only a few years away from imploding with the Rodney King case made L.A. in the mid-late 80's no place for the weak . "Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games, if you want it you gonna bleed but it's the price to pay."

[@moli9089]

Reqction which make me feel that rock n roll is not dead. Fuck yeah

[@christinastclair5623]

Welcome to the Jungle was released in 1988 and is talking about the riots in LA. During the late 80s and early 90s we had several riots in LA. The 1992 riots were the worst at the time, with massive looting, murders, and buildings set on fire. The Asian community in LA got hit hard and armed themselves and had several gun battles with the local black population. The police pulled back because it was just too insane. A large part of LA burnt to the ground.

[@Fernando90406]

bring more guns n roses to the channel my man

[@Relaxingkiwi]

That’s a sick song😍😍🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@stormangelus6638]

The song is about coming up in the city, about the insanity of becoming a star, sex, drugs & rock 'n' roll. The guy's essentially being slammed with so much shit, it's driving him insane. And that's what it's driving at: the corruption that happens.

[@figura2000]

jungle is the city, the war, the money, the tv

[@Applesauceforsale]

4:29 The slow realisation Axl is straight up moaning. Dude, you really need to listen to Rocket Queen.

[@Morgaine]

It's about the music scenein LA in the 80s. The video and straight jacket scenes are inspired by the book "A Clockwork Orange."

[@MrLjs20]

As many have said the song is about surviving in LA. But the music video actually has more to do with the albums title Appetite for Destruction. The original cover art with the robot inspired the title. It depicts a world in which we become addicted to destruction, sex and violence. The media feeds us our appetite for this and we can’t get enough of it so it becomes all we see. Thus our never quenching Appetite for Destruction. Very relevant today.

[@kurtsaxton9665]

Appetite For Destruction single handedly saved the eighties, from fluff and power ballads. They brought sex drugs and rock n roll back every song on the album rocked. Not saying other bands weren't great ,they just weren't this kind of great.

[@Markkarm1]

Axl rose came from a small town in Indiana. He skipped out on a police warrant for his arrest and hitchhiked his way to LA. when he arrived, an old black man in the street saw him, came up to him and for some reason said "welcome to the jungle baby, you gonna die". The song is just about the underworld of LA. Drugs, guns in general, but I guess if a stranger came up to you and said that, it would probably be a good story to tell. When they made the record, Gun's didn't realize the album would be as important as it became, and they were heavy into every substance under the sun, so Axl didn't go in as deep lyrically as he may have, had the situation been different. For example, the end of Sweet Child O' mine is "where do we go now" because they literally were stuck musically and lyrically, so they just made it "where do we go now"; no real meaning. I suspect the lyrics to jungle are vague in the same way. Best Rock album ever made though still. Pin me hehe.

[@pauledwards4822]

I always thought don't take from me meant don't take my word for it experience it for yourself

[@krispecore17]

Great-Get in the Ring-Mr Brownstone

[@ianrealista2029]

This video was only aired once during midnight on MTV. and i assume on selected states only.

[@slashthe2nd]

Its so easy by Guns n Rose's

[@TwistedDoll09]

I grew up in Cincinnati, this was required listening because of the Bengals lol

[@mmaarrttyy123]

The song is about LA and the early days of the band. Drugs, Sex and Rock n Roll. LA is like a jungle and you have to be prepared for whatever you find. He got the title and idea from a homeless guy as he stepped off the bus in LA. He said welcome to the jungle, your going to die. The music video would have showed things going on at the time in LA. The police just happened to be one of them. Their first album has many references to LA both good and bad.

[@lovetocheerx0x0]

Axel wrote the song. He said no matter where you go, somebody knows where you can score some drugs.

[@kristinadk]

Great reaction 👌🤘

[@Cindicate]

You want to know what it’s about? It’s about real shit then and now. Doesn’t matter the genre, when the message hits it hits, regardless of era, genre or race. Welcome to today’s jungle baby.

[@drew63215]

Opening song in the movie LEAN ON ME when Eastside High went down...lol.

[@A007Nick]

My favorite band mate is Slash: The Guitarist with the Top Hat he wears.

[@Jd-im4my]

Honestly back then the majority of us were just partying to these songs. We loved the music, we loved partying. Back then unless the bands put the words in the inside of the cassettes you more than likely didnt know all the words. You couldnt Google it then. I think it was more fun then cause we didnt overthink what the songs were about we just knew when we heard them if they were good.

[@johnoconnell2885]

Greatest band and song of all time

[@EVERLYNFRIENDS]

Love it!!

[@gracieb.3054]

The lyric goes "If you've got no money honey, we've got your disease" as he makes the hand signal for money. They're not saying they sell drugs.

[@theroachden6195]

Got the money the honey

[@nihalsingh1294]

Sweet Child of Mine or Mr brownstone any one of them

[@rayreyes91]

rocket queen... also a classic on that album

[@z1ggy15]

It's all about the streets of urban decay inside of Los Angeles and what they seen , or what Axl seen when he first started living there after moving from Lafayette Indiana. Not a pretty picture but the song rocks.

[@Priggs55]

The Jungle is the streets. What you want? I'll give it to ya, but ya pay for it even if you don't fully understand the price.

[@jacquelineanderson5011]

This was the perfect song for the opening movie of Lean On Me.

[@Mistilou]

It's about his culture shock from being a farm type country boy to inner city L.A. and being thrown into the Rock n Roll scene, drugs, alcohol, women etc...the line "you know where you are?!, you're in the jungle BABY!, you're gonna DIE!!!" was EXACTLY what someone on drugs or something told him as soon as he stepped off the bus the man like ran up on him n said that so he used it in the song...the only thing I think of when he's tied down to the chair being forced to watch ALL of the awful stuff that goes down at a constant in a city like that n here (stuff you'd probably NEVER see out in the country) giving him like PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)...is when our military come home and have severe PTSD one of the so called treatments they make them do is exactly THAT! Strapping them down to a chair ALL alone in a room where they constantly play the horrific stuff from the wars!! My cousin is a vet...and had to be put through that "treatment"...but yeah I thought you were pretty good at catching what he was talking about!💖🎸 Fun fact: They were known as the bad guys so MTV did not want to play ANYTHING from them so their manager went to bat for them for a one shot deal...so the owner of MTV said 1 song 1time...he played this one at like 3am on a Sunday morning and the ratings went through the roof SO MUCH SO, he started playing them on a regular basis!😉 The power of Rock n Roll!! Gotta Love IT!!💖💋 Ps. Their name came from Axl's 'Rose' and a former band member and friend Tommy 'Gun' I believe was his first name but yeah Gun was his last name and Axl had changed his last name to Rose...so there you GO! GUNS n ROSES😀🔫🌹