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Appetite for Destruction - 25 years old today.

titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
edited July 2012 in Other Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPrh6vbdb90

just wanted to wish, which is my Favorite album of all time, a Happy 25th Birthday today.

fuck i remember when this was first released. i'd never heard anything so good. ( remember this was pre- pearl jam, but this still remains my best album)
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  • Digital TwilightDigital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    One of the albums of my youth and one that really got me into music.
  • monkeewrenchmonkeewrench Posts: 946
    Thanks for reminding me how old I am. ;) I'm celebrating this album now...
  • Aussie357Aussie357 Posts: 649
    Hell yeah!!!
    Welcome to the Jungle still gets my blood pressure up and makes me feel like I'm a teenager again every time I hear it!!! :D :oops:
    I'll keep takin' punches until their will grows tired... Hey I won't change direction and I won't change my mind.......
  • titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
    its one of the few albums i could have playing around and around in my car stereo for weeks, and NEVER get bored of hearing it. a masterpiece in my eyes. so imperfect, but perfect if you know what i mean.
    Glasgow cathouse-1992-2-23, San diego sports arena-1995-11-06 & 07, Glasgow secc-2000-06-03, Tampa st petes times forum-2003-04-13, London O2 arena-2009-08-18, Belfast odyssey arena-2010-06-23.Leeds 2014 - 07-08
  • nothing_man_92nothing_man_92 Canberra, Australia Posts: 347
    The first album I ever actively listened to! It was my dad and his best friends favourite album and they used to play it all the time my mum wouldn't let me listen to it though as I was only about 5 at the time hahaha I used to steal the cd and sneak on in the cd player down in the garage :lol:
    Still remains one of my favourite albums. So much badass
  • marcosmarcos Posts: 2,112
    Such a great record, probably one of the most powerful of all time in the sense it made Guns N Roses legends. This was the only reason they got in the hall of fame and were anointed America's next great rock band of all time, the next Stones, etc; all off of one record. But it was a powerful record.
  • mysticweedmysticweed Posts: 3,710
    marcos wrote:
    Such a great record, probably one of the most powerful of all time in the sense it made Guns N Roses legends. This was the only reason they got in the hall of fame and were anointed America's next great rock band of all time, the next Stones, etc; all off of one record. But it was a powerful record.

    ditto
    and
    ditto

    to me
    it is the only thing they did worth a damn
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • HorosHoros Posts: 4,518
    Sweet Child O'Mine popped up on the ipod today. :D
    mysticweed wrote:
    marcos wrote:
    Such a great record, probably one of the most powerful of all time in the sense it made Guns N Roses legends. This was the only reason they got in the hall of fame and were anointed America's next great rock band of all time, the next Stones, etc; all off of one record. But it was a powerful record.

    ditto
    and
    ditto

    to me
    it is the only thing they did worth a damn
    Personally I love One In a Million from Lies

    And Use Your Illusion II is pretty solid.
    #FHP
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,154
    Still trying to wrap my head around the fact that it's 25 years old today.

    I remember getting the tape (!) and seeing that machine rape scene on the inside cover. I can't believe, as an 11 year old, I was allowed to get Appetite. At the time, it was awesome. Now, as a parent, I'd have reservations letting my 11 year old listen to Appetite.

    Honestly though, the subject of the material went well over my head at the time. I just thought "Welcome To The Jungle" was a kick ass song.

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • badbrainsbadbrains Posts: 10,255
    "your daddy works in porno now that mommys not around. She used to LOVE her heroin, and now she's underground! So you stay up late at night and you do your COKE for free!"

    Happy bday appetite!!! Still going strong after all these years!!!

    Love to see pearl jam cover one of there songs! Which one do you guys think would be sick?!?!?
    I have no clue. Would have to really think about that.
  • HorosHoros Posts: 4,518
    badbrains wrote:
    "your daddy works in porno now that mommys not around. She used to LOVE her heroin, and now she's underground! So you stay up late at night and you do your COKE for free!"

    Happy bday appetite!!! Still going strong after all these years!!!

    Love to see pearl jam cover one of there songs! Which one do you guys think would be sick?!?!?
    I have no clue. Would have to really think about that.
    Not from Appetite but I've always thought Civil War would fit PJ nicely.
    #FHP
  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    One of the first pieces of music I owned was Appetite on cassette tape. My dad gave it to me in 1994 when I was 2 (along with Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy by The Who...I have a pretty awesome dad!) and we used to sing along to it in his car and at home ALL the time while my mom would just roll her eyes at us. We'd pretend we were Axl and Slash, too (he'd put a bandanna on me like Axl and we'd run across the living room like lunatics) :lol: Sweet Child O' Mine is "our" song, too :) Terrific album, can't say much more than that! Holds a lot of great memories for me.
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  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    We are a good vintage. 8-):lol:

    I really love this album, I used to listen to it all the time. (Probably ten or so years ago.) Appetite for Destruction and Queen. :mrgreen:

    I should really dig it out again.
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  • barger395barger395 Posts: 855
    One of the greatest debut albums of all time!! Takes me back to the Sunset Strip back in the mid to late 80's. I played the entire album this morning and it still is as awesome today as it was back then. Perfectly imperfect!!

    Cheers everyone and have a great weekend!!
    Barger
    Seen the Best Rock Band on the Planet a few times here and there.
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,429
    I always felt it was kinda frontloaded. Think About You, You're Crazy, and Anything Goes are throwaways and the bridge on My Michelle is a fail in an otherwise kickass song. Not sure there's a better album side than side A(G) though.

    Give me a bit more diversity a'la UYI's. There's a few on there that suffer from "this one is alot like that one" syndrome on there, but there's not much I would throw away outside of My World.
  • Of The AggieOf The Aggie The ATX Posts: 1,531
    My absolute all-time favorite album! I bought the tape shortly after it came out and listened to it non-stop. Even today it probably has some of the most plays in my iTunes library short of PJ.
  • springsteenfanspringsteenfan Posts: 381
    It was on sale for 7.99 on I tunes this week so I grabbed it. I had it on cassette but never upgraded to cd. I hadn't heard it since '95 or so. I forgot how great an album it was.
  • CobCob Posts: 857
    LOVE the album, but those guys were one of the biggest waste of talents ever in Rock and Roll, it's a real shame.......
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  • wpg pearlwpg pearl Posts: 1,258
    just got A.F.D LP signed by Slash :mrgreen:
    almost 25 years to the day!!!
    ajb
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,154
    DewieCox wrote:
    You're Crazy

    I always thought the slow-down version on "Lies" was far superior.

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • JB176657JB176657 Posts: 51
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    DewieCox wrote:
    You're Crazy

    I always thought the slow-down version on "Lies" was far superior.

    PBM

    By far the better version....Lies is fantastic. Used to lover her, you're crazy, one in a million....all great and at the time, GNR playing acoustic was outside the box making it that much cooler.
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