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(Hopefully) daily ramblings from the hazy mind of Hasief Ardiasyah

Saturday, April 17, 2004

Gimme some reggae! 

As I mentioned earlier, I've been on a GN'R trip of late, which involves checking out what reviews say about the band's releases. In this review for Live: Era '87-'93, I cracked up when the reviewer made fun of the bit where Axl suddenly shrieks "Gimme some reggae!" in the middle of 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door', and the band promptly switches from slow rock to reggae. I haven't listened to that album in a long while, but have thought of digging it out just to hear that moment.

And then in my recent forays to music stores, I've seen the Use Your Illusion Tour two-part DVDs, which I've been tempted to buy, but have prevented myself for economic reasons.

Anyway, I just turned on Channel V, and they were showing an edited two hour version of the DVDs. Naturally I stuck with it, for the sake of seeing the band lineup as everyone knew and loved (though minus Steven and Izzy) around two years before it imploded. Had a few giggles at Axl's many cringe-worthy wardrobe changes (especially those tight red hotpants) and his still-skinny physique, half of what he looks like now. Highlight of the show was that moment mentioned earlier: Axl comes on at the start of the song wearing a cowboy hat, a cowboy jacket with those tassels on them, white shorts and black ankle length boots. And then it's "Gimme some reggae!", and he goes dancing like an itchy baboon. Hilarious.
posted by Hasief  # 4/17/2004 08:42:00 pm
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