Rate This Song Mr. Brownstone is the best song on GnR's 1987 masterpiece Appetite For Destruction

[Thrawn33]

I prefer Night Train

 

[Spounman]

I prefer Night Train

 

[rearnakedchoke]

Always like that tune!

 

[Xuh]

'Rocket Queen' is the best song from the best album



Here's the 'Rocket Queen' btw

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and this is 'My Michelle'

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[RollSonnenRoll]

It's Nightrain



My go-to answer for every "what would your walkout be..." thread

It's high energy, right to the riff, you can't sit still to it and just aggressive.

 

[AleYeah]

It was amazing. Also a miracle I got tickets at all, got a tip on the black sabbath subreddit to get a hotel package and that worked.

Hell yeah, that's awesome. What a lineup, what an event.

Back on topic, Rocket Queen is my favorite track from Appetite, but the album's an all-timer from one end to the other.

 

[AleYeah]

It's Nightrain



My go-to answer for every "what would your walkout be..." thread

It's high energy, right to the riff, you can't sit still to it and just aggressive.

That'd be an incredible walkout song.

 

[IndyCovaHart]

Great song but Rocket Queen is the dark horse for me.

 

[Streeter]

It's so Easy , My Michelle, and Nighttrain imo are best

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Rocket Queen is the best song on that album (full of best songs).

Saw them open up for Iron Maiden on the 7th Son tour. Axl jumped into the crowd to "fight" someone, LOL.

 

[Kevster]

Always liked Think About You, gives me goosebumps when what I thinks is a 12 string acoustic kicks in on the chorus.

 

[jeff7b9]

Rocket Queen


For me that song is the first step which opens the door to masterpiece epic songs like November Rain and Estranged.

Something in the arrangement where you have this long form almost theatric style of songwriting where the guitar solos are so well crafted melodically that it enters this symphonic territory, reminiscent of Pink Floyd or Led Zepplin.
(As opposed to the more "improvised" shredding/bluesy type of solos that the more rock n Roll driven songs tend to have)

Also I believe this was the most prominent example of "vocalizing" where Axl started using his voice more like an instrument and multitracking vocal harmonies to create a texture backdrop for the music.

 

[ssBaldy]

Def Leppard - Hysteria was similar

What has 5 heads, 9 arms and sucks?

 

[Tone C]

What has 5 heads, 9 arms and sucks?

Your mama ?

Lol , Def Leppard. No need to get Hysteria-cal ..

 

[tank666]

No love for "Think About You?" always loved that track. Nighttrain 2nd. But like pretty much everyone else love whole album. I put My Michelle and You're Crazy slightly lower than the rest which are all classics.

Saw GnR original line up at Wembley in 90s with Faith No More and both amazing. Soundgarden also played but thought bit boring. (Sorry) Slash did a guitar my mates and I thought was too long but overall we loved it.

 

[drphil]

The correct answer is my michelle.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Rocket Queen would be an all time top 100 song for me without question so I've got to go with that. Epic song.

 

[mkt]

Yeah I went and Axl was a fuckin disgrace lol.

The guy looks like he's transitioning or already is an old Karen. Weird how much older musicians like the Rolling Stones aged a lot more gracefully than Axl.

 

[mkt]

I wont say what the best song is on there, but every song on that album fucking kills no filler whatsoever.

The Cult's "Electric" had similar energy. Their previous stuff was more dreamy and somewhat alt-rock feeling, but Electric was hard-driving the entire time. The only downside is a couple of songs kind of sounded like Zeppelin or Cream ripoffs....whereas Appetite was very original.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

I find the way that Gunners do their dual guitar parts interesting, I'm a metal guy and mostly metal bands riff in unison, Gunners play different guitar parts but it seems to mesh very well. I don't know much about music theory, maybe they're playing in the same key or scale or whatever so it works but it's interesting, and this is a great track too.