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发表于 2008-8-2 10:04:04
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Don't Cry
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"Don't Cry" is a song by hard rock band Guns N' Roses, two versions of which were released simultaneously on different albums. The version with the original lyrics is the fourth track on Use Yourxxx I, while the version with the alternate lyrics is the thirteenth track on Use Yourxxx II. Only the vocal tracks differ, and even then only in the verses; however, in those verses, not only are the words entirely different, but the meter and melody are also slightly different. There is also a third version, officially released only on the single for the song, which was recorded during Appetite for Destruction sessions in 1986.
Song
The song features Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon, who like Axl Rose grew up in Indiana, on backing vocals. The two became friends when they subsequently met in Los Angeles and discovered they were from the same state. He also appears in the video for the song. It was originally intended to the be the first commercial single release before thexxxs were released in 1991, but "You Could Be Mine" was chosen instead to coincide with the release of the movie Terminator 2.
"Don't Cry" forms a segment of thexxxs Trilogy, according to singer Axl Rose. Along with "Estranged" and "November Rain," it forms a narrative inspired in part by the short story "Without You" by Del James.[citation needed]
During the interviews for their Making F@#$ing Videos edition for "Don't Cry", Axl Rose stated that the song is about a girl that Izzy Stradlin once dated. As Rose tells the story; the girl approached him after he was despondent over losing her to Stradlin and told him, "don't cry". He continued by stating that he and Stradlin wrote the song the following night in five minutes.[1]
Ron Thal, more commonly known as Bumblefoot, one of the guitarists of the newly assembled Guns N' Roses line-up, has, on occasions, played a solo instrumental version of the song on Guns N' Roses' 2006-2007 leg of their Chinese Democracy Tour.
At a Tokyo concert on July 14, 2007, Axl Rose joined Bumblefoot during his instrumental rendition of the song, making it the first time Axl Rose (or any original member) performed the song live since 1993. The song, with more involvement from the other members of the band, was included in the remaining Tokyo shows on July 15 & 17.
The song peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's fifth Top 10 hit there.''' |
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发表于 2008-8-2 09:14:58
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