Guns re-recorded an acoustic version of the\u00a0Appetite for Destruction\u00a0<\/em>track “You’re Crazy” for their 1988 release\u00a0GN’R Lies.\u00a0<\/em>It’s slower, and Axl Rose sings in his lower register throughout a lot of it, so it would give his voice and the pace of the show a nice little break \u2014 while adding a sense of humor in at the same time.<\/p>\n They’ve played “You’re Crazy” in recent years, and it was sort of a blend of both version. It was electric, but a bit slower in pace than the\u00a0Appetite\u00a0<\/em>version.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The band hasn’t performed this short\u00a0Use Your Illusion I\u00a0<\/em>song since 1993 \u2014 it’s long overdue. It would be a good follow-up to “You’re Crazy,” and they could even perform it sitting on a couch like they did during the\u00a0Skin N’ Bones\u00a0<\/em>tour.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Another hidden gem from\u00a0Use Your Illusion I<\/em>\u00a0that hasn’t been played live since the ’90s,\u00a0<\/em>“The Garden” actually features guest vocals from The Godfather of Shock Rock, Alice Cooper. It’s an easy-going, almost psychedelic song that would switch up the vibes of their show a bit, and Rose could easily handle Cooper’s parts (or even McKagan).<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Guns have actually played this epic track from\u00a0Use Your Illusion II\u00a0<\/em>in recent years, about 11 times between 2019 and 2023. Unfortunately, I’ve never had the chance to hear them do it, so it’s a selfish request.<\/p>\n Since it’s a longer track, I think it would be great if they played it in place of “Coma.” I\u00a0love\u00a0<\/em>“Coma,” but they’ve done it enough times since the reunion started that I think it would be fair to retire it. Plus, I get out of breath trying to sing along to the end myself \u2014 I can’t imagine how Rose feels singing it in the middle of a nearly three-hour concert.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n “So Fine” has only been played one time since 1993, and it was in February of 2020, right before COVID-19 shut the world down. It’s almost as if Guns took it as a sign that it wasn’t meant to be in their setlist anymore, but I’d beg to differ.<\/p>\n Growing up, I watched\u00a0a lot of their\u00a0Use Your Illusion\u00a0<\/em>world tour concerts on DVD and YouTube, and “So Fine” was a staple in their set back then. Rose and McKagan shared the vocals, and it’s pace goes back and forth enough that even though it’s a bit on the slower side, it still has its harder moments.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Unless you own the live album\u00a0Live Era ’87-’93<\/em>\u00a0or saw them play during that time period,\u00a0<\/em>you might not even know that Guns N’ Roses covered this Black Sabbath song (which was actually sang by Bill Ward, not Ozzy Osbourne) from their 1976 album\u00a0Technical Ecstasy.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The GN’R version features Rose alone, singing and playing the piano. He usually played it between his piano solo and “November Rain,” and it would be great to see him play it again. I personally get mesmerized watching him play the piano from the audience, so I’d take this over their cover of “Wichita Lineman” in the set any day.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The Spaghetti Incident?\u00a0<\/em>gets a lot of hate, and it’s unwarranted in my opinion. There are actually a lot of great songs on the album, despite all of them being covers. McKagan sometimes sings their version of Misfits’ “Attitude,” and the band recently added “Down on the Farm” back into the set in 2023.<\/p>\n But “Black Leather” has always been one of my favorites from that record, and they’ve\u00a0never\u00a0<\/em>played it live before. It’s about time they give it a shot!<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n They did play “Catcher in the Rye”\u00a0a handful of times when they reunited in 2016\u00a0and in the years that followed. The last time they played it was at MetLife Stadium in 2023, and I was at that show. I was so happy to be hearing it, as it’s one of the highlights of\u00a0Chinese Democracy\u00a0<\/em>for me.<\/p>\n I think it would be a nice staple in their set going forward. You can probably tell by now that a lot of my selections here are a bit on the slower side, but they aren’t getting any younger. And I think adding in some more relaxed songs to make it easier for them to get through the show would be a great thing.<\/p>\n It’s even getting hard for me to stand for three hours watching them these days!<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n‘You Ain’t the First’<\/h2>\n
‘The Garden’<\/h2>\n
‘Locomotive’<\/h2>\n
‘So Fine’<\/h2>\n
‘It’s Alright’ (Black Sabbath Cover)<\/h2>\n
‘Black Leather’<\/h2>\n
‘Catcher in the Rye’<\/h2>\n