Guns N’ Roses – “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
2009/10/05It is funny how so many of the most popular heavy metal songs seem to be a bit on the soft and sweet side of heavy metal. Maybe it is just me.
It is also funny that this song was basically written in five minutes, Slash’s warm up guitar exercise being the creative spark that ignited it, and probably my favorite part of the whole song.
And finally it is funny that I remember trying not to like Guns N’ Roses in school because there was this other kid who was a jerk to everyone, and he liked Guns N’ Roses. I don’t see that guy anymore, so I think the coast is clear.
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Gee, thanks for the earworm.
Sang it all day. But by ten pm kids were frustrated that I didn’t know more than two lines, nor keep the tune, so kept them awake to hear the video and instructed them on Axel Rose and 80s glam bands. Excellent parenting, don’t you think?
I personally would consider it an educational exercise. What better reason to keep the kids up late than for education, and especially the study of music?