Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine - Live In Tokyo (Lyric)

One of the songs i like the most!
Did you know that Slash played the riff in a jam session as a joke?

Drummer Steven Adler and Slash were warming up and Slash began to play a "circus" melody while making faces at Steven. Izzy asked Slash to play it again, meanwhile Axl was upstairs in his room and heard the 'jam session' going on downstairs and couldn't help but write lyrics. He based it on his girlfriend Erin Everly. With Steven Adler's added drum part, Izzy Stradlin's chords and Duff McKagan's bassline the harmony became the core of the song.

Originally, there was a third verse to the song. However, this verse was later cut from recording as the band's producer, Mike Clink, felt the song would carry on for too long. The final dramatic breakdown was not added until Clink suggested the band add one. They agreed, but weren't sure what to do. Axl started saying to himself, "Where do we go? Where do we go now?" Clink suggested that he sing that, and "Sweet Child o' Mine" was born.

In an interview with Hit Parader magazine in 1988, bassist Duff McKagan noted:
"The thing about 'Sweet Child o mine,' it was written in five minutes. It was one of those songs, only three chords. You know that guitar lick Slash does at the beginning? It was kinda like a joke because we thought, 'What is this song? It's gonna be nothing, it'll be filler on the record.' And except that vocal-wise, it's very sweet and sincere, Slash was just messing around when he first wrote that lick."

Finally, in an effort to make "Sweet Child o' Mine" more marketable to MTV and radio stations, the song was cut from 5:56 minutes to 4:12, with much of Slash's guitar solo removed. This move drew the ire of the band members, including Axl Rose, who commented on it in a 1989 interview with Rolling Stone: "I hate the edit of 'Sweet Child o' Mine.' Radio stations said, "Well, your vocals aren't cut." "My favorite part of the song is Slash's slow solo; it's the heaviest part for me. There's no reason for it to be missing except to create more space for commercials, so the radio-station owners can get more advertising dollars. When you get the chopped version of 'Paradise City' or half of 'Sweet Child' and 'Patience' cut, you're getting screwed."

[abhishek]

One of the best Live concert of all times !

[terpholm]

if you ask me this is Slash' best sweet child in his whole carreer

[damelumbantoruan]

I love Guns n Rose's now and forever, your spirit in my life!

[viktordlucerna]

Wearing a kilt it's so amazing!!!

[arieldelarosa]

Great true story...an iconic song and band.

[Littlelvis]

cant wait too see guns n roses in holland rotterdam ahoy

[jorge]

mal ahi que no pusiste toda esa intro pelaba una voz de las mejores axl en ese entonces

[Ngurahblues]

Kenangan waktu pertama naik panggung membawakan lagu sweet child o mine🙄🙄

[ashleymelnyk]

Has slash never lit his hair on fire with a cigarette or have I just not seen it yet? If he hasn’t, just. How.

[Tiagofernandez_]

Soy muy fan de guns and roses y de queen

[andreasarbeiter]

Does anyone know how to play the end on the guitar?? About the time when Axl smiles into the camera. Since i was a child i am fascinated by Slash`s guitar. How does he do that?? First you can see his hand shaking...is this just the plectrum, or which pedal is he using? beside the cry baby? And then shortly afterwards, the part where he touches the frets with his right hand. I always tried this but never achieved the same unique sound. Anyone knows how to do? It is my favourite version of the song. This ending is just epic, i can NEVER get it out of my head since i was a child...

[danpillai]

Nurse Rose Zeliang of Nagaland is Respected.👍🏻

[danielchavez]

excelente pero no hay que ganar que axel esta en drugss e.e

[phoenixschofield]

Also my step-dad has a gold top epiphone les Paul that looks nearly identical except the pickups aren’t open coil which is a shame