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yea that song was like the perfect culmination of their rock sonwriting. one of my very favourite GnR & rock songs.
agree re: farm aid/91 really them being at their peak. i think that was them at the top of the mountain as Niven would put it

for me, the people who think dismiss the addition of the horns/backing singers/keyboards are kidding themselves. the 'original fire' of the AFD-5 was extinguished @ Donnington in '88, if not before. you can't replicate that intensity year after year after year anyway. if GnR hadn't mixed up their shit with Illusions then they really would have been the Sex Pistols of their time.
the additional elements into that raw material gave GnR an evolution & credibility they'd never have achieved keeping the same set-up. they had to spread their wings or become even more stale.
& if people think they are going to recapture the Ritz vibe in 2011/12 they are seriously delusional. the only one that remains anywhere as close to the '87/'88 level of madness is Axl, & that's only when he gets on stage, & he is not that streetwise skinny punk kid sinead o'connor wanted to bring home and give a bowl of soup to anymore, he's even less likeable..

Roxette are fucking awesome "low end" my arse they've more hits  than the rest of the '86 nominee's combined! inc GnR.

& FWIW - KISS > Chicago >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bon fucking Jovi
Chicago were really great.

also, tbpfh, i couldn't really give a fuck whether GnR get inducted. i'd almost prefer they didn't & remained outside the status quo.. but it's too late for that not Jungle & PC have become ubiquitous at sports shows or tv ad's for milk.. they've definitely lost their edge..