Especially for Uwe

Dave W · August 22, 2019, 10:57:23 PM

uwe · August 23, 2019, 05:53:19 AM

Patriotic sentiment rises in me - this is f***ing brilliant! Best cover of the song I've so far heard. Those guys (and the one girl) really know what they are doing. Lovingly executed + excellent sax solo too.

Wow!

slinkp · August 23, 2019, 06:05:44 AM

I would much rather hear this than the original!
This song used to be inescapable back in the late 80s and I grew to dread hearing that guitar intro. It sounds great on trumpet though!

TBird1958 · August 23, 2019, 10:04:25 AM

The proud German in me says; Ausgezeichnet!

I don't blame GnR for the original being overplayed, it's beats hearing anything from Dark Side of the Moon one more time

Pilgrim · August 23, 2019, 10:20:04 AM

I especially like the semi-yodel on the chorus. Veddy nice touch, wot?

westen44 · August 23, 2019, 12:08:57 PM

Posting that video was an act of kindness for someone recuperating from surgery. Very commendable.

lowend1 · August 23, 2019, 01:15:03 PM

Guns n Lederhosen...

uwe · August 23, 2019, 03:09:07 PM

One should not knock songs that do (mostly) with only three chords. I like the jammy-cobbled-together aspect of the song - the opening riff that Slash used to check his tuning, the country'esque three chord verses Axl came up with, the chorus which sounds a bit like they made it up on the spot in the rehearsal room (bit of Dokken in there) without too much thought about which key the original song was and, finally, that ingeniously awkward key change for Slash's solo, most likely because he had issues soloing in other keys than E minor (and certainly not D major!). Put together you have a charming mix and a recipe for a hit.

PS: And I know how Duff always belittles his own bass playing (for no valid reason IMHO), but you can do worse than having written a melodic intro bass line that becomes so much part of the song that even a Bavarian beer tent band uses that line for its horn arrangement. Geddy Lee - with all due respect - has never had one of his bass lines covered by a Bavarian beer tent band, so there!

Basvarken · August 23, 2019, 03:32:34 PM

I think the joke would have been much stronger if they had used a real tuba for the bass.
And real drums instead of programmed drums.

More like genuine Holzhackerbubenmusik.

uwe · August 23, 2019, 04:58:53 PM

Vorsprung durch Technik - we're a modern nation!

Highlander · August 23, 2019, 05:10:23 PM

Quote from: uwe on August 23, 2019, 05:53:19 AMPatriotic sentiment rises in me...

Now, no invading Poland, ya hear... at least not 'til that there knee's fully healed...

Pilgrim · August 23, 2019, 05:25:03 PM

Quote from: lowend1 on August 23, 2019, 01:15:03 PM
Guns n Lederhosen...

Brilliant!!!

Dave W · August 23, 2019, 06:51:23 PM

It could use a little more low end. If only we knew a bassist in Germany who might be able to help...

Rob · August 24, 2019, 12:14:45 PM

Quote from: uwe on August 23, 2019, 04:58:53 PM
Vorsprung durch Technik - we're a modern nation!

uwe · August 27, 2019, 03:59:27 PM

I'm the Heidi from hell (wait for the first chorus!):