Patience (Guns-n'-Roses song)
| patience | |
|---|---|
| Guns N 'Roses | |
| publication | March 1989 |
| length | 5:56 |
| Genre (s) | Folk rock , acoustic , ballad |
| Author (s) | Izzy Stradlin , Axl Rose |
| album | G N 'R Read |
Patience (English for: " Patience ") is a song by the American hard rock band Guns N 'Roses from 1988. It appeared on the album G N' R Lies . Patience is one with Western guitars played rock - ballad . The piece was released as a single in March 1989and reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 38 on the German charts.
Emergence
The song is played with three western guitars and was recorded in a session with producer Mike Clink . A music video was also made, which was also featured on the Welcome to the Videos DVD . According to Slash, the music and lyrics come from Izzy Stradlin , and Axl Rose added the vocal melody. According to Duff McKagan , Rose wrote the lyrics and the melody came "out of nowhere". Drummer Steven Adler did not take part. Still, he can be seen in the music video, for the last time in a video for Guns N 'Roses before he left the band. Clink can also be seen in the video.
Content and text
The lyric me in the lyrics asks the loved one to be patient and take it slow before the two of them get together.
Plagiarism allegation
Tesla guitarist Frank Hannon later claimed that Guns N 'Roses took the song over from a demo song by his band called Better Off Without You . The piece is identical “note for note”.
Cover versions
Carrie Underwood began playing the song live in 2006. Finger Eleven and Velvet Revolver played the song in 2007. Slash also played the song live. Aaron Lewis von Staind , John Mayer and Maroon 5 did the same . There is also a jazz cover by Sawa Kobayashi . A parody called Patients was recorded by the band ApologetiX .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ release date
- ↑ Allmusic (Guns N Roses charts and awards) Billboard singles . Retrieved July 27, 2011.
- ↑ www.charts.de: Patience
- ↑ Slash / Anthony Bozza: Slash , ISBN 978-0007257751
- ↑ www.seattleweekly.com: Duff McKagan: London, Axl, and Continued “Patience” ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.metal-rules.com: Jeff Keith & Frank Hannon (Tesla) Sneak Peak
