November Rain - The Greatest Rock Ballad of All Time! (1078 hits)
Category: Sound & MusicRating: 0.07 on 35 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by punkerrjess (View user info) at 2005-11-15 16:36:30 EST
Oh man this song just popped up on my music player, and it always brings back memories.
The intro is so soft and welcoming - the violins, the piano - it's like the song is trying to say, "Come on in, I'm your friend."
Then in busts Axl Rose, to serenade, singing, "If you wanna love me, then darlin' don't refrain."
Yeah, everyone needs some time on their own, all alone. And it is hard to keep an open heart, when even friends seem out to harm you.
I can't help but see the video in my mind every damn time I hear this song. My reflexes also force me to turn up the volume, no matter where I am, and grab something to pretend that it's a microphone, and sing my heart out.
And the guitar solo by Slash? Gives me fucking goose bumps every single time.
The background singers remind me of the voices of angels. The only thing sweeter to my sense of hearing is the voice of Mr. Rose himself.
The violins again!
Oh no, why is the music becoming harder and darker?
The violins are angry!
Electric guitar, your sounds make me feel funny in my pants.
Everybody needs somebody, you're not the only one.
The first time I heard that song, I was making out with this guy who was a guitarist in my neighbor's attic. I think I was all of 15 years old. I think the guy thought he was an awesome kisser, because the song gave me goose bumps.
Very few songs can follow that one successfully, which is why I think they don't play it on the radio any more. I mean, after a song like that, you can't hear just any old Metallica or AC/DC crap, and having commercials just ruins the mood and emotions it evokes.
Viva el Guns 'n' Roses! Too bad Axl's a freak now.
User Reviews
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-11-19 14:35:28 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
The acoustic version of November Rain on .44caliber Horticulture was much better.
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-11-19 14:30:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-11-16 07:57:37 (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2005-11-15 16:43:40 (#)
Ranking: -2
best ballad are from Cannibal Corpse..everybody knows that
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he's kinda got a point. I mean, NR is nothing compared to "fucked with a knife"
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...or Hammer Smashed Face
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-11-19 14:28:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Noooo.....Estranged is a much better song.
Submitted by Foonbo (user info) at 2005-11-19 14:04:31 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
BOO.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-11-16 19:41:15 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
incorrect...the correct answer is 'What is Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen?'
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-11-16 07:57:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2005-11-15 16:43:40 (#)
Ranking: -2
best ballad are from Cannibal Corpse..everybody knows that
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he's kinda got a point. I mean, NR is nothing compared to "fucked with a knife"
Submitted by yuvalset (user info) at 2005-11-16 07:49:52 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
vague memory of people talk about him when i was a kid
Submitted by sinna (user info) at 2005-11-16 07:37:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Awesome song, shite post.
Submitted by cat_head (user info) at 2005-11-16 04:36:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Agreed 100%. There cannot be a finer rock ballad.
missedthepoint - appreciated the "Estranged" lyrics, great song. Just went through them with my inner Axl.
Submitted by ozzy (user info) at 2005-11-16 04:27:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I love November Rain and the Gunners, but your post was meh.
Submitted by morontian (user info) at 2005-11-15 23:51:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Did ya know Axl wanted that song on Appetite for Destruction, but it was put on hold cause it didn't mesh with the rest of the album? True story.
Oh, and the greatest power ballad is "Nobody's Fool," silly.
Submitted by missedthepoint (user info) at 2005-11-15 21:57:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Sorry...I just couldn't help it...
Estranged.
When you're talkin to yourself
And no one is home
You can fool yourself
You came in this world alone
(Alone)
So nobody ever told you baby
How it was gonna be
So what'll happen to you baby
Guess we'll have to wait and see
Old at heart but I'm only 28
And I'm much too young
To let love break my heart
Young at heart but it's getting much too late
To find ourselves so far apart
I don't know how you're s'posed
To find me lately
An what more could tou ask from me
How could you say that I never needed you
When you took everything
Said you took everything from me
Young at heart an it gets so hard to wait
When no one I know can seem to help me now
Old at heart but I musn't hesitate
If I'm to find my own way out
Still talkin' to myself
and nobody's home
(Alone)
So nobody ever told us baby
How it was gonna be
So what'll happen to us baby
Guess we'll have to wait and see
When I find out all the reasons
Maybe I'll find another way
Find another day
With all the changing seasons of my life
Maybe I'll get it right next time
An now that you've been broken down
Got your head out of the clouds
You're back down on the ground
And you don't talk so loud
An you don't walk so proud
Any more, and what for
Well I jumped into the river
Too many times to make it home
I'm out here on my own, an drifting all alone
If it doesn't show give it time
To read between the lines
'Cause I see the storm getting closer
And the waves they get so high
Seems everything We've ever known's here
Why must it drift away and die
I'll never find anyone to replace you
Guess I'll have to make it thru, this time- Oh this time
Without you
I knew the storm was getting closer
And all my friends said that I was high
But everything we've ever known's here
I never wanted it to die
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2005-11-15 21:45:56 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
*sigh*
Submitted by NerfHerder (user info) at 2005-11-15 21:15:34 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Over
Rated
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-11-15 21:06:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
The words have special meaning to me.
Submitted by hooch4 (user info) at 2005-11-15 19:52:07 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
November Rain sucks.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-11-15 19:41:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Or Don't Cry.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-11-15 19:41:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Estranged is better.
Submitted by Nator (user info) at 2005-11-15 19:17:30 EST (#)
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Is Axl Rose the guy who shot himself?
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2005-11-15 19:09:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
November Rain: Stairway to Heaven of the '90s
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2005-11-15 18:27:20 EST (#)
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I never understood why Axl chose to wear white hot pants.
Or a kilt
Or that headband.
It was the 80's/early 90s i guess.
Submitted by MyTeeOne (user info) at 2005-11-15 18:25:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
yeah, I love that song too.
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2005-11-15 18:11:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Axl was always a freak. I'd pay good money for a chance to punch him in the mouth.
That's a great song though.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-11-15 17:56:39 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
The song blows.
The band blows.
You blow.
So blow me.
Submitted by Flack (user info) at 2005-11-15 17:31:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Best Rock Ballad of all time: Fly to the Angels by Slaughter. can't go wrong with Slaughter, ya fucks.
Submitted by YELLOW-MAN (user info) at 2005-11-15 16:53:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
you chose today...of all days...you chose this time in my life of all times, to mention that song.....heh..it only figures..all of it....
Submitted by leilani (user info) at 2005-11-15 16:53:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 because i will be coasting upon the luscious sounds of slash's solo in that song for the rest o the day.
Submitted by punkerrjess (user info) at 2005-11-15 16:47:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
WildcatMcGee, I agree wholeheartedly.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2005-11-15 16:45:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
The strength of the song drew the rating for this to-do.
This is neither rating the post nor the poster.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2005-11-15 16:43:40 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
best ballad are from Cannibal Corpse..everybody knows that
Submitted by WildcatMcGee (user info) at 2005-11-15 16:41:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I think Queen have the best ballads.
Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2005-11-15 16:41:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
+2 GNR
-1 Post
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+1 overall.
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-11-15 16:40:21 EST (#)
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it's a good song. but absolutely not the greatest rock ballad of all time.
"then what is?" you may ask.
to that, I say: "Ballad of Youth" by Richie Sambora
<muffled laughter>
ok....seriously....."18 and life" by skid row.
Submitted by WildcatMcGee (user info) at 2005-11-15 16:39:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Have you seen Prozak Nation?
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2005-11-15 16:39:08 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
i hate guns and roses.
sorry.