Guns N Roses-catcher in the rye (original demo)

[trotskychu]

why!?!?! brian may is even more talented than slash!

[HumanRejection]

everyone that compares slash with buckethead(bucket what???) or bumblefoot the slash wannabes i think u are not right...just because slash gave em the ground to play...also...slash is slash...and bucket will always wear a kfc shit on his head plus that gnr now need 4 guitars to cover izzy and slash....gnr will be gnr when steven slash duff and izzy will get back..untill then its axl that he is a god with some random circus mucisians...next to a god of rock...

[robotsforever]

I kept tryin' and trying to find this version. That outro solo is killer. Is that Ron Thal?

[Axl4Prez2004]

f the haters pining away for Slash. This is a beautiful song from a beautiful album.

Slash fucked himself when he fucked with Axl. Simple as that.

[1Eu4ic]

Brian's solo is great, but BBF's is better

[0KeiAzuredragon0]

I love this ver.

it's so really smooth & impressed,I can't explain 'cause it PERFECT!

[pesmith8768]

This is painful to listen to, keep "baahhing" out there sheepies, so Axl will keep working with ass-kissing carpet-riders instead of real musicians.

[MrCbailey09]

this song was originally called 'Oklahoma' in regards to the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995

[top10tam]

this just proves the fact that just because a guitarist isnt as well known as brian may, doesnt make him less of a guitarist, as both solo's are simply different takes on the song, both good, both work well, but its axls song, let him decide what he wants...you wouldnt let someone else choose your music for you, like a certain permed (not brian may) guitarist seems to like....

[top10tam]

this just proves the fact that just because a guitarist isnt as well known as brian may, doesnt make him less of a guitarist, as both solo's are simply different takes on the song, both good, both work well, but its axls song, let him decide what he wants...you wouldnt let someone else choose your music for you, like a certain permed (not brian may) guitarist seems to like....

[Steamboat12002]

both versions are great, and so are both solos, if only he found a way to fit them both in there, that would have been really great

[maxiedaxieruler]

 slash was the best !!!!!!

[discofreak401]

SLALSH IS THE BEST GUITARIST GUNS N ROSES HAVBE EVER HAD, not brian, not buckethead, and not bumblefoot

[Drewish2727]

@discofreak401 I agree, but bumblefoot is pretty awesome too

[ethansloan]

How the hell could Axl replace the brillace that is Brian May with the Guitar Hero stylings of Bumblefoot? Not that old Bumble aint talented, but Brian is just a million times better. Especially on a song like this, that could have been written by Queen

[ladyluckLove32]

i LoVe YoU aXl , KeEp On RoCkInG!!

[cheatshot26]

A lot of times I like the demo better than the album version of songs, but not in this case..

This was a nice demo to listen to, but the LP version is the better one. In my opinion of course.

[Luxmaxnike]

@cheatshot26 Relly? even the band knows that the label tried to make the album sound diferent in a way they didn't want.

[elton14jp]

this version is better

nice guitar solo

[86gnr07]

What do you guys prefer bumblefoot solo or brian may?

[hospitalbedpan1]

This version is 100x better. It has a better flow to it. The album version is overly mixed and sounds distorted.

[Luxmaxnike]

@86gnr07 Brian May. fits the song better

[banditboy246]

why couldnt this be the cover picture for Chinese Democracy?!

[pinkpanther446]

@banditboy246 I feel it may be because it will look to close to the cover of Appettite.

[maxiedaxieruler]

@banditboy246

cos its like a sad hopeless copy off the original album apetite for destrution... with the best band members ever .... slash 4 ever !

[sketteksalfa]

i still like the original. this version sounds very light. i actually missed gnr after hearing this song. lols

[justn78]

i love that fucking logo! i will make it a patch later today!

[maleficus333]

This is much better than the original

[andygjata]

hey, this guy comes to me yesterday and says: i hate guns n roses9the old guns)

its a waste of a band, i hate axl hes an ass(while he should comment on his vocal capabilities) and said slash is a completely mediocre guitarist, cause there are much more who can play faster and better. key guys listen up. music aint about how fast or how hard keys u play, its about how u feel about what u play, thats why u should analyse a song, its lyrics, its stories from life, feelings of others.respect music

[DumbeningReturns]

Brian May > Bumblefoot

[MadridNRoses]

DumbeningReturns, no shit!!!!

Buckethead owns!!!

[pkj77]

New so call Guns N´ Roses sounds bad in my opinion, to me it´s a waist of money recording for so long spending so much money, that turns into this...no thank you, and befor you attack me this is just my opinion , so take it as it is.

[joeynh]

i think the album version is better but this is extremley good too. thank u brian may.

[BYOSProductions]

the picture looks awsome. it should have been the album cover for chinese democracy.

[tickedoffnow]

I actually prefer this version better than the album version, but it's still good.

[hospitalbedpan1]

This version is 100x better than the album version. WTF was he thinking?

And this is the best song on the album. Doesn't have the heavy guitar riffs and eighties hair band screaming in awkward spots.

[Caverani]

The best song from the new GNR!

[gunsnrosesfan888]

i hate new gnr -.-

[LilMissMadHatterBell]

i prefer this version the singing is so much clearer!

[iuricastro22]

Beautiful song.

Personally I prefer the album version, Ron's solo is incredible, and the drums n' bass on the album version are much better.

But I like to listen to the demo once in a while just to hear May's solo.

[kjpink5]

i just popped up the album version of this...this version is a ton better. It's a lot clearer and you can here that cool backing vocal more at the beginning and throughout the verses.

[nexusdhr84]

brian may's guitar in this version is just irrelevant.

CD's version is way better. Good call axl. Im sorry mr. May

[SunshineSlayer]

I've always thought this version was far superior to what ended up on the album. It should have been this but with finished production and mastering - would've been one of the best GNR tracks of all time. Beatles meets Queen meets GNR.

[MrPatik]

I'm not saying this cuz I'm a big Axl-fan, but also as a vocalist: Axl's vocals on this demo are NOT the same as on the album version. If you listen carefully, you can hear differences in tone, pronounciation and breathing.

[AxlNSlashDuff]

The Album version is better with Bumblefoot's sweep on it/

[Karro90]

I love the album version, but I love this with Brian May even more!!

[daniel3786]

I like both versions but for me this is better than the album version.

Axl vocals are exactly the same but the Brian May part is irriplacable, why Axl why??

[Vladimast]

i like this one too, why did he change it?

[SidVicious10101]

Woot. Brian May and GNR!!!

[musashihumar]

Brian Fucking May all the fucking way!!!!

[Cortexblack]

This version is better!

[1balboa2]

This is the version with brian may playing

[RiadAndTheBedouins]

Dude, I hate to break to ya' but... This is not the original demo, this is the 2003 demo. The original demo was recorded in 1999 or so, so I suggest you change the name or people will start flaming you for this. If you wanna hear Chinese Democracy early demos, check my two vids, There Was A Time from 1996 and I.R.S. from 1995. Great vid, still. 5 stars. =)

[SidVicious10101]

Slash was still in GNR in 95. You've been lied to and TWAT wasn't written for a while after that.

[betterbyguns]

i heard this first ,so i am hooked on it already,the album version is still pretty damn good,but this one is better to me,since i heard it first.

[bueno9]

Good lord, that sounds 1 million times better than the album version. what a shame.