Mitchel Monster Live "Sweet Child o' Mine" at the Four Cross

Mitchel Monster Live "Sweet Child o' Mine" at the Four Crosses Club, Cannock, England

Note: Recorded on a cell phone Feb 2008; so click on "watch in high quality"

This young artist unsigned.
"Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by the hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was released on their debut album Appetite for Destruction on July 21, 1987. "Sweet Child o' Mine" was Guns N' Roses' first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, spending two weeks at the top spot in September 1988.
The song is credited as being written by Guns N' Roses as a band; more specifically it contains Slash's riff, Izzy's chords, Axl's lyrics, McKagan's bass line, and Adler's drum line. The subject of the song is lead singer Axl Rose's then-girlfriend and eventual wife, Erin Everly.
Former Guns N' Roses' lead guitarist, Slash, has been quoted as having a disdain for the song due to its roots as simply a 'string skipping' exercise and a joke at the time. In a VH1 special, it was stated that Slash played the riff in a jam session as a joke. Drummer Steven Adler and Slash were warming up and Slash began to play a "circus" melody while making faces at Steven. Adler asked him to play the riff again, and Izzy Stradlin came in with the chords. Axl was listening in his room and wrote lyrics, which he brought to the band the next day, where they finished the song out. However, the final dramatic breakdown was not added until producer Spencer Proffer suggested the band add one. They agreed, but weren't sure what to do. Axl started saying to himself, "Where do we go? Where do we go now?" Spencer suggested that he sing that, and "Sweet Child o' Mine" was born. In an interview with Hit Parader magazine in 1988, bassist Duff McKagan noted:
The thing about 'Sweet Child,' it was written in five minutes. It was one of those songs, only three chords. You know that guitar lick Slash does at the beginning? It was kind a like a joke because we thought, 'What is this song? It's gonna be nothin', it'll be filler on the record.' And except that vocal-wise, it's very sweet and sincere, Slash was fuckin' around when he first wrote that lick
The song has four guitar solos -- one after each of the three times the chorus is sung: The first is a short, simple one, the second is one of regular length, and the third a long, elaborate one, which is the most notable. The fourth is after the song's breakdown.

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[mikepymm]

What's GFW ?

[GoddessFourWinds]

Hey, Mick! I hear you're a legend!

Do tell...

[mikepymm]

God Bless America, when are you coming to see all the family in the Queens Kingdom ?

[elmofreak95]

IS THAT HIS MOM ON THE DRUM MACHINE?

[mikepymm]

No its his Aunty !

[mikepymm]

What a night, you had to be there, simply the best Atmosphere ever.......

[Estellemz]

Awesome!!!!!

[Estellemz]

ROCK ON...........MITCHEL....

[matias1999]

concord with u

[cuatromotores]

hey this sounds good but this well known riff is not played as it is, you have one wrong note there, I don't know if you play it different purposely or not, but it is just one note that you have to pay attention to play it as slash did it. You are playing one note on the 2nd string on the 15th fret while you sholud be playing that single note on the 3rd strring on the 14th fret. It is not easy to explain by text, but listen carefully and you will find the mistaken note!

[koldproxy]

tune your guitar half step down?

[babygothgal666]

oh yhea sum1 who agrees with me! :D

[SimpleWeirdo14]

ooooofffftt =]

Micth Makes Me Excited :p

Ahhh his welll Buff =]

Amazing Guitar And Vocals :)

xxxxx

[GoddessFourWinds]

Goddess Four Winds. :D

[GoddessFourWinds]

Is the airfare free, yet? lol I'd love to go!

I think Bonnee's something else! Everyone always looks like they're having so much fun!

Okay. I think I used my quota of !!!'s for the day. :p

Peace out. GFW