Guns N’ Roses – November Rain

“November Rain” is a song by the American hard rock band Guns N’ Roses. Written by the band’s lead vocalist Axl Rose, it was released as a single in 1992 from their third studio album, Use Your Illusion I (1991).

“November Rain” peaked at number three on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was the longest song to enter the top ten of that chart at the time of its release. Currently, the song is the fourth longest song to enter the Hot 100 chart. The song reached number two on the Portuguese Singles Chart, number four on the UK Singles Chart, and the top 10 on several other music charts around the world.

The lyrics and the video are based on a short story by Del James called Without You. The story is part of a collection called The Language Of Fear, which was brought back to market in 2008 after being out of print. The new version of the book contains an intro by Axl Rose, who wrote: “Del James has a personal knowledge of most of the situations he writes about, and has a love of the gutter from having been there.” James contributed lyrics to two Guns N’ Roses songs: “The Garden” and “Yesterdays,” and has directed several music videos. >>
Written by Axl Rose, the original version of this song was 25-minutes long, and was edited down to 8:59. It is the longest ever Top 10 hit and contains the longest guitar solo in a Top 10 single.

Slash actually plays two guitar solos in the song. Rose put the song’s lengthy gestation period down to opposition from Slash and Duff McKagan.

The video was directed by Andy Morahan, who had done the popular George Michael videos for “Father Figure” and “Faith,” and worked with GnR on “Don’t Cry” and “You Could Be Mine.”

A huge production, the “November Rain” video cost over $1.5 million to make, but reaped rewards for the band, as it got a lot of play on MTV. It stars actress and model Stephanie Seymour, Axl Rose’s girlfriend at the time. In the video, she and Axl get married with Slash serving as best man and the rest of the band in the front row. After the wedding, it starts raining and the next scene is Stephanie’s funeral in the same church.

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Este melodia cea mai cunoscută a grupului Guns N’ Roses. I-a trebuit lui Axel Rose aproape o decadă să finalizeze această melodie. A început melodia prin 1983, și au cântat-o pe scenă în diferite formule, înțial doar pian și vocal. Într-o versiune din 1986 apar chitară și percuția. După ce au tot înregistrat piesa timp de 5 ani, în final a devenit piesa principală pe albumul Use Your Illusion I, la 17 Septembrie 1991. Pe 18 Februarie 1992, piesa a fost lansată pe single.

Melodia finală are 8:58, și este foarte asemanatoare cu demo-ul de pian din 1986.

Videoclipul este mai mult un film de scurt metraj, decât un promo muzical. Producția videoclipului a costat în jur de $1 milion, și este unul din cele mai scumpe videoclipuri care a fost realizat vreodată. Videoclipul a ajutat că melodia să devină nu numai un moment marcant pentru Gun N’ Roses, dar probabil, și cea mai frumoasă baladă rock din istorie.

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