| Guns N' Roses – So Fine Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[Sprite1:46862] She notices him. She is his. He just cannot believe his luck. It's as if he is asking himself, is she really mine? Do I really deserve this perfect woman? Am I worthy of her? I don't know if I am a good enough man to deserve her. | |
| Guns N' Roses – So Fine Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| I would like to add one thing to my comment below - i think the beginning and end of this song might not be about heroin or sex, but just ecstasy of love. Nonetheless, they say heroin is better than sex. So - if heroin was a song - it would sound like the beginning and end of So Fine. Or - it is the sound of pure ecstasy. Excellent. Loved this song the first time I heard it. So glad it was included on UYI. It once was described as filler. Well, if you mean, a creamy, gooey, delicious, ecstasy inducing filling then yes, you are right. | |
| Guns N' Roses – So Fine Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[uncleteddy:46861] i agree with your interpretation. i wish i had not heard all the johnny thunders talk and started thinking it was just about him. it is an homage to him,, more his chord usage, but it is a love song. definitley. and i think you have the right idea there. for sure. and it is like butterscotch. that is a great description. i freaking love butterscotch and i love this song. | |
| Guns N' Roses – So Fine Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[axx100:46860] There can be many meanings to that line. If it is about Thunders then think of it this way: the lights went out in your house - the lights went down for the show and he got to watch him perform. Or - the lights went down in your house when we spent the night together. Like, you let me stay and we were intimate or not even necessarily that. | |
| Guns N' Roses – So Fine Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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It is often difficult to state exactly what a song is about without hearing what the artist or writer has to say. Music is art, and a piece of art can mean one thing to one person and something completely different to someone else. And that is fine. When I first heard this song, I heard it without knowing any of the background behind it. I honestly think this is the best way to listen to music. That way, you can form your own opinion or connect to the song in your own way. To me, it was a beautiful love song. Very sexy, but also loving. About a man who cannot believe his luck - that a woman so perfect could be his. And I like it like that. Then, I learned it was an homage to Johnny Thunders. Then I read somewhere it was 'about' Johnny Thunders. Then I started reading into the lyrics very deeply and it changed the meaning entirely to me. I kind of wish I had never known that, lol. Anyway, there are many, many ways to interpret this song, and all of them are appropriate. Ultimately, I have come to this conclusion - after reading a lot about it. The song IS a love song. Yes - It IS an homage to Johnny Thunders, but it is not so much ABOUT Johnny Thunders as it is an homage to his chord usage. Thunders' approach to music-making struck a chord with McKagan, not only figuratively but literally. "So Fine," the 10th song on Use Your Illusion II, was, in McKagan's mind, less a direct tribute to his hero himself than an homage to his chord usage. (Thunders died only five months before the release of the LP.) Read More: When Duff McKagan Paid Tribute to Johnny Thunders on 'So Fine' | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/guns-n-roses-so-fine/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral One could also say that McKagan's vocals give the song meaning as well. Not just the words, not just the chords and music, but also his vocal delivery of the song. So, there you have it. The song is not necessarily talking about or describing Johnny Thunders. I have looked into it and have come up with many meanings. Love song is number one. You could say the song is partially a love song about anyone, and maybe a little bit about admiration for Thunders. A song can mean two things at once. It can mean one thing in certain areas, and something different in other areas. You could say the beginning when Axl is making those incredibly sexy vocalizations that they are of ecstacy - the sexual or just satisfied kind in general - or you could say they are vocalizations in the vein of being in ecstacy doing heroin. Or both. You could say he wants to Thunders to know ho much he means to him and how much he inspired him musically when he mentions that he wants to reach up and grab a star and give one to him. Or to a woman that he is so in love with and proud of. You could say that when he talks about the story of a man who tries to stand on his own, but keeps falling down - that is Johnny trying to overcome addiction but not being able to. Or - a man who is trying to be successful and be a wonderful provider, but when he tries to move ahead in the world that he never is quite able to achieve the success he feels he should. Or - a man who feels like he should be strong enough to stand on his own and not have to rely on a woman to give him strength or emotional support, but he realizes he needs her for those reasons. There are just so many possible meanings and I think most are okay. It is what it means to you. BUT - I do not think it has anything to do with a woman not caring about a guy. It sounds like she is his and he just cannot believe his luck. Maybe he doesn't feel deserving enough to be her man, but hopes that he really is - like, is she really mine? Could this be real? And I do not think it totally describes Johnny Thunders, because even Duff says so - he was very influenced by his chord usage. You can read this article I have a link to and see what I mean. But here is a good example: "Musically, he made it okay for us to start playing acoustic guitar, and to figure out some prettier chords that allowed us to take things to the next level," McKagan told Kerrang! "I have an acoustic guitar which is within reach a lot of the time, and as soon as I pick it up, I go to a D chord – which is because of Johnny Thunders. That’s all because of So Alone." Like many admired in the punk scene for their voracious artistry, Thunders wrestled with issues in his personal life, falling deeper and deeper into drug addiction as the years went on and struggling to keep his concerts together. The last time McKagan saw Thunders perform live at an early '80s show in Seattle, a small riot broke out. "I just sat back and watched it all happen and I just thought, 'This is a mess,'" McKagan added. "The gig was over and I was starting to grow up, and I decided that I didn’t want to keep on going to see a guy who may or may not be able to finish the show." Thunders' decline was underscored in 1986 when Guns N' Roses was asked to open a pair of his shows at the Fender's Ballroom in Long Beach, Calif. The evening quickly soured when Thunders was caught chatting up Axl Rose's girlfriend and asking around for a fix. "Axl flipped out when he got wind that Johnny had hit on Erin, and began a tirade backstage," McKagan said in It's So Easy: And Other Lies. "Axl could be intimidating when he started yelling and carrying on. Johnny spent the rest of the night hiding in his dressing room, jonesing for a fix. Whatever remnants of a romantic and swashbuckling image I had of Johnny Thunders disappeared that night." Still, McKagan's musical respect for Thunders endured. He popped in and out of studios throughout the Use Your Illusion tour, eventually completing a recording of Thunders' "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory." The cover appeared on Guns N' Roses' 1993 LP, The Spaghetti Incident? with a special introduction from McKagan: "This one's for you, Johnny." Guns N' Roses returned "So Fine" to their set list at a March 2020 concert in Mexico City, prior to the 30th anniversary of Thunders death. That was the first time the band had performed it since 1993. Read More: When Duff McKagan Paid Tribute to Johnny Thunders on 'So Fine' | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/guns-n-roses-so-fine/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral |
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