Seattlest: Fact or Hoax: Guns N' Roses' "Paradise City" Based on Seattle?

guest

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:42:33 -0800

I saw them live with Metallica on the use your illusion/black album tour. When they played Paradise City, Axl introduced it as "We'd like to play a song about death..."

guest

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:54:07 -0800

I consider my self the number one guns fan and it is true duff did write the chorus to that song. Exactly as the one guy said, duff wrote it in seatle about going to l.a.....

guest

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:52:31 -0800

I consider my self the number one guns fan and it is true duff did write the chorus to that song. Exactly as the one guy said, duff wrote it in seatle about going to l.a.....

iron_d_006

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:16:39 -0800

I'm pretty sure Duff did write Paradise City or at least most of it. I read about that a couple of years ago. I think the chorus "Take me down to the Paradise City, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty" was Duff saying he wanted out of Seattle and into LA!! I know Axl isn't from LA either, but I did read a while ago that Duff wrote the song! Plus, Axl was from Indiana and Indiana isn't north of California... So it would only make sense for the "Take me down..." part to come from Duff! I have lots of info on GNR, but I don't know where I found this particular info out, and I don't have time to search for it, but I think it might be true.

guest

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:06:57 -0800

Well If Duff wrote Paradise City I will be Cornelius' uncle. He is a great player and riffer but I can't see how he could write a song like this and then produce a solo album like Believe in Me. I think its more likely that Duff may have come up with the 'Grass is green and the girls are pretty' part but the lyrics cited above are so Axl it's like he signed them. The outro soloing is Slash and Izzy at their best, and I love Stevens drumming on this track, his best performance I think. So I believe it to be a group effort but maybe 60% Axl and 40% the others. Does it really matter though? Been listening to this track for 20 years and it kicks butt every damn time. Robert.Parkinson@lands.nsw.gov.au Thank you for reading.