LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 24, 2019…THIRTY ONE YEARS AGO WE SAW THE NORTH AMERICAN RELEASE OF THE SINGLE ‘WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE’ FROM GUNS N’ ROSES. AMAZINGLY, THE SONG ACTUALLY BOMBED AT FIRST ON THE CHARTS, BUT FOUND A SECOND LIFE ONCE THE GROUP RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘SWEET CHILD O’ MINE.’ IN 2007 “ROLLING STONE” MAGAZINE RAN AN ARTICLE CELEBRATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF ‘APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION.” THEY EXPLAINED HOW AXL ROSE CAME UP WITH A LINE FROM THIS SONG. AXL SPENT A NIGHT IN A QUEEN’S SCHOOLYARD BEFORE JOINING THE BAND. ACCORDING TO ROSE: “This black guy said, ‘You’re in the jungle! You gonna die.'”
THE VIDEO FOR THE SONG IS AMAZING. AXL LOOKS LIKE A KID IN THIS VIDEO.
