Coma (song)
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"Coma" is a song by American
rock
band Guns N' Roses
. It appears on the 1991 album Use Your Illusion I
. At 10 minutes, 13 seconds it is the longest track released by the band, even though it lacks choruses.
Slash
states that he wrote the music to this song in a house he and Izzy rented in Hollywood Hills, following the Appetite for Destruction
tours. In an interview, Axl talks about writing "Coma":
"I tried to write that song for a year, and couldn't. I went to write it at the studio and passed out. I woke up two hours later and sat down and wrote the whole end of the song, like, just off the top of my head. It was like, don't even know what's coming out, man, but it's coming. I think one of the best things that I've ever written was maybe the end segment of the song "Coma". It just poured out." http://hem.passagen.se/snoqalf/s-coma.html
The song has only been played live four times, possibly due to its length and the strain it causes singer, Axl Rose. A rare live version was featured on Japanese and vinyl copies of the Guns N' Roses live album Live Era: '87-'93
.
Towards the end of the song, the phrase "'It's so easy' to be social/'It's so easy' to be cool/Yeah 'It's so easy' to be hungry/ When you ain't got shit to lose" is considered to be reflection on Guns N' Roses between 1985 and 1989, mainly their drug use, from which the whole ending "rant" is written about. Whether or not it was actually written about a members overdose has not been proven, although many fans hold steadfast that Slash wrote it about his. The repeated use of the phrase "it's so easy" is also a reference to the song of the same name
.
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band Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...
. It appears on the 1991 album Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by the American rock band Guns N' Roses. It was the first of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, the other being Use Your Illusion II. The two are thus sometimes considered a double album. In fact, in the original vinyl...
. At 10 minutes, 13 seconds it is the longest track released by the band, even though it lacks choruses.
Slash
Slash (musician)
Saul Hudson , known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N'...
states that he wrote the music to this song in a house he and Izzy rented in Hollywood Hills, following the Appetite for Destruction
Appetite for Destruction
Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released in July 1987 on Geffen Records. It was well-received by critics and topped the American Billboard 200 chart...
tours. In an interview, Axl talks about writing "Coma":
"I tried to write that song for a year, and couldn't. I went to write it at the studio and passed out. I woke up two hours later and sat down and wrote the whole end of the song, like, just off the top of my head. It was like, don't even know what's coming out, man, but it's coming. I think one of the best things that I've ever written was maybe the end segment of the song "Coma". It just poured out." http://hem.passagen.se/snoqalf/s-coma.html
The song has only been played live four times, possibly due to its length and the strain it causes singer, Axl Rose. A rare live version was featured on Japanese and vinyl copies of the Guns N' Roses live album Live Era: '87-'93
Live Era: '87-'93
-Bonus track:This track was released as the twelfth track on the first CD of the Japanese edition, and as the eighth side on the four LP vinyl editions.-Band members:*W...
.
Towards the end of the song, the phrase "'It's so easy' to be social/'It's so easy' to be cool/Yeah 'It's so easy' to be hungry/ When you ain't got shit to lose" is considered to be reflection on Guns N' Roses between 1985 and 1989, mainly their drug use, from which the whole ending "rant" is written about. Whether or not it was actually written about a members overdose has not been proven, although many fans hold steadfast that Slash wrote it about his. The repeated use of the phrase "it's so easy" is also a reference to the song of the same name
It's So Easy
-Personnel:* Axl Rose - lead vocals* Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar, backing vocals* Slash - lead guitar* Duff McKagan - bass, backing vocals* Steven Adler - drums-Cover versions:...
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