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Axl - Acl-suhl - To Pull an Axl - The act of shouting random unrelated shit at the end of a song
the act of inserting Unrelated machismo-tainted spoken word portions into a song, usually during the outtr0.
Does it drive anyone else nuts when Musicians do this? I've dubbed this act 'Pulling an Axl' as Mr. Rose seems to be one of the worst offenders. They range from semi-weird to the inconceivably inane. Think of the particularly line part in 'Pretty tied up'; "Cool Ranch Dressing"
WHAT. THE. F$&%. (my now-reading-age kid is in the room). Cool Ranch Dressing?
He pulls a double-Axl (smirk smirk) at the end of 'Don't Damn Me' off Use Your Illusion I. At songs end, he blurts out "Smokem if you got 'em!" for no particular reason. Maybe he thought better of it, because then - possibly forgetting that they were still RECORDING - he declares "ALL RIGHT! THAT SUCKED!"
The other Axlism, is to add weird rambling spoken word parts to otherwise decent songs. I won't even get into them, but they are usually tinged with some kind of hostile machismo, but it's really hard to tell, because he's pretty much just blathering and spewing profanity.
He's not the only one guilty. In the publisher demo release of Alice in Chains 'The Real Thing' Layne, possibly (no, probably) under the influence of some sort of narcotic, sings loud, sings proud 'Sexual Chocolate, Baby!' Maybe he was practicing to be the first singer for GNR II... I mean, velvet revolver.
We have our own offenders at home here, including one near and dear to my heart, Mr. Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip. Although he's well known for his intensive monologuing during live shows (which I don't count as Axlisms, since 1. They tend to form some sort of narrative, rather than random verbal threats to no one in particular and 2. They're darn entertaining.
however, Gordie's picked up a disconcerting habit of adding bizarre little qualifiers to lyrics, such as his excessive use of 'That's right' in the song 'Fly'.
Does anyone else have some examples of gratuitous 'Axling?' Especially those committed in a studio, rather than onstage? The onstage Axlism is a teensy bit more forgivable than the studio recorded one. I mean, hey, who doesn't get a little excited in front of crowd, right?
I'm thinking if I ever got married again, I'd consider having this as my song, seeing as the second verse is beautiful, and it's a fun quirky piece of music, not overly sappy and whatnot as many 'wedding' songs have a tendency to be.
I would be a little hesitant, however due to the rather morbid overtones... I gather it has something to do with the fear of losing someone you love.
Give'er a listen, this guy is pretty effin cool, and has a nifty sound.
This is one of my favorite cover songs right now. Sorry I have not much else to say, I'm sick.
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Stumbled onto this post... I really like that cover! Hope by now you're feeling better ;-) Take care....
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I always was reminded of the Beatles comment the Doors, when comparing GNR's Appetiate album to AIC's Face lift album. It was said the Beatles took on a trip, but the Doors took you way beyond. I thought Appetiate was depraved, but Facelift was just twisted and fucked up to the point of no return! The "sexual chocolate baby part," maybe just be a feminizing of the term\lyric. And a selfdegragation, but would be unapparent to the reader.