Get in the Ring (5:42)
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“Get in the Ring” is the fifth song on the Guns N’ Roses album Use Your Illusion II. It was written by Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, and Slash and is directed at music critics who gave the band negative reviews because of their actions on stage. Critics from Hit Parader (Andy Secher), Circus, Kerrang! (Mick Wall) and Spin (Bob Guccione, Jr.) are all mentioned by name.
For many years there was a myth that Mick Wall of Kerrang! music magazine at that time, was mentioned because of his book ‘Guns N’ Roses: The Most Dangerous Band in the World’, which was a no holds barred collection of interviews and stories about the band. Mick Wall himself has refuted these claims and alleges that the real reason for his mention was an interview he wrote in early 1990 for Kerrang! about Axl Rose’s threat to harm Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe over an incident involving Vince’s wife and Izzy Stradlin.
The jab on Guccione uses a reference on his father being the founder of Penthouse magazine. Guccione actually responded in a letter to Axl Rose, saying that he accepted the challenge; however, no fight ever occurred.
The song is notorious for its amount of swearing. The song was originally written by McKagan with the title “Why Do You Look at Me When You Hate Me?”. Nevertheless, the title was shortened, and the original title became the first line in the final version.
For many years there was a myth that Mick Wall of Kerrang! music magazine at that time, was mentioned because of his book ‘Guns N’ Roses: The Most Dangerous Band in the World’, which was a no holds barred collection of interviews and stories about the band. Mick Wall himself has refuted these claims and alleges that the real reason for his mention was an interview he wrote in early 1990 for Kerrang! about Axl Rose’s threat to harm Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe over an incident involving Vince’s wife and Izzy Stradlin.
The jab on Guccione uses a reference on his father being the founder of Penthouse magazine. Guccione actually responded in a letter to Axl Rose, saying that he accepted the challenge; however, no fight ever occurred.
The song is notorious for its amount of swearing. The song was originally written by McKagan with the title “Why Do You Look at Me When You Hate Me?”. Nevertheless, the title was shortened, and the original title became the first line in the final version.
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Rearviewmirror5 wrote:
Hah, I love how incredibly childish this song is. Great one, one of my favorite intro's for sure!
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Timitzi wrote:
One of their best songs :D
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ativke wrote:
Bad words used to be bad
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angervana wrote:
AWESOME!!!!!
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szafi19 wrote:
Badass song...one of the best GN'R songs ever ;)
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sfusyron wrote:
Ding Ding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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agatowa wrote:
this song totally rocks! ;D
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tihsymtae wrote:
In one way, I respect them for having the balls to do a song like this and name names. One the other hand, it seems the adult thing to do would've been to simply rise above all the shit in the press being written about them. Overall, I really liked this song when it first came out, but (mainly because of the lyrics) I think it hasn't aged well. I rarely listen to it anymore.
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GNRguy wrote:
Why does it say the album is "undefined"? Everybody knows it's from Use Your Illusion II. At least, GN'R fans should know.
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Xmanlovesjapan wrote:
slash is the best guitarist
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steineuwe wrote:
Was solli ich zu der Gruppe sagen das bestee was die Welt mtzur seit zu bieten hatt Erlebe sie mal Life!
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The_Wind86 wrote:
I think its brillant.
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Flying_Colours wrote:
I'd forgotten how funny this song is. Classic Axl! :D
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harathor wrote:
I can't tell why... but this song relaxes me.. LOL
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Pah_xk wrote:
*_______*
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Hainate wrote:
Chociaż by to jest mocne - to jedyne w swoim rodzaju ;d
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Hainate wrote:
To jedna z ich najlepszych piosenek... kocham ten zespół i uważam, że dzisiejsza muzyka w nawet najmniejszym stopniu nie może równać się z nimi i innymi pięknymi pieśniami z 20 wieku...
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Otsenre-Zedlav wrote:
this is fun!
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Loutattoo wrote:
even i hate the illusions... the beginning of the end for the gunners!!!
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Loutattoo wrote:
hahahhahahaahhahaha this song is so true... why are you look at me when u hate me??? gunsn'fuckin'roses!!! And that goes for all you punks in the press That want to start shit by printin' lies Instead of the things we said That means you Andy Secher at Hit Parader Circus Magazine Mick Wall at Kerrang Bob Guccione Jr. at Spin, What you pissed off cuz your dad gets more pussy than you? Fuck you Suck my fuckin' dick great lyric...
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