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“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In 2004, representatives of the music industry and the press voted it #190 in Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time issue.
“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” was written for the Western “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid”. The song describes the feelings and impressions of a dying deputy, who notices that it is getting dark around him as he is knocking on heaven’s door. He realizes that he will never use his badge or his guns anymore.
The song consists of four chords in the key of G major: G, D, Am7, and C. The basic pattern throughout the song is G-D-Am7-Am7 and then G-D-C-C, and this is repeated.
Although it was originally recorded as an acoustic folk song, “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” has been covered extensively in many styles, most famously by British blues-rocker Eric Clapton and by American hard-rock group Guns N’ Roses.
In 1987, Guns N’ Roses started including the song in their live sets. They recorded a studio version in 1990 for the Days of Thunder soundtrack, and in 1991 it appeared on the Guns N’ Roses studio album Use Your Illusion II. Released as the second single from the album, it reached #2 in the UK singles chart. Their performance of the song at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 was included on their Live Era: ‘87–’93 album, released in 1999.
“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” was written for the Western “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid”. The song describes the feelings and impressions of a dying deputy, who notices that it is getting dark around him as he is knocking on heaven’s door. He realizes that he will never use his badge or his guns anymore.
The song consists of four chords in the key of G major: G, D, Am7, and C. The basic pattern throughout the song is G-D-Am7-Am7 and then G-D-C-C, and this is repeated.
Although it was originally recorded as an acoustic folk song, “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” has been covered extensively in many styles, most famously by British blues-rocker Eric Clapton and by American hard-rock group Guns N’ Roses.
In 1987, Guns N’ Roses started including the song in their live sets. They recorded a studio version in 1990 for the Days of Thunder soundtrack, and in 1991 it appeared on the Guns N’ Roses studio album Use Your Illusion II. Released as the second single from the album, it reached #2 in the UK singles chart. Their performance of the song at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 was included on their Live Era: ‘87–’93 album, released in 1999.
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MarkLepe wrote:
Once upon a time Guns n Roses was the biggest band in the world period. Then money, drugs, girls, fights, backstabbings, Insane minds, and everything else that can fuck up the gravey train happened. Axl Rose went crazy and the end is history.
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TheDarkSide73 wrote:
The Original By Bob Dylan is WAAAAAYYYYYY Better But This Is Nice Also..
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BMWPRETTY wrote:
Whoooooooooooo! Spank! I am Knocking on Heavens Door! Knock, Knock on Heavens Door! Yeah! To blind to see~! Love this tune! Knock, Knock, Knock on Heavens Door! Whoooo! ;-)
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RbrtsWax88 wrote:
Slash is THE Man!!
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KISSastrophe wrote:
love it :)
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Jyl82 wrote:
Heute gibt´s leider nur noch diese G´n´R Coverband :<
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masztico wrote:
lubię to mało powiedziane******;))))
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HolyDiver1996 wrote:
Great song !
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lukasz_pulawski wrote:
สวยมาก
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Tombo60 wrote:
Quality!
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goszaberlin wrote:
Zajebiste!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BIG-D313 wrote:
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BabichokLast wrote:
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door" напевно одна із найвідоміших фраз в рок музиці
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Kebab_Holokaust wrote:
YEESSS
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MarielBohTaku wrote:
Axl, Slash, Duff, Izzy, Math/Steven... Sem palavras.
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MIKEH3875 wrote:
Axl,Slash,Duff,Izzy and Steven 2012...............................................
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muricio79 wrote:
Jeysus dats old - i still have the LP
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fool2010 wrote:
jup jup
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zepp44 wrote:
Too overplayed like all G & R songs not for me sorry:(
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lottadogs wrote:
awesome song
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