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Rain is a common scene image in literary works. In different works, rain often symbolizes different plots and emotions. It can easily be a slender rain that gently brushes your face. It can be a cold rain that makes loneliness nowhere to rest, or it can be a rain of freedom that liberates the soul. It's a messy manic storm. In rock music such a music department that is good at emotional release, there have been many unforgettable rains, washing the hearts of those who empathize with the audience. Among them, the three most famous songs about rain in rock history are regarded as classic golden songs by music fans. They are recognized as Guns and Roses "November Rain", Prince's "Purple Rain", X JAPAN "ENDLESS RAIN".
Let’s first understand the first rain: Guns N&39; Roses "November Rain"
"November Rain" comes from Guns N&39; RoseUses Your Illusion I released in 1991. This album is a song at the peak of Gunhua, and the arrangement is extremely powerful. The majestic soundtrack and touching lyrics make it a classic.
This rock classic successfully created the image of gunflower, especially in the MV Slash took his Gibsonles paul guitar out of the church to play the SOLO and the final SOLO piano rose standing on the piano and Slash playing more It is for people to follow suit. Rose's interpretation of the song is "I don't want to be trapped in unresponsive love". As for how classic this song is, you can see the MV. This song is ranked 6th among the 100 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos (100 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos). MV or MTV Video Music Award for best photography. All in all, I recommend watching this MV when you enter the pit!
Guns N&39; Roses "November Rain" MV opening
On the shooting of the MV, among these three songs, I think "November Rain" is the best, because it is not only magnificent, but also tells a story, a sadness. s story. The story of
starts with a short story "Without You" by Del James, the biographer appointed by Guns and Roses. "November Rain" MTV also said in the final subtitles: "adapted from Del James' short story "Without You"". This novel is very worth reading, but it is also very decadent and depressing.
tells about the rock star Mayne (generally translated as Mem) loves his lover Elisabeth (Elizabeth). Mayne is a famous rock singer, is the lead singer and guitarist of the band suicide shift (should be taken from
had a very important tour for Mehm. Mehm very hoped that Elizabeth could go with him, just like every time before, but Elizabeth refused, and did not reply to his news afterwards, and did not show up. After the tour, Mehm found two women to open the room. Elizabeth just got off the plane and brought her travel bag to the room where Mehm was staying. Then she ran into this scene, so they broke up. But Mayne loves Elizabeth deeply. After their tour, Mayne went to Elizabeth to get her forgiveness, but when heWhen she was about to walk to her house, Elizabeth committed suicide with a gun to her head at home, repeating the song without you in the CD player at home.
Mayne woke up in her sleep, remembering the girlfriend she had been in love with, spending many good times with her friends, and stepping into the wedding hall. As a result, the intervention of other relationships seemed to cause her girlfriend to die, just like the sudden rainstorm at the wedding. , Broke up their marriage. On a rainy night, the male protagonist enters the nightmare again and wakes up again, so the rain in November becomes a sad or sad love past.
Finally, Mayne played the song without you on the piano at home, and the remaining half of the cigarette fell on the bed. He accidentally lit the bed sheet in the room and caused a fire. Mayne slowly felt the burning, but he did not stop. Continuing to play the piano, the veins in his hand burst into flames, and the fire swallowed the entire apartment. He still didn't stop a single note and died just like that.
At the beginning of the MV, sleep was a rare item for Mayne played by Axl (corresponding to the scene where Axl was smoking and taking sleeping pills by the bed in MTV), so I needed some external help, using alcohol and drugs to make myself numb to fall asleep . The wind rolled up the curtains, blue and melancholy. It was a rainy night and another rainy night in November. Then, in my dream, I recalled his happiness before the rain in November.
At first the actor slept very quietly, and he went to the church in his dream, his fiancee walked in, the wedding had just begun, and the nightmare had not yet arrived. The shot is the protagonist’s wedding. The beautiful heroine is coming. The heroine of November Rain has a classical face and perfect long legs, a beautiful white wedding dress, and the style of smoking. The opening to China in the 1990s must have shocked many friends who have never seen the world. She is actually not a passerby. Her name is Stephanie Seymour, and she is one of the top 20 supermodels in the history of Victoria's Secret, and Axl Rose's true girlfriend at the time. A rock star in
MTV had a very sweet wedding with his girlfriend in the church. Just as they and their friends were celebrating their love at the wedding scene, a heavy rain came and ended the wedding. With Slash's guitar solo, the plot flipped, and MTV suddenly switched to the bride's funeral.
This silhouette looks wild and slash
. These two pictures include the next section of the wedding scene using the montage method, which is to edit the two lens groups together after the information is larger than a single lens. And there is a lot of freedom in space-time transformation. The movement of a lens alone cannot reflect the rhythm of the film, and editing together can enhance the rhythm of the film.
followed by a sudden rainstorm, guests left chaotically to avoid the rain, roses were scattered on the ground, one person knocked over the cake, and the dolls of the hero and heroine on the cake fell to the ground. The falling of the dolls and the crashing of the cake all indicate that the marriage of the hero and heroine will go to tragedy. Just like the sudden arrival of rain in November indicates that marriage will encounter some unexpected or unexpected things. The dining table was also in a mess, and the wedding scene was chaotic.
The funeral of the heroine arrived as soon as the lens turned. The MV edits the close-up of the male protagonist's pain and the two scenes of the heroine lying in the coffin together, and combines the two scenes. The death of the heroine and the grief and hysteria of the heroine are more intense.
It also rained suddenly at the funeral, and people left only the hero. This is also a montage, switchVery quickly. Thinking of the protagonist’s sleep on a rainy night, from the quietness of the beginning to the present fear, panic, pain, and struggle, expressing the psychological journey he recalled, and dreaming of his wife’s beautiful moments of throwing flowers at the wedding, bringing painful emotions and beauty Comparison of memories.
Finally, the flowers thrown by the heroine fell on the coffin, and the bright red roses thrown at the wedding were washed away by the rain. This sudden cold rain in November is like an accident in their marriage. The rose symbolizes their love. The rainstorm fades the bright colors of love and drops on the coffin cover, leaving only the hero's endless pain.
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Cause nothing lasts forever,and we both know hearts can change.
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And it&39;s hard to hold a candle,in the cold November Rain.
In this cold November rain, the flame of love has become a candle in the rain.
We&39;ve been through this such a long long time,
we have been through these endless years together,
just trying to killing the pain.
just hope to get rid of the pain!
But lovers always come and lovers always go, and no one &39;s really sure who&39;letting go today!
But love, come and go, no one can guarantee.
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Some other backgrounds
This song was made by Axl, the original version actually has 25 Minutes, it was edited to 9 minutes later. In fact, Slash played two guitar solos, but Axl objected and shortened the length. In the official version, the solo was completely popped up when Slash heard the song for the first time.
Slash said that there are too many things involved in the MV, and the completed MV is really good, and then I felt that it was actually out of control.
And this song can be traced back to 1983. Axl played this song on the piano at that time. It was probably the only thing he knew, and he wrote it himself. He thinks this song will be great in the future, and Tracii Guns (former LAGuns guitarist) said, “It’s great now, but it’s not finished.” Axl is playing that song no matter where he is in the hotel, Tracii So he asked him when he could finish this song. Axl said he didn't know how to do it.
Slash also revealed in his autobiography that the early 18-minute version of the song was recorded with Nazareth guitarist Manny in 1986.
Matt Sorum became Gunhua’s new drummer in 1990. "When I joined, I felt that the band was very sluggish. This is a rock band. It should get dry at any time, but they said they should be high again. I’ve been with a pipe band, and I said we should use very weak and sub-high notes somewhere. They looked at me with a horrible expression on their faces. I had to explain all these things to them."
Matt said to the orchestral part of the song and Arranged for strength and weakness. Once they rehearsed, when Matt and Axl were eating takeaway in the studio, they played Elton John's "Don&39;t Let"The Sun Go Down On Me", Axl is a fan of Elton, and this song gave Matt the inspiration for the drumming part. In addition to the fascinating plot of
, when it was released in 1993, "November Rain" was the most expensive MTV in the world. Spent 1.5 million dollars (built a church in the desert). It was later surpassed by Michael & Janet Jackson's "Scream". The scene of the theater performance in
MTV is real. 1,500 spectators and symphony orchestra were invited, and it was a completely real performance.
But there is also a saying that the feeling of symphony in the MV is actually tuned by Axl with a synthesizer. The performance of
Slash is always in a flat halftone, and the string bend and sustain are better, making the sound fuller and longer.
In addition, there are also many videos about the live performance of "November Rain" online. At present, it is easier to download the concert in Tokyo in 1992, the concert in St. Louis in 1991, the MV of November Rain, and the MV of more than 50 minutes.
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The extended link of this article is that I can find a clearer MV version.
Due to space limitations, I will put the second rain in the next issue, please look forward to Prince's "Purple Rain"!
