Guitarist says he feared his own death during video filming, which has already surpassed the 2 billion mark of views on YouTube
Besides a successful music epic, “November Rain” It was also one of the largest exploits of Guns n ‘Roses in television terms. The clip became iconic, either for the bold duration (9 minutes), the pharaonic budget ($ 1.5 million) or the remarkable scenes, such as the Slash Soling near a church in the middle of nowhere.
However, the video divides opinions in a curious way. The guitarist himself, one of the highlights of the script gathed by the director Andy morahandisapproves of some aspects and says that it even feared death itself during the recordings.
Already the president of the United States, Donald Trumphas the clip of “November Rain” in high account. For the entrepreneur, this is the “best music video of all time”.
Slash’s negative opinion
Slash’s “scolding” is precisely about the scene where triumphal comes up by solving his guitar Gibson Les Paul. Despite the beauty of the aerial outlet, made in a desert in the state of New Mexico (USA), the guitarist told the The Times (via Classic Rock), which was scary to record in front of a helicopter passing several times in front of him.
“I just said, ‘Okay, I’m going to make my guitar soil near the church.” But then the director came up with the idea of flying to me with a helicopter, and while we did it, I thought,’ Well, this will be the last thing I’ll do. “
Slash added that he really was afraid, because there was no stuntness or something:
“I thought, ‘This will be my last day on Earth.’ It was the kind of thing you just get resigned that you are probably going to die.”
Donald Trump’s passion for the video
Fact is that the clip of “November Rain” won the MTV Video Music Award (VMA) 1992 and won millions of fans around the world. Among them, Donald Trump.
According to a former White House secretary, SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERSthe current president of the United States elected this video of Guns N ‘Roses as the best in history. She commented on her memoir:
“The president said Hope [Hicks] And to me at the Oval Hall that wanted the classic Guns N ‘Roses song,’ November Rain ‘, to be added to its rally playlist. He told us it was ‘the best music video of all time’ and made us watch it to prove his point of view. “
Guns n ‘Roses and the clip of “November Rain”
The story of the clip of “November Rain” was inspired by the tale Without Youfrom the book The Language of Fearwritten by Del Jamesfriend of Axl Rose and former Road Manager of Guns N ‘Roses (via Igor Miranda website). The singer plays a famous singer with various problems related to addiction and also in recent marriage. Stephanie SeymourAxl’s girlfriend at the time, played his bride in the video.
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