So near and yet so far
Posted by Johnnie
As if we needed any more proof that genius is a fickle mistress, elusive and intermitent, I present Guns ‘N Roses’ Sweet Child O’ Mine:
She’s got eyes of the bluest skies / As if they thought of rain.
Brilliant. That’s a fantastic lyric. There are people who would die happy if they wrote a lyric half that good. What have you got next for us, Axl?
I hate to look into those eyes / And see an ounce of pain.
Ow. Sorry. You were doing so well, too. Next!
Not many people have heard Axl Rose’s original lyrics for this verse, which were cut at the request of Geffen Records (and the rest of the band):
She’s got eyes of the bluest skies / As if they thought of rain / I hate to look into those eyes / And see an ounce of pain / Metric weighing vexes her / And makes her head go “ouch” / I want to make the sex with her / Upon our tour bus couch. / Ooh, yeah, baby / Lick my love pump, etc.
“Must make it rhyme! Else it’s not poetry!“
Hey, love the new look on your blog!
Thanks. I moved the blog to Typo a little while ago, and I’ve been playing around with Typo themes since then. It’s modular and Rails-based, so I’ve found it pretty easy. I’m planning on designing a few more Typo themes, and releasing them under Creative Commons or GPL.
There are a few bugs still to iron out in the new theme. I fixed some of them yesterday, but I’ve yet to make the changes live.
Btw – the feed address for the Machinima-related posts on this site has changed. I’ll resubmit to Machinifeed as soon as I get a moment.