Epic extravaganza of the 90s vs 00s : November Rain Vs What goes around

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Two epic songs with epic videos, considered there best work by Axl and JT, the songs are long, the love interests die in the video (there could be another poll between seymour and johansson), the finals are grandiose, this level of ambition and investments might never be reached again considering the evolution of the music industry (OK, I get a bit too enthusiastic there)... so, who wins !?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Guns n' Roses : November Rain	20
Justin Timberlake : What Goes Around... Comes Around	13

― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 20:59 (fourteen years ago)

Wait, who considers either of those songs to be the best work of GNR/JT?

― the tax avocado (DJP), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:00 (fourteen years ago)

The french people.

― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:01 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOrnUquxtwA

― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:01 (fourteen years ago)

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ahah. no, I think (but haven't checked actually) that both Axl and JT said at some point that these were there "chef d'oeuvre" !

― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:02 (fourteen years ago)

"What goes Around..." easy. I'll take other GNR ballads.

― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:03 (fourteen years ago)

Voting Scarlett Johansson.

― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:10 (fourteen years ago)

At the Grammy awards in 2007, Timberlake said: "It's definitely a special song for me. It was one of those songs where the words kind of flowed out. It was based on an experience that one of my best friends went through. It's the first song I did with Tim (Timbaland) on this record. I honestly feel that this is the best song that I've written so far."

― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:11 (fourteen years ago)

every time i see slash atop a piano i imagine slash's mum with a hand to her brow shaking her head and murmuring, "For the love of... I just cleaned that, Saul."

― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:12 (fourteen years ago)

For the outside shots of Slash while he is playing the first solo, Rose had originally envisioned it taking place in a "cool field" of sorts. However, since the video was shot in winter, there were no good-looking fields around, and eventually the band decided to use a church in New Mexico.

― psychedelicatessen (seandalai), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)

scarjo is all time and all but would have to choose

http://imagesgonerogue.com/2010/05/stephaniebeauty8.jpg

also lol gis that doesn't involve boobs and pubes is hard to do

― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:15 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, scarlett is cool but seymour was just another level of amazingness ! but that's not the point of this thread, people !

― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:17 (fourteen years ago)

there could be another poll : scarjo's death Vs seymour's death in the videos !

― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:18 (fourteen years ago)

both of these songs suck

For the outside shots of Slash while he is playing the first solo,

always found his wailing away on his unplugged gtr beyond silly

― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:18 (fourteen years ago)

I have never heard the Timberlake song, so 'November Rain'.

― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 10:13 (fourteen years ago)

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTPCU2_Cm3HTL4HrwDLHM9p7RI0DfeixP8rJ6Dp2QiDyDzrTUC1gg

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 14:05 (fourteen years ago)

watching the video for "What goes around" I'd forgotten how bad it was... lol @ scarjo "acting" scared during the car crash !

― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 15:34 (fourteen years ago)

"What Goes Around" = better song
"November Rain" = better video

― sasha and maliaweed (The Reverend), Thursday, 22 September 2011 00:29 (fourteen years ago)

yeah the "what goes around" video is torture

and i spent like an hour today trying to remember how the song goes and just getting "cry me a river" stuck in my head

― some dude, Thursday, 22 September 2011 01:03 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, the discrepancy in videos is far, far greater than as songs.

― sasha and maliaweed (The Reverend), Thursday, 22 September 2011 01:30 (fourteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 8 October 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago)

November Rain is the only GNR song I've gone out of my way to listen to. A lot better song than than the threadsters here make it out to be.

I have no desire to go out of my way to listen to any Justin Timberlake songs

― ℓ٥ﻻ ﻉ√٥υ (CaptainLorax), Sunday, 9 October 2011 01:40 (thirteen years ago)

"November Rain" is the only big GNR hit i feel like i've heard enough of and wouldn't ever go out of my way to listen to.

― shiroimarkershoes (some dude), Sunday, 9 October 2011 02:21 (thirteen years ago)

lorax just fyi, if you play "rock your body" backwards it says "multinational defense companies did 9/11"

― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Sunday, 9 October 2011 02:23 (thirteen years ago)

November Rain - though if JT had made an epic video for "LoveStoned" instead of the cheap one he did, I'd probably vote for that

― da croupier, Sunday, 9 October 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 9 October 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago)

four years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtg4Ze59lvo

this manages to be both a terrible parody of both NR and TDKR

― Neanderthal, Saturday, 9 April 2016 18:28 (nine years ago)

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