glad you asked ... It turns out that he was kidnapped by John Gotti's henchmen just as Rose was beating up and about to rape the daughter of The Monkees' Mickey Dolenz - this at the observatory where Rebel Without A Cause was filmed. Anyway, it was all a case of bad comms and mistaken identity, because the goons had expected her companion to be the son of another mafia family; a family they were fighting over secret stakes in Columbia Films, owners of the royalty rights to ... The Monkees back catalogue. Now, when the goons realised their mistake - a mistake that had saved Ami Dolenz from rape - they dumped the high/drunk Mr Rose at a flophouse in LA. Not just any flophouse, as it happens, but one that was a refuge for Hollywood transvestites. GnR came to collect him the next morning, and he was very happy having had the shag of his life (three orgasms). He was convinced that this was with Ami Dolenz and it inspired him to rewrite Anything Goes.
So when you listen to those oh-so-romantic lyrics, try to see it from a drunk/high Axl Rose perspective:
- My way, your way
- Anything goes tonight
- My way, your way
- Anything goes
- Panties round your knees
- With your ass in debris
- Doing that grind
- With a push and a squeeze
- Tied up, tied down
- Up against the wall
- Be my rubbermade baby
- And we can do it all
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Whoever wrote it loves the sound of his own voice.
FWIW I've always thought Axl Rose was a complete cunt irrespective of this story.
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