Filled with animated lyrics, "Welcome to the Jungle" portrays the underground Los Angeles, though there's no direct reference to it. Lead guitarist Slash claims that Axl wrote the song when they were on their way to Seattle. "Axl wrote the words while visiting his long-time friend Tori in Kingston, Washington, a town outside of Seattle. It's a big city, but at the same time it's still a small city compared to Los Angeles and the things that you're gonna learn. It seemed a lot more rural up there. Axl just wrote how it looked to him. If someone comes to town and they want to find something, they can find whatever they want." Slash has later said "it was the first real Guns song. You can almost hear where everybody had their input in."
It's well known that band was formed in L.A., but even before Axl came to the town, Steven Adler and Slash used to hang around in the Hollywood Boulevard ...doing drugs and whatnot. All Guns' members were very familiar with the 'underground' L.A. They knew where to look for if they needed the "high" stuff. The music video for the song shows Axl getting off a bus at the beginning, and immediately offered drugs by Izzy Stradlin. This is a very accurate representation of the early days of Axl Rose' new L.A. life ( for those who don't know, Axl was born in Indiana and hitchhiked his way to L.A. ). Occasionally before playing the song live, Axl Rose makes a reference to his trip. He talks about a black guy who gave him the ride, and others that gave him drugs.
"Welcome to the Jungle" was the lead single of G N' R's classic Appetite for Destruction. The single played it part in putting the album, and the band, in the mainstream rock radio; it reached #7 on Billboard Hot 100. The music video was in regular-rotation on MTV. Shortly after its debut, it was the most requested song. Due to it enormous crossover popularity, "Jungle" is credited with bringing hard rock back to mainstream when glam metal was the popular genre of rock n' roll. The song is still very popular today. You can hear it being played in sports arenas throughout the world.
Analysis of lyrics:That's what I think of the song. I used to extensively listen to this song, so much so, that I've even gotten bored. Let me know what you think of the song and my analysis in the comments below.
Welcome to the jungle1 - "jungle" means underground L.A. It's not a normal city like Toronto with tall buildings and subways. It's place that facilitates the heavy use of drugs and alcohols.
We got everything you want3 - as I said earlier, Guns N' Roses were very familiar the underground and they knew where to look for if a stranger happened to come around looking for "stuff."
We are the people that can find / Whatever you may need5,6 - this possesses a similar meaning to the previous
If you got the money, honey7 - well, everything has a price tag attached to it
We got your disease8 - "disease" means Guns N' Roses are pretty much in the same boat as others who like to get high on drugs. In other words, the band is saying they are no different others with the drug "disease."
I wanna watch you bleed - a reference to heroin, which is described in detail later on in the lyrics
If you want it you're gonna bleed / But it's the price you pay18, 19 - this means injecting heroin; "it" here means heroin. It's not as easy as, say, doing cocaine. And That's the "price", or the downside of it. If you want to be familiar with heroin, there's a scene in Pulp Fiction where Vincent injects some of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPd4ZpzIFtk
And you're a very sexy girl / That's very hard to please20,21 - direct reference to prostitutes. This is can also be seen in the music video of the song, where, towards the very beginning, Axl flirts a lady.
You can taste the bright lights / But you won't get them for free22,23 - reference to band's bottom line. They didn't have much money in the early days; in fact Axl and Slash participated in a science experiment by UCLA where they were paid to smoke. "Bright lights" refers to all the "fun" stuff in L.A., which pretty much coincides with the drugs, sex and rock n' roll theme of the song.
Feel my, my, my serpentine26 - this refers to Axl's privates part in a very roundabout way
I wanna hear you scream27 - sex
If you got a hunger for what you see / You'll take it eventually33,34 - this means if you are like doing drugs, you will do them and keep on doing it
But you better not take it from me36 - very selfish thing to say, but drugs are scarce and expensive, so it's understandable
And when you're high /You never wanna come down44,45 - getting high is a good feeling so you want to stay as such as long as possible
#52 to #54 - these are filler lines, meaning they don't add any real meaning to song, but acts as a placeholder for music.
- Welcome to the jungle
- We've got fun 'n' games
- We got everything you want
- Honey, we know the names
- We are the people that can find
- Whatever you may need
- If you got the money, honey
- We got your disease
- In the jungle
- Welcome to the jungle
- Watch it bring you to your
- knees, knees
- I wanna watch you bleed
- Welcome to the jungle
- We take it day by day
- If you want it you're gonna bleed
- But it's the price you pay
- And you're a very sexy girl
- That's very hard to please
- You can taste the bright lights
- But you won't get them for free
- In the jungle
- Welcome to the jungle
- Feel my, my, my serpentine
- I, I wanna hear you scream
- Welcome to the jungle
- It gets worse here everyday
- Ya learn ta live like an animal
- In the jungle where we play
- If you got a hunger for what you see
- You'll take it eventually
- You can have anything you want
- But you better not take it from me
- In the jungle
- Welcome to the jungle
- Watch it bring you to your
- knees, knees
- I wanna watch you bleed
- And when you're high
- You never wanna come down,
- So down
- So down
- So down
- YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
- You know where you are
- You're in the jungle baby
- You're gonna die
- In the jungle
- Welcome to the jungle
- Watch it bring you to your
- knees, knees
- In the jungle
- Welcome to the jungle
- Feel my, my, my serpentine
- In the jungle
- Welcome to the jungle
- Watch it bring you to your
- knees, knees
- In the jungle
- Welcome to the jungle
- Watch it bring you to your
- It' gonna bring you down-HA!
Lyrics from : http://www.lyrics007.com/Guns%20N%27%20Roses%20Lyrics/Welcome%20To%20The%20Jungle%20Lyrics.html
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