"Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses
Woke Up with it in My Head Song for Saturday, November 14, 2020: “Paradise City” by Guns N’ Roses.
Appetite for Destruction was released in 1987, but "Paradise City” wasn’t released as a single until 1989. It was a worldwide hit reaching number 5 in the US and #6 in the UK.
The first time I heard Paradise City was in either 88 or 89. It was either at Boys State or Youth Business Academy. For the week-long event, we stayed in dorm rooms. My roommate played the album nonstop for that week. I had heard “Welcome to the Jungle” on the radio, but this was my first time exposed to other GN'R songs. My roommates favorite one was “Paradise City,” When he wasn’t listening to it in the dorm room, he was singing the line “Take me down to the paradise city, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.”
This is one of the few songs that features a sports whistle. And after that whistle blows, the rocking begins.
I’m bummed this video is a mix of old footage and newer footage. I wanted more images of these guys as young punks. But I don’t know they made a video for it at the time.