George Harrison’s brutal assessment of Guns N’ Roses’ “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”

The song “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” is one of Bob Dylan’s most famous songs and was released in 1973 on the soundtrack to the film “Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid”. The classic tells about a sheriff who is shot and is about to die.

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One of the most successful versions of this song is the one that Guns N’ Roses released on the album “Use Your Illusion II” in 1991. This cover generated controversial comments and while some liked it, others thought that Axl Rose’s voice didn’t match.

In an interview rescued by Far Out Magazine, George Harrison, eternal member of the Beatles, made it very clear that he didn’t like Guns’ version and even mentioned that the band got one of the chords wrong when compared to Dylan’s original.

“They didn’t even get the chords right, did they? There’s only three chords, but they managed to get one of them wrong.” At the same time, did they really get the chords wrong?” he said. For those who are musicians, Guns’ version is based on the chords G Major, D Major and C Major, while Axl and company’s version sees an A Minor instead of C Major (only one note is changed in the chord).

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Bob Dylan’s opinion

As Far Out highlighted, when Guns covered “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”, Dylan was sincere. Speaking about the version, he said: “Guns N’ Roses is okay, Slash is okay, but there’s something about their version of the song that reminds me of the movie ‘The Body Snatchers’.”

For those who perhaps don’t understand the context of his remark, the film’s official synopsis should help reveal what Dylan was really implying: “A small-town doctor discovers his community’s population is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. “.

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