Sérgio Rodrigues de Souza
Philosopher. Psychoanalyst. Postdoctoral in
Psychology. Email: srgrodriguesdesouza@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This essay addresses the theme of one of the most iconic songs in the
history of international music: November Rain, written by the Californian
hardcore band Guns N´ Roses, present on the album Use Your Illusion I, released
in 1991. work is an analysis of how the song goes from classic to epic, in an
infinitely short space of time, disregarding all the time it spent being
designed and arranged, within the musical scope planned by the band's
musicians, in particular, their vocalist, Axl Rose. The year after its release,
the music video for the song is released, becoming a resounding success,
through a surreal and unimaginable production, in the music industry, until
then. The methodology used was that of hermeneutic analysis, based on
interviews published by members of the band about the story of that song and,
in the reading of the short story Without You, by Del James, which has an
introduction by Axl Rose and which, through this introductory text, much is
clarified about the final production of the song and its subsequent insertion
in the short film based on the story, which makes it rise to stardom and become
a musical phenomenon. November Rain is a song that has lyrics that are very
typical of someone alienated in their own world, expressed in the form of an
existential, gothic poem, where the composer presents a very intense conflict
situation, caused by the excessive care of his partner; but, that due to his
unstable psychological state and, bordering on insanity, he interprets it as a
nervous tension, something as if he felt suffocated, not by her love, but by
her excessive protection; however, his unconscious interprets these confused
feelings as a form of survival, understanding that, if left to himself, he
would succumb to the madness that his existence represents.
Keywords: November Rain. Axl Rose. Armas e Rosas. Without You.
Reviewed by Current Scientific Journal
on
agosto 03, 2023
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