Guns 'n' Roses "Jungle" Live at The Ritz, 1988!

Todays best songs ever post features a very special video.  Back in the late 1980s, MTV (when MTV was 'zactly that, music television!) aired this gnar' series, titled “Live at the Ritz.” It was broadcast on Saturday nights, and featured live performances, filmed at the infamous venue in New York City. A myriad of artists appeared on the show, including The Cult, Julian Cope and Iggy Pop, but there is only one episode that has stood the test of time: Guns 'n' Roses headline performance at the historic Webster Hall ballroom, on February 2, 1988.

The band had just released their debut album, Appetite for Destruction, and were at the height of their popularity. Before they made the jump to stadiums, Guns 'n' Roses had one final moment of intimacy to enjoy. Needless to say, the young Axl Rose, Slash and co were on fire, and put on one of the finest gigs of their subsequently tumultuous (lame!) career. Check out “Welcome to the Jungle” from “Guns 'n' Roses: Live at the Ritz,” below, then watch the entire performance, right here:

Haters, it is an improvement on this performance from 1991, when a shit faced Slash plays the intro a step too high. Oh, and check out the official video for “Welcome to the Jungle,” which is Rose's ode to the dark side of Los Angeles (not that I would know anything about that!) after the jump:

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Lyrics:

Welcome to the jungle we've got fun and 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

[Chorus]
In the jungle, welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your knnn knne knees, knees
I want to 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 to 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 there for free
In the jungle welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine
Ooh, I want to hear you scream

Welcome to the jungle it gets worse here every day
Ya learn to live like an animal in the jungle where we play
If you hunger for what you see you'll take it eventually
You can have everything you want but you better not take it from me

[Chorus]

And when you're high you never ever want to come down
So down, so down, so down, yeah

You know where you are?
You're down in the jungle baby, you're gonna dieee
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 you
Its gonna bring you down, ha!!