A mirror obscures Seymour's face, suggesting disfigurement resulting from gunshot injury-related suicide. RoseвЂ™s character grieves at the death of his wife, now inside a casket. The next scene shows a funeral at the same church.

After the wedding couple leaves the church, we see the wedding reception which is later interrupted by sudden, heavy rain, causing everyone to run for shelter. SlashвЂ™s character realizes he forgot the wedding rings, when McKaganвЂ™s character offers his rings as a substitute.

The other band members are among the many guests. The scene, now in color, changes to the wedding of the main characters, played by Rose and his then-girlfriend Stephanie Seymour. First, in a black-and-white sequence, RoseвЂ™s character is seen going to bed and taking pills a bottle of whisky is also visible next to him. The video tells a story reminiscent of Without You, and features a live performance footage from Los Angeles' Orpheum Theater. November Rain is one of the most expensive music videos ever. The short story portrays a rock star struggling to come to terms with the loss of his girlfriend, who committed suicide by gunshot after he repeatedly strayed from their relationship. The music video, directed by Andy Morahan, was inspired by Del JamesвЂ™s short story ' Without You', for which he is credited in the long version of the video. Music video Д¬omposite image of the wedding dress from the 'November Rain' music video worn by Stephanie Seymour.

A similar situation took place in New Zealand, where the song peaked at number seven but stayed in the top 20 for 24 non-consecutive weeks, ending 1992 as New Zealand's second best-selling single. It was featured on ARIA's year-end charts in two consecutive years (19, when it appeared at 36). In Australia, 'November Rain' reached number two on the 1992 end-of-year chart despite only reaching number five on the ARIA Singles Chart. 'November Rain' peaked at number nine in Germany and remained on the chart for 51 weeks. In the United States, the song peaked at #3 for two weeks in 1992, its spot in the top-10 for ten weeks, for a total of 30 weeks on the charts. :вЂЉ318 'We call it 'the Layla song',' joked Slash, referencing a similarly-constructed rock song with a long, instrumental second part. Its distinct symphonic overtone owes to a sweeping string arrangement, orchestrated by Rose. The song's composition was influenced by Elton John's 1973 opus вЂњ Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies BleedingвЂќ. It was the longest song ever to reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 until November 2021, when surpassed by Taylor Swift's extended rerecording of ' All Too Well'.

'November Rain' is the third-longest song by Guns N' Roses, behind ' Coma' (10:14) from the same album, and ' Estranged'(9:24) from Use Your Illusion II. Slash reported that his guitar solo in the song's album version developed directly from an improvisation. Slash disputed Axl's claims of harsh musical differences in his autobiography released the next year. Eventually, Rose persuaded the others during work at Can-Am Studios (where some of the album was recorded and mixed). Slash and Duff McKagan were opposed to the band's drift to symphonic ballads, feeling their choice of more direct rock songs were being overlooked by Rose. :вЂЉ151ДЄccording to a story Axl Rose reported during the 2006 leg of the Chinese Democracy Tour, no other band members wanted to participate in the production of this song (or the other notable ballad ' Estranged'). Slash states in his autobiography that the band recorded in 1986 an 18-minute version of 'November Rain' at a session with guitarist Manny Charlton (of rock band Nazareth) the year prior to beginning sessions for Appetite for Destruction.

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