The phrase "All things considered" - frequency and who said it

Times per year:
1988: 1
1991: 2
1992: 1
1993: 1
1994: 2
1995: 5
1996: 3

Who said it:
Slash: 15
Axl: 0
Izzy: 0
Duff: 0
Steven: 0
Dizzy: 0
Matt: 0
Gilby: 0
Paul: 0

Based on interviews from 1984-1996. Will add to data as I plod along with my work.

Slow times newswise?

Johan wrote:Slow times newswise?

Hehe, I was going through interviews and just thought I would look more into it. I have a word document now with every GN'R interview, so it is simple to extract such data. And funny.

But yeah, slow times. Not right now, then. With all the new shows announced.

Haha, believe it or not, I was wondering about when Slash started saying this in public speech. From browsing the interviews I thought it made its first appearance in 1991 - I hadn't noticed he had used it in 1988, too
I had also noticed that it became more frequent when the band started to fall apart and I wonder if there is a connection. I guess it makes more appearances post-1996.

So the conclusion might be that it's not a good sign when Slash uses this phrase too often

Blackstar wrote:Haha, believe it or not, I was wondering about when Slash started saying this in public speech. From browsing the interviews I thought it made its first appearance in 1991 - I hadn't noticed he had used it in 1988, too
I had also noticed that it became more frequent when the band started to fall apart and I wonder if there is a connection. I guess it makes more appearances post-1996.

So the conclusion might be that it's not a good sign when Slash uses this phrase too often

I also think he has been using it more and more after 1996, and these days it seems he uses it in every interview. I think it has just become a quirk of his, something he says without thinking. Like "you know".

Time for an update:

Times per year:
1988: 1
1991: 2
1992: 1
1993: 1
1994: 2
1995: 5
1996: 5
1997: 5
1998: 2
1999: 1
2000: 3

Who said it:
Slash: 28
Axl: 0
Izzy: 0
Duff: 0
Steven: 0
Dizzy: 0
Matt: 0
Gilby: 0
Paul: 0
Robin: 0
Josh: 0
Tommy: 0

I guess all three of 2000 were in the same interview

Yep. For annoying reasons, whenever a journalist gets to edit Slash's replies, that phrase seems to be edited out. It is much more frequent in video transcripts.

I think a visualization is needed.

I just learnt that Slash even wrote a song with Snakepit called "All Things Considered"! He mentions it here: https://www.a-4-d.com/t5252-2000-12-25-classic-rock-mr-brownstone-slash#21120

That's hilarious!

Soulmonster wrote:I just learnt that Slash even wrote a song with Snakepit called "All Things Considered"! He mentions it here: https://www.a-4-d.com/t5252-2000-12-25-classic-rock-mr-brownstone-slash#21120

That's hilarious!

By the way:

From the translated interview with the French magazine Hard Rock (Oct. 2000)
https://www.a-4-d.com/t4625-2000-10-dd-hard-rock-france-slashs-snakepit-for-the-love-of-art

Slash: Not so much actually. All in all, I was only a fifth of Guns N’Roses.

The text in French:
Slash: Pas tant que ça. Tout bien considéré, je n'étais qu'un cinquième de Guns n' Roses.

https://slash.gnrfrance.net/presse-interviews-slash/entretiens-slash-2000-08-04-69.htm

So he said it there and it was saved in the French translation but it was lost in the English translation of the translation. I think it counts

Updated summary:

1988: 1
1991: 2
1992: 1
1993: 1
1994: 2
1995: 5
1996: 5
1997: 5
1998: 2
1999: 1
2000: 11
2001: 4
2002: 6
2004: 10
2005: 1
2006: 2

Who said it:
Slash: 59
Axl: 0
Izzy: 0
Duff: 0
Steven: 0
Dizzy: 0
Matt: 0
Gilby: 0
Paul: 0
Robin: 0
Josh: 0
Tommy: 0
Buckethead: 0
Frank: 0
Brain: 0
Richard: 0
Bumblefoot: 0

1988: 1
1989: 0
1990: 0
1991: 2
1992: 2
1993: 1
1994: 2
1995: 5
1996: 5
1997: 5
1998: 2
1999: 1
2000: 11
2001: 4
2002: 6
2003: 0
2004: 10
2005: 1
2006: 2
2007: 3
2008: 5 (Slash); 1 (Del James)
2009: 2
2010: 7 (Slash); 6 (Alan Niven): 1 (Tommy)

Who said it:
Slash: 79
Axl: 0
Izzy: 0
Duff: 0
Steven: 0
Dizzy: 0
Matt: 0
Gilby: 0
Paul: 0
Robin: 0
Josh: 0
Tommy: 1
Buckethead: 0
Frank: 0
Brain: 0
Richard: 0
Bumblefoot: 0
Del James: 1
Alan Niven: 6

Updated per May 2011. Tommy has taken up the competition.

Haha, in July 2011, Slash is asked which words and phrases he most overuses, and say:



Talk about a lack of self-awareness!

Soulmonster wrote:Haha, in July 2011, Slash is asked which words and phrases he most overuses, and say:

"Awesome" and "I'll get back to you".

The Guardian, July 22, 2011

Talk about a lack of self-awareness!

Yeah, this quote made me laugh

All things considered, this is one of the weirdest topics here!

Uli wrote:All things considered, this is one of the weirdest topics here!

You know what, it is so damn hard to try to come up with unique topics that you can't find on other fan sites!

Haha, this is hilarious! In this interview from August 2015, the interviewer timed how long it would take before Slash uttered the phrase: https://www.a-4-d.com/t7318-2015-08-20-red-hot-rock-magazine-slash-no-elephants-in-this-room

It happened in less than four minutes into the interview.