Did GnR do this on purpose?
Although not a staight rip off, I believe it was no accident.
Any musically hip people have any ideas?
Deep Purple rocks!!
The Deep Purple song is, of course, a straight rip-off of It’s a Beautiful Day’s “Bombay Calling.”
I don’t really see any connection between Sweet Child o’ Mine and Child in Time, except a couple words in the title. Very different songs.
Biffy’s link shows there is more of a connection to Child in Time with Bombay Calling.