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#351 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Praxis reunion » 226 weeks ago
God damn it, it would be like two weeks before I'm in NYC.
#352 Re: Guns N' Roses » What is your favorite song on CD? » 226 weeks ago
I think in retrospect, looking at the shit that was released at the time, the record company was off-base saying they had no songs. There was plenty of interest in what Axl was doing. Release what’s done after Rio and maybe there’s something. But given the dynamics of the industry at the time they thought maybe there’s a blast in curiosity sales but it won’t sell a tour, so let’s hold out for a reunion. They weren’t necessarily wrong.
I've said it many times before, but what they *should* have done was bust out Chinese Democracy or Better at the VMAs. A solid, catchy rocker, instead of fucking around with a medley of old stuff that reminds people of the old band, with the dirge-like Madagascar inserted awkwardly in the middle. Have the confidence to showcase one of the new tracks, in full.
Additional benefit: doing Better or ChiDem means that Axl doesn't blow his voice out on the opening WTTJ scream.
Then drop whichever of those two you played as the single. And if it's Chinese Democracy, for fuck's sake release a radio edit that chops off the intro and goes straight to the guitar chords.
Then drop TWAT as the follow-up. Boom; you've proved that the band can do the hard rock stuff (and showcased the shredding skills of your two lead guitarists), and you've proved that the band can do the big epic November Rain stuff.
#353 Re: Guns N' Roses » GN’R 2022 Tour Thread » 226 weeks ago
Hmm...makes me wonder if they're removing it to open the slot for an upcoming new song.
If one or two new songs are on tap this tour, something has to be ditched....and it won't be the 30 year old songs.
Christ, why would they keep Absurd over Hard Skool?
#354 Re: Guns N' Roses » What is your favorite song on CD? » 226 weeks ago
Should have released in 2001, they missed that for whatever reasons. From what we know sounds like label folk had concerns with whether he had enough "good" songs and were always pushing for a reunion anyways.
I think it's more that they were pushing for a reunion and telling Axl that the songs weren't up to snuff in an attempt to force said reunion. Based on the demos (and the final album) there were plenty of quality tracks to draw on.
#355 Re: Guns N' Roses » What is your favorite song on CD? » 226 weeks ago
The ideal thing to do would've been to settle on a coherent two-guitar line-up in the early Noughties (either Finck and Fortus, or Buckethead and Fortus), and strip back the songs to just the players who were on them. Get Fortus to re-record the guitar lines for either Bucket or Finck depending on which one you've dropped. And make it sound cohesive; get the fucking players in a room and have them record the songs as-live, rather than fucking about layering in overdubs for a decade and a half.
#356 Re: Guns N' Roses » GN’R 2022 Tour Thread » 226 weeks ago
This is really nit-picky, but when they used to play SoD back in 2001-02, there was this really cool bit right at the end of the solo where Robin handed off the last two notes to the other guitarist and they played (I think) chords, lower down the fretboard. On the studio version, and every live version since 2006, they sub in a bog standard pair of notes at the end of the solo and it always sounds... less imaginative, to me.
Compare and contrast:
#357 Re: Guns N' Roses » GN’R 2022 Tour Thread » 226 weeks ago
First TIL and now this.. why Slash, why?
I like what he did with TIL, for the most part. The Orlando 2016 rendition of it, in particular. SoD, though… it's just needless fast runs up and down the fretboard.
#358 Re: Guns N' Roses » What is your favorite song on CD? » 226 weeks ago
TWAT, all day everyday.
#359 Re: Guns N' Roses » GN’R 2022 Tour Thread » 226 weeks ago
They debuted Street of Dreams at their most recent show. Robins solo part was oddly split between Slash and Fortus.
Oddly split between Slash doing wibbly shred exercises and Fortus playing the actual solo, you mean.
#360 Re: Guns N' Roses » 30 years of UYI » 227 weeks ago
ClaudeF wrote:If you don’t receive their emails, the official GNR mailing list just announced …
Socks.
LOL. What? There could be a gazillion other things that are more appealing to sell. But they chose...socks? The ineptitude never amazes me at this point.
To be honest, it's no different than other bands shilling merch. I got an email last week about Queen socks, for example (maybe there's a sock company that just inked a load of deals with bands?). And, like GN'R, Queen seems wilfully resistant to putting out any new music with their new line-up (seriously guys, why no Adam Lambert album when they shat out that terrible collab with Paul Rodgers?).
The difference is that Queen has a constant stream of vinyl reissues, remasters, special edition box sets etc strip-mining their back catalogue. Every holiday season, there's always something "new" on the shelves.
