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#1061 Re: Guns N' Roses » Fernando's link to leaks? And the craziness that is gnr » 871 weeks ago
I give it a try once in a while - can't seem to appreciate it although it's definitely easier to listen to in the car.
#1062 Re: Guns N' Roses » Fernando's link to leaks? And the craziness that is gnr » 871 weeks ago
What the hell are some of you guys smoking from time to time?
some amazing nug for my part
#1063 Re: Guns N' Roses » Rockband Unplugged to feature Riad n the Bedouins » 871 weeks ago
Not sure if Shackler's gained any love from gamers, so I can't say this will help GNR's image or reputation, but it is exposure of some kind and I can't fault that.
my nephew told me the other day that shacklers is the third best selling song on ITUNES behind CD and BETTER. i think we'd all agree that if everyone listened to the album this would not be the third most popular song so the ROCKBAND gig definitely helps.
#1064 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 872 weeks ago
i agree with ny giants82. his pieces could be consolidated 80 percent. there isn't much analysis there, just fodder.
#1065 Re: Guns N' Roses » Super-Speculative Reunion Thread. » 872 weeks ago
Regarding the "There's no GNR" - that's just a semantics game at this point.
Sure, in one sence what GNR might mean to some is the original band, the AFD era, a bunch of dudes living together on the streets and all that entailed. We all know that lifestyle ended a long time ago for those guys.
For right or wrong, Axl felt that what he was doing was a continuation of what the name GNR ment to him. He says as much in his chat transcripts.
The new era of GNR is a different beast. But it exists. Song's arn't written by 5 guys living in the back of car trying to shell out a living, the street, but crafted overyears, with multiple players coming and going and each adding a little something.
I often see it listed as a negative that songs are from 2001 and so on. But so what...that just means this GNR runs differently from other bands. But where else can you have Bucket and Bumble on one record? Multiple drummers, multiple everything. It's definately unusual - but the end results I think worked out very cool.
The new-gnr has always had periods of silence and inactivity. But it continues...we got analbum last year, and I'm sure eventually something else will happen, a tour most likely. That it doesn't conform to your timetable or your vision of what constitutes a band doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
awesome post, man
#1066 Re: Guns N' Roses » Fernando's link to leaks? And the craziness that is gnr » 873 weeks ago
I think Beta and the surrounding cast of characters gave Axl a true family life and possibly the support needed to keep him alive. Forget the business side of it and the Gnr drama, on a personal, human level, I think they are positive influences.
finally, a reasonable comment
#1067 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 873 weeks ago
his rotator cuff is still fucked as well is it not?
yes, since he played with green bay
#1068 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 873 weeks ago
he's prone to make some huge mistakes. In a ball control offense it might not be the best option to have a gunslinger at the helm.
making mistakes has been a big part of his game from day one. that's the type of qb he is. it's been a ball control kind of offense in minnesota cause they've never had a qb that they can open up the play book with. the only concern i see as legit, regarding favre's style, is him butting heads with the head coach but i think the coach knows he's gonna have to loosen up now that he has decent qb and his job is on the line.
Brett Favre is one of the MOST OVERRATED athletes in sports over the last 10 years. He was good in his day, but he is far removed from that. You can think back fondly of him throwing darts to Antonio Freeman and Robert Brooks but those days are long gone.
yes, they are. he's on the vikings now. favre is no more overrated than any other packer to play the game. those people are not football fans - just packers fans and they worship their team and it's players to the point of insanity.
I understand getting excited as a Viking fan, but take it from an outsiders point of view.
i wouldn't be excited if i didn't think it was a good thing. you act as if i only like him because he's a viking. i liked him before he signed and wanted him in minnesota before he signed.
The rest of the NFL could care less if it's Favre or Rosenfels.
the rest of the nfl doesn't care if it's favre or rosenfels??? the vikings have been thrusted into the contender mix by countless nfl experts. several coaches have chimed in calling this a game changer. hell, the packers did everything in their power to avoid trading him to minnesota last year for a reason.
Brett will surely give the defense 5 or 6 chances a game to make a big play. It's just a question of whether they can capitalize on those chances.
that's 5 or 6 more chances than they had before they signed him and it's all they need.
Also, who's to say the guy can stay healthy? He played well last season until he got hurt. He had surgery in the off-season. I wouldn't bet on him staying healthy all season long.
who's to say tarvaris jackson or sage rosenfels can stay healthy? i wouldn't bet much on any of them and if i had to pick i'd actually pick favre. both sage and tjack have already had injuries in the preseason and trianing camp. last year was the same way with their top two qb's.
the vikings and nfl doctors both think the bicep that they repaired is good to go and that the rotator cuff tear that he's had since he was in green bay will cause him discomfort but should be ok if he keeps the number of throws down from last year.
these people know more about his arm and durability than you and i. and the vikings know more about favre's current abilities than you and i and they're willing to take the risk.
ofcourse there is a chance he'll get hurt. but that's a part of the game. if he gets hurt plan b is rosenfels and you've given one of the game's most talented players a shot to bring the team to the super bowl and ended up with what you already had, in sage.
without favre, an injury at the quartberack position means plan b, which is tavaris jackson!!! he's terrible.
they've bought themselves a chance at greatness with favre and can go back to rosenfels any time they want while developing their drafted qb.
they will run on almost every first and second down and wait for the defense to cheat and favre will burn them when they do, all while avoiding too much wear on his arm.
#1069 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 873 weeks ago
brett favre is 39
and he is better than sage rosenfels any day of the week and twice on sunday
pretty clever huh
but seriously that's not all you were saying you said sage was just as good or bad as brett and that's absurd.
back to your "not many 42 year old qb's have ever........" comment.
not many qb's have won a superbowl or made the pro bowl either. Favre is one of the them so the usual circumstances don't apply.
this is a run first offense - they're not asking him to throw 40 passes a game. only to punish the defense for bringing 8 or more men to the box to defend AP, which is what they did all last year at will.
kinda like neemo said, brett favre is gonna make it harder on the defenses before the football is even snapped. other teams are now gonna have to respect the pass along with the run.
#1070 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Positive CD Thread » 873 weeks ago
love cd, catcher, sorry, irs, and if the world
listen to them and them alone every time i put cd in my car stereo.
was dissapoointed in the final versions of irs and catcher but love the songs too much to ignore them.
