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#11351 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy Chart Positions Thread » 926 weeks ago
Bullshit, dude. If the band name has an impact on how you hear the music and judge it, then, no offense, its impossible to take your opinion serious.
#11352 Re: Guns N' Roses » Axl Rose Speaks to Billboard » 926 weeks ago
Well, I'd much rather have an Axl GNR than a Slash GNR 
I think the rift goes much deeper than any of us can speculate on. And it seems to have started pretty much before the UYI albums happened. Going on what they both say it probably started when Axl banned heroin use in the band.
One thing: remember the Korn party where Axl said, "I haven't spoken to Slash in ten years," Rose says. "I love the guy, I always wanted everyone to know how great he was...That was about the same time (okay, exactly the same time) that Slash showed up at his house. And I really believe that Slash was trying to get back into GNR and saw the above has his way in. This comment has always befuddled me.
#11353 Re: Guns N' Roses » Axl Rose Speaks to Billboard » 926 weeks ago
Yeah, this was very interesting. When he decides to speak he sure does make the most of it. Most interesting is that he is working on videos and there is another single in the pipeline. And even though he down played it a bit, he seems pretty stoked about a tour and (going by his message board posts) the second album.
I don't see Interscope being his label for much longer unless CD does get a second push and makes some waves. And depending on the success of Rockband.
" That said, you have those who become emotionally attached to how the leaks sound, which, for better or worse, usually isn't so great to contend with. And it seems that those who often do so and complain publicly, oddly and coincidentally, have a history of basically being detractors as well even if they're somehow considered part of a "fan" base."
Ha ha, you think he's talking about some of us here? I wouldn't say that the people who complain about it often (like me 
) have ever been detractors... Not that there isn't, but I get the feeling he tends to lump fans in specific groups: For and Against.
#11354 Re: Guns N' Roses » Brain To Tour w/ GNR In Summer? » 926 weeks ago
Are we sure its just a six month deal with Best Buy?
#11355 Re: Guns N' Roses » List your top 5 song on Chinese Democracy » 926 weeks ago
1 - TWAT
2 - If The World
3 - Prostitute
4 - Better
5 - IRS
#11356 Re: Guns N' Roses » Prostitute » 926 weeks ago
The only song I feel is missing a 'Slash' is This I Love. Beginning and end.
None of the rest of these songs are suited for his style of playing.
People are associating these songs issues with the old band, when in fact, it isn't at all. Izzy would make more sense than Slash, but anyways...
The problem is.... *drum roll*
NO BAND. Yep that's right, NO BAND. The biggest thing that makes these songs the way the are, 'robotic' many call them, is because there's no soul to them. No band experience at all. It just sounds like a bunch of session musicians, with a session vocalist, throwing duct tape & bubble gum on all different kinds of takes and sessions, and calling it a 'song'.
I truely believe at it's core, that's the problem. The album is not cohesive by any means. It sounds like Axl taking this DAT tape, that DAT, this CD-R, that one, a keyboard, and writing lyrics, and laying vocals, mixing it, and bam, you have a song.
And in reality, when you trace GNR's past, that was an issue during the UYI sessions vs. AFD's. It just got worse.
As long as Axl refuses to perform, write, or throw ideas back and forth with "the band" in a live setting, the songs will continue to have this issue.
I have to disagree to this point: If you take the 2002 demos, or even the 1999 demos, THIS DID SOUND LIKE A BAND.
The problem isn't sounding robotic or anything, or just session musicans. That's taking away from how good this band was. They had a sound.
The problem is the re-recording. He re-recorded the band sound right out of the tracks. And added Ron and Frank into the mix and they ruined the band flow.
#11357 Re: Guns N' Roses » Prostitute » 927 weeks ago
I don't think Slash and Duff would bring the kind of music to a present day GNR record you guys think they would. Headspace, Big Machine and Superhuman could have made a 1996 GNR record with Fall To Pieces, but those days are long gone.
And my main point was: most of the best songs on CD were made by current members.
#11358 Re: Guns N' Roses » Prostitute » 927 weeks ago
Slash and Duff would have made CD horrible.
#11359 Re: Guns N' Roses » Prostitute » 927 weeks ago
This song could've and probably was written before there was a CD saga, or album. I don't think its about the fans. It has "woman" written all over it to me.
I think its a great song. I have it right next to Estranged.
#11360 Re: Guns N' Roses » Lars Comments on "Better" Video » 927 weeks ago
Shacklers might be a smart pick. I didn't think CD was a wise choice (matter of fact, I thought it was going to bomb) and it was pretty damn successful. If SR did have a cool Mickey Rourke or Asian anime video there's no telling how far it could go. There's really nothing to lose at this point. And if they cut the outro, I'd say throw Prostitute out there, too.
I've always been of the opinion that TWAT would be a huge single and would make CD a big selling album. Now that I look at it, it would have been a great first single in 2002 to introduce the new band, with an epic fucking video... But now I see that would've only worked for that band, and sadly, that band doesn't exist anymore. 
