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#17471 Re: Guns N' Roses » The "Best Buy" leaks » 945 weeks ago
are we still talking about the crappy versions of the performance? Or did we get a better quality while I was at work?
No, still the crappy ones.
#17472 Re: Guns N' Roses » HOLD ON: NY Times reporting deal NOT done! » 945 weeks ago
Roads? Where we're going we dont need roads...
The deal has to be done or close to it if best buy people heard material..
When CD hits 88 miles per hour, we are gonna see/hear some serious SHIT!
I never thought my reference would unearth all kinds of BTTF references. 
#17473 Re: Guns N' Roses » HOLD ON: NY Times reporting deal NOT done! » 945 weeks ago
I know. Axl is a constant. He's consistantly inconsistant.
But I still think the train has left the station, and like any train moving at high speed, if he jumps off.... he'll kill himself (his career).
#17474 Re: Guns N' Roses » HOLD ON: NY Times reporting deal NOT done! » 945 weeks ago
James is right. We're past the point of no return. The train is moving, and ala Back To The Future Part III, we either make it work, or the train goes plummeting into the ravine.
If the album is not released, I have no doubt it'll leak. People keep saying "the deal is not finalized", which it very well may not be, but understand, for Gould to be walking around with tracks, Rock Band 2 gets a new track, Body Of Lies gets a new track, and CD shit is all over the place - UNIVERSAL HAS THE ALBUM.
This WILL NOT be a situation of Axl pulling up stakes and leaving. The wheels are already in motion, and the album has been delivered.
This is BEYOND obvious at this point. These kind of negotiations and presentations and soundtracks would not be going on right now if UMG hadn't had the album in their hands for awhile now.
Like James said - we're past the point of no return.
#17475 Re: Guns N' Roses » The "Best Buy" leaks » 945 weeks ago
Axlin08 wrote:The hip hop shit is SO 1998.
Ahh, yes... you were the guy who said that 'TWAT' sounds like 'a style of rap that went out of date in 1998' on I think it was mygnr when the song first leaked (by 'wes' - remember him? - in February 2006).
Top assessment. Those times rocked.:beer:
That wasn't me. I was inactive on MyGNR in 2006. I was over at HTGTH during that year.
Plus I don't think TWAT is hip hop and needs work. I think Madagascar is hip hop and needs work.
#17476 Re: Guns N' Roses » First single is If The World? (theory) » 945 weeks ago
I don't know Tej. CD is a definite album opener, but I think T.W.A.T. is a mid-album song, with Song #2 or possibly the unheard Sorry closing the album out.
#17477 Re: Guns N' Roses » The "Best Buy" leaks » 945 weeks ago
Just listened to it myself.
The drums are majorly redone on CD. Possibly Frank, but is the most obvious standout.
If The World is tweaked. Nothing major, but it sounds finished, polished, and tweaked in certain areas to be a bit more '2008'.
T.W.A.T. for the most part is the same song, but has had little things done to it that change it's vibe. For the most part it seems a 'throwback' song now, like straight off Illusion II. Even Axl's vocals have seemingly been redone and sound more like the vocally-tweaked stuff on Estranged. This song is even more so becoming Estranged's little brother.
Just to hear these slight tweaks, i'd be very interested to hear the finished album, what was left in, taken out, added, etc. I've constantly felt that Madagascar needed new vocals, similar to that of If The World, and definitely a more Frank-influnced drum sound. The hip hop shit is SO 1998.
#17478 Re: Guns N' Roses » First single is If The World? (theory) » 945 weeks ago
Mysteron didn't say Shackler was going to be the first single. He said something along the lines that, the band hopes for it to be the first single. I don't remember the exact quote, but I'm quite certain he didn't say it WOULD 100% be the first single.
Apparently "If The World" isn't going to be on the soundtrack, so I'm not so sure it'll be released as a single after all.
Dude why do you nitpick Mysteron's statements to bail him out of being discredited?
"the band hopes to have it be the first single"
that is exactly the following...
"Shackler is the first single"
And if he's wrong, then for the 900th time he'll be proven an invaluable source.
#17479 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR on 'Body of Lies' film soundtrack / confirmed by BP at CD.com » 945 weeks ago
You Could Be Mine wasn't on the actual released-Terminator 2 soundtrack... yet Use Your Illusion II was released same year.
So because If The World isn't on the Body Of Lies soundtrack, really is no sign one way or the other that the album is not coming out.
#17480 Re: Guns N' Roses » The "Best Buy" leaks » 945 weeks ago
NickNasty2009 wrote:you have to wonder what these guys were able to do w/ Axl that Merck didn't or couldn't....
Aint that the trillion dollar question?:haha:
Merck's fatal mistake was involving himself in the online aspect of the fanbase. There was ZERO purpose in doing that. It achieved NOTHING. No offense to the names I'm about to mention, but Merck emailing madison, davegnr2k, Jarmo, chineseblues,etc. was completely irrelevant to anything going on. Looking back on that era, its no surprise that nothing got done when the manager in charge of getting the ball rolling was too busy emailing forum members.
While its a good thing to keep the fanbase in general informed, reducing yourself to talking to certain forum members isn't how you do that. GNR's official site was dead in the Merck era. He should have used that to keep people informed instead of becoming a forum junkie himself.
Azoff and Gould didn't fall into this trap. While the hardcore of hardcores are at these forums and we are the "last line of defense", there is no reason for them to interject themselves into HTGTH, mygnr, cd.com, Evo, source,etc. We are the choir and there's no sense in managers preaching. Their concentration needs to be marketing this band and album to Joe and Jill Blow.
Award-winning statement right there. I have never seen such an accurate and spot on statement to some of the 2000's management (as a whole, i.e. - Merck) for GN'R.
Not to mention, and i'm not calling ANYONE out, but typically people who run message boards to a high percentage (not all) feature alot of people who are on a power trip that are very small, very extremist fans of the band, who think when GNR's manager e-mails them, they are suddenly on a first name basis, and gonna "do lunch" Friday.
It reinforces the 'crazies'. Merck tapped that, and should've stayed 90 miles away from it.
another thing....You may never have a full on reunion of the original band. There may be people coming in and out forever and you could actually get a mix of old and new at any given time. I just don't see Axl ever giving up control of the name and the final decisions.:beer:
I've thought since 2006 that a reunion would feature a mish-mash of new & old members, especially considering that fact that when Izzy took the stage with Axl, most audiences members went totally blind and reverted back to the "oh fuck yeah, Guns N' Fuckin' Roses" days.
If it were Slash. There would be no question to most casual fans that GN'R were back.
I've felt since 2006 this would be your reunion lineup, barring any unforseen "fight"...
Vocals - W. Axl Rose
Lead Guitar 1 - Slash
Lead Guitar 2 - Ron Thal
Rhythm Guitar - Richard Fortus (w/ special appearences by Izzy Stradlin)
Bass - Duff McKagen
Drums - Frank Ferrer
Keys 1 - Dizzy Reed
Keys 2 - Chris Pittman
