DoubleTalkingJive wrote:

Gunslinger wrote:

I was hoping, but no!   How do these "undercover cops" get a job like this?  What a tough job, huh?

Haven't you ever seen those specials on HBO about the prostitutes.    They ain't like what you see in the strip clubs, I'll tell ya that.   I remember one of them had no teeth     I guess it'd be better for falatio but I don't know if you'd wanna look down and see that

No doubt there are some skanks out there (tough on the pimps like Rex! ) but I've actually been approached by one or two that looked like they came out of a good porn!!  Some are hot but the idea that they pass it around that easily doesn't make me want to be the next "batter up", lol.  So, NO I didn't take them up on it.  I did talk one of them into letting me see her boobs though...oh come on, I'm a guy...give me a break!!! 

DoubleTalkingJive wrote:

I have to say I agree that the leaks have saved certain forums from going under and kept interest peaked with some that would have possibly left and lost interest a long time ago.

But I what I will say on the flip side is that even if we didn't get any leaks at all, we'd still have the live performances as a chance to hear some of the new stuff which was the case with Blues, Maddy, Rhyiad and CD.   Possibly in 2006 had we not heard IRS, Better and Twat [which was played at Hammerstein] we would have heard them if they planned on playing them regardless.

Who knows if anything would have happened in 2006? I mean the only reason there was some interest in that tour is because of the leaks.

Smoking Guns wrote:

The music is on the fence of being bad ass.  I think they just lack and identity and chemistry.  They don't know what they are or what they should sound like.  Its a shame.  Is Better the New GNR's banner song?  Like Paradise City is the Classic Lineup's theme song?  What is this band about?  I don't get it.  They don't know either.  The magic that came from 5 friends is gone.  There is not magic.  There is nobody rising to Axl's vocals.  NOBODY. Like some said, great solos by the guitar players, but they are solos, not for the song.  Just solos to solo and sound like they were punched in.  It sounds to sterile and contrived to me.  All these dramatic synthisizer intros are too much.  Not bare bones enough. Does Chinese Democracy need a one minute intro?  perhaps, but 5 other songs don't.  Its not Dio "Holy Diver" for heaven's sake.   And Holy Diver is a classic song.  They are right on the cusp of being there.  BRI, I do "enjoy" the songs, don't get me wrong.  But like Bono says, 11 years for this?  Are you serious.  Fuck the final mix, it won't save these songs.  They need new songs to save this.  Is this the worst album ever?  Fuck no.  Is this the worst GNR album ever?  Damn right.

No, the worst GN'R album ever is Spaghetti Incident. And actually, I think CD will be more consistent than the Illusions, but definitely not worth the wait. Not even close to worth it.