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#251 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 93 weeks ago
The disappointment i expect is that 9/10 people won’t even notice
Very true. That world has well and truly past us by. I don't see any "old band" ever having a proper hit again, there's simply nobody under 30 who is interested in rock n roll anymore.
#252 Re: The Garden » Current Events... » 93 weeks ago
There's not going to be any world war. Russia can barely sustain a regional war effort and the West can't even produce enough ammunition. Can you imagine, even now, that the Ukraine still has trade with Russia? This is not even a real war. Well, except for a lot of people dying.
#253 Re: The Sunset Strip » Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds album » 93 weeks ago
Massive performance. Axl used to have that type of acumen, just think the Freddie Mercury performances. Not so much after he embarrassed himself at the VMA's in 02. I guess that was a major blow to his self esteem.
They had become too old to resonate with the younger fanbase. I was 11 that year and kids were either into MJ, GN'R, Nirvana or Madonna. An oldies band from the frigging 60s didn't even compute. To me that was like watching the news with my dad, boring grown up stuff! Even something more recent like Queen was already firmly in that category. Stones? Literally ancient. Of course our dads bought it in droves, but they would have bought the album as you say.
Hate Exile? Damn, that is not just a great Stones album but maybe the best Southern Rock album of all time. Imo the best "album albums" don't have many hits. In the same way you can't have too many strong colors in the same room. This is why I practically never listen to Appetite. I much prefer Live Era where the big hits are spaced out with deeper cuts.
I think at their peak both bands were equally talented at songwriting, but Axl takes you further with his vocals and Slash is frankly a better soloist than Keith. I can't see Richards ever pulling out an Estranged solo.
#254 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 93 weeks ago
Definitely won't live up to any hype. But that's cool because I'm not expecting a masterpiece. New vocals from when Axl could still sing and Slash/Duff is enough in itself.
#255 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 93 weeks ago
The first new song released since 2008. Damn. I must say I'm looking forward to it. It's GN'R, can't really be bad.
#256 Re: The Sunset Strip » Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds album » 93 weeks ago
I would have to agree. Even their main titles are not so much albums, more like miniature greatest hits. Exile stands out as their most consistent album, and now I think I will include Goats Head Soup and It's Only Rock N' Roll as well.
Black and Blue is for me the beginning of their "filler records" with a handful of pretty good/great songs and phoning in the rest.
While the frequency started to diminish, the quality was always consistent. Take a song like Mixed Emotions and it's as good as pretty much anything they made in the 60s and 70s. Imagine GN'R creating a song as good as Nightrain or Mr Brownstone 30 years on, unthinkable. On the other hand I would say GN'R peak level surpasses the Stones.
Love Is Strong only charted at #92 so the stat is probably correct. It's been a little quiet since then.
#257 Re: The Sunset Strip » Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds album » 93 weeks ago
This release inspired me to revisit their old albums and I think I've found a real gem in the last album with Mick Taylor, "It's Only Rock N Roll".
The record is not packed with hits like some of the better known titles from this period and I think it has gone under the radar for that reason. But this is a really great effort, as good as anything they have done imo. Mick and Mick working together produced some of the most elegant, soulful pieces of music the band ever made. As an album and not just a collection of songs this really comes together. After this point they became a little too "AC/DC" for my taste, so in that regard this represents the height of their creativity for me.
The album cover I also think is their best. It's epic and decadent in a way that really fits the character of the band.
#258 Re: Guns N' Roses » If GNR goes on hiatus, NuGuns should reunite » 94 weeks ago
Axl should do a cover of "Time" with his Sympathy for the Devil voice.
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say. Haha!
#259 Re: Guns N' Roses » Limited edition greatest hits vinyl on the way » 94 weeks ago
The hustle band strikes again.
#260 Re: Guns N' Roses » The next GNR album: Current known state of songs » 94 weeks ago
This type of info is public in the US? You can see who lives in your house?
