I'm getting ready for the last event of Grad Week.  Last night was bowling (dry event) but we're making up for that with a Pub Crawl tonight.  Probably gonna be the last time I get to see a lot of these people.

What I think is that Axl's register may have changed.  Songs that were originally recorded in the key of B flat, for example, probably had to be changed to A or A flat, because his voice lowered.  That's a natural occurrence as singers age.  Look at Robert Plant.  When he sings Zeppelin songs now, to hit the notes, the key is down three or four steps.

It's a huge problem when you take 15 years to record an album.  Naturally, the singer's voice changes.  Guitar parts that were recorded in a certain key have to be rerecorded five or six years later if the singer can no longer reach the notes in that key.  That's what I think Del was getting at, but who knows?

I think that Better was recorded in Drop D and everything tuned down a half step (making the tuning half step drop D flat).  That's what would make the most sense anyway.  And it wouldn't matter if guitars are tuned differently.  You can play all the same notes and chords in different positions anyway.  The problem lies when they play songs in different keys.  I think that's probably what Del was alluding to.  Axl's voice has changed since the project started all those years ago.  It's quite possible that they needed to adjust the keys all the songs were originally written in so that he could sing along.  That would mean they have to rerecord.  To me, that's what makes the most sense.

Anyone able to say for sure whether or not Robin's playing on the track??

2nd round starts Thursday, here are the match-ups:

East:
Montreal vs. Philadelphia
Pittsburgh vs. New York

West:
Detroit vs. Colorado
San Jose vs. Dallas

Here are my picks:
Montreal in 6
Pittsburgh in 6
Detroit in 7
San Jose in 7

This round has 4 series each with pretty evenly matched teams.  Should provide for some excellent hockey!