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#51 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 111 weeks ago
Seen Axl and Gnr 02, 06, 14, 16, 17.
All different vocals, he was awesome at each show. 06 might have been my favorite. He was on fire and still had that dangerous side to him. But vocally great each time in their own way.
2006 Axl is Best Axl, but I find myself getting frustrated by what could have been. We came so close to a NITL-style "reunion" in 2006, with Axl on peak form.
Failing that, we came reasonably close to getting Buckethead back, which would've enabled them to push ahead with the Chinese Democracy incarnation of the band as a going concern (it wouldn't have required more re-recording to add new guitarists, Robin probably would've stuck around if it was clear they were actually going to push new material out, the promo wouldn't have been compromised by the revolving door of band members etc).
Instead we ended up with a halfway house.
#52 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 112 weeks ago
Miguelox26 wrote:Between the delay and the trip I had, I enjoyed it as much as I could, but it was not their best show, vocally at times and the sound was not the best, an adventure!
Agree. In Badalona i went with several Friends and one of them was saying all the time 'but Axl voice is gone'. When the concert finished allí of us were surprised with the voice performance... He was great. Much better concert than Madrid 2006.
Over the years I've noticed that with each new tour people whinge that "Axl's voice is shot, it's all over." And then a few years later they say the same thing, and hark back to the previous tour as an example of how great Axl's voice was.
In 2006, people were going on about "fat Axl," laughing at that bit from Rock am Ring where he fell over trying to climb back onto the stage during Better, and saying his voice was shot. In 2016, people were saying that the WTTJ scream from that 2006 show was his best ever performance, and that he'd lost it since then, piled on the pounds etc. In 2023 people were banging on about how great 2016 was.
Just enjoy the show in the moment.
#53 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 118 weeks ago
"Pre-save now" suggests a digital release.
The General, coming soon 🌹 pic.twitter.com/TXGOW84zeh
— Slash (@Slash) December 6, 2023
#54 Re: Guns N' Roses » All lyrics from CD and "new songs" removed from Apple Music » 119 weeks ago
Curious, I wonder if it is to supply corrections or something like that.
Possibly, IIRC the Apple Music ones were just the standard "text" of the lyrics rather than the whizzy scrolling synced karaoke versions.
#55 Re: Guns N' Roses » Better Video » 120 weeks ago
The Better video is class. Axl looks so happy and there is no cooler man alive than Jesus era Robin Finck.
I would have loved a lineup of Axl, Slash, Duff, Finck, Fortus, Brain and Melissa.
I don't think you were ever going to get a three-guitar line-up with Slash involved.
#56 Re: Guns N' Roses » "Eye On You".. a new leak of an old song but not that leak.. » 121 weeks ago
I love this song. Yes, including the "mack daddy" stuff. It does need some verse lyrics, though – maybe keep the "mack daddy" bit for a bridge or something.
#57 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR Pro Shot live stream from Mexico NOW! » 122 weeks ago
elevendayempire wrote:Hey, where's Melissa?
She heard how shite the mix was and ran off stage.
Nah i'm joking she has pneumonia.
Oof, hope it's not COVID-related. GN'R has to be careful with that, what with various band members' health issues in the past.
Also, that dude must've had to learn the songs in double-quick time. Or did they have him on retainer or something?
#58 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 122 weeks ago
elevendayempire wrote:It's funny, Monsters is a more immediately "catchy" song, but after several listens The General has definitely grown on me to the point where I think I prefer it. I really like the off-kilter, horror movie sound.
Me too.
I love the "rant" part of monsters in scream voice, but there's not a lot of song to go with it - just kinda a little bit of a rap chorus. I mean I like it but it gets old quick waiting for that part each listen. I think the high parts of The General are more haunting. It's funny too as on first listen the general didn't really work for me, but now I really like it.
I think it needed a "breakdown" or "locomotive" style outro though. Like slash seems to be warming up to something right when it ends.
I love the scream/solo bit, that's dead good. Though I do wish that Axl had written a second verse with different lyrics instead of doing his "just repeat the first verse and chorus twice, whack in a solo, job's a good 'un" thing. He's done that on a couple of recent songs.
#59 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 122 weeks ago
It's funny, Monsters is a more immediately "catchy" song, but after several listens The General has definitely grown on me to the point where I think I prefer it. I really like the off-kilter, horror movie sound.
#60 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR Pro Shot live stream from Mexico NOW! » 122 weeks ago
Hey, where's Melissa?
