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#681 Re: Guns N' Roses » Unofficial CD 'reunion' T-shirt. » 788 weeks ago
i know you are not - i understand perfectly what you are saying.
the fact remains that appetite was and is their signature album and....
how do you not change if you are incapable of recreating afd?
#682 Re: Guns N' Roses » Unofficial CD 'reunion' T-shirt. » 788 weeks ago
i would say the difference between afd and uy's is as great as the difference between cd and uy's.
gnr was at it's most popular point when uy's came out yet afd continues to destroy uy's in sales.
so if axl's desire to experiment with new avenues of music with cd resulted in anything being "broke"n. then it was already "broke"n when they were doing the same with uy's (when slash was in favor of the direction).
#683 Re: Guns N' Roses » Unofficial CD 'reunion' T-shirt. » 788 weeks ago
war wrote:but slash wanted to do the same music and axl wanted to experiment and slash said so himself.
IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT
tell that to axl.
and, you can't recreate afd once, much less over a band's entire career.
#684 Re: Guns N' Roses » Unofficial CD 'reunion' T-shirt. » 788 weeks ago
I think Slash's biggest gripe with Axl's musical vision was that he was adamant about taking styles from other bands who wre hot at the time. Not only was Slash unhappy with the techno stuff he said that Axl had been pushing stuff around that sounded like Pearl Jam and even U2.
His point was that they became global megastars from pursuing their own vision and not copying current trends directly. Now, I'd be the first one to say that if the follow up to UYI was more of the same I think it would have stiffed; but I would agree with Slash that becoming a stylistic clone of current favours of the month would have been suicide.
The way CD was delayed so much bears this out, by the time Ax was ready with some songs the trend had passed and the song was no longer cool. hence the consatant re-tooling.
but slash wanted to do the same music and axl wanted to experiment and slash said so himself.
#685 Re: Guns N' Roses » Unofficial CD 'reunion' T-shirt. » 788 weeks ago
That's exactly what stumps me about CD and the whole break up of the original bnd. The final product was not nearly as off the wall or revolutionary as I expected. Slash could have eaten most of those tunes for breakfast.
there's a bunch of songs like shackler's revenge sitting in the vault that slash would've never touched.
axl went techno towards the end and slash said , himself, he wasn't interested in that.
until we get into that vault it doesn't , however, matter. we got as many songs as possible that sounded as close to classic grn as possible in cd 1.
#686 Re: Guns N' Roses » NA tour rumor » 788 weeks ago
nice one dave^^^^^^ lol
believing msl i mean
#687 Re: Guns N' Roses » RUMOR: GN'R Planning SA tour around RIR » 789 weeks ago
dave, it must be so difficult responding to others' posts when you have all the different tones coming your way; sarcaasm, dislike, humor, etc.
I don't know how you do it.
if you don't single handedly restore integrity and harmony to this thread you will be a failure.
#688 Re: The Sunset Strip » RS:Exclusive: Soul Asylum Plot New Studio Album » 791 weeks ago
dave - you meant what you said and got called on it. your defense all of the sudden is that it was a joke. yet your last post says it had a ring of truth to it. which is it?
#689 Re: Guns N' Roses » Dj Ashba "Axl Rose Is One Of The Nicest Guys I've Met"; Video Inter » 792 weeks ago
^^^^^^^flawless victory
#690 Re: Guns N' Roses » Dj Ashba "Axl Rose Is One Of The Nicest Guys I've Met"; Video Inter » 792 weeks ago
U2 has written and released a ton of solid tunes for several decades, consistently. that's why they are big/popular. they're proffessionals and have done things by the book while grooming their fan base.
gnr, like bono said, are a perfect example of "what could've been".
they have done everything the wrong way and got so big so fast and imploaded from the inside out.
i don't think anyone is sensitive or defensive about that though.
I think A lot of people, including myself, find raw talent and expression more artisticly appealing than overacheivment.
just my opinion.
