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#1251 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash's 2010 solo album » 562 weeks ago
Yea if you want crazy lyrics go get the records by Omar's earlier bands. Still love them tho. That run from At the Drive In's Relationship of Command, The Mars Volta EP thru to Frances the Mute was such a fun time.
#1252 Re: Guns N' Roses » Cidade de Mexico Concert on April 19th Announced » 562 weeks ago
I don't know why they don't announce the whole tour just yet. It seems as the demand is not as high as they anticipated and they are announcing concerts as they are able to negotiate.
Because they couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery.
You'll be at the first show. Even if they do do a club/warmup gig the real first show will be that arena.
& I bet it'll be a cracking venue too. Arenas theses days aren't like the old hockey arenas, they're designed with concerts in mind.
#1253 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Video Game Console Thread » 562 weeks ago
EA doing a sale on EU psn. Going to grab all the dragon age dlc's for £5-6.
& prob never play them.
Just started Borderlands the pre-sequel. Seems hard enough auld grind.
PC would be the way to go if it wasn't so demanding. Oculus will be a better kit than PSVR. It depends on how good the games will be. At the min I'm still on the fence. Excited but not overly expectant - simply because I'd have to adapt my playing styles, which wouldn't be a major problem, just you're not going to be able to sit for hours on end w/a headset strapped round your eyes.
Played This War of Mine again on PS4. Mighty expensive & bug addled but I loved it.
The Witness? Part of me loves it - it has entertained me & made me laugh on a couple of occasions - but part of me thinks, all this just for a puzzle game? I get it & like it, tho begrudge the money spent on it, but it just has something about it that stops me from really falling in love with it. It's kinda like its talking down to me, condescending.
I've prob preferred it to the recent Talos Principle but both were flawed & great puzzlers.
#1254 Re: Guns N' Roses » Cidade de Mexico Concert on April 19th Announced » 562 weeks ago
I read on HTGTH how a mexican member paid astronomical prices for Coachella tix thinking that would be the first show....then Vegas....and now a show is announced right in his backyard before Coachella.
I wish there was a way management could let hardcores know about non festival shows so people aren't forced to travel to that extent.
Impossible though. Even if they mentioned it only on forums, the media monitors forums for news and it'd be everywhere in minutes.
I travelled 5 hours across Ireland to see one of my favourite bands play, they were co-headlining with primal scream. Well I was well on my journey when the band sent out an email/message board post saying they'd be starting the show early due to other commitments. This is just before smartphones became a thing.
I of coursed missed the band & the next day went on a bit of a moan on their message board.
They got in touch with me & offered me a refund.
I didn't take it cause what the fuck like, I saw primal scream & was just one night accommodation & fuel cost it was more I was having a moan at the set up than the expense.
But that sorta ball game where you're talking about thousands.. Shit man I'd like to hope someone in the guns camp reaches out & does a good turn for the guy. Not necessarily pay his airfare or tix to LV. But throw him a bone for his stupid dedication would be a nice gesture.
#1255 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash's 2010 solo album » 562 weeks ago
polluxlm wrote:That to me suggest the real issue was Axl controlling the band and Slash resenting it.
That certainly seems to have played a part in it. Also, Slash was picking it up as a guitar hero, doing guest spots and appearances. I would say that Axl was a bit envious and afraid that he'd lose Slash to other artists. In any case, I would say both contributed to the fallout - saying it was solely one or the other is oversimplifying it.
Yea & everyone was too crazy to compromise. & there were too many people. & too much cocaine.
What am I saying there's never too much coke..
But yea, Axl did rip the piss a bit back then, tho? I know he had other distractions & personal doubts but even if he had kept Slash on a short leash would he still not have taken a decade or more to produce an album from the stuff? Who knows really..
#1256 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash's 2010 solo album » 562 weeks ago
monkeychow wrote:It must be hard to always do stuff in a group.
Therein is his problem. All of his solo albums definitely fall under 'serviceable', at least, with some great tracks. Slash knows how to make a blues-based rock album, no sweat. His Achilles' heel appears to be that he lacks the focus or motivation to work on it beyond a certain point. When it's recorded, mix, release, tour, repeat. That's the way he likes it.
When he has someone like Axl in his court, things change. The instrumentals are recorded and Axl starts to tinker with it. What Ax did with the UYI tracks is essentially producing. He has a ton of musical awareness, in terms of both music history and the things he hears. While Slash may be a bit aloof as to what there'd be to improve his stuff, Axl sees the many points to address in various ways, and if he keeps his whims in check, he can thoroughly elevate the work to the next level.
To me, that sort of coins the Slash-Axl working relationship. One is good in laying the foundation, while the other has a vision of what it could become. Slash's solo works are different beasts to Estranged, while Axl's works lack the unifying lead guitar. It seems they grew apart because, as time passed, they lost respect for one another's contributions. Axl could've elevated those 3-4 Snakepit songs, but Slash grew tired of waiting on him. Axl felt Slash was irreverent and replaceable. They both lost, there.
Everyone lost mate. All those wasted years & wasted music. Such energy could've done someone somewhere some good. Instead it was all just pissed away. Sad.
So it goes.
Maybe there's still time..
#1257 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash's 2010 solo album » 562 weeks ago
I'm a bit so-so to the Slash album. As to me, it is like Slash saying - this is the best of what I can do by putting just his name on it, and its a very hit and miss affair. Some songs are quite bland as far as what Slash is capable of, while others are excellent.
I'd be careful reading too much into the album being self titled as a representation of him saying "this is the best I could come up with". The album was named for brand recognition,Minot out of pride at the material.
The hole guest singers on a guitarist album blueprint is as old as rock n roll fueds. I've no doubt Slash wrote some killer stuff & worked his balls off. But it was, and remains, so unappealing to me due to the singers. The one that still stands out for me is Watch This.
Kid Rock & Adam Levine are two examples are what's wrong with humanity, never mind this record.
#1258 Re: The Sunset Strip » The X-FILES Thread » 562 weeks ago
AtariLegend wrote:Most of those episodes weren't light toned. "War of the Coprophages", Jose Chung's From Outer Space", Humbug" weren't reflective of most of the show (written by this same writer though). The show still flirted with horror and was serious.
Darin Morgan, right?
The show was serious but a bit oddball, too. Mulder collected porn early on, if memory serves me right.
The porn thing was a running joke for a fair few seasons.
& you're right it was a callback/throwback to the more lighthearted episodes. But it wasn't for me, I can take the self reverence but I can't really take the jokes. Like PaSnow says, there's room for that sorta ep in a full season it just felt a bit unnecessary given the timeframe of this run.
I didn't know there was a notion to do more after this run. They definitely should, even if it's not 24 episode seasons (definitely not if its 24 episode seasons). But an occasion 10-13 ep run would be great. It's the most fun thing on to atm for me.
#1259 Re: The Sunset Strip » The X-FILES Thread » 562 weeks ago
Yea terrible ep. I understand why they did it, but they should've resisted the urge & cut that crap. It's only 6 eps ffs they don't need to waste one on shite.
#1260 Re: Guns N' Roses » Vegas Shows Roll Call » 562 weeks ago
Yea p jelly here also.
BUT I don't want ANYONE on here to feel like they oughta be updating or posting shit on a website.
Live in it, we'll hear about it from the rest & you guys after if you remember anything.
Leave your phone in you car/hotel & just go to the show.
