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#1261 Re: Guns N' Roses » Just say no to corporate cash grabs » 562 weeks ago
Don't make promises you can't keep.
I'm coming to party hard if there's a Scottish show now I've got a decent source.
First time I had to bring over all my own gear. Naive as fuck I didn't realise threred be checks at the boat. Loaded with speed & green, lucky got there late rushed us thru to the boat.
On way home was different. Had met up with a friend who couldn't believe we'd got thru cause of the checks & right enough on the way home there were the pigs doing their searches. Had to swallow everything that was left before boarding a boat full of either Rangers or Celtic fans. I can't remember who cause they have to travel on different days.
Anyway man, expecting you to get the supplies in!
#1262 Re: Guns N' Roses » Cidade de Mexico Concert on April 19th Announced » 562 weeks ago
Yea Coachella - GnR is a reunion only thing, that shit'd sell out if Bieber was playing.
This Mexico news is fucking boss. Bring the fucking massive world tour on. I'm more than ready for a few dates. Really just waiting til Europe is announced otherwise I'd have headed to LV.. If I'd the canoli's & was high enough I'd do both. Wish I did have the cash! & wish I was high enough!
#1263 Re: Guns N' Roses » Just say no to corporate cash grabs » 562 weeks ago
Olorin is the best.
More drunk/Scottish posting man. Mate, when/if there's a Scottish gig I am coming over & you're getting me shitfaced!
Oh man, remembering (vaguely) the times I've been to Scotland. First time I ever saw a girl piss herself. If I'd known then what I know now.. I'd have followed her home instead of sidestepping her..
#1264 Re: Guns N' Roses » Just say no to corporate cash grabs » 562 weeks ago
My friends & I bonded just as much over UYI & Lies as we did AFD.
I think if people listened, or reappraised, the Illusions they'd be genuinely gobsmacked at the dexterity & quality on them.
I'm not necessarily a fan but I know the guy from Biffie Clyro has UYI tattoo & cited it as an influence on one of their albums.
Honestly if people could just get past the noise & bs they'd find two truly mind blowing & inventive rock albums that deserve to rank alongside the all time greats.
Maybe people will come back to them.
Monkey - that goes back to something polluxlm said, that none of the solo material has been worthy of GnR. I didn't even bother replying cause I'd immediately thought of 5 straight off the bat without needing to research further, solo songs of the quality of anything off TSI or Back off Bitch. It's preposterous to suggest they didn't write GnR worthy quality without Axl's input.
Hell Izzy could've stayed in the band & sang a song or two on record like he did UYI or Duff likewise, could've done with Come on Now Inside or the like no bother while Axl's off backstage getting his pole waxed/oxygen.
#1265 Re: Guns N' Roses » Why the Guns 'N Roses Reunion Is a Mistake » 562 weeks ago
Whatever really. Just do something that puts him back in peoples living rooms. We love celebrities because we feel we know them. That's why those who know how to play the game can get so much good will.
I don't think it's necessary - at this stage.
IF they're doing a stadium tour then maybe, yea, you gotta go national &/or regional. But it depends on whether GnR are paid or are paid on tickets sold. Axl's proven he gives diddly dick to playing to empty arenas as long as the chequer gets cashed. Different with stadiums mind, poor ticket sales.
But yea Axl's somehow remained the public conscious. Just wait till you see the age range of people who turn out to these shows. If not him at least the brand is still a star name.
#1266 Re: Guns N' Roses » Just say no to corporate cash grabs » 562 weeks ago
Smoking Guns wrote:What the hell are we bitching about today?
Hedonic adaptation.
After so many years, we get Axl, Slash and Duff.
After the initial rush, it's Izzy or bust.After Izzy guesting, it's new music.
A never-ending cycle of demands.Each acquiescence creates a new stipulation.
It's impossible for Axl to win everyone over.
Bullshit. We're allowed to debate. Nobody was being a dick to each other or it never got heated, just a difference of opinions.
We're having our cake & eating it too. Some just are able to enjoy it in different layers than others. Some like the whole others like to indenting ingredients & texture.
What do you want us all to do? Be constantly blowing smoke up Axl's ass or talking about what good shape duff is in? We're not a One Direction message board, we're allowed different groups opinions on the serious matter of rock n roll.
But when that happens, people'll start dividing again. Some'll like it, some won't.
If CD2 were to drop tomorrow, many of us would certainly appreciate it for what it is.
Others would tear into it with glee, wanting anything from 1996 tracks to new songs.Axl has certainly brought a lot of this down on himself by allowing this progression.
I do agree that the back catalogue has been canonized to a ridiculous degree due to this.
I completely disagree. The UYI's are still under appreciated to a ridiculous degree & people know that TSI/CD sucks.
#1267 Re: Guns N' Roses » Why the Guns 'N Roses Reunion Is a Mistake » 562 weeks ago
Not that there aren't reasons against the reunion don't get me wrong, and that article touches slightly on some.
But come on, the positives well outweigh the negatives.
What promo can Axl do? Coachella's sold out, he was going to announce LV on Fallon but that got bumped & wasn't needed anyway.
He's shown he tours w/o interviews like your typical jobbing pop singer. For whatever reasons to him, it works & it works fine with me too.
#1268 Re: Guns N' Roses » Why the Guns 'N Roses Reunion Is a Mistake » 562 weeks ago
I think the pricing complaints are totally justified, but unfortunately they're industry standard. But nobody cares that GnR aren't the bad guys.
Media writes a car crash? People go see it.
Media writes a lovefest? A couple more will go.
Money's in the bank for these gigs already, barring any unforeseen/foreseeable incidents & they get played, GnR don't have to give two, or even three, tits as to what some hack writes.
#1269 Re: Guns N' Roses » Just say no to corporate cash grabs » 562 weeks ago
Aye I know I just meant my initial reaction to hearing ju ju hounds for the first time. This was before I'd heard them break into a reggae breakdown ("gimme some reggae!") so I was unprepared.
#1270 Re: Guns N' Roses » Just say no to corporate cash grabs » 562 weeks ago
johndivney wrote:Izzy, more than any of them, is tapped into the source. He's a classic, traditional songwriter.
Agreed ...Izzy is great...but as a teen I couldn't appreciate him...that's more my failing than his tho
Yea similar reaction. Like wtf is this pressure drop song?!
Once you come back to it & you see where he's coming from, understanding the influence's he's stitching together while making really cool songs, then that ju ju album starts to get under your skin & you end up listening to it for weeks. Love those kinda slow burner albums.
Going to stick it on later. It's a really beautiful record actually. I'm telling you, the U.K. music press, music mags like mojo & uncut really started hyping the shit out of Americana - I sure the same was going on on American music websites. Izzys records are totally undervalued in that context. He's on of the great modern American songwriters imo. Love him.
