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#221 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 111 weeks ago
Yeah he had stopped giving serious answers long before that Seven comment. I'm surprised he was even still answering questions that late in the saga.
It could go either way.
Hopefully we get to find out.
#222 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 111 weeks ago
There are still *at least* three left with vocals, State of Grace, Oklahoma and Seven, besides Atlas
Oklahoma and Seven are the final big guns.
Once those get leaked/released...it's over.
All that's left after that is just random leftovers I can live without.
Unfortunately, we don't know for sure these final big guns have vocals.
Even if they do, the way these songs on "the second half of Chinese" have been developed, they get a verse and a chorus and a not so great mix.
I still want to hear them though.
#223 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 111 weeks ago
There's no evidence the hoarders had access to it.
Sure there is. It leaked!
Monsters showing up out of nowhere suggests there is something more in play than just the Perhaps vinyl.
This is our only hope.
Maybe they'll do an EP during the hiatus but it's highly unlikely.
I hope so, because the mix of The General needs work.
It needs a LOT of work.
While I've listened to it a lot due to being a new leak and waiting 20 years, once the burn out occurs...which will be very soon..it's not something I'll be coming back too often.
It's too rough. The quality is shit in comparison to anything else I listen to.
#224 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 111 weeks ago
Most embarrassing song is So Fine
I like it.
Its only problem is being sandwiched between the album's epics.
#225 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 111 weeks ago
It's incredible that about a week ago we got The General and possibly also Soul Monster and already the forums are a ghost town againa nd the buzz is gone.
The drip feed approach really kills the hype + it shows how this saga has just taken way too long.
The band should formally announce some of their future plans - like if they're actually doing a new album then just announce that you are doing that. Right now... the future of the band feels like it's entering a 03-05 silent era.
I think it is entering a silent era...they'll come out of hibernation for the farewell/anniversary tour in two years.
Yeah it is crazy we got the two big enchiladas and the forums are already going back to business as usual.
What helps kill it so quickly is the fact they never actually comment on these songs. ZERO info across the board.
So we talk about em for a week, listen on a loop for days, and then it's over. Time for the next drip which is probably not coming...at least anytime soon.
There's no reason to release Atlas or another song now. They aren't doing anything! No tickets in need of some promotion to help sell them.
If another tour leg was starting, yeah Atlas might be on tap.
Worst song topic...
My World
Shotgun Blues
Get In The Ring
Scraped
#226 Re: The Sunset Strip » What Are You Listening To? » 111 weeks ago
Pink Floyd - Final Cut
Underrated effort. There are some really good songs on this album. Being a continuation of the Wall does hurt it. Roger should have built something around songs like "Not Now John" instead, but on the other hand then you lose "Your Possible Pasts" which is the best song on the album. Very Wall'ish though.
It doesn't really feel like a continuation though. It's a dirge lacking the epicness of The Wall.
Best songs to me...
Not Now John
Two Suns In The Sunset
I listened to it more this past year than in my entire life. I thought it deserved a second chance. I hated the whole thing back in the day...didn't have a single song in my collection.
It's really unfortunate that it's their last album. I'm with Gilmour...it's not good enough.
They needed to go out with a bang.
#227 Re: The Sunset Strip » What Are You Listening To? » 111 weeks ago
Still got Monsters on loop
Me too.
I gotta give those two a rest soon.
I got a Stones album and Roger Waters to catch up on.
#228 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 111 weeks ago
After the release of this set of songs... Absurd to Monsters...I think it's now much clearer on what the A and B lists really were.
Fans always took it as A list = Big Guns, B list= everything else.
It's more like the A list is fully fleshed out songs and the B list is all the 1 verse and a chorus on a loop stuff plus the various instrumentals, sketches, and obvious throwaways.
No one had any idea at the time that big guns would actually be on this B list.
#229 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns n roses played the general » 111 weeks ago
Personally what I'd prefer more than anything is leaks or boxset release of CD material with the musicians who actually wrote those songs. However, it's very possible we never hear that.
Failing that I'd really like them to continue with releasing Slash/Duff reworked CD era songs, preferably as a bigger release and not a dripfeed. The dripfeed approach is really old and boring.
Failing that.... give us something completely new. I personally dont think what these guys write and produce in their 60s will be that interesting so if what that Mayhue guy said about there being Appetite and UYI era songs that were never finished I'd prefer those.
Failing that... just release more proshots in good quality like the 91 Ritz.
Really though. I just wish they'd ditch the secrecy and silence. It's not cool or mysterious. It's annoying. They aren't the pinnacle of pop culture like they were in the early 90s and they don't have the mystique of the early CD years. You have an older fan base with disposable income, talk to them and give them things to buy that they want.
The Scooby Doo sooper sekrit mystery crap should've ended the moment the album was released and/or when Ashba joined.
There was no longer anything mysterious or interesting about them at that point.
Unfortunately it somehow got wrapped up into their "brand". The UYI wait and everything surrounding it really was exciting and mysterious.
So were the early 2000s.
I think a big reason it continued into the 2010s is the fact that a supposed aura of "mystery" was the perfect disguise for incompetent management.
Management stayed the same with the reunion. Live Nation does the heavy lifting with the touring juggernaut...and what's left is handled by GNR management. Obviously what's left after the touring isn't much. 
We're damn lucky we're even getting a semi-annual release of singles. It could have so easily not even happened at all. Instead of the near constant touring that ran interest completely into the ground, they could've went away for 2-3 years and ticket sales never drop to the point they need something out there to get media interest.
It could've easily just been toy trucks and touring....
#230 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 111 weeks ago
Shacklermyrye wrote:Scabbie wrote:Yes please, I feel there should be a separate section for this type of stuff.
yeah discord or badapples
So you would rather remain with your head in the sand ?
It probably has more to do with wanting to discuss the actual songs that just leaked instead of who may or may not have songs and the drama surrounding Village Sessions discords.
It was always a niche group into that stuff (me included obviously) and that group is shrinking as we enter the final chapter.
