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#2431 Re: Guns N' Roses » Axl Rose - Criminally underrated lyricist. » 766 weeks ago
i like him & his band (& used to love them), but eddie isn't fit to sharpen axl's pencil/wet his quill/dip is ink/any-other-strained-double-entendre
axl was in a league of his own compared to his contemporaries. especially evident on AFD/UYI. he rubbed shoulders w/Lennon/Jagger 65-72 & got w/in touching distance of Dylan.
tbh there aren't many great american rock lyricists & i'd say axl is actually comfortably one of them. its one respect where his smaller catalogue serves him well.
(& in the interests of fairness i should note, tho i shouldn't really have to - just given the volatile emotions of certain boardmembers - i believe the AFD/UYI era band overall is comfortably one of the greatest american bands.) ahem.
Axl is a pretty straightforward literal lyricist most of the time
he doesn't seem to get too much into metaphor etc.
Can't think of too many super profound deep Axl lyrics in all honesty...
thoughts?
dunno if i agree w/this either. Madagascar itself is a metaphor & he has moments & songs of profundity - chief obv being Estranged but also even the likes of Jungle/OIAM/OTGM/Michelle which are more literal (tho again Jungle being the metaphor...) but still have this way of disseminating imagery to create a wider, instant portrait of the world which he's singing. he has this ability to conjure the mood, background & setting of the society he's singing about which gives the seemingly immediate lyrics more weight. what i mean is like on OTGM it's like you're on the run from the pigs w/him or you can see the movie of Michelle playing in your head. [/waffle]
& i mean it's not a talent unique to Axl, i just think he was a whole lot more consistent, & honest, & interesting, that most rock lyricists.
#2432 Re: Guns N' Roses » GN'R returns to the UK » 766 weeks ago
johndivney wrote:it is too expense.
having said that i thought £50 was reasonable in comparison to other concerts when they played bfast last time.
£50 is p average for an arena production, no matter who you're getting there's a lotta work goes into it & people to get paid. it's fuckin ridiculous but that's the way of it these days sadly.
but compared to club gigs or theatre gigs, some which charge £20/25 even £30+ you do get the value for money difference w/GnR gigs. i gotta give them credit, they do put on a good show.
I've seen Judas Priest, Green Day and Iron Maiden at this venue. All three with arena production values and they were not this much. For Priest they also had Megadeth and Testament as support so they also had good support acts and not some rubbish on the bill.
I'm gonna try and find the money for this but damn I'm gonna be living of Tesco Value Noodles for a week or something.
GD apart those r all p niche bands, no disrespect but GnR do cater to a slightly more diverse 'pop' audience & are maybe more comparable to soft rock like bon jovi/U2/pearl jam & even the likes of gaga & beyonce..
But I'm on ur side so wtf.. 50 is too much.
#2433 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » 20 Seconds of the new Slash Song "You're A Lie" from Apocalyptic Lov » 766 weeks ago
Best apology ever.
#2434 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2011-12 Guns n Roses Tour » 766 weeks ago
nah jonny sacrificed his guitar-god status to help make their (2nd) masterpiece. after kid a the guitars were never coming back.
i am tired of the noodling, yea. but i also think they have zero desire to play guitar-based rock, which was in evidence on HTTT's lack of passion. Go to Sleep may well be the worst thing they've ever done. they're never going back to that magic moment (when they wanted to be the biggest band in the world, then got depressed when it p much happened). now they're too comfortable in their upper-mid tier twiddling their knobs.
#2435 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2011-12 Guns n Roses Tour » 766 weeks ago
maddy, why r u not doing the same? i would. RH have two drummers now!
i haven't seen RH since like '02/'03. i used to be a hardcore fan but my interest cooled w/HTTT (i didn't think it was rebellious & challenging enough!) but their last few albums have been decent to p great & i'd like to see how the new guy works out, especially in a smaller setting. i'd only really get to see them in enormodomes or festivals these days.
#2436 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » 20 Seconds of the new Slash Song "You're A Lie" from Apocalyptic Lov » 766 weeks ago
hfs
some of the people on here are really bonko's.
#2437 Re: Guns N' Roses » GN'R Twitter Updates » 767 weeks ago
#2438 Re: Guns N' Roses » GN'R returns to the UK » 767 weeks ago
it is too expense.
having said that i thought £50 was reasonable in comparison to other concerts when they played bfast last time.
£50 is p average for an arena production, no matter who you're getting there's a lotta work goes into it & people to get paid. it's fuckin ridiculous but that's the way of it these days sadly.
but compared to club gigs or theatre gigs, some which charge £20/25 even £30+ you do get the value for money difference w/GnR gigs. i gotta give them credit, they do put on a good show.
#2439 Re: Guns N' Roses » GN'R Twitter Updates » 767 weeks ago
boo-hoo
you heard? well someone else heard differently..
if he had to apologise to everyone he's slighted over the yrs he'd never get anything done..
not that anything gets fuckin done anyway, just saying..
#2440 Re: Guns N' Roses » GN'R returns to the UK » 767 weeks ago
Recording isn't that expensive for a man with a studio in his basement that is a bullshit excuse.
if that's true how come one 14-song album cost around $13million?
the guy has, what, at least 6 band members who get paid 
money.
not to mention the beggars & hanger's on..
