I know everyone thought/thinks I'm nuts for even suggesting that The Blues is about Slash, but I maintain my position on it especially when the subject of "why haven't they got back together" comes up.

"What this means to me is more than I know you believe" I think is directed at the press, fans and anyone who says "Why the fuck doesn't Axl just call Slash??" and I think "What I thought of you now, has cost more than it should for me" is directed right at Slash along with the lines that follow it.

misterID wrote:

Wow. I don't remember anything about a 2007 reunion or anything close to what you described. And I was always under the impression that Axl was there when Slash showed up and that Beta wasn't hiding him away.

Maybe Axl was there and just refused to see Slash himself, but you are talking about a person who doesn't know he's going to be interviewed by Eddie Trunk until just before, and who was told his was playing a small club on NYE then found out it was a whole gig. Axl is kept out of the loop most of the time it seems - presumably so things won't upset him. I'm guessing he doesn't answer his own door unless he's expecting company.

What I do know is that GNR have been offered insane sums of money multiple times to reunite - including $150m from Live Nation a few years back. We also know that Scott Weiland was under the serious impression that GNR would reunite - and himself almost disbanded VR over this issue on occasion.

Behind the scenes such things are always going to be placed on the table cos everyone on earth, and everyone associated with these guys businesses, is going to want them to do it, except of course for Axl and Slash themselves.

Axl himself has said that Slash needs to apologise to him.

Slash showed up at Axl's house to sort it out once and for all. How is that going to happen if he can't even see him?

And even if Axl hates slash - if slash has come over to beg for forgiveness - (which it seemed at minimum he'd given over a lot of face by comming to admit VR wasn't working and he needs Axl) - it seems unlikely Axl wouldn't want to even speak to slash - even if just to tell him to go to hell.

The questions to me are:

* Why is it that Axl's anger toward Slash is fresher than ever - when that haven't even spoken in 15 years - doteam brazil and their associates speak negatively of slash to show loyalty to Axl - or does fuelling that fire ensure their status?

* Who did speak to Slash when he came to the door? And if he really said all the anti VR stuff - why wasn't he granted an audience?

* Ever notice how Axl doesn't know what's going on with the band, and he always finds out how people are betraying him? I'm sure a bunch of people have tried to force a reunion on him, but at the same time, he's been nearly unable to develop much of anything with some of the most talented music managers out there. And when Axl is obviously a friendly guy to them all the time - why is it that band members quit? It's because there's a hell of a lot of politics. Ever notice how the inner circle - beta etc - always stay - and everyone else band/managers etc at the next level comes and goes? Is that because she's really the only loyal person or because everyone else only gets communication through Team Brazil.

Also - when did things start melting down with the UYI band - people say when Izzy left - but I think it's more like from the period where all communication with Axl became "through his people" and when what Slash calls the "hangers on" started informally managing Axl's life.

It's a theme throughout this whole story. So sure...there's no 2007 reunion...but it was a lot closer than people realisie...and yay....team brazil are achieving tours that even Kiss' manager or the guy who runs Live Nation could not achieve....funny that.

I appreciate that a lot of fans cared about the the RNRHOF, but as an Izzy diehard I can't tell you how happy I am that he didn't turn up. Had Axl agreed to appear it could have been a different story, but without Axl it was just another corporate gig which nobody seemed to take notice of.

They've been going on about filming shows since 2006 and we haven't had the benifit of seeing any of it....not getting my hopes up at all about this