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smokingarthur

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  1. I stopped being active here a decade ago, I kinda lurk in the shadows, don’t really bother too much anymore. Tried to get back into GNR again with mixed results. Finally getting The General kinda put closure on it for me. Hope you’re doing well. I’m traveling between NYC and SoFlo these days back and forth. If you’re around drop me a line I’ll buy you a drink…or two…
  2. There must have been an important reason why, I don’t recall the entire situation but I do remember I went to every show and ended up with extra tickets. I think I bought some and got some from my company at the time. At any rate, I don’t know why you would carry a grudge for so many years. If you feel slighted by my behavior back then, I do apologize.
  3. I think there are patterns of behavior that Fernando has displayed throughout that shows manipulative tendencies. It makes me feel very uncomfortable about the entire TB situation including Beta. Not that they haven’t grown close and built trust over the years, but that their relationship may have been built on manipulation.
  4. Whomever started the leak chain: “for he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow…. Which nobody can deny.”
  5. Monsters isn’t bad, I’m digging The General a lot more. Overall, I’m pleased. Obviously these mixes are lacking fidelity, but I feel a sense of completion……
  6. They should change it to the BLM Arena or something more in line with their beliefs like the Karl Marx Arena.
  7. I wish we all could be treated so poorly. You’re completely delusional to the point of being so utterly insulting to everyone’s intelligence.
  8. I’m so grateful for the leaks, without them we wouldn’t have CITR(Brian May). I can’t imagine only having the final versions of the CD era songs. I would have a different opinion of GNR, not for the better.
  9. Unfortunately I prefer the leaked version. I like the earlier vocal takes. It seems overly ambitious and too jam packed with unnecessary and needless noise I cannot reconcile. I suppose beggars can’t be choosers at this point.
  10. All there is are breadcrumbs. There is no album, there is nothing coming other than a few tracks that Slosh and Duff worked on from the CD era. And those will be released with great pains….
  11. Prepare for more disappointment come Friday. If it doesn’t show up by then what’s the next goalpost, November?
  12. The General, OMG2 along with several other demos of demo tracks we already have are out there.
  13. I feel horrible for everyone associated with GNR sans TB. It must be difficult dealing with Axl’s shenanigans. Obviously the positives outweigh the negatives in terms of money, but walking on eggshells due to some certifiable lunatic who is your boss is far from ideal.
  14. This is simply incorrect. Most of the song titles were grafted from interviews and were just working titles for ideas in various stages of development, the song “list” from an alternate CD was not real. Aside from this, it was full of song titles that were never developed. Most likely Axl never finished writing lyrics nor recorded any vocals for a vast majority of the working song titles from the CD era. During the hunt for unreleased tracks, what became apparent was the lack of completed material which seemed to be in contrast to what some of the earlier rumors suggested. Those who actually worked on the album painted a picture of lack of continuity and direction. With the band leader seldom showing his face or presenting completed ideas. Based on Axl’s own disclosure, there would have been 26 tracks in semi-completed form prior to the release of CD. We can assume this includes the tracks on the album, the leaked tracks as well as OMG, Going Down and The General. We will learn in the not-so-distant future that we’ve already heard some of the tracks that were hidden under different titles previously and/or deconstructed and used in those other tracks.
  15. Nothing is getting released. Axl is in his petulant mode and it will take a long time before his need for self-sabotage and spitefulness towards super-fans has been abated.
  16. He also used the word “soon” which tells us we are in for a quite a wait…..
  17. Because I find it fucking embarrassing. I come from a generation where men still had balls.
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