valengf Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) I wanted to share this very good quality bootleg from 09 to hear thoughts on Axl's voice etc.The set list is in the first comment below, so you can hear whichever song you preferFun to hear: Edited December 20, 2014 by valengf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseDemocracy2004 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Damn, I forgot it was the anniversary of the longest show yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno P. Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Thanks God a DVD never came out of this. Prostitute is one of Axl's worst performances ever. Well, one of GnR's worst performances actually. There are only two good things about that performance - Frank, that did very well, much better than I expected, and Ron, that did Buckethead's parts justice live. DJ was the biggest traiwreck, as always, closely followed by Axl. Catcher had a great performance, bar Axl. The best thing about Axl here was his background vocals heard clearly - at least they're not lead vocals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreakDown2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) Great show, even though Axl wasn't too good, hearing so many CD songs for the first time was amazing, and Nightrain is mindblowing Edited December 20, 2014 by BreakDown2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seagullview Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) IRS is so good here Edited December 20, 2014 by seagullview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Axl is so inconsistent at this show, the lows are pretty bad (Prostitute for example) but the highs are amazing (Nightrain, Nice Boys). A lot of the newer songs take him a minute or so to get comfortable with, like Shacklers and TWAT but by the end he sounds great. The first few Canadian shows were like that too, but better each night, and we know what he sounded like by the end of that tour.That fucking Nightrain, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valengf Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Thanks God a DVD never came out of this. Prostitute is one of Axl's worst performances ever. Well, one of GnR's worst performances actually. There are only two good things about that performance - Frank, that did very well, much better than I expected, and Ron, that did Buckethead's parts justice live. DJ was the biggest traiwreck, as always, closely followed by Axl. Catcher had a great performance, bar Axl. The best thing about Axl here was his background vocals heard clearly - at least they're not lead vocals I agree that lows are fucked in the '09 Axl voice' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyrobot Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Dont like IRS with rasp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrieL_TiT Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 That fucking Nightrain, man. I get chills every time I hear this first verse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 That fucking Nightrain, man. That's the Axl Rose we all love. The one who gives 101% every night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSoftie Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Currently listening to this now, and I think this must be the only time that Axl sings "What I thought was beautiful, Is only memories" like he does on the studio version, hitting the really high note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianGNR Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Currently listening to this now, and I think this must be the only time that Axl sings "What I thought was beautiful, Is only memories" like he does on the studio version, hitting the really high note.I guess he also did that in osaka 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSoftie Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Currently listening to this now, and I think this must be the only time that Axl sings "What I thought was beautiful, Is only memories" like he does on the studio version, hitting the really high note.I guess he also did that in osaka 2002.Must love showing off in Japan. That's impressive though that he can still do it 7 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZodiacManzo Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Currently listening to this now, and I think this must be the only time that Axl sings "What I thought was beautiful, Is only memories" like he does on the studio version, hitting the really high note.I guess he also did that in osaka 2002.third hammerstein show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Currently listening to this now, and I think this must be the only time that Axl sings "What I thought was beautiful, Is only memories" like he does on the studio version, hitting the really high note.I guess he also did that in osaka 2002.Detroit 2002 as well. First time I heard the song and he hit that note. It was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendez Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Currently listening to this now, and I think this must be the only time that Axl sings "What I thought was beautiful, Is only memories" like he does on the studio version, hitting the really high note.He did it the at the HOB 2001 show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSoftie Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 *one of the few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NachoLZ Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Coma and Estranged and it would be perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dando Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Coma and Estranged and it would be perfectEven that night wouldn't make coma happen, stick estranged, civil war in and it's all there. Oh and whenever you can be arsed Axl , get pretty tied up done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 One of my favorite shows! He still hits many of the high notes and comes in with a ton of passion. By no means is it a perfect show or even technically great, but it has a GNR feel that is missing these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfriend Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I'd take a fairly ramshackle and inconsistent night like this over any of the performances Axl's given in the last couple of years. At least here you can tell he's genuinely into it, even if his voice won't always go where he wants it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRmello77 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 i love all the random jokes and talking of Axl and Tommy in this recordings, Patience is a puss song. lol and the weird evil laugh during better al that shit is entertaining as fuck, and also makes me understand why bandmembers say he should be a stand up comedian if he wasn't a musician Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblefeet Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 (edited) Aren't the asian '09 gigs the first time DJ Ashba played with Axl? They rehearsed before but Axl didn't show until the live gigs. I do appreciate that they play CD in full but you can tell that Axl struggles with the lyrics and the song performances are shaky. I still would have like to have been there, but listening to these recordings I've heard better when they were a bit farther into the 2010 tour. Edited December 26, 2014 by Bumblefeet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner55 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 i love all the random jokes and talking of Axl and Tommy in this recordings, Patience is a puss song. lol and the weird evil laugh during better al that shit is entertaining as fuck, and also makes me understand why bandmembers say he should be a stand up comedian if he wasn't a musician"Ronald Reagan was in the exorcist?""We got Maddy, into TWAT, into patience, and into ATM City." (Or whatever order they were in)"That sounds like a book""It's a good book." I too liked the dialogue in between songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Aren't the asian '09 gigs the first time DJ Ashba played with Axl? They rehearsed before but Axl didn't show until the live gigs. I do appreciate that they play CD in full but you can tell that Axl struggles with the lyrics and the song performances are shaky. I still would have like to have been there, but listening to these recordings I've heard better when they were a bit farther into the 2010 tour.Rhiad was rehearsed but they don't pull it off because DJ can't capable of playing the solos (he admit in on a reddit q & a) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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