Caught_in_a_Coma Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Someone here introduced me to the site but I lost the link. It's a website that collects all sorts of comments GNR members have made about their songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estranged_85 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 That would be interesting Are there any comments at all from Axl on songs from CD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSoftie Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Is this the one? http://www.gnrevolution.com/songs.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xBrownstonex Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 There was a page called gnrinfo. But thats dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 That would be interesting Are there any comments at all from Axl on songs from CD? CD- Axl said was inspired from a movie he was watching. He gives more detail at the HOB 2001 show.Shacklers- about a school shooting either at columbine or Virginia tech. Better- I don't think he said anything but kinda explains itself. SOD- was about sunset Blvd I believe and the ups and downs of doing what you loveIf the world- I think Axl said it was their Jamed Bond song but not much elseTWAT- Stephenie Seymour song....kinda personal Catcher- John Lennon's deathScraped- idk much aboutRiad- Erin's family or brother in lawSorry- I thought Axl said it was about one of their managers from the old days. He specifically said its not about SlashIRS- being cheated on or lied toMadagascar- I don't think it's been said but Axl said it was in line with a book he was reading but many think it's about Axl being abandoned by the old band and being separated or free'd depending on how you look at it. Since Madagascar is a piece of land that separated from the continent of Africa This I Love- an old song probably written about ErinProstitute- I don't think he said anything here but it's kinda self explanatory Just off the top of my head so add some real quotes if you wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOH Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 That would be interesting Are there any comments at all from Axl on songs from CD? Shacklers- about a school shooting either at columbine or Virginia tech.Yes, it was Virginia Tech. Probably the last song written before the album came out since that happened in 2007 and at least half of the other songs had vocal tracks from the late '90s/early 2000s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguy Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Ok bring serious here: just when did Axl do any real work on ChiDem? I'd like to guess the Album was completed in 1999, with little to no additional songwriting occurring after then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caught_in_a_Coma Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Is this the one? http://www.gnrevolution.com/songs.phpNo, but this site looks interesting. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Ok bring serious here: just when did Axl do any real work on ChiDem? I'd like to guess the Album was completed in 1999, with little to no additional songwriting occurring after then.1999, 2001, 2004, and 2007. It's not like he worked non stop on it. A majority of the work was completed before 2001, he just did actual work every so often. The album was truly not set until 6 months before release. I believe Atlas Shrugged was suppose to be on the album except it would have gone over the minute count for the album so they saved it for the next record and replaced it with a shorter song, presumably This I Love which Axl never wanted to release, but Tommy insisted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I guess Prostitute is about Stephanie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Didn't know shacklers was about a school shooting... Had to have been older though because isn't that Buckethead playing the solo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I guess the last song written was Better and not Shacklers. Yeah there was a shit load of re recording done later on, but one of the early demo's of shacklers would have been 2002 or before. I guess better was written in 2004 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 (edited) I would kill for Axl to come back and talk about the album in depth. He said he would say what each song meant after everyone got a chance to hear it and create their own meaning, but he never came back hahaAnd on the Shackler's thing people have differing views on if it was about columbine or Virgina Tech. I always felt the time period was right for columbine but most are convinced it's Virgina tech Edited November 28, 2015 by IncitingChaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOH Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Didn't know shacklers was about a school shooting... Had to have been older though because isn't that Buckethead playing the solo?The music was done before. Axl didn't write the lyrics then sing them until 2007, because they're about a shooting that happened in 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Didn't know shacklers was about a school shooting... Had to have been older though because isn't that Buckethead playing the solo?The music was done before. Axl didn't write the lyrics then sing them until 2007, because they're about a shooting that happened in 2007.I never heard of this thing before on Shacklers, any link or so where Axl mentions it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Didn't know shacklers was about a school shooting... Had to have been older though because isn't that Buckethead playing the solo? The music was done before. Axl didn't write the lyrics then sing them until 2007, because they're about a shooting that happened in 2007. Interesting. So would it be logical to assume that shacklers was supposed to be a different song? Like already recorded but with different lyrics.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Ok I found it in the old chats where Axl mentions ShacklersMonkeychow: Axl - could you pklease talk at all about what inspired the lyrics to Shackler's Revenge and/or Catcher? Or the meaning behind Riad? thanks.Axl: Shackler's was inspired by the insanity of senseless school shootings and also the media trying desperately to make more out of one shooter's preference for the Guns song Brownstone to no avail. That said, listening for my own enjoyment or if we were to make a video or performing it I lean more to the entertainment of a horror flick or something like Dexter, something with an interesting menacing character as opposed to real life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Someone here introduced me to the site but I lost the link. It's a website that collects all sorts of comments GNR members have made about their songsPerhaps my site: http://www.a-4-d.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockerRoller Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I know the site your talking about it was gnrinfo.tk but that site has since disappeared. It has tons of quotes from each member about every song ever released including some demos too. Super awesome site I miss it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson87 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 (edited) Someone here introduced me to the site but I lost the link. It's a website that collects all sorts of comments GNR members have made about their songsPerhaps my site: http://www.a-4-d.com/I was reading the one about Better and it was interesting how Fortus said the whole record was written when he joined the band in '01. I always thought Axl had spent the majority of the early 2000s writing the record Edited November 28, 2015 by Gibson_Guy87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOH Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Ok I found it in the old chats where Axl mentions ShacklersMonkeychow: Axl - could you pklease talk at all about what inspired the lyrics to Shackler's Revenge and/or Catcher? Or the meaning behind Riad? thanks.Axl: Shackler's was inspired by the insanity of senseless school shootings and also the media trying desperately to make more out of one shooter's preference for the Guns song Brownstone to no avail. That said, listening for my own enjoyment or if we were to make a video or performing it I lean more to the entertainment of a horror flick or something like Dexter, something with an interesting menacing character as opposed to real life. Yeah, and if you don't remember, it was the Virginia Tech shooter that was obsessed with Mr. Brownstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Axl said The Blues was about sunset blvd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Axl said The Blues was about sunset blvd?You're right, Axl said the the imagery he had when the name street of dreams came up was the walk of fame on Hollywood Blvd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caught_in_a_Coma Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) I know the site your talking about it was gnrinfo.tk but that site has since disappeared. It has tons of quotes from each member about every song ever released including some demos too. Super awesome site I miss itYeah that was it. Too bad it's goneSomeone here introduced me to the site but I lost the link. It's a website that collects all sorts of comments GNR members have made about their songsPerhaps my site: http://www.a-4-d.com/I don't think it was this site, but thanks for the link. I'm gonna check out the info here. Edited November 29, 2015 by Caught_in_a_Coma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-W.A.R- Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 interesting about Shacklers never knew that but im not a big fan of the songive always looked at Madagascar as a more mature Out Ta Get Mebasically saying hes not gonna let people bring him down and he'll overcome the odds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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