Jboogie Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 2 hours ago, GoodOlJohnnyK said: A lot of you need to understand that the band isn't designing the setlist for those of you following along nightly on Periscope. There are a lot of people who don't sit on MyGNR every night and are only seeing this show one time - and the band wants to give them the most complete show possible. And again, this is a big stadium show and also their first (and who knows? Maybe only) time coming back around, which means they're drawing a lot more 'casual' fans than a typical tour might. Trust me, when you're on that stage, you want the crowd going nuts as much as possible: I had great seats right up front in DC, and as much as I loved Coma, there was a significant portion of the crowd that, while they were into it, clearly didn't know the song as well as, say, Brownstone or Patience. The band doesn't want to turn off half the crowd while they run through 8 minutes of Locomotive, a deep cut for the diehards. They gave us Coma - that's for us (and Slash). Plus, all the Chinese stuff is pretty foreign to most of the crowd - especially TIL and Better. As for why they play The Seeker? The simple answer is that the band probably likes the song. And isn't that what we want? A band playing a song at their most energized? Trust me - when I was listening along to the Periscopes, I was like "eh, this song is pretty boring." When I saw it live in DC - when I saw Slash jumping up and down rocking the fuck out to the song - I loved it. Some things aren't meant to translate well over the internet. This! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikosgnr Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner14 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 The place looks packed. How many people were there? Seriously need to release some proshot footage of this gig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xBrownstonex Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Pathetic Crowd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby845 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-guns-n-roses-soldier-field-review-kot-20160701-column.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLCPUNK Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 3 hours ago, radioflyer said: The crowd looks dead because they are either too rich and entitled to get loose, or they are normal people wondering how they are going to pay rent and eat after spending all of their $$ for "VIP" pit seats. The difference in my physicality at concerts is night/day compared to ten years ago. Back then I was 35, still jumping around and going apeshit. I was also very high strung in general. Now I'm much more chill, and outright sedate at concerts compared to my younger self. Doesn't mean I like the show any less, or that I'm not getting into it. In addition I'm easily in better shape than I was 10 or even 20 years ago, but as far as cutting loose...that's just not how it is anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SLCPUNK Posted July 2, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2016 16 minutes ago, scooby845 said: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-guns-n-roses-soldier-field-review-kot-20160701-column.html Unnecessarily divisive. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby845 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Credits to the respective owners... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblecool Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Looking at this and the stupid american seats on the pit thing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koldweather Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Great This I Love again, Axls vocals are not far from 2010 levels at this show and the song seems to be the most improved since the warm up shows (dare I call them that!) Civil War also seems to be more energetic as well these days, Axl is giving that song more umph than recent times for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoRourke Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 26 minutes ago, bumblecool said: Looking at this and the stupid american seats on the pit thing Yeah it's something I've never understood. It must be highly frustrating for band that have played in EU or elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSoftie Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, shjtjustgotreal said: there's a fucking subreddit??? There's a subreddit for everything I must say Axl looks fucking fantastic, very fit. He sounds... okay. Not terrible, not as great as he could, but I gather his voice is tired and there's nothing more he can do. Edited July 2, 2016 by MrSoftie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lassie Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 1 hour ago, scooby845 said: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-guns-n-roses-soldier-field-review-kot-20160701-column.html What is this? Here is a person that hates Axl for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
di_rose_portugal Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 3 hours ago, IncitingChaos said: WOW this is an out of this world performance... Axl sounds perfect, look at those amazing vocals, what a king Setlist is perfect (miss IUTLH) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFGnR Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Looks like Axl is moving around the stage more, doing a little running too. Great# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 I guess Im getting used to Slash's TIL solo. It sounds great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenni19 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 23 hours ago, Birk said: Jungle sounds very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Słash Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 31 minutes ago, di_rose_portugal said: WOW this is an out of this world performance... Axl sounds perfect, look at those amazing vocals, what a king Setlist is perfect (miss IUTLH) It sounds great, what is IUTLH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gunner927 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 8 minutes ago, Slash787 said: It sounds great, what is IUTLH? Used To Love Her 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davhern Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 show was god damn amazing 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 6 minutes ago, Gunner927 said: Used To Love Her Thanks, Im bad at decoding stuff, in my head I was like In Ur Tommy London Heathrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay410 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 I kind have never connected how much the song Chinese Democracy sounds like velvet revolver song until Slash played on it. Not as if anyone bit off of anyone, obviously, but similar 3-4 chord drop D tunings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimagaijin Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 GnR seem to be kicking some major ass this tour. My point of reference is the "09 Osaka NuGnR show I attended, which was a great show in its own right. But even that didn't match the energy level I see in these current shows. That, and Japanese audiences tend to be a bit more reserved overall. Good stuff. Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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