Popular Post The Archer Posted May 8, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2016 He wasn't at an exceptionally high level on maybe two of the big classic songs - TNT and DDDC. He needs to change something around for those. But otherwise, he put in a superb vocal performance on both the Bon and Brian era material. What is really impressive is that he was absolutely terrific on three really tough songs that people expected him to struggle on - Hells Bells, Shoot to Thrill and Thunderstruck. He just let loose on all three. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonizedmind Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Do we think by the UK shows Axl will be outta the chair? Surely, yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSoftie Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 1 minute ago, The Archer said: He wasn't at an exceptionally high level on maybe two of the big classic songs - TNT and DDDC. He needs to change something around for those. But otherwise, he put in a superb vocal performance on both the Bon and Brian era material. What is really impressive is that he was absolutely terrific on three really tough songs that people expected him to struggle on - Hells Bells, Shoot to Thrill and Thunderstruck. He just let loose on all three. Yeah! He himself said he wasn't sure he could do Hells Bells and then he came out and did that?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Wow, what a show!!! We seriously NEED someone to get on soundboard duty, STAT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud10 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 10 minutes ago, gt72 said: He definitely nailed it tonight.Very impressive,kudos to him.I don't get he sounded like a shit at Guns shows.I was at Vegas night 2 and came away very impressed .Sure he struggled a bit on ycbm and PC but overall I thought he was sounding good and even great at times This. He sounds fine on the majority of the songs, and most are at the level he's singing with AC/DC. I think the songs he's not as raspy on aren't his fault, just difficult parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrain86 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I seriously can't believe how good he sounded on shoot to thrill, I know he said hells bells was the hardest and he sounded awesome on that and thunderstruck etc but damn, that was something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Estranged Reality Posted May 8, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2016 I just can't believe my Axl is back. I could cry. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbhutto Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 3 minutes ago, Estranged Reality said: I just can't believe my Axl is back. I could cry. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Rose Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 4 hours ago, Kittiara said: That was awesome! If anyone's still going to bitch about Axl after this performance, well, may their socks always be ever so slightly twisted... just enough to make them uncomfortable. Ha! I concur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cqleonardo Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 10 minutes ago, nightrain86 said: I seriously can't believe how good he sounded on shoot to thrill, I know he said hells bells was the hardest and he sounded awesome on that and thunderstruck etc but damn, that was something else. dude, me too, I'm still like static looking at the screen after that video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cqleonardo Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I just listen Thunderstruck... what was that scream at the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendestroi95 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 1 hour ago, IncitingChaos said: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/08/acdc-review-axl-rose-lisbon-first-gig "Axl Rose brings menace as rock legends pull off a triumph" Quote "Rose, who is familiar with both malevolence and misanthropy, delivers those songs perfectly, giving them fresh menace. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap loses its cartoonish aspect, and becomes the barroom chatter of a psychopath; he introduces Shot Down in Flames as “the story of my life” and convinces you it’s true. His voice, too, is brilliant: no matter how high, every note is hit, and sustained. And he keeps it up for two hours. " 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericy210 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 AC/DC review – Axl Rose brings menace as rock legends pull off a triumph 5/5stars The Guns N’ Roses singer might have been confined to a ‘throne’, but he delivered a masterly first appearance fronting AC/DC Whole Lotta Rosey … Axl Rose and Angus Young onstage in Lisbon Photograph: Armando Franca/AP Michael Hann @michaelahann Saturday 7 May 2016 20.52 EDTLast modified on Saturday 7 May 2016 22.08 EDT Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Shares 244 Comments 25 Save for later AC/DC couldn’t really have handled the departure of their singer Brian Johnson much worse – a curt statement on their website announcing he could no longer tour owing to hearing loss, and their intention to continue with a stand-in – short of announcing a compulsory redundancy programme for all Florida-resident geordies with a penchant for caps. Their fanbase, normally unquestioningly loyal, reacted with unexpected irritation: refunds for upcoming shows were demanded (and given), and many – me included – questioned whether they should continue at all. Axl Rose determined to 'do justice' to Brian Johnson with AC/DC shows Read more When they announced that Johnson’s short-term replacement would be Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose – a man for whom reliability is not a byword – eyebrows were further raised. Given AC/DC’s legendary efficiency, and Rose’s equally legendary tardiness in taking the stage, it seemed like it could be a case of the irresistible force meeting the immovable object. And then Rose broke a metatarsal, meaning he would be chairbound on stage. AC/DC, a band who care what people think of them rather less than anyone except, perhaps, Donald Trump, evidently decided in the wake of all these disasters that they needed to win people back. And so, for this first show with Rose, writers – the Guardian included – have been flown in to Portugal as the band attempt to prove they are still a worthwhile concern, even with guitarist Angus Young and bassist Cliff Williams the only remaining core members. Advertisement Rose’s arrival makes this show the first AC/DC gig in years – certainly since Johnson replaced the late Bon Scott in 1980 – at which no one knows exactly what to expect. Its triumph is that it does do exactly what one would expect, but rather better than one had dared hope for. Rose being confined to his throne on casters – he looks for all the world like a hard rock Davros – is a rare downside to his performance. The triumph lies in the renditions of the songs AC/DC wrote and recorded when Bon Scott was still alive. Whereas the Johnson era material tended towards boozy bonhomie, Scott was often a malevolently misanthropic writer and singer, concealing a slightly terrifying rage behind apparent good humour. Rose, who is familiar with both malevolence and misanthropy, delivers those songs perfectly, giving them fresh menace. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap loses its cartoonish aspect, and becomes the barroom chatter of a psychopath; he introduces Shot Down in Flames as “the story of my life” and convinces you it’s true. His voice, too, is brilliant: no matter how high, every note is hit, and sustained. And he keeps it up for two hours. AC/DC's Brian Johnson: hearing loss diagnosis was darkest day of my career Read more He seems more relaxed on the Scott songs, perhaps because of the manner of his replacing Johnson. Johnson’s songs are delivered just fine, but there’s a slight sense he’s being a little too reverent. He’s spoken of wanting to do justice to Johnson’s work, and maybe he’s concerned with not imprinting his own personality over the songs. That’s true, too, of his rapport with the crowd. Johnson was unfailingly good humoured – not much of an anecdote teller, but ready to rouse the rabble. Rose confines himself to a few softly spoken words between songs and a few all-but-inaudible thank yous afterwards. For this show, with this much at stake, you expect him to be the cheerleader for AC/DC, but he refuses to take the role. Nevertheless, he compensates for the sometimes erratic sound – a fierce wind blowing off the Tagus following a day of horrendous rain bashes the music hither and thither – and perhaps even inadvertently outshines Young, who sounds a tiny bit approximate in the fiddly intro to Thunderstruck. For AC/DC Kremlinologists, though, the telling moments come with the incorporation of two songs from the 1978 album Powerage that been out of live circulation for a long while, Rock’n’Roll Damnation and a thrillingly brutal Riff Raff. “I never shot nobody / Don’t even carry a gun,” Rose snarls, with complete conviction. “I ain’t done nothing wrong / Just having fun.” Carry on like this, and those wondering whether AC/DC are still worth going to see this summer should have no worries: they, too, will be having fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoNobodyToldYaBaby Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Acdc really kick gnrs (the current hybrid line up anyways) ass live dont they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ88 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 1 minute ago, SoNobodyToldYaBaby said: Acdc really kick gnrs (the current hybrid line up anyways) ass live dont they? not really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 2010??? bah! 2016!!! He sounds fucking great! He is singing really hard though, it's only 20 shows, but add on all the rehearsals and on top of that singing on 11 for 20 shows at 54! I hope he's being careful. Sounds amazing and I HOPE he brings this energy back to GnR. Imagine hearing this quality on Gnr songs, YCBM, NV, Sweet Child (how is possible that he sucks that hard on his own song and nails these?). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSoftie Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Just now, Tom2112 said: 2010??? bah! 2016!!! He sounds fucking great! He is singing really hard though, it's only 20 shows, but add on all the rehearsals and on top of that singing on 11 for 20 shows at 54! I hope he's being careful. Sounds amazing and I HOPE he brings this energy back to GnR. Imagine hearing this quality on Gnr songs, YCBM, NV, Sweet Child (how is possible that he sucks that hard on his own song and nails these?). Yep. 2016 Axl just took a shit on everything else over the past 15 years 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoNobodyToldYaBaby Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Just now, RJ88 said: not really Not the biggest acdc fan, but their live sound is monstrous and angus shits all over slash tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIKOZ3 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Estranged Reality said: I just can't believe my Axl is back. I could cry. Your AxL ? I am jelous.. I mean the guy just a Legend belongs at the top 5 best front mans of Rock n Roll. Edited May 8, 2016 by KIKOZ3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSoftie Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Just listen to that... jesus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ant Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 (edited) I still feel like there's something about the AC/DC songs that is allowing him to unleash the beast. Like GNR songs require more middle-low vocals which he can't do but AC/DC is all shrill high stuff? I dunno... it doesn't make sense! If he can do thunderstruck like that, why not perfect crime? Edited May 8, 2016 by Ant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendestroi95 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 The "hey you, are you ready?" at the 2:45 mark just gave me chills what a voice thats fucking vintage axl right there 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 4 hours ago, Andy14 said: Axl was FAN-whatthehelljusthappened-TASTIC!!! I had tears in my eyes throughout the show. And what's more, now I can add to my CV that I was watching Periscope with Duff haha i'm fighting a stupid flu big but I watched almost the whole periscope concert and I was so blown away! Axl fit ( sorry if this is crude ) like that "hand in the velvet glove"! In fact the only let down was they didn't play Touch Too Much. but there's a LOT of shows left. now we gotta find a way to get Axl/DC to come to the West Coast cos I gotta see this live. ok writing this makes me weak and I gotta go lie down but has anyone heard anything from Slash about the concert? Peace! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 42 minutes ago, The Archer said: He wasn't at an exceptionally high level on maybe two of the big classic songs - TNT and DDDC. He needs to change something around for those. But otherwise, he put in a superb vocal performance on both the Bon and Brian era material. What is really impressive is that he was absolutely terrific on three really tough songs that people expected him to struggle on - Hells Bells, Shoot to Thrill and Thunderstruck. He just let loose on all three. Right? He's actually doing better on the hard songs than two of the easier songs. It's crazy! I so can't wait until he's out of the chair so he can just let loose with Angus. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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