Caught_in_a_Coma Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Yeah, I said it. Get at me, brehs and brehettes. There is so much sheer emotion in that song. It's cryptic. The music is amazing. Axl sounds otherworldly 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anant Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Too much guitar layered on top of each other sort of makes me like it less than some other songs, but it is a nice track. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slash23579 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 The Brian May demo version is better than the final release, but it's still a good song 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 2 or 3 songs on CD that beat it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
default_ Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Amazing song, I think I'm with ya on this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm breaker Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 20 minutes ago, Original said: 2 or 3 songs on CD that beat it. What are you thinking? I think Prostitute is the only other one that comes close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 1 minute ago, arm breaker said: What are you thinking? I think Prostitute is the only other one that comes close. IMO. SOD. Better. TIL. TWAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-Ass Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 This song came on my friends IPOD a couple weeks ago on Shuffle and I had no idea who it was. He was looking at me to see my reaction I guess because neither of us are fans of the album. It wasn't super loud but I had no idea who it was. I was like, "who is this? Spacehog?" That was the best I could come up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 It's definitely an OK song, but best song since UYI? from any member of the band? I can think of a bunch of songs that are better off the top of my head. Better, Shacklers, Street of Dreams, Sorry, Dirty Little Thing, Get out the door, Starlight, Beneath The Savage Sun, Too Far Gone, Withered Delilah, You're a lie... and that's just the material I'm aware of, I don't really know Loaded, walking papers, Izzy solo etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cantona Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 SoD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modano09 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 But Steven Adler isn't on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Drive Lonelinessl Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Catcher in the Rye is a killer song. Could it be played on the NITL tour? Isn't it a remembering of what happened to John Lennon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitha_whiskey Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I really didn't care for it at first, but it's definitely grown on me to the point that it's one of my favorites on CD. For me, TWAT has it beat by a lot though. Ranks about even with Madagascar & Whore for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shjtjustgotreal Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Tom2112 said: It's definitely an OK song, but best song since UYI? from any member of the band? I can think of a bunch of songs that are better off the top of my head. Better, Shacklers, Street of Dreams, Sorry, Dirty Little Thing, Get out the door, Starlight, Beneath The Savage Sun, Too Far Gone, Withered Delilah, You're a lie... and that's just the material I'm aware of, I don't really know Loaded, walking papers, Izzy solo etc. but..but what about serial killer..? :< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RONIN Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Could have been a classic up there with November Rain if he had stuck with the demo and given it a lean mean production, but the final product is a bloated mess with the memorable parts of the demo like brian may's guitar stripped out for tasteless shredding from Bumblefoot. It's the story of the whole Chinese Democracy album -- so many of these songs could have been classics up there with UYI if only they had been given to Sluff (Duff and Slash). Overproduction is the bane of GnR's existence - Axl can't seem to finish a track without adding 10 layers of vocals, strings, choirs, sound effects, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll41 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Tom-Ass said: This song came on my friends IPOD a couple weeks ago on Shuffle and I had no idea who it was. He was looking at me to see my reaction I guess because neither of us are fans of the album. It wasn't super loud but I had no idea who it was. I was like, "who is this? Spacehog?" That was the best I could come up with. Spacehog! That just made my day man XD to be fair, "In the Meantime" kinda sounds like a gnr tune. i can think of a bunch of post-UYI songs from all gnr members that I like better than catcher, honestly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 3 hours ago, Caught_in_a_Coma said: Yeah, I said it. Get at me, brehs and brehettes. There is so much sheer emotion in that song. It's cryptic. The music is amazing. Axl sounds otherworldly Catcher in The Rye is the best song from any GN'R member following UYI 1 and 2 except for the entire izzy discography, the entire neurotic outsiders album, and dozens of songs by VR, slash, duff, loaded and some others songs whose name that just escape me... 1 hour ago, RONIN said: Could have been a classic up there with November Rain if he had stuck with the demo and given it a lean mean production, but the final product is a bloated mess with the memorable parts of the demo like brian may's guitar stripped out for tasteless shredding from Bumblefoot. It's the story of the whole Chinese Democracy album -- so many of these songs could have been classics up there with UYI if only they had been given to Sluff (Duff and Slash). Overproduction is the bane of GnR's existence - Axl can't seem to finish a track without adding 10 layers of vocals, strings, choirs, sound effects, etc. only izzy coulda saved this axl mess 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caught_in_a_Coma Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 2 hours ago, AslatIE said: SoD I love this one as well but this is a song where I agree with the complaint of things sounding overly produced 2 hours ago, Night Drive Lonelinessl said: Catcher in the Rye is a killer song. Could it be played on the NITL tour? Isn't it a remembering of what happened to John Lennon? I have read that the song is about Lennon's death. Don't know if that is true or not though. I know Duff likes Catcher and they are playing some CD songs so I think it's a possibility 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top-Hatted One Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 6 hours ago, Caught_in_a_Coma said: Yeah, I said it. Get at me, brehs and brehettes. There is so much sheer emotion in that song. It's cryptic. The music is amazing. Axl sounds otherworldly I'd agree that its up there if we are referring to the leak and not the sabotaged CD version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juventino Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Not the best song on Chinese (TWAT for me), meanwhile Shuffle It All is king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top-Hatted One Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 5 hours ago, Original said: IMO. SOD. Better. TIL. TWAT. My 5 are twat, catcher, prostitute, better, maddy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlRoseCDII Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I'd argue the same thing, but with There Was a Time. That song is a masterpiece in my opinion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top-Hatted One Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 2 hours ago, Caught_in_a_Coma said: I love this one as well but this is a song where I agree with the complaint of things sounding overly produced I have read that the song is about Lennon's death. Don't know if that is true or not though. I know Duff likes Catcher and they are playing some CD songs so I think it's a possibility yea The Blues is the most egregious one in terms of being so overproduced I can no longer listen to it. And man did I listen to The Blues and Maddy pre-CD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
action Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) This style of music isn't really fitting with GNR i think. with GNR i prefer the more straightforward rockers. If i want to listen to a musical paintwork, i'll listen to something by brian wilson and the Beach Boys (vocal harmonies and randomness like the Smile album), Led Zeppelin, ABBA or Queen (Queen II, side black) Edited July 13, 2016 by action 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 We'll see if they do it with Slash and how that pans out....song's too relevant not to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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