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05/27/17 - Dublin, IE - Slane Castle


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37 minutes ago, ironmt said:

Best quality of the song that I have heard yet.

 

 

Nice tribute! On a technical level I like Axl's voice here. When he's switching between the high notes and low notes Is when it sounds weird to people. The high notes aren't off by much though, when Axl is on those notes are rounded out with a hint of rasp that gets you closer to that classic Axl high vocals that he had in 06 and could pull off a clean sound...now the note is rounded out by sounding like he's run out of air. Not sure why that is but in a more humid environment like Houston he can hit it. 

Also with AC/DC he compensates this by going up an octave to put more on the note dissipating the weaker notes. I think he could have done the same here but might possibly feel during a tribute that it's not the best time to showcase yourself and instead try to respect the original sound...who knows. 

Beautiful song though, love Axl and Duff singing together. I hope we see this song again, it didn't take anything out of the set.  

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What a fantastic show. I still can't believe the big three were back together and there in front of me. It could only have been better if all five were there. I've seen them every time they've been in Ireland and enjoyed every one. For me it would be hard to pick between 92 and Saturday night. 92 was hayday, Saturday night was longer. 

Almost 3 hours of non stop rock. I echo most of what has been said in terms of energy. They really brought their A game from start to finish. Everyone was on their game, including Frank. Richard is super talented and really compliments Slash perfectly and never tries to step into the limelight. 

Slane is a great venue. The big issue is getting in and more so out, but that's been covered already.

Thought the sound was great, maybe a little off at the start, but soon put right. I am a big fan off all GNR material. I followed NuGNR and really liked Chinese. But is it just me that thinks they didn't work as well as they should live. Can't really put my finger on it, but the mix didn't seem 100% on most CD songs bar This I Love. Also a few times you couldn't hear Axl in the mix and then next line he was way too loud in the mix. Is it that they layer the CD songs with tracks and it's harder to get the mix right. I'm no sound expert so not sure. Just my recollection, but I think they worked better live before, in particular in 06. But Maybe it was that they did SOD and Madagascar back then. But from memory CD and Better also sounded better back then. Don't get me wrong I thought they were really good, but lacking something. Proabably just nitpicking. On a side note, maybe I'm wrong but I guess it's easier to mix the sound at an ACDC gig. A lot of the songs are similar, where as GNR have a varied range of song types.

Great setlist. Long and something for everyone. I got to hear Estranged with Slash live at last. Coma was epic too. Loved Civil War and thought the acoustic Patience was great. TIL with Slash was great also. BHS was a real treat and suits them perfectly. Be a great one to add to the set. And of course the classics were all great too. Would have loved Catcher, but you can't have it all.

Of course casual fans will complain about the songs they weren't familiar with. It's the same for most artists. Sure when an unfamiliar song is played the casual fans go quiet and like it or not it does take a bit from the atmosphere. Bigger stadiums will result in more casual fans, so more of an issue I guess. I can understand it, but didn't bother me though.

Praying they will play an indoor gig here next year and I can get a ticket. Until then I hope you guys that will see them this Summer have a blast.If I win the lotto I will join you. Enjoy every minute, cause it flies by.

 

 

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1 minute ago, MrSoftie said:

Hate to admit it but it was pretty good live. :lol:

Oh I believe you haha, It's just that it bores most people and that everyone would like to see a different song at it's place like Dead Horse or Bad obsession but I am sure I will enjoy it live as well

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34 minutes ago, janrichmond said:

i LOVE THE SEEKER!!!

I know most of you guys hate it but Axl sings it better than a lot of Guns' songs and Slash n Duff seem to love it. Peace.

Agree! I am also a known rare Seeker fan! Rock on Axl! :headbang: Ohhhh, and I ain't no casual! :P

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57 minutes ago, Sanomatovic said:

Holy shit, Axl seems to really like The Seeker. The run at 00:40 is awesome. I take back everything I said about this fucken song

Can we get a thread of Axl runs 

4:52 in second video...he's moving at a solid 4-5 mph here haha

my contribution 

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Wow @OJones90 Thanks so much for taking the time to write that awesome review!! I totally get what you mean about videos not doing it justice as far as how Guns sound in person. I have tried to argue this point to no avail. It is what it is! :shrugs: But glad you had an amazing time...sounds like an experience for sure! I can't wait to see them again this fall in San Antonio. Seeing them live is what it is ALL about!!!!!! rock3

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35 minutes ago, OJones90 said:

So here's my story for anyone interested!

I got back to Wales last night, I flew over for the gig. I originally wanted London tickets but they sold out as soon as they went on sale (how?!) so quickly got Slane tickets instead.....received an email at the exact same time as my confirmation email telling me about a second London night! <_< But I'm glad I did go to Slane, the whole trip was an awesome experience, makes the whole thing even more special when you make a trip of it plus the venue is so unique too. I flew from Bristol so it was a decent road trip altogether from here.

Oh my god, the entire place had Guns N' Roses fever. :o I arrived in Dublin Friday evening and there were fans on my flight over, there were fans at the two hotels I stayed at (even though they were outside of Dublin really), fans everywhere walking around the city, everywhere I went I heard people talking about it and people approached me to talk about it (before & after the gig), all ages and nationalities.  Every receptionist I dealt with, every person who served me in any shop or place I went to, they were all so genuinely excited about it and wanted to talk about it. It was crazy. That really made me realise how big this band is and how big this gig is.  I went to the Temple Bar Pub the night before and it was outstanding with the atmosphere and live music, probably the best night I've ever had at a bar. Quite a few fans chanting and demanding they play GNR stuff between every song, we finally got Sweet Child a bit later on and it was bouncing. (I might upload the video when my GNR ones are finished, although my phone couldn't handle the loudness at times!) We don't have anything like that pub around here, so to mix that with a dash of GNR too was an awesome experience.

Getting to the gig was a nightmare.  I was with a friend but we were waiting for my brother and his girlfriend to arrive before heading up to the castle.  We'd originally booked the coach but there weren't many time slots available because we had to wait to figure out our plans for different reasons - I could only book 11am and they could only book 4:30pm which was too late. Neither time was great and we wanted to go together too so we tried to sort a taxi.  I emailed my hotel before I flew over and they advised to get a bus because taxi drivers wouldn't want to go anywhere near the place.  On Saturday morning when I was on my way to my 2nd hotel, my taxi driver was telling me how he saw Rolling Stones & Queen at Slane in the 80s, said taxis would be able to get just as close to the venue as the coaches, he knew where he was going and he offered to take us for 25 each (and we agreed on a rough time), and also said he'd pick us up from Dublin after it when we get off the coach! I was chuffed.  We ended up being ready for our taxi around 2-2:30pm which seemed decent as it takes roughly an hour to get there, we expected a little bit of a walk too but I expected to see almost the entire show considering it was kicking off around 3:30pm.  But it wasn't to be.  When I was FINALLY able to get in touch with my taxi driver, he was already on his way to Slane with someone else!!! <_< I got the receptionist to book a taxi from there but he took a while to do it for some odd reason, and then it took 45 mins to arrive when he said it would be 20 mins max!! So we left somewhere between 3:30-4pm I think, I wasn't too happy at this point and wanted to catch the whole thing but truthfully I wasn't really that bothered as long as I caught Royal Blood who I was expecting to hit the stage no earlier than around 6pm, and Ticketmaster said to aim for 5pm in general anyway. 

We got dropped off next to a load of coaches but oh my god.... I don't know how many different ways there are to the venue but we ended up having to walk quite a few miles from there.  I was getting pretty worried during the walk when I could see the length of just that one road we were currently on, and I could see hills in the distance and not even a sign of the venue to be seen anywhere.  It was difficult to move any quicker too when there was such a huge number of people, so frustrating.  As we got closer and entered the castle grounds, I could kind of hear Royal Blood, but it was so faint which suggested we still had a fairly long walk. I was so disappointed.  Looking at the time stamp on my pictures, after walking miles I finally walked through the archway and entered the castle grounds at 5:55pm, then entered the actual gig at 6:20pm after another fairly long walk. Christ what a huge gig.  I was overwhelmed, especially when I've never been to a venue/gig with more than about 20k people.  Seeing that from a raised up area at the back was crazy. The picture doesn't do it justice at all especially after it's been resized.

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I don't know if they turned the volume down for the support acts, but I could barely hear Royal Blood from there. I grabbed a burger where I was, went to the toilets and they were off the stage by the time I made my way down there. It's a shame I couldn't enjoy them properly but at least I could kind of hear them for a few mins and they were the soundtrack to my journey around the venue to see GNR which was cool I suppose.  Everything seemed to take forever at the venue - Took so long being served for food even when I was at the front of the queue, the staff were so slow and just having a chat with each other.  Exactly the same at merch stands.... waited a while only to be told every tshirt was sold out in Small, Medium and Large!!

We decided on a spot - the right side of the stage had a good view, but we decided to go down to the left side of the stage so the castle would be visible for us too.  It was decent there but it seemed like the ground sloped a little from the right side to left because we felt a bit lower down and couldn't see the stage as good, but we stayed there anyway because it looked awesome with the castle.

We were buying tshirts at the merch stand on the left and that took forever too - as my friend was paying, the loud GNR guns came on the screen and the card reader stopped working because it messed with the signal! :lol::facepalm:  We finally sorted it after a while and moved into the crowd and the boys hit the stage not long after.  What an unbelievable gig. The atmosphere around me was so good.  It was amazing for pretty much every song, but Sweet Child, Out Ta Get Me and Nightrain in parti crazy.  Nightrain was bonkers around me with a mosh pit going - that's the best atmosphere I've experienced at a gig.

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(You'd swear this was 30 years ago:)

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I was a bit disappointed with the sound at first - I couldn't hear Axl that well during It's So Easy whenever he went into overdrive mode, they seemed to tweak it after that but it wasn't as loud as I expected for Jungle either. There Was A Time had a couple of sound issues too I thought but apart from that everything else was good from what I remember, even though Axl could have sounded a bit louder the whole night.  But it was fine.  On the topic of sound, I can confirm what others have mentioned (and i said this about the last 2 shows I went to) - videos do not do the band justice. They sound so much better live.  I've

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1 hour ago, janrichmond said:

i LOVE THE SEEKER!!!

I know most of you guys hate it but Axl sings it better than a lot of Guns' songs and Slash n Duff seem to love it. Peace.

I'm with you guys.. I like it and Axl owns it.. I don't even like the original but I like this Guns version.  I'd rather see the NuGuns songs dropped before The Seeker.. 

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