Ace Nova Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) Closest song to Illusions and most likely written during that period. Let's hear it live with Slash. Edited June 23, 2017 by Kasanova King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 It would be awesome if they re-invented it and played it similarly to @evader's remix, which I can't find online atm. Or just replace the quotes and buried solo with a real solo and it improves dramatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Lyrics in Madagascar seemed directly pointed at the old band...I think Axl wrote it in his most reflective mood after Slash left 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOSIER GUNZ Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 27 minutes ago, Oldest Goat said: Mad a gas car. Or maybe...Mad at NASCAR! i think I'd like to hear the band revisit that tune once or twice...I think? That one seemed to fit back between 1999 - 2011. It certainly got its play in over a decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOSIER GUNZ Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 21 minutes ago, IncitingChaos said: Lyrics in Madagascar seemed directly pointed at the old band...I think Axl wrote it in his most reflective mood after Slash left Interesting, maybe? Could it be a little too emotionally reflective to perform now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 5 minutes ago, HOOSIER GUNZ said: Interesting, maybe? Could it be a little too emotionally reflective to perform now? Axl will say bs but something on CD had to be inspired by being abandoned by Slash. Madagascar broke off from something bigger than itself. And I think the metaphor goes that Axl was abandoned by something other than a singular relationship such as with Stephanie and that's why the lyrics refer to "they" instead of "you" like the rest of CD...he's referring to a group that abandoned him and left him to fail. So the song is about finding a way back through this new found freedom of abandonment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaguns1982 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I reckon catcher is the closest to original gnr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k12 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 if it means knocking out another Chinese Democracy song I am ok with it, but in addition to the CD songs they are playing? oh god no 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Madagascar is sort of rationale for the CD era though isn't it? Like the self righteous reasoning for it. These people let me down but I will survive. And SOD is similar but it's more about the determination to carry on. Both are like Axl on the ropes. But Slash on GNR's Kashmir could be great. But they aren't really down right now. It's a new day, maybe that's why they need some new songs. A theme tune for the GNR plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 No Pitman = No Madagascar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorbear Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Would love Madagascar, it's been missing for too long imo. IRS and SoD would be cool too. I think it's a shame they seem to have stopped playing a CD-song at the beginning of the encore. I am hoping for TWAT, prostitute or catcher in Stockholm next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorbear Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 When CD was released I never liked Sorry, but then I saw them play it in 2010 and it blew me away, so I wouldn't mind a repeat of that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 30 minutes ago, Silent Jay said: No Pitman = No Madagascar "We have to find that power that makes a way out of no way" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jettesnel Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 44 minutes ago, Silent Jay said: No Pitman = No Madagascar melissa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estrangedtwat Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Naaahhh. It's a shitty, slow, boring, dull, long song. There will be more people in line for the pisser than in the stadium if they add this song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I'm still waiting for a Axl and Melissa duet on Street of Dreams...perfect song for two vocalist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 3 hours ago, Wagszilla said: I think Chinese Democracy is largely about Axl trying to piece himself back together. It's a superficial analysis to say that Madagascar is about redemption although it certainly is, it's also conceivably about the cognitive paths in Axl's mind being blocked to him and the things that weigh heavy on his soul. Nothing on that record is any one thing. Madagascar was one of the first things Axl did for CD. There's somekind of chronology that tells a story. This I Love Catcher in the Rye Madagascar Chinese Democracy Riad N the Bedouins Street of Dreams IRS There was a Time Prostitute Better If the World Shackler's Revenge Scraped Sorry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamillos Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Axl: "Mad at Nascar. Those pesky seatbelt rules..." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Rose Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 5 hours ago, IncitingChaos said: Axl will say bs but something on CD had to be inspired by being abandoned by Slash. Madagascar broke off from something bigger than itself. And I think the metaphor goes that Axl was abandoned by something other than a singular relationship such as with Stephanie and that's why the lyrics refer to "they" instead of "you" like the rest of CD...he's referring to a group that abandoned him and left him to fail. So the song is about finding a way back through this new found freedom of abandonment He specifically said at Rio that "hopefully this will express my sentiments...." and although he didn't qualify with "about the breakup of the old band" the title pretty much confirms it. It's amazing to me how seemingly nobody ever reflected on the title and what he was saying with it. I'd really, really love to hear the current band play it and since they're doing Sorry I don't know why they wouldn't. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Jordan Rose said: He specifically said at Rio that "hopefully this will express my sentiments...." and although he didn't qualify with "about the breakup of the old band" the title pretty much confirms it. It's amazing to me how seemingly nobody ever reflected on the title and what he was saying with it. I'd really, really love to hear the current band play it and since they're doing Sorry I don't know why they wouldn't. They also played Prostitute during some of the soundchecks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Dog Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I like Maddy, but I'm not sure it would feel right with band. I'm surprised they haven't tried SOD, seems like it would fit right in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) 21 minutes ago, J Dog said: I like Maddy, but I'm not sure it would feel right with band. I'm surprised they haven't tried SOD, seems like it would fit right in. Maddy, Shackler's Revenge, Street of Dreams and Prostitute are the songs I wanna hear live. I hope that their version of SoD is based on the live performances from 2001/2002. Edited June 23, 2017 by Sosso 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Dog Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 39 minutes ago, Sosso said: Maddy, Shackler's Revenge, Street of Dreams and Prostitute are the songs I wanna hear live. I hope that their version of SoD is based on the live performances from 2001/2002. "The Blues". Those early performances were the best. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlRoseCDII Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Love this song to death and really inspired me as a songwriter, however it will never be played live because it is 100% about the old band and I just don't think it's something Slash and Duff would play on, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Rose Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 18 hours ago, Sosso said: They also played Prostitute during some of the soundchecks Yeah, exactly. It is a tiny bit disappointing that Slither has disappeared off the list and that Slash and Duff haven't been able to influence a more fluid setlist over the last year but who knows, maybe they're just as adamant that the set remain static right now. The fact is it was their choice to rehearse and go with as many Chinese songs as they did and no doubt they're aware of the lull in the crowd during those songs. They've thrown Catcher, Sorry and Twat out there in addition to the three mainstays so to add something as obscure as Prostitute at this point in a stadium setting would probably make them feel a little uneasy. Plus it's a pig to sing. I'm sure we'll hear some of the other stuff and deeper Illusions cuts over the next 5-10 years as they play arenas in different markets. It wouldn't surprise me to see Madagascar and SoD become regulars again at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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