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The General Music Video Discussion Thread
Gunner55 replied to downzy's topic in GUNS N' ROSES - DISCUSSION & NEWS
Added kicker that Bad Apples and Perfect Crime were listed as alternates on the setlist. To think we'll see those potentially someday soon. And Todd's handling those vocals. I love Todd. -
Tough question. Should Axl have NOT fronted AC/DC? 🤔
Gunner55 replied to Karice's topic in GUNS N' ROSES - DISCUSSION & NEWS
On the surface, Axl sounded amazing. On a bigger scale, I think it did more good overall for his public image. The Axl of old, late, temper tantrums, etc etc was put to rest. He showed up, he was professional, and he kicked ass. Fixing some issues he had on the Guns camp sure helped too. Big let's face it, ACDC is a monster. I think it opened a lot of eyes in his favour to people who wouldn't care as much about GNR. -
I can admit now that the novelty of The General has worn off, we definitely had too high of expectations that the song simply couldn't have lived up to. To me, it's still a great song. I enjoy it a lot, but when we were all expecting something epic and lengthier, it is what it is. My concern, and this is more about Axl and less of the song itself, is the writing style. We now have 3 of the 4 official releases where the style is verse-chrous-repeat verse-repeat chorus. Is it just lazy writing? Was it a work in progress or placeholder with the intent to come back and finish them off? Surely we will never know. I'm old school I guess. I'd much rather an actual fully put together song with different verses and at least Hardskool has that, production aside. Hopefully they officially release Monsters as well as I feel that is undoubtedly a great song that fits my criteria. I am curious as to why Monsters got leaked. Was it available in an inner circle as well for who knows how long? Did that publishing leak that showed The General and Monsters inadvertently get someone to panic and leak it was since it appeared it could be included on the Perhaps release? Again, we'll probably never know. But I'm glad, cuz I've been playing that song on repeat ever since.
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Better, then SOD, then something different like TWAT. Better had a good modern GNR sound imo and is easily in my top 5 favourite songs of theirs. SOD sounds close enough to classic Guns, so mainstream I could have seen it landing well. TWAT just deserved to be released on as large a scale as possible.
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Frank Ferrer Files for Divorce
Gunner55 replied to ©GnrPersia's topic in GUNS N' ROSES - DISCUSSION & NEWS
This. I remember seeing Motley Crue in 2010 a week or so after Nikki Sixx and Kat Von D broke up. Dude looked like he wasn't even present. Going through the motions would have been putting it lightly. -
11/05/23 - Toluca, MX - Hell and Heaven Fest
Gunner55 replied to alfierose's topic in 2023 Tour Dates
I hope so. A break could be good for them. Honestly I'd be okay if they just decided to pack it in aside from the odd festival show here and there. I find myself with them, and a lot of bands nowadays, begging them not to come near me as I don't wanna pay the money that's just simply asking ticket price these days. I got to see Axl and Slash together finally in 2017. If they never came to Winnipeg again, I can be happy knowing I got to see them. Trickle out some releases if anything. Ideally a little quicker than as of late. I don't care if it's original new or reworked new. If I haven't heard it, it's new to me. -
11/05/23 - Toluca, MX - Hell and Heaven Fest
Gunner55 replied to alfierose's topic in 2023 Tour Dates
I saw them open for Rise Against in 2011. Never heard of them prior. Their set was absolutely phenomenal. -
11/02/23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Hollywood Bowl NIGHT 2
Gunner55 replied to alfierose's topic in 2023 Tour Dates
That performance was really good. Like, I'm shocked. Yes, the verse was a little shakey. But I'm sure he'll fine tune it as he does it more. His vocals on that outro were so much better than I could have ever expected them to be in a live setting. Slash really seemed to be into it. That's really cool to see. The one YouTube video I watched from the pit a little further back. That intro with the dark lights and just the blue light reflecting off Slash's glasses. What a fucking badass performance.