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  1. Im a diehard GNR fan of 25+ years and always try to find the good in everything GNR even if its a stretch. Lets not kid ourselves, this song is absolutely HORRIBLE. Its something an 8th grade garage band would play. The sounds are so cringe, I think I have written similar to this song on my 2003 Roland Boss 8 track recorder using COSM effects back in the day. Only I was smart enough to delete it, cause it sucked. This song isn't growth or evolution like we can say of some other songs, this is just pure trash. I wish they would pull this off Spotify and pretend like it never happened. This is worse than Chinese leftovers, its like the crappy cake your child makes using an Easy Bake Oven, where the parents pretend to like it, when everyone knows its a tragedy.
  2. I was at all 4 Hammerstein shows, and they were all equally amazing. 2 shows I was on the floor, 2 in the balcony. The shows I was on the floor, when jungle kicked in the concrete floor of the venue no joke was flexing up and down with the crowd jumping. I've been to hundreds of concerts and never experienced this before, to the point I started to get a little scared the floor was going to crack. Tons of celebrities along both sides of the venue. Off the top of my head, Brian May, Lenny Kravitz, Sebastian Bach (came on stage and sang), Kid Rock (came on stage and sang), Izzy, Fred Durst, Justin Timberlake walked by me one show. What seemed like every single Victoria Secret model was in attendance. One of the last shows, I remember Sebastian Bach had to finish all or part of Paradise City, Axl went off stage, I think he was having throat issues? Axl went balls to the wall the first show, for the 2nd show he told us he almost didn't make it, woke up without a voice, Sebastian Bachs vocal coach came to the rescue and got his voice back, if it weren't for him, the show would've been cancelled. He thanked both of them. Axl went on stage between 11-12 every night I believe. Side Note - Ive been on these forums since probably 2002/2003 maybe earlier? Every era of Axl, in the moment other than maybe Axl/DC, people on here say how Axl isn't as good as (insert era here) and he doesn't look as good as (insert era here). When he had the braids, people generally disliked it, and in 2006 people generally disliked his voice very much other than a few songs at Rock Am Ring 2006 which people said was a glimpse of old Axl. Its just funny to see in 2012, and 2016, and 2023 how people wish they had 2006 Axl, when at the time, no one wanted 2006 Axl. In 2016/2017 when he was growing his hair or wearing too many hats, people wanted him back in braids cause "he looked badass in braids". At the time, people HATED that look and would say he looked like Predator, its fake hair, its yarn, its extensions.
  3. Been a die hard fan of GNR since the early 90's, always defend Axl, been to 15+ GNR shows. Been to 8+ Slash Shows since 2009 solo record. Was in the pit center last night about 10 people back from the barricade and the beginning of the show the sound was lacking, got a little better as the show went, but still not the best. Axl, I love his voice and singing, but he really struggles on songs/parts he switches between full voice lower registered to falsetto. His full voice is so powerful and loud that his mic needs to be dialed back and his falsetto just like anyones is not nearly as powerful so with his mic dialed back, it makes those parts pretty much impossible to hear. Now when the song is mostly falsetto, they clearly turn up the mic and he sounds pretty good and audible, songs like civil war, slither, brownstone and many more is tough these days. The sound guy could get better at knowing the parts and raising and lowering the mic in real time if that is possible. Axl still definitely has the power and can deliver vintage Axl when he wants, and he does do it in parts, but you can tell he is almost on "limp mode" cause at 61 years old, if he sang full vintage Axl he could probably last 1 hour and then not be able to sing for days, not conducive to a long tour. I get that. Biggest let down was WTTJ - they slowed the tempo down most likely to help Axl and it just drains the energy out of the song. When I saw them in 2006 at Hammerstein, when Jungle was played the crowd bounced so vigorously that the concrete floor was flexing up and down and I legit thought the floor was going to crack. Last night, people barely moved in the pit. Band was tight, Slash was awesome as usually, sometimes his guitar was buried in the mix and somehow Fortus seemed louder. Final critique - there didn't seem to be any speakers pointing directly at the pit, the volume wasn't that loud and therefore never got that full engulfed concert feeling. They need to push more sound to the pit . The speakers on each side of the stage definitely pushed sound to the rest of the venue and could notice a big difference in sound on my runs to the bathroom. Axl still has it when he wants to, but has aged which is life Slash is still a monster, definitely seems to be bored a bit which results in him tinkering with almost every solo famous or not. Band is tight, background vocals are super high in the mix I would definitely go see them again, but I have unfortunately lowered my expectations, which is not completely unnatural seeing guys in their 60's try and rock out. Here are the shows ive been to that I am using as a reference: Boston 2002 NYC Hammerstein shows 2006 (all 4 of them) 11/5/2006 - East Rutherford. NJ 11/10/2006 - MSG, NYC 11/17/2011 - East Rutherford, NJ 2/15/2012 - The Ritz Webster Hall 4/8/16 - Las Vegas - 1st night of reunion 7/23/2016 - East Rutherford - Metlife 7/24/2016 - East Rutherford - Metlife 10/15/2017 - MSG 10/16/2017 - MSG 8/5/2021 - East Rutherford - Metlife Ive seen some stuff I guess you can say.
  4. What time do you think GNR will take the stage? What time have they been goin on the last few shows of the NA tour? also - any idea what time curfew is at metlife?
  5. I was at the NYC Ritz 2012 show. It was a WEDNESDAY night and Axl rolled on stage around midnight and played until 3am. So a 3-4 hour wait, and the show was well worth it.
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