RussTCB Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Sosso said: There are also these lines: What I thought was beautiful Don't live inside of you Anymore Again, I have no idea why that couldn't be applied to a male or female friend. 40 minutes ago, themadcaplaughs said: I agree with most of your opinions, and don't even deny "Street of Dreams"/"The Blues" could be about Slash, but - as others have pointed out - the general public seems to view "Sorry" as being more directly about Slash, and they have played that a few times. We'll get "Street of Dreams" at some point when Axl feels ready for it. I mean just look at the timeline regarding this lineup and Chinese Democracy until now... January 2016: The band officially announces Slash and Duff rejoined the group. MyGNR Board: They aren't going to play any Chinese Democracy songs April 2016: Troubadour and Vegas shows: Band plays "Chinese Democracy," "Better," and "This I Love." MyGNR Board: Ok, they might play some of the staples of the album, but we surely won't hear anymore songs from this album. April 2016-August 2016: Mexico and North American stadium tour: band plays "There was a Time," "Catcher in the Rye," and "Sorry." MyGNR Board: Ok, we DEFINITELY won't hear anymore from this album. October 2017: Band plays "Madagascar," "Prostitute," and makes "There was a Time" a more consistent song in the set list. This is not supposed to be cheeky, just to be shown that Axl clearly considers these songs on equal footing with older Guns N' Roses material and nothing seems to be off the table. I consider nothing an impossibility, but the songs that would truly surprise me would be "Shackler's Revenge" (very different from anything Slash has played before) and "Riad n' the Bedouins" (only because this has not been played since 2002, and was only played occasionally then). Who knows, "Shackler's Revenge" may not even be that long of a shot since we saw Duff play it in 2014 . For the record, I never said they wouldn't play CD songs. The only ones I've ever said I didn't think they'd play were Riad and The Blues. Riad because they never played it past 2002, so it just seems gone for whatever reason. The Blues because I wholeheartedly believe it's about Slash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derick Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 I always thought that SOD was about some woman. But by reading what you guys wrote, yes it may well be for Slash too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonizedmind Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 2 hours ago, RussTCB said: That's the common thought but I see no reason why that couldn't be applied towards any person, male or female. Yea but seems a bit whimsical to be about Slash...a more hard hitting song about Slash would of surely been par for course... Personally I'm sure there's a few songs about Slash in the vault...."Crucify the dead" by Slash is far more obviously about Axl, I'd say... even if it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquor & Whores Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 good quality video of Prostitute anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyWoodRose84 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 2 hours ago, lukigol said: oh man, Jungle sounds so strong Well, now that was beyond awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Prostitute was great. Loved the ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadcaplaughs Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 1 hour ago, RussTCB said: Again, I have no idea why that couldn't be applied to a male or female friend. For the record, I never said they wouldn't play CD songs. The only ones I've ever said I didn't think they'd play were Riad and The Blues. Riad because they never played it past 2002, so it just seems gone for whatever reason. The Blues because I wholeheartedly believe it's about Slash. Sorry, I definitely knew you never said the band wouldn't play Chinese Democracy songs. I was just attempting to give the forum's general vibe over the last few years. I really think "Riad" would be the only thing off the table entirely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyPrettyTiedUpMichelle Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 4 minutes ago, themadcaplaughs said: Sorry, I definitely knew you never said the band wouldn't play Chinese Democracy songs. I was just attempting to give the forum's general vibe over the last few years. I really think "Riad" would be the only thing off the table entirely. Just curious, why do you think Riad would be off the table? It's on my wish list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) 11 minutes ago, MyPrettyTiedUpMichelle said: Just curious, why do you think Riad would be off the table? It's on my wish list. Because it's the only song from the Album that wasn't played live since 2002. They haven't even played it at the Osaka concert in 2009 (they played every other song from that Album) I consider even Oh My God as more realistic because it was rehearsed in 2011 Edited October 24, 2017 by Sosso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derick Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 4 minutes ago, Sosso said: Because it's the only song from the Album that wasn't played live since 2002. They haven't even played it at the Osaka concert in 2009 (they played every other song from that Album) I consider even Oh My God as more realistic because it was rehearsed in 2011 I wonder if that accusation of plagiarism is not why they never play this song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Derick said: I wonder if that accusation of plagiarism is not why they never play this song. They could skip the intro from the Album, couldn't they? They could add the intro from 2002 Edited October 24, 2017 by Sosso 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derick Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 4 minutes ago, Sosso said: They could skip the intro from the Album, couldn't they? They could add the intro from 2002 True! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthejungle1 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Here's another Prostitute video. From yours truly, but you'll have to forgive the skipped beginning and middle. I was torn between - "do I just put the phone in my pocket and enjoy" or "do I record this so I can live it again later". You'll see I changed my mind a couple times! Awesome to see live though. I have a couple others that I'll work on later. I think I got all of Whole Lotta Rosie. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, inthejungle1 said: Here's another Prostitute video. From yours truly, but you'll have to forgive the skipped beginning and middle. I was torn between - "do I just put the phone in my pocket and enjoy" or "do I record this so I can live it again later". You'll see I changed my mind a couple times! Awesome to see live though. I have a couple others that I'll work on later. I think I got all of Whole Lotta Rosie. Slash is definitely more into the Buckethead stuff on Chinese Democracy. I wonder how he would Sound on If the Word and Scraped Edited October 24, 2017 by Sosso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadcaplaughs Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 35 minutes ago, Derick said: I wonder if that accusation of plagiarism is not why they never play this song. It could be Axl personally did not want to play it for that reason, but even with the intro intact, the band would legally be able to play it live. Any venue Guns N' roses plays would pay a yearly license fee to the major performing rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC) which would allow them to play virtually any music they wanted. It could be Axl lost interest in the song. I also know DJ mentioned in a chat that he never learned how to play the main riff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Rose Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Omg. Fucking Prostitute?! Cute the bitching in 3,2,1.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 5 hours ago, RussTCB said: I sincerely doubt you'll ever see Slash play on that song. I'd be cool with hearing it, I just don't think it'll ever happen. Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TimeToDieee Posted October 24, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2017 Ok so... I don't even know where to start but.. I've seen GnR 4 times in my life and attended all of these shows with the best friend a person could ever hope for. Twice last year and twice this year. Started with second night Foxboro last year which was one of, if not the first time they played Catcher which was an amazing show where 25 dollar nosebleed tickets got upgraded to 280 dollar face value second row Slash side floor tickets. Next time was a few days later at the Metlife second night show from about as far back as one could possibly be. This year was Hershey and Hartford. I was holding the other pit ticket Mooch14 had (posted back on page 2) which was my first time pit for any show. I'm not sure if it was the whole pit experience, but in my opinion this was the best show of my life hands down. The energy up front is unreal, and hearing the crowd go wild is incredible. I don't know what anyone else is hearing, but from where I was the Chinese Democracy songs everyone complains about had great reception and the crowd cheering! It was amazing to be there for the first time Prostitute was played. My special moment of what I consider an unforgettable night was around the 1:30 mark in this video: The man himself, Mr. W. Axl Rose taking a second to smile and wave back to me! 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonizedmind Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 5 hours ago, youngswedishvinyl said: Great fucking Jungle right there! I so wish that they'd played arenas here in Europe as well! Hoping we still get that wish....:) I think there's a decent shot of April arena shows next year ... The last trailer of dates for this run said "We're just getting started...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyPrettyTiedUpMichelle Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 1 hour ago, inthejungle1 said: Here's another Prostitute video. From yours truly, but you'll have to forgive the skipped beginning and middle. I was torn between - "do I just put the phone in my pocket and enjoy" or "do I record this so I can live it again later". You'll see I changed my mind a couple times! Awesome to see live though. I have a couple others that I'll work on later. I think I got all of Whole Lotta Rosie. THANK YOU! This is great. At least we get to see Slash where it counts, and the audio is pretty good. This is what I was craving, just had to see Slash, too. Many thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthejungle1 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Two more - Whole Lotta Rosie & PC. Enjoy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 It's so great that George was mentioned by Axl. I consider the albums he has produced for AC/DC as their very best. The early Bon Scott albums, Blow Up Your Video and Stiff Upper Lip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNR 1991 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 So this lineup has now played 8/14 songs off Chinese Democracy, wow. Love it. They sound great on Prostitute. Axl sounds a whole hell of a lot better now than he did at Rio. On 2016 level again. Hopefully they play around with IRS and Shacklers, and dust off some old Illusions stuff before they finish off the tour. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourcrazy Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Best paradise city I've heard in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 4 hours ago, Sosso said: They could skip the intro from the Album, couldn't they? They could add the intro from 2002 They could even siphon off the current Rocket Queen intro as the intro to Riad, it is the same two root notes (Eb and F) and played in a similar funky way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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