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If you had the chance to re-select the songs on the Chinese Democracy album, how would it look? You can use any of the original 14 songs (+OMG), leaked alternative versions of these songs or unreleased songs. Even the instrumentals, although I would find it hard to judge them without lyrics / melody. Just make sure you end up with 14 songs again. 

(I am still undecided but would like to hear your ideas!)

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So many good songs. Too difficult a question. This is like the "Make 1 album" out of Illusions songs. I like so many of them it'd be difficult to keep any off. Then you also gotta consider it to not be a "best of" but pace it well. Can't have all ballads or all rockers, right?

If I was releasing the record in 2000, it would definitely feature more of the industrial/alt rock song, so I'd have a bunch of those songs.

"Eye on You" and "State of Grace" would be on that list along with "Oh My God" and "Silkworms." Imagine loading an album with songs like that. "Scraped," and "Riad" and "Shackler's Revenge." Insane. Not sure it'd be the most popular choice, but it'd be cohesive.

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-Swap out Street of Dreams for either the MSL leak or the leak from yesterday.

-MAYBE swap out If the World for the Antiquiet leak.

-DEFINITELY swap out TWAT for the Antiquiet leak.

-Swap out Riad for the leak from yesterday.

-Put Brian May’s solo back into Catcher (but keep Bumble’s solo at the end).

-Make it a CD-R so that Atlas and Hardschool can be squeezed into there (the version of Atlas I prefer is the Drums Up one). Put Atlas after Catcher and Hardschool after Better.

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Chinese democracy (leaked - double guitar)

Better 2008

The Blues (rough mix 1)

Perhaps (rough mix 1)

There was A Time 2008

Atlas (rough mix 1)

Catcher (Brian May)

IRS (possibly an earlier version - unsure)

Hard School

Riad (rough mix 1)

Madagascar (leaked)

TIL 2008

Prostitute 2008

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Right now, my "Chinese Intentions" CD looks like this:

1. Chinese Democracy (album version)

2. Hard School

3. Perhaps (rough mix #1)

4. Going down (version 1)

5. I.R.S. (version 2)

6. Rhiad (rough mix #1, gotta check if the Josh version is better?)

7. The Blues (rough mix #1)

8. Madagascar (album version)

9. Oh my god (End of days)

10. Eye on you

11. Catcher (rough mix #1)

12.  Shackler's Revenge (album version)

13. T.W.A.T. (album version)

14. Silkworms (rough mix #1)

15. Prostitute (undecided which version)

 

I like it alot like this. Atlas and State of grace don't do much for me already. I really enjoy Silkworms and Eye on you though, because they are FUN and have grit.

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I'm too lazy to start counting minutes to check what would actually fit on a CD, but Chinese Democracy had 14 songs, so my picks for the 14 songs would be:

1. Chinese Democracy

2. Shackler's Revenge

3. Better

4. Street Of Dreams

5. Perhaps

6. There Was A Time

7. Catcher In The Rye

8. Hard School

9. Atlas Shrugged

10. I.R.S

11. Oh My God

12. Sorry

13. This I Love

14. Prostitute

 

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The flow would stay relatively the same.

1. Chinese Democracy (rough mix #1)

2. Shackler's Revenge

3. Better (Official Release)

4. Catcher in the Rye (rough mix #1)

5. Atlas Shrugged (rough mix #1)

6. IRS (version 2)

7. TWAT (Official Release)

8. Rhiad (new Brain drums)

9. Sorry

10. Street of Dreams (Official Release)

11. Hard School

12. Madagascar (Official Release)

13. This I Love 

14. Prostitute (Official Release)

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Not sure what happens if I ignore rules in the first post, but that should have been double album (from songs with vocals so far) - one cd with the more or less traditional rockers and another with arguably non traditional rock and slower (non-rock?) stuff:

CD1 - Chinese Democracy (from rough mixes cd1), Hard School, I.R.S., Better, Atlas Shrugged (From Rough Mix 1), There Was A Time, The Blues, Catcher In The Rye, Going Down, Perhaps (From Rough Mix 1), State Of Grace.

CD2 - Rhiad N' The Bedouins, Oh My God, Madagascar, This I Love, If The World, Prostitute, Sorry, Silkworms, Scraped, Eye On You, Shackler's Revenge.

 

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38 minutes ago, Lies They Tell said:

I'm too lazy to start counting minutes to check what would actually fit on a CD, but Chinese Democracy had 14 songs, so my picks for the 14 songs would be:

1. Chinese Democracy

2. Shackler's Revenge

3. Better

4. Street Of Dreams

5. Perhaps

6. There Was A Time

7. Catcher In The Rye

8. Hard School

9. Atlas Shrugged

10. I.R.S

11. Oh My God

12. Sorry

13. This I Love

14. Prostitute

 

No Madagascar? 

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1 hour ago, Kardeshma said:

If you had the chance to re-select the songs on the Chinese Democracy album, how would it look? You can use any of the original 14 songs (+OMG), leaked alternative versions of these songs or unreleased songs. Even the instrumentals, although I would find it hard to judge them without lyrics / melody. Just make sure you end up with 14 songs again. 

(I am still undecided but would like to hear your ideas!)

1) Citr (Brian May 2019 leak)

2) Atlas (drums +1.5 db  maybe make it +1 cus smtimes it really pops)

3) Me and My Elvis (would be graet even with Justin Bieber singin on it)

4) Hard school 

5) Eye on you (dont know how many versions are, but first leak sounds better... despite being in lower quality)

6) TWAT (the one that just leaked, I like Axls vocals being a bit lower in the mix at start, just slap on bh osolo)

7) Better (sheep commercial)

8) Sorry

9) Shackler 

10) Silkworms (2000 mix is the best, and yes I like it more than CD... simply because its more relatable)

11) The Blues (The one that just leaked as perfect as the 2008)

12) Madagascar (2000)

13) TIL (live)

14) Perhaps/Prostitute (they seem to be the same song IMO... same energy... Prostitute has better chorus, but Perhaps overall more constant)

14.5) OMG

 

as for other instrumentals, they seem to be more uniform than the CD songs but I wont judge till they come... but I believe that QS and Zodiac could be among top few (along with Elvis, Citr, Eye, TWAT, Sorry)

I think Quicksong could be one the same level as YCBM,  Zodiac seems like a short Coma, 

Inside out seems like a mid album chill song (reminds me of Precious by depeche mode and I love DM)

 

Its to early to judge State of grace and As it begins. They sound ok... but could swing both ways. 

 

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1. Chinese Democracy(Official)

2. Oh My God

3. Better(Official)

4. Catcher(Brian May)

5. There Was A Time(Official)

Side 2

6.  Sorry(Official)

7.  Shacklers Revenge(Official)

8.  This I Love(Official

9.  Madagascar(Official)

10. Atlas Shrugged(2000)

11. Prostitute (official)

12. Riad N' The Bedouins (Rough Mix)

13. Perhaps(Rough Mix)

 

 

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Chinese Democracy:

1. Chinese Democracy (the rough version)

2. Better (with the live intro and “now you know I know better”)

3. State of Grace (all polished up with finished vocals)

4. Shackler’s Revenge

5. There Was A Time (like the rough version but with Buckethead’s solo)

6. Atlas Shrugged

7. Scraped (with the drum intro)

8. Perhaps

9. Oh My God

10. I.R.S.

11. Catcher in the Rye (May’s version)

12. This I Love (with the vocals from the remix)

13. Street of Dreams

14. Prostitute (more like the rough version but with the solos from the final one)

 

 

Sequel Album:

1. Riad (rough mix version)

2. Eye on You

3. Zodiac (vocals along the lines of Shackler’s)

4. Oklahoma

5. If The World

6. Sorry

7. Seven (whatever the hell that sounds like)

8. The General

9. Going Down (the Bumblefoot version, not the acoustic one)

10. Quick Song (with some upbeat lyrics)

11. Hard School

12. Soul Monster (with some epic vocals)

13. Madagascar (the rough version, chop the movie quotes and just play the solo instead)

14. Silkworms (the synth version plus chorus and some of the guitar from the other version)

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1. Chinese Democracy (Rough Mix)

2. Oh My God

3. Better (2006 Leak)

4. Street of Dreams (New Brain Drums)

5. There Was a Time (Album)

6. Atlas Shrugged (Rough Mix)

7. Catcher in the Rye (Brian May)

8. Hardschool

9. Riad N the Bedouins (Rough Mix)

10. Perhaps

11. I.R.S. (1999)

12. Madagascar (2001, 2017 or 2018 leak)

13. This I Love

14. Prostitute (Rough Mix w/ Buckethead solo added)

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1. Chinese Democracy (Album Version)

2. Shackler's Revenge (Album Version)

3. Better (Album Version)

4. Perhaps

5. Catcher In The Rye (2000 Version)

6. There Was A Time (Album Version)

7. Hard School

8. Quicksong

9. The General

10. Zodiac

11. Soul Monster

12. Madagascar (Album Version)

13. The Blues (2000 Version)

14. Prostitute (Album Version)

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1. Chinese Democracy (double guitars)

2. Hard School/Checkmate

3. The Blues (rough mixes version that retains the subtle guitar nuances as when they played it live in 2000-2001)

4. Atlas Shrugged

5. Me and My Elvis but with vocals. This one kicks major ass.

6. Better

7. TWAT 

8. State of Grace

9. IRS (1999 version)

10. Catcher in the Rye (1999 with Brian May)

11. Oh My God

12. Madagascar (with no speech and movie samples)

13. Oklahoma

14. Prostitute 

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I'm actually pretty happy with Chinese Democracy's track listing, but assuming the rest of the discs leak I'm leaning towards this:

Hard School

OMG

Quick Song

Atlas

Tommy Demo #1

Nothing

State Of Grace

Eye On You

Silkworms

Going Down

Perhaps

I'm come up with a track list for the instrumentals once they leak, I'll probably change it around if nothing is totally different from the 5 sec leak but we'll see.

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