Kardeshma Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 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!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnR Chris Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) 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. Edited September 24, 2019 by GnR Chris revision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinaleblood Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 I would leave the tracklist as is (including scraped, which I'm not really fond of), just replacing Catcher (and maybe The Blues and Riad) with the leaked version. Then I would put together a second cd with Hardschool, Atlas, Perhaps, State Of Grace etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 1. Atlas Shrugged (Drums normal) 2. Atlas Shrugged (Drums Up 1.5 db) 3. Atlas Shrugged (Drums Down 1.5 db) 4. Atlas Shrugged (rough mix version) Then the rest of Chinese minus Scraped, Riad and maybe ITW. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll41 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) -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. Edited September 24, 2019 by rocknroll41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave94 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) 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 Edited September 24, 2019 by dave94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Guapo Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lies They Tell Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson87 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2sublime Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 The whole “out of time” part would work if you put Chinese last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadskis Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) 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. Edited September 24, 2019 by tadskis clarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lies They Tell Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Towelie said: No Madagascar? Nope! Originally I didn't even like that song. It's grown on me a bit and I was pondering between Sorry and Madagascar, which one to include but went with Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username05 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) 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. Edited September 24, 2019 by username05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argentino Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) 01 Chinese Democracy 02 Better 03 Street of Dreams 04 If the World 05 Quicksong 06 There Was A Time 07 Catcher In The Rye 08 Hardschool 09 Sorry 10 Shackler's Revenge 11 I.R.S 12 Madagascar 13 This I Love 14 Prostitute Edited September 24, 2019 by Argentino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Guapo Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Towelie said: No Madagascar? I can't decide which version I like best, it's driving me insane. Edited September 24, 2019 by El Guapo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonfender2323 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flayer Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) 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) Edited September 25, 2019 by Flayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djones1225 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) 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) Edited September 24, 2019 by ZoSoRose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdinan Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Chinese Democracy; Mack Daddy edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duwz Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 I don't know, I haven't gotten all the TWAT versions I need yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlashisGOD Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 (edited) 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 Edited September 25, 2019 by SlashisGOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walapino Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I would take out Shaklers, Scrapped and If the World and replace them with Hardschool, Atlas Shrugged and Oh My God. And Rhiad would need to be the version of the rough mixes CD 1. I dig a lot of the other leaks but they certainly need more work or vocals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Matinator Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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