ManetsBR Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 (edited) -You wrote The General. Despite very few people having heard it, it has become a legend in the Guns N' Roses world. What do you think about that?Brian: it's an awesome jam... i hope it's released soon!!!!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WZAFtQU0IU%26%61%75%74%6F%70%6C%61%79%3D%31&player_feature=embedToo much structured to be just a jam. Clearly a song. The band jammed and If The World and Axl played Prostitute in 2006, we only didn't know they were not only some jams. This is a Guns N' Roses song, I'm pretty sure. Edited September 5, 2010 by ManetsBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 (edited) Doubt it. Fixed the link for you. Edited September 5, 2010 by bacardimayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdlove Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 (edited) No.Edit: But it could be something else, it's fucking killer though. Edited September 5, 2010 by Cdlove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 Thanks bacardi. I couldnt get the real link with this mobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 It's probably a song of some sort, but I hope it's not "The General". Doesn't sound good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl_on_drums Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 The odds are so slim.Sounds good though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest King Of Spades Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Where did the band jam on If The World before release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 IMO this is good enought to be The General. And pay attention, the same riff of the beggining is played again in the end. And it looks like the descriptions we have so far.And maybe when Axl said we may have already listened to a part of The General he was not refering to the Checkmate leak as many people think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 It is fucking awesome!I doubt it is The General though. But I would love to hear it developed into an actual song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 I never once thought that the "Checkmate" clip was The General. Isn't The General supposed to be a sequel to Estranged or something? If so, perhaps this is part of The General, with the piano and such. It's definitely possible that it could be. If not, then I wouldn't count it out all together to not be any song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 I agree, it does sound like it is a song (or at least it should be) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.W.A.T. Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 This is similar to another jam they did awhile back too. The other one had way more piano in it though. Sounds freaking amazing nonetheless. I am still listening. The other one I am talking about had more piano in the beginning and is definitely a bit different. It wasn't as long as this one, though. Wish I had the link to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnRFL Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Ive always liked the depth this band gets into that old guns did not. Makes me look forward to the next album even more now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 (edited) Lots of things matches for this to be The General. Its very deep, full of piano and orchestra, a badass riff. I could be wrong though.Its awesome anyway. Edited September 5, 2010 by ManetsBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerman Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 -You wrote The General. Despite very few people having heard it, it has become a legend in the Guns N' Roses world. What do you think about that?Brian: it's an awesome jam... i hope it's released soon!!!!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WZAFtQU0IU%26%61%75%74%6F%70%6C%61%79%3D%31&player_feature=embedToo much structured to be just a jam. Clearly a song. The band jammed and If The World and Axl played Prostitute in 2006, we only didn't know they were not only some jams. This is a Guns N' Roses song, I'm pretty sure. I dont know but this is a fucking awesome jam session..definately not a spontanious set of chords being thrown out there. Thought occours to me that they could be doing this every show...ya know teasing the shit out of us to see whats going on in the studio. If the next album has this sound.. im up for another fifteen years wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl Knows Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Sounds like Madagascar type stuff. Don't know about it being The General but I can bet it's an unheard song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnerpr Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Maybe we could ask Bumble or Frank about this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Maybe we could ask Bumble or Frank about this one!Someone definitely should. In fact, I'm going to email him right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnerpr Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 At the end the drums sound very military!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 Maybe we could ask Bumble or Frank about this one!They cant tell. When I asked Brian if the Checkmate leak was from The General he said he couldnt reveal that, they will probably answer something like that. Well, ask'em anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronartest2004 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Maybe we could ask Bumble or Frank about this one!Someone definitely should. In fact, I'm going to email him right now.Given that whenever there is a question about any unreleased songs that we dont get an answer. I dont know why you'd think you'd get one on this.Good luck though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 I may be looking too much into it but..."One of my favorite songs is this song called 'The General', which is so... it's by far the heaviest metal tune I think ive ever heard Axl do, this slow, grinding riff with these high, piercing vocals, screaming vocals. [...] [Axl] goes, 'Well, this comes out on the third record. It relates to this song, it's a trilogy, this goes with this lyrically.'" (Baz, Metal Edge, 11/06/07)This jam is very heavy, very deep. And it has a slow and awesome riff, in the beggining and in the end of the jam."[bach] says Rose told him that a slow, grinding track called 'The General' is 'the sequel to [use Your Illusion II's] 'Estranged,' that goes to the parable that Del James wrote of the trilogy' (James penned the short story that inspired the 'November Rain' video)." (Rolling Stone, 06/25/08)Well, with all this orchestra, piano, and being kind of timeless, it could be really a sequel to Estranged.Q: Could you tells us more about "The General"?A: You may have heard parts of it somewhere. (Axl Rose, chinesedemocracy.com, Dec. 2008)He could be refering to a jam like this one, and not necessarily the Checkmate leak as many people suppose.Dont forget the militar drum in the end and the fact that the band on their jams and Axl in his solos have already played new songs before they were released and without mentioning they were new songs.Credits for GNR-Evolution for the quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatsHerface Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Man, this is awesome! I'm not sure what to think though (well besides it being awesome), could this be The General or another unheard song? I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoBrA2168 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 There is some piano in this jam too, played other times.This is definitely a song. The general, I don't know. But definitely a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge4443 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Whatever it is, I need to hear it on an album.....thanks manets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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