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11 minutes ago, Jwalker19 said:

I've listened back to the cellphone clip a few times since Monsters leaked and to me it sounds like the original solo was probably better than Slash's as absurd as that is to say due to the quality. 😂

Yeah I hear that. Hearing the bucket/Finck version is my finally holy grail with this band 

10 hours ago, Biff Nroccili said:

AXL is the weak link… again

How so?

I remember waiting for the album for years, listening to the leaks over and over. When the release day came, I went to a local supermarket and picked up a copy of the shelf. I felt deflated. I loved the songs, but the album should’ve come out in 2006. I put the album back on the shelf and left the store.

Then I got home and the copy I’d pre-ordered online was waiting for me on my doorstep 

I love the record.

You all realise this is gonna delay the new album by 50 years? 

7 minutes ago, gnfnr2k said:

 

Mark my words. The BH/Robin versions of Monster and the General  as well as other songs will leak out eventually. Then we will have this same convo again about other songs being out there or not being out there.  And the cycle will go on and on.  

I think some serious star alignment will be required for this 🤞

This’ll be yesterday’s news before we know it. She’ll get some hush money and everything will carry on as normal. Seems kinda odd that this shit comes out not long after the tour finished?

6 hours ago, AxlRoseCDII said:

We know what The General is lyrically, but do we know what Monsters is about?

My take is they’re both about child abuse but reflect different stages of the healing process. Whilst The General is more reflective, Monsters reveals anger. 

I’ve heard the clip. It’s BS. The joke number of versions on the cover gives it away even before you listen 

11 minutes ago, The Matinator said:

Of course he hit you with the "i will not be answering any more questions on this" smh either its fake or the dude has no intention to share. Id love to hear that supposed clip though.

He’s gotta be fishing. Why else put us up on Discogs if he’s not selling? I’ve heard the clip and it could be a banger 

51 minutes ago, Sweersa said:

The ultimate closure for me for this band would be a leak of all of the CD-era CD2 material. 

Man, I could die happy having digested that 

4 hours ago, El Guapo said:

6 hours ago, Route66 said:

Sorry but it will never happen. If it does I will eat my own dick bro. 

How?

Have some ribs removed? Or maybe he doesn’t need to 😉😂

7 hours ago, Amir said:

'm trying to force myself to hear the "monsters in my head" bit but I can't tell if I can actually hear it or it's just in my head (hah). It would be hard to make out on such a clip since those vocals are so low in pitch, but I'm wondering more and more if that particular refrain was recorded much more recently than the other vocals on Monsters 🤔

Try 1:07 onwards in the cellphone clip.

Im 100% certain Axl is singing ‘The monsters they’ll kill me’ in both versions of the track

1 hour ago, Amir said:

I've dug out my old laptop which had the Vienna 2010 afterparty phone leak, and it's interesting seeing how you can now tell it's the "I was there for you" chorus up to 0:18 and the bridge of Monsters matches up with 1:28 to 1:58 of that... but there's a lot that sounds so different? I'm not sure I can hear the "monsters in my head" refrain at any point? And man, those guitars go fucking HARD in that phone leak, the final cut seems neutered in comparison :/ Hopefully we get a leak of that version one day.

Good spot. I can hear that too now. Would like to hear the original someday as it sounds a lot meaner. Maybe a bit cluttered? I love the version we have. 

20 minutes ago, Blackstar said:

This youtube channel is totally unreliable.

Not so sure. He’s a good guy and with probable good info 

7 minutes ago, mikeman5150 said:

Can anyone explain how the general is related to estranged? Sebastian said back in like 2007 that he heard the general and Axl said it wouldn’t be released until 2012, it was part of a trilogy or continuation of estranged? Maybe I’m remembering something wrong? 

I think the key message is to take anything Baz says with a pinch of salt. For instance, he clearly mistook Monsters for The General. 

^^Great post

Is the show on Sunday the last of the tour?

Ok so I’ve listened to both tracks probably around 50 times since Friday. I’m now of the firm belief that Monsters is in fact the much fabled Soul Monster. Axl isn’t singing ‘oh, but it’s over now’ during the choruses; it’s actually ‘oh, but its soul burns out.’ This coupled with the monsters in the song lyrics and, well…you get the picture.

I also think that the band decided to release Soul Monster because of the cellphone clip from the Vienna aftershow party. We all thought that was The General. Can you imagine if only The General was released? Don’t get me wrong - I love the track. But, fans would have been like…WTF, this isn’t what we were expecting/hoping for. Of course, the natural conclusion is that the cellphone clip was actually Soul Monster and not The General.

Kudos to GnR for doing this.

1 hour ago, Jw224 said:

He doesn't confirm anything here at all. 

I’m with this fella.

For me, heating Monsters with Bucket and Finck

IT NEVER ENDS GODDAMMIT!!!!!!!

58 minutes ago, Dummy said:

Hmm.... we got new music 2 days ago and we want more music

Always 

Hearing rumours that there are two versions of the songs: demo versions and final versions.

Can anyone confirm?

@Mindray11 how does it compare buddy?