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Graeme

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  1. I love the smell of accountability in the morning.
  2. Prostitute There Was a Time Catcher in the Rye If the World Madagascar The Blues Better IRS Shackler's Revenge Chinese Democracy Sorry This I Love Scraped Riad I haven't really listened enough to the demos/single releases to rank them in an informed way. I think Hard Skool is probably the most solid of the lot, Silkworms is still Silkworms however you want to dress it up. Atlas is pretty interesting and might be in around the bottom 5 of the CD tracks.
  3. I saw the Rumours line-up of Fleetwood Mac (Fleetwood, both McVies, Buckingham and Nicks) back in 2015, and it was one of the best rock shows I've ever seen. One of those ones where you're not even sure where to look because everyone on stage is a superstar and it feels like every song they play is a "Fuck yeah, I love this song!" moment. I'd agree on the Eagles, it's certainly not raw or spontaneous, but the musicianship, performance and setlist were all excellent. I'd give a shoutout to Manchester indie legends, James. I saw what was supposed to be their final tour in 2001, when I was a kid. They were my first favourite band and it was my first show. It felt bittersweet in a lot of ways because I was so excited about getting to see them, and then it was over and for years it seemed like I'd never see them again. They reunited in 2008 and since then they've just been relentlessly creative, defying the mantra of age meaning you run out of inspiration. They've expanded their sound, they've kept their core intact while also adding new members who've brought a real joyous energy, their live shows are euphoric... I've now seen them six or seven times and they never just shut up and play the hits, they're always mining out obscure b-sides and pushing new material. I can't criticise the other bands I've mentioned for doing the opposite, but it's really refreshing to see a band more than 40 years into their career still enjoying being creative and unpredictable.
  4. My favourite Prince song is Gold, and I don't think it gets anywhere near enough love.
  5. Just pretend you're talking about Scottish club, Livingston. Their nickname is "the Lions" and they're having a dreadful season. You'll blend right in, no one will notice!
  6. Nollaig Chridheil dhuibh uile/Feliz Navidad a todos/Merry Christmas everyone! Hope Santa was very good to you all!
  7. God, I loved that Guns N' Roses, I really miss them.
  8. Glasgow 2023? I didn't go, but was it really that bad? Glasgow 2006 was one of the rowdiest crowds they've ever had, so much so that Axl had to ask the crowd to step back to avoid a crush at the front. Still to this day the best audience I've ever been a part of.
  9. I don't think Slash would share lead guitar duties, so there wasn't room for the 'virtuoso' role when he returned to the band (before angry Slash fans come in to say that Slash is inarguably the best guitarist to have ever played in Guns N' Roses, he's a great blues rock guitarist, a very gifted composer and probably the most perfect fit for the band, but both Buckethead and Ron are more technically proficient on the instrument). It's a shame from my point of view, I found three-guitar Guns N' Roses much more interesting.
  10. Tacos and a tour in Glasgow with @Amir:
  11. I haven't posted in this part of the forum for a very long time. I just don't feel like I have much to say. My connection to the band more-or-less died years ago. I still love music, and nowadays I listen to so many different artists and genres, but the way I loved Guns N' Roses when I was a teenager was different, it was so intense. I basically lived on this forum, I travelled to other countries on my own to see them, they were a huge part of my identity, when people criticised them, I felt it personally. For various reasons, I feel pretty distant from GN'R these days, but that stream tonight reminded me a little of what it felt like when they were the coolest and most important band in the world for me. I think they did themselves proud and I'm glad they're doing well.
  12. I started playing Tears of the Kingdom two days ago, reckon I've lost myself in it now for about 20 hours and it feels like I've barely scratched the surface. I've been having great fun though, looking forward to figuring out what the fuck is going on with the plot! The creativity's been a blast so far, the possibilities seem almost endless (as some people on the internet have been illustrating )
  13. Me I only sang, I didn't play guitar! I sang the alt lyrics, I figured it might be the first time a member of GN'R had performed that version this century, so that was fun. I had also blown out my voice singing along to Rage Against the Machine at a nightclub the night before, so I couldn't use my upper register, which probably made the end of the song a bit anticlimactic!
  14. I saw VR in 2007. I saw a Bumblefoot solo show in 2015 and I performed Don't Cry with him, which was a surreal/magical moment.
  15. For undergraduate-level university essays, maybe... Also, hereditary succession in the 21st Century can get in the bin.
  16. Google could have done it just as well as me, but I appreciate being made to feel useful: Also, when the fuck did you become a mod? (congrats, best of luck and all that good stuff!)
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