blake-a-mania
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what editing program are you using? i think it would look a lot nicer if you were to make the sequence a 1.85 ratio, (1080x800 etc) gives it more of a cinematic feel and you eliminate the bars around the edge more easily than the 4:3 ratio, you also go over the 180degree line a few times but nothing thats a problem, a pretty good video there, thanks
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Leeds 2010 the band were on fire the set was amazing pity it got cut short best gig i have ever been to!
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i just missed it at leeds last year, my mate lifted me as i jumped to try and get it, then there was quite a big scrap but i couldnt get to it there was too big a pile of people when i got to it
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can someone start a thread with updates on what is happening??
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Roy Z or Martin Birch
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yes
GnR then Thunder
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We'll get taken for a ride
By a parlor trick or some words of wit
A hidden hand up a sleeve
To think the one you love
could hurt you now
Is a little hard to believe
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It was 1992 and i was 7 years old, up to that point i had mostly heard my mums favourite music (Sweet, Queen, Tina Turner, Elvis, Aerosmith, T-Rex) which i loved and used to listen to on my own as well, then ITV (UK) showed highlights of this band "Guns n Roses" from a huge gig in Paris, I had heard of them before and recognised a few of the songs, but had never actually listened to them.
Then this came on, i remember sitting on the sofa and watching this band and just being amazed all the way through, from the outrageous juxtapositions of styles and dress senses in the band, to the larger than life personas they each had the fantastic energy of the performance, it was like watching wrestling a circus show and a queen performance all rolled into one. i remember getting of the sofa and gradually moving closer to the TV in absolute awe of this band, they seemed to encompass everything that i ever wanted to hear and i was hooked, the energy of paradise city the slow melodies of Patience, it was all so perfect.
the next week i missed an issue of the magazine i had collected for ages (The animals of Farthing Wood - An animation teaching kids about the dangers of pollution, hunting etc) in order to buy a cassette "Use Your Illusion 2" and the obsession really kicked in, from the opening speech, which about 8 years later recognised in the film 'cool hand luke', to the fast songs i could jump around too (Breakdown was my favourite) then "Estranged" which was like listening to Bohemian Rhapsody but more hard hitting and possibly even more over the top.\
Since then GnR (more to the point Axl the guy that had me fascinated from that first song) has been with me through all my endeavors, whether i am partying with my friends, on the pull in a club or mourning a break up, there is a song for every mood, and probably a tshirt too, i think i have 24 GnR shirts now.
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Sorry i will email this too you, i have a lot more to say but i have a tendancy to go off on tangents but feel free to ask me any more leading questions through email or on here should you wish
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Axl Rose = Anakin Skywalker, I have no idea if Axl Rose is a "Star Wars" fan. On the one hand, I would doubt it. After all, Axl is hardly the kind of sci-fi nerd that would wait in line for tickets and dress up like Obi-Wan Kenobi at Comic-Con. On the other hand, the galactic soap opera that is "Star Wars" could very well have served as an inspiration for some of Guns N' Roses' high-concept and utterly confusing videos from their heyday in the early 90's. "Don't Cry" showed Axl's domestic trauma and battle against his inner demons, kind of like Anakin Skywalker's struggle with the Dark Side and his dysfunctional relationship with his son. "November Rain" showed Axl at his happiest, only to lose everything at the end, kind of like how Anakin seemingly lost everything as he made his transformation into Darth Vader. "Estranged," uh, showed Axl playing with dolphins. I don't have a "Star Wars" parallel for that one. Maybe the Ewoks? Maybe whatever Jar Jar Binks was supposed to be?
so wait, does that mean that chinese democracy was in fact the death star.....
OH MY GOD Axl is going to blow up Alderaan!!!
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top of the list - most points
20 Catcher in The Rye
19 Dont Cry _Original
18 Estranged
17 TWAT
16 Brownstone
15 November Rain
14 Rocket Queen
13 This I Love
12 Civil War
11 Pretty Tied Up
10 Breakdown
9 Sorry
8 Better
7 Welcome To The Jungle
6 Chinese Democracy
5 Prostitute
4 If The World
3 Used To Love Her
2 Perfect Crime
1 Right Next Door To Hell
most difficult list ever i was getting to a song and thinking no that should be higher than that
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I believe you guys are talking about Darknemus. He also helped get some of the early leaks if I remember correctly.
I definitely recognize the name for sure...he may have helped with leaks...Thats MSL's friend??
hmmm...are you guys going to Orlando?
Flights are like $350 for chicago-Orlando for one day..i gotta find a better price lol
Yes,if nothing catastrophic happens,I'll be there,shop around for flights and you might get a better price.
Shit if i could find $250 that would be great...i figure i need to buy my flight tix by oct 1st, so im going to look everyday. Did you get tix today?
where you flying in from?
Chicago, preferring Ohare..I want to leave Oct28th in the morning, anytime between 6am-noon. I would like to arrive around noon or close to it, and im flying back the next day October29th in the afternoon sometime
$206.00 + $47.10 Taxes = $253.10 @ http://www.flights24.com/flight/encodes/sFlightInput/d2ef4c27d0109e605cb75b228b7e1424
$225 + $33 taxes & fees = $258 USD @ http://www.cheaptickets.com/App/ViewFlightSearchResults?gcid=C16036x305-OGORD&lpid=clair&WT.mc_ev=click>kw=DNMCO&WT.mc_id=c_cf_airengine&DCSext.mc_kw=&retrieveParams=true&z=bb2a&r=2&z=bb2b&r=3&lastPage=interstitial
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got these results by using http://www.cheapflights.com/book-flights-online/ and selecting as many sites as possible
its nice to see people helping each other on here, iv not seen that for a while
reminds me of when i used to actually post regularly rather than than just look at the board 
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lwow DJ must only about about 5'4"
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Definitely one of the best songs I've ever heard. Simply amazing.
The only thing that I can see that others may sort of dislike about it is the name. It's odd telling one of your friends to listen to this song and they ask what it is called, everyone's reaction is different. (I know it's sounds like horse hockey, but I imagine lots of people had a preconceived notion about the song by it's name, I know I did)
Although after hearing the song hundreds of times throughout the past 3 years the name doesn't bother me any.
i dont know, i think the name made perfect sense, when in relation to the song although the name Prostitute, next to the GnR logo, would make people think of a prostitute rather than Axls disdain at the record label expecting him to prostitute his own ethics, morales and art for money, but maybe thats the point, in an ironic way to through you off what you thought
Is it just me, or is Prostitute one of the weaker songs on the album?
To me it sounds like an overblown mess with no direction.
i think it is just you, haha, of course there will be others for me its one of CD best songs and one of axls too
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I would be lying if i said i could see a resemblance, however the photo is taken very well good depth of field and it must be quite hard to get a cat to stay still while you photograph it
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To be honest i was quite surprise after i saw the tweet, that there wasn't already a 28 page discussion about what the cat means, or if DIJON is a new song name named after the cat or how old the cat is, the breed of the cat and what that says spiritually about the owner - you know the way everything about axl gets massively blown out of proportion
its a pretty cute cat
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When I saw GnR in Sydney a few years ago, Rose Tattoo opened. GnR was due to hit the stage at 10pm. It wasn't until 11:30pm that they ended up coming on. It was a Monday night, so a lot of people had to leave the show halfway through the set.. Pretty irritating!
Apparently the show before that was in Melbourne, and while the support act was playing, Axl was still on the tarmac in Brisbane..
It seems like a common occurance. Has anybody else experienced the poor punctuality of Axl?
It was the Brisbane show, you're thinking of. Guns didn't arrive on stage until 12.30ish. The rumour was Axl was still in Melbourne as Tats N' Baz were playing.
I was at that show, it didn't bother me. I mean, you can sit there and whinge all you want about the band being late, or you could listen to the awesome tunes they played over the PA and have bourbon.
I've been to 9 GN'R shows. They were late to all besides Adelaide 2007 and Sydney 2010. As long as they hit the stage I was not concerned at all.
there are always rumours about where axl might be or why he is late, i remember when they played Nottingham 2006 and the band where late on stage, a magazine posted a review and said the were late because "Axl was having a roast dinner or something" which of course has been taking as gospel by the people of Nottingham and people say it all the time .
When I saw them at Leeds last year there were stewards around the arena saying they werent there and that the organisers were trying to ind a band to replace them because they didnt show up to sound check loads of people believed it as well the amount of people i had to say "have you heard any bands do a sound check? you are in the same field!" to was ridiculous
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I dont think Jack White is very well known outside of Rock circles... not the way axl is! my gran knows who axl rose is.
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i might have a mobile phone vid of it somewhere, but the pic freezes and skips frames when there is a lot of colour, plus standing from centre mean i wasn't very stable at all so it will be rather crap if have it
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TC i eally like how you start this post by acting like you want GnR to continue as was last year playing gigs etc and that you wish more was happening on the new gigs/songs/vids front, but then in the next paragraph you show your true colours as an axl basher that first post is a stealth cupcake clinic!
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i honestly dont believe all the reports about Axl he always seems so humble in interviews and that cant be an act
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just not enough big flashyness for todays kids,i remember Namco trying to bring it back with Tekken minigames but that didnt hit off that well, i loved SOR i remember loads of copycat games that were essentially the same but not as good coming out afterwards, Teenage mutant hero turtles, 2 crude Dudes, haha double dragon was awesome though, i would love for something like that to come back out
Chinese Democracy sales-DETAILED
in 2011
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i dont know, it made national news in the UK a few times, in the tabloid press as well as the music press, so people knew about them, and i dont think you can jusdge how many downloaded the leaks but by looking at torrents you could see it was a huge amount then