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20 hours ago, Setzer said:

The question is: Were the entire shows filmed? Or only the songs that Mark Racco made videos for? And how many cameras?

Typically a whole show would be shot and then they put bits and pieces together to form a video

20 minutes ago, Scream of the Butterfly said:

He says "full leather" or did I hear him wrong?

yes you did. he said "faux leather"

I miss Robert John's photography

9 hours ago, Blackstar said:

Is there a precedent where a release was promoted like this (a video with a label exec presenting it) and not by the artists themselves?

There is some interesting stuff between the lines of this recent interview with three Universal execs:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8461630/guns-n-roses-appetite-destruction-locked-n-loaded-edition

- The whole thing was mainly put together by the label. The band consented and approved, but they weren't much involved. In the end, they express the wish/hope that the band will "take over" the project (including doing interviews to promote it).

- The big expensive box wasn't in the initial plan, but then the label thought that there would be a market for it and their strategy focused on that (it seems that the pre-sales for the big box haven't gone as expected - what a surprise - and now they focus on the more approachable super-deluxe box and the cheaper editions).

The band hasn't actually promoted it much. They shared it on their social media and that's it. They play SOYL at the shows, but Axl hasn't introduced it so far or said anything about the box.

They sure do talk like marketing guys don't they?

11 minutes ago, Mustard Tiger said:

I can't believe there isn't a Vinyl version of this. I'd totally have bought this if those were records and not CDs. Refuse to pay a grand for that locked n loaded box just to get vinyls. 

Seems like a wasted opportunity to me. Does anybody even buy CDs any more? 

I buy cd's. I like to have a hard copy of the music I buy with all the artwork (or at least an official item I can have as a source to rip my music from)

On ‎6‎/‎8‎/‎2018 at 4:37 PM, ramsey said:

Yeah this is really lame of Mitch

He must be desperate to stay relevant

If you're in entertainment, you're ALWAYS going to be desperate to remain relevant. SO many things out there now in so many different forms of media taking people's attention away. Good for him for getting a GNR interview. 

1 hour ago, fanfzero said:

They call it best live version and they had to restart the song due to Axl's mic not working 

It was the "best live version" AFTER that happened

On ‎5‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 1:00 AM, lazyyy said:

One sad possibility is that they didn't film the gig as a whole - instead filming only bits and fragments and individual shots to be used for the music video.

 

That's not how you film a video because you don't know what will be useable or what looks good in the edit. 

You film everything from all angles that you can. Film the entire show. Then you edit in all the cool shots and then slap on the music. 

Dailymotion maybe?

1 minute ago, quikspade said:

Best Buy is &149.  Shoot Amazon to get them to price match. I’d rather buy from Amazon than Best Buy anytime.

Thanks! totally forgot about best buy

On ‎5‎/‎9‎/‎2018 at 7:02 PM, quikspade said:

Just sent a price match to Amazon 

The price shot back up to $179 on Amazon.

6 hours ago, Blackstar said:

 

He did. 

From what I've understood, it was written by someone in the Beach Boys and recorded by Manson.

That's what Axl believed anyway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_at_Your_Game,_Girl 

3 hours ago, Padme said:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/05/11/axl-rose-small-hopeful-example-for-our-fractured-nation/wPwZY2XvDVelvZXzRqjIoI/story.html?p1=BGMenu_Article

This guy also wants UTLH to be removed. And he gets a lot more philosophical

He's also misinformed. Manson didn't write "Look at Your Game, Girl"

17 hours ago, DTV88 said:

 Does he regret using that word now? Obviously. The difference between Axl and the rest of us is that the regrettable choices we made 30 years ago aren't necessarily out there for the whole world to see and comment on. 

In the end, I agree with the decision to not include OIAM in the re-issue even though I really do love the musical arrangement.

I mean seriously, if Facebook and Instagram were around when I was a kid, I'd be doing my best to erase some major "errors in judgement" 

I don't think Axl regrets it at all. He removed the song from future pressings because the song was easily misunderstood. 

Just now, Kelmi said:

Yeah it is very lame. No need for the watermark. Frans did not free this bootleg.

There is one in the original video right? I thought I saw the first video without it 

So, there's this version where the Frans N' Roses channel steals the video, removes the watermark and then adds the giant "Get Your Dick Out Axl" watermark. Kinda lame. 

1 hour ago, fernomenoyde said:

I've touched a little bit the contrast and saturation, hope you like it

 

They're better with no watermark. Didn't the first videos have no watermark?

Edit: nope. Guess not

Not to be "that guy" (and I'm no American Dad fan) but is this legit? it wouldn't take much to edit this together and splice in some Axl pictures. 

3 minutes ago, killuridols said:

This was already posted by @Blackstar in the beginning of the thread. You guys didnt read it or something.... in spite of Axl intentions or words from year 2000, they never materialized, OIAM is still out there and can be found on Lies.

Nah, that's to an old interview. Posted it on page 2 I think. 

Anyway, it's just Axl sticking to his word almost 20 years later. 

41 minutes ago, auad said:

https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/evqjnm/guns-n-roses-box-set-appettite-for-destruction-locked-n-loaded-rich-assholes

Damn rich people! >:(

6 hours ago, Gibbo said:

Am like a half opened pocket knife 

 

Wait! Where's the giant "Get Your Dick Out" watermark!? 

9 hours ago, Bitchisback said:

From that Rolling stone interview with Axl in 99

 

"Rather than simply create a work that's negative and vengeful, though, Rose seems anxious to make something "positive." Along these lines, he recently decided to remove the two most controversial G n' R tracks, "One in a Million," from 1989's GN'R Lies – with its lyrics disparaging "hooray for tolerance!s," "immigrants" and "hooray for tolerance!s" – and the cover of Charles Manson's "Look at Your Game Girl," which ends 1993's The Spaghetti Incident?. While he's always been reluctant to explain or justify his art, Rose has come to believe that "they're too easily misinterpreted." Starting in February, the tracks will be deleted from future pressings."

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/axl-speaks-20000203

 

Not sure why this was a surprise to anyone.   🤔 

I posted his reasoning twice already but people would rather believe their own versions. 

3 minutes ago, Dazey said:

I LOVE that despite that fact there's an $800 price difference between the two for what basically amounts to a few bits of paper and a fake leather box.  

You also get a bandanna to wear while you think about the price difference

I feel that if they were going to justify a huge price difference, do it with more content instead of just crap. More live shows, hell, maybe even an interview with the members discussing the older content and what it was like when they wrote/recorded the songs etc. Make it worth it. 

Just now, fernandoGNR said:

Here's another Marc quote:

"It really wasn't a real song, just something they put together and it was quick and short and it wasn't anything special like the rest of the songs"

 

http://www.mygnrforum.com/topic/190318-demos-and-recording-sessions/?do=findComment&comment=3304629

 

I had read that this song was under a minute in length. Any truth to this? 

Super deluxe for me. Got the songs and I'm super curious about that book