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Bought 2 copies on release day from a local record store.  The guy HATED GnR and gave me shit from the day I told him I wanted him to hold 2 copies.

I also got this on vinyl, being orange and all.  I ended up getting all of the GnR catalogue on vinyl, but this was the first.

Interesting side note:

The reason I stopped going there was because he threw me out of the store after we had a huge argument about the Asphalt Ballet version of "Crash Diet."  He kept saying it was Axl on vocals and I was young enough that I couldn't let it slide. 

I like Joe Rogan a lot, his show is great, but in this instance he was speaking on a subject he clearly was not informed about.

15 hours ago, Oldest Goat said:

So what did you think of the demo? I'm sold on it now.

I love it.  I've played through it 5 times.  Let's be clear, I was already sold, but this is better than I expected.  The atmosphere, the visuals, all perfect, imo.

One odd thing stood out to me, but only after I read people complaining about it and now I can't unnoticed it.   I'll  put it in spoilers and leave it up to you to decide if you want to look. 

Sorry bro, when you picked the name "oldest goat" you are become 40.  It's in the bible.

1 hour ago, Oldest Goat said:

Bro I just played the demo it's fucking great. I've only ever played Resi5 and Revelations before but I'm sold on this now and think it's a must buy.

Not sure if you care, but this work around for the 30 min limit works.  I'm an older chap like yourself, and this was on the cusp of too far to go, but I really am a freak for the RE series.

11 minutes ago, Oldest Goat said:

Bro I just played the demo it's fucking great. I've only ever played Resi5 and Revelations before but I'm sold on this now and think it's a must buy.

Nice, I didn't know the demo dropped!  Downloading it now, but this "1 shot" thing is for the birds!

17 hours ago, ludurigan said:

ARE YOU SERIOUSLY SAYING THAT AXL HAS "LEADER" QUALITY"?

Not for nothing, but this is a man well known for kicking people in the balls for no reason, jumping into a crowd of thousands to sucker punch a guy with a camera (because he done tole that security bitch once already) and allegedly just forced everyone to sign over the rights of the band.  Say what you will about Axl, but he's an alpha for sure.  People kinda fall in line behind a guy like that. 

10 hours ago, Tom-Ass said:

Yup, they definitely had a sweet smell. The clear cassettes did anyway. 

Yes, it was a sweet smell, I just never thought of it as strawberries.

9 minutes ago, lame ass security said:

Hey man, don't worry about, no biggie.  Hope you're feeling better.

Thanks man.  Today is my first day without a fever since Saturday.  I really should have gone to the doctor.  I think I'm out of the woods, but we'll see, at the very least I was/am dehydrated.

6 hours ago, lame ass security said:

Ok, I'm a bit confused, I think you might have your Tom Cruise movie soundtracks mixed up.😊 I'm pretty sure Kokomo was on the Cocktail soundtrack and KOHD was on Days of Thunder.

Yep, you're right, I bought her both soundtracks, one had kokomo one had a song from Cher.  I didn't even remember making this post until I had notifications and reread it.  I have been sick since 3 days after Christmas, but this past week was the first time I had a fever, and I have had a fever every day of the week up until today.  You weren't confused, I was the literal definition of confused.   I did a few nonsensical things last night, luckily, this was the most embarrassing.

11 hours ago, lame ass security said:

I bought both on cassette and went to a friend's house to listen and drink beer.  A weird thing I remember about the cassettes is that everytime I opened the container it smelled like strawberries.  I swear the liner notes fold out smelled just like them.

In the USA?  Cassettes had a unique smell, for sure.  It's not strawberries though (to me.)  I'm curious if they smelt different in different countries, or if we just identified a different smell.

This was a time before I could just buy any CD I wanted, I was a Jr. in Highschool.  I got Illusions 2 first, then Illusions 1 the following week.

It's weird that the kids today, and even most of the last generation won't know what it's like to have to wait for music.  It wasn't as bad then because 1. We couldn't miss or crave leaks, they weren't a thing, the concept was invented in bootlegs, I guess.  I used to Drive 40 min to the Princeton Record Exchange every week to check for new bootlegs, I guess that was the early 90's "forum check."  I wasn't aware of any unreleased tracks prior to Illusions, anyway.

I just didn't follow music like I do now, so like KOHD was a surprise to me when I bought the soundtrack for my mother, who liked Kokomo.  I've shared the story before that the first time I even heard about Sympathy for the Devil was when they debuted it on WYSP, and I pulled over to listen and concentrate on the whole song.   The last moment like that I ever had was "Set me free" being played on (I think WYSP) the radio at a dealership, I was doing a half a million dollar audit, and this guy is telling me where some missing vehicles were, and I heard them describing new music from GnR 2.0 with Scott Weiland on vocals, and I just zoned out of my conversation 100% until the song was over.  When it ended, I acted like he said something that displeased me, I was like "Wait, what? No, start over again."  As an auditor, you could kind of be a dick and they had to take it, because I could literally call in the Pinkertons to shut the business down if I didn't think the numbers added up.  That was the single time I abused that power.

I digress, these threads always intrigue me, it was just a different time.  We didn't long for the internet, because we didn't know what it was yet.  It probably seems impossible to people who grew up with it.  It was just more exciting and rewarding, but I'd never trade back.  Hard to explain.

Is this legit or a joke?

The spelling errors, typos misused words ('know one' really? wtf...) and the subject matter of the letter in general make this look like it was written by a 7th grader who isn't bright.

Don't get me wrong, I make typos, and I've misused their they're there.... but on things like forum threads.  starting somewhere around "email to a co-worker" it get proofed to some degree in my life.

This is so over the top dumb, it seems suspect.  Did Beta drug him before he wrote the letter?  WTF did I just read?

A couple of things that I find strange about the community reaction to this song.

1. "It's just a throwaway."  There are a lot of vocal layers to this song.  This is not a like a "here are some lyrics, sign 'em and here is money." Deal.  At the very least Axl was really into it.  He put some effort into this.  

1a. "It's just a throwaway."  How the hell am I the only person who can see this being a track AC/DC would release on an album?   Ffs, Half the songs on "Rock or Bust" have "ROCK THE" in the song title.  20% of their entire Brian Johnson era catalogue has the word "ROCK" in the song title.   Is it that out of the real of possibility that this is Axl/DC related in some way?

2. How is anyone surprised that a previously unreleased studio recording of one of the most powerful and beloved voices in rock history is generating buzz in the fan base?  We jizzed ourselves over a 30 year old B-side 6 months ago, because it was a version we hadn't heard before.

I'm not mad, sorry if I sound like I'm raging, I am just perplexed.  This just seems so odd to me.  The only thing I can think of is that people are so used to getting shit on by GnR that we're talking it down in order to lower our own expectations.

5 hours ago, OmarBradley said:

The GNR community is so starved for material they're celebrating a 2 minute clip of a song not written by anyone related to GNR simply because Axl has about ten unique lines on it. Nuts. Not blaming the fanbase, quite the opposite. The song is nothing special and is pretty clearly a session-written "typical classic rock song" made to accompany a children's television show.

Also:

Slash writes/records Phineas & Ferb song because his kids liked the movie. GNR COMMUNITY: SELLOUT!!! THE SONG ISN'T EVEN GOOD

Axl records fifteen lines on a song he didn't write, for Looney Tunes because he's a fucking weirdo. GNR COMMUNITY: HOLY SHIT! THIS IS AMAZING! WHEN DOES IT AIR I MUST WATCH IT LIVE!!!!

I would counter that this is no different than being excited to hear Axl on Angel Down.  

Yes, I am a massive GnR mark, but that does not preclude me from being a massive Axl Rose mark.  These are not mutually exclusive things.  Axl is my favorite singer of all time, I would be willing to wager he is for a great many people on these forums.  There is no magic wand waved that makes me dislike his voice if it is not singing something he wrote with Slash.

This is a new, crystal clear studio track with my favorite vocal artist of all time.  Starved or not, I would dig this.

Less than a month until the Resident Evil 2 remake!  What what!?!

1 minute ago, Gibson_Guy87 said:

Maroon 5 is all but confirmed for the halftime show. The NFL hasn't officially announced it but Billboard reported it way back in October. 

Is that right?  It was really hard to tell when I  was researching it, I guess because the NFL hasn't confirmed it. 

This is kind of a worthless thread from me, sorry guys.

28 minutes ago, Gordon Comstock said:

I've probably given this more thought than I should have, but really, I don't see Axl doing a performance like that unless he's the 'main act' (not 1 of 3 acts, not someone to be followed by Ariana Grande... he's gonna be the headline act and maybe bring a 'guest' out for a ballad), and I don't see GNR being given the full halftime show unless they're riding the momentum of a successful album. I know they've had Lenny Kravitz and other token rock acts in recent years but they were hardly the 'main act'.

I guess the looney tunes thing makes me think that really isn't the case.  I don't know what has changed in Axl, it might be as simple as being rich af now, but he seems a lot looser.

The rumor comes up all the time over the years,  usually it's just kind of GnR fan porn, where there has been no reason to think it would happen...but with GnR coming off one of the most successful tours in history, their absolute love affair with surprises and secrecy, would this not be the potential "last best chance" for them to be a part of halftime?

I see they haven't officially named who will be there, TMZ is reporting Maroon 5 (if I'm reading it correctly.)

I think it is a worthwhile side discussion about the possibility of Slash or Axl or both doing a cameo (Like Slash did in the past) if GnR isn't actually performing.

This seemed like a timely, good discussion, if there is some hard evidence we will not see GnR there, or if I am mistaken, and the half time show is finalized, I apologize.  

Happy New Years, Bitches!

1 hour ago, Gordon Comstock said:

I kind of agree with your thoughts on Ron, though I think he was great in a live setting (from '09-14) and he was the only member of the CD-band that ever really interacted with the fans. But, his additions to CD did not generally benefit the songs.

Dj on the other hand.... honestly, I was excited when he was announced as the new guitarist in 2009. I saw him at Crue Fest with Sixx:A.M. in 2008 and it was a really good show. I saw the 2nd show of the 2010 GNR tour and thought he did a great job. He was generally a good fit at first. But with each tour he seemed to get worse, or more specifically, less interested. It seemed like he realized at some point that his role in Guns was just 'touring guitar player' so he decided to use the opportunity to advertise his own brand. His guitar playing and 'persona' were definitely worse than Ron's IMO.

DJ also brought and sold SWAG, let's not undersell his greatest contribution to GnR.  I actually like DJ, I enjoy the SixxAM albums, but let's not be coy, if you caught a pic that DJ threw into the crowd, you would get a bill in the mail for it a week later.

4 hours ago, Georgy Zhukov said:

Usually there is one by Christmas but Lithium seems to have dropped off the face of the earth.

Who had him, and how many points is that?

It survived without Slash for about 30 years, but this time it would totally die.  Makes perfect sense.

Slash would probably die as a brand, also.  This all makes sense.  Great question.

38 minutes ago, smeagol2124 said:

This was pretty cool to see, but I find it staggering that anyone would think this would be something other than a cartoon "one-off".  Seriously, does anyone think those lyrics are something Axl would write-or sing in this millennium?   Might have made a modicum of sense in 1985, and I get that some fans are still into that era, but 2018/2019 and "super-size, pulverize"????  Come on now.

Axl wouldn't, but ACDC would.  They   This sounds EXACTLY like what ACDC would put out.