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I just realized I've still never heard those live tracks. Haha some fan.

The first song one my 1 listen this morning did very little for me, but I've had that feeling with them since anything after 21st Century Breakdown

Co-written by Tom DeLonge confirmed (sorry, I'm really dating myself here)

We ain't even at the 11th hour yet and we're already going off the rails

We now believe even less?

At least it's not Metallica again

Oh that's a good point. IIRC, that's the approach Blink 182 has been taking with their releases leading up to this week's album.

I'm starting to think that if it is gunna hit streaming platforms, it's gunna drop with little to no rigamarole. Didn't they do that with Perhaps? Sure, radio stations announced it and all that but their own feeds didn't mention anything until it was available? I could be wrong, maybe it was the night before. Either way. The fact that we're probably just over a week away from finally hearing this song in any real form makes my nipples hard.

So it's in the R's. And slash was in Axl's arse. Any connection?

Agreed. But if they plan to play it live (as per Richard), I don't see how they have a live new song without it being readily available to stream. Imo.

I really don't believe in the Spotify algorithm that much. I knew a new Blink 182 song was coming yesterday. I searched it on Spotify 2 days before, at which they had started an active campaign for. It did not bring up Blink 182 as an artist option. Did get a fan made playlist that had the songs title in the name. Food for thought I guess.

MY BIG BROTHER God I can't wait till The General so we can be put out of our misery.

I promise I'm not trying to be a downer, but was it just the 1 radio station saying new music coming? Did this station have any credibility with Perhaps? Not being a smartass, I just don't know. Time line of releasing a song and playing it live the next day could be an indicator of a plan. It just seemed to have come out of nowhere haha

November 13th in Minneapolis! My now wife who I had just started dating at that time decided to feign getting into GNR to have something in common, mainly so she could justify the road trip from Winnipeg with me haha. She loves Dexter so she got a kick out of that.

I have never listened to the phone leak. I obviously heard about it, but everyone said you couldn't make much of anything out so I didn't persue it. I heard evaders mix so I have nothing to go off in terms of how accurate that is. I'm pumped to finally hear something lol

Spirit Love and April Fool I really like. A lot. The rest I can do without.

Bumblefoot has this weird thing where as a person I think he's great. He's a very talented musician but his music just does absolutely nothing for me and I could without his solo parts and CD contributions. As a person? One of my favourites from the CD era. As a guitarist? Least favourite.

I would hope so. I still haven't heard the live tracks from the Hard Skool EP cuz they aren't in streaming services. Now obviously those don't hold the grandeur of The General so I don't have as much a desire to seek them out. But General better hit streaming services. My opinion, as it's seemingly been on a setlist, it's gotta be available when it releases.

It's amazing what proper promotion can accomplish. I give this band and management shit just as much as the next guy or gal, but I think they're doing great with this release. A video, radio play (Winnipeg stations don't seem to be playing it), showing it in Times Square. And it seems they're getting recognition for that. Hopefully they're learning something from this and can continue doing so. Hell if anything I hope this reinvigorates some motivation and self confidence for Axl.

Not Beta sharing concert footage from stageside immediately followed up by whatever pops up in her feed

Haha. So I tried explaining the folklore and the entire saga of The General to the wife. The blank stare followed by her immediate reaction of "You know there's absolutely no way this lives up to your expectations, right?" Don't care. That's a release I'm breaking out the good tequila for and sitting on the couch in front of a soundbar for. Releases somehow while I'm at work? Doing my best to wait till I'm home. I can't have my first stream of this song be on a shitty phone speaker.

I've been burned too many times. I don't wanna commit to being full blown excited about the general but HOLY FUCK ARE WE ACTUALLY 2 MONTHS AWAY FROM THE GENERAL?!

Woahhhh what?!

Can't wait to get the final product on Spotify tonight. Gotta check that out in the car stereo. Checked that Reddit post and played that through my soundbar in my basement. I'm torn on one part and that's Duff's bass during the verses. Like, it sounds so good. But I kinda wish it was turned down in the mix just a tad little bit? I'd like to hear more of Slash's parts but they sound slightly buried. But hey, that's a radio rip posted on reddit. The final product could very well address my issue. Regardless, the verse parts I couldn't really hear in a bar as they just pumped bass no matter the song. Either way, I'm confident in saying of the 3 songs, this one is mixed the best.

I'd be surprised if they aren't just as surprised about rhe release as we are