DannyVinyard

I think this is where he beat somebody up at the airport.

I've listened to the song a few times now. Never heard of it before. The song is grand and epic. It's right up Axl's alley. I'm excited for his version.

He wasn't even remotely fat at RIR in 2001.

I don't care. Chinese Democracy was a total flop commercially, but an outstanding album nonetheless. There Was A Time, Better, Street of Dreams, Prostitute, all amazing songs. Not using There Was A Time as a single is like not releasing Sweet Child O' Mine as a single. CD II with CD like proper mastering and recording with full on Finck and Buckethead guitars would have been amazing. If it were to be a flop, it would only be a flop due to lack of promotion or people just have bad taste in music (Jelly Roll, Post Malone, rap, etc) Yeah, just like Axl hinted at a new album in 2014 or 2015. Then reunion news happens and I knew we'd never get CD II as this would be yet another excuse to not release it. Hell, we'd probably have CD III by now if not for the corporate cash grab reunion. They handled it exactly as I thought they would: a huge reunion cash grab tour of the oldies. Oh, btw, Axl has zero interest in an old school rock album that everyone is begging for. Not going to happen, which is why he rejected Slash and Duff work back in the mid 90's.

I would have rather seen Axl stick it out with nu GNR and release CD II than the corporate endless cash grab reunion tour that we ended up getting. Cash grab reunion tour was worse case scenario. Anything would have been more interesting than that.

We would have had CD II years ago if it wasn't for the cash grab reunion.

100% I would add Perhaps to that list as well. Melodic, amazing solo. I remember listening to it over and over when it first leaked.

Oddly enough, the Robin solo on Perhaps sounds more like GNR than the Slash one. Slash solo ruined the song for me, it's so bad.

When Beta threatened to leave, Axl should have told her to not let the door hit her ass on the way out.

Even though you are joking, this is absolutely true.

Who chose the singles for Chinese Democracy? Was it Axl or the record company? I'm thinking record company since they forced the album out and zero support from Axl. Whoever chose the singles didn't do the album justice. The megahit that should have been is There Was a Time, which IMO is the best song on the album and one of the best songs of all time. How this epic song was not released as a single baffles me. It's so much better than the title track. Imagine the traction it would have gained (along with the album) if Axl released TWAT as first single along with epic UYI style music video. Street of Dreams would have been a hit, maybe megahit, too. Oh well, two amazing songs that nobody knows about.

Agree 100%. I loved Perhaps when it leaked, but the Slash replacement solo ruins it for me. The school bell ruins Hardschool, in which case the leak overall was much better. I hate the cash grab reunion. Axl would have released a full CDII, with proper Buckethead/Finck versions of the songs, if it weren't for the reunion. All we got from that was an endless cash grab tour to milk the casuals.

I would proudly blast the The General from my car (and have when it first leaked along with Monsters). Def better than any of that rap garbage I hear blaring from some cars.

Axl Rose pre 2011. It's been all down hill since Rock in Rio 2011.

Does anyone else hate Yesterdays?