Gordon Comstock

Of course not, you're a good poster Ratam Songs like CD, Sorry and Catcher are usually decent but I wish they'd replace the CD 'deep cuts' like TWAT, TIL and SOD with Perhaps and The General... or songs like You're Crazy or You Ain't The First. Most of the CD songs don't sound good live with this lineup.

Axl has rarely sounded good on the verses of TWAT, but the screams and solo are what make the song great. He sounded bad on the verses here but nailed the screams, it's definitely not the worst performance of the song... Slash really fucked up the solos, though.

Promise seems like a song that Axl would've absolutely nailed in 2010 or 2016, but yea I don't think there will ever be a Slash solo song included in a GNR set unless it's something like Safari Inn that could be used as an intro... Axl would probably never sing Nothing To Say but it would've been cool to hear what he'd do over that instrumental, too.

Like @Tom2112 I had friends text me when it was released saying 'wtf is this?' Absurd has its fans, but as far as being a successful single I just don't see how it would happen. Most people who like GNR don't want that kind of music, and most people who like that kind of music aren't interested in GNR's attempt at it. To be fair, it does work better as a live song though.

That might be a fair argument for Hardschool, but there's no universe where Absurd was ever going to do well as a single. They should've just quietly included it as a b-side and released Hardschool at the beginning of that tour. I'd bet that releasing Absurd as the first reunion single killed a lot of peoples interest in new GNR songs.

They have some really good songs - Loving The Alien, Messages, etc. - but a lot of mediocre songs as well. Contraband gets praised by a lot of people on here but that album hasn't aged well at all IMO.

Yes, there's been rare occasions where he's stopped for fans, but it's not common and half the time he just looks uncomfortable. I know you and a few others on here hang out at the hotels and airports but that shit is just weird... Not trying to knock axljungle, congrats on getting an autograph and some quick pics, but it's totally reasonable that he would avoid groups of fans outside hotels and stuff.

Idk, most people who don't like the production on the 2021 singles are still CD fans, so if they actually release The General it will be one of those rare moments where almost everyone is happy (like summer 2016 or when they released the Ritz blu ray).

If there's a group of creepy fans at the entrance, why wouldn't he leave through the garage?

The full show is on youtube. Here's the TWAT scream

The 2017 shows I saw felt really bloated... Axl sounds good on about half the set now, but that still leaves 15~ songs where he sounds bad. Cut the show down to 20-25 songs and it would flow way better IMO. When it's almost 3 hours into the show and you have to listen to Axl struggle through This I Love it makes the show drag... It would be cool if they randomly played Locomotive or TWAT when I see them in October, I'm not gonna complain about them occasionally throwing in a rarity, but songs like This I Love and Yesterdays just don't sound good. Throw in stuff like You Ain't The First and You're Crazy, and of course Perhaps should be played sooner than later, but they could easily do an all killer no filler show with only like 25 songs.

Wow he actually nailed the scream...

Did he say "this is a song about a very hairy time in my life"?

The jokes won't stop until they play Knockin' On Havarti's Door

Obviously they're gonna open all the remaining shows with The General. *Orchestral stem played over the speakers before the band starts It's So Easy

If they're gonna do another surprise drop, it would almost definitely be at 9pm pt / midnight eastern. So about 9 hours from now. I don't think they'll drop anything tonight, but there's a show tomorrow so who knows...

Axl later said the song was called Berlin so the original lyrics were might have changed or been added to. At this point he could call it Kiev and the title wouldn't really matter, if it's got vocals I want to hear it.

I'd like Wichita Lineman, I kinda hope they do another covers album or EP at some point and release a studio version of it.

If Perhaps and The General end up being another EP with some live tracks, hopefully they include Down On The Farm and Bad Obsession at least.

"Evader's version is better"

I'm gonna throw on my headphones, listen to it while smoking a bowl, then read the inevitably hilarious thread about it on here

There's been tons of great rock bands that have formed since then, but it's kind of ridiculous to hold them to the same level as Zeppelin. Nobody is gonna touch Zeppelin or the Stones or Beatles or very few others in terms of revolutionizing and popularizing rock music and culture... but that doesn't mean great bands haven't come and gone since the fucking 90s Honestly if the cutoff date is 1997 then 'the next big rockstar' was probably Eminem, rock music took a back seat in pop culture decades ago, so there isn't gonna be many bands who become iconic like that. But that doesn't change the fact that I've seen great shows by local bands in shitty venues, and some of my favourite artists 'only' play theatres and clubs. Good rock music isn't too hard to find if you're willing to look for it. I will say though, I can think of several bands who are great live but I rarely listen to their albums because of bland production - Monster Truck, Radkey, etc. I think most modern rock production has sucked for a long time. I'm gonna see Maneskin the night before I see GNR in October, and they seem like another band that's gonna sound way better live.

Prostitute is my favourite song on CD but the reaction when it finally leaked was definitely mixed. We've built up songs before (Sorry is another example) and then people are let down when they finally hear it. The cell phone clip of The General sounds cool but I can't form much of an opinion from it. I don't think SOG has anything to do with The General though, who knows why it wasn't listed in the 2008 email... it could've been replaced by Cuban Skies or something else

I'm definitely curious to hear it but I don't know if it's the holy grail lol. Just keep in mind how hyped up Prostitute was, and then lots of fans hated it. Atlas was a 'big gun' and ended up being mediocre. What we've heard of the General sounds cool, but so does Me & My Elvis, Circus Maximus, Zodiac, etc. I'm just glad they might release something that, for the most part, hasn't already leaked.

I only listened on my phone speaker, but it didn't sound like Axl was there? It sounded like Duff, Melissa and an Axl backing track, and Axl will probably do the 'all alone' parts live... fuck I'm gonna have to re-listen to it with headphones now. And yea, I'm glad the General might finally be a reality, but I really hope it sounds better than the 2021 singles.