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that someone on Reddit doesn't know what he's talking about or is just trolling.

not on a version of Riad that we've heard through leaks and of course not on the official version, but on a different version that we don't have access to.

how do you know this? seems like it's just a guess. You don't know what the thought process was behind it. Maybe Axl thought that Perhaps belonged on a potential next release for example.

huh? what is it you're trying to poorly express now?

what a load of shit

yeah I understand, but it at least to me it makes more sense to rerelease such an old song in connection to a box set of their most popular release. Not rerelease a reworked version of OMG, which had a poor reception among the casuals. I agree it's still possible it could get rereleased, I just think it would be pathetic even if to me OMG is a great song. I guess it's my own personal perference that Gn'R would move forward when it comes to studio material.

SOYL was rereleased as a single as a part of the AFD box set, or in connection with that box set.

good stuff. Maybe their final studio album, but at least they got around to doing another one.

but Absurd never had its official release before 2021. OMG already was officially released 24 years ago, so I don't see the point, especially when there are other unreleased songs that could see an official release that we never got.

I don't know if they struggled as a creative entity as a whole. Maybe it was more Axl overthinking it cause judging by the 2019 leaks, they had enough quality material (imo) that they could have released not long after the lineup with Sorum was over.

Guns N' Roses is Guns N' Roses. It was always the type of band where every classic member was a piece of the puzzle, of the sound and personality of the band. Even after Steven left it sounded different.

but Axl said it wasn't taken seriously so just because they tinkered with it some more and it was on a list, doesn't mean they planned to rerelease it, and I don't see the point of doing so outside of being a part of a Chinese box set or I guess as a part of a remix album.

I think it's also worth mentioning that it's not like every band member is keeping totally silent, and what Slash said for example does have value imo, which to me is giving a general idea of what direction Gn'R could possibly take in the future, but it's still very far from a confirmed plan by Axl, a release date of an album, on what kind of material the focus could shift to (old/new/hybrid), etc.

since Axl chose the approach of not sharing future potential plans, anything is possible, despite what we know about plans and life.

I guess there's a little bit of that, getting attached to the first version of a song you've heard and Axl touched on that as well when he talked about the album, but sometimes a previous version is just better for me based on the music, like Catcher for example. I'd like to believe I can trust my ears without me getting used to or attached to a leaked version coloring my perception of it. when it comes to Gn'R and the Chinese era, there are many official studio versions that I prefer to the leaks and same with other musicians/bands.

two seconds tops, don't be greedy. (and for it to not be too much for you, I think it's best if it's two seconds with killswitch)

from what we already know with vocals - State Of Grace (even if the song doesn't need it, I would like Slash to add a mean solo to it, it doesn't have to be long either) but if I could only pick one, it's Down By The Ocean for 2 reasons: it's an Izzy tune with Axl having the time and freedom to work on it as he pleases and also Axl must have really liked it if he asked Izzy to give the song to him.

where are you getting this from, if you don't mind me asking? have you read the interview Axl gave Revolver in 2014? I believe that what Axl meant by saying the second half of Chinese was completed for a while almost a decade ago means with full vocals and lyrics and the number of tracks are comparable to Chinese Democracy.

there are more than 6 tracks with full vocals and lyrics if you believe what Axl said about the second half of Chinese in 2014.

I wonder how many tracks Slash and Duff reworked exactly. Do we actually know that it was 6 tracks and that's it? or that was just the number Slash thought would actually see the light of day.

it's fair to say that that's your opinion, I happen to really like it, even if I prefer Robin's original solo.

damn, that's ugly. I like the ufo's though. The guitar looks too real and disturbs the "flow" of it imo as well.

and I've explained why your reasons are silly imo. Slash doesn't need you to protect him on the internet, but whatever. It was just an observation, not going to argue about this. Feel free to post another cool Robin clip.

you're like Slash's lawyer sometimes. It seems to bother you that not everyone on the internet respects Slash. You and a few others. I think the issue is not that you chose to react, it's that the reason for your reaction is kinda childish. I don't mean to be a dick about it, just sharing my view on how I see it. like you're trying to balance the scales cause sometimes people talk shit about Slash, you didn't pass the chance to talk shit about Robin. Surely you see that that's kinda silly.