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  1. Do y’all think we’ll ever hear the original Nu-GnR General demo? Since this is a Brain composition, I can’t imagine much is different other than the Slash lick on the intro and solos.
  2. Wow! That bass line!! Never heard or noticed that before. Dark and moody! Kinda reminds me of She Wants Revenge. The crunch of the rhythm guitar too. The orchestral strings are beautiful, but I'd love to hear a more prominent guitar remix with those alternate vocals.
  3. Is it possible that Apple Music, Spotify, Youtube, etc. run their own normalization which affects the compression/ mastering? My Hard Skool cassette sounds a lot better to me than the stream.
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    New Beatles Song

    Wow!! Same here. It's kind of oddball, slightly cheesy even lol, but extremely touching and sentimental. The video has completely won me over on the official version of the song. As @Amir said earlier, there is a certain attachment we get to the demos, similar to GnR-- But the video treatment/ package on this is transformative. I can't get through singing along without cracking at this point. The final shots are crushing... Those images of the boys in reverse, as the strings collapse into the close of their last bow.
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    New Beatles Song

    I too am a bit underwhelmed. I’ve been fascinated by the demo for some time and have been anticipating this release, as I am a big fan of what they did with Free as a Bird and Real Love. Personally, the demo’s melody, lyrics and structure are beautiful!! One of my favorite Lennon compositions. The actual release feels slightly adulterated though. I don’t mind the treatment on John’s vocals, but the rawness of the tape demo had a certain charm I wish they’d just left. The “Now and then— I miss you” chorus on this release is quite moving and lifts the song to a new place. That alone is worth the price of admission… The bridge from the demo “I don’t want to use you… abuse you” has unfortunately been scrapped. Do we know how much if any of George is actually on this track? I saw the “making of,” where Paul discussed having some of George’s tracks from ‘95 but mentioned adding a slide guitar as a tribute. It’s a little disturbing to question if all the lead guitar is a mimic… All in all it is tastefully done. Not as piano centric or true to the original as I would have hoped for… The strings are a grand touch. Cassette’s on its way. It’s a bittersweet “goodbye” from the Beatles.
  6. If it’s performed live, hearing it pure without the distortion will give it a new wrinkle. Let the studio track be a studio track with all the bells and whistles I love the vocal effects on this track. On the “brick walled” prechorus, I thought something went wrong with the speakers, then the instrumentals just KICK IN and the less distorted chorus consumes you like a wave. Honestly makes me wanna cry when I hear. There is authenticity and anguish there… powerful indeed
  7. Wasn't Soul Monster one of the titles on the Village Instrumental demos?
  8. It is more likely than not that they wanted to tinker more... However-- (Hate playing devil's advocate) but there are plenty of issues with pressings these days. Even if they did tinker with something months ago, the turnaround time for new pressings and cut masters would have been affected. Missed the boat either way not having this out for Halloween! Release the fucking thing TUESDAY online and radio!!!
  9. FUCK. Both shocking-- but I think magnificent? As all have stated... Gotta sleep on this. I would have much preferred to have unwrapped my Perhaps vinyl this weekend, listened and played these over Spotify as well. Got to come back to these in the car... This catharsis needs releasing... I love the vocal effects on the General. It's very schizophrenic. The whole thing is so creative. A strange lack of resolution on the final strings of Monster, after the soothing finale... The artist might not like hearing this, but those vocals on Monster remind me of Michael Jackson. These are the risks that should be taken.
  10. I still see the General as the R Side on the US store. Where did you see this absurd (acoustic) bs? I’m HUGELY disappointed but keeping my order, as am keen on physical media. This absurd acoustic business may cause me to reconsider though.. This definitely impacts my desire to see them at the Hollywood Bowl. I wouldn’t have gone just to see this mysterious new song, but I’m tired of the let downs. Fuck.. was really looking forward to getting that vinyl. In other news… Looks like the Beatles will beat GnR to the punch on the next release. https://pitchfork.com/news/the-beatles-final-song-now-and-then-announced/amp/
  11. I don’t recall the lead guitar work from those demos but was recently thinking about the odds of Axl’s guitar on the other demos. it was probably Sebastian Bach or an ex-member who described Axl’s rhythm guitar tone, in a very gnarly way— Made me wonder if he’s playing on State of Grace, Dummy or others
  12. Damn! And Fuck they Do! Glad I saw this.
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