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Ah, the Bumblefoot Tapes. They finally circulate.

Silkworms sounds cool, but it needs the chorus back. OMG sounds like shit. What Bumblefoot does in the chorus has potential, but he shits all over the rest of the song and the mix is so bad it got me back immedately to that good ol' flac version of that song we all have.

Anyway, thanks to whoever did this, it's a shame we still have to go after music ourselves because the band simply refuses to share it with us.

Yeah, the production sounds great indeed.

Can't wait to hear their next single, Crash Diet, on such quality.

Shit song.

You're Crazy is featured SEVEN times. Let that sink for a while.

It's Spotify for hipsters.

Fuck that. This is awful and the song is shit. Looking at the Facebook comments, though... They'll make a lot of money.

A 34 year old b-side as the first single of the reunion. It's only absurd until you remember it's Axl. And the song is so shitty, jesus, I wonder why it didn't cut into Appetite in the first place. This band is so out of touch with reality.

Just artistically, of course. They are clearly very much on known of how to make money.

The live stream on the Rock in Rio website works perfectly on the PS4 browser. 

12 hours from now, folks. 

No. 

On 02/09/2017 at 8:55 PM, ludurigan said:

Axl is sounding fantastic on this one. Why he doesnt sing like this on every other track and instead chooses his annoying clean voice is beyond me. Hopefully he is saviing his voice for a GNR reunion.

Slash's guitar playing is kinda nice. Not spetacular by any means. But yeah, its ok.

Now everything else -- I mean everything else and specially the arrangements -- is really, really, really horrible.

To everyone saying they "GNRed" this song, well I disagree completely.

Guns n Roses was the band tha "GNRed" and made it better every cover they played when they existed -- from Dylan to Rose Tattoo, from the Stones to ACDC and everything in between.

Now what this band did to this song has nothing to do with what GNR used to do with covers.

This sounds more like Slash and Axl guesting on a Las Vegas band or something. It sounds truly awful and grooveless -- except for Axl and Slash.

This awful cover version -- again, with the exception of a very good Axl and a passable/OK Slash -- is just one more evidence -- along with that "Better" intro, along with what these people been doing to Rocket Queen and pretty much every other GNR song, along with every "new" thing this band does -- that it is very, very unlikely that any good thing will come out of this band while the aliens remain in the lineup. Yes, they need Izzy to get a song "GNRed" like they used to do.

Great post, man. I totally agree. Axl sounds great, Slash is OK, Duff is forgetable - and the rest is awful. Amazing how they turn such a groovy tune into this dull mess. Well, like they do with every other track that calls for some groove, as you said, Rocket Queen, and also Mr. Brownstone, to name a few.

On tracks like this, Frank and Fortus are embarrassingly bad. Completely mechanical and spineless. And it's a shame, not to say stupid, that they have TWO keyboard players in the band yet we can't hear some strong piano this song could use.

It's true, they need Izzy back, and they should definetly get rid of Frank. The drummer's job is to find the groove within the groove, he can barely find the groove. Bring back Adler, or get Brain out of retirement. Anything.

With this new arrengement and the Better intro - which is completely empty and honestly feels like a bunch of school musicians trying to sound METAL - , I feel like Axl and Slash could very well work together right now, but there's not much in between to glue'em together, musically. Axl sounds good when he wants, so it's a matter of getting him interested. But everything Slash does with a weak band just sounds dull and heavy. Like he doesn't know where to go and just shreds infinetely, adding more weight as the phrases go by.

Someone from the camp confirmed The General is the concert intro, don't remember who or when, though.

3 hours ago, Wagszilla said:

The alternative booklet contains four crucial things which in my view signify the meaning of the album: (1) the note how Chinese Democracy was his summer project in 1997 and with the help of some friends he was able to save his own life (2) the essay Fear N' Freedom which is Axl's commentary on China and a brief commentary on American democracy and (3) a story about his friend Riad explaining capitalism (4) the artwork itself

In regards to the artwork itself, there's the controlling red hand on Chinese Democracy and anguished face on Madagascar, the former which is essentially about the combination of hate and nihilism in a totalitarian state and the latter is essentially about overcoming and personal redemption. Those are the two sides of the coin that I think he was going for. Something about the duality of man, sir! Then there's Slash and Matt Sorum as the conjoined skeleton twins on Sorry. Putin and Mao's homoerotic relationship, etc.

In short, I think Axl was thinking about the changing musical landscape (growth of electronica/industrial), the geopolitical landscape (America as the aging superpower, the rising Chinese and Russian influence), and more with the making of the record. I think the record is purposefully abstract and that all these elements got thrown into a blender but what Axl was thinking about at the time. 

My hypothesis is that CD II was the angrier of the two, a commentary on the futuristic hellscape, rising paramilitary, and so forth. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. 

 

 

Great fuckin post, Wagszilla. Brilliant intepretation.

Pick one:

- Be a huge rockstar;

- Go out peacefully in NYC.

Frank is awful. He has no idea what the vibes of the songs are and he kills some very important momentuns. He plays everything the same way.

Steven was the right choice from the beggining, and Axl made good choices with Freese and Brain, but both Sorum and Frank were terrible picks.

Though I think Sorum had improved a lot by the time of Contraband.

Agreed.

Drum solos being pointless and boring, lol.

Listen to some proper music.

LOL GUNS N' ROSES

Why is everyone so surprised? It's not like this is the first time they announce an announcement and then the actual announcement is no big deal at all.

fora temer

Still can't believe I'm gonna miss this. I'll be leaving for Portugal in two months to study philosophy in Coimbra. Yeah, it will be great and I'll probably be able to catch a concert there, but it won't be the same. The public makes all the difference. Actually, if I could chose I would not pick to see it in Brazil, but Argentina. I saw AC/DC there on 2009, they're fucking insane.

1 hour ago, cheesecake said:

Anyone on acdc forum? Would love to know if a lot of them are still bitching abt Axl after this amazing show tonight.

they're sucking his dick. Their ears can't lie.

35 minutes ago, BackOffBitch! said:

was hoping Axl would improve lamer songs like Rock N Roll train but it's still boring

man, I love rock n roll train, seriously

They must record an album. They owe that to Rock N' Roll.

I know this has been repeated over and over but I just have to fill in... Axl's amazing! Holy shit!

He sounds amazing. They should record an album.