Martin Riggs

2 hours ago, Mooch14 said:

A Celtics litho, not a Redsox/baseball themed one?  Sour

I think they already did that a few years ago when they played there. 
 

https://twitter.com/gunsnroses/status/1422619924971900933?s=20

4 minutes ago, AxlRoseCDII said:

Typical “insider” nonsense

Well the music account has almost 50K followers. Who knows. 

6 minutes ago, THELINESMAN said:

I love Slash as a guitar player. I really do. He’s my favourite of all time. He makes the guitar speak when he wants to. His sense of melody and feeling is unmatched. With all that in mind, I think it’s fair to say, the Perhaps solo is shit. 

The more I’ve listened to the song, the more his solo works imo. Not flashy, but fitting. 

Just now, GoodOlJohnnyK said:

That was my next example. The solo and the ending guitar line are the most memorable parts of the song.

Yep. Not technically musical, but the shot of him outside the chapel in the video doing the solo also may be the most iconic image from one of the most iconic videos ever. Definitely should’ve received a credit on the song.

39 minutes ago, GoodOlJohnnyK said:

100% correct. People these days act as if Slash’s only contribution was noodling on the guitar. He was a songwriter as much as any of them were. Plus there were songs that Slash received no credit for that were debatable - Estranged, for one. Slash’s guitar line is the main hook of the song, yet not significant enough to garner a songwriting credit when it easily could have been.

November Rain as well.

28 minutes ago, janrichmond said:

WoF is a banging song!

Looks like an interesting set up:

1 hour ago, Mikey Whipwreck said:

 

It's a companion piece to Catcher. In the literal reading the "you" is Mark David Chapman the "savior" being Lennon. The narrator being Axl or any Lennon fan who had their hero stolen from them through a senseless act. Perhaps "I/we" as a collective were wrong for ignoring MDC, allowing him to feel this isolated and angry. But also, his actions were futile in that nobody respects, knows, or understands him. He's still alone and misunderstood, with the added burden of being universally despised and ruining his own life

But it's presented in vague enough terms that it can be seen as admonishing anyone who commits atrocities, mass shootings, and so forth with the aim of gaining notoriety

I’m skeptical this pertains to Perhaps. Has this actually been implied or stated? 

6 hours ago, Free Bird said:

I really dislike Driving Rain. There are much better songs on LTD imo.

Serve You Right & The One You Loved Is  Gone being 2 of them. 

1 minute ago, DannyVinyard said:

Uh, no it wasn't. The song has been around since at least 2010, per party recording.

How do you know that’s the same song? Either way, like Perhaps, it was probably written and recorded this year. 

7 hours ago, NicoRourke said:

Well, it took your comment for me 😂

Regarding Perhaps, I'm wondering why they say it's written by Axl, Slash and Duff when we know it's not, unless they get a credit for the music they added? But the song structure is exactly the same.

Presumably when they reunited the deal must’ve been that any new music released would be credited to all 3. Unlikely it would’ve ever officially came out otherwise anyways. 

On 8/18/2023 at 6:29 PM, GNRfan2008 said:

 

Apparently the songwriting is credited to "Guns N' Roses" which could technically mean just Axl. 

Guns N Roses (partnership) is Axl, Slash and Duff. Any future songs will be credited to at least those 3 by the looks of it.
As for the old players, I’m sure they knew the score from the get go. They were paid to sit around in a studio (that Axl wasn’t typically at much) and come up with ideas for the man in the castle. 

4 hours ago, evilfacelessturtle said:

I've never understood that. Better is a much (no pun intended) better song. It's by far the most catchy song on CD. But I guess CD is a very easy song to sign whereas Better has that bitch of a bridge on top of some tough verses as well.

Better was included in the set a lot longer than it should have been imo. Axl simply couldn’t sound very good on it. 

1 hour ago, Gunner55 said:

It's amazing what proper promotion can accomplish. I give this band and management shit just as much as the next guy or gal, but I think they're doing great with this release. A video, radio play (Winnipeg stations don't seem to be playing it), showing it in Times Square. And it seems they're getting recognition for that. Hopefully they're learning something from this and can continue doing so. Hell if anything I hope this reinvigorates some motivation and self confidence for Axl. 

I think they realized that they can’t skate by on the legacy anymore after 7 years. Probably were getting outside pressure due to the lackluster sales of these baseball park shows (all heavily discounted and many closing off upper decks). Whatever the cause, happy we’re finally seeing some legit effort. 

30 minutes ago, Blackstar said:

A couple of reviews:

https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2023/08/18/guns-n-roses-pnc-park-concert-pittsburgh/stories/202308180120

https://triblive.com/aande/music/review-guns-n-roses-rocks-pittsburgh-despite-vocal-imperfections/

There is a mention about Chrissie Hynde saying that they're playing the song Hymn To Her by Axl's request.

Both writers seemed like they knew what they were talking about. Although the Gazette one may need a better editor:

Not only did they get their first GNR show in seven years, but a legit new song and video on the eve of the concert with “Perhaps,” the third single from the band since “Hard Skool” in 2021.

2 hours ago, gnr1967 said:

Cool video! He’s come a long way in terms of being friendly to fans in my opinion.  Of all the band members, I always had the viewpoint that Axl was the hardest band member to meet or interact with. Last night blew me away … I’m still amazed Axl signed my poster. He was very friendly.

I wonder why he’s still at the venue so much later than most of the others? Partying? 

5 hours ago, Jwalker19 said:

I'm genuinely starting to believe that the absolute absurd (pun intended) behavior of this band and Axl is part of their appeal. It's kind of like back in the day where the added bonus and mystique of buying a ticket was Axl's erratic behavior during the shows. You never knew if he was going to fly off the handle or a riot was going to happen. The TouchTunes debacle seriously blew my mind, but let's be honest, that was an absolute classic Guns N' Roses moment and legitimately enjoyable for us diehards. It sounds stupid, but that type of shit is why we are obsessed with this band. 😂

Ha this is some real battered spouse reasoning. “He randomly hits me, but he’s so unpredictable and interesting!” 
 

6 hours ago, colonizedmind said:

Overall, the best end of week in GNR land this side of a day in November 2008....I don't think many would argue against that....

I’ve enjoyed the week as well, but the best thing in GNR land was Axl/Slash getting back together. 

28 minutes ago, Gibbo said:

Still rendering. Not bad for the first time

 

 

Yeah, it’s jarring going back and forth with the voices like that. Doesn’t sound like a professional singer doing that honestly.

Just now, BucketEgg said:

whoever uploaded that took it from the facebook live, which had bad signal sometimes

Oh. From what I could hear I liked the sound of Slash’s solo. 

1 minute ago, BucketEgg said:

 

 

What’s wrong with the sound?

9 minutes ago, Blackstar said:

 

That’s a great baseball stadium. Cool backdrop at night. 

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