RisingTides
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I still wouldn't want him back.
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I'd only want Bucket back if he took the stupid fucking Bucket off of his head.
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They would have been an absolutely terrible band without Axl. He was the creative force behind that lineup.
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Agreed not too many musicians make their music to cater to fans but sales it can give you a pretty good guage as to the quality of the music.
Wrong on two levels. Firstly, most musicians today make music to cater to the fans. KISS, AC/DC, Metallica, Motely Crue etc are all making esentially the same album time and time again in orrder to pander to the public. Secondly, many great albums have performed poorly on a commercial level. If you think commercial success is correlated with artistic achievement you need to be saved by Jesus my friend.
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His voice isn't as good as it was in his '86 prime but he sounds way fucking better than he did in the early 90's. Anybody who can't hear that is retarded. In the UYI days Axl generally sounded extremely strained and like he had a hairball in his throat. Listen to the early 90's concerts. Now he's out of breath often times but he gets the highs easily, strains much less, and his voice sounds much, much healthier.
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Axl doesn't make music for the fans, he makes the music he wants to make. Does an artist paint the pictures he thinks the public want to see?
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So sales mean everything? Better toss my copy of Trout Mask Replica in the bin then.
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Chinese Democracy says otherwise my friend. It's the only record GNR have put out worthy of AFD's legacy. The UYI's were dominated by poor songwriting from everyone except Axl.
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Lol. You need to clear Slash's semen out of ears. I'd take "Better" over everything every former member of GNR has written since Appetite. Slash, Izzy etc haven't been good songwriters for over 20 years. They lost it a long time ago. Get over it.
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I've listened to everything recorded by the former members. None of it would even be fit to be a Chinese Democracy B-side, and that's a fact.
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No. Fucking. Way. Nothing Slash (or any of the original members besides Axl) has done post Appetite has been worthy of the GNR name. Axl set the benchmark with his compositions and the other members failed to meet it. Simple as that.
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If Axl don't do a reunion, I hope he never release any music again. It has been shown that he need Slash, Duff and Izzy to do something great.
On the contrary, we've seen that none of the previous members (even combined as in Velvet Revolver) can put out even a single good song. I think it's become abundantly clear over the past few years that Axl was basically the lone creative force behind the original lineup. The new lineup is a bit more balanced, with guys like Stinson being much more respectable as overall musicians than anyone from the original lineup besides Axl.
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No, a fact can never be void.
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Anyobody who votes Slash is officially retarded and knows absolutely nothing about music.
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If you believe Axl isn't working on new material, you need to lay off the crackpipe kids.
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I'd like to hear Axl sing in a voice that's closer to his speaking voice. He must have a cleaner baritone hidden in there somewhere.
Don't Cry, verses of This I Love, verses of Chinese Demorcracy, Patience, Since I Don't Have You etc?
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Lol, are thread starter serious? Freddie is no way overrated. He's one of the best singers ever, and thee's no way he's overraded, more underrated. Of course he had some nights off, singing horrible, just like any other great singer would have. The thing about Freddie, he alwaus wanted to do the songs different each time. It never sounded like it was on the record. Always something new about each song. What a singer. If you say he is only a regular vocalist, your must have lost your ears...
So cracking on the notes, skipping the high notes etc was just something he did to make the songs more interesting?
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Actually, those are all great songs. Better than anything Slash has written since AFD for sure.
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Chris is a great singer, but he is too one dimensional as a vocalist imo. Mercury was very versatile and the qualities of his voice were awesome to my ears.
Actually Chris is more versatile than Freddie. Freddie's tone never changed, always the same dull tone and unemotional delivery.
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Overrated as fuck.
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Keep on topic kids.
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I've got plenty of Queen recordings, and on nearly every one Freddie sounds great. Freddie is one of those vocalists who doesn't necessarily sing a song the same every time he performed it, he liked to take risks and try some different inflections on certain lines. Listen to Under Pressure or Hammer To Fall on Live At Wembley, those are some of his finest moments IMO.
Sounding like shit was just an affectation, right?
My opinion on Maiden has no relevance in this conversation, nor do I have an "infatuation" with Bruce. Do I enjoy his voice? Yes. Do I think he is bar-none the greatest vocalist ever? Fuck no. And if you want to argue about the merits of a good voice from a purely technical standpoint, I'd fucking send you crying to your mommy. But I don't need to waste my Saturday arguing with an obvious cupcake, I've got better shit to do.
Lawl, that's a good one. As a trained and very experienced singer I can guarantee you that I know much more about the technical side of vocals than you do. Chris Cornell's abilities as a vocalist are vastly beyond Freddie's. His breath support, switching, melismatic abilities, and overall vocal control blow Freddie's out of the water, that's not even debatable. Go to 5:30 in the link in my last post in this thread for an example of the kind of singing that makes Freddie's entire career look like a sad joke.
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Lol, says the U2 fan. U2 have a lone decent song, that's it.