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Let me tell you about a habit that Axl Rose has. When he swings for the fences vocally, he always uses his left hand to hold the microphone. You can see this habit from RAR 2006 to the Ritz 88, and also when he was filling in for Brian Johnson. Any badass scream that Axl has ever done,  (and you can look at recordings of old GNR shows to confirm this), he has always grasped the microphone with his left hand.

I don't really know what I'm getting at by pointing this out, prob something about the Left Brain vs the Right Brain.

In order to sing and perform like Axl did or does takes a certain emotional, physical and spiritual toll. When fans talk about the Mickey voice, and how the man can't kill it anymore .. yeah well of course he can't.  He spent all that energy in his early days!

You guys do realize the man is taking the absolute piss out of you, right?

Axl is an amazing singer. His problem is that when performing live he's running around all over the shop trying to put on a show and not focusing on his voice. He's had this bad habit since the UYI shows. There's a reason some of the best GNR shows are from the 80s when Axl didn't have room to run around and all he had was the microphone stand, so he could focus his energy and attention on just singing the damn song.  

This performance is a good example of how on-point Axl is when he just focuses on singing:

Axl Rose is a singer, not a dancer. The dude still has it in him, he's just wasting shitloads of energy bouncing around the stage when he should just plant himself and sing the fuck out of his kick-ass songs.

I reckon it's the insane amount of heart they all put in from 85-93, primarily Axl. High risk, high reward and all that. They all seem like they are people that wear their heart on their sleeve just as in the day-to-day, give people like that a shit load of money, fans, pressure and talent and you get the amazing one in a million thing called Guns N Roses.

2006 Axl was peak rockstar. No one can hit that shit again, even Axl himself.

Listen to that fucking scream, and the look, just too cool for school. I reckon rock has been dead and buried since 1987, because Axl Rose and Guns N Roses killed it. There was nowhere to go after them, and in 2006 Axl still had that mythical style (that isn't to say things are inferior nowadays, I realze that comment seemed a bit wistful and pathetic, it's an awe-inspiring thing that people like MJ and Axl even got to show off there superhuman ability in the first place).

I honestly think maybe the man just isn't into it anymore. Him and his friends made this thing "Guns n Roses" and made bank off it because they were great rock songs.  Clearly these days, the banshee screamer isn't into the songs, so we shouldn't be either.  Let it die.

you know what disappoints me with Axl, it's like he used to be such a badass. He would talk albout shit like Weinstein back in the day.

now he's just a fat sell-out.

I just reckon he's a different dude now. The beauty of AFD and UYI was that it was a bunch of young angry dudes just letting it all out. I think people need a reason to fight to bring out the fire, and with Axl it just isn't there with GNR. Look at how great his vocals were with ACDC, it was because he had something to prove. With GNR it seems like his heart just isn't in it.

Axl's voice is one in a fucking million. The dude made a fortune out of it and there's a reason for that - no one sounds like him. Axl on his worst day sounds better than his imitators, just search X GNR song cover on youtube. They all sound like Dr. Rockso from Dethklok. GNR and Axl were different because there was some heart behind it. Axl n GNR were never posers or wannabes, they had some fucking skill and guts, thus they succeeded.

Actually scratch that, I think Dr. Rockso sounds better than these lost soul cover band dudes. At least the creator of Dethklok had some intent behind it, he wanted to parody/tribute hair metal.

The man sang the fuck out of and wrote some killer songs for 10 years straight ffs (1984-1993). Human beings only have a certain amount of energy. The man isn't a superhuman my friends.

Imagine if you had this Axl:

With Slash & Duff on the NITL tour. Fucking rock heaven right there.

2006 Axl wins this easily. The man looked like the badass rock veteran that he is. Whoever was in charge of Axl's look in that era shold be re-hired.

He isn't the greatest singer no. What Axl is, is unique. The brass balled bastard made a fortune by just being his own self.  Coming from bumfuck nowhere and dominating the Sunset Strip, GNR would have gone nowhere fast without Axls insane voice. That's the truth otherwise none of us would be here, remember people were still interested in "GNR"even when Slash and Duff weren't in the band.. I think Axl is a man worthy of respect.

Come to think of it, I really think we put too much on the guy. He is the best currently active rock singer, but remember he's just a dude. Things like "HES WAY BETTER WITH ACADACA THAN GNR" etc. give the guy a break. He already worked hard when he was young. I swear if you worked half as hard at your job as Axl did in the AFD days you'd be millionaire by now.

2006/2007 Axl was amazing. The dude fucking looked like the rock veteran that he is. He was a bit stocky and bit pissed off, as he fucking should be! I really hope whoever came up with Axl's 2006/2007 look got a promotion of some kind, because it looks awesome!

Not the best technical singers, but singers like Axl that put a lot of heart into it! (and thrash the fuck out of their throat in the process...)

This is a chick called Mai Yamane, she sung a lot of songs for a famous anime called Cowboy Bebop:

The amazing thing is the woman was pushing 50 when she recorded these songs.

16 hours ago, Wagszilla said:

They played it a couple of times in 2006 and 2010, mostly at private acoustic gigs and many times in 2012 during the UCAP tour. 

Got any youtube links? I really love this song. It's a shame they didn't play it at the Rose Bar gig back in 2010.

I was listening to some old GNR performances and it occurred to me that neither Axl with his nu-Guns nor Slash with M Kennedy have played this sweet as hell song... ever! I legit think the Lies version of You're Crazy is one of GNRs best songs, they should really play it again!

This obviously talented dude could have spent the time doing this to write his own songs for fucks sake. Everyone fucking knows AFD is a classic, why do we need these gimmicky as fuck youtube videos? It just reeks of fucking circus/talent show bullshit. "Come see the amazing man that can play Sweet Child O'Mine with only a guitar and keyboard!" Cheap middle-class housewive curiosity shit.

On 8/1/2016 at 0:24 PM, Free Bird said:

Best song on Contraband 

Couldn't agree more, it sounds like It's So Easy after it took a truck load of psychadelic drugs

Slash has played Axl's songs, right? (better, sorry, etc.)

Well what if Axl started singing Slash's songs? Imagine "You're A Lie" or "Doctor Allibi" with Axl vocals.. shit would be pretty fucking great

Anyone else think this song is seriously underrated? It combines Weiland fever dream gibberish lyrics with a high tempo GNR sound.. I always found it strange that VR put all their bets on Slither rather than Sucker Train Blues.