Free Bird

It’s definitely him

So glad promo to this fucker beginns

Fuck I‘m super excited

Can’t speak for others but for me when I think back to 2017, during the reunion shows in Munich and London they played Yesterdays and that solo was something I considered really bad. Of course there are a lot of other examples like his first one or two attempts of Don‘t Damn Me live or a few TWAT and Sorry solos. But I also heard him playing these solos great and I think someones opinion must be biased when it gets generalized that every CD solo of him is bad.

Is that a question or have you legit info to that?

It’s not your task to judge anybody’s opinion. He answered your question before you could actually ask for. Also, Slash‘s work contains more than just the solo. Having said that, I thought the solo on Perhaps was a bit underwhelming, too, mostly because of the way they release those left overs. Had they released them as a bunch it would be more acceptable to me if there had been one short, unspectacular solo out of five or six tracks. Releasing them song for song you have nothing else to focus on and you expect the best for each release.

Every single song he worked on sounds more like classic Guns now than before. That’s a fact. Whether you prefer one style over the other is another question. For me, as someone who prefers the classic era over the CD era, it’s an easy choice. I think Slash improved every single song with his playing.

I always thought it’s a typical Slash riff tbh, but I prefer Izzy’s take on that song instrumentally. I like it more the traditional way, while on Contraband it’s very mordern sounding.

Axl still sounds like shit. Don’t give him a stage like this

I think Duffs vocals are a huge letdown these days but the music isn’t bad at all.

With broken string

You won’t hear either of them in London. You’re getting Perfect Crime instead

I know, I know… but you know too, it was just a funny attempt to say I don’t agree

Fixed for you…

Great, hope for some vids with Stockdale and curious about #metallex opinion on the show he attended

If so, than it won’t happen

I was thinking about that too. Colors with Black Pumas comes to mind, which is pretty cool as well, but other than that I can’t think of a collaboration that good in recent years. Emerald with Ace Frehley was also fun but quite some time has past now since that one was released.

Don’t look at them as hints to Axl. Look at them as gifts to the fans. Songs you won’t hear otherwise at any GNR show. And songs he isn’t tired of playing each night for years now.

I didn’t mean that he hit every note but comparing that to the DDM solo where he played something totally different, this one was very close

They’ll save that one for us in Europe

Not an easy song to do live but Todd did well. Slash played the solo almost note for note as well. Good rendition.

It seems like the set list with the alternative songs a few weeks ago was legit

But it wasn’t hyped by Axl or the band. It was hyped by the fanbase, all because of some euphoric statements by Sebastian Bach although nobody knows if he confused songs he heard. I could imagine the hype is one reason why this song gets treated like it this. It simply can’t live up to the hype

The story came up first when, in 2016? When the reunion happened and it became public that Axl’s gonna front ACDC? Firts time anybody has heard of him in decades outside of the fanbase. It didn’t effect his career then and it won’t now. That woman isn’t very reliable at all.

I think the chorus works only in the context. I agree that it doesn’t fit naturally. A dark agressive chorus like the one of The General would fit better. Having said that, Slash’s lead melodies are based on the happy mooded chorus so that wouldn’t fit either. They should have found a way to combine these two tracks into one great epic, imo. Monsters still works for me because I like the chorus and the outro on their own as well as the verses and bridge. It’s the lack of homogeneity which is a little annoying, similar to the beginning of TWAT or Better. I learned to live with that, too.