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I still love the Don't Cry video. I love the running on the roof, the three Axls in therapy, absolutely love it, always have and probably always will  Loved the November Rain video, but that was already a bit over the top. Estranged was plain cringe to me. Maybe because by that time I was a year older and a bit embarrassed about my being a GNR fan by then. I have never liked the Estranged video and it seemed out of place and out of time.

Tbh, I'm happy they even consider making videos nowadays. You can't compare now with then. We watched videos all day, I had tapes and tapes of MTV videoclips etc. Those days are over. And I can't imagine Axl, Slash and Duff acting in a videoclip nowadays  Just imagine, Axl, Beta, Fernando, Vanessa and the kids sitting at the table having lunch, or splashing by the pool, while Slash and Duff drop by with their wives.

Back then it was a thing to do, so even if it was over the top, it was alright imo (although like I said, Estranged has always made me feel uncomfortable). But now? I would think their only option would be something like a cartoon or whatever, or have a video with live footage, behind the scenes or on stage.

5 hours ago, alfierose said:

Why TF did this thread get derailed with posts about sexy cartoon animals?

I bet you didn't see that one coming 🤣🤣

Nice that they're doing something. I don't like Creative Works, so that's too bad for me. But I do appreciate they come out with something.

Some years ago I was sure Axl and Beta were actually married, with maybe her allowing Axl to have flings or whatever with other women. Which could explain for the 18 year old girl whose ass he was grabbing some ten years ago (I think?). But I don't know. It wouldn't surprise me at least. 

And even if they're married, I've never heard of Beta pushing female fans away. On the contrary, I've heard of a few fans (male and female) who got to meet Axl thanks to Beta. (Just meeting him btw, no romantic/sexual meetings.) So whatever it is, I don't think she's the jealous or insecure type 

It's really odd to me, because you seem to be a person who's always nice and wouldn't antagonize anyone. Then again, I only know you on the forum, of course. It's a bit funny, because more people are assholes on the forum and sweethearts in real life. Maybe with @Eric Cantona it's the other way around 

1. Putin 

2. Zelenski

3. Netanyahu

4. Bruce Willis

5. Britney Spears

6. Ezra Miller

7. Shannen Doherty

8. Mike Tyson

9. Gerard Depardieu

10. Goldie Hawn

Today Facebook is suggesting me this. I guess ZoSo has been watching Hallmark Christmas movies 🤣

There used to be a gun dealer in the center of my city. Until an 18 year old bought a gun there, got out of the store and shot and killed a two year old girl and her nanny and wounded a woman sitting on a bench. 

No more gun shops since then.

1 hour ago, SoulMonster said:

It is considered one of the nicest cities in south Germany, with a very well preserved old city and a nice castle on the hill above. It is a university city which is vibrant and with lots of nice restaurants, pubs and cafes. It is also small enough to walk everywhere. And the surrounding region has lots of nice wineries, castles and nature. 

I'm sure it's great and worth the visit, it just seemed random to me that someone from Detroit (I think) would be interested in just that particular city.

29 minutes ago, EvanG said:

I watched a documentary about Liquido's song "Narcotic" recently and they visited the singer in Heidelberg because that's where he wrote the song. It's only 4 hours from here but I had never heard about it before. Looks like a charming town, though.

Thanks. Glad I'm not the only one  I have been thinking lately that Germany is a country I have barely visited at all, even if it's closeby (some of it is anyway). I seem to always end up in the Netherlands or France if I'm going for a short holiday abroad.

9 hours ago, ZoSoRose said:

Might go there in March! 

That seems random 😁 It's only a five hours drive from here and I don't think anyone I know's been there. 

Why Heidelberg? 

2 hours ago, Stay.Of.Execution said:

you do look like 25 though

❤️ Thanks for brightening my day again 😘

 I don't believe EvanG is 68. Oh well, I guess I'm the oldest who dares say their age. 47. I still feel better saying my birth year though. I'm at an age where I have to count before I know what age I am.

11 hours ago, Gunner Gilby said:

No disrespect to Beta. Yeah her promotion to now former manager was gradual. I'm sure the same was the case for Fernando. If they've acquired all this experience then it's pretty embarrassing. I'm familiar of the history of past managers. At least between say 86-99 we got a bunch of studio albums, a live album, a concert on two videos and three making of videos. What have we gotten from TB's era of management? The Chinese Democracy album, Appetite For Democracy two years after the shows and several very pricey editions of Appetite and Illusions each released a year after their actual anniversaries.

No, as I understood it, she told Axl: Me and my family will be managing everything now. If you say no, we're leaving.

Nothing gradual about it. I personally think anyone would be a better manager after all the experience they've had, even with no formal education. They seem to get everything wrong all the time.

2 hours ago, Sledge said:

So their 12 days of Christmas competition isn't open to Australians.. 

Only UK, US and Canada. 

2 minutes ago, Blackstar said:

Oh she's already his ex? They have a child together, don't they?

Yeah, she gave birth in June, I think. I only saw it when I googled it.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/4799202/noor-alfallah-mick-jagger-al-pacino/

4 minutes ago, Ratam said:

Who is it woman Birthday? Maybe someone of business music? Plus it guy narrate a nice story about Axl.

Apparently she's Al Pacino's ex. She turned 30 

12 minutes ago, SoulMonster said:

Why not "black haired prick" or "mustached prick"? Why focus on nationality? And yeah, I get that it is easy to point to them being part of an organization called "Team Brazil", but my counter-argument to that would then be that you should refer to him as that "Team Brazilian", although cumbersome. And referring to the Lebeis as "them Brazilians" started much earlier than "Team Brazil" was coined and founded. So yeah, I don't buy it. I certainly would find it weird if people singled out my nationality when they referred to me, like "That Norwegian prick," "that Norwegian asshole", similarly I am sure you would find it suspicious if people decided to refer to you as that "Czech fucker". Why single out nationality? It makes no sense unless you think nationality in itself makes a difference.

Black haired prick could be Slash. And I didn't even know Fernando had a mustache  The Brazilians = Team Brazil. That cannot be misunderstood, it's clear communication. Brazilian isn't a slur word, is it?

7 minutes ago, Voodoochild said:

Read the context. Not hard.

'The Brazilians' in this context seems to refer to Team Brazil. I don't see it as the whole population of Brazil.

6 minutes ago, SoulMonster said:

Why do you not think she left exactly because of the infringement and sexual harassment reasons?

2 minutes ago, PatrickS77 said:

Didn't it say in the papers she wasn't asked back?

5 minutes ago, adamsapple said:

I don't mean this as an insult, but you have no idea how licensing works. By your logic you can go to a show and record a band to put out a bootleg you then make money off (getting paid by YouTube or streaming services, selling physical copies etc.) because with buying a ticket you already paid the band to play the music for you and now you own the music and can do whatever you want with it, right? Wrong! You paid for two hours of their service. If you want to put that service to further commercial use you might have to speak to the band management (no pun intended) and ask for licensing. This is how it works.

 

That is a bit skewed. We haven't paid for a private show, so we wouldn't be thinking we had the right to make money off bootlegs. That would be beyond silly. The band isn't working for us, we're just watching a show.

I am actually a freelancer myself (in Europe), and for the work I do for my clients, it is stipulated that they get the copyright too. I remember finding that really odd, as I would think it goes without saying that if someone pays me to do anything, and they buy my service, obviously they can do whatever they want with it afterwards, as it is theirs, since they paid for it. Maybe I'm too down to earth for all of that stuff. I see what Patrick means here.  BUT it still is completely ignorant and unprofessional to not have any contract in writing stipulating the terms of Kat's work for GNR. So regardless of that, I still think (if there are indeed no written contracts) Fernando is to blame. It was his responsability, at least after 2016. I wonder if before that, Kat was just happy to lead a dream life as a young European girl touring the world with a rock band, but as she got older, she realized she wanted more than that, and had nothing concrete to fall back to.

It was a bit funny Jarmo stressing that HE never travelled with the band or stayed in the band's hotels