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14 minutes ago, Sweersa said:

If they do a compilation album of all the singles, or whatever I hope they at least remaster them to sound better next to one another. So far Perhaps seems to be the only one suitably mixed for an album. 

Imo Absurd sounds a lot better than Perhaps, being the only track without clipping issues along with Hardskool

1.- Live in Santiago 2010.

2.- Live in Santiago 2016.

3.- Santiago, 2017.

4.-Santiago, 2022.

The impact of seeing GN'R for the first time in 2010 will always be a hard one to top. As a CD era lover, it's my favourite GN'R show by far

Daddy don't

5 hours ago, DSTK said:

Problem is ,it was the worst pro shot since Rio 2011...the sound that the BBC gave us was pathetic for a good setlist, the flac & mp4 downloads are pretty poor....listen to Rocket Queen 

Lol, I actually think the complete opposite, for me it's the best pro shot since Rock am Ring 2006

1 minute ago, NormisX said:

No, Perhaps doesn't have any clipping and the mix is much better overall. Any GNR previous release doesn't have any digital clipping

Well, Perhaps has the same issues and they didn't seem to care. Whoever worked on Perhaps and The General (and probably Monsters) mixing did an awful job.

That outro is still as good as the first time I heard it. Thanks, Axl and Slash

Or maybe the jams were just.... jams.

1 hour ago, Voodoochild said:

To me it sounds good, but guess that's subjective. The problem is about the quality of the audio, because the mp3 had clipping issues unlike any other release, including Hard School. So I guess this will be solved in the official release.

The official version of Perhaps has some serious clipping issues too ( to my ears at least), I even bought different versions in FLAC format and listened to it on different streaming platforms, but they all had the same problem 

Let's hope the official version of The General has better production. The song has more "breathing room" and doesn't seem to be as saturated with excessive layers as Perhaps, so I'm quite hopeful that it will be decently produced. I hope the orchestral part gets a few db+ on the final mix too.

Still hard to believe The General is finally coming out!! Exciting times to be a GN'R fan

7 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.

 

I don't know about about United States law, but at least in my country and many others, the general rule is that copyright belongs to the principal (the one who pays for the services) unless the parties stipulate otherwise....

For example, if I pay someone to take pictures of my marriage, I have the copyright of those pictures, not the photographer, unless stipulated otherwise in a contract.

I made a quick search and it seems that in USA, if a work is created by an employee in the course of his or her employment, the employer owns the copyright.

So no, it may not be as simple as you say and you definitely shouldn't be trying to teach other people about this topic lol

2 hours ago, 2020_Intensions said:

Even if real, what would it matter? We already know the fate of this song. It's been completely abandoned, with one vocal part being frankensteined into Hardschool 

The "hey heys" are different I think...

Is there any way to isolate they "hey heys" to compare them?

I searched  the word "rasp" and found 68 results on this page alone.... 

21 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said:

 

How do people still post shit like this? Listen to the Live Era vocals, If The World, The Blues, IRS... he never lost the rasp in the CD era. He nailed the raspy vocals when he went for them, the problem was that he rarely went for them. The LALD screams never sounded better, he could pull off the rasp effortlessly on songs like The Blues and OTGM... but of course he used the clean voice most of the time. Which is why it's weird that you say he should've seen a vocal coach - he probably did, and was probably told that the 01-02 approach was the key to longevity. That was literally Axl singing with a healthier technique, but it didn't translate well to songs like WTTJ, YCBM, etc so he changed it up in 2006.

2006 was rasp-heavy, and the 2007 shows were weaker but still good. 2010 was UYI-levels at times, and obviously he went cleaner in 2011 - but he could still seemingly flip the switch and nail the rasp. The late 2014 shows sounded as good as the 2016 shows. The only time he really pushed himself too far (at least in the last 25~ years) was the AC/DC tour followed by constant NITL touring, and we all saw the damage that did.

And really, you don't have to look beyond the AFD tour to see the damage he was doing. I love the 1991 shows but he sounds just brutal on some of them, plenty of UYI shows were cancelled because he blew his voice out, and he was working with Ron Anderson back then. The way he abused his voice coupled with age meant it was probably only a matter of time until he ended up sounding like he does today... But we wouldn't have got the AC/DC tour if he hadn't maintained his voice at some level for a long time. Unfortunately these days there's just not much left to maintain.

Thank you for this post, I was about to say the same thing... Just listen to the 2001 HOB Show, one of my favourite GN'R shows for sure. Axl nailed every single line

1 hour ago, uzi your illusion said:

For the guitar players on the board, in the 2nd live performance of General, was Slash's solo more faithful to the recording that we have, rather then the first time around?

Nope, he still doesn't get anywhere near the studio version. It's a shame because the solo outro in the studio version is pure perfection

On 11/3/2023 at 4:35 AM, ZODIAC said:

Hearing the live version, I tend to believe it's "took the time to forget".

Still could be wrong though... 🤷‍♂️

+1, it's pretty clear he sings "time to forget" on the live performances

Edit: actually I think he says "forgive" on the second chorus haha

18 hours ago, VeeR said:

The General

 

Axl said something along the lines of, "I'd like to say this is a new song, but whatever..."

Just heard it on Youtube, he said "This is a new song... I'd like to tell you about how it's a new song, but whatever..."

He sounded a little bit angry. Maybe he really wanted the song to be out already on streaming platforms and the delay of the vinyl and release was all against his will...

4 minutes ago, adamsapple said:

You don't have to have a pedal in the first place, just tune one string to a drone according to the piece/tuning you want to perform - voila. Doesn't work for everything, but that's the shortcut without any extra gear.

As for the pedal Richard uses, could it be this one or something like it? https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/RavishSitar--electro-harmonix-ravish-sitar-emulation-pedal

I'm not on social media but maybe if someone who is asks nicely Richard might take a second and answer that question himself. He's quite a gear head after all.

Yes, that's the pedal. He posted a picture of his gear on social media and you could he had it on his pedalboard

11 minutes ago, ZODIAC said:

He also already confirmed, that the general was the song he mentioned, when he was asked about that pedal. 

Yes! He just confirmed it. The pedal is called "Ravish Sitar"

Omggggggggggggg

To my ears both songs sound like they have similar production to Perhaps. Same clipping issues and similar layering, specially Monsters. I hope the official releases sound better 

Vocals on The General are some of my favourite Axl vocals, they sound angry af

One of the greatest for sure, but it's hard to pick the "best" one. Chinese Democracy has some great moments too

2 minutes ago, rumandraisin said:

At least we can rule out Ashba. He never recorded with Guns. 

How do you know that?