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  1. 6 minutes ago, bumbleslash69 said:

    Doesn't the official release of TWAT have a bit of inaudible lyrics? The whole "never mind who gave you head/near the man who gave you head/near the man who reaped it in" bit? I remember when it leaked for years we thought that was a placeholder. It's subjective of course, but TWAT was probably the "biggest gun" of all the songs in the war chest and it still had unfinished sounding vocals and lyrics. When it comes to interpersonal songs, Axl isn't the world's greatest songwriter, but there is something special there. He's definitely struggled to put pen to paper. Which is a shame, because he's clearly talented and can do more than write great rock lyrics. 

    I felt with CD and the leftovers, he really wanted to become known as a great songwriter as opposed to someone who knows how to write a great stadium rock song.

    If you watch a live performance of TWAT there's no confusion on that lyric, he gestures..

    Garbled is the word. Is he singing the word Prostitute on Message for you debate went on for some time.

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  2. 5 hours ago, Cosmo said:

    I think pretty much no one outside of these forums went to see them live to listen to these 2 singles but it goes like this:

    GnR release new singles > Their PR team send press releases everywhere > They get published and get some media highlight > People not only are reminded of GnR, but get informed about new tour dates, some people even find out they've reunited with Slash and Duff by these articles, etc... > People go to the concerts

     

    2 hours ago, GoodOlJohnnyK said:

    It’s not the songs themselves that push ticket sales.

    So much promotion is done via social media these days. If you’re a hard rock fan, your phone and social networks likely know that, or you might follow an account like Stereogum or Rolling Stone or something of that ilk. So, once Guns drops Perhaps, there will inevitably be a variety of news articles on it, and in each news article there is a list of tour dates.

    So if you’re curious enough to click on the link, you’ll scroll down and read that. And there will be people who say “hey, Guns is playing in Hershey next week. I don’t give a fuck about this new song, but I’d love to hear all the rest of the hits,” and *that’s* what drives ticket sales.

    It used to be the tour that promoted the music. Now the music promotes the tour.

    Right, I'm sure it swayed a few.

    But If as a result of those singles the needle didn't move all that much..:shrugs:

    I think most agree the attendance has been in a slow decline for a while now. Maybe they'll see significant numbers when Perhaps drops. Maybe they'll put some real effort into promotion this time round. 

  3. There was a time when Fernando and even Beta would speak with the "hardcore" fans albeit rarely, on the forum and without much substance. I think back then there was a real pressure to get Chinese finally out...sorta. Even so, we were acknowledged. Why can't they weigh in on new music now? Probably because there is so little expectation. The entire music industry knew the joke that was Chinese Democracy. Who outside of internet forums is looking forward to hearing The General? Lol. 

    Who remembers Merk?

    Mercuriadis wrote. "Unfortunately the muse disappeared just as fast as she came and the tour started with no single at radio to support it and the album still needing two or three days of work

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