lilacmess

15 hours ago, Natty said:

@lilacmess how are you? Did you have a good spot and enjoyed the concert? 

you can tell your baby that he/she already was at a GNR concert 

P.s I also have a funny thing about GNR to tell my daughter when she will be older 

I'm fine, thank you! Had a good spot in the back of the golden circle and a very good time. Baby seemed to enjoy it.  No regrets!

4 hours ago, Natty said:

 

oh shit... that sounds awful. I can perfectly understand. When I was 7 months pregnant I was at a Rammstein concert in Stadthalle, I had a Standing ticket and I leaned at the wall and enjoyed the concert. But: Rammstein is not my favourite band, so I was fine being anywhere. If GNR is your favorite band, it sucks that you cannot do front row

The only Thing that maybe could work: if you go front row at the very right or very left side, if it s not crowded you could be front row and have a quite good view. We have done front row in Prague and Munich left side, nearly at the end of the rail and it was awesome. Take some cozy jacket you can hang over the rail/fence and so your stomach is a bit more protected.

Have fun!

That is some good advice. I will sure consider it. Thanks!

I feel a little down. When I bought my tickets, I was determined to do the front row thing. Now the reality of being 8 months pregnant is hitting me. Still going to do the golden circle though, but it won't be the same! 

8 hours ago, Sekh-met said:

Bummer! 

and I am also in the minority because I like The Kills 
Hmm Alisson and Axl, that would be interesting! I approve!  But at this point it is just speculation.

I also like them, albeit not being a superfan. I like some of their songs quite a bit (like Back Balloon or Satellite) and generally think they've got some good hooks. Saw them live once in 2009. 

I've just dug this one up for first time in years. Listened to it a lot in 2002.

3 minutes ago, RussTCB said:

I get Ronins overall point, but I'm far more upset by The Seeker being included every night as opposed to LALD. A lot of GN'R fans love LALD, whether I do or not. The Seeker on the other hand... I know no one that's cared when it was played. How is that an every night thing but so many other actual GNR songs are not? 

My guess is that Axl actually cares about the song. Iirc they started playing it quite a bit before the current tour, right? It's probably meaningful to him and he likes to perform it.

I'm mostly a lurker, but let me tell you this: without the women's thread I'd probably long gone from the mygnr forums. Thanks for keeping this up and interesting.

On 30.5.2017 at 11:49 AM, DieselDaisy said:

I meant in relation to a new album. Your statement that a ''new album'' wouldn't satisfy people is not really a theory grounded in much empirical evidence being that the band do not release albums (only been one album in twenty-six years)!

There is no way a new album would silence all complaints. I can picture endless debates if the album is any good, a total sell-out, a development in the wrong direction, too much or too little input by a certain band member, etc. See where I'm going?

Regarding the question where I stand with Gn'R a year later:  I'm still excited, but will probably get bored if no creative output is following the tour (at all). But I guess I won't be bitter and just move on. Imho the band can do  whatever they want and I "take" it if I like it.

6 minutes ago, Towelie said:

Yay another Tori fan on mygnr. She's really in a league of her own. Seen her seven times myself, every tour since 2005. Unfortunately, like you, am gonna have to miss her dates this year.

Why didn't you enjoy GNR in 06???

It felt somehow cold and calculated, even with Izzy there. If I'm completely honest, I was probably just missing Slash's guitar sound. I guess I hadn't reslized until then how important it had been to me. I was a fan of the leaked songs back then and I am fond of Chinese Democracy, btw.

I seem to have a thing for fierce red heads. Funnily my daughter turned out to be one  (against all odds). :-)

I too have been to a ton of concerts and would not be able to list them all if I wanted to. Besides that would probably be a big bore to all of you. But I will gladly post a list of my most memorabl shows.

Joe Cocker ca. 1983 in my hometown . I was 4 years old and I can say  I caught the concert bug right then and there. :-)

Gn'R in 1992 in Vienna with Soundgarden and  Faith No More as support.

Gn'R in 1993. Front Row. Duff's Side.

Metallica in 1993 in Vienna. Again Front Row. Rocking hard!

Massive Attack in 1996. It was special to me, although the Show got a Bad reception overall.

Freundeskreis in 1997. A German hip hop act playing an early spot at an festival and managed to outshine all the headlining acts.

The Cure in 1998. I remember it vividly. Beautiful. 

Nine Inch Nails in 1999. Loud.

Travis in 2003. I didn't expect much, but loved ever second of it. 

Metallica in 2003. I was so excited to see the again and not let down.

Placebo and The Chemical Brothers I believe in 2006.

The Verve in 2008, I believe.

Tori Amos is the Artist I've seen the most. Every concert I've been to was outstanding. Even the ones supporting albums I didn't get into. Saw her first on the Strange Little Girls Tour I believe it was 2001. And every tour since at least once. I guess I've seen her 11 times total. This time round I can't make it unfortunately.

The last concert I've attended was Depeche Mode in May 2017. Memory is still fresh. It was as a lot of fun. Everyone was singing along and dancing. A nice date night with husband too.

I saw Gn'R in 2006, but didn't like the show. I know this era is highly regarded, but I didn't get into it at all.

Regina Spektor - On The Radio

...And on the radio
You hear November Rain
That solo's awful long
But it's a good refrain
You listen to it twice
'Cause the DJ is asleep...

So Fine & If The World

According to Mark Tremonti Slash's camp has started recording for the next SMKC album.

Interessting 2017 interview with Mark Tremionti touching on the new SMKC.

Day 30 is hard one for me to pick. It's like all songs I chose represent a different aspect of my personality. But since this is a challenge, I've come up with a song anyway. I went with my gut feeling on this.

It's a fairly unknown song, but it's poetic, beautiful and complicated, yet strangely hopeful.

"I don't know if all I've got to give
Will ever be enough to lift the lid
But I understand that while I live
I'll build pyramids"

Trouble Over Tokyo - Pyramids

This seems to be the soundtrack of many childhood and kindergarten memories. I didn't understand English back then and had no clue what it's about. It felt very romantic.

Day 29:

33 minutes ago, SerenityScorp said:

Well dats a requirement to be Slash's GF/wife: To dress like Axl Rose

Even His kids dress like Axl too 

I know this isn't new, but it's still so much fun. Slash and his first wife Renee:

Slash and Renee with pet wallabe:

I'm out of likes again. This thread is still so much fun.

@Sekh-met's mention of Mark Lanegan made me think of The Gutter Twins and Greg Dulli. My best friend and I were heavily into their album Saturnalia (I still am). And while she was a big fan of Lanegan's voice, I truely adored Greg Dulli's intense singing. The best thing about it is the combination, I guess. So I'll leave this for your enjoyment.

P.S.: Greg Dulli seemed quite creepy live. He was flirting like a maniac with every woman in sight.

Day 28

Tori Amos - Cooling live (I believe 1998)

3 minutes ago, bucketfoot said:

That absolutely destroyed me when I first heard him play it, I haven't been able to listen to it since.

I actually hardly ever listen to it. Even this time I didn't make it through the whole song.

On 4.4.2017 at 3:03 PM, MillionsOfSpiders said:

You get The Kills too?  They're terrible, who the hell picked them? ?

Id rather have Skrillex. 

Really, all of you are The Kills haters? They're not my favorite band, but I love the song Satellite and I think some their songs have good hooks.