3 hours ago, DeNfr said:

how dare you calling a ranked Senior ignorant, you little nothing 

I'm a Demi God so you will worship me and respect your higher rankers

Atlas and Monsters official release. Seven and Quick song with proper vocal leak. We get that and there's nothing else better than any of those that we don't know about, then time to bury the CD era. 

56 minutes ago, DeNfr said:

she's like Britney Spears or Justin Bieber, and she will be remembered*

*as a phenomenal record sellers and a blessing for the recording industry

 

 

Just stop digging, you are destroying yourself  The fact you have compared her to them just shows the ignorance levels we have to deal with here. Next you'll be comparing the rolling stones and limp bizkit

9 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

We don't really know how relevant Taylor Swift will be in 40 years but if everything continues as is, she will be really relevant, still. There is nothing that points to the contrary. She only grows her fanbase each year, for almost 20 years as an artist.

People here will have you believe she's been around 5 minutes and in a couple of years she'll be forgotten again. Like she hasn't been the top artist in the world for 15 years and is bigger every year on top of that. People will choose the stats that suit them or always say 'well back in my day blah blah' but pretty sure every single meaningful record in music is now taylor swifts and shes barely in her early 30s. but some 53 year old 80s rock fan doesn't watch any news, any contemporary music or any sport, and doesnt know who she is, therefore she can't be as big as madonna was. HA. 

43 minutes ago, DeNfr said:

wanted to answer, saw the comparison with The Beatles, instantly thought it would have been a waste of time

It's cool, ignorance is bliss. It's weird that people volunteer such ignorance. 'I dont know them or like them therefore they can't be that big' LOL

3 hours ago, Italian girl said:

taylor swift's songs are all identical and all boring

she could relax and take a rest of 5 years..

You mean like ACDCs.... anyone can say something similar about rocks fav bands. Her early country stuff isn't actually that bad, if you like country rock. her newer stuff is for kids and young women mainly of course, but it's not all made on a computer like dance music or on a laptop on some tiktok. 

30 minutes ago, allwaystired said:

What makes you say people won't care about Taylor Swift's music in ten years? 

Her career has already lasted 18 years! 

I'd say of all the popstars around at the moment she's one who will definitely still be listened to way into the future. She's in Madonna territory in terms of volume of albums and cultural impact. 

The ignorance of people here... unbelievable. Maybe they have lived in a box since 2008 

Taylor swift just announced a new album due out in TWO months, that she's been making for the past 2 years, whilst touring the world and re recording her old albums. ARE YOU WATCHING AXL ROSE? It really isn't hard. 

41 minutes ago, ZoSoRose said:

I just don't believe there ever was a CD2 in the can. If there was, the quality just wouldn't have been up- to- par. I am thrilled we are getting the Chinese Takeout songs, now, but they didn't warrant an album release. This is the best, lowest pressure way to do it imo. I like them, but this album below would have by- far made the weakest GNR album in the discography and would have not done very well-

1. Hard Skool

2. Absurd

3. Going Down 

4. Atlas Shrugged

5. Perhaps

6. The General

7. Monsters

 

I think hardschool, perhaps, monsters and atlas shrugged would have all been very radio friendly, compared to CD which really only had better as an obvious radio track. Going down would have definitely been successful. there was obviously 4/5 more songs that were going to go on the album and as we haven't heard them we can't speculate that it would have been a bad album. if they were equal quality to those 7 you have listed, then it probably would have been on par with CD. plus, if released as an album it would have been mixed like CD and consistent. the versions we have all sound like they are mixed by different people in different studios on different platforms. but realistically in 2010 they would have been mixed and mastered together and had a much more cohesive natural flowing album. 

7 hours ago, Uncle Bob said:

I know who you are

The famous punk as fuck bassist and song writer for two pound tea. That ain't no secret !

Had this response from the creative works guys - what easter eggs do you think they are referring to?

 

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Jimi Chialoufas nope, nothing to do with each other, Monsters tend to appear in children's Nightmares , that's why there are some in there. There's absolutely no hidden references or anything to any other track.

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5 hours ago, jamillos said:

Axl's handwriting, so that's probably how it went down.

"The general. Monsters. Bears. AI. Make it happen, Fernando." 

Creative works said it wasn't Axl's handwriting but it sure looks similar.

6 hours ago, Its Tino said:

Monsters release has already been fumbled twice IMO

First fumble is the obvious confusion being registered seemingly with TG. All signs pointed to a release on the Perhaps EP, but that didn’t happen. And of course, it leaked  

Second fumble, is just an opinion… I think changing the name from Soul Monster is a mistake. The song is directed at a singular person (or monster) yet the title is plural.  

Agree on all points. Soul Monster is such a better title. best song they've got in the locker and they've completely fucked it up. get it out now

GnR night 2 London 2010 O2 Arena, the return of duff. Band on fire, Axl sounded best he's ever sounded. great setlist. MDMA and got with 3 different chicks in the crowd that night. Never happened before and never since. God bless that night

7 hours ago, Senor_peligro13 said:

It means you and like minded posters , who just take a massive dump on everything, it’s time to move onto foo fighters and dad rock.

or as GnR puts it. Fuck off and buy something from the “old age “ section.

good riddance 

GnR are Dad rock in 2024 pal. sorry to break it to ya. in 2010, it was still edgy and uncool to like GnR. Axl was coming on at midnight, shows were getting cancelled, the band was on fire and so was axl and they were still dangerous. Today, they come on early, play the same setlist, sound shit, look old and play it as safe as safe can be. Gnr were dangerous from 85-2011. not since. 

12 hours ago, D4NNY said:

I still don’t mind the video or the song, not my favourite by any means, but it’s funny, remember all those years we literally obsessed over the “mythical” song we only knew the name of.. now look at us.. most of us can’t stand the song and absolutely despise the music video. Truly a crazy turn of events in the gnr fandom 

I think this is probably the biggest disappointment in gnr lore. I think CD delivered for the most part. 14 songs, at least 11 or 12 were really good. but for 13 years+ we waited the general. we heard the incredible orchestra, we heard the phone leak, we had the interviews with band members, we had evaders take, we had seb bach, there was no way this song couldnt be an absolute epic. and it turned out to be an experimental copy paste job at 4 minutes long. the journey is always better than the destination. thats a life lesson for us all

Very rare 99.9% of this forum agrees on something. But everyone thinks this is absolute trash it seems. i think that's harsh. it's just very plain and offers nothing story wise and no effort at all from the band. Disappointing, but I'd be in the camp that this is better than nothing. but only just

9 hours ago, Appetitefordiscussion said:

I love that song and I consider it in the family of Axl’s masterpieces as far as writing goes BUT would’ve preferred  a version with less layers. I’m surprised the most popular isn’t Street Of Dreams or Better  

Less layers? Are we talking about this I love? I think the reason its so popular is because its the only song that doesnt have loads of layers. It's a single axl vocal, a piano, and a synth in the verse. (hidden orchestra should be louder if anything) then some dramatic drums and a guitar solo. it's the least layered of all gnr songs. maybe ever!

What does Monsters bring up detectives?

3 minutes ago, SoulMonster said:

Uhm, I don't think bands typically make their own videos, this is usually outsourced. The interaction would likely have been to commission someone, give initial direction, approve storyboard, go through early drafts, make new directions, approve final version. The difference here is that they wanted to spend a lot more money on it. 

Obviously they don't make them, but they usually star in them and decide the storyline! 

3 minutes ago, SoulMonster said:

I would bet the budget for this is more than the budgets for the Hard Skool, Shadow of Your Love and Absurd videos combined. That you don't like the video is entirely irrelevant to whether the band has made an effort. I have followed this band for quite some time now, and the band not making an effort is very different to this, it is zero singles and zero videos

They made an effort by commissioning it, and then agreeing to pay for it - yes. That is certainly a positive. but theyve had zero input and not created a storyline or actually physically gone out of their way for the project. Most likely fernando said 'hey ax you wanna try AI vid for the general, it'll cost x thousand dollars' and axl said yes. after that they probably didnt get involved again. Which again, better than doing nothing, but bare minimum nonetheless. 

1 minute ago, SoulMonster said:

But more than anything, I LOVE how the band manages to still not take the easy way out by simply making something that is crowd pleasing to the fans.

I don't think this is a choice, they just can't write a song that would please the fans, and then aren't professional enough to release it in a way to make it a success. The 'sticking to their principles and writing the songs we wanna write' attitude doesn't apply to GnR. no one in the band aside from Axl even wrote this song ffs 

1 minute ago, DingBat said:

A lot of care and effort might have gone into the graphics but not much went into the editing and colour grading.

I think they're just stylistic choices, not errors. a bit like the song itself and the muffled vocal. nothing to do with them not knowing how to edit, they have purposely made it sound that way. subjective whether you like it or not

3 minutes ago, BluegrassBlues said:

Its for sure different, I don't hate it but its not really what I was expecting either. I don't see how the story and the lyrics go together 

They don't. it's almost like axl said to them 'this song is about a kid with scary memories - don't visualise the lyrics though and don't bother with a story.'

People sayings it's a pile of shit are being a bit harsh. Obviously a lot of care and effort went into it from the creative side (not GnRs) but they could have at least written a storyline that you could follow.