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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. 

7 minutes ago, Voodoochild said:

It features a narrative that explores the subconscious of a young boy confronting his dark childhood memories, seamlessly blending different visual worlds. This approach continues Guns N' Roses' tradition of delivering bold and innovative visuals.

 

The AI and graphics are cool and interesting enough, but I think the link between the lyrical theme and the video narrative described here is tenuous at best, and non existent in reality. there's no narrative at all really, what dark childhood memories are there? none related to the lyrics. A decaying teddy and some scary monsters hardly seem that much. 

Overall, good that they tried something new, the tech is obviously very good, just a shame there was no actual storyline in the video or anything deeply personal to anyone in the band.  5/10. probably won't watch it again. 

15 hours ago, Voodoochild said:

There's a drum machine there. And I believe there's some Axl rapping that obviously wasn't included in the final version. That's how it sounds to me:

http://sndup.net/y53z/

You make this yourself?

Take away the stupid announcer, the crowd intro and axls rant, there's a good punk rock song there, but it just sounds so over produced for a punk rock song. if they got rid of those 3 things and made it tonally similar to its so easy, then you have a top 20 GnR rocker. But it just sounds like queen trying to do a punk song, but with an angry 13 year old featured. Still, gets me going in the gym occasionally.

Catcher is a great song trapped inside a mediocre mix / release. one guitar one piano one thicker bass line and a drums with a les convoluted axl vocal and that song is great. A lot of people say CD suffered from over production which i don't agree with - apart from catcher. this song should have been much cleaner and simpler

13 hours ago, janrichmond said:

Hey some of us are just wankers! 

Is wankers even a word in america? Definitely remember using wanker and tosser to americans and them getting very confused. Using fag for cigarette also caused quite a stir once, when asking for a smoke in a bar in Louisville 

Not sure why people are still questioning what the surprise is - its the music video to the general, confirmed by creative works. So let's end any speculation.

I understand why people are on edge about the use of Ai, but if it's actually been done to a storyline and with effort and care then there is no reason it can't be entertaining and/or effective in a music video. I wish all these rock n roll purists were there slagging slash off for doing an advert for a bank instead of defending his right to earn money, in the face of others misery. 

It's just typical lacklustre gnr. A song that should have been out in october, came out in december without a video, and now in late jan we're getting a video. I'm delighted theres a video, but it should have been out and ready with the release of the song. Sadly i dont think this is an indication that we will be getting monsters or atlas etc anytime soon. more like a late finishing off of the previous period.

People here are being over the top negative about it, but can you blame them? we can't tell if this video is shit or a masterpiece, but using all the knowledge we have of modern day gnr, it'll probably massively suck and wimper away into nothing. 

On 1/20/2024 at 2:45 PM, ZoSoRose said:

They should release Monsters on a Halloween and have the band act with campy universal monsters and shit. It would be stupid and a no brainer

Too cheesy. The song is better than a throwaway halloween gesture. I kow halloween is big in the US but make the song feel more like a cheesy halloween grab rather than the best song GnR have left since 2008. Release it tomorrow, let it stand on its own as a genuine fully fledged song. 

On 1/20/2024 at 2:11 PM, Blackstar said:

jarmo literally knows nothing

34 minutes ago, Stay.Of.Execution said:

i dont get why he just didnt quit.

££££££ $$$$$$$$$

13 hours ago, bmus1 said:

Monsters sounds super unfinished after listening really closely. Drum machines, synthetic vocals, and sloppy guitar galore.

Pretty sure the version we have is the official mixed and mastered version, just not officially released. The drums and vocals are definitely on purpose, and slash has been sloppy for years, maybe too on purpose to give it more of a live feel or energy. I'd like the orchestra higher in the mix, but the sound is very similar to the official released version of the general. I think what gives it the 'unfinished' sound is more likely the vocal layers and the fact that they're not all in the same time and that he's singing slightly different things under the main lead vocal, it gives it a messy feel but thats clearly what he's looking for, compared to say the massive clean crisp over produced vocal on hardskool. 

11 hours ago, Rovim said:

that covers all men, but what hairstyle is ideal to all women? my first guess is bald.

We still talking on their heads..? ah who am I kidding, I'm happy all ways

21 hours ago, Blackstar said:

I didn't think I would ever say that (as I always liked long hair in guys), but I disagree. I think cutting his hair short was a good move (combined with the loss of weight in the last couple of years and recent wardrobe changes).

His long-ish hair had ended up being a mess most of the time. He looks much better now.

I think the weight loss makes him look better, but if his hair was long combined with the much better physique, he'd still be hot. Long hair is just better on all men. Let that be a lesson to you all!

6 hours ago, Tom2112 said:

Worst career moves is Axls short hair? not refusing to promote Chinese Democracy? Not all the going stage hours late for 20yrs? ah come on!

That's how bad i feel his short hair is. grow it out Axl. Maybe he is like Samson. ever noticed how shit his voice has been since his hair got shorter... Think we've finally cracked the case

I don't think we can include anything post 2010 (unless of course it was released or first played after that). There's no way any original GnR material would have been played better after that. For example 'this I love' you have vegas 2016. Reading 2010 was poor by 2010 standards yet it was 1000x better than 2016 and beyond. 2014 was generally very poor vocally. 2011/12 hit and miss. but 2006 and 2010 were two really incredible years vocally for axl, competing with 85-93 era. 

2 hours ago, colonizedmind said:

Something  bit like this...😸👀👀👁️

 

It's unbelievable how much better he looks with long hair. I'm a straight man, but he is so much better looking with long hair. And badass. Axls made some bad career moves, but cutting the hair short was his worst. 

On 12/28/2023 at 9:21 PM, janrichmond said:

Release date is later in UK. 

£20 for a 2 song CD!??? what the fuck! full albums are £10. What absolute rip off con artists

Someone on YouTube has a couple isolated tracks the this i love orchestra thing is so good Lenny Maidana

15 hours ago, evilfacelessturtle said:

I have the Rock band stems. Some people say they can be found on torrent websites, but I wouldn't know anything about that...

Which sites in particular ..?

1 hour ago, Sweersa said:

That would be a nice single pair. Though I’d prefer unheard stuff, maybe pair Monsters with an unheard song and same with Atlas if they can manage to prevent more leaks. 😂 

or just release the 4 we've had with another 6 and call it an album..

Just now, DizzyReed63 said:

I remember those - my recollection is that they were taken from the Rock Band files. There were Vocal Only, Orch only, custom mixes, etc. It was pretty awesome. And then they took them away from us...

The question is why? They're actually really good as reference for recording your own stuff, how you can enhance sound different ways. Some were just totally weird though.

21 minutes ago, DSTK said:

Is 'hidden tracks' this months word to say ...what makes people think they exist ? We've the village leaks & the 4 singles & monsters, which those with a screw loose thought was a hidden track on the Japanese cd 

Hidden tracks was what they were called on YT. They are effectively isolated recordings of single stems of instruments or vocal layers on all the CD songs. Axl did like 50 vocal layers for some songs on CD. Different accents, whispers, high and low vocals etc and about 45 of them are turned right down to thicken the final piece. 

On TWAT he did this weird demonic 'LONG TIME' thing you can hear if you really listen on good sound system in the 'long time for you' bit. The orchestra under TIL, random guitar licks that sound so out of place on the final mix yet are left in, just really buried. Probably find some more frogs too like in the general

12 minutes ago, colonizedmind said:

Ha...I was looking for exactly the same thing last month dude!

They were really interesting, gutted they got taken down. Can't think why they would have been taken down either tbh