MCollins

What about his comment that Greg Gilmore was supposed to be the drummer back in 85, but ousted, and Izzy was the purely a songwriter who wasn't supposed to be the image of the band and that the whole band was basically industry-manufactured?? This is completely off-the-wall but Abbruzzeze should know what he's talking about. 

1 hour ago, chinese stew said:

Is it just me or Dizzy's bongos were too low in the mix? Bummer.

The perfect lead in to the new hit "Knockin' on Dizzy's Bongos"

1 hour ago, jaknudsen said:

Thank you! 

What on earth is that version of WTTJ that plays during the intro???????

P.S I love the "The Feel-good band of the 90s!!!!!!!!!!!!" in the band introduction

4 hours ago, LunsJail said:

Yeah, did she quit? Why are we talking about this?

The guy phrased the question wrongly. It should be "would", not "will"

16 hours ago, Ratam said:

Someone else realized that it first show of this leg has just 13 pages? Generally the first show has been lot pages more.

 Not as bad as on HTGTH. The thread for the show there has about 14 replies, 10 of them from the same person, who even says himself that "the band look as enthusiastic as a teenager on their first day at school" 🤣🤣. 

Surprised that comment is even allowed. Jarmo seems to have done extremely well removing the forum of all contributors. They have all now "gone to hell" 

31 minutes ago, mikeman5150 said:

Good call. I’ve never understood this one either

It probably hints at the fact that the recording is as live/alive as a suicide i.e not at all. 

4 hours ago, EvanG said:

When Duff was promoting Believe In Me in 1993 he said in an interview that he wrote a lot more for the UYI records than he got credit for, but everyone in the band was fighting over writing credits, so he told them to leave his name out of it.

I always wondered how much of that statement is true, and if there is some truth to it, what songs he did contribute to without getting credits. I know he came up with the intro to You Could Be Mine without getting a credit in the booklet, but I don't know if there is more.

I can well imagine. I think Duff's influence is massively underrated. Izzy gets all the plaudits but of all the solo albums I think, without a shadow of a doubt, the one that sounds most like GnR when they were still operating as a band is Believe in Me. As an album I prefer the JuJu Hounds personally but sonically Believe in Me has the overall sound closest to Guns. The JuJu Hounds sounds like Think About You, CD sounds like Estranged, 5 O'clock sounds like Locomotive, but the glue that brought everything together was Duff and his bass/drum guitar knowledge and skill in terms of the overall sound.

48 minutes ago, Amir said:

I think the 2nd Saitama show in 2017 started at 6pm and ended before 9pm. Was a good show but I was chuckling to myself that it ended before most GNR gigs start!

Exactly what I thought when I saw them in Makuhari a few times. Even when Axl was going on late everywhere else, he would be on time in Japan... because if he had gone on late he would have had no audience. 

I'm not sure who the mods want starting tour date threads so I'll put this here, but it looks like they are playing Saitama Super Arena on the 5th and 6th of November. No other cities in Japan as yet.

22 minutes ago, 6lake sa66ath said:

Blame the venue I say, huge delay to get in, not even sure Michael Monroe even played at all.

Saying all that I found it incredibly enjoyable overall and am looking forward to tomorrow’s gig when hopefully Spurs get their fucking shit together!

They've just blown 50 million on Richarlison, they can't afford a sound system!

59 minutes ago, cineater said:

Were here if you're lost.  https://www.facebook.com/jonmorter/videos/1686459825065762

This is funny, being surprised about playing Rocket Queen live, one of a band's most popular songs, and even more surprised at doing an Iggy cover which they've done for years. It's odd that they're that knowledgeable that they instantly recognise IWBYD but don't know GnR do it, and know RQ but don't know it's staple.

9 minutes ago, cineater said:

https://www.facebook.com/edi.goga/videos/3806545706237743

Sounding good!

7 hours ago, Nice Boy said:

So Fine in the top 20 😄

Their David Bowie moment apparently! 

And I doubt Duff has been described as a "bluesy crooner" before. 

I like it more than most people but Top 20??

Exactly. Rare to get a mainstreamish paper like this in the UK to give a GnR Top 20 and they showed they knew their stuff putting RNDTH, SOYL and My Michelle in the top 20.

Nice little article and post-discussion from The Guardian on the occasion of the Tottenham concerts.  Surprisingly quirky selection in places, and wot no Rocket Queen??!

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/30/guns-n-roses-their-20-greatest-songs-ranked

Coma

Locomotive

Civil War

Don't Damn Me, especially

Don't hail me and don't idolize the ink
Or I've failed in my intentions, can you find the missing link?
Your only validation is living your own life
Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time

So I send this song to the offended
I said what I meant and I've never pretended
As so many others do, intending just to please
If I damned your point of view, could you turn the other cheek?

7 hours ago, Original said:

Throwback article for his Bday-  Why Izzy Stradlin was the heart of Guns N' Roses-  https://www.loudersound.com/features/opinion-why-izzy-stradlin-was-the-heart-of-guns-n-roses

Never knew this (shitty if true)- When the band was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, Izzy set up a meeting with Axl at a L.A. Hotel. He wanted to get an agreement for the original band to play together one last time - do the fuckin’ re-union there in that moment and then say “thank you, good fuckin’ night.” After waiting for two hours for Axl to show, he drove home to Ojai. No-show Axl had made him miserable one more fuckin’ time.

That's not an article. it's Alan Niven's recollections, aka "BS Central"

I love MC but I've always thought there was something different about that song in terms of how the riff went and the production. To me it sounds a lot like Rocket Queen in the heaviness and melodic similarity, or at least something that might inspire you meodically. Most of their other songs have that kind of squealing WildSide sound, whereas DrFeelgood has the RQ rhythm and swing.

All things considered, you've done a pretty amazing job.

Seen parts of this in many other places but don't think I've seen it in it's entirety. As evidenced by the fact that even on YouTube only 97 people have watched it. 

I'm curious who the "friend" was on the famous hitchhike when the guy told them "You know where you are ??!  You're in the jungle......!"
 

I couldn't see this posted anywhere but I think this is an extra part of that interview.

I wonder how much the outside writers made from these credits, e.g Chris Weber, West Arkeen. Obviously the albums sold millions and millions but I still wouldn't have imagined that much, but I remember reading an interview with Timo Kaltio where he said he went from being almost destitute to being able to buy a place in Highgate (a very posh area) in London literally overnight. 

Just a heads up for people with access to Sky Arts, they are showing the Las Vegas 2012 show at 1130 (I think) tonight, and then a half hour documentary about GnR. Probably nothing we haven't seen before