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48 minutes ago, KURT19 said:

I played it for my wife this afternoon and here is her review:

“OK, that’s a horrible song and I can only understand three words: ‘motherfuckers’, ‘absurd’ and ‘you are’.  Is he singing thru a megaphone?”

I told her that she’s wrong. That’s four words.

My wife really likes GNR. And she liked Chinese. She listened once and was I like I don’t know about that one. It’s a little hard core. 

1 hour ago, agustingloger said:

That's why I'm all in ! Anything with Slash sounding like GNR Slash that You can't find in any other proyect. Velvet was close though

Velvet was close but it still wasn’t quite the same. 

I think what’s most appealing is Slash playing Guns N Roses guitar. There is just something he does that’s a bit different that he does on Guns songs that he doesn’t do on any of his other material. 

I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned this (thread is 39 pages) but this is very similar to them releasing Shacklers first via rock band in 2008. It got some buzz going with a pretty weird GNR song and then they followed with more traditional type singles with CD and Better. May be a similar strategy going on here. Plus Axl has that weird sense of humor and I think releasing a song called Absurd first appeals to that. 

4 minutes ago, James Bond said:

I absolute hate to admit this... but I'm starting to actually like the song. I hate it. But I love it. But I hate it.

I think it just is so amazing to hear Slash’s guitar tone on an official GNR release that it’s broken my brain and is making me like this song

What platform? Spotify, Apple Music, paid DL on Gnr site? 

This is Midnight EST? 

It’s just such a shitty move to debut that song from the vault. It’s like If CD was Use your Illusion 1 and we knew use your illusion 2 existed and some of it was supposed to be incredible and Axl was like I know what to play first -My World. Absurd (face it it’s fucking silkworms and it always will be just like Street of Dreams will always be The Blues) is the My World of the CD era. A complete piece of shit that never should have been recorded or played live. 

It wasn’t good when they played it in 2001 and adding a repetitive yelling of Absurd has only made it worse. Also the weird fucking Medusa imagery in the background was fucking disgusting. 

It seemed that the Axl screams were on tracks and not being done live? Did anyone else notice this? 

Out of all the songs….and this does not count as a “new” song. I saw that shit song performed 20 fucking years ago. 

Seriously? WTFF?! 

2 minutes ago, Gibson_Guy87 said:

Something about "toning it down" and "warm, fuzzy feelings."

He made that same joke at ACL two years ago. It’s so boring. I never thought GNR could become boring but they are so boring. 

14 minutes ago, RussTCB said:

 

I never thought I'd see the day where I'd want Better put out the pasture, but the time has come. 

It should have come years ago. God he used to crush that song. In 2006 it was so incredible. Now it’s just a falsetto wheeze 

Just now, RussTCB said:

If RQ is next it's safe to assume everyone can take a 15 minute break from watching streams. 

I can’t decide what’s worse at this point Rocket Queen or KOHD? Probably still KOHD but RQ is gaining ground. 

Here’s what I cannot understand- doesn’t this get boring for the band? Do they not crave novelty? I know they gotta play the hits but really not mixing it up for 5 years? I know these concerts are designed for casual fans but it’s gotta feel a little stale right? 

2 minutes ago, gonzalo palmese said:

remember hearing it back in the day by the name of checkmate, only a few seconds, and i freaked out. Loved it from the 1st moment

 

Me too. It was obviously a strong song with single potential 

I’m guessing HS is the lead single for an a future EP or LP. Probably why management freaked when it almost leaked in 2006 and freaked again when it did finally leak in 2019. Hope to hear the full live version w Axl. 

The basic song structure is still there. But it has definitely has been changed quite a bit

@Gambit83 Is this all because you are writing a book with Doug? Maybe TB knows Doug knows a lot of shit that doesn’t fit the narrative they have been creating for the last decade (such as the delays with CD were all because of the label, every manager before them tried to force a reunion, nothing was ever Axl’s fault ect…) just a thought…..

Is it at all possible that Axl refused to promote CD because they released it without the proper booklet? Is it possible that the booklet artwork was being held up (because everything is always held up with Axl) and he asked for a slight delay in the release date (maybe Christmas vs Thanksgiving) the label and or Best Buy said no and released CD without the super weird and somewhat awesome booklet and Axl just freaked the fuck out? Because let’s face it the booklet we got DOES NOT fit the vibe of CD at all. It feels rushed and cheap. And when you have toiled over something for so long you want everything to match and be perfect and this shit rush job booklet just broke Axl’s brain. It seems too insane and insignificant right? But it wouldn’t be to a crazy artist. A crazy artist would want his booklet with the weird art and weird manifestos and shit. It completes a part of the vision. I think the Red Hand and Grenade are what Axl wanted. I’m sure the Bike cover would have been fine too had the inside been the same as the Red Hand. Just some food for thought…….

On 6/24/2021 at 7:57 PM, RussTCB said:

I was there. What a show to be at. Seeing the first live performances of Better, IRS and There Was A Time was stunning. 

I'm a big Robin fan and he was absolutely on fire the whole show. 

I went to one of the Hammerstein shows as well. And Robin was playing out of his mind and had moved from looking like an alien (see 2001 and 2002) to looking like a weird bearded wizard with a smock. (See all of 2006 and 2007) 

On 6/20/2021 at 6:36 PM, Gordon Comstock said:

 

They played a demo of it for a Kerrang journalist when they did the Marquee 1987 shows. It might've only been instrumental(?) but since there were some lyrics in the AFD booklet, it was probably fairly complete in the AFD era, at least in the same way that Ain't Goin' Down, Back Off Bitch, Don't Cry etc. were complete. In Slash's book he said he "always thought it should've been on AFD".

Had You Could be mine made AFD and taken the place of say anything goes…..OMG…..it’s breaks my brain to think about…..AFD is already one of the top ten greatest hard rock albums ever and you add buy far the best hard rock song from the illusions to that…..yowzers 

On 6/8/2021 at 5:25 AM, rumandraisin said:

Hammerstein 2006 has to be in the top 5 nu gnr shows 

I was at show 4 or 5 honestly I can’t remember. But it was a very badass show. No one had seen Axl in almost 4 years. 2003, 2004, and 2005 were pretty hopeless days for GNR fans. I wasn’t sure if I would ever hear any of Chinese. Then the rolling stone article came in January 2006 where he confirmed Chinese was still happening. Then the leaks. Then Hammerstein. He should have gotten Chinese out for fall 2006. That was actually the best time other than 01 or 02. 

On 6/8/2021 at 9:25 AM, RussTCB said:

No, I haven't been to MSG. I was supposed to see Michael Jackson there in 2001 but my travel didn't work out. That was the only MSG show I've ever had tickets for. I really want to see a show (nearly any show) there some day though. 

I did see GN'R in 2002 though, here in Detroit. That show is notable for a few reasons. They played Riad that night, which I believe is the only time they've ever played it in the US. The show is also notable for Axl's mic throw / show walk out during and after Patience 

They played Riad at the 1/1/01 show in Vegas.