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I always wondered, were there any surprise gigs?

Thank you for posting.  What fucking opportunists all these people are.  The man is alive, it's his story.

That was Dylan.  Harry was one of the children she had with Peter Brant after Axl.

2 hours ago, Alja said:

Oil! I never had courage to start them! I still have a package I got for my 15th birthday somewhere. The face of lower one reminds me renaissance motives, even with baroque drama, because shading is rather archaic style. Picturing Axl is a thing I love to do because he's so emotional and expressive I'm not getting tired of that anytime soon. 

These are acrylic actually haha I'm too shy with oils too 

Call me crazy but I think Harry Styles would be a good young Axl...

I remember that.  I found it in an interview with Bach and George Stroumboulopoulos on youtube posted in 2011.

Would love to see a Buckethead era movie...

I wonder if he posted this as Pence singing to Biden.... weird thought, but the lyrics could suggest that in a way.  

But then again we all know he's no fan of cops... so maybe he didn't get cryptic. 

I see that now.  Stones, Springsteen, The Cure etc. But you have to admit its kinda funny (outside of obvious marketing and fan fare) to release a new song on a greatest hits. 

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Why would an unreleased song be anticipated to be on a Greatest Hits album? Is it typical to have an unreleased track as a bonus track or something?

For me the wide-sweeping and self proclaimed 'cancel culture' is a call for people or companies that appear to put on a false face (claiming to be standing for something they're not) to be leveled off their pedestals.  It seems as though people are looking for authenticity in what they are shown matching what the reality is.  But this really has no end, as we all have a persona, and it gets scary when the standard person feels they can be the jury when they are not held up to the same standards by the masses as celebrities are. 

I'm certain there is an addictive quality to it and it serves as a power trip for many people. 

The purest plea could be that it is forcing those that have been called out to regain our trust and earn the perspective and influence they have.

What do you ladies think a new album would sound like.... I've been trying to wrap my head around that.   

Artistically speaking I think they have needed to come to a place of completely reevaluating where they come from musically.  They had tensions in the past with their differing influences and inherit musical styling, but that made brilliant work.   (It’s almost like they were never meant to last imo) In art that tension can be needed to push boundaries.  There is also a tremendous amount riding on this album.  Look at all the fans discussing it.  That’s pressure to make something worthy of their past endeavors.  

What would the album sound like nowadays? They are reinventing themselves here.  They never had a solid formula for creating music.  That’s why there is such a diverse catalog and approach.  Metallica has a formula in a sense.  Guns never worked that way.  It was always a battle of tastes and vision.  Now, after all this time, they are needing to reinvent not only where they currently stand with their work, but with rock music itself.  I don’t think Axl relates much to the work of his CD days enough to stand by it as currently relevant to him.  His part in making music has always been profoundly autobiographical and meaningful to him.  He says he approaches creating as a painter does.  He thinks in that sense and would only want to put out what he can stand by today as his art.  But he is coming from such a different place in himself now.  He no longer has that anger (that we know of) or turbulence in relationships to inspire him to create.  Where is it coming from now? Duff is in a different place, and Slash is as well, though he has been the most steady in his stylings.  This takes time and I can imagine that they need to ignore the outside voices (fans) right now to focus and create.  We wouldn’t want something that feels forced or uninspired.  

But, if it turns out that reviving this old relationship yields no new album I hope that they can separate in due time and ALL give us new material we can enjoy.  I hope that Axl can feel like he could let this comfortable thing called Gnr go and give us music that is his true creative voice.  

I think he was blatantly ignoring anything about new music.... which means maybe to yes? It’s like constantly trying to solve a puzzle.  Being stuck in limbo is exhausting though. 

5 hours ago, DurhamGirl said:

Well I thoroughly enjooyed it and learnt an awful lot about what makes Izzy tick, Axl too.

I agree.  It's a reflection on how toxic things got for him.  I do think he's been really discompassionate about Axl's mental state, having grown up with him.  Not that its his responsibility to be there for him, but it's just sad to me.

I have not read the book and don't plan to at this point.  Matt's ego has bothered me for a long time.  There is a lot of ego in his stage presence and drumming to the point of there sometimes being a bit of a cacophony problem.  And how he felt he needed to be presented in the Making Of Estranged behind he scenes, with is wife silently sitting to his side like a trophy.  This and how in the Fall To Pieces music video where all the scenes of him are with ladies while the remainder of the video is a tragic display of addiction.  

On 6/8/2020 at 1:01 PM, Alja said:

Did you ever notice how much Duff and Slash react on women in crowd...like...boys by a candy shop window... and Axl doesn't?

I have noticed that...

This band has never been about normality.  Don't tell me y'all want them to start acting normal now.

Everything she is saying might very well be true but I'm unclear as to what she wants from this.  The allegations are very serious and disturbing.  So much so that there needs to be some evidence or testimony from someone supporting her story.