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1 hour ago, Sweersa said:

I don't think we got definitive proof of that, outside of Melissa's website saying Brain played on it. If it was Brain, they heavily processed the drums and sucked all the life out of them.

That's proof enough. She's in the damn band and is his closest collaborator! 😂

10 hours ago, Sweersa said:

I suppose, but isn't Frank more or less a touring member? He was on some of CD, and possibly Hard Skool? Brain still hangs out with the band too, so you never know. Melissa could probably have him bang out a song or two.  

He didn't play on Hard Skool, that was Brain.

The only reason Frank hasn't played on any of the new singles is because they just had Slash, Duff, Richard, and Melissa work with completed parts (likely during lockdown) to get the songs over the line. It makes no sense to spend time and money rerecording the drums when Frank's not a prominent member and the existing tracks would suffice – especially since he likely doesn't have the luxury of a home studio to record drums in

1 hour ago, Ralphelmo said:

It's an interesting question, will they ever bring Fitzy if Frank gets sick? It's a nobrainer for everybody, but for Axl?

 

Obviously it'd be Brain. He still tours with the band often and probably knows more of the back catalogue too

33 minutes ago, evilfacelessturtle said:

I'm surprised what an enthusiastic response they got from the crowd for such a deep cut.

Tbf it wasn't a Guns N' Roses show, you're not going to find many casuals at an SMKC gig

2 hours ago, DingBat said:

Haha, and there it is, he got called a donkey (affectionally by the way) and used it as an excuse to run away because his argument that music videos are a "dead medium" that no one watches on Youtube was completely wrong. You could just admit you didn't know what you were talking about, and say "my bad", but not your style is it, pal? 

I'm actually too busy to properly respond and was going to later (real life happens), but forget it. I don't owe you a proper reply

1 hour ago, DingBat said:

Yes, donkey, people are watching the videos as well as listening to them, the same way they always did with music videos. It’s a dual medium. If people weren’t watching them they wouldn’t be spending hundreds of millions of dollars each year making them. They’d just put the audio up. But by all means, keep defending your ludicrous position that music videos are a “dead medium” - it’s very amusing.

Perhaps you could take a poll of the billions of viewers and ask them did they watch or listen to the video and come back and report your findings to us? I’m sure the results would be fascinating. 

I don’t know where you're coming from with this, are you like 80 years old? Or have you been in a coma since the 90’s and just woken up? Or perhaps you’re talking out of your ass again? 

Look at the time, money, and effort, that went into Rammstein’s Deutschland, it’s more epic and expensive than any video Guns N Roses ever did at the height of the MTV era and it came out 4 years ago (It currently has 351M views). Do you think they made it just for shits and giggles? So someone can listen to it through their stereo at home? And they can throw millions of dollars down the toilet?

Get a grip of yourself, you’re talking absolute nonsense.

Personal insults. Cool.

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  

Agreed. I love it but wish I could hear the guitars more on the studio track, they're just buried

3 hours ago, DingBat said:

Yeah, there are complaints on here about the video, but no one has said they don't like it because it isn't some "big-budget production with the band acting in it", you've just made that up.

Maybe don't take things so literally. If we were having this conversation face-to-face, you'd know what I was inferring. People are saying that they want more. What is more? Bigger budget, more 'effort', that, basically.

There are multiple comments saying it's "lazy" or there's a lack of "effort", the band is "too lazy to make videos", "known for great videos...not even trying", and there is one saying they could all film something together in "a studio" – the comments of people expecting more are on every single page.

As for the views, it's YouTube – are people watching those (talking of other artists, not GN'R), or are they using the videos to listen to the song? Casting to their TV or speakers in their homes? It's a bit of a grey area that nobody can verify. It does happen.

You seem awfully angry with me 😂 It's only a music video, I haven't hurt you, I'm not worth you getting so wound up

1 hour ago, DingBat said:

MTV? Have you not heard of YouTube? It's been around for a while mate and music videos do massive business on it.

No one here is disappointed that it's not a "big-budget production with the band acting in it", you've just pulled that out of your ass. People are disappointed because it's objectively shite. 

Yes, and it's got millions of different things on it, nobody's going to go out of their way to watch a music video on YouTube. Look at shorts, the go-to form of online video now – you'll see clips from TV shows, live performances, bespoke stuff, but no music videos. The world doesn't care about them. They were invented for a dead medium.

Erm... there's 10 pages of complaints here and stuff all over social media. It's been said. People who want a video generally want more than this. It ain't happening these days.

Objectively? No. Opinions are subjective...

It's okay. Nothing amazing, but not as bad as the over-the-top reactions here would suggest (but I expect nothing less these days).

I'm more surprised that they bothered with a music video at all. It's 2024. MTV isn't what it once was and people consume media differently – what on earth is the point in a music video?

The fact they've made an effort with something they really didn't need to is quite something given what these guys are usually like. And an extension to that point – anyone disappointed it's not a big budget production with the band acting in it, more fool you. Lower your expectations.

4 hours ago, Zeppelin said:

Get In The Ring at #37. Imagine not having ears.

Never got the hate that Get in The Ring gets. Of course it's not their best song, but it's nowhere near as terrible as people here make it out to be

37 minutes ago, eggers said:

Bunch of whiny wankers in here.

What's new? 😂

1 hour ago, DSTK said:

Unfortunately that's the world is going...the 'new' crap Beatles song showed us that

That showed us nothing. Nothing about that song was AI generated

It seems as if it's definitely a video. Creative Works (the company that's done all of the digital graphics for the stage and social for the last few years have posted the same video and said it's something they've "worked on", and "full video coming 24th Jan"

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2T1TT9OJv_/?igsh=OGM5NmZ0MGtoMWI1

6 minutes ago, colonizedmind said:

It has....twice 😊

https://www.mygnrforum.com/topic/226419-slash-appearance-bmx-youtube-channel/

Oops. Mods, close this please! Don't know how I missed it!

Don't think this has been shared, got it recommended on YouTube

Hyde Park 2023

London 2017 night 2 (might've been first if I was on the rail like Hyde Park, not in the nosebleeds)

Download 2018

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 2022 night 2

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 2022 night 1

8 hours ago, Rovim said:

yeah, Nuno is Portuguese.

Pleasantly surprised to learn he was actually born in Portugal. I thought he was like one of those Americans who says "I'm Irish" because their mother's sister's dog's father visited Ireland once a century ago 😂

The unpredictability

My 'Chinese Leftovers' playlist is:

Atlas Shrugged

Oh My God

Perhaps

Hardschool

Silkworms

Going Down

State of Grace

Eye On You

The General

Monsters

I kept the demo/leaked versions of most of Absurd and Hardschool just to keep the playlist consistent, but I prefer the released ones. I don't consider Oh My God a 'Chinese Leftover' either but it takes the playlist of finished songs to 10 🤷‍♂️

1 hour ago, Karice said:

I had looked up,"Meet and greet," and not Celebrity meet and greet at first. 

Again, they're not even similar, let alone the same. Press conferences are not meet and greets whatsoever

1 hour ago, Karice said:

and it is basically a press conference

They're not even similar, let alone the same

4 hours ago, ZoSoRose said:

2. Oh My God

    -2021 Las Vegas

🤔

2 hours ago, PatrickS77 said:

He's a booking agent for events outside the USA. If you want to organize a concert and want GNR to play, you go through him. That's the extent of his importance. And then most likely it goes through Team Brazil as the direct artist representation (so Axl doesn't have to communicate himself) to confirm whether they want to do the event and whatever else they need from it. Though, logic dictates that word comes from Team Brazil first, that Axl/GNR is looking to embark on a tour and then the enquiries go through the booking agents.

Thanks!