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On 9/13/2023 at 9:02 PM, rocknroll41 said:

Hard Skool

Absurd

Perhaps

The General

This song

Slash song

…what else?

On 9/13/2023 at 9:29 PM, MaskingApathy said:

Duff song

On 12/29/2023 at 4:17 PM, bmus1 said:

What an F'n solo.

It's great... but we can't say that because it's not note-for-note what's on the record so it can only be described as "butchered" 🙄

But seriously, I like this interpretation. I enjoyed Slash's take on this song most nights, and this was one of his best

People here love to shit on Fernando/Team Brazil (speaking purely about band management here, nothing else), but just how involved in the important side of the business are they?

Guns N' Roses have been on Rod MacSween's roster for a long time, alongside other comparable 'legacy' acts (and Duff as a solo artist). I'd say he'd be more involved in meaningful decisions involving the band/business as a whole.

https://www.itb.co.uk/agent/rod-macsween

So what's the deal here? Who does what? How important are Team Brazil/Fernando etc?

21 hours ago, janrichmond said:

Where were the last two? What song(s)?

Got to witness one myself last summer in London:

"I can't stop thinkin', thinkin' 'bout sinkin', sinkin' down..." *Axl falls down*

Perfection. And he didn't even miss a beat, despite his tumble

I like to think of the current lineup as something of a "what if". We hear what Chinese Democracy would've sounded like had Slash and Duff either never left or had they come back before its release

1 minute ago, SoulMonster said:

Because it states that the lyrics have been interpreted, or something to that effect. 

Ah, fair enough. Mine's not arrived yet

58 minutes ago, SoulMonster said:

The lyrics in the Japanese CD are not official. 

But it's an official release... how do you come to that conclusion? I'd be more inclined to believe those than any others

35 minutes ago, janrichmond said:

Slash... All things considered

 

Slash dribbling during solos

On 11/12/2023 at 4:47 PM, izzyjim said:

Slash: “The Strat is, hands down, probably one of the best, most versatile guitars there is 

"Hasn't made a purchase since the '90s" wasn't the green BC Rich Bich built to his specs at the start of NITL? Would he have got that for free?

S'pose this is the best thread to post this...

The Erik Jones Guns N' Roses car was the second-best selling NASCAR diecast of 2023, which given the way those sales usually go, is a surprise.

I'm guessing lots of GN'R fans added to the numbers.

Just got an email from CDJapan saying my single has been shipped!

3 minutes ago, JAxlMorrison said:

The only thing I can truly agree with among these complaints is Rocket Queen…zip that bitch back to the 6 minutes ish it’s intended to be. The long KOHD though? That has some of the best guitar of the whole show. Leave it in. 

I'd be more inclined to go with the opposite. I don't mind the latest version of Rocket Queen with the piano breakdown. The eight year-long Knockin' on Heaven's Door bores the crap out of me though.

I wouldn't be upset if neither – long or short – were in the set though

Of the five covers they played at the last show I went to, two were on the Illusions albums and were hits (and they'll never cut Live and Let Die or Knockin' on Heaven's Door), and one was a Velvet Revolver song (and I think that has its place – if they're playing CD stuff, then one VR song is reasonable). So that's only really two songs you'd cut from a 27 song set – Down on The Farm and T.V. Eye. 

T.V. Eye you could replace with So Fine for Duff's spot, and Down on The Farm? Well... okay, so you've cut a 27 song show down to 26, big deal.

As is the case with most things with this fanbase, the "too many covers" thing is blown way out of proportion. In order to shorten a show (which I don't think they need to at all), it's the 10 minute Rocket Queen and Knockin' on Heaven's Door jams that need slimming down, not the setlist.

4 hours ago, Uncle Bob said:

Yeah, that's what I said, that's why I have said some of the shows from the entire NITL run have had way too many covers.

But NITL ended four years ago, so it's not relevant.

As for the songs you mentioned, only Wichita Lineman and Live and Let Die are regulars – the latter being a popular official release.

Black Hole Sun was played once in 2022 and once in '21. It hasn't been a regular since 2019.

The Seeker was also last played in 2022, and was only played three times in '22 as well.

Walk All Over You and Back In Black only got played eight times, the latter only in 2022.

The point being, you can't cut stuff that isn't really there.

If My World didn't, then The General certainly wouldn't have.

That band that did that Sweet Child O' Mine song can't realistically release a single song that will undo their entire reputation now.

On 12/1/2023 at 2:43 PM, Blackstar said:

Yeah, he also involves King Charles and Dianna in all his lawsuits.

In the GN'R one (and likely in the other ones, too) he requested for the court to pay his basic filing fees and the request has been granted

Who is 'Guns And Roses Rock Band'? Do they have any songs that sound like Guns N' Roses?

Only reason I voted for the rest of CD2 is that no matter what, we'll still be wondering 'what if?'

I'd like something fresh with the current lineup, but only once we have a clean slate

3 minutes ago, MaskingApathy said:

There's a pretty big contrast between the records that Elvis mixed for him and this one.

True. Even the difference between World on Fire and Living the Dream – analogue v digital. Living the Dream sounds good, but World on Fire was spotless imo

1 hour ago, Flayer said:

Bass is almost inaudible on a majority of the songs.

I think this is why I like Chinese Democracy, the song, more nowadays with the current lineup. Duff's bass is right there and when the song gets going it's like a punch in the face.

A bassy Chinese Democracy remaster would be fantastic.

34 minutes ago, MaskingApathy said:

He definitely doesn't, otherwise he wouldn't have been ok with SMKC 4 being released in its final form. That's a pretty amateur sounding mix too.

He got exactly what he wanted with 4. Regardless of how it sounds, he clearly put a lot of thought into how he wanted it produced. Him not caring and fans not liking the final product are two very, very different things.

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/slash-interview-myles-kennedy-4-live-album-1235028514/

17 hours ago, evilfacelessturtle said:

Slash never seemed to be the type that really cared about production

He absolutely cares. Listen to how he talks about the SMKC stuff. Like insisting the early records were on tape for the sound, going with Dave Cobb because of his reputation and wanting to do things live etc.

He cares generally. But I'm guessing he treated these new GN'R songs more like session work. He came in, laid down his parts, then moved on

6 hours ago, JimiRose said:

That is much harder and painstaking a process than sitting there and writing a 2 verse 1 bridge 3 chorus song. Any musician here could bang out a song like the general in fucking 60 minutes. Any and all credibility your point might have had was lost right there

No. Just no.

And you said it yourself, "any musician". So you need to be a musician to write a song. You just need a computer to stitch together other peoples' work. I can't play an instrument, I can't sing, and I sure as hell can't write lyrics. I could patch together other peoples' songs to make something though – I'm not saying it'd be any good, but it's doable.

There is no way piecing together existing audio is harder than writing, playing, and recording an original song. No way whatsoever.

I don't care how good the patchwork sounds, you're still starting with someone else's work. The heavy lifting has been done. If you're writing an original song, you start from zero. You have to come up with everything yourself, not just arrange it