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On 4/5/2022 at 8:18 AM, Sosso said:

“I went into the studio with my happy-go-lucky guitar player attitude,” he explained. “It was a simple song with a I-IV-V [chord] progression called Wiggle Wiggle. Right before I played, Bob asked me to make it sound like Django [Reinhardt, the French-Romani jazz legend]. 

“I didn’t think he was serious,” Slash continued. “I played what I thought was one of my better one-off guitar bits as me, and also did an acoustic track. And I asked Don to send me a rough [mix] when he was ready.”

However, as Slash was soon to find out, the rough mix unfortunately didn’t include his solo.

He added, “A couple of days later he sent me the cassette, and when we get to the guitar solo section, it’s nothing but me strumming acoustic for sixteen bars. I called Don and said, ‘What happened to the guitar?’ He told me, ‘Bob says it sounds too much like Guns N’ Roses.’”

 

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/slash-bob-dylan-solo-rejected

It's a strange Dylan album. Definately not in my top 10, 20 or 30. I suspect Bob Dylan does not work very well in those all-star cast situations. Maybe nobody really does. Not really Slash or Bob's fault, more just a weird idea to try and smoosh incongruous players together.

I do like Born In Time from that record though. Other than that it's mighty slim pickins. 

18 hours ago, Stay.Of.Execution said:

Bob Dylan is overrated and annoying

I love me some Dylan and some GnR, but the Guns Knockin On Heavens Door is an eternal pissbreak moment for me. That's about the nicest way I can put it!

Remember when Frank was on Appetite For Distortion and he seemed mildly terrified to be asked a hypothetical question about what Guns N Roses *might* sound like *if* they went into a studio and recorded some music? That was some weird shit and a pretty revealing moment. It's strange at the top.

P.s. I should add that Frank seems like a real nice dude. And respect to @Gambit83!

9 hours ago, AxlRoseCDII said:

There’s the excuse not to release new music!

Hot tip...Rose has written/recorded new music only to spite Pele. 

I'm a sucker for Adler's cowbell

 the Joan Jett produced version. So sick.

Hole - Live Through This.

Vicariously reliving my teen years. It still sounds bloody good.

20 hours ago, -W.A.R- said:

Just heard that Ronnie passed RIP to an absolute legend and queen.

 

absolute Queen. Incredible that she survived her marriage and had a beautiful second act. The Ronettes deserved to feel the love.

22 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

They’re re-recording songs their replacements wrote 

and in some instances they're re-recording songs THE Replacements wrote

was daydreaming the other day about an alternate reality where Say Say Say was on Thriller instead of The Girl Is Mine. That'd be cool. The album seemed to do fairly well regardless 

7 minutes ago, drlaban said:

Any bets on the album name? Mine is “Guns N’ Roses was here”.

99 Problems

good lord this is killer.

42 minutes ago, mystery said:

It's something that even the most dedicated fans here probably didn't catch until this thread. The band itself has probably long forgotten that it's in the credits.

Oh I don't doubt it mate. But I guess in the absence of a new album we'll be analysing 30 year old credits 

#saveusaxl

*If* there's a change to the 'Bitches' credit in the UYI box, I wouldn't judge Guns harshly for it, nor would I consider them to be going soft, being revisionist, buckling to the times or whatever you might want to call it.

I'm not offended by the 'Bitches' credit (although I find it a bit goofy...). Good or bad, it reflects a time and a place. It happened, it is what it is. I liked UYI okay then and I like it okay now.

But for a lot of people, humour is different in your 40s/50s than it was in your 20s. Life experience, growing up, mellowing. If GnR in their late 50s were reviewing the proofs for a re-release and baulked at 'Bitches', I can't say I'd blame them. 

Well, it does look pretty sweet. Maybe finished off with a medley of Cuban Skies/Dub Suplex (feat Pele) 

My dream setlist would be something I don't expect. If the 'Appetite Five' ever get it together I'd hope they wouldn't play the album in sequence. Those shows never quite do it for me. 

I like me some Tommy. I got to see the reunited Replacements towards the end of their run (killer), and was recently listening to some 2015 live recordings that made me think they set the gold standard for reunions.

The shows were exciting, unpredictable and generous. They played at least 60 songs over a two year period including obscurities (Buck Hill!) and new stuff.

It all flamed out once the band realised it couldn't work together in a meaningful way. I bet it was a night & day experience for Tommy S when compared to the 2014 Guns Ashba/dancers/Monster energy drink nadir. 

5 hours ago, RussTCB said:

I'm so odd when it comes to early Floyd / Syd. 

I do not like Piper at all. However, I love all of Syds solo music after he left. I also love all the rest of the pre Dark Side material Floyd made after Syd left. 

Interesting. I like Piper but I definitely prefer Syd solo.

On 12/17/2021 at 9:17 AM, RussTCB said:

Just heard about this. That's a GREAT era for Floyd. 

it is!! I'm usually a bit of a Syd guy, but I love early 70s Floyd. 

have been loving Get Back. My family, less so 

My sister: "When are these guys going to finish a bloody song?!"

I loved A Martyr's Reward by Ka. 

55 minutes ago, cineater said:

GNR fan fiction, that's entertainment.  

all of my GnR fanfic is way too farfetched  

Slash: "Hey Ax, all things considered, maybe we should get together and write a song?"

Axl Rose: "Great! Come on over, I'm thawing some rabbit sausages..."

I have a few unpopular GnR opinions, depending on who I'm hanging out with. 

My girlfriend in high school thought it was lame that I liked GnR at all. She was/is a punker and to her Guns were an overblown stadium band with stupid videos. We caught up for a beer earlier this year and she'd changed her mind...and even went to see Nu Guns in 2007! She maintains the Illusion videos are ridiculous...and she may have a point. "What's with those bike pants on the psych's couch?!"

My buddy Patrick thinks I like the Illusions records too much because "those guys SUCK after Appetite" (I disagree, but understand where he's coming from...AFD is my favourite my a long way).

My brother thinks I don't like Illusions enough. 

My old workmate Dan thinks I've slept on Chinese, which he worships. I love the drama of the CD period and it's an incredible saga, but the record itself just leaves me cold. I don't hate it but never found it fun to listen to. But I'm still always happy to read any tidbit of info about this record because it's all such a batshit story. I should say that I enjoy some live recordings I've heard from 06 and 10, but I'm not a big bootleg trainspotter.