matt1313

I didn't say you were creepy. But of the 20 topics I can see on the first page of this forum, 6 of them are yours.

This thread is the definition of irony.

Geographically speaking, multiple countries in Europe is no different than multiple states in the United States. And GNR's schedule wasn't really much different on most legs of their touring since 2016. Granted, GNR usually took at least an average of 1-2 days off in between shows. But for a 3 hour show and the sheer logistics involved for massive GNR productions, which probably require a crew 5-10 times lager than a similar crew for a Slash solo tour, that's understandable. A stadium and a club are two different things. Outside of a few back-to-back dates on Slash's schedule, it's not much of a deviation from what GNR has been doing for the last seven years.

I'll have what he's smoking.

To who?! Besides the 150 people canvassing this thread, nobody else, in the WORLD, knows about, gives a shit or two f**ks what the hell 'The General' is. Somewhere, I picture Axl and Melissa sitting in front of a laptop with popcorn and candy on a plane laughing it up over this thread. They probably yelled for Slash or Duff to come check it out, but they're too busy playing solitaire on their phones during the flight. Not even the band gives two f**cks! We're all lunatics.

Can you pass that along to my wife?

Understood. Thanks for getting me caught up on the Evader version. It's really good and convincing to a layman that doesn't know the backstory.

It's not a bad tune. So from what I'm gathering, someone made their own version of that intro that's played at the Puerto Rico show... then somehow created convincing vocals for the rest of the song (they came up with)? I'm probably not up to speed on all the GNR CSI crap that's gone on over this whole thing. My only guess, concocted in the last 10 minutes, is someone was really good at recreating that opening intro... but the vocals... how did they pull that off? I can see it being done today with the advent of AI... but certainly not years ago. The vocals are very, very convincing. More so than most of the AI out there today.

I have a life nowadays so I haven't read this entire thread. I check the forum every now and then for big news or to follow some of the live show threads... which is fun from time-to-time. So feel free to label me as an idiot, if you'd like! Hell, I'll do it. I'm an idiot. I remember what it was like to be so obsessed with a GNR forum... so I don't blame you for being frustrated with my post. My being an idiot aside... this "Evader" version does exactly match that opening bit from the Puerto Rico show. So if it's a "recreation", it's a pretty damned good one.

I used to get into major battles with Kaneda. They were epic. I was Matt13 for the longest time before I got banned on here for speaking out for Madison and against the forum management at that time. That was many beers ago, so I have no hard feelings anymore. Live and let live, or whatever. I was around before this forum even got off the ground... chinesedemocracy.com was THE place to be for all things GNR. Xozi, Queenie... we're talking mid-90's. Those were the days of Limewire. The first performance of 'NuGNR' in Vegas... CD.com was BONKERS. I remember being up all night downloading songs from Limewire. I'll never forget the first time I heard 'The Blues' that night from that show. Great memories.

This entire mystery surrounding The General has had me perplexed. There's a download that was floating around of the song years ago, believe it was on Youtube of all places. I downloaded it and stored it away with the locker leaks for safe keeping. Well, this video confirms what I have matches the tune, for sure. It's a long intro, 2min 40sec, then guitars kick in. At 3:39 Axl's unmistakable screech kicks in, "My hopes, my dreams...", full high pitch rasp. At 4:07, Axl goes to a mid-tone falsetto and sounds like a bad AI version of himself. Very robotic. That always threw me off. Just doesn't sound anything like GNR at that point. That 'robotic' Axl goes off on some tangent I can't understand... before the screeching chorus comes roaring back to life. The song ends at 7min 25sec. If this is indeed 'The General', I can't wait to hear what Slash and Co. did to it. And hopefully Axl 'fixed' the robotic bridge, if you can call it that. Am I the only one with this recording? I figured everyone and their mother on this forum had it... so why is everyone acting so surprised/excited over it? If I am the only one that has it, for some reason, by all means, let me know.

Ladies & gents... I give you the name of the tour for the next 7-8 years.

You shouldn't be. All those same people get their news from the mainstream media. Probably their science, too. If they're told to hate somebody by Anderson Cooper or Joe Biden, they will. It's no surprise, and it's best to ignore them and let them learn the hard way. They all have it coming... and it really sucks when you realize you've been a brainwashed sheep for years, or even decades.

Long long debunked... by who? The WHO? FDA? NIH? CNN? MSNBC? BBC? I bet you believed in masking too. Natural selection.