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3 minutes ago, rocknroll41 said:

Yeah I mixed them up. My bad.

No worries, just trying to remember who said it. It was a long time ago though, maybe Zutaut in 2001 or so?

1 hour ago, rocknroll41 said:

Oh shit there was a forum member on here like YEARS ago I think who said zodiac was very similar to teen spirit.

who was that? Anyone remember?

Pretty sure I remember someone saying that about Quick Song, not Zodiac. 

1 minute ago, Fanboy said:

its really a great song, Axl with a piano always end up with something good

Yes! Axl, if you're taking requests, more piano songs please.

This one's really cool, the chorus feels perhaps not quite finished to me and not quite at the level of the rest of the song, but it's close. I wonder how much further tweaking was done. Really great demo, and I hope to hear a finished version someday. 

4 minutes ago, DownUnderScott said:

This is what I have always maintained about Slash actually, every single solo of his fits that particular song perfectly and his talent for that is unsurpassed !  He just gets it...

I think that's fair. Probably why they're my 2 favourite guitarists (along with Jimmy Page). 

1 hour ago, Bansidhe said:

It's remarkable that although it's so obviously Brian May playing, it fits the song perfectly.

This is the thing I've always said about Queen. You listen to pretty much any song, the guitar work and especially the solo is perfectly suited for the song, every time. 

What if you created a brand of tasty lemonade that people love, with a lineup of buyers down the street, then you go and create a bunch of different and interesting flavours, refuse to let anybody taste them, and keep them in the back of the fridge for 20 years? 

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Apparently, these are unheard songs with Axl vocals on them:

PRL

Eye On You

Moustache

Quicksong

Quicksong w Buckethead

Zodiac 13

Tonto

Real Doll Dot Com

Atlas Shrugged

Silkworms (not the 2018 leak)

Billionaire

State of Grace

Devious Bastard

Hardschool

Dummy

Me & My Elvis

When the story about the locker first broke, somebody posted this list somewhere (can't remember which thread) and I copy and pasted it. 

Was just working out a CD99 tracklist today (only based on what we've got). No Oh My God since I highly doubt it would have made the album, having just been released on a soundtrack, and didn't include Silkworms since we don't have a proper recording yet. 

1. Chinese Democracy (Josh)

2. There Was a Time

3. The Blues

4. Hard School

5. Catcher in the Rye

6. Going Down

7. Atlas Shrugged

8. Riad and the Bedouins

9. IRS

10. Madagascar

11. Prostitute

6 minutes ago, D.. said:

Thank you man, added some corrections ; )

I think it's almost spot on now, might need another relecture.

There's a couple of words that are just so hard to make out. It sounds like he says, 

"When it's as wrong and the road gets rough". I think "it's all wrong" makes more sense but it definitely sounds like the word "as" in there. Maybe it's actually "when it goes wrong" there.

For that last line, I don't think he says Jesus, there was some cut and pasting going on so it sounds a bit off but I do think the last line is:

"Even now I hope you understand."

10 minutes ago, SoulMonster said:

Definitely about Slash.

Original Title: Slash-Less Shrug 

Overall, I like it a bunch. Would definitely love to hear it properly edited, mixed and mastered. It's got a cool laid back vibe, and I'm digging Axl's vocals a lot. 

It's not necessarily a great song but it is interesting, and as someone said earlier totally different vibe from the rest of Chinese Democracy. 

Still amazed that we finally got to hear it after all these years. 

I seem to recall that someone unearthed a Richard Fortus instrumental demo called Tonto several years ago (after MSL listed it as a song title). 

Bob Ezrin - Talking about a meeting with Axl in October 2000

"...when he sat down, he started saying to me that he has finished the record. And I said “Axl, we are not ready to mix this record. This record isn’t ready to be mixed”.

I said “there are two great songs on it and I know that you’re capable of more, that’s the reason why I’m here. You’re such a great talent and I would do you a disservice if I didn’t tell you the truth, which is that most of the songs aren’t great. But I‘m very happy to help you get there and I believe that it’s possible, if you would like to continue to work on the record, to make it better”.

He said “I don’t agree with that. We are ready to mix”. And I told him “you have my number, if you change your mind let me know..."

This is pretty ho-hum, other than 15 seconds of studio Atlas, which sounds really good, and the clip of Catcher in the Rye, guitars sound fantastic and I would love to hear more of that one for sure.

Supposing this song is in fact about Slash ... I guess the idea would be that Slash thought there was no Guns n' Roses without him - I'm sure he would have also said the same about Axl, but still - and since he was "here to stay" he didn't need to change his behaviour or evolve musically.

And if GNR would be nothing without Slash, Axl expressing his concerns wouldn't matter anyway since Slash could just go on being "hard school" and refusing to change and allow the band to move forward. Meaning that either they would continue to spin their wheels and go nowhere, or that he (Axl) himself would have to leave. 

From what I can tell, the only comment he made (in 2008) was:

"And Checkmate is a bogus title.

The working title is Jackie Chan."

And I am also one of those who hates the fact that people inevitably say that EVERY. SINGLE. NEW. SONG. is about Slash. Prostitute is about GNR, and maybe Sorry and The Blues referred to Slash. But I will agree that these lyrics for Hard School do seem to be about him. 

The chorus is the best part of 'Hard School' and totally kicks ass, which is interesting because one of the bigger criticisms of ChiDem is that many of the songs have lots of cool parts but weak(ish) choruses. Which makes it even more confusing as to why it wasn't included on the album, being a rocker with a killer chorus. 

Agree with most that it definitely has that "work-in-progress" feel to it. I'm not crazy about the intro but they were onto something with the outro, I think with some work it could be an awesome outro, and who knows what they've done with it in the DECADES since it was recorded

Overall, really dig it. And ALWAYS enjoy hearing new songs from Axl. If only GNR were a band that actually released new music, I'll bet there's lots of cool stuff still locked in the vault.

This video's definitely about GNR!

I always thought Bleedin' was about Axl & Stephanie Seymour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILiaN1Dd-14

2 hours ago, Axl_morris said:

Girlfriend thinks I'm spending to much time on my phone and wants to know "who is she"

 

Just say "a fickle mistress with a bad case of the silkworms". 

9 hours ago, Dean said:

Great song. I genuinely hope that the rumours of Axl apparently recording lead vocals for this song are true.

Also, this leaked 6 summers ago. Time flies.

It's been 6 years already?!?! And almost 11 since the release of Chinese Democracy. That's just crazy, and the band with the most wasted time in history just continues to waste more time releasing nothing. 

There Was a Time when the Beatles basically had their entire career in 6 years - Ed Sullivan Show February 1964 - Officially broken up Spring 1970. 

And on topic, still really dig this song and always did. It's got a great sing-a-long vibe and love Axl's backing vocals.

5 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said:

Why would anyone want to see Stradlin ''run around the stage'' like a nobhead? That isn't even his style.

Yeah, I guess "just look like you're into it" would be more accurate.