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1 hour ago, rocknroll41 said:

Well we know that the UYI lineup recorded the song at some point in the early 90s and I recall Finck saying that he tailored his solo “to a version.”

I never heard that. I only ever read in interviews that it was an Axl solo piece dating back to when he was quoted about in magazines in 1994. 

7 minutes ago, rocknroll41 said:

What’s ironic is that 90s slash helped write it…

Um, no he didn’t. Where did you get that info? 

1 hour ago, DoMw94 said:

Love this take on Pretty Tied Up! They need to utilize Melissa more like this in the set. Play to Axl's strengths and let her do the heavy lifting when she needs to. This works really well imo

I don’t get this. Why would you go to see GN’R and want to hear more Melissa vocals over Axl’s? 

I’d gladly take full helium Mickey Axl over Melissa any day. 

31 songs for the opening night of a tour is pretty impressive. 

Bad Obsession sounded pretty great, as did Pretty Tied Up, though Axl gets out of time around the 3 minute mark of PTU and never recovers.

It still amazes me the Axl can fuck up timing so bad while the rest of the band just carries on around him like nothing happened. 

Anything Goes sounded good instrumentally, but full Mickey vocals. 

Haven’t seen any footage of Down on the Farm yet.

44 minutes ago, Bitchisback said:

If they play anything goes and bad apples on this tour I will be a sad boy.  Possibly the two worst GnR songs lol

I’d agree about Anything Goes, but Bad Apples is a hidden gem for me on UYI1. Love the riffs and solos in it. 

What's the bet that if it does get played, it sounds like a train wreck

I remain cautiously optimistic…

6 hours ago, jimisbatman said:

Thanks, didn't realise 2nd song was out and now 3rd song is out.

What's the consensus of new Foo song's? Are they low_fi? Don't seem to like them, but they'll probably grow on me. Are other foo fans struggling with new song's too? 

I've always loved the early albums but lost interest after Nothing Left to Lose 1999.

3rd song isn’t out yet, even though they played it in the video they released today. 

As for the consensus on the new songs? Sounds like exactly what you’d expect from them, but the mix is terrible.

Aside from the vocals there’s like a static/distorted wash over everything that just sounds terrible to my ears. 

40 minutes ago, allwaystired said:

Not much love for Foo Fighters here! 

I'm surprised actually. Decent enough band, some great tunes in their catalogue. 

I know around here we prefer our bands idle and coasting on the past, but Foo Fighters aren't so bad, surely?! 

I love Foo Fighters, but I haven’t loved anything since Sonic Highways. Their albums that followed had a few good singles, but nothing as good as the early stuff. 

Still, I remain a big fan, because they always put on a great show, and from the rehearsal footage, Josh already fits right in. 

9 hours ago, Nintari said:

I would argue that the last great thing he put out was Unplugged... and I own Wasting Light.

The truth is, if 1993 Dave met 2023 Dave, 1993 Dave would want to punch 2023 Dave right in the face.

Wasting Light was an absolutely fantastic album. And probably the last great album from them, but they’re still a great live band. 

Watching the rehearsal footage of Josh with Foos, he is already complimenting them and fitting right in. 

I wish Axl kept him for GN’R, as he really is an amazing drummer. 

It’s funny, for how much DJ gets ripped on for being not that great at guitar, his solo section that he did in Estranged, he played better than Slash currently does with that section himself. 

I think with DJ being a fan of the band like he says he was, he knows how much certain melodies that Slash played were held in such high regard, especially in songs like Estranged. And I thought he did a great job playing some of that stuff to the best of his abilities. 

There are actually 3 new Duff songs streaming services, including this one. 

Sounds like leftovers from his last album. Not necessarily bad, but not really great either. 

I was hoping for some new punky/rock stuff. This mellow stuff from Duff isn’t my cup of tea. 

I got 3 tracks in and had to turn it off. Sorry, I guess it’s just not for me. 

I just wish they’d change producers. All their albums have had a bad mix since Concrete and Gold. Sounds like they put the speakers in a washing machine then ran the spin cycle. 

50 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

Fuck, Inamorata is good. That chorus sticks.

It’s strange, this song has gotten the most praise by everyone, and I don’t think that it’s that good. Maybe it’ll grow on me. 

My favourites are Shadows Follow and Crown of Barbed Wire

28 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

I am saying the main problem I found in the new album is that it has way too many songs and no album flow. It is almost a chore to listen to the whole thing from start to finish. If it were 45-55 minutes long like the old times, it would have been a much more solid effort. My complaint about the mixture of thrash songs and non-thrash songs is that it makes the album feel like a playlist full of individual songs instead of a concise album. And it does. Just like hardwired. Death Magnetic didn’t feel like that. It felt like an album, nota collection of songs. 
 

I listened to the album a lot more now and I think it is a bit stronger than the previoua album, being betwen Load and Hardwired on my metallica album ranking. You don’t need to get all upaet about it though, people have different opinions, even about your favourite band, which consistently releases mixes received albums. 

I already told you I have no issue with differing opinions. Not everyone has to like it. 

I have a problem with people saying stupid things like “it should be all thrash like the old days” as a reason to dislike it. It’s a very narrow minded view to have of a band that has proven to be more than just the thrash genre. And they’re all the better for it.

I agree with you on one thing though, this album just gets better with each listen. 

You are just making yourself sound stupid now… 

You’re pointing out to me that Metallica have had diversity in their albums for a long time, (which I already know), yet you then complain because the new album is diverse and not all out thrash. 

Make up your mind already 

39 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

Oh Death Magnetic wasn’t a thrash album? Which non-thrash track is your favourite then? Lol

Unforgiven 3 is hardly a thrash song now is it? Neither are Cyanide and Broken Beat & Scarred.

But please, carry on making silly claims about it being all thrash 

20 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

Dude, they hadn’t done that for one album. And, like as I said, they marketed Hardwired as a thrash album. But still, thats no the problem. My favourite song on the album is Inamorata and it’s a load type of song. The problem is the album flow getting really sucky with these long bluesy songs in the middle of thrash ones, in a 12 song tracklist. Some of these songs should have been b-sides, IMO.

Just stop, you’re embarrassing yourself by repeating the same thing over and over 

Sure, Death Magnetic was marketed as a throwback to their earlier style, but even that wasn’t an all out thrash album. 

And no, Hardwired wasn’t marketed as an all out thrash album either, so I’m not sure why you keep saying it was? 

My point is that Metallica stopped being that type of a band in 1991 and 30+ years later these narrow minded metal elitists are still banging on about how they’ve changed, but you’d think after 30+ years you’d be silly to expect an all thrash album from them, especially when they’ve never promised one either 

I happen to like that the band has evolved, and I think the slow mid paced heavy stuff sounds great alongside the fast thrashy stuff. It gives the album a great variety and keeps it interesting.

It’s ok if that’s not for your tastes, but I think it sounds great.  

And you don’t have to like everything they do, but criticising them because they don’t put out an all out thrash album, when they clearly haven’t done that for decades, is a stupid reason to hate them 

1 hour ago, Cosmo said:

Lol Death Magnetic is what exactly? I love these fanboys that will defend anything their favorite band does no matter what. It’s funny as they search for new arguments to say how everyone not pleased is a hater and every new album is actually a masterpiece.

Death Magnetic isn’t all thrash though is it? While it’s definitely a throwback to their older style, it’s not an all out thrash album. 

I love these metal elitists that try to paint Metallica into a corner because they don’t sound like it’s 1983 anymore 

39 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

They have 12 songs in each of those albums. And every time, they chose to release the thrash metal oriented songs as previews for the album. They know that is what drives fans, generates buzz and increases hype. They are fully aware of that. That is why they choose to release these songs up front. It makes the full listen feel like a gotcha moment. There is absolutely no reason for them to not make a thrash album nowadays other than “we don’t feel like it”, so yes, that is what many fana expect.

Metallica haven’t released a full thrash album since 1988, that’s over 35 years ago in a 40+ year career. So if you’re saying they’re pulling a “gotcha” moment because that’s what you’re expecting on an album just from a single, then you’re just setting yourself up for disappointment. And that’s on you, not the band.

I’m a fan and I enjoy the thrash stuff as well as the slow sludgy Load type stuff, and it makes the albums great because of the different styles throughout.

9 hours ago, Cosmo said:

Probably because they wanted people to think that before the album release, just like in Hardwired.

Nowhere have the band ever stated that though. Not even before Hardwired did they say “this is a return to all out thrash”

If people go in expecting that, then that’s on them, not the band. 

I’ve listened a bunch of times since it came out, and to me it sounds like a mix of all their different eras. Which at this point is probably to be expected. 

I don’t know why people would think a bunch of guys pushing 60 would put out an all thrash album. 

This album as it is, sounds pretty great to me. There’s a great mix of fast stuff, slow stuff, and a bit in between. 

I think this album is better than Hardwired, and probably a solid 7/10  

But haters are gonna hate regardless 

So, 72 Seasons, my initial review after the Australian cinema screening tonight…

I’m still taking it all in, and there is so much to process from so much new music in one sitting. But it sounded pretty awesome overall. Outside of the singles, I got some very heavy Load/Reload vibes from the other tracks.

The riffs throughout the album are HUGE and crunchy as FUCK. So many heavy grooves going on throughout that I can’t wait to get back into it all again tomorrow.

I gotta say though, and this was only from one listen to all of it, Kirk lets the team down a little with his solos on this. That said, there are some great harmonies he plays with James on several songs, and the closing track had some cool trippy lead guitar parts that kinda reminded me of My Friend of Misery a little.

I’ll also add, that parts of Inamorata reminded me of parts of Unforgiven 2 and 3, vocals & lyrics wise. And overall, I’m not sure if it’s better than the other epic tracks of the band just yet, but it’s certainly up there with them.

You Must Burn was a bit of a let down for me, sounded like a lesser version of Sad But True and Dream No More, though definitely in similar vein.

I’ll post more tomorrow when I’ve given the album a few more listens.

Still, I come away from this extremely happy that my favourite band is still firing out high level heavy metal music of this calibre, especially this late in their career!