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11/02/23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Hollywood Bowl NIGHT 2
bangit replied to alfierose's topic in 2023 Tour Dates
It's a difficult one, I've seen them this year in Budapest. It was an awesome show. Axl sounded fine but did struggle on some songs, but this has been the case on every tour since 2006/7 in my view. Even back then people were critical of him for not sounding like he did in the 80s/90s. Shorter shows with careful song selection is probably the way forward. I don't think they are done just yet but also agree they shouldn't go on forever. As has always been the case, Axl sounds much better in a concert setting than on YouTube videos. -
Is this a rescheduled date or something? Kind of odd that they would end the tour with a random festival in Mexico.
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The theory that Monsters would be a hidden track is probably most likely. They were always separate songs but do go well together and would be great back to back album tracks. The evidence clearly points that that being the intention. (Registration of the song + quality comment from GNR + the leak of both at the same point etc) Let's hope this still happens on the vinyl although it could certainly have been pulled and we just get TG. (just get 🤣) Really interesting to see what happens with this next month. If Monsters isn't released then when the fuck will we see that dropped officially!? Could be a long wait.
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11/02/23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Hollywood Bowl NIGHT 2
bangit replied to alfierose's topic in 2023 Tour Dates
Fuck me. They played The General. Wow! Never thought that would happen. Big moment this. Now, where are my headphones... -
After a few days listening (a lot) I definitely enjoy TG more than Monsters if we view them as individual tracks. Love the power chords and high pitched chorus etc. Really interesting song. Monsters is very good but mainly for the final 2 mins bridge and outro guitar which is clearly slash. Overall I really like both songs and hope they are released as one, they are better when combined imo. The songs individually are like a 7/10 for me but combined I'd go for an 8/10. Not as good as TWAT or Prostitute but very good songs that hold your interest. Quite different to perhaps and Hardskool which are classic little rockers.
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I agree, Axl clearly likes to use effects and experiment/ take the vocal experience to a different level. What we perceive to be unusual bits are likely deliberate. I have revisited State of Grace for example, a song which I had assumed was very experimental with unfinished vocals etc. I suspect they are complete, as they are on The General. As Axl said himself long ago, CD songs are not traditional old school GNR. I can understand if they are not to the taste of some fans. I personally really enjoy them and hope that TG & Monsters is indeed one mega track not just 2 individual songs.
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The guitar on Monsters does sound more like Slash or even Richard. I'm also no expert! The faster / shredding outro of TG is unlikely to be Slash. Could be bucket or bumblefoot perhaps? If they were leaked as 2 separate tracks they could well be from a while ago and the final version could sound a fair bit different in terms of the mix. I think that these are the finished versions of the songs/song on the whole though. Yes maybe some mix changes will occur but I would be surprised if it was any more than that.
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I may be wrong but it would surprise me if this version of The General isn't the finished article or at least, very close to it. The only changes I'd expect are to have the song in a slightly higher quality on an official digital release. We haven't seen any drastic changes to the fundamentals of Hard Skool, Perhaps etc from the demos of old. Sure they sound cleaner etc but the song is the song. Those looking for really big changes are probably in for a shock. Who leaked these fuckers anyway? All a bit suspicious.... Why were they not leaked as one track (I don't think)? Why were they split or am I wrong? I know they originally were likely to be separate songs etc. Still lots of questions to be answered....
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Really intrigued now to hear what the final version sounds like. Hope we do get a digital release at some stage later this year. I can't imagine anything other than the 2 tracks being 1 song which we will know as The General. General and Monsters is like the formal name for writing credits sake etc I would expect. It's a daft title if it is more than that! We can only speculate on the rest tbh. Maybe Axl once upon a time had tried to develop each song individually but decided to merge them into one. All good though, I actually think that each section as an individual song is good but when viewed as one track, it is something special.
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Had a sleep, now listening again. We asked for an epic track, this is certainly that. I can understand how it may not be to the taste of some but it's so complex you need listen a lot to fully appreciate. I think it's great. Interesting to see what the final version sounds like on the vinyl/digital release.