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I cannot express how happy I am with these new songs. Absolutely love them all.

Same here.

Very good post.

It's good. More classic rock as someone already said. The CD is going to be amazing.

Seriously... Why hasn't this guy been banned yet.

He is clearly just looking for trouble.

Well.. That was beautiful. Thanks Kaneda. Very nice read and well said.

His real legal name is W. Axl Rose.

That's W.

Not William.

W.

Guns n' Roses new material is complex, sophisticated in the different layers of sounds. It's often designed like a rollercoaster, and doesn't follow the usual construction of songs we may be used to. It's smooth, then it takes off, is soft again, than very violent, aggressive.

Instead of having one approch and dig into it more profoundly, the songs show many faces. As for the sound, it's techno/industrial oriented, with some hip-hop touch, than it's metal or epic. It's the same with Axl voice, and it's like with each songs he show some different parts of his personality. His interpretation and voice is sometimes vulnerable and sad, sometimes very "high-mooded", or even a little scary/aggressive.

The best example of this is Better.

When the two first leaks occured, and we heard only 2 minutes of the song, everyone thought this song would be a very catchy pop-rock tune. But then with the second half of the song (and the incredibly aggressive middle-part) Better showed us its true face.

It's a schizophrenic song, a rollercoaster. I definitely see a connection betweent Better and Oh My God (and with IRS for the complex melodic construction, as well as -don't bite!- with My World which was un unassumed attempt by Axl to explore new direction) Just like Axl has some violent and quick mood changes, his music reflect this.

I just love it. Oh My God is one of my favorite songs ever. And Now Better is as well.

^^Agreed. Well put.

We're going nuts because we're trying to steal his material.

Really fucking loyal, if you ask me.

Exactly what I was thinking

But yeah.. GnR has a pretty solid fanbase.

Hahaha..

Now that's a funny image right there.

Why'd he write an article like that if he himself wouldn't care?

Also it's sad that people tend to think "this record took 13 years to make". The time it takes to make it really shouldn't be a main issue. We should just be happy he ever decided to make a new record. Whether it was yesterday or 20 years ago. Just live your life and be happy when it comes.

Hmm... Interesting theory. I think you might be on to something.

i love axl's singing around the 2:50 mark

Yeah me too.. Isn't that what a lot of us wanted? More aggression...

Damn I love this song. It just rocks on a whole new level.

The new part really brings out Buckethead. The short middle solo kicks ass.

Different, but it delivers. Damn this song makes me sad Buckethead ain't in the band anymore.

It takes about 5 minutes to do somehting like IRS. Better, TWAT, The Blues, and Madagascar take a little more time than that. I would think Madagascar would take the longest.

Dude, you should really go into music business. I'm not even kidding. You have some talent there.

Dude, not even kidding, already there.

There is nothing to IRS. A bunch of friggen power chords. You know how long it takes to put a power chord progression together? Throw a simple drum beat over it...

I can't make out most of Axl's lyrics, I'll admit that. I guess I haven't tried all that hard, but the "Gonna call the president...etc." chorus is pretty simple and I doubt meant to be more than a catchy arena rock line.

Nice. What band you're in? Have an album out? I just might buy your record.

It takes about 5 minutes to do somehting like IRS. Better, TWAT, The Blues, and Madagascar take a little more time than that. I would think Madagascar would take the longest.

Dude, you should really go into music business. I'm not even kidding. You have some talent there. Maybe you could write something for VR.

Great read, thanks a lot.

I really think that Oh My God has some of the coolest music and flow to it. If the CD is anywhere near that (and the leaks), I'll be more than happy. Honestly Silkworms is the only song by the new GnR that I've been disappointed with.

Almost guessed by the topic, this'd turn into a new gnr-bashing contest on a level or another.

I'm happy as long as they won't miss Finland on their world tour. Any city is fine. Stadium would be nice for a change, though I think they'd go to the hartwall arena.

GUNS....

N'...

ROSES!!!

This year looks good. A little too good. Welcome back Axl & co. \o/

i likt the beats' i like the mix of different styles' no one else has tried this

Yeah agreed..

Different styles mixed with good lyrics is definitelly something new and it works brilliantly.

Easily.

I don't know about top 5 yet but I would probably fit it on a one cd best of.

IRS - Very good solid GnR rocker. 'nuff said

Better - Definitelly a classic. I just absolutelly love it. The 2:10 version confirmed that. Can't wait for the full version.

TWAT - Also a definite classic. Damn I love the ending so much, it just blews my mind every time. rock2

That being said... Bring on the CD! I've never wanted (to buy) it more!

Okay now that I've listened to this a few times... I just absolutely love the song...

Already just based on the 1:20. It's just... beautiful.

Can't wait to hear the full song... This is just torture to hear just the 1:20.

!!!!!!!!!

This is HUGE!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

<3<3<3

Just hope the it'd be longer :S

I went to sleep reading someone saying they had three demos... But OMG this is fucking best awakening I've ever had! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

I still don't get one point... Why the fuck people care one way or the other if the guy had a plastic surgery or not. It's his business and I couldn't care less if he had surgery. All that matters in the end is that he can still write and sing.