Joeofthedragon Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Anybody else think it would be a cool idea for axl to record a full album of just him playing piano?? or am I smoking to much Weed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilogy Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Anybody else think it would be a cool idea for axl to record a full album of just him playing piano?? or am I smoking to much Weed...LOL It would be cool AND you are probably smoking too much weed Maybe this would appeal to some of the audience,but I think most would rather hear a GNR album take a minimalist approach, some instrumentals,some piano based songs with added guitars, a pure piano instrumental album would have the haters out in droves,and wouldn't go over well with most of theGNR fans,just imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizwontcry Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I'd dig it. I think he's underrated as a pianist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapJon Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 sure, in 15-20 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plonker88 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) His piano parts like Prostitute and This I Love really don't get the credit they deserve. Even his cover of Elton John from this tour is pretty special, it's probably my most listened to track from the Tokyo bootleg. Some paino reinterpretations of the songs on Chinese Democracy would make me an incredibly happy fan. Edited December 30, 2010 by plonker88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuddMckagan Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I think it would be cool, maybe for a solo album or something along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great snowman Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 It's funny, I was just thinking about how amazing it would be if Axl covered Piano Man by Billy Joel when I read the title of this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philly Guns Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I think it would be cool, maybe for a solo album or something along those lines.yea that would be sweet, just think if he did something where he had someone film him playing all the piano parts to some old and new songs, in his home on a grand piano or something. That would be insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyL Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Yeah a soundtrack would be a great way to do that. But then he probably wouldn't have the freedom to come up with whatever he wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Maybe one of those Sessions @ AOL or one time things for the GNR website with him behind the piano going through songs. Trent Reznor had talked about doing some solo shows like that under his own name. Thom Yorke did The Eraser which was more or less just him. Reznor also did those "Ghosts" CDs, which was songs that were either NIN outtakes, or just stuff he had kicking around that didn't fit in on any of the other albums. McCartney had done The Fireman CDs with Youth, so maybe Axl would do something like that under an assumed name and release it independently, just to see how it would do. Axl could always call Youth and Moby and come up with something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatVin Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 you know I believe that Axl is a real artist, not only a good musican. You can hear it in his songs n' lyrics n' melodies that there is something more into it than just music. DJ Ashba said once that it's amazing just to hear Axl improvising on the piano. That's when the best music really comes up - when you are not tryin, not even willing to make music, to make music that someone likes, not to be heard or liked. Sadly, in it's definition, this music is never to be heard by us, by public cus in the moment he would want to record it for public, it wouldn't be the same. The real art is not for public, but for the artist himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon87 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I think it would be cool, maybe for a solo album or something along those lines.Agreed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julia Alexandra Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I love the way Axl plays piano,because he is doing it in a special way.I'd love an album of just him playing piano,but i'm not sure we'll get that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakey Styley Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 There's some 90s video where he does some really weird spider shit with his fingers while playing the piano, wish I could find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 It would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STARABOSTES Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 you know I believe that Axl is a real artist, not only a good musican. You can hear it in his songs n' lyrics n' melodies that there is something more into it than just music. DJ Ashba said once that it's amazing just to hear Axl improvising on the piano. That's when the best music really comes up - when you are not tryin, not even willing to make music, to make music that someone likes, not to be heard or liked. Sadly, in it's definition, this music is never to be heard by us, by public cus in the moment he would want to record it for public, it wouldn't be the same. The real art is not for public, but for the artist himself.so true. you are cool.i like your attitude towards music and musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slashfan1967 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 There's some 90s video where he does some really weird spider shit with his fingers while playing the piano, wish I could find it.Yea I remember that; don't feel like linking it tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I always wondered why GNR even needed Dizzy Reed. When it comes to tickling the ivories, Axl should do it.Axl once said something to the effect of that Dizzy was useful for songs like Estranged, which involves piano, but where Axl didn't want to be sitting at a piano playing it.He also felt Dizzy's keyboards added to UYI (album) songs that the band had no intention of having keyboards on. I recall reading Axl saying they were basically auditioning him, and they happened to be recording or working on a new track--which they had no intention of using keyboards on--and Dizzy started playing his keyboards on it and Axl felt it took the song higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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