curmudgeonrose Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) I just listened to the Chinese Democracy version without Abnormalfoot's verse riffs. It feels so empty.Yeah! Edited December 15, 2011 by curmudgeonrose
OptimusPrimeNL Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) I just listened to the Chinese Democracy version without Abnormalfoot's verse riffs. It feels so empty.Yeah!I'd to love hear that version! where do I get it? it's the 2006 (leaked) version right? Edited December 15, 2011 by OptimusPrimeNL
Cosmo Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 Ron improved the hell out of Chinese Democracy (the song)... MUCH, MUCH better with his verse riffs!!!!
Rovim Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 Also the tapping in the end of Shackler's made the song so much better imo and I'm a fan of Bumble's main solo in it too.A lot of other examples of really cool stuff his playing did for the album.
James Bond Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Ron definitely filled in a lot of the gaps in the songs. It's funny you should mention Chinese Democracy sounding empty because I too was just listening to some of the leaks the other day. It really does sound empty without the rhythm guitar in the verses. He could have taken the easy way out and just added in some palm muted riffing but instead he went for the fretless which was a cool addition. That's why I love the Bumble, he's always got some interesting ideas to flesh out riffs.
Powerage5 Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Ron really took CD (the song) to the next level, his fretless work and the high vocals were both major improvements over the demo. I know a lot of people prefer the demos to the album versions, but I can't believe there's anybody out there that prefers the CD demo
drtydane Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 (edited) I liked it more at first. But I really like the rio 2001 version best, except for the shorter solo. And my god, fincks backing vocals. "Even with your iron fist..." so raw. Think that's wat I miss most about robin. Edited December 16, 2011 by drtydane
Georgy Zhukov Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 (edited) We should have links to all the CD demos before Bumblefoot. I always thought he was added to do guitar solos but he really gave the songs a boost.Shouldn't forget about Buckethead though. He added a lot of tracks too but I think Ron's contribution made a lot of songs better. Edited December 16, 2011 by BirdCatcher
Use Your Delusion 1 Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 I liked it more at first. But I really like the rio 2001 version best, except for the shorter solo. And my god, fincks backing vocals. "Even with your iron fist..." so raw. Think that's wat I miss most about robin.agreed 2001 Chinese Democracy is better than the album version, love the intro too
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