The Macaroni Incident? Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 By Axl's own admission, he didn't consider "Chinese Democracy" and "Street Of Dreams" to be big guns, but they were released as singles anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the rush Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 big guns in descending order:1. better2. TWAT3. sorryBetter, in fact, is a top tier gnr song. To me Better is "better" than half the AFD songs and most UYI songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl Rose aka God Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 At the time, Better wasn't released or played so it was probably considered one of the "big guns." I'd say Better, Catcher, and There Was A Time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jekylhyde Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I always thought one of the problems with CD was that every song sounds like a "big gun..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flayer Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I don't really follow the "leaks were chosen for Chinese Democracy" theory any more. Seems likely that these were the songs planned to be on the album, and because they would be passed around the most and be the first batch to be finished, they'd naturally be more likely to leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.. Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 big guns in descending order:1. better2. TWAT3. sorryBetter, in fact, is a top tier gnr song. To me Better is "better" than half the AFD songs and most UYI songs"A top tier" Hahaha hadn't heard that expression in the music area, it's fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I don't really follow the "leaks were chosen for Chinese Democracy" theory any more. Seems likely that these were the songs planned to be on the album, and because they would be passed around the most and be the first batch to be finished, they'd naturally be more likely to leak.Exactly. They were songs in the finishing stages (vocals added, just need final tracks and mixes) and they were passed around so everyone involved can get an idea what final touches they want for the song. They were going to be on the album anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trqster Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 BetterThere Was A TimeSorryThis I LoveProstituteIMO of course.Agreed entirely.This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoochild Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Axl told to Rolling Stone in 2006 that Better, TWAT and Street of Dreams were his favorite, so maybe those were the big guns to him?I don't really follow the "leaks were chosen for Chinese Democracy" theory any more. Seems likely that these were the songs planned to be on the album, and because they would be passed around the most and be the first batch to be finished, they'd naturally be more likely to leak.This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 most of them are epic. Big guns is certainly Better, it's often played. TWAT and Prostitute I'd consider BIG GUNS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaeryen Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I would venture out to guess that, the tracks that have the orchestral embellishments are the "big ones" according to Axl. That's just going by the assumption he figured the stuff that worked great for them on UYI would work wonders here aswell. too much of a good thing I think ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 There Was A Time is surely the song with the hardest rocking moment via the awesome Bucket/Axl duel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 (edited) There Was A Time is surely the song with the hardest rocking moment via the awesome Bucket/Axl duel.Hmmm... what about the bridge in Better? Axl screaming over that cool Bucket riff.The Axl scream in I.R.S over Bucket's solo is another one. Edited April 27, 2012 by Rovim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 When Axl made the Big Gun comment we'd heard CD, Riad, Silkworms, The Blues, MadagascarBetter, Shackler's, ITW, TWAT, Catcher are pretty big songs. Sorry, Prostitute TIL.TIL and Sorry seems to have done well live.Scraped, Sorry, This I Love could be videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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