Highway Zero Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I listened to "RQ" for the first time in a while from Live Era and there is no rhythm guitar on it...nada. Listen to the left speaker. No guitar. How did they fuck this up? It's too bad because it's a good performance, but it sounds limp without Izzy (or Gilby). Anybody else ever notice this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 It's one of the many errors on the album unfortunately. There's also some missing guitar in Mr. Brownstone near the beginning when the guitars first come in.And, of course, the re-recorded vocals but that's a whole other story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja_vu Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Don't waste your time with that album as there are plenty of better bootlegs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One.In.A.Million Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Never noticed this to be honest, but it wouldn't surprise me. Always loved this track in particular, I think the ending to this live era version is just amazing.....Axl's vocals are spot on.I do however feel that it's almost impossible to not notice that alot of studio work has been done on top of these tracks. So if the rhythm guitar is indeed missing from this track, it may well be intentional..... and it would have been Gilby for sure, as this performance of Rocket Queen was from 92 I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Never noticed this to be honest, but it wouldn't surprise me. Always loved this track in particular, I think the ending to this live era version is just amazing.....Axl's vocals are spot on.Agreed. Even though it's not truly a live take since Axl re-recorded the vocals, it's easily one of the best Rocket Queen performances to date. Axl's voice is as close to perfect as it can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 No I didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway Zero Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 Never noticed this to be honest, but it wouldn't surprise me. Always loved this track in particular, I think the ending to this live era version is just amazing.....Axl's vocals are spot on.Agreed. Even though it's not truly a live take since Axl re-recorded the vocals, it's easily one of the best Rocket Queen performances to date. Axl's voice is as close to perfect as it can get.That's what makes it all more disappointing to me. You hear Dizzy's organ in the left channel, but not a note of Gilby's guitar. I don't mind if Axl fixed some vocals here and there, that's pretty much the norm with live albums. I just can't believe that if they were so careful about the vocals they would miss something so obvious like a missing guitar track. Another thing I noticed is on "Dust & Bones" many of Axl's vocal parts are mixed out. Izzy sound kind of odd without him there. I've heard versions from 1991 that sound much better with mixed in like he should be. Can anybody recommend a strong 1991 show (w/Izzy) that has really good sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrose87 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Although Live Era is largely a studio recording, the rhythm guitar thing was definitely apparent throughout the entire UYI tour. Listen to any performance and Slash is cranked right up whilst Gilby or Izzy are barley audiable.Strange considering how in 88 both guitar players seemed to be on the same level volume-wise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I always wonder why aren't this is a real live album...GNR's strongest potential is the live shows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway Zero Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 I always wonder why aren't this is a real live album...GNR's strongest potential is the live shows...Many vocalists go in and touch up vocals on live albums. It's pretty common. Kiss Alive, one of the most popular "live" albums of all time has tons of "fixes".It's just strange that if GNR was going through the trouble to fix vocal parts that somebody would miss such an obvious fuck up like leaving the rhythm guitar off a track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Great album, I never noticed it though. Still sounds amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 like someone said plenty of great bootlegs out there i really didnt like this "live" album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I was very disappointed when I found out that Live Era wasn't "live" at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GHS Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 (edited) Live Era, imo, is more an experimental album made by Axl, something like a warm up of his new voice for the public, I guess. He probably was thinking that CD would be released a few years later, so it was like a welcome back into the music industry. Well, i'm just speculating, of course.But what really bothers me is this Slash's statement: "[Live Era is] not pretty and there are a lot of mistakes, but this is Guns N' Roses, not the fucking Mahavishnu Orchestra. It's as honest as it gets" (Guitar World Presents: Guitar Legends - Slash #76 pg.12). Everybody knows, and he more than anyone, that the album was pretty much re-recorded, mainly Axl's vocals. Why pretend this album is an honest live material?About the re-recorded vocals made by Axl, there's an interesting old thread in this forum in which IndiannaRose analyzed and detailed almost every song that was vocally revamped (http://www.mygnrforum.com/index.php?showtopic=25930&st=0&p=406914entry406914). Edited May 27, 2012 by GHS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satanisk_Slakt Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Can anybody recommend a strong 1991 show (w/Izzy) that has really good sound?If memory serves, both shows in Stockholm was great. Can't tell you which was best though, haven't heard them in ages, but try them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Broskirose Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 I love Axl's re-recorded vocals on this. 1999 Axl rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Broskirose Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Umm so I just listened to it again and you might need good headphones to hear this but what in the fuck is that noise that sounds like a farting bass in the background at 6:58? Never noticed it before but now it's bothering the shit out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnRDuff1 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 I've always wondered what the strange noise is either roght before the talkbox solo or right after, where I always mentally sing "Tastes Good, Don't It?!"was. Almost sounds like Slash thought his mouth was already on the tube when it wasn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 I always wonder why aren't this is a real live album...GNR's strongest potential is the live shows...apparently it had to do with axl using his own mic hookup back in the day or something - they didn't have great quality (CD-worthy quality, anyway) recordings to use of his vocals so he had to go back in and re-do entire songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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