Cosmo Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 What do you people think? Should CDII contain epic hard-to-sing songs a la TWAT and COMA but to the point we'll barely see 'em live or do you think he should stick to the songs he can actually pull off live so we get some more new songs on the setlist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Maye somewhere in the middle, where on a good day he can hit the notes live and on a alright day at least can hit a note that will still sound good. Like IRS, he never hit that one high scream that he did on the album version, but he hits a note that works well and sounds pretty tight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todo Poderoso Timão Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 What do you people think? Should CDII contain epic hard-to-sing songs a la TWAT and COMA but to the point we'll barely see 'em live or do you think he should stick to the songs he can actually pull off live so we get some more new songs on the setlist?there will be no CDII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 What do you people think? Should CDII contain epic hard-to-sing songs a la TWAT and COMA but to the point we'll barely see 'em live or do you think he should stick to the songs he can actually pull off live so we get some more new songs on the setlist?there will be no CDIIOkay, man. IF there's ever a CDII... just contribute to the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carne_asaDA Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Hard-to-sing?? As opposed to hard to listen to?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 Maye somewhere in the middle, where on a good day he can hit the notes live and on a alright day at least can hit a note that will still sound good. Like IRS, he never hit that one high scream that he did on the album version, but he hits a note that works well and sounds pretty tightThanks for being the only one so far who has actually discussed the topic instead using the opportunity to throw random negative comments about nuGnR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gunns Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) Every song off cd except sorry, maddy and sod is hard for axl to sing so? Edited July 28, 2012 by Gunns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 Every song off cd except sorry, maddy and sod is hard for axl to sing so?Like I said, hard to sing like TWAT and COMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PITBOSS Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 i'd rather have epics that aren't hard to sing if it's possible so we could hear them live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I think a couple are ok. Especially at the end of each side.But yes with GNR being such a live band if they can't play them live then they become lost.Actually I think Axl can sing them. But he can only do so many per show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ben Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) I don't know about hard to sing, but I'd just like to hear the epics, songs with layers of orchestration, guitar leads playing off each other and so on that makes "Madagascar" sound like a b-side. By the way, "Madagascar" is one of my favorite songs so that was not a derogatory comment, rather I think "Madagascar" is only the tip of what Axl has been able to achieve musically. Or I hope. If they ever get released. If they've even been completed for that matter. Edited July 28, 2012 by ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I would love a 20 minute epic. Maybe the band don't have the talent to do it but it would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ben Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) I would love a 20 minute epic. Maybe the band don't have the talent to do it but it would be awesome.Of course they have the talent to do it, but I don't think its an issue of the band members abilities, it is Axl having the final say in all the arrangements. If he's as specific as cut and pasting the performances of two separate people for a guitar solo in one song ("Scraped"), then it doesn't seem like anyone else has a choice..I'd love a 20 minute epic too. To be honest I'd rather have Axl working on arrangements, orchestration and studio work in general rather than retreading the hits tour over and over. Edited July 28, 2012 by ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bax Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Since live performance and studio work are different animals, i see no reason it has to be one or the other. Everyone has to face the possibility that at some point touring will no longer be viable, so there's no reason not to go the same route as The Beatles and record albums that would be virtually impossible to recreate live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Shneck Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 IRS should come back, it's a good song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Rose Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Maye somewhere in the middle, where on a good day he can hit the notes live and on a alright day at least can hit a note that will still sound good. Like IRS, he never hit that one high scream that he did on the album version, but he hits a note that works well and sounds pretty tightThe stupid thing is he sings something like as high as the studio IRS scream every night during Jungle or Heaven's Door. He opened every 2002 show and 2006show with screams like that and did insane screams for Heavens and LALD. Why he has always pussed out of the IRS scream beats me.It's pretty obvious that the reason Prostitute, Twat and Catcher aren't in the set whilst Sorry, TIL etc are is cuz they're harder to sing. But with Twat and prostitute it's not the high notes that are the problem: he can use his falsetto effortlessly like he does on all the other songs. What's hard is all the verses in that upper-middle range which he struggles on so badly if you listen to almost any Twat or Prostitute or Catcher live. But the truth is he used to struggle on those mid-range notes of Jungle and Sweet Child every night in 2002 when ironically in 2012 Jungle is one of his more consistent performances. I think if he just kept singing Twat etc he'd find his voice for them. But he basically gave up after a few goes and we'll probably never get great live versions of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I would love a 20 minute epic. Maybe the band don't have the talent to do it but it would be awesome.i would second this it would kick ass to hear a 20 minute epic from gnr, maybe do an EP like agalloch did which was just one 23 minutes song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I'd rather have the better song. I don't care about its execution difficulty in a live setting. Coma and TWAT are in my top 3 favorite GN'R songs. I would never trade them for Shotgun Blues, for instance, just because SB's easier to sing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiipu Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Yes he should. And maybe keep himself in shape for the tour and rehearse so he'll pull them off? Fuck the constant running, he's 50 years old. Just concentrate on singing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droezle Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 9 heavy rock songs and 1 epic 15 minute long ballad would be fine to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 start off on acoustic building through a Catcher type section, then opening out for Estranged part then going out like Coma. With 3 extended solos and a synth opening like In My Time of Dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 It's not important to me that Axl can sing the songs live, so bring on new releases with as crazy vocals as he an pull off in the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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