izzydoezit Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Did Axl choose the best songs on this album? I wouldn't believe that he wouldn't choose to include all the best songs on his comeback album.I somehow think that everything Axl wanted to release was included in CD, but I can't be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumbleine Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 CD is all there is.I dont think anymore exists.and thats fucked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I refuse to believe that Scraped is better than every song in the vault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 How would we know that?We've only heard a small piece of Checkmate and a bit of the instrumental from General.Like somebody said, hopefully Scraped isn't "better" than what we have left over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimb0 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 How would we know that?We've only heard a small piece of Checkmate and a bit of the instrumental from General.Like somebody said, hopefully Scraped isn't "better" than what we have left over.Perhaps that was the closest to a rock filler they had. Maybe Axl has these amazing hip hop beat ballads in store that the world isn't ready for. Prostitute has potential methinks. I liked it better when Axl did it as a piano warm up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Pretty sure CD was just a rushed release of the shit Axl knew we had already heard with a couple of new tracks to finish the album, so he could shut people up. In no way do I believe it was any sort of best of anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 How would we know that?We've only heard a small piece of Checkmate and a bit of the instrumental from General.Like somebody said, hopefully Scraped isn't "better" than what we have left over.Perhaps that was the closest to a rock filler they had. Maybe Axl has these amazing hip hop beat ballads in store that the world isn't ready for. Prostitute has potential methinks. I liked it better when Axl did it as a piano warm up. "That the world isn't ready for"...............I'm willing to be that Axl's millions of fans would love to be the judge of that!!!!Instead of hoarding his material, wouldn't it be awesome if Axl went the opposite route and started releasing new music every couple years. Even if that meant a rock album, then an industrial type album, then a pop album, an expermental album, etc, etc. etc.I'd rather have a wide variety of different types of music from Axl.............as compared to one album every 25 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 The leaks are the reason we got the songs we did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Did Axl choose the best songs on this album? I wouldn't believe that he wouldn't choose to include all the best songs on his comeback album.I somehow think that everything Axl wanted to release was included in CD, but I can't be sure.I think the ones that were chosen is because they leaked (although some by the band). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSeeker Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I refuse to believe that Scraped is better than every song in the vault.When I found out that demo was "Prostitute" and we had been led to believe that was a "big gun", I knew we were in trouble.I'm curious to see how bad the outtakes are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Prostitute is a pretty good song ruined by the guitar bloat and Axl's vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimb0 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Prostitute is a pretty good song ruined by the guitar bloat and Axl's vocals.I would like to hear what it could sound like with 'Better' like vox myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 CD is an awful record so I hope that wasn't the best from the Chinese era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnR Chris Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Chinese clearly wasn't a "best of." Although that said, I love the record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I have no reason to believe Axl can turn out a bunch of good music without the old band. I'm not saying he can't, but until he puts up, I'm not just gonna assume he's got a bunch of gems stowed away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Nightingale Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Yes, there are songs in the vault. This is a list of songs not released from the CD era:Today, Tomorrow, ForeverHearts Always Get KilledCock-a-Roach SoupThis LifeClosing In On YouSomething AlwaysNo Love RemainsStrange DiseaseSuckerpunchedOklahomaFriend Or FoeNever Had ItSilk WormsThymeSevenThe GeneralCheckmateLeave Me AloneZip itBut I honestly think Axl has already picked out the best stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Did Axl choose the best songs on this album? I wouldn't believe that he wouldn't choose to include all the best songs on his comeback album.I somehow think that everything Axl wanted to release was included in CD, but I can't be sure.The idea was, apparently, to release at least two records and spread the songs out. We know many other songs exists, including Atlas Shrugged which was finished when CD was released but wouldn't fit, and not only from band members but also from journalists and musicians who have heard them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzydoezit Posted June 22, 2013 Author Share Posted June 22, 2013 could you please show me where Axl clearly said that this was the idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Roses Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Yes, there are songs in the vault. This is a list of songs not released from the CD era:Today, Tomorrow, ForeverHearts Always Get KilledCock-a-Roach SoupThis LifeClosing In On YouSomething AlwaysNo Love RemainsStrange DiseaseSuckerpunchedOklahomaFriend Or FoeNever Had ItSilk WormsThymeSevenThe GeneralCheckmateLeave Me AloneZip itBut I honestly think Axl has already picked out the best stuff.bitch please, google Axl's answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Yes, there are songs in the vault. This is a list of songs not released from the CD era:Today, Tomorrow, ForeverHearts Always Get KilledCock-a-Roach SoupThis LifeClosing In On YouSomething AlwaysNo Love RemainsStrange DiseaseSuckerpunchedOklahomaFriend Or FoeNever Had ItSilk WormsThymeSevenThe GeneralCheckmateLeave Me AloneZip itBut I honestly think Axl has already picked out the best stuff.What the fuck are you talkin' about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) could you please show me where Axl clearly said that this was the idea?It's a myriad of quotes from Axl that combined with quotes from others explicitly says that more records were intended and that some strong songs would come on later releases. I can't really spend the time to collect all these quotes, so here are just a few of them:ThinkAboutYou: Axl do you really have 2 or 3 other albums of material?Dexter: For now we'll concentrate and keep our focus on this album but I will say I've always thought of it as a double.Axl talking about 'The General': Well, this comes out on the third record. It relates to [Estranged], it's a trilogy, this goes with this lyrically [Metal Edge, June 2007]."Leave Me Alone," "Seven," and "The General" could also feature on the new album. These three A-listed songs were worked on by Marco Beltrami (Jeff Leeds, Sp1at website, June 2005). Edited June 22, 2013 by SoulMonster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Yes, there is tons of quotes that conmfirm that, not only did Axl envision a 2-3 album release but also, that there are about twenty-thirty songs in the can. This one, from the Docklands Arena 2002, is probably the best: ''So, you'll get 18 songs, and about 10 extra tracks. And when that, when the record company feels that has run its course, then you'll get it all over again. By that time, I should be done with the third album. So we'll see if all goes well boys and girls.'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liers Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 SOD, Maddy, TIL, CD, and TIL were supposed to be the "less good" songs. There were supposed to be (18 I think he said?) songs that were the "big guns", which would've been released as singles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Nightingale Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Yes, there are songs in the vault. This is a list of songs not released from the CD era:Today, Tomorrow, ForeverHearts Always Get KilledCock-a-Roach SoupThis LifeClosing In On YouSomething AlwaysNo Love RemainsStrange DiseaseSuckerpunchedOklahomaFriend Or FoeNever Had ItSilk WormsThymeSevenThe GeneralCheckmateLeave Me AloneZip itBut I honestly think Axl has already picked out the best stuff.What the fuck are you talkin' about? These song titles were documented at the time and are even suggested by GNR biographer Paul Stenning. If you know different then please enlighten us, instead of leaving infantile comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 These song titles were documented at the time and are even suggested by GNR biographer Paul Stenning. If you know different then please enlighten us, instead of leaving infantile comments.Axl was asked about rumoured song titles in 2008:BringBackBrain: Axl, here's a list of rumored song titles. Can you tell us which ones are bogus and which ones are real?Ides Of March ('98), Oklahoma ('98), Atlas Shrugged ('99), Closing In On You ('99), Cock-A-Roach Soup ('99), Friend Or Foe ('99), Hearts Get Killed ('99), No Love Remains ('99), Oh My God ('99), Something Always ('99), Suckerpunched ('99), Zip It ('99), Silkworms ('00), Down By The Ocean ('01), Leave Me Alone ('02), Seven ('02), The General ('02), Thyme ('02), Quick Song ('05), Zodiac ('05), Motormouth ('06), We Were Lying ('06)Axl: Ides Of March, Oklahoma, Atlas Shrugged, Oh My God, Silkworms , Down By The Ocean (Izzy), Leave Me Alone, Seven , The General , Thyme , Quick Song , Zodiac Most all titles subject to change w/out warning and r considered working titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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