tomazrui Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 10/10 of one of the best GNR songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponsnflowers Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Wow, just wow! Amazing! That was incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 It's a great performance. Song is mediocre though...No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 It's a great performance. Song is mediocre though...No.Ok, it's not mediocre. It's a pretentious overproduced mess without any memorable moments, cringey vocals and lyrics with dated hip hop beats, overprocessed nu metal power chords and no soul. The orchestra in the end is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 It's a great performance. Song is mediocre though...No.Ok, it's not mediocre. It's a pretentious overproduced mess without any memorable moments, cringey vocals and lyrics with dated hip hop beats, overprocessed nu metal power chords and no soul. The orchestra in the end is cool.Can you say that again in a good mood, looking less bloated and cracking jokes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 It's a great performance. Song is mediocre though...No.Ok, it's not mediocre. It's a pretentious overproduced mess without any memorable moments, cringey vocals and lyrics with dated hip hop beats, overprocessed nu metal power chords and no soul. The orchestra in the end is cool.Can you say that again in a good mood, looking less bloated and cracking jokes?I am in a good mood and I do look less bloated after taking a dump. Joke is the song itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieSheen Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) That was spectacularly awesome, there is fire left in Axl after all. Edited June 5, 2014 by CharlieSheen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evergreen_layne Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) It's a great performance. Song is mediocre though...No.Ok, it's not mediocre. It's a pretentious overproduced mess without any memorable moments, cringey vocals and lyrics with dated hip hop beats, overprocessed nu metal power chords and no soul. The orchestra in the end is cool.You put words to my thoughts exactly. The intro beats are definitely dated and a little embarrassing. The Buckethead parts are the only part of the song with any staying power. The rest of the song just washes away in a sea of "meh". Edited June 5, 2014 by evergreen_layne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin' Cigarettes Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 The emotional swings on this board are insane. I'm glad they did what they did but I think a little too much is being made of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I wonder what made Axl wanna dust off those two songs? I am glad he did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NGOG Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I wonder what made Axl wanna dust off those two songs? I am glad he did!Speculation on my part, but I think I'm fairly accurate: 'Prostitute' as a thanks to Nic Cage, and 'Yesterdays' because last week was the 17th anniversary of West Arkeen's passing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimMorrison4 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I listened to that on headphones. Got goosebumps. Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liers Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 He nailed it.... He had so much passion when he performed this song, he seemed to be having a great time and got really into it. GnR needs more of this. More songs Axl can get into. Axl seemed proud that the band pulled of this song, possibly his masterpiece on CD, perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Rose Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 So many awesome things about this. When he tries something and he knows the voice just isn't there you can see him become dejected and frustrated: see Rio '11, Gold Gods, early Twats and Prostitutes from '09. This was the opposite: he was really vibing and instead of having to just focus on managing to sing it he was able to actually perform it and clearly enjoyed the crowd's reactions to the screams. It's the same difference between Hammerstein Twat which he sang effortlessly and actually 'performed' as opposed to Twat '09 which was an exercise in 'how the fuck am I gonna get through this song?'And this thread serves as a massive 'screw you' to all the people who have constantly bashed people like magisme, Groghan and myself for being 'haters' who are never happy and will always find something to complain about. How ironic that it's many of the most critical people of the state of Guns who are the most excited about this. Nosaj, how can you say Prostitute is awful?! I'll admit that i'm not that keen on the clean, multi-layered album vocals but the lyrics and melody are fucking beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Rose Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 It's a great performance. Song is mediocre though...No.Ok, it's not mediocre. It's a pretentious overproduced mess without any memorable moments, cringey vocals and lyrics with dated hip hop beats, overprocessed nu metal power chords and no soul. The orchestra in the end is cool.Although that seems a little harsh, but despite Chinese being basically my favourite album ever, I don't like Prostitute anywhere near as much as I want to. I think the lyrics and melody and piano parts are sublime and I love Robin's parts but the entire rest of the production doesn't work for me. I'd like to hear a more traditional version with Robin taking all leads. Axl said that Bucket's Prostitute solos are some of his favourite parts on the whole album but although I worship Bucket in general and especially the Twat solo, not so much the prostitute ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Evil Ernie Posted June 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2014 Too bad Axl couldn't have pulled shit like this off last month... You know, when he was on TV and everyone was watching. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Rose Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Too bad Axl couldn't have pulled shit like this off last month... You know, when he was on TV and everyone was watching.Lol. We can't have everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- antem Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Nobody is like Axl! Amazing! Goosebumps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 What they should do for a Vegas 2014 DVD is film each show in pro-shot and then compile the best performances of each song. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfriend Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Oh Axl, you confounding bastard. just enough magic for us to keep the faith until next time, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evergreen_layne Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Frank is kinda killing it on the drums here. Should be noted:ProstituteDrums by "Brain"He's playing Brian's parts but he's doing it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I've watched that video 64 times now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Playing Prostitute again (last song on Chinese) is maybe Axl saying the Chinese era is over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Were all so happy over this, just imagine if we got new songs! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I've watched that video 64 times now!Jesus. I was there think it may be the single greatest Axl performance I've seen in person and I've only watched the video 3 times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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