TLC Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 9 minutes ago, Mooch14 said: I went to 4 GNR gigs last year, and had a blast at all of them, but I have to honestly say that the band sounds tighter now than ever. In my opinion, Axls vocals were stronger here than in Philly/Foxboro/MetLife last year. In my opinion of course. I went to Vegas and MetLife last year and I agree this was the best concert. Next up MSGNYC. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top-Hatted One Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 GREAT COMA!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AxlRoseCDII Posted August 14, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2017 Was anyone else hoping Slash's son would be the new drummer? ...No? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pishy Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 @marlingrl03 I love GnR so it was good , but I bet they got the hell out , lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) It's So Easy Mr. Brownstone Chinese Democracy Welcome To The Jungle Double Talkin' Jive Better Estranged Live and Let Die Rocket Queen You Could Be Mine Duff's Solo - Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory/Attitude This I Love Civil War Yesterdays Coma Band Intros Jam+Godfather Theme/Sweet Child O' Mine Used To Love Her My Michelle Richard N' Slash - Wish You Were Here Layla/November Rain Black Hole Sun Knockin' On Heaven's Door Nightrain ENCORE: Jam/Don't Cry Whole Lotta Rosie Patience The Seeker Paradise City Edited August 14, 2017 by Gibbo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Benfolds4980 Posted August 14, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) Just got back to the hotel. Here's my review / experience: Took my wife to her first GNR show. I've seen them in '06, '11x2, '12 and '16 (Philly) but she's never been able to make the trip. I was super pumped for her to experience it. Luckily I read the forum late in the afternoon and saw the info on the curfew or we would have missed the first 30 minutes. As it was, ISE started as we were walking to our seats which was a bummer as we couldn't really concentrate on it. Could not believe they were starting at 7:20 - like it was twighlight zone level odd. Settled in during Brownstone. The band sounded fantastic. Axl was on point. Anyone at the Philly show last year probably thought he sounded great then, as did I, but I think he was better tonight. Had no major hiccups and his voice was strong throughout, rasp or no rasp there was strength there. My wife knew the whole Mickey thing and also that some videos of his voice are a bit "iffy", but multiple times she was like "woah". I knew the songs that might sound questionable and he pretty much nailed all of them. Raspy screams throughout - one particular change I thought was the LALD scream seems to be lesss of a "woah" sound and now legit raspy "roar". Axl got an A to A+ from us. Same with the whole band really. Slash was incredible, wife said he stole the show. She's not a huge fan of long guitar jams but she was blown away by the DTJ, Godfather, RQ solos, etc. 2nd time seeing Slash for me and it obviously doesn't need repeating that he's completely incomparable in this band. I enjoyed NuGNR and like ChinDem but Slash is another level altogether. Duff is the man of course and he had good interaction with the band. Melissa sounded really good on backing vocals. I have nothing against frank, but I never saw Steven or Matt, but he seemed fine - doesn't add or take anything away for me. Setlist was great. Black Hole Sun got a warm welcome, as did Rosie. I have the same feelings on the covers as many of us - would prefer taking out a couple and including OTGM and/or Madagascar, but it's al good. It's a long show and people get their money's worth, covers or not. "No one" there wants to hear Perfect Crime, per some comments I've read to drop covers and play deep cuts like perfect crime as an example. I'd love it but the average fan would probably rather hear Rosie. I still think KOHD could be 4 minutes instead of 10, but I digress. Setlist is good. I will echo the sentiments of someone else's post who said the crowd wasn't the best. I didn't have any issues with people being rude, but apart from 2-3 guys near me who were rocking out with me, there was not as much energy as other concerts. Everyone seemed happy and lots of people were dancing, but, for example, the cheers after even some Appetite songs were just lame. The pre-encore cheering was pathetic. Maybe it was just my section (Section A on Slash's side 30 rows back) but it felt a bit.... subdued. But the band didn't let it stop them. So in summary: good setlist, great sound, pretty decent venue, somewhat questionable crowd. Wife was happy, so I'm happy. Done and done. Edited August 14, 2017 by Benfolds4980 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Estranged Reality Posted August 14, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2017 I just got back from the show. Had an absolute blast with @Black Sabbath and some other cool people I got to meet for the first time, including @Tyler Drama. I was taking a lot of photos and small clips of songs for IG/Snapchat, but here's a full recording of Paradise City if anyone is interested. Unfortunately I missed the best part, which was Slash at the very beginning standing up on the monitors right in front of us...right as I hit record he hopped off to the side haha. I'm also trying to figure out why the quality seems to be lower than it looks on my phone, does the YouTube app automatically downgrade file quality if you upload via mobile? Oh well. Either way hopefully someone will enjoy it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman5150 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 17 minutes ago, Benfolds4980 said: Just got back to the hotel. Here's my review / experience: Took my wife to her first GNR show. I've seen them in '06, '11x2, '12 and '16 (Philly) but she's never been able to make the trip. I was super pumped for her to experience it. Luckily I read the forum late in the afternoon and saw the info on the curfew or we would have missed the first 30 minutes. As it was, ISE started as we were walking to our seats which was a bummer as we couldn't really concentrate on it. Could not believe they were starting at 7:20 - like it was twighlight zone level odd. Settled in during Brownstone. The band sounded fantastic. Axl was on point. Anyone at the Philly show last year probably thought he sounded great then, as did I, but I think he was better tonight. Had no major hiccups and his voice was strong throughout, rasp or no rasp there was strength there. My wife knew the whole Mickey thing and also that some videos of his voice are a bit "iffy", but multiple times she was like "woah". I knew the songs that might sound questionable and he pretty much nailed all of them. Raspy screams throughout - one particular change I thought was the LALD scream seems to be lesss of a "woah" sound and now legit raspy "roar". Axl got an A to A+ from us. Same with the whole band really. Slash was incredible, wife said he stole the show. She's not a huge fan of long guitar jams but she was blown away by the DTJ, Godfather, RQ solos, etc. 2nd time seeing Slash for me and it obviously doesn't need repeating that he's completely incomparable in this band. I enjoyed NuGNR and like ChinDem but Slash is another level altogether. Duff is the man of course and he had good interaction with the band. Melissa sounded really good on backing vocals. I have nothing against frank, but I never saw Steven or Matt, but he seemed fine - doesn't add or take anything away for me. Setlist was great. Black Hole Sun got a warm welcome, as did Rosie. I have the same feelings on the covers as many of us - would prefer taking out a couple and including OTGM and/or Madagascar, but it's al good. It's a long show and people get their money's worth, covers or not. "No one" there wants to hear Perfect Crime, per some comments I've read to drop covers and play deep cuts like perfect crime as an example. I'd love it but the average fan would probably rather hear Rosie. I still think KOHD could be 4 minutes instead of 10, but I digress. Setlist is good. I will echo the sentiments of someone else's post who said the crowd wasn't the best. I didn't have any issues with people being rude, but apart from 2-3 guys near me who were rocking out with me, there was not as much energy as other concerts. Everyone seemed happy and lots of people were dancing, but, for example, the cheers after even some Appetite songs were just lame. The pre-encore cheering was pathetic. Maybe it was just my section (Section A on Slash's side 30 rows back) but it felt a bit.... subdued. But the band didn't let it stop them. So in summary: good setlist, great sound, pretty decent venue, somewhat questionable crowd. Wife was happy, so I'm happy. Done and done. I think we might of been the guys behind you rocking out. We were the only people in the area that knew the Chinese songs. Thought it was awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benfolds4980 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, mikeman5150 said: I think we might of been the guys behind you rocking out. We were the only people in the area that knew the Chinese songs. Thought it was awesome! Ha! Did a guy get escorted out from your row for almost passing out? You would have been in row 32 I guess. And there was a pretty cool dude and his daughters I guess in the row between us. If so, then yeah that was you guys haha. Nice to meet you both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlweave Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Just got back from the show it was great def got our money's worth. What other band is playing such a long set list. Best birthday ever thanks to my wife 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) Did they play a new song at soundcheck Edited August 14, 2017 by Gibbo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estranged_85 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, Gibbo said: Did they play a new song at soundcheck my guess is that it's a new song for London's (slash's son) band "Careless Act" if it would've been a new GN'R song it would be more appropriate if the bands actual drummer sat behind the kit. But one can only hope =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien2007 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Great concert!!! Check my Instagram for videos Damien_darling 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjrip Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Absolutely spectacular show. The gang was on fire. The venue was nice but it felt like ten pounds of crap in a five pound bag trying to get anywhere at all or purchase anything. Still overall a fantastic night. Finally home and in bed after the long ride home to Philly. Good night everyone, hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Estranged Reality Posted August 14, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2017 I took this pic, didn't really have a chance to look at it until I got home, but I think it's my favorite photo that I took from the show and I still get goosebumps seeing them share the stage together like this. I saw the band in Philly last year and I felt like they interacted a lot more this time, or at least were sharing the stage in closer vicinity together. It was cool to see. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadSlash Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Awesome show! Getting out was a bitch though! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Real McCoy Posted August 14, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) Just got in from the show - I was towards the very back of the back floor, but dead center, so while I had to rely on the screens to really see anything, I had a great sound mix, and Axl sounded phenomenal. I didn't really notice any moments where he sounded less than spectacular! I also could not believe that they hit the stage at 7:20! I turned to my girlfriend (her first GNR show), and said "this has never happened before. Ever." Getting out of there was a nightmare, though! Edited August 14, 2017 by The Real McCoy 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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metalms Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Long night just got home a bit ago but what a great show! They played with fire tonight and really sounded great. Slash particularly was playing out of his mind. Got to get to sleep but still wound up. Formal review to come 😄 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 11 minutes ago, metalms said: Long night just got home a bit ago but what a great show! They played with fire tonight and really sounded great. Slash particularly was playing out of his mind. Got to get to sleep but still wound up. Formal review to come 😄 Did you like it better then Philly 2016? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalms Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 8 minutes ago, Gibbo said: Did you like it better then Philly 2016? I would have to say yes...setlist was better tonight for me.. The band seemed tighter and really enjoyed themselves tonight it was obvious a lot of smiles all around. Not the best venue imo to see a show which i will touch on later. Philly 2016 had more anticipation because it was the first show for me on this tour but as far as axls voice it was excellent tonight and the slash solos out of this world! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFGnR Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) Checked the first vids that were up on YouTube, usually by serial/stream uploaders... Enjoyed a kick-ass Jungle but couldn't stand listening to that PC, had to turn it off.. Edited August 14, 2017 by AFGnR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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