Tom2112 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 5 hours ago, El Guapo said: Does his work on Absurd and Harskool sound like he put a lot of thought and feeling into it to you? I don't hear that. I like both songs as a snack before the real thing, like Spaghetti Incident. But now that we know this is probably as good as it gets...meh. I think Slash put in a good effort on absurd and even though the solo in hardskool isn't to my taste the rest of the songs guitar was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSlashrose Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 No hope GNR is over to me 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 It's one thing that they're just pasting Slash and Duff onto CD2 tracks - that's exactly what should've been expected. But unfortunately the singles they've released sound like shit. If they release a full album with this loud modern-rock kind of production and poor mixing, it will be very disappointing. The singles have honestly made me lose whatever remaining interest I had in new GNR material... maybe they'll prove me wrong, and there will be a few killer tracks on an eventual album, but at this point I think the only way we'll hear the best versions of CD2 songs is if they leak. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamillos Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I still expect the sound of the two singles to improve drastically once they release it on physical media. As for the album, I definitely hope it won’t be just copy/paste like this. It needs to contain some of the Axl’s older stuff but something new as well. Every time someone says it would be completely normal to release a whole album in the vein of the singles and what else should we expect, you can ask, how the hell do other bands manage? You know, releasing newly written material from an actual band composed by the actual members, not just 20-year old demos. So I hope we’ll get both on the record. A few old tracks, a few new ones, and we could get several albums (ha ha) like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pele Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 6 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said: It's one thing that they're just pasting Slash and Duff onto CD2 tracks - that's exactly what should've been expected. But unfortunately the singles they've released sound like shit. If they release a full album with this loud modern-rock kind of production and poor mixing, it will be very disappointing. The singles have honestly made me lose whatever remaining interest I had in new GNR material... maybe they'll prove me wrong, and there will be a few killer tracks on an eventual album, but at this point I think the only way we'll hear the best versions of CD2 songs is if they leak. The biggest red flag for you should be the songs they've released are the ones where Rose's vocal was already finished from the Village Sessions. Some in here acting like it's some coincidence! They have 3 more songs left in the well. 1 average (Perhaps), 1 garbage (Atlas) and one probably average (General). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamillos Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 21 minutes ago, Pele said: The biggest red flag for you should be the songs they've released are the ones where Rose's vocal was already finished from the Village Sessions. Some in here acting like it's some coincidence! They have 3 more songs left in the well. 1 average (Perhaps), 1 garbage (Atlas) and one probably average (General). I'll bite. Why do you keep calling him "Rose"? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batatadoce Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Pele said: The biggest red flag for you should be the songs they've released are the ones where Rose's vocal was already finished from the Village Sessions. Some in here acting like it's some coincidence! They have 3 more songs left in the well. 1 average (Perhaps), 1 garbage (Atlas) and one probably average (General). I feel a certain déjà vu reading this, I wonder why 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Pele said: The biggest red flag for you should be the songs they've released are the ones where Rose's vocal was already finished from the Village Sessions. Some in here acting like it's some coincidence! They have 3 more songs left in the well. 1 average (Perhaps), 1 garbage (Atlas) and one probably average (General). "And one probably average"... You're making yourself sound like a total moron. You haven't heard the song! you can't say any thing about the quality 'great, good, average or probably average, bad, terrible' until you hear it. You also can't say definite things without definite proof though, and that really doesn't stop you😩 Pele you are a broken record, Axls 1999 vocals are fresher than your take on this. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabrph5 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 19 hours ago, El Guapo said: Does his work on Absurd and Harskool sound like he put a lot of thought and feeling into it to you? I don't hear that. I like both songs as a snack before the real thing, like Spaghetti Incident. But now that we know this is probably as good as it gets...meh. I actually like the SI. Theyn do justice to most of those songs. If I was Slash, I would not have put to much effort into absurd either. I would be embarrassed to even have my name associated with it. HS is ok and at least sounds like GNR 4 hours ago, Pele said: The biggest red flag for you should be the songs they've released are the ones where Rose's vocal was already finished from the Village Sessions. Some in here acting like it's some coincidence! They have 3 more songs left in the well. 1 average (Perhaps), 1 garbage (Atlas) and one probably average (General). Thats your opinion, not fact. I happen to think Atlas could be a classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweersa Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Tom2112 said: Pele you are a broken record, Axls 1999 vocals are fresher than your take on this. Axl's 1999 vocals recorded in 2003-2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 21 hours ago, Pele said: The biggest red flag for you should be the songs they've released are the ones where Rose's vocal was already finished from the Village Sessions. Some in here acting like it's some coincidence! They have 3 more songs left in the well. 1 average (Perhaps), 1 garbage (Atlas) and one probably average (General). I feel like this is the only post I have seen on MYGNR the past 2 months lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumandraisin Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 23 hours ago, Pele said: The biggest red flag for you should be the songs they've released are the ones where Rose's vocal was already finished from the Village Sessions. Some in here acting like it's some coincidence! They have 3 more songs left in the well. 1 average (Perhaps), 1 garbage (Atlas) and one probably average (General). Atlas is great you repetitive boring, boring man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingarthur Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 4 hours ago, rumandraisin said: Atlas is great you repetitive boring, boring man If it weren’t for Pele there would be absolutely nothing to talk about whatsoever. This is the most boring band in the world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottish nutter Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 4 hours ago, rumandraisin said: Atlas is great you repetitive boring, boring man I agree with him, Atlas is shit 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 1 hour ago, scottish nutter said: I agree with him, Atlas is shit Atlas as it is on the village leaks has cool sections. The A section is very good and sounds like the record they would have made in 1995/96 if they chased the grunge movement. The B section is more experimental Soundgarden vibes but it's just thrown in and the transition is jarring. In another song the B section is a cool idea. The solo section is cool, I could see Slash having fun playing over the changes. All in all, as it is the songs a 5/10... loads of room for improvement. It is really dated as it is though so it would need modernising. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweersa Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 To me, Atlas starts out strong then falls flat. I do like the guitar solo, which I'm sure is long gone at this point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Atlas is a B+ song. I like the drums up version best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTV88 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Atlas has the potential to be an excellent album track. I just hope that Sluff’s additions are able to raise it to GnR level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kozydogg Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 The first minute of Atlas is great...the rest sucks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pele Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 1:38 PM, fabrph5 said: I actually like the SI. Theyn do justice to most of those songs. If I was Slash, I would not have put to much effort into absurd either. I would be embarrassed to even have my name associated with it. HS is ok and at least sounds like GNR Thats your opinion, not fact. I happen to think Atlas could be a classic I happen to think you could walk in to a record shop with a blindfold on, pick out any rock album and Atlas would be one of the weaker tracks on whatever you pick up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pele Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) On 12/1/2021 at 10:46 AM, Tom2112 said: "And one probably average"... You're making yourself sound like a total moron. You haven't heard the song! you can't say any thing about the quality 'great, good, average or probably average, bad, terrible' until you hear it. You also can't say definite things without definite proof though, and that really doesn't stop you😩 Pele you are a broken record, Axls 1999 vocals are fresher than your take on this. Of course it's probably average, and that's being kind. It's 30 years since Illusions now. And that tiny body of work contained utter, utter garbage like Silkworms, Riad, If The World, Atlas, Cather, OMG etc. And total mediocrity like IRS, Chinese, Hard Skool etc. Even This I Love was written about 32 years ago. Of course The General is going to be average. You still think this guy is hoarding epic classics? I'd say it's likely to be average at best. My guess would be it's probably terrible. Edited December 2, 2021 by Pele 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardNixon Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Atlas is cool, has a Physical Graffiti vibe, imho. It is missing something. I think if Slash added a few kicks it could be pretty awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Guapo Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Tom2112 said: Atlas as it is on the village leaks has cool sections. The A section is very good and sounds like the record they would have made in 1995/96 if they chased the grunge movement. The B section is more experimental Soundgarden vibes but it's just thrown in and the transition is jarring. In another song the B section is a cool idea. The solo section is cool, I could see Slash having fun playing over the changes. All in all, as it is the songs a 5/10... loads of room for improvement. It is really dated as it is though so it would need modernising. And how sad is it if they would have to try their best to somehow twist outdated, at best mediocre, 20 year old demos into something half listenable. Probably with some vocal tracks also from 20 years ago. No way in hell this could turn out good. 1 minute ago, RichardNixon said: Atlas is cool, has a Physical Graffiti vibe, imho. It is missing something. I think if Slash added a few kicks it could be pretty awesome. It's missing a good song. Can't be saved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardNixon Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, El Guapo said: And how sad is it if they would have to try their best to somehow twist outdated, at best mediocre, 20 year old demos into something half listenable. Probably with some vIocal tracks also from 20 years ago. No way in hell this could turn out good. It's missing a good song. Can't be saved. https://tenor.com/view/muppets-statler-and-waldorf-grumpy-harumph-laughing-gif-22038880 Edited December 2, 2021 by RichardNixon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweersa Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 The albums as they were up in 2000-2004 would have been fine for release. Now, they are going to be even more bloated and disjointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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