mystery Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 I'm surprised they're still covering Wichita Lineman 5 years later. Its a good song but it should be retired at this point along with Black Hole Sun. I don't know if its just me, but for releasing two sprawling double albums it seems like Axl doesn't want to touch a lot of the UYI songs. It's great that they brought back Locomotive and Dead Horse for periods, but there's still a bunch of songs they can explore. If Axl doesn't want to touch them vocally, I always thought doing a medley jam of some of those songs would be cool. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Swede1991 said: This Sweden Rock gig gets very bad reviews from swedish magazines Aftonbladet - (0/5) Rocknytt - (2,5/5) What the reviews have in common is the lack off rasp and too many covers But for you guys who was at the show, i hope you had fun! i wished i had been there Maybe the first 2 shows (last year) were 0/5 but there's no way the current show deserves such a bad rating. Probably a reviewer who just doesn't enjoy gnr so they slated them. Obviously there are some serious indulgences and misfires in the gnr set and Axls voice is quite frail in places Edited June 12, 2022 by Tom2112 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GNR_RNR Posted June 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2022 8 hours ago, arrio said: If guns Is going to play a new single where would it be at .i mean which gig you consider the most important in europe They are playing a new single. This is the first time Hardskool/Absurd have been played in Europe 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LandOla Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 8 minutes ago, 6lake sa66ath said: Lol Mike Myers dressed up as Axl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6lake sa66ath Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 From Aftonbladet : Guns N 'Roses kills the festival atmosphere Sofia Bergström Guns N 'Roses did not take revenge after the previous failure at Sweden Rock.Photo: RICKARD NILSSON MUSIC SWEDEN ROCK Mercyful Fate's satanic sermon the night before was certainly a cautious prelude. It will be Guns N 'Roses that spread the biggest fear at the festival. Guns N 'Roses Location: Festival Stage. Audience:Really small with people. It has probably never been so sparse before a main act on Sweden Rock. Duration: Three hours. That's about three hours too much. Best: You can not complain about "I wanna be your dog", maybe because Axl Rose does not sing. Even "Knockin 'on heaven's door" and "Coma" actually sound quite okay. Worst: The rest. Question: Does the band themselves think it sounds good? NORWAY. Guns N 'Roses need no further presentation. However, the members are in desperate need of their own watches. Someone has to teach Americans the clock and how to keep time. Their debut at Sweden Rock twelve years ago immediately went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Shame. Axl Rose & co was almost an hour late and was met by burop from a wet and disappointed audience. It was not a question of whether they would be delayed this time, but by how much . 30 minutes is the right answer. Just over half an hour after the scheduled time, Duff McKagan and Slash enter the stage and stand next to the Ukrainian flag. Then Axl Rose and the rest of the band stroll in. The reception is fishy. In front of him, the band has a crowd of people who are more reminiscent of a dead school of fish than a peppy audience. However, the pulsating rhythms in "Welcome to the jungle" excite the people around me. The energy that arises temporarily certainly opens up a temporary portal to a parallel universe. Maybe one where Axl Rose still sings well. Because he does not do that in this world. During "Chinese democracy", "Welcome to the jungle" and "Hard school" I get such anxiety that my intestines get tangled up like a rat king (image google it if you dare). It therefore feels like a godsend when McKagan takes over the song in The Stooges cover "I wanna be your dog". And there will be more covers, of course, because Guns N 'Roses plays in what feels like an eternity. Not only are they delayed - they also take over by 30 minutes. And no one in the band seems to take any notice that the audience is thinning out for each song. There will thus be no revenge since the last time. It feels more like you are participating in a game of Russian roulette. With constant fear that the next song will be the one that extinguishes the spark of life. It's basically only during "Knockin 'on heaven's door", "I wanna be your dog" and "Coma" that I do not want Saint Per to pick me up and let me in through the pearl gate. When "Paradise city" subsides and the concert hell is finally over, it undeniably feels like I have ended up in paradise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianGNR Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 This review is a joke and people on this forum using it to attack Axl is as bad as the review. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Swedish Posted June 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2022 My thoughts on the show from last night: The band was about 35 minutes late (for a show that already started at 10pm) and the people around me, as well as what sounded like a big chunk of the crowd, where booing them for about ten minutes before they hit the stage and it felt like they never really won the crowd over again. As far as Axl’s performance is concerned, it was as you would expect based on recent shows, not better not worse (apart from WTTJ which sadly sounded really bad, something the crowd very much noted because the anticipation from the crowd seemed to die out REALLY fast). My friend that hadn’t seen them before however said that she thought Axl sounded a lot better overall then she expected. Set list wise I quite enjoyed how they have shaken things up a bit, especially by not having the whole ballad chunk after Slash’s solo anymore. With that said however they got to cut down the amount of jams and stuff. It gets really tedious, especially at a festival. Some covers need to go as well, they played two back to back covers during the encore when they had already gone an hour over their designated end time. However I’m really glad that I got to see Reckless Life, You’re Crazy, Absurd and Hard Skool. Overall I thought the show felt like another day at the job for the band, something that I felt rubbed off on the crowd as well. It was an okay show, I’m glad I went, but it’s definitely one of the worst GNR shows I’ve attended. However I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that it was a festival gig and because the show went on until around 1:40 AM. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batatadoce Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 11 minutes ago, ChrisMaciel said: This review is a joke and people on this forum using it to attack Axl is as bad as the review. who's attacking axl ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasShrugged Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 49 minutes ago, ChrisMaciel said: This review is a joke and people on this forum using it to attack Axl is as bad as the review. You can think the review is harsh and simultaneously think Axl needs to up his game. There's a post below yours from someone on here who was at the show and it's not exactly glowing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 8 minutes ago, AtlasShrugged said: You can think the review is harsh and simultaneously think Axl needs to up his game. There's a post below yours from someone on here who was at the show and it's not exactly glowing. Judging by the footage available it was a mixed bag, Back in black sounded quite good jungle sounded bad. If the reviewer was just focussing on the hits then the set would definitely seem poor as Axl is at his worst when he sings them. Which is indefensible really. Side note, what was frank up to on Jungle? Why did he not play the open/close h-hat during the verses? He was playing closed hat and it sucked all the momentum from the track. Sounded like crap. I think he's on a click too, he was holding back and the rest of the band were playing ahead of him. Personally don't think any song on AFD should have a click, ok maybe set the tempo with a click but as soon as the band kicks on it should be knocked off and the band should be able to hold the tempo relatively close if they are any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasmcole Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 This has to be the worst he's sounded. Going to see them in a few weeks in Dublin so hopefully he picks up a bit by then. I used to think 2013/4 sounded bad but in comparison to now it actually sounds really good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelmi Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Judging from Live and Let Die video there was something wrong with his voice last night. In the video he fails one scream and talks to in ear monitors and after that he put more clothes on.. scarf etc. Was it a cold night in Sweden? Hopefully he isnt really sick and can recover for Prague show. What was the highlight of the show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swedish Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, Kelmi said: Judging from Live and Let Die video there was something wrong with his voice last night. In the video he fails one scream and talks to in ear monitors and after that he put more clothes on.. scarf etc. Was it a cold night in Sweden? Hopefully he isnt really sick and can recover for Prague show. What was the highlight of the show? It got pretty cold as the show went on so I thought it was to shield his throat from the cold 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vloors Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Alexmee239 said: Why did they drop Dont Cry out of all the songs? They rather add covers then sing their own hits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reayj2003 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Let’s just hope there’s not a covid outbreak in the camp. If slash’s partner has picked it up it could easily spread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcanyon Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 33 minutes ago, reayj2003 said: Let’s just hope there’s not a covid outbreak in the camp. If slash’s partner has picked it up it could easily spread. Good point but I think the band members are very careful with constant mask wearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakey Styley Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Just replace the whole set with AC/DC songs at this point if that’s what it takes for Axl to sing great 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dani_1455 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Kelmi said: Judging from Live and Let Die video there was something wrong with his voice last night. In the video he fails one scream and talks to in ear monitors and after that he put more clothes on.. scarf etc. Was it a cold night in Sweden? Hopefully he isnt really sick and can recover for Prague show. What was the highlight of the show? In Sevilla, where I went to see them, I Saw Axl blowing his nose constantly (2 or 3 times at every 2 songs) so maybe he has something which we don't know! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danijel00 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Dani_1455 said: In Sevilla, where I went to see them, I Saw Axl blowing his nose constantly (2 or 3 times at every 2 songs) so maybe he has something which we don't know! Maybe sinus problems? I saw that at a few shows back in 2016. It could explain why he's often sounds like he sings with a blocked nose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post reayj2003 Posted June 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2022 2 hours ago, kingcanyon said: Good point but I think the band members are very careful with constant mask wearing I’m not convinced Slash wears one in bed…😂 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, reayj2003 said: I’m not convinced Slash wears one in bed…😂 That guy is full of weird fetishes. WHO knows 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexmee239 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Really few videos of last night's gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnrcane Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 11 hours ago, cineater said: Not forever last time but, I can see them cancelling if one of the band members, especially Slash gets it. And they've been out on the streets. Not being as careful this time out. Let their guard down. You can get a mild case and still function but do you want to take the stage with it? Wouldn't surprise me if the whole European leg is messed up. If anybody besides Axl, Slash or Duff got COVID I think they would just get somebody to fill in for a few shows. Possibly use a tech if necessary. If it's A, S or D and they are feeling well enough to perform, I'd think they'd just keep people away from them and have them stay in a marked off section of the stage and let the show go on. Aren't all the European dates outdoor venues? Very low risk if they do something like that, especially in an outdoor venue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyWoodRose84 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, Gnrcane said: If anybody besides Axl, Slash or Duff got COVID I think they would just get somebody to fill in for a few shows. Possibly use a tech if necessary. If it's A, S or D and they are feeling well enough to perform, I'd think they'd just keep people away from them and have them stay in a marked off section of the stage and let the show go on. Aren't all the European dates outdoor venues? Very low risk if they do something like that, especially in an outdoor venue. If a anyone in camp got sick they would cancel the show or shows. Zero fucking around with COVID when it comes to Guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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