themadcaplaughs Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Tom-Ass said: He should be fucking ashamed.... Are you going to call him a session musician again? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-Ass Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, fantomas said: I want to hear new collaborative ideas. I don't want Slash photoshopped on top of 20 year old songs that are best left forgotten. This isn't Well said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomas Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 minute ago, themadcaplaughs said: Are you going to call him a session musician again? He wouldn't be wrong. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadcaplaughs Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) So many people who do not like this song seem to be horribly overreacting to it in my opinion. To me, Axl's comments and the whole surprise release of this song was just a statement to expect new stuff. Sort of like how, a few years back, Weezer posted a cover version of another Toto song before finally releasing "Africa". I am thinking the band has people where they want them. In a year, when (more than likely) nothing at all has happened, I will probably be touch more salty, but until then, I'm enjoying the absurdity of the whole thing as well as how a D-list twenty-year old unreleased outtake single-handedly re-ignited this community. Obviously, I am not dictating whether or not you should like or dislike the song. I fall "meh" on it. It does not bug me at all, and I've already added it to my "main" playlist and certainly won't mind hearing it in the future. I will admit that "Oh My God" and "Shackler's Revenge" both appealed to me a lot more initially. Edited August 6, 2021 by themadcaplaughs 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerInThisTown Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, Martin Riggs said: Slash hasn’t mentioned Absurd at all in his social media and he has posted today about other random stuff. Wonder if he’s not a big fan of this or if there is tension regarding the strategy (if there is one ha) of what’s to come. Slash also doesn't follow Guns N Roses and Myles Kennedy on Instagram. I don't think he puts too much thought into it, just wants to post some boobs and fucked up shit sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt72 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 20 minutes ago, GNRmello77 said: Is anyone else finding themselves listening to it over and over again even tho you don't consider it a good song? Yeah,guilty .Grew on me a hair with headphones on.It’s kind of a straightforward rocker (reminds me a bit of omg).The lyrics are pretty juvenile but guess when a song title is Absurd that is part of the point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsdrummer63 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, Martin Riggs said: Slash hasn’t mentioned Absurd at all in his social media and he has posted today about other random stuff. Wonder if he’s not a big fan of this or if there is tension regarding the strategy (if there is one ha) of what’s to come. I think only duff posted it. Meegan shared it though. I haven’t seen anything from Frank, dizzy, or Fortus but could be wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkarmy Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I admit to liking it more and more with each listen But if this isn’t a kinda of joke just prior to actually releasing something then Axl better up his meds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppetiteForDestruction Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) My hope. 1. Hard skool 2. Omg 3. Absurd 4. Prom violence 5. Quicksong 6. Eye on you 7. My world (pt 2) 8. The rebel 9. I'm sorry 10. Zakk wilde jam songs 11. Friend or foe 12. Cock a roach soup 13. Buckheads revenge Edited August 6, 2021 by AppetiteForDestruction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, Martin Riggs said: Slash hasn’t mentioned Absurd at all in his social media and he has posted today about other random stuff. Wonder if he’s not a big fan of this or if there is tension regarding the strategy (if there is one ha) of what’s to come. That is a bit weird unless there's some sort of agreement not to promote. I can't think what reason that would be but it's a bit like the absence of interviews or appearances featuring both Axl and Slash. Have any other band members done promotion on their own SM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Riggs Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, Tom-Ass said: He should be fucking ashamed.... I mean maybe…but we have no clue if he’s even a fan of the decision to release this song first. He could’ve added guitar to numerous older demos/ brought in new tunes and Axl/TB decided on their own to go with this release strategy. Maybe he’s checking out again and that’s why he announced his new solo album for early next year right when this tour was basically starting…🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadcaplaughs Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 minute ago, alfierose said: That is a bit weird unless there's some sort of agreement not to promote. I can't think what reason that would be but it's a bit like the absence of interviews or appearances featuring both Axl and Slash. Have any other band members done promotion on their own SM? For "Absurd" specifically? Duff tweeted about it last night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-Ass Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Martin Riggs said: I mean maybe…but we have no clue if he’s even a fan of the decision to release this song first. He could’ve added guitar to numerous older demos/ brought in new tunes and Axl/TB decided on their own to go with this release strategy. Maybe he’s checking out again and that’s why he announced his new solo album for early next year right when this tour was basically starting…🤷♂️ He should check out asap.. But he sold his soul already... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadcaplaughs Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Like someone else said, other than the occasional "that was a really fun show" tweet/Instagram post, Slash really does not talk a whole lot about music at all on his personal social media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppetiteForDestruction Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Just now, Tom-Ass said: He should check out asap.. But he sold his soul already... In the day slash wasn't sober, shit was said. Maybe sober slash said these songs aren't half bad. Maybe a deal was made where you refresh old Chinese songs and we can let you add what you want. We never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfTheWave Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I doubt Slash is is over the moon about playing CD II stuff but I also doubt he's crying himself to sleep over it. He seemed to be in a good mood the night Absurd was debuted, chatting it up with Axl on stage from the vid from Meegan's IG. He's probably happy at any break in the setlist monotony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsdrummer63 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I heard it at Fenway and was left shocked and had no clue what to think. Came home listened on YouTube and finally heard more of the lyrics and was left even more shocked i listened at release last night and it grew on me. Especially brains drumming. Dudes a monster on drums. No way Adler could play this with the same feel. It really drives the song whoever is playing bass has some awesome leads added in. Bass tone in general is great and also drives the song some stuff guitar wise fits. The end kinda just cuts out awkwardly and doesn’t “finish”. The first solo goes over the lyrics by about a beat. listened in my car on the way to work at 7 am and was half asleep, certainly woke me up! listened again on the way home and was left with a “it’s not terrible but I wonder how many times I skip it on shuffle in a few weeks”. It’s certainly grown on me tho It’s a great song live. I bet festival crowds in Europe go nuts over how heavy it is being a rock. the only questions I have are who for sure is on guitar (and what parts), and who’s on bass. I also kinda wonder what Izzy is thinking right about now. I’m sure he heard the original at some point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadcaplaughs Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Tom-Ass said: He should check out asap.. But he sold his soul already... I'll take your argument at face value, but wouldn't contributing to a new, very out-of-left-field song be less selling out than playing the same set list, night after night, from 2016 until 2021 while becoming visibly more bored with it each night? It just seems very reactionary to call this the "ultimate sell-out" for playing on a song that obviously make his bandmate happy - possibly as a teaser for even more material - when Slash has been pretty much been doing "sell-out" stuff since, at the very least, the 2010s. And I say that lovingly, I love Slash being a huge personality and presence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffgnr86 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Martin Riggs said: Slash hasn’t mentioned Absurd at all in his social media and he has posted today about other random stuff. Wonder if he’s not a big fan of this or if there is tension regarding the strategy (if there is one ha) of what’s to come. Slash posted Absurd in his Facebook page 13hs ago... Edited August 6, 2021 by duffgnr86 pic 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DurhamGirl Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Freauds last words were 'Absurd its Absurd'!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Blackstar Posted August 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) However one many feel about Slash playing on something like this (I don't agree with the "selling out" sentiment and I wouldn't be at all surprised if this was among the CD leftovers he dug the most), he sounds awesome on it. Probably the best he has sounded on a recording in years, and that says something. Edited August 6, 2021 by Blackstar 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonGuns Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, DurhamGirl said: Freauds last words were 'Absurd its Absurd'!.... Looks like he spelled it wrong twice then. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carne_asaDA Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 The visuals from the YouTube video remind me of visions I had while tripping off of DMT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 GN'R released a single today. That keeps hitting me every so often. Wtf?! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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