Hard Skool Officially Released at Midnight - Sept 24

[James Bond]

2 minutes ago, Voodoochild said:

Yeah and I understand they felt I was doing something wrong when I posted Perhaps and HS rehearsal, but fuck, this one got released. There's tons of guitar covers of this song already. 

Right? You search it up and there's hundreds of shitty reaction videos that immediately pop up that play the actual studio track but heaven forbid somebody does a guitar cover of it.

[MaskingApathy]

1 hour ago, Voodoochild said:

Yep, that's me. Thanks! 
 

Haha, that would be nice. Maybe when I get to LA in November, if everything goes with the plan. 

Are you moving?

[Voodoochild]

Just now, MaskingApathy said:

Are you moving?

No, it's that there is a big telecommunications event every year in LA and I've been doing the coverage for the last two editions (I mean, 2018 and 2019).

[ryanf23]

I wish we knew Axl’s inspiration for writing the lyrics to Hard Skool

[Joraz]

Anyone else notice HS live didnt have the drum fill before Duff’s opening? Maybe it is a lead in from a song on album??

[Ak1nney]

8 minutes ago, Joraz said:

Anyone else notice HS live didnt have the drum fill before Duff’s opening? Maybe it is a lead in from a song on album??

It was there live. Check youtube again.

[Bitchisback]

I was away the last 4 days at a music festival and had little to no service.  Listened to hard skool maybe 20 times on the drive home and now have 80 plus pages to read thru lmao

 

What a weekend

Edited September 27, 2021 by Bitchisback

[Nintari]

Here is my take.

Intro - Original version murders the new version. The build up and explosion into the first verse is epic.

Rhythm guitars - Original version. They were more aggressive and in your face.

Lead guitar/solos - New version. Neither are stellar imo, but Slash definitely did a better job than that forgettable thing that was in the original version.

Vocals - Obviously they're the same, so a wash. But I will say this: they fit in better with the track they were meant for. You can tell they were copy-and-pasted in the new version and it seems a little strange.

Drums - Original version. More aggressive, better mixed.

Overall, I say the original version was better sans the solo work. Wish Axl had just left it alone and let Slash do his soloing over that instead of what we got, but hey... it's nice to see the song finally come out in any iteration!

Edited September 27, 2021 by Nintari

[Nintari]

5 hours ago, ryanf23 said:

I wish we knew Axl’s inspiration for writing the lyrics to Hard Skool

My money is either Slash or Izzy.

[Blackstar]

On 9/23/2021 at 4:53 PM, jamillos said:

So it's A STORM WE LIVED IN, am I right? 

I don't hear any "s" - as in STORM IS LIFTIN' - remember the ever going feud that used to be here? Hey natives, say something. 

On 9/23/2021 at 4:58 PM, Blackstar said:

I hear the same as in the demo. Now that the vocals are more clear sounding, I think it's maybe "a storm ain't liftin'" , but I definitely don't hear "we lived in".

Now in the live version it did sound like "we live(d) in".

[DTJ80]

As far as I can gather Planet Rock in UK have played it just once - on Friday when it came out? WTF???

[BillConnor_1982]

I wonder how much influence Slash and Duff had on this restructuring in the song...because just food for thought, what if Axl and co already re-worked it in the mid 2000's, like when they reworked Absurd for the Bumblefoot demo. 

[Voodoochild]

By the way, I was right about Richard playing the studio cut. But was wrong about how he plays the descending notes - he indeed played tapping. I guess he used the pick for that, but couldn't see much on the videos from yesterday's gig. 

[Live Like a Suicide]

1 hour ago, Blackstar said:

Now in the live version it did sound like "we live(d) in".

I think Axl's enunciation was poor in parts of that first performance. When he sings that specific line, he makes a lifting motion with his right hand, which seems to suggest that the live lyrics remain 'storm is liftin'. He just doesn't enunciate it properly.

Edited September 27, 2021 by Live Like a Suicide

[ZoSoRose]

Richard confirmed he’s on the track! Awesome, sounds great with Slash

45 minutes ago, BillConnor_1982 said:

I wonder how much influence Slash and Duff had on this restructuring in the song...because just food for thought, what if Axl and co already re-worked it in the mid 2000's, like when they reworked Absurd for the Bumblefoot demo. 

Very possible 

[WVsax27]

Fantano didn't like it. but I guess he didn't need to cover it in the first place so

[agustingloger]

Just listened for first time with headphones. Sounds good to me

[AxlRoseCDII]

No one talked about this track really ever. I wonder if it was considered to be a B side or something of the such. Axl never really seemed excited by it which is why I think it took so long for this song to be played live. Never talked about it besides addressing the name. I think since he was trying to be innovative in the CD era he wasn’t too inspired by this track since it sounded like old Guns. These are just my two cents but I get the feeling Axl doesn’t care that much about this song.

[Jw224]

15 minutes ago, WVsax27 said:

Fantano didn't like it. but I guess he didn't need to cover it in the first place so

I wasn't expecting him to like it tbh. He called it badly performed rock lol. 

[LAGuns87]

I think both of these songs are pretty good. Better than most stuff on CD. Doesn't feel too out of place to play Absurd and HS in conjunction with UYI.

[WVsax27]

7 minutes ago, Jw224 said:

I wasn't expecting him to like it tbh. He called it badly performed rock lol. 

yeah idk, good that he covers rock at all I guess

[Martin Riggs]

16 hours ago, Martin Riggs said:

On the ITunes top songs chart it was at #8 on Friday and #1 on the rock list. It’s now at #27 on the main list and #2 on the rock list. 

Today it’s at the same place on the rock list, but now down to #40 on the main list. Which is unique as pretty much all of the top 10 from Friday is still there except GNR which dropped 32 spots. Hopefully it’s getting radio play to  resuscitate it. 

[scottish nutter]

Im not sure about this one, sounds to me like it should be an intro to horrid henry or denis the menace  with the school bell at the start lol

[ShadowOfTheWave]

I've been going to "recently played" sections on rock station websites across the country and can't find Hard Skool being played anywhere. Usually reunited bands get that one comeback single that gets a lot of airplay but that slot may have been taken already by SOYL, which hit #5 on rock radio back in 2018.

[GNR_RNR]

19 hours ago, GNRfanMILO said:

It is so surreal to see an ad for a new GNR single in Times Square