ZoSoRose Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 It is definitely the most classic sounding GNR song since UYI... at least in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOH Posted October 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2021 The Brian May version of Catcher did, until they totally ruined it replacing him with Bumblefoot on it. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Bird Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Of course it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agustingloger Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 It sounds like Axl's vocals with Slash's guitar so yeah it sounds like GN'R ... I like Chinese and i'm not going into the discussion if is GNR or is not. The GNR the world fell in love with was Axl with Slash and yeah of course for most casuals it sounds like GN'R because it's Slash on it. Everyone i know i showed them the song says the same also video reactions from YouTube too ... So yeah there's this classic GNR sounding vibe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agustingloger Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 I love the face on every YouTube Video reactions when Axl goes classic Axl in the chorus. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOUCOULDBEMINE. Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 I disagree. Chinese Democracy (the song) sounded like a 2000's version of GN'R. Which is exactly what it was. It is one of the songs on the album where I actually prefer the finished song over the demo. Hard Skool has a good chorus, but when Axl sings "...every chance was given" and whatever he sings in the second verse in the same ugly pitch almost makes me hate the song. You go from that into full rasp on the chorus. I do however like what Slash and Duff did with the song. To bad the vocals are a lot older and a bit buried in the mix. That said, Oklahoma was also veeeeery GN'R sounding. I'd love to hear whatever became of that demo. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agustingloger Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 13 minutes ago, YOUCOULDBEMINE. said: I disagree. Chinese Democracy (the song) sounded like a 2000's version of GN'R. Which is exactly what it was. It is one of the songs on the album where I actually prefer the finished song over the demo. Hard Skool has a good chorus, but when Axl sings "...every chance was given" and whatever he sings in the second verse in the same ugly pitch almost makes me hate the song. You go from that into full rasp on the chorus. I do however like what Slash and Duff did with the song. To bad the vocals are a lot older and a bit buried in the mix. That said, Oklahoma was also veeeeery GN'R sounding. I'd love to hear whatever became of that demo. Chinese sounded like Axl's version of GNR in 2000's. We wouldn't know how the band would sound with Slash and Duff back then. More GNRish (?) For sure 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinb33 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 I always considered Sorry as a song that could fit quite well in the old GNR catalog. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neider Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 6 hours ago, agustingloger said: Chinese sounded like Axl's version of GNR in 2000's. We wouldn't know how the band would sound with Slash and Duff back then. More GNRish (?) For sure Well, Chinese Democracy (song) is just modern hard rock from the 2000s, nothing more. Velvet Revolver’s Slither sound is similar, and there were three ex-GNR members there. I repeat again, few people criticize that Sgt. Peepers doesn’t sound like A Hard Day’s Night, that Some Girls doesn’t sound like 12 x 5, or that Physical Graffiti and Led Zeppelin III don’t sound like the first two Zeppelin albums. Even UYIs don’t sound like Appetite, so maybe there are some who say that the last song with a GNR sound was Rocket Queen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweersa Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 7 hours ago, YOUCOULDBEMINE. said: That said, Oklahoma was also veeeeery GN'R sounding. I'd love to hear whatever became of that demo. Years ago, I was told it was nothing special, with vocals sounding a bit like IRS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost un the jungle Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Hard skool is a very good song, as many CD tracks were too (TWAT, IRS, SOD, etc). HS is more simple, right "in your face", while the other CD songs are more complex and ambitious. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agustingloger Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 19 minutes ago, Neider said: Well, Chinese Democracy (song) is just modern hard rock from the 2000s, nothing more. Velvet Revolver’s Slither sound is similar, and there were three ex-GNR members there. I repeat again, few people criticize that Sgt. Peepers doesn’t sound like A Hard Day’s Night, that Some Girls doesn’t sound like 12 x 5, or that Physical Graffiti and Led Zeppelin III don’t sound like the first two Zeppelin albums. Even UYIs don’t sound like Appetite, so maybe there are some who say that the last song with a GNR sound was Rocket Queen. I think VR sounds nothing like Chinese Democracy. VR does sound more GNR musically for me. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neider Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, agustingloger said: I think VR sounds nothing like Chinese Democracy. VR does sound more GNR musically for me. My post made reference to Slither sounding similar to Chinese Democracy (song), both being that modern hard rock from the 2000s, not to VR in general compared to CD (album). Although VR seems totally valid to me, I never liked the music they made. On top of liking rock, I like music whatever the genre, and Axl’s proposal with Chinese Democracy I liked a lot more. Also, CD at the end of the day ended up being an album of modern hard rock and Queen / Elton John ballads, so that was natural seeing Axl’s ambitions from the UYI recordings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agustingloger Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Neider said: My post made reference to Slither sounding similar to Chinese Democracy (song), both being that modern hard rock from the 2000s, not to VR in general compared to CD (album). Although VR seems totally valid to me, I never liked the music they made. On top of liking rock, I like music whatever the genre, and Axl’s proposal with Chinese Democracy I liked a lot more. Also, CD at the end of the day ended up being an album of modern hard rock and Queen / Elton John ballads, so that was natural seeing Axl’s ambitions from the UYI recordings. Yeah i like VR but was just that . Straight hard Rock and nothing more. I like Chinese but it lacks straight rockers and the few ones like IRS with all the production and shit doesn't sound very powerful. Chinese tittle song and Better's Breakdown are great though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drlaban Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 I like both VR albums, but the only song I can think of sounds like GNR is Sucker Train Blues. When I heard that for the first time i thought most of the album was going to sound like a GNR album (minus Set me free and Slither). It didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basic_GnR_Fan Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 10:50 PM, SOH said: The Brian May version of Catcher did, until they totally ruined it replacing him with Bumblefoot on it. Bumble butchered nearly everything he touched IMO. Although to be fair with the May Catcher solo we heard, that was apparently all chopped up and edited, he didn't play it that way in the studio. That just goes to show something either sounds good or it doesn't, no matter how it comes to together. That's why I'm not so concerned with Slash and Duff added their stems to old Axl songs. If it sounds good, I'm all for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 To the general public, it for sure is the first "real" GNR sounding track since the old days, based on the people I have talked to who have heard it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-Ass Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 22 hours ago, drlaban said: I like both VR albums, but the only song I can think of sounds like GNR is Sucker Train Blues. When I heard that for the first time i thought most of the album was going to sound like a GNR album (minus Set me free and Slither). It didn't. I always thought Dirty Little Thing had a Gn'R vibe... Would love to see them attempt it.. But also afraid of Mickey during the chorus.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 From what I read online, Hard Skool is definitely closer to what people enjoy GNR to sound like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Id like to hear Axl sing Fall to Pieces live. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 1:23 PM, Tom-Ass said: CD was Axl's vision but not the bands.. That is all good for people that are solely Axl fans but Guns n' Roses were huge and many were fans of the band not just Axl.. I don't understand people that would be happy with Axl releasing a new album with a new lineup every 15 years... Axl isn't evolving. He isn't releasing anything. It isn't like they have been releasing Appetite For Destruction sounding albums every two years for the last three decades and everyone is burnt out on it.. Would it really be that bad for them to release another kick ass heavy rock album 30 years later? They don't have to carbon copy the old music to do that. Guns N' Roses weren't a progressive band.. They were a bad ass rock band. They were the best at what they did.. They are 60 years old, have been back together 6 years and haven't put out an album.. Chances are if they do, it will be the last one.. I would rather see the majority of people like and respect the album.. All those fans that came back out for these tours.. This isn't the time to try and reinvent the wheel.. Guns were both a bad ass rock band AND a progressive band. Progressive doesn't necessarily mean Rush/Dream Theatre but you Estranged, November Rain, the Garden, breakdown, Locomotive are all big progressions away from the AFD sound and in some instances are quite progressive 'Estranged' in particular. From day 1 Axl always spoke of evolving the gnr sound. Slash and Izzy wanted to remain a bad ass rock band and the rest of the band just went along with the best idea or strongest personality. For me Hardskool would have been a good edition to Chinese. But it wouldn't be in my top five from the album. Fun in parts but just not fully realised! Couldn't care less how it was written and recorded. If it was a great song the topic of it being 20+ yrs old would be irrelevant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottish nutter Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 I think hs is shit, to me it doesnt sound like a gnr song, absurd or aturd is even worse I hope this isnt the best they have to offer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top-Hatted One Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/13/2021 at 1:39 AM, Basic_GnR_Fan said: Bumble butchered nearly everything he touched IMO. Although to be fair with the May Catcher solo we heard, that was apparently all chopped up and edited, he didn't play it that way in the studio. That just goes to show something either sounds good or it doesn't, no matter how it comes to together. That's why I'm not so concerned with Slash and Duff added their stems to old Axl songs. If it sounds good, I'm all for it. Yea and sometimes you can’t polish a turd. As with Hard Skool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basic_GnR_Fan Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Top-Hatted One said: Yea and sometimes you can’t polish a turd. As with Hard Skool Matter of opinion, many people like Hard Skool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-Ass Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 On 10/13/2021 at 3:16 PM, Rhino said: Id like to hear Axl sing Fall to Pieces live. That could be awesome if he just used his deep voice for the whole song.. That would sound great though, so he most likely wouldn't. Chances are he would Mickey up the chorus.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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