The "New Album" Thread. Thanks to the long ass thread, I’m going home!

[rumandraisin]

4 minutes ago, TheSlashrose said:

Pele is a fraud. I don't own the reason, but this guy really crossed the line so many times.

 

Don't you think Axl recorded vocals for Quicksong? Axl and New Guns recorded a lot of stuff, these guys worked hard. That Me and My Elvis intro gave me goosebumps, this song is perhaps my favorite, dark and heavy

Quick Song? No. 

[betterman]

I believe Quick song has vocals, had guide vocals already in 99, clearly meant to have vocals. 

And we know lyrics for a lot of the songs came later (Better, Shacklers, Sorry etc)

[CaioAKR]

On an unrelated note, let's say that, hypothetically, one were to have its HD fried and that HD held a cellphone recording of the song The Marshall, from legendary band Swords N' Lilies and now said person can't find the recording online, nor the edit made by superfan Invader. Hypothetically, where one would find it again? Would someone Deploy More information to said person? Hypothetically speaking, of course.

[UYI4]

Apparently Berlin/Oklahoma was soundchecked

[Atlas19]

34 minutes ago, UYI4 said:

Apparently Berlin/Oklahoma was soundchecked

It was fake

[UYI4]

Oh okay

[2020_Intensions]

Ya'll are going to go to the grave swearing Quicksong, Zodiac, Me & My Elvis, Tonto and the rest completed with vocals exist 

[The Matinator]

4 hours ago, rocknroll41 said:

Incorrect. Pele was banned cause he said he was glad Taylor Hawkins was dead and that he deserved to die.

Did that really happen? I must have missed that one lol.

[allwaystired]

7 minutes ago, The Matinator said:

Did that really happen? I must have missed that one lol.

Nah, he was gone a long, long time before that happened. 

[rocknroll41]

8 minutes ago, allwaystired said:

Nah, he was gone a long, long time before that happened. 

Someone was insulting Hawkins in the thread about his death and then the mods deleted all their posts on that thread and banned the person. Pretty sure it was Pele.

Edited June 15, 2023 by rocknroll41

[allwaystired]

6 minutes ago, rocknroll41 said:

Someone was insulting Hawkins in the thread about his death and then the mods deleted all their posts on that thread and banned the person. Pretty sure it was Pele.

I'm fairly sure he was gone before Taylor Hawkins died....but who knows! 

[janrichmond]

8 hours ago, GnR Chris said:

What discord? The gnr discord I was a part of was nuked a while back. 

You can't receive messages 

[Lies They Tell]

5 hours ago, sofine11 said:

I hope The General drops tonight so we can never talk about P*le again. He’s been gone for ages now but his ghost haunts every freaking page.

To be fair, this place has always been haunted by the spirit of Pele, long before anyone had even heard of him. There have always been individuals like him here, asserting that Axl hasn't written anything and dismissing anyone who suggests otherwise as delusional. Even prior to the release of CD and before any material had been leaked, there were claims that the band had only written the tracks that they had played live, and anyone who believed in the albums's eventual release was labeled as delusional. Remember when everyone was delusional who saw the signs that a reunion was happening?  Everyone who has even the slightest bit of faith in Axl, is always delusional according to these people. The only thing that made Pele stand out was his obsession with the subject. The way he talked about it day after day after day after day, none-stop.

[Karice]

About Fans saying they get annoyed with Slash's "Noodling," does noodling mean he's just playing mindlessly the same exact guitar notes with no real passion? 🤔 I can see how that can get annoying really quickly. 🤔

[jacdaniel]

I didn't post here much during the Pele era but I tend to agree with his general points. 

Both Slash and Ron have confirmed that they never wrote new stuff as a band so that alone brings you back to early 00s. 

Slash has also given the impression that there's just a few more songs to release. That appears to be the village leaks and The General based on the set list. 

But I don't think Axls worked on anything new in a long long time. 

[Karice]

I just looked up noodling on Google, and basically noodling means that Slash is freestyling. Freestyling sounds a LOT better than what I thought noodling was (Playing the exact same guitar notes over and over with no real passion) Freestyling seems like it would be FUN, not boring. I don't know why Fans don't like Slash's freestyling. 🤔

[Rovim]

3 minutes ago, Karice said:

I just looked up noodling on Google, and basically noodling means that Slash is freestyling. Freestyling sounds a LOT better than what I thought noodling was (Playing the exact same guitar notes over and over with no real passion) Freestyling seems like it would be FUN, not boring. I don't know why Fans don't like Slash's freestyling. 🤔

"noodling" just means in the context of Slash's playing I think, is that when Slash's playing is aimless and loses direction and feels uninspired to listen to. For example when he plays too many notes that don't form a strong melodic connection to one another. In contrast, in his prime in old Guns, it seems most of the time his playing was lyrical, with direction even in the middle of a very chaotic solo.

sometimes he's great nowdays as well,  but imho, it's not what it used to be. His guitar playing was so inspired that it felt almost magical the way he could be so fluid on the instrument without losing direction most of the time. An instinct and ability to play exactly what I wanted to hear as a fan.

[Towelie]

19 minutes ago, Rovim said:

"noodling" just means in the context of Slash's playing I think, is that when Slash's playing is aimless and loses direction and feels uninspired to listen to. For example when he plays too many notes that don't form a strong melodic connection to one another. In contrast, in his prime in old Guns, it seems most of the time his playing was lyrical, with direction even in the middle of a very chaotic solo.

sometimes he's great nowdays as well,  but imho, it's not what it used to be. His guitar playing was so inspired that it felt almost magical the way he could be so fluid on the instrument without losing direction most of the time. An instinct and ability to play exactly what I wanted to hear as a fan.

Absolutely this. 

It's baffling how Slash has lost his midas touch. Goes to show, experience doesn't always make you a better player. The Slash of today and the Slash of the 90s/early 00s are like two completely different people. He was twice the player in his 20s, 30s and 40s than he has been the last decade or so. I guess its hard for any musician to stay inspired and always be "in-the-zone", but he really does sound like he's lost sight of what made him so unique in the first place.

Edited June 16, 2023 by Towelie

[gavgnr]

Yup, that’s why I prefer ‘Nu-Guns’ to the hybrid reunion. Go back and watch those shows, particularly 2006-2010. Not a bum note (well, apart from the odd Ashba slip )

[Italian girl]

#noway

[Alejandro GNR]

28 minutes ago, Towelie said:

Absolutely this. 

It's baffling how Slash has lost his midas touch. Goes to show, experience doesn't always make you a better player. The Slash of today and the Slash of the 90s/early 00s are like two completely different people. He was twice the player in his 20s, 30s and 40s than he has been the last decade or so. I guess its hard for any musician to stay inspired and always be "in-the-zone", but he really does sound like he's lost sight of what made him so unique in the first place.

THAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK YOU SO MUCH

I thought i was alone on this...Slash is playing horrible live nowadays...

He looses the melody path, he butchers his original solos, he butchers whatever he plays on Chinese stuff. 

I dont know what happened to him, but his fast playing is so far away from the player he used to be and the one who made me fall in love with his guitar playing.

Its sad...

I do think that eh still preserves his chops in studio...there are a lot of solos from his solo records that remain true to the 90's Slash, being Wicked Stone, Stone Grind, The One You Loved is Gone and Anastasia the clearest examples.

[ZoSoRose]

Insanity on here

Slash sounds great to me. I play guitar and still enjoy his playing a lot. He sometimes is underwhelming on some CD songs like Sorry and Catcher, but those are reunion footnotes

I don’t think the 2009-2014 lineup comes remotely close to having Slash back. We had freaking Ashba, then. Far and away the worst member of the band, ever. I saw that lineup 3 times and loved those shows, but Slash enhances the band immensely and belongs in the band

A lot of the fast playing is exciting live, imo

Edited June 16, 2023 by ZoSoRose

[Spoon87]

30 minutes ago, Towelie said:

Absolutely this. 

It's baffling how Slash has lost his midas touch. Goes to show, experience doesn't always make you a better player. The Slash of today and the Slash of the 90s/early 00s are like two completely different people. He was twice the player in his 20s, 30s and 40s than he has been the last decade or so. I guess its hard for any musician to stay inspired and always be "in-the-zone", but he really does sound like he's lost sight of what made him so unique in the first place.

Yeah, he was an absolute master of smooth melodies, just think of the killer guitar melodies, as Axl put it, that make Estranged the song it is. I could listen to the different guitar parts put together for the rest of my days and never get tired of it.

[jacdaniel]

I do to some extent see what people mean about Slash's playing but I think it's way WAY overblown. 

I personally prefer his playing in the 90s also. He had more feel back then but I also think that band had way more chemistry. 

There's no denying that he plays faster these days and I don't always love it myself but he completely carries the 3 hour show and the reunion in general. 

 

He mainly stays true to all the classics.  Some of the deep cuts and CD stuff is where he tends to wing it a bit. 

[Alejandro GNR]

57 minutes ago, Alejandro GNR said:

THAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK YOU SO MUCH

I thought i was alone on this...Slash is playing horrible live nowadays...

He looses the melody path, he butchers his original solos, he butchers whatever he plays on Chinese stuff. 

I dont know what happened to him, but his fast playing is so far away from the player he used to be and the one who made me fall in love with his guitar playing.

Its sad...

I do think that eh still preserves his chops in studio...there are a lot of solos from his solo records that remain true to the 90's Slash, being Wicked Stone, Stone Grind, The One You Loved is Gone and Anastasia the clearest examples.

I meant Slow Grind haha