Popular Post Towelie Posted February 16 Popular Post Share Posted February 16 (edited) Anyone else really loving The General still? Say what you like about this band, I've genuinely loved all four of the standalone singles they've put from ABSURD to The General. Edited February 16 by Towelie 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Guapo Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 4 minutes ago, Towelie said: Anyone else really loving The General still? Say what you like about this band, I've genuinely loved all four of the standalone singles they've put from ABSURD to The General. Perhaps is ok. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020_Intensions Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 37 minutes ago, Towelie said: Anyone else really loving The General still? Say what you like about this band, I've genuinely loved all four of the standalone singles they've put from ABSURD to The General. Haven't listened to it again since the day it was officially released. I also don't listen to Absurd, Hardskool or Perhaps at all. When I am in the mood to hear Hardskool, I will listen to the old leak. I will never on purpose listen to the official version, and that goes for Absurd as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betterman Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 2 hours ago, Towelie said: Anyone else really loving The General still? Say what you like about this band, I've genuinely loved all four of the standalone singles they've put from ABSURD to The General. Yes I do, still think the releases apart from Absurd, is all great. Also Monsters. Hoping for a new single this year 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacdaniel Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I’m the opposite. I have zero interest in any of the CD era material. Couldn’t be further from why I got into Guns. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illusion1987 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) 75% of CD is really strong and I listen to those songs all the time. Of the 4 CD Leftovers, I rank them in this order: Perhaps Hard Skool Absurd The General ..and I think Absurd is a horrible track but compared to The General, it might as well be November Rain. The General is that unlistenable. It literally hurts my ears to listen to that pile of crap. Edited February 16 by Illusion1987 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I like Perhaps the most, but never listen to it. The rest range from dreadful to mediocre. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appetitefordiscussion Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 4 hours ago, Towelie said: Anyone else really loving The General still? Say what you like about this band, I've genuinely loved all four of the standalone singles they've put from ABSURD to The General. I like it. Ironically, as “wtf” as the music video is, it actually fits the vibe. The music video was weakly planned, and doesn’t make sense. It fits the song perfectly in the same sense that a multi platinum record selling band would release a song with clipping! It doesn’t make sense! all jokes aside, I like the song. Not the kind of thing I’d ever put on with other people. Not bc it’s bad, but bc it’s too intimate/introspective for casually listening. It’s not Axl’s fault it’s been overhyped for years and bound to fail Out of the singles, perhaps and hardskool are the only two songs that could be put on in the background at a hang 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethalis Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) Guns songs I listen to the most: Bad Apples, Pretty Tied Up, Dust N Bones, So Fine, 14 Years, Civil War, etc. Songs I hardly listen to: Absurd, The General, Perhaps, etc ... To Axl: please release something that ROCKS and doesn't take itself too seriously. Enough with the overly dramatic stuff please. Make it fun again. Bring Izzy back as a songwriter. Edited February 16 by Lethalis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Towelie Posted February 16 Popular Post Share Posted February 16 33 minutes ago, Illusion1987 said: 75% of CD is really strong and I listen to those songs all the time. Of the 4 CD Leftovers, I rank them in this order: Perhaps Hard Skool Absurd The General ..and I think Absurd is a horrible track but compared to The General, it might as well be November Rain. The General is that unlistenable. It literally hurts my ears to listen to that pile of crap. I find it strange how The General has illicited such strong reactions from the GNR hardcores. To me, it's easily better than at least 6-7 tracks from Chinese. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonizedmind Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 2 hours ago, Towelie said: I find it strange how The General has illicited such strong reactions from the GNR hardcores. To me, it's easily better than at least 6-7 tracks from Chinese. Least we have some newer songs to talk of and discuss ...hoping 5 years from now we've had a fair few more and best case scenario, an album, be it a complication of these kinda tracks, a covers record TSI2 style or (less likely) a ground up Nu-Old-Guns LP...or perhaps hybrid (slightly more likely) 🤞 I'll take just about anything as a positive...as activity is better than deathly silence... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 2 hours ago, Appetitefordiscussion said: It’s not Axl’s fault it’s been overhyped for years and bound to fail I don't think that's why people are disappointed with it. It doesn't really go anywhere, it's very repetitive, soaked in effects, it's just not a great song. After The General, Soul Monster was absolutely the next most hyped song, and most people here think it's the best 'leftover' we've heard. It seems to have actually lived up to the hype. So I don't think The General was bound to fail because it had become mythical, it failed because it's boring. 2 hours ago, Towelie said: I find it strange how The General has illicited such strong reactions from the GNR hardcores. To me, it's easily better than at least 6-7 tracks from Chinese. I'd say Monsters is the only song we've heard that could've replaced anything on CD... and maybe Hardschool if they'd kept it similar to the Village version. I'd love to hear the Bucket/Robin versions of these songs, but I still don't think The General would've been strong enough to replace anything on CD. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfTheWave Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 My ranking: Monsters-Great song through and through. Prefer the solo in the cell clip to Slash's bluesy take Hard Skool-Great song, final version suffers from horrid echo effect on the vocals, but has superior guitar work to the demo. The General-Good song ruined by too many effects and a weak melody from Brain/Xtract Absurd-Shit song. Abrasive riffing contrasts poorly with the punk vocals, Silkworms was much better Perhaps-Outside of the main piano melody, this song is just pure vomit. Worst song from the CD era. Fucking awful in every respect. Demo is more listenable but both versions are awful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamillos Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 (edited) 7 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said: I don't think that's why people are disappointed with it. It doesn't really go anywhere, it's very repetitive, soaked in effects, it's just not a great song. After The General, Soul Monster was absolutely the next most hyped song, and most people here think it's the best 'leftover' we've heard. It seems to have actually lived up to the hype. So I don't think The General was bound to fail because it had become mythical, it failed because it's boring. I'd say Monsters is the only song we've heard that could've replaced anything on CD... and maybe Hardschool if they'd kept it similar to the Village version. I'd love to hear the Bucket/Robin versions of these songs, but I still don't think The General would've been strong enough to replace anything on CD. Atlas or even SoG could have replaced Scraped and the likes easily, come on. Edited February 17 by jamillos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 6 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said: I still don't think The General would've been strong enough to replace anything on CD. You seriously think Scraped and If The World are better songs than The General? They're really really not. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimiRose Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 9 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said: I'd say Monsters is the only song we've heard that could've replaced anything on CD... and maybe Hardschool if they'd kept it similar to the Village version. I'd love to hear the Bucket/Robin versions of these songs, but I still don't think The General would've been strong enough to replace anything on CD. Riad is the weakest song on CD and a 'Rocker' so Harsdschool could have easily been in it's place on the album, and maybe been track number 2 to really give the album the hard rock punch before going into the epic stuff. Monsters would easily be a top 5 track on CD. I'm upset Atlas never made it, that was an obvious radio song from the album. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimiRose Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 8 hours ago, ShadowOfTheWave said: Perhaps-Outside of the main piano melody, this song is just pure vomit. Worst song from the CD era. Fucking awful in every respect. Demo is more listenable but both versions are awful Perhaps is the closest to UYI song. It's catchy, good but not great and classic sounding. The weakest part of the song is the second verse is the same as 1st verse. it sounds like half a song just doubled to full length, which seems lazy 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Guapo Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 1 hour ago, JimiRose said: Perhaps is the closest to UYI song. It's catchy, good but not great and classic sounding. The weakest part of the song is the second verse is the same as 1st verse. it sounds like half a song just doubled to full length, which seems lazy It is lazy. After the solo, you've heard everything the song has to offer. :/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneway23 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Have maybe listened twice each since they came out. If I want to hear anything CD-related, I'll occasionally throw on some Village Sessions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Trin9498 Posted February 17 Popular Post Share Posted February 17 I love perhaps. Good song and great video. The video actually makes it seem like they’re a band 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jw224 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 19 hours ago, Towelie said: Anyone else really loving The General still? Say what you like about this band, I've genuinely loved all four of the standalone singles they've put from ABSURD to The General. Hard Skool is probably my least favorite (boring song), but I've enjoyed all of the rest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Illusion1987 Posted February 17 Popular Post Share Posted February 17 7 hours ago, Towelie said: You seriously think Scraped and If The World are better songs than The General? They're really really not. If The World is 100% better than The General. The General is bland and repetitive with nothing special about it. ITW is actually a nicely composed song and features some of Axl's best vocals on the whole album 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlSlashthebest Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 21 hours ago, Towelie said: Anyone else really loving The General still? Say what you like about this band, I've genuinely loved all four of the standalone singles they've put from ABSURD to The General. I really love the General. In my heas all the time !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabrph5 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 12 minutes ago, AxlSlashthebest said: I really love the General. In my heas all the time !!! I still listen. Just got my Japanese CD as well. Absurd is embarrassing to me as an older GnR fan. IMO monsters is the best of what hasn't been officially released followed by AS. Looking forward to what comes this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2020_Intensions Posted February 17 Popular Post Share Posted February 17 9 hours ago, Towelie said: You seriously think Scraped and If The World are better songs than The General? They're really really not. If The World is waaaaaaayyyy better than The General are you serious? The entire groove, rhythm, Buckethead's solo? Are you serious? 1 hour ago, fabrph5 said: I still listen. Just got my Japanese CD as well. Absurd is embarrassing to me as an older GnR fan. IMO monsters is the best of what hasn't been officially released followed by AS. Looking forward to what comes this year Save yourself the energy of looking forward, I already know what's coming this year .... Nothing! 6 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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