ShadowOfTheWave Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 21 minutes ago, GoodOlJohnnyK said: I am so not looking forward to reading the usual suspects here rip apart the solo and demand the restoration of Robin/Bucket's solos, swearing that their solos were better without ever even hearing them. The guitar solo is the one thing you can hear clearly in the cellphone clip, so if someone says they prefer Bucket/Robin's take on it, they aren't necessarily just bitching for the sake of bitching, they might really mean it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General2112 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Are we still banking on The General coming out on the 27th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GoodOlJohnnyK Posted October 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, Sweersa said: I think that will be a given based on Slash's performances playing CD solos live, and his playing on Hard Skool and Perhaps. I do like his solos on Absurd, compared to the leaked version with Buckethead and Bumblefoot. I'll give him that. He's capable! "He's capable." One of the greatest guitarists of all time is capable. His playing on Hard Skool is way better than anything on the Village Leaks. It's a vast improvement. Perhaps isn't his greatest, but neither is Robin's solo. I can chalk that up to it just not being a great song. Also, I like Slash's Better solo. Not necessarily 'better' than Robin's, but I have them neck and neck. 4 minutes ago, General2112 said: Are we still banking on The General coming out on the 27th It's been officially announced, no? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnuld Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 1 hour ago, General2112 said: Are we still banking on The General coming out on the 27th Unless a copy falls off the turnip truck and it leaks beforehand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-p-d-a Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 that video is still on YouTube... it means fake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho Vidal Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 How sure is the forum that the General has vocals and is over 3 minutes long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelex95 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 I really don’t get how the general didn’t get leaked yet. I don’t even want to hear it, but I don’t want to wait and get a two minute song that only has that one bit of lyrics from the party repeated a couple of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweersa Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 4 hours ago, GoodOlJohnnyK said: "He's capable." One of the greatest guitarists of all time is capable. His playing on Hard Skool is way better than anything on the Village Leaks. It's a vast improvement. Perhaps isn't his greatest, but neither is Robin's solo. I can chalk that up to it just not being a great song. Slash is iconic. I just wish he gave more of a shit when it came to the CD material. I'm sure it's more than a challenge to take existing leads from Robin and Buckethead, two guitarists who are technically superior, and replacing their parts with material that both fits the existing songs and sounds good. It would have been best to leave those songs alone, and record new stuff and release them with the CD stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ShadowOfTheWave Posted October 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2023 4 hours ago, GoodOlJohnnyK said: "He's capable." One of the greatest guitarists of all time is capable. His playing on Hard Skool is way better than anything on the Village Leaks. It's a vast improvement. Perhaps isn't his greatest, but neither is Robin's solo. I can chalk that up to it just not being a great song. Also, I like Slash's Better solo. Not necessarily 'better' than Robin's, but I have them neck and neck. It's been officially announced, no? LMFAO. There are at least ten instrumentals on the Village discs better than Slash's work on Hard Skool. The majority of 4 is better than Hard Skool instrumentally, though Myles ruins every song with his shit songwriting so most don't notice. Slash's playing on HK isn't bad but it's pretty generic and uninspired. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Blackstar Posted October 16, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2023 I don't know if the song will be good (for my taste) or not. But I would be willing to bet on the following (and I don't do this often): 1. It's not an instrumental. 2. It's a reworked version with Slash and Duff and not the "original" version with the NuGnR musicians. 3. It's not State of Grace. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 5 hours ago, GoodOlJohnnyK said: I am so not looking forward to reading the usual suspects here rip apart the solo and demand the restoration of Robin/Bucket's solos, swearing that their solos were better without ever even hearing them. Should we just get it over with now? Slash's solo (which I haven't heard) is so much worse than Bucket's solo (which I haven't heard)! Talk about an uninspired pile of noodles. Slash sure does suck at covering Robin and Bucket! Really though, I have very low expectations as far as Slash's playing and the overall mix/production. I'll just be glad to finally hear the song. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonizedmind Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, ShadowOfTheWave said: LMFAO. There are at least ten instrumentals on the Village discs better than Slash's work on Hard Skool. The majority of 4 is better than Hard Skool instrumentally, though Myles ruins every song with his shit songwriting so most don't notice. Slash's playing on HK isn't bad but it's pretty generic and uninspired. 5 hours ago, General2112 said: Are we still banking on The General coming out on the 27th What? You think they've miss sold us and my vinyls gonna arrive with a remastered version of cornshucker side R? Edited October 16, 2023 by colonizedmind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 11 minutes ago, Blackstar said: I don't know if the song will be good (for my taste) or not. But I would be willing to bet on the following (and I don't do this often): 1. It's not an instrumental. 2. It's a reworked version with Slash and Duff and not the "original" version with the NuGnR musicians. 3. It's not State of Grace. These are probably givens lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 11 minutes ago, ZoSoRose said: These are probably givens lol Apparently not to everyone There are people who seriously believe these conspiracy theories. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreakDown2014 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 22 minutes ago, colonizedmind said: What? You think they've miss sold us and my vinyls gonna arrive with a remastered version of cornshucker side R? Haha. I guess the question is if The General's coming out the 27th on streaming platforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General2112 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 hour ago, BreakDown2014 said: Haha. I guess the question is if The General's coming out the 27th on streaming platforms. Yeah that’s what I meant lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfacelessturtle Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 My sources say The General will be delayed until 2024 to add vocals by Sebastian Bach and a solo by Angus Young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweersa Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 What if Guns only re-works songs that have leaked in full? So far, this has been the case with Absurd, Hard Skool, and Perhaps. They have Slash re-record superior leads as punishment to the fans, so we never get to hear the best versions of these songs. The General, Cuban Skies, Soul Monster, Seven, Oklahoma, etc. have not leaked. So maybe they will keep the CD-era mixes of them. Bet your ass, Atlas has been re-recorded since it has leaked in full. Damn it, the Bumblefoot OMG too leaked years ago, looks like we're getting Slash on that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnuld Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 14 minutes ago, Sweersa said: What if Guns only re-works songs that have leaked in full? So far, this has been the case with Absurd, Hard Skool, and Perhaps. They have Slash re-record superior leads as punishment to the fans, so we never get to hear the best versions of these songs. The General, Cuban Skies, Soul Monster, Seven, Oklahoma, etc. have not leaked. So maybe they will keep the CD-era mixes of them. Bet your ass, Atlas has been re-recorded since it has leaked in full. Damn it, the Bumblefoot OMG too leaked years ago, looks like we're getting Slash on that as well. It will be a miracle if we ever get Cuban Skies, Soul Monster, Seven, Oklahoma, ect… I still can’t believe we are actually getting the General 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tio Didi Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 17 minutes ago, Sweersa said: What if Guns only re-works songs that have leaked in full? So far, this has been the case with Absurd, Hard Skool, and Perhaps. They have Slash re-record superior leads as punishment to the fans, so we never get to hear the best versions of these songs. The General, Cuban Skies, Soul Monster, Seven, Oklahoma, etc. have not leaked. So maybe they will keep the CD-era mixes of them. Bet your ass, Atlas has been re-recorded since it has leaked in full. Damn it, the Bumblefoot OMG too leaked years ago, looks like we're getting Slash on that as well. Yeah, when Chinese Democracy was released, I had the clear impression that those were not the best songs. They were just the songs that had been leaked bt that time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnal894x Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 6 hours ago, Arnuld said: It will be a miracle if we ever get Cuban Skies, Soul Monster, Seven, Oklahoma, ect… I still can’t believe we are actually getting the General Im sure we will eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dani_1455 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 22 minutes ago, Carnal894x said: Im sure we will eventually. If by eventually you mean when Axl passes away there is a chance but even the probability is low, maybe Team Brazil don't want to sell music which Axl didn't realease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estrangedtwat Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 As long as it's not State of Grace, I'll be completely satisfied with it no matter what. I was at the San Diego show two weeks ago, and was assured by someone that's heard it that it was good. So it's not just some piece of shit instrumental. It's a real song. If that song is State of Grace, it's a crushing disappointment cause it's not new. If it's an actual NEW song from the CD sessions we haven't heard before? It's fucking awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Guapo Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 16 hours ago, Sweersa said: I think that will be a given based on Slash's performances playing CD solos live, and his playing on Hard Skool and Perhaps. I do like his solos on Absurd, compared to the leaked version with Buckethead and Bumblefoot. I'll give him that. He's capable! This is getting really, really ridiculous now. It's Slash and Guns N' Roses after all. I totally love Buckethead these days (Crime Slunk scene, Colma, Electric Sea, Electric Tears, 3 Foot Clearance are all brilliant albums) and Robin is great as well, but come on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandOla Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 When The General is out I will listen to it with my headphones a couple of times before reading any comments about it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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