Do you still listen to Evader's The General?

[saint_seiya]

I still do lol

[Axls_Moustache_Rules]

My hopes, my dreams

 

 

[adamsapple]

I didn't even know there was another version.

The leak and live performance didn't do much for me yet, gonna wait for the official release and hopefully a proper mix to give the song another chance.

[Gordon Comstock]

I only listened to it a couple times before the actual song leaked. It's impressive that he made it, but of course I don't listen to it now.

Although, there's people here who actually listen to Rock The Rock and Nothing, so I probably shouldn't be surprised people still listen to evader's version... 

[F*ck Fear]

No disrespect to Evader because he does great work but I never listened to his version of The General.

I had no interest in listening to an interpretation of a song that was heard through a shitty cellphone recording from 2010.

[Its Tino]

Just now, F*ck Fear said:

No disrespect to Evader because he does great work but I never listened to his version of The General.

I had no interest in listening to an interpretation of a song that was heard through a shitty cellphone recording from 2010.

My thoughts exactly with all due respect to Evader.

[colonizedmind]

Oh no, I know this thread is gonna confuse people again lol....

[Blackstar]

I had low expectations of The General and this version was a big part of the reason - I don't mean Evader's work of "reconstructing" the phone clip, which was amazing as such, but the actual "song" that came of it.

But Monsters exceeded my expectations by far.

Edited November 17, 2023 by Blackstar

[ShadowOfTheWave]

I honestly wish I never heard it because when I listen to the cellphone clip now and try to hear Monsters I can't.

[bumcheecksmcghee]

Who would do this? 

To youuuuuu? 

[Gordon Comstock]

5 hours ago, F*ck Fear said:

No disrespect to Evader because he does great work but I never listened to his version of The General.

I had no interest in listening to an interpretation of a song that was heard through a shitty cellphone recording from 2010.

 

It's basically one level above AI generated songs, but it's interesting to hear as a fans interpretation of a barely-audible leak. He did a great job with it, it's impressive that he made it in the way he did. I also like his version of Silkworms and a couple of his mash-ups.

But his version of 'The General' was always just an interpretation and it ended up not even being The General... now that the real version of Soul Monster is kind of out there, people who avoided evader's version should give it a listen.

[Jwalker19]

I never cared to listen to it to begin with. 😂

[jamillos]

I loved the mix, to be honest. But I don't play it any more. There was one bit that was almost heavenly, but it's not present in the final song, so... as for the mix, it's over now, it's all burnt down. 

[Dummy]

Sometimes

[Lies They Tell]

I listened to it a few times out of curiosity back in the day. It's a great reconstruction of the clip, but it was always obvious that the final version won't sound like the Evader version for obvious reasons. And I didn't want it to sound like that either. It's a fan made reconstruction for crying out loud. Why would I want GNR music to sound fanmade? I have pretty good speakers, so I always heard Monsters in the cellphone clip good enough to have my own expectations based on that. I never really cared about the Evader version much. Even if it was an interesting attempt to recreate the song.

[WhazUp]

I have just for comparing the vocals in the bridge of Monsters which honestly, Evader absolutely nailed with what tools he had and its crazy how close he got Axl's high notes and melody compared to what leaked.  He did a great job with what little could be made out so its a fun listen

[evader]

I liked what he did with the guitar solo, but the rest of it doesn't really appeal to me.

[davisp]

47 minutes ago, evader said:

I liked what he did with the guitar solo, but the rest of it doesn't really appeal to me.

I never could hear a thing from the cellphone clip. was it the general or monsters? it seems you took the orchestra from the intro they did at some show and the cellphone clip is monsters.

[DSTK]

Nope, credit to evader for making an effort...but fan made stuff doesn't do it for me 

[Lies They Tell]

29 minutes ago, davisp said:

I never could hear a thing from the cellphone clip. was it the general or monsters? it seems you took the orchestra from the intro they did at some show and the cellphone clip is monsters.

The cellphone clip was Monsters

[jamillos]

Funny how everything was Monsters when we held on to the General
Just because they’re leaking don’t mean we’ll be the lucky ones
 

[svdv]

Never heard it, is it on YouTube?

[DoMw94]

15 hours ago, DSTK said:

Nope, credit to evader for making an effort...but fan made stuff doesn't do it for me 

This is it. I appreciate the time and effort put into it, but since it was never real and the result of guesswork, it was never of any interest to me.

Now we have the real song, there's absolutely no reason to listen to it (from my perspective, at least).

But yeah, as I said, I appreciate and respect what went into it, but it's not – and never has been – for me

[cooker]

I haven’t listened to any of the new songs either leaks or live otherwise. I have yet to have the time to look for them. 

[colonizedmind]

On 11/18/2023 at 7:59 AM, evader said:

I liked what he did with the guitar solo, but the rest of it doesn't really appeal to me.

It was all fixed in Brains remix of the Evader mix....heard that shit? 😬