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#1541 Re: Guns N' Roses » Pick one song.... » 884 weeks ago
i still don't understand how SR went from like 85% favorable review when it first leaked to pretty much the worst song ever written by any band period.
#1542 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Gloves are off, I have to know..... » 884 weeks ago
Olorin wrote:What about the bass on this record? I can only really notice Tommy on the outro of TWAT. He is either drowned out or just absent on almost the entire album.
Tommy is more prominent on the 2008 leaks. He has a killer bass tone on IRS, but Axl apparently wanted mindless wanking to drown it out on the finished product.
i dig the bass groove in if the world, too. he's also pretty good in street of dreams and catcher but when the songs get heavier he seems to just stick to the basic.
#1543 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Gloves are off, I have to know..... » 884 weeks ago
i love the solo on shacklers. its perfectly fits the mood of the song, just psychotic and frantic. Its like i envision somebody in that moment of being pushed past the breaking point and whipping out machines with the intention to slaughter. love it.
Robin's solos in better, SOD, and this i love are not exactly speed exercises and I tend to like them very much. i love his slides and bends.
bucket solo in IRS makes the song...maybe that isnt saying much.
Riad i'm not a huge fan of, bumble or bucket. I guess this is what you mean by yanking off.
I don't know. I like the solos, but i understand your point. That being said I don't think all of slash's solos on the old material are that great. I'm sitting here trying to sing solos from songs like Think About You and Shotgun Blues and Bad Apples and I honestly can't even remember them.
#1544 Re: The Sunset Strip » U2 - Acoustic Achtung Babies » 886 weeks ago
FlashFlood wrote:first and foremost nice post edit. second, you keep basing cd's success or lack thereof on what your friends say. so why not use the same standard on this U2 song? are your friends that dont like it saying "oh i dont like it i need to hear more songs" or this song fucking blows?
Ummm... yeah first and foremost I edited my post cause what I typed wasn't how I wanted it to come across. Gee that's what a post edit is for.
Secondly, Of my freinds who have heard Get On Your Boots I only know of six who have heard it. 4 of them didn't like it at all but all four came right out and said it's different and they're interested in the album because of that. One guy actually said "it sucks but it's kind of cool" That's a positive fail. Not a negative fail(CD) which is all I've heard based on my own personal experience. Excuse me for not jetsetting around the globe to gather opinions of random folks who have heard CD. The two of my friends that did like it simply said it was awesome. Not to mention the opinons of countless phone calls they put on air today from listener's pretty much echo what I'm saying to you. Sorry to burst your bubble but this song has made a much bigger impact on radio here(here where I live) than CD has alltogether. They've been talking about it nonstop since Friday when they knew it was coming out. That's not my fault man. If you're gonna hang out in a U2 thread in the hopes that I'll go all fanboy and start posting bullshit comments like EVERYONE I KNOW FUCKING LOVES IT than you're in for a big dissapointment. And if you're in here waitng for U2 to fail you're gonna be waiting forever man. Plus CD has nothing to do with this and if that's where you wanna take it man you're in for a harsh reality. This single and this album are gonna blow CD outta the water from a commercial success stand point. Not sure why you'd even wanna bring up CD or Gn'R in this thread. What's there to gain?
there is nothing to gain from it i just find it interesting that you could take everything you said in that original post and a chinese democracy fan could say the exact same thing. also, you do overuse your friends argument. do you know how many friends i have that LOVE, yes, LOVE CD? At least 12, but I don't go around flaunting my friends musical opinion likes its more important than anybody else.
also there is nothing different about me posting in a U2 thread and you posting in a new GNR thread. you have made it very clear that you do not like the album. ok you don't like the album, so stop bitching about it to everyone else with every opportunity you get. we alllll get it bono, cd was a commercial failure and its because the promotion was awful and the songs suck and axls a dick. fine, now move on.
#1545 Re: The Sunset Strip » U2 - Acoustic Achtung Babies » 886 weeks ago
first and foremost nice post edit. second, you keep basing cd's success or lack thereof on what your friends say. so why not use the same standard on this U2 song? are your friends that dont like it saying "oh i dont like it i need to hear more songs" or this song fucking blows?
#1546 Re: The Sunset Strip » U2 - Acoustic Achtung Babies » 886 weeks ago
all that said....this song blows
#1547 Re: The Sunset Strip » U2 - Acoustic Achtung Babies » 886 weeks ago
Saikin wrote:This song is unlike anything you've heard from U2 before
Really? You just compared parts of the song to other U2 songs.
Just messing around.
I agree that this song is not playing it safe by any means. I like it. It's catchy as hell i think. It's not what i was expecting, that's for sure.
I think what FlashFlood meant was that your post sounds a lot like what some GNR fans said about the new material. I don't think he was calling you a fan boy. I could be wrong though.
Yeah I know Saikin. It does sound completely different yet you do hear the influences of Vertigo, Fast Cars and Discotheque throughout the song. It's just put together in a totally new way. I agree it's catchy but there's multiple transitions throughout where I think the catchiness takes a break. There's no real break in Vertigo. I'm pretty positive FlashFlood was calling me a fan boy. You don't post that with no follow up unless you're calling that person a "fucking fanboy" who's lacking any objectivity.
Anybody else getting a Subteranean Homesick Blues(Bob Dylan) vibe durring the verses? It's kind of a stretch but it reminds me of it.
actually i wasnt calling you a fanboy just saying that your post was eerily similar to that of GNR fanboys as it pertains to CD. see my explanation.
#1548 Re: Guns N' Roses » "Better" starting to gain MASSIVE steam.. » 886 weeks ago
agreed, but who knows what has really happened? was it all axls fault that it wasnt released til now? nobody knows, and so its always gonna be shoulda coulda woulda
#1549 Re: The Sunset Strip » U2 - Acoustic Achtung Babies » 886 weeks ago
FlashFlood wrote:Bono wrote:I gotta admit when I first heard it I was like "WTF!?" After a few listens though it grew on me real quick. I think I really like it. I can't say for sure though cause it's so not what I expected and I don't wanna make a judgement while the excitment is still fresh. I could very well just be overly amused with it
how much of a fucking new-gnr fanboy comment is that??????????
What the fuck are you talking about? It's the flat out truth. I can't say for sure if I really like this song yet or if I'm just caught up in the excitement of a new U2 single. A fucking fanboy would simply say they love it and it's the best they've ever heard. Vertigo is obviously more catchy but this song has a cooler rythem section going thus making it groovier. This song is unlike anything you've heard from U2 before and it's not a guarenteed smash hit like Vertigo was. Therefor they didn't play it safe with a more radio friendly track. They're making a statement with this song. And the fact is the reaction to this is very mixed. Explain how I'm being a fucking fan boy here FlashFlood. Cause from where I'm standing I'm being pretty damn objective so far.
allow me to explain maybe fanboy wasnt the perfect term to use but let me explain
" gotta admit when I first heard it I was like "WTF!?" After a few listens though it grew on me real quick (this first sentence has been used to describe cd more than anything). I think I really like it. I can't say for sure though cause it's so not what I expected and I don't wanna make a judgement while the excitment is still fresh (just as people were judged for liking songs off of CD, while people accused them of just liking them because they were new). I could very well just be overly amused with it The radio here was getting tons of calls on it today and the reaction seems very split (better and cd got similar reviews). Alot of people say they hate it but alot were saying they love it (better +cd). My brother fucking hates it but the guy I work with thought it was awesome (better + cd) I agree it's not as instantly catchy as Vertigo and it doesn't have that sing along corus but it's more daring than Vertigo and though it doesn't have the drive of Vertigo it's definately more groovey than Vertigo (cd doesnt have a chorus but its a good rocker). Love it or hate nobody can say U2 played it safe this time out (same for GNR). They're trying something different and I love them for that (same for gnr)
#1550 Re: The Sunset Strip » U2 - Acoustic Achtung Babies » 886 weeks ago
I gotta admit when I first heard it I was like "WTF!?" After a few listens though it grew on me real quick. I think I really like it. I can't say for sure though cause it's so not what I expected and I don't wanna make a judgement while the excitment is still fresh. I could very well just be overly amused with it
how much of a fucking new-gnr fanboy comment is that??????????
