gavgnr wrote:

Sorry guys, I hate to disagree but I really can't see how the word 'Zodiac' could be cut and pasted together from the multitracks (or elsewhere) whilst maintaining the level of multi layering so evident in much of Axl's studio tracks.

I admit my desire for new music may be clouding my judgment but I just got a good feeling about this one. I remember when nemus leaked Madagascar and evening thought it was BS. So the Soulmonster guy has a bit of a history.

Maybe he got lucky this time. He does, after all, have (or had) a copy of the Grenade version of Chinese.

Pick any "So" of ANY song on chinese democracy. Mix it as a fade in. There's your Zo and that's exactly what's on the track, by the way.

The "Di" is cutting any "the" and "is", pasting them together, mixing and putting a strong fade out on the is. They took this part out of Catcher, by the way. Also, you're really think that Axl would sing a single word changing tone by syllable? Take the "the" and "is" or even a "this" from Catcher. mix them together and you'll even notice the tones differ, like they do on this track.

The "ac" out of Zodiac was the most dissicult part to find and I'm not quite sure where it came from, if from the "back" of Madagascar or from another song.

I really don't have the time to look into the piano, but sounds to me as something inverted and sped up.

And yes, your desire for new music *IS* clouding your judgment. This is a complete different beast from Blood In the Water which, by the way, I know people tried and were able to, reverting some syllables out of some songs, spell "Blood In the Water' using the mixes we had. Only the melodies sounded off, which kinda proves that the vocal track for that particular song is somewhere somehow.