Not trying to argue, totally respect your opinion I just find this album to be totally different beast when listened to through pro equipment.

For example in Sorry, I find the reversal of the snare drum immediately following each hit, to be a bit of overkill.  There's layers of vocals and some "outer space noises" that don't really touch me in any way, other than to add busy-ness to the track.

Obviously, Axl spent a lot of time dicking around with this stuff, and in some cases he added too many different spices to the soup.

I'm not saying fuck them...the whole presentation of this CD leaves me feeling flat and sorry for Axl.

I don't think it's that Axl has changed, I think that I have.

It's like the line in the wedding singer about no one wants to see Fonzie fat and picking up chicks at 50.

When the Illusions and Appetite came out, I was at a place in my life where I could relate to the isolation, the sadness, the loss, and the paranoia.

I guess I've grown up but Axl is still wrestling with that same type of content, and it truly makes me feel sad. 

At some point, you sack up and take responsibility for your part in your loneliness.

Was just listening to it again, and at the beginning of the This I Love solo, he starts doing that confused tilted head look...

I think it's the annoying high notes that the punched in guitars use.

I'm getting a tattoo of Buckethead on my penis on the 23rd.

I'm not being cryptic.

He has to be back.

Logic dictates his return at this point.