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#361 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash casually refers to a new GNR record in a vague non committal way » 235 weeks ago
Sky Dog wrote:James wrote:They're using the Stones model. Yes the Stones used to be a recording entity but after 2002, they realized they were so big that they didn't need an album to tour. The Stones name and legend was enough to sell out stadiums.
Yes they are an anomaly....but it can be done.
In the span of 18 years, only new Stones music was Doom and Gloom and a blues cover album no one bought or listened to even though it was more than likely their last album.
I remember in 2016 being so naive to the point of believing that they would go the Soundgarden route.
It was wishful thinking. The Soundgarden reunion wasn't about money....and the trajectory it took showed what it was about.
Yep...pretty good comparison. Axl and whoever is their record company literally shows no desire to talk or do anything about a new album.
The record company's stance is the head scratcher. It makes me wonder if the GNR deal with their label includes a small percentage of touring revenue.
Their stance makes no sense without it.
2016-17 GNR was huge. The label put nothing out to capitalize on a literal once in a lifetime opportunity. That period begged for a new GH/Best of compilation...and it would've sold/streamed like hot cakes... especially 2016.
It was the biggest tour on the planet and it had two promotional cherries on top....the Axl/DC tour and Billy Joel guest appearance.
It was a license to print money. They did nothing.
Axl will never be that active again.
Squandered opportunity.
The lawsuit with Azoff in 2010 was over touring profits.
Axl holds all the cards.
He’s not gonna give them away for even less for someone he trusts even less.
As far as a new album, until it’s formally announced with a title, album artwork, track listing, and release date - it doesn’t exist.
I don’t want to hear any sweet nothings about it.
Show me the baby or stay home.
#362 Re: The Sunset Strip » Tenet » 237 weeks ago
I was able to catch it.
It was very promising but fizzled out after the first 30 minutes or so. It’s Nolan’s worst film, by far.
#363 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Video Game Console Thread » 237 weeks ago
Cyberpunk 2077 tonight, choombas.
#364 Re: Guns N' Roses » New leak » 237 weeks ago
The melody of "ballad" seems like its ripped off from something...just cant place it...
I got "House of the Rising Sun" vibes from the "ballad".
#365 Re: Guns N' Roses » D Tune » 238 weeks ago
Prom Violence and Shacklers = Shacklers Revenge.
I mean half of the parts are the same.
C’mon people.
#366 Re: Guns N' Roses » D Tune » 239 weeks ago
I'm in the minority who believes Soul Monster is also in this category. After listening to Zodiac more, I'm leaning towards Giant Robot as well.
These two are essentially finished tracks that have no new GNR "tells" on them....the Finckadelic sound for starters.
I disagree immensely on "Soul Monster" but agree on "Zodiac".
It would've had to have been dialed back like "Sorry" and I'm hoping it only got tamed and that the feeling of uncontrollable electric energy was able to burst through the seams. I'm a huge Buckethead fan but outside of that track I have no reason to grade him higher than a "stunt guitarist" like Slash to Robin Finck's Izzy of bringing the meat and the potatoes to the party. This entire set of discs, he's routinely outshined by Finck individually and the band writ large collectively. Very impressive solo work, however.
"Thyme" and "Circus Maximus" both have potential but are very rough. They can be honed into good tracks with effort, the former a gothic Phillip Glass epic and the latter a smoky, noir grinder.
I'm past the point of patience with this band, it's time to package it up and put it out.
In all likelihood, the effort will fall to the Lebeis crew, a tragedy in equal proportion to the band's failure to launch.
#367 Re: Guns N' Roses » D Tune » 239 weeks ago
I listened to a couple of these again.
I think Atari is onto something with "D Tune". Good post/thread, Atari.
It feels a little generic and empty at parts, like it's on the cusp of greatness, but that's a compliment compared to some of these which have no space for vocals. "Devious Bastard" is another that has a bit more space in it.
I can picture some Axl harmonizing and typical fast/slow cadence at spots like 1:18 and near the end of the song.
This is why I'm so high on "Oklahoma". It's rockin' but not so hard to alienate normies. I think "D Tune" could be it's B-Side.
Bring up the choral elements in the background, add some fuzzy distortion here and there, and of course proper, non-mopey Axl vocals, and you've got yourself a pretty killer track.
#368 Re: Guns N' Roses » D Tune » 239 weeks ago
I'll listen to this again later this week.
A lot of the stuff not commented on, that didn't make it into the Evo Song Archive cloisters around the mean for me.
Some is interesting but purely instrumental. Some is just average.
It lacks both the hyper creative artistry of New GNR and the swing and competence of the AFD5.
I'll see if I revise my opinion this weekend.
#369 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy is 12 years old » 239 weeks ago
When elderly people say it's about the journey not the destination, Chinese Democracy comes to mind.
The real Chinese Democracy was the friends we made along the way.
#370 Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy is 12 years old » 239 weeks ago
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Happy birthday to one of the greatest and most frustrating albums of all time!
I will never forget when If The World leaked. I played it maybe 5 times in a row because it was such a fun song. It was that sort of weirdness and talent that encapsulates the New Gn’R lineup.
I’m grateful for the cast of characters who put their heart and soul into recording it and getting it released.
Cheers. 
