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#31 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 86 weeks ago
It's a shame we don't have a new album or another locker sized leak.
I'm tired of the guessing game of who played what, when, and so on. It'll be interesting to go through all the material, compare different versions, and digest the lyrics but the slow drip feed thing is torturous and partly why they're probably having difficulty moving units. You can't build momentum when you're always coming to a dead stop.
#32 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 86 weeks ago
Major releases - Swift and Stones, will get precedent of course.
The rest is having guarantees and penalties in place in order to prevent things like this from happening. The broken english on the tweet is the cherry on the sundae. HRS said it best - it turns out they don't include instructions on how to manage a professional rock band on the back of the laundry detergent.
#33 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 86 weeks ago
They're catchy in a morbid sort of way.
The transition from the intro verses on Monsters to the chorus is really sloppy, the chorus itself is quite repetitive. Axl has doesn't like alternating lines on his choruses which I think he should start looking very seriously at what he is doing in that regard. He also struggles with bridges. Both "The General" and "Absurd" are just transparent changes into different songs which completely disconnect you from the experience. I'm sure I could dig up others. As Duff said, if the bridge isn't good, why have a bridge?
Both of these songs have problems in the structure department but at the same time they really shine because they're not crammed full of shit like most CD songs. You can hear finish the "daddy doooooon't" or nice searing guitar line unobstructed by a bunch of shit.
I think The General sounds like a perverted nursery rhyme. When his voice gets filtered, they should've had one of the gaps being girls playing patty cakes and the other gap being a false ending and double drum kick. They did a similar thing on the finished version of If The World. I have no clue what the hell they're doing on that outro though.
I'd love to read the lyrics, my old ears can't put up with 10 repeat listens like they used to.
#34 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 86 weeks ago
I'd be chorus what the hoarders is the best remaining song in the vault.
#35 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 86 weeks ago
Remember the Axl cell phone thing had "Soul Monster" and "Monstrosity"
Maybe this is "Monstrosity"?
#36 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 86 weeks ago
It's possible you couldn't fit vocals into those great instrumentals so they cannibalized them.
But yeah, I don't hear it.
#37 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 86 weeks ago
The orchestra sting on "The General" is the bridge, not the intro like I suspected. I'm not sure it works for the beginning of the bridge but the ending of the bridge is pretty satisfactory.
If "Monsters" is "Soul Monster", someone try to listen for Robin's SRV solo Axl mentioned.
Edit: It could be the solo 2:00-2:15 but I'm no SRV expert
#38 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 86 weeks ago
Anyone have thoughts on if Monsters = Soul Monster?
The opening has orchestral stings but that's about it.
At minimum, Monsters =/= Me and My Elvis.
#39 Re: Guns N' Roses » Post UR top 2 Favorite Gnr forum moments » 86 weeks ago
2006 board culture
Skwerl leaks
Locker leaks
When that guy in the other thread leaked The General and Monsters
#40 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 86 weeks ago
These sound like non-Caram, non-Slash mixes.
I like Axl's vocal take on The General.
On the one hand, Axl is buried on The General like he was on Hard Skool. On the other, this isn't syrupy Caram garbage and I can actually hear all of the texture elements.
