aero next time you have to fill out a job description in travel papers or a tax form can you please write 'leading young white males astray'
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
Man that acoustic Welcome to the Jungle is like Little Martha never happened. So painfully bad
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 00:44 (eleven years ago) link
oh man
Izzy told Classic Rock about how he’d stopped off at Axl’s house around that time. Axl was friendly and then “probably a month later, one night he calls me [and] we got into the issue of me leaving Guns N’ Roses. I told him how it was on my side. Told him exactly how I felt about it and why I left… But, I mean he had a fucking notepad. I could hear him [turning the pages] going, ‘Well, ah, you said in 1982… blah, blah, blah…’ And I’m like, ‘What the fuck – 1982?’. He was bringing up a lot of really weird old shit. I’m like, whatever, man. But that’s the last time I talked to him.”
― burrito smalls (some dude), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
Izzy actually wrote a couple songs with nuGNR, one of them is a finished song according to Axl
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
yeah the paragraph right before that says that Izzy and Duff made a bunch of demos for the band in '95
― burrito smalls (some dude), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
Izzy has toured with nuGnR in recent years
― set the controls for the arse of your mum (sic), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
well yeah the Classic Rock article is a few years old
― burrito smalls (some dude), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 02:07 (eleven years ago) link
In the fall, a new A&R man was hired to help bring the project into completion. He was someone who specialised in providing the ‘final push’ for albums nearing completion: legendary Alice Cooper/Lou Reed/Pink Floyd producer Bob Ezrin. As Alice Cooper told it later,”To this day, really good songwriters that are ready to finish an album call me up and go, ‘Do you have Bob Ezrin’s number?’…Bob’s not going to be a yes man. He’s going to go in there and tell you how many (decent) songs you actually have… He did it with Guns N’Roses.
“I know Axl called him up and said, ‘I want you to listen to Chinese Democracy and tell me what I’ve got [that’s good].’ Bob listened to it and said, ‘Three songs.’ This is after seven years [of songwriting].”In mid-September, retailers were notified that Chinese Democracy was projected to be released in November, which does seem to support the notion that the record was essentially done, and – prior to his negative assessment – Ezrin was merely called in for some final pre-release tweaks.
haha so Ezrin was really the guy who spooked the groundhog for 8 more years of winter
― burrito smalls (some dude), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
after which point there were STILL only three songs on the final album
three songs that Ezrin liked
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 03:16 (eleven years ago) link
and that guy made Music from "The Elder", so his word is bond
― burrito smalls (some dude), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 03:17 (eleven years ago) link
those were axl's pained cries on 'the kids'
― bansplain (electricsound), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 03:50 (eleven years ago) link
the thing that stands out is how everyone involved from early on til the end said how good the material they heard was.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 03:57 (eleven years ago) link
they wanted to believe
― burrito smalls (some dude), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 03:59 (eleven years ago) link
haha true
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 04:00 (eleven years ago) link
even beyond ego or lack of objectivity, i feel like really good studio monitors can give you such an unrealistically flattering idea of what a work in progress will sound like once other people put it on their humble commonplace speakers/headphones
― burrito smalls (some dude), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 04:01 (eleven years ago) link
well pro tools ruins everything as any fule kno xpost
― bansplain (electricsound), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 04:01 (eleven years ago) link
the final album was more like a mosaic of the work that went into it...i have always been interested in how it would have been on the first pass of the album, minus so much overworking
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 04:03 (eleven years ago) link
Do you feel welcome?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Gm06C04U0
― earlnash, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, October 24, 2012 4:03 AM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I bet there was a lot of stuff that sounded like Oh My God (which I like a lot fwiw). The hugely negative reaction to that led to a lot of overcooking.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 04:25 (eleven years ago) link
the really strange one is that so many people involved really loved Prostitute, which sounds like just another ballad on the album version
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
It took me to the 2:54 mark to think that that Bridge Concert video might not be St. Sanders' subtlest piece yet.
― Mike Dixn, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 06:11 (eleven years ago) link
"I bet there was a lot of stuff that sounded like Oh My God (which I like a lot fwiw). The hugely negative reaction to that led to a lot of overcooking.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:25 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink"
there are interviews around--i'm looking for a link, but can't seem to find any--that basically confirm this without directly saying it. Axl was really high on that sound for quite some time
― don't trust the lil b in apartment 23 (fadanuf4erybody), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 06:24 (eleven years ago) link
omg thank you earlnash
Axl saying "you know where you are? you in the jungle baby" in the Bridge School performance sounds uncannily like Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo
― burrito smalls (some dude), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 11:27 (eleven years ago) link
Also a lot like Dr. Rockso.
― how's life, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 11:41 (eleven years ago) link
hahah, i was just checking in to point out Axl's likeness to Mickey Mouse in that bit, but both of your suggestions are better. i swear Axl was sucking on helium balloons before the performance.
having re-watched that clip after a day gone without, it's transcended from laughably bad to almost surreal.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:03 (eleven years ago) link
I could never have prepared myself for this travesty. He's surely finished now. This can't go on.
― Mule, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:18 (eleven years ago) link
Still not convinced this isn't one of those "shreds" videos.
― pplains, Monday, October 22, 2012 4:50 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark
thats exactly what i thought
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:33 (eleven years ago) link
2:46 is the bit where i really start to feel sorry for him. he's so far out of his depth trying to recreate the song it's not funny, and he obviously realises that he has to step up his game and sing this part with effort and sincerity. but as yet another trainwreck moment, it becomes emblematic of his struggle as a whole.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
it's probably the only performance i'll ever watch where a singer forgetting the words is the least of his problems.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:57 (eleven years ago) link
Yee-haw
― grandavis, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
Can't wait to watch this.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
It fucking hurts.
― Mule, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
Welcome to the Jungle video Axl was my favorite Axl, followed by kilt and chest protector Axl.
― how's life, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
dolphin swimming axl is the best
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
Chinstrap beard Axl is pretty low on the list, I think.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
i like whistling axlhttp://cache.vevo.com/Content/VevoImages/video/6FDCA475559DFB2F0823795F3D19D76F.jpg
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
Time is a cruel mistress.
― Mule, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
Someone already took a similar potshot but re: Ezrin... dude who red-lined LOU REED albums is gonna tell me how many good songs I really have? Get the fuck outta here.
― Miss Anus Regrets (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
That woman on his arm is now
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTc5MDc1NDEwNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDg4NTg1._V1._SX214_CR0,0,214,314_.jpg
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
Someone already took a similar potshot but re: Ezrin... dude who red-lined LOU REED albums is gonna tell me how many good songs I really have?
^also a dude who manned some near perfect Alice Cooper albums.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
all lou reed albums are masterpieces you just don't know how to listen right
― terrell sug (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
the kimmel appearance is tonight, yes?
― With extreme tenderness - flexible - always guided by the words (get bent), Thursday, 25 October 2012 00:34 (eleven years ago) link
i honestly thought axl was neil doing an axl imitation when i first clicked on the clip
― da croupier, Thursday, 25 October 2012 00:42 (eleven years ago) link
only eventually did the moves suggest someone slightly younger than 60
I just made this on Fake Convos, and it's probably not as funny as it should be, but it took a while and I'm gonna share it anyway:
http://i.imgur.com/S3FcL.jpg
― Bout to go Jethro TULL on that ass (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 25 October 2012 00:52 (eleven years ago) link
there's no way Axl actually shows up for Kimmel tonight, right?
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 25 October 2012 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
i say yes, he'll do it to promote the vegas dates cuz he needs the money.
― With extreme tenderness - flexible - always guided by the words (get bent), Thursday, 25 October 2012 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
Bumblefoot is jamming with the house band
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 25 October 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
sucks that jimmy kimmel's show isn't actually live
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 25 October 2012 01:31 (eleven years ago) link