Guns n Roses

[MrZigster]

1 hour ago, theglastokid said:

So both Elton and Axl have ropey voices live these days. I guess the crowd singing will help drown them both out?

 

1 hour ago, matrainertje said:

Elton's is ropey, the other one's try-not-to-laugh contest worthy. 

Mr John has always been the worst at pronouncing words properly.

Mr Rose on the other hand was a rock legend back in the day.  The winner of the How Many Syllables Can You Put Into A One Syllable Word competition.

Knock knock knocking on heavens dowawawawaaawaàawaawaaa...

Baby.

Yeah.

[Florian Saucer Attack]

1 hour ago, ericlered said:

I think the day most, if not all ? the other members of the band left / were sacked by Axl back in the mid 90's, was the moment the band broke up.

Just because Axl continued to use the name for years afterwards, doesn't mean Axl and his session friends / bucket headed guitarists were GnR in anything other than legally owned name.

Fine for you to look at it that way but the conventional way to view if a band is broken up is if they brake up and stop working not continue to tour occasionally and make an album, albeit very slowly.

What about the Fall? Members left all the time and Mark E Smith was the sole person who stayed in the band throughout the Fall's lifespan. They made over 30 albums and toured regularly but by your logic the Fall broke up after the first album

[The Nal]

13 minutes ago, Florian Saucer Attack said:

Fine for you to look at it that way but the conventional way to view if a band is broken up is if they brake up and stop working not continue to tour occasionally and make an album, albeit very slowly.

What about the Fall? Members left all the time and Mark E Smith was the sole person who stayed in the band throughout the Fall's lifespan. They made over 30 albums and toured regularly but by your logic the Fall broke up after the first album

Mark E wrote almost everythin though. GnR wrote as a band on the first few albums. Axl had little to do with writing a few of their big tunes.

[Jose Pose]

7 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Mark E wrote almost everythin though. GnR wrote as a band on the first few albums. Axl had little to do with writing a few of their big tunes.

The writing credits for their big tunes suggest otherwise.

[The Nal]

5 minutes ago, Jose Pose said:

The writing credits for their big tunes suggest otherwise.

Nah. Appetite is a proper "band" album. He didnt really take over until Use Your Illusion. And even then Izzy gets a lack of respect.

Think theres only 1 or 2 tunes on Appetite that Axl actually came up with/brought in.

Edited January 23, 2023 by The Nal

[Florian Saucer Attack]

8 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Mark E wrote almost everythin though. GnR wrote as a band on the first few albums. Axl had little to do with writing a few of their big tunes.

Mark E Smith co-wrote almost everything with the other band members.

Rose has a song writing credit on everything from Appetite and the majority of the songs use your illusion albums including all of the most famous ones

[Walter Sobchak]

3 hours ago, therefused said:

It's a funeral, its not going to sound the best is it. To be fair it gets better as it goes on too

agree, was alright after a bit!  fair play!

[The Nal]

1 hour ago, Florian Saucer Attack said:

Rose has a song writing credit on everything from Appetite

So does Steven Adler!

[Neil]

10 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

The 1975 should have been booked to play Lisa Marie Presley's funeral.

Are they getting a cheeseburger van to do the food. 

[Breeze]

On 1/23/2023 at 8:47 AM, CaledonianGonzo said:

There's been no noticeable downswing in bookings.

Not sure what you mean? Do you mean in terms of the popularity of the headliners? 

[Ayrshire Chris]

On 1/23/2023 at 3:10 PM, theglastokid said:

So both Elton and Axl have ropey voices live these days. I guess the crowd singing will help drown them both out?

To be fair we’ve had plenty practice at that if you were at Diana Ross, and it was still great. 

[MEGABOWL]

On 1/23/2023 at 8:27 AM, matrainertje said:

Sweet Jesus. 

First minute or so is a bit shaky but after that it’s pretty good. Cheers for that.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Who played Lisa Marie Presley's funeral this week?

[DeanoL]

On 1/23/2023 at 5:38 PM, Florian Saucer Attack said:

Fine for you to look at it that way but the conventional way to view if a band is broken up is if they brake up and stop working not continue to tour occasionally and make an album, albeit very slowly.

What about the Fall? Members left all the time and Mark E Smith was the sole person who stayed in the band throughout the Fall's lifespan. They made over 30 albums and toured regularly but by your logic the Fall broke up after the first album

That's kind of the thing with The Fall though. The Fall are Mark E Smith and whoever he is playing with. Just like The Divine Comedy are Neil Hannon and whoever he is playing with.

[dreams_burn_down]

29 minutes ago, DeanoL said:

That's kind of the thing with The Fall though. The Fall are Mark E Smith and whoever he is playing with. Just like The Divine Comedy are Neil Hannon and whoever he is playing with.

"If it's me and your nan on bongos, it's The Fall", or something to that effect.... RIP MES

[Neil]

9 minutes ago, dreams_burn_down said:

"If it's me and your nan on bongos, it's The Fall", or something to that effect.... RIP MES

That's got me thinking, I've got no idea if my nan knew what bongos were. She passed away about fourty years ago, was born in 1905. Why and how would she have encountered bongos? 

Edited January 30, 2023 by Neil

[HalfAnIdiot]

22 minutes ago, Neil said:

That's got me thinking, I've got no idea if my nan knew what bongos were. She passed away about fourty years ago, was born in 1905. Why and how would she have encountered bongos? 

Try to ignore the terrible cultural appropriation 🙄

[Neil]

24 minutes ago, HalfAnIdiot said:

Try to ignore the terrible cultural appropriation 🙄

possibly, but there wasn't saturation media back then.

[SweetJesus]

Any news about tour announcement? It’s almost February and still nothing…

[Johnnyseven]

5 hours ago, DeanoL said:

That's kind of the thing with The Fall though. The Fall are Mark E Smith and whoever he is playing with. Just like The Divine Comedy are Neil Hannon and whoever he is playing with.

Was it always that way though or did they originally start out as a band of equal members and but became their band as the original members left?

[Florian Saucer Attack]

4 minutes ago, Johnnyseven said:

Was it always that way though or did they originally start out as a band of equal members and but became their band as the original members left?

By the second album though all but 2 of the original members were left; Smith and Marc Riley

and Riley was gone 3 years later

[Hugh Jass II]

BST selling very nicely, GA all gone and only primary entry and gold circle left.

Not sure they’ll be giving many tickets away…

 

Edited February 8, 2023 by Hugh Jass II

[Florian Saucer Attack]

43 minutes ago, Hugh Jass II said:

BST selling very nicely, GA all gone and only primary entry and gold circle left.

Not sure they’ll be giving many tickets away…

 

A glastonbury announcement will probably shift a lot of those remaining tickets 

[Hugh Jass II]

5 minutes ago, Florian Saucer Attack said:

A glastonbury announcement will probably shift a lot of those remaining tickets 

Axl and Slash will be handing them out at Hyde Park Corner on the day to passers by.

Neil said it would happen.

[NorthernSoul52]

Wonder who they'll get on the bill at BST with them in depth - and if any will be down the farm too.