Ah, poor Slash and Duff being contractually obligated to play shit from The Chinese Democracy that no one gives a shit about.
All the crowd wondering what the fuck this is, because no one's listened to any new #GunsNRoses since The Spaghetti Incident came out in 1993.
Might have spoken a bit soon.
The sound guy has Axl mixed quite low in the mix for this.
The rest of the band are doing excellent work though.
It took me a *loong* time to realise this song was about heroin.
It's called Mr Brownstone ffs.
I wasn't going to watch GnR tonight, I was going to let the fond memories live on in my head.
But you know what, I'm enjoying them.
I was a *HUGE* fan of them in the day. They were the first band I truly loved. I listened to them every. single. day for a good two years.
But Axl was always just a bit of a cunt.
Then Slash and Duff left and as far as I was concerned GnR was dead.
Some of the lyrics haven't aged, but man, the music is still great.
If you're enjoying GnR, and weren't aware; they re-released Use Your Illusions I & II a while back in glorious remasters, and they're *really* well done.
They haven't done anything to Axl's vocals though, so they still sound good.
.@Troggie has just pointed out that the coverage of GnR is essentially just Slash cranking out incredible solos, with Axl mixed low enough that he doesn't really bother the sound.
Oh fuck me, they're digging in to The Spaghetti Incident, which pleases me enormously, because I really *really* loved that record.
With hindsight, TSI was blatantly a contractual obligation record, but I was 13 when it came out, and it introduced me to a whole world of punk I had no idea about.
Their cover of Ain't It Fun is bleak and wonderful.
Oh. New GnR.
This song was released two years ago, but features the kind of lyrics I would have enjoyed as a teenage boy 30 years ago.
To be clear, those lyrics are Not Great.
Fuck yeah! Slash going full on guitar hero with a double neck guitar.
Also, Civil War is a fucking great track. The lyrics are somewhat on the nose, but it carries a message worth repeating.
It's no legs guitar, as used by KG from Tenacious D, mind.
Does anyone want to mention to them that the war in Ukraine isn't actually a civil war though. That's literally kinda the point. Ukraine isn't Russia.
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