BTMN Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 I have some bootleg GNR albums from 1987 and 1988 and even then Slash had decent guitar sounds. That LP copy he has had all these years was a part of his early sound too.
Hamer Bass Head Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 I can't get past "Live and let die".......I know he's done some fine work but ewwww!
BlueRedWhite Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 One of my all time fave covers is their taking on Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil", i actually like more than the original...those riffs and solos are amazing
hamerhead Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 A buddy was working in a studio (I believe it was Prince's) in Minneapolis around 1985. Every so often he'd make the trip back to Madison. One time he handed me a tape and said to let him know what I thought. I listened and was kinda 'meh' about it, gave it to my nephew. Two years later GNR 'burst' onto the scene with that album - Appetite for Destruction. The way I understood it - and always thought it was funny - was that the band had already broken up by then, and had to be reassembled because their 2-year-old record just took off.Axhole Rose always sounded like a cat with it's tail caught in a door. This Myles Kennedy guy can sing. I'm pleasantly surprised.And Nate - I love you man, but lumping Bob Plant in with AR is blasphemy. You should be beaten with every inch of his love.
Submariner85 Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 Have any of you watched the video I posted? Is there no love for Myles?Who's Myles?I saw Slash and Myles live a few years ago. It kicked ass and left my ear ringing for months.
cmatthes Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 Izzy's "Pressure Drop" is a cover of a cover.
Feynman Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 The entire premise of this thread is absurd.
Ting Ho Dung Posted September 22, 2013 Author Posted September 22, 2013 . This Myles Kennedy guy can sing. I'm pleasantly surprised. What I been tryin' to tell you Edit to add this: Watched this. I liked it.
triodecr Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 Have any of you watched the video I posted? Is there no love for Myles? Who's Myles? JFCOAFC!! Just stirrin' the pot a little I tried to Google JFCOAFC but it just came up with this thread. Can I get a translation?
Disturber Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 Wasn't Pressure Drop a cover? Toots & the Maytals. Good stuff indeed. Izzy was great because he took influences from so much more than just rock & metal. That's what makes it something more than the ordinary. Just look at the Stones. Slash is great in a great band like GnR. He was mostly great with Velvet Revolver. Personally I think most of his solo stuff feels like a bad cover band, with Slash as some kind of magic guest. Myles Kennedy might technically be a great singer but his personality is less than zero. It's like when INXS got that JD Fortune guy, just does not feel like a major label artist. I mean, look at that video clip. Those guys just don't feel mean, dangerous and that they live and breath RnRoll. They look like four guys who woke up this morning and got to play with their biggest idol. Slash points the finger, they do what they are told. Probably gets a pay check every month from his magement and gets told to show up on time, or else....
Ting Ho Dung Posted September 25, 2013 Author Posted September 25, 2013 Have any of you watched the video I posted? Is there no love for Myles? Who's Myles? JFCOAFC!! Just stirrin' the pot a little I tried to Google JFCOAFC but it just came up with this thread. Can I get a translation? JFC On A Flat Car. Beats me where that came from.
velorush Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 . This Myles Kennedy guy can sing. I'm pleasantly surprised. What I been tryin' to tell you Edit to add this: Watched this. I liked it. Hey! [couple of minutes in] I just enjoyed listening to Slash! I don't know that that has happened before! The fall of 1987 I started nerd school and, while I had a private room, it was joined by a bathroom to a room shared by a couple of Pike (πKA) pledges who were hell-bent on seeing just how far hedonism could be taken - "Appetite for Destruction" was chosen as their soundtrack. AFD was constantly played wide open ad infinitum, with the only thing louder being the rhythmic slapping sounds and his girlfriend's synchronized, "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny," emanating from the shower (try to work through the Transportation Algorithm with that going on!). To me, Axl's voice always sounded like a cat caught in a meat grinder (not that I've ever actually placed a cat in a meat grinder, mind you). I've never really listened to Slash because he always seemed to be tied to singers for which I didn't care. Thanks for posting this. I'll continue to listen. ETA: an hour and a half in (exactly): Sweet Child of Mine! I am actually enjoying this! This may be the first time I've [voluntarily] listened to the whole song. Any chance this Myles Kennedy could re-track the whole album? He really seems (to me) to breath a life into these songs that they just never had.
carfish7 Posted October 10, 2013 Posted October 10, 2013 Needed an Ace Smoker or rocket-launching Lester for that one......
gorch Posted October 10, 2013 Posted October 10, 2013 I don't see how you can judge a person by merely hearing some tunes, but hey - I guess I'd be judging myself for saying so........ Because I can. I'm pretty good at it. You can look at a person's posture. Their demeanour. How they sit. How they interact with others and interviewers. I usually give someone 30 seconds face to face. That's all I need to decide if they are honest and humble. or IF.I can follow this statement.
gorch Posted October 10, 2013 Posted October 10, 2013 Slash is an excellent player. I had seen at Rock am Ring festival a couple of years ago and could compare him to 90 other bands/guitarists. He'd beat them all. Slash can play rhythm and melody and in between. Just perfect.It doesn't need to be a fast shredder or an extrodinaire like Vai. Very solid rock that is it.
polara Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 +1. I kinda thought GnR was an Aerosmith tribute band when they got big, except I couldn't stand Axl's thin, nasal, caterwauling falsetto whine. Like Ethel Merman in a helium tank. Dug Slash's playing right away. He has a great sense of phrasing and melody, musicality.
coolfeel Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 Even though I am not at all into Slash, I always chuckle when I see the title of this thread pop up... I cant imagine anyone seriously thinking he doesn't have much talent...lol
Disturber Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 Yeah, that makes it official. Swedes do have bigger balls, (and in this specific case also better tone). Delivered with what we call "Lite djävlar annama": :D
zorrow Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 Yeah, that makes it official. Swedes do have bigger balls, (and in this specific case also better tone). Delivered with what we call "Lite djävlar annama": :D Yeah, on that one Slash plays like an amateur while Malmsteen kicks some serious arse -though his version was 30 seconds too long; if Yngwie had felt the reaction of the audience, he would have stopped at the right moment and would have been an even better take.
Ting Ho Dung Posted October 11, 2013 Author Posted October 11, 2013 Yeah, that makes it official. Swedes do have bigger balls, (and in this specific case also better tone). Delivered with what we call "Lite djävlar annama": :D Slash was sharp on his first bend and flat on his second. That other dude sounded full and entertaining and was spot on.
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