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Do you like Riyadh Yes or No

Mods dont move this thread so we can end this debate for good.

Yes

y

yes

Yes  : ok:

Not really, but i do want to hear the studio version  :yes:

NO!!





(but is has potential)

Yea

YES ?:yes:

at first, no... but after giving it a few listens.. mind has tottaly changed : ok: and i bet its a hell of a lot better nowadays. cant wait to hear it!

i fucking love it  :)

I can't really have an ultimate answer for that. The song is cool in a neo-Led Zeppelin way yet it doesn't sound amazing enough for me to listen to it over and over again.

To me it's a bit above 'aight' (I guess this is a yay).

A studio version would be interesting to hear though.

Yay!

(sorry james!)

9-2 so far.  ;D

I dont think we need an update on the vote tally when the voting has just begun, and its still on the first page. If the total was 2-9 you wouldn't have bothered giving an update. : ok:

It's okay judging from the shitty bootlegs we have of it. A studio version will probly sound awesome.

A studio version will probly sound  Better , now sounds like a unfinesh song  so NO.

we just need a vote at the top of every page

i thought it had potential, but i'd have to say its my least favourite of the new bands songs, oh wait i forgot about silk worms, thats my least fav

I cant wait to see how you interpret some of these votes. Some of them are pregnant chads. :rofl: Some of them aren't giving a clear answer. You should ask Jarmo or a mod about doing a real poll and letting it be in the GNR section for at least a few days. I would really like to know what all the active members think of the song, instead of just a small sampling like that last poll we did last year.

I like it.

(the debate has moved on now days though and is more about whether it should/will be on CD)

I vote yes, but I see what James is saying. I think its a diamond in the rough.

Yes, it's awesome!

I fucking lvoe the tune, and really want to her it on CD, and played again.

So thats a yes!

So far its
13 yes
4 no
1 so so

I do like the song, so it's a yes for me. However, I still haven't heard a particularly great version of the track yet, cleaned up Vegas is the best out there, right?

It sounds like there's a lot going on instrumentally, but it's too muffled to really hear it. That's why we all want to hear the studio version, since we haven't heard the song anywhere near properly yet.

The most Zeppelin-esque of the tracks so far. I don't think this song will make Chinese Democracy, although of course I can't say for sure. It's just not as good as the other new songs we've only heard live (exception Silkworms).

It's ok, but not the type of quality one would expect for an album that has this type of time and money pumped into it. They can do better.

NO!  It's garbage!  The song has it's work cut out for itself.

Jack doesn't count, the fucker likes Silkworms. :hihi:

No it sucks......  i dont like it very much at all

Bitch Silkworms is the shiet!

Haha.

Also.. I don't think Vegas is the best version.. i have this version.. and it starts off with this weird announcer voice.. I dont know. Way better solo than Vegas and the vocals are about the same

yes um

The file I have of "Rhiad" is rather poor quality. I guess it's the live Vegas version or whatever (starts out, "this is uh . . . a really interesting noise" . . . which I believe sums up my opinion of the actual song). I'm interested to see how a studio version of the song would sound, though. But as of right now, I'm not a very big fan of the song. I have a feeling, if it turns up on the CD, it will be my new least favorite GNR song (unless it's had a lot of changes through the years).

Oh, and btw, I heard "Silkworms" for the first time the other day. It was nowhere near as bad as everybody makes it out to be. I'd much rather listen to it than "Rhiad." I think, musically, "Silkworms" is a very interesting song. The lyrics are a bit juvenile, but juvenile lyrics can be fun. I think people would actually like a studio version of that song. Whereas "Silkworms" is a quite a listenable track, "Rhiad" usually gets on my nerves so much that I can't even finish listening to the song.

So, uh . . . I vote "nay."

i like the song. at some point it was my fav out of the 5 new songs played live (before the leaks surfaced). i really would like to hear a studio version of it

yay

17 yes
7 no
2 so so/ok

It's in the middle of the new songs. Worse than TWAT, Better and Madagascar of course, but better than OMG and Silkworms.

I categorize the so so's as a no. :hihi:

Of course you would and even if they were you will still be wrong since you always said no one liked riyadh.
And the so so are really a yes since they dont hate the song. They can re do their vote to Yes or No if they want. Your claim is still totally wrong judging by the voting.? Right now its about 70% that people like riyadh. You are always so vocal that everyone hates riyadh, you should really learn that your name is not everyone.

Ever since I heard it back in 2001, it's been one of my favorite new GN'R songs. The studio version will be a monster, judging by the aggressive riffs and vocals.

yes

Dont be so fucking condascending. ?Did I ever say my name is "everyone"? I doubt if I ever said no one liked Riyadh. Of course some people are going to like it. Hell, a certain amount of people think anything they do is good, and would even claim a fake as being one of the best GNR songs ever. That last poll we did was inconclusive. There was very mild interest, ?and of course most of the people that were willing to click on the thread were more likely to say yes. Plus, that poll got moved to dead horse pretty quick.

I dont think a real accurate poll can be done until the album is out and Riyadh is on it. Then, everyone will be giving a Cd review, and then we can see ALL the members opinions of the song. There is very little interest in this "poll", just like the last one, and that has something to do with no interest in this song.

if Rhiad is a 'big gun', CD is going to be a very average affair  :-\

no

Definately yes.

I like it. I really have high hopes for an album version, if it ever comes.

yay  : ok:

Nope, it's filler at best.

Yay

Gee thanks move this to dead horse so james can cry there were not enough votes? ::)

28 yes
8 no
3 so so

39 votes isn't a true poll. More like a "straw poll". :rofl: Dont worry dave. Like I said, when the album comes out we will get everyone's opinion on the song. Unless the disinterest in Riyadh is so high that people skip it in their album reviews. :hihi:

By the way, add one more to the no column. Godiva just mentioned she didn't like the song in your other Riyadh thread.

the last time I listened to it I thought it was one of the worst GnR songs.....so i would say NO

if it makes it to the album I will give it a listen and see if it's changed

You said MOST PEOPLE dont like riyadh and you are wrong. Most people like it, and you have been proven wrong once againn. ?And you claim there is very little intrest in the poll yet it has about 40 votes, yeah that is very little people ?::)

And yeah keep ?back tracking, only the ?people who vote yes will click on the thread. How many times do you have to be proven wrong to stop claiming no one likes this song?

Oh James, you bad boy! I said I will hold my tongue on that one till I hear a proper studio version :yes:

It's true though, so far the song had very little effect on me. But I will give it another chance if I hear it played live during this tour or if it happens to be on CD (and that one happens to come out in fall as Axl said).

How am I wrong? How is 30 people "most people"?  By the way, add one more to the no column. Dave, its only logical that people who like the song are more likely to click on the thread. It would be like that even if it were a different song. If this forum had a poll section that alot of members used, then maybe we could get some accurate poll results. When this tour started, there were only a few people who were hoping the song would be played. I still see no demand for it. If it was "most people", the crowd would be screaming for Riyadh at every show. Theyre not.


dave, are you also getting a sense of Deja Vu? :rofl:

Deja vu that that most people vote yes in the poll? Why yes I am. Its too bad? you just cant admit that a lot of people like the song, its ok tho its you always proven wrong, so just keep digging that grave. You should really give it up, because you are wrong once again.

Dave, I never said every single person on the earth hates the song. Obviously, a few like it. Hell, with a major overhaul, I would like it too. I think the interest in the poll is just too small for either one of us to really be proven wrong. I'm glad you aren't involved in counting real votes. You'd announce the winner of the presidency after 40 votes were counted. :rofl:

You take this way too seriously. That comment I made in your other riyadh thread that led to this poll was meant as a joke. I figured you would comment on the other things I said in that post, but instead you acted like the joke I made before my more serious comments was an insult. I was just remembering those old Riyadh debates we had. :beer:

Based off that logic we could say that all the new songs are disliked by the majority of people because nobody chants for any of them.

I like it, but I think it's probably gone through changes and if it is on hte CD, it'll be great with some good changes.

let's get this poll on the main page and see what happens!

not sure if i like it or not to be honest. some parts yeah but it seemed to me a bit incomplete. i would be interested in hearing the song in the upcoming concerts at some point or on cd and i will reserve judgment until then.

From what i've heard of it so far I'd have to say, yes.

Although it's my least favorite out of all the leaks :P

It was there but got moved off and now is going to get buried.  ::)

God no - its exceptionally bad. But Silkworms is even worse.

Of all the newies, well...

Madagascar - Bad, just bad. All those samples and shit, whats the point.
IRS - Pretty ok
CITR - Be good if it wasnt GNR. (which technically, of course, it isnt). Elton is that you?
TWAT - Great (see I'm not all biased)
Better - Average at best.
Riyadh - Horrendously bad
Silkworms - Appallingly bad
Chinese Democracy - Bad - especially the opening 'riff'. Kurt Cobain we hardly knew thee.
The Blues - See Catcher in the Rye.
Oh my God - Bad.

Judging from those results, I wonder why I still get excited about this alleged album.

Maybe I should give up with 'Guns' - after Hammersmith I walked away with the feeling I had been cheated immensely.

As for new songs being played at gigs - all I can say is there was a lot of people going to the bar/toilet when any newies were played at Hammersmith. And the general consensus around me was 'What the fuck is this shit'. Sad but true people.

I think he meant on the front page where Jarmo always has a poll. I doubt that ever happens. Its usually something current on the poll.

OHHH good point

That is what people were saying when Nov Rain was first played live before UYI came  out, but we all know how that turned out. No one for any band is into new songs before the album is released because they dont know the new songs.

Riyadh and the Beduains will porobably be most remembered for being the most difficult GnR song to spell. To be fair, all the bootlegs so far have been very poor so its hard to judge but I don't like the vocals, apart the Immigrant Songesque screaming. So its a no from me. Down there with Silkworms and Oh My God.

No.  It's fragments of thoughts put together as a whole that only succeeds in having the feeling of an unfinished idea being rushed and brought to the band for the sake of having something new to play live.  That's not to say it could not become a great song...it just isn't as it is. 

Musically, it's killer - Lots of great ideas and cool sounding parts in there, especially the "swirling" intro.

Lyrically, however, it needs a lot of work - The words and the structure of the lyrics don't fit the music.

The song has a ton of potential though, so we'll see how it turns out if it shows up on any of the new albums.