SuckerTrain Blues IS the new ITso Easy !

[audjon]

Maybe Suckertrain blues is the new Shotgun blues, similar tempo, simple riffs and primitive lyrics.  

Sucker Train Blues is my #1 track on the album!  

I think it is song #1 on every copy.  

[Mr Cowbell ?]

Sucker Train Blues has a great pump up vibe about it. Its the kind of song that can get you pumped up for an album or a concert. I would say it reminds me a little of the vibe of WTTJ.

[duga]

The 2nd singe: Well, it seems like it will be FTP.
3: A rocker: STB/Do it for the kids/Big machine/Illegal I/Spectacle/Headspace/Dirty little thing
4: YGNR or Loving the alien, I would prefer Loving the alien.

No new single: Slither (already released), Set me free (old and a bit boring) and Superhuman (the weakest song on the record).

 

[matt88]

Honestly people. What the fuck do you see in this song.

The hype over it before Contraband came out was big.

Now i can hear the song for myself i find it a useless song with no direction and shit guitars.

My opinon of course, but fuck if your gonna talk about the songs at least talk about worthwhile ones.

Like Big Machine, You Got No Right or Supehuman.

[tomass74]

I wish they wouldn't release FTP next.  Not that I don't like the song or don't think it would be successful.  I just think they would be opening themselves for criticism for it being too GNR or 80s power ballad like.  I think LTA would be different kind of ballad to set them apart as a new band.  Although it may be a little too weird for mainstream audiences.  As for rockers, I think Headspace would be the best choice.

I totally agree with you!! I made a post about it and a poll over at the real VR board. Go vote!!! lol

http://www.velvetrevolverforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4748

[darkmonth]

Honestly people. What the fuck do you see in this song.

The hype over it before Contraband came out was big.

Now i can hear the song for myself i find it a useless song with no direction and shit guitars.

My opinon of course, but fuck if your gonna talk about the songs at least talk about worthwhile ones.

Like Big Machine, You Got No Right or Supehuman.

SHIT GUITARS?!??!  DICK.

[Vegar]

Sucker Train Blues is my #1 track on the album!  

I think it is song #1 on every copy.  

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I like STB very much, but "Its so easy" is a killer song, and I think its a bit better than STB!

I have only heard it on Vh1, but today I bought contraband!!
Can't wait to get home and hear it!  
 

[metallex78]

Honestly people. What the fuck do you see in this song.

The hype over it before Contraband came out was big.

Now i can hear the song for myself i find it a useless song with no direction and shit guitars.

My opinon of course, but fuck if your gonna talk about the songs at least talk about worthwhile ones.

Like Big Machine, You Got No Right or Supehuman.

It all comes down to personal taste I guess, but shit guitars?
Are you listening to the same song as ther rest of us?

The one I hear has one of the coolset Slash riff's I've heard since his Guns days.
It sounds like it could've fit nicely on either of the UYI albums too.

Scott's vocals in the verses annoyed me at first, but the chorus more than makes up for it, and then there's Slash's killer solo...  Slash plus whammy bar = match made in heaven

[blues_rock_axeman]

It's So Easy had balls, thick tone, neat, purposeful solos, sleaze, groove, swing like you wouldn't believe, aggression, attitude, rebellion and intelligent witty lyrics.

Suckertrain Blues has absolutely none of these.

Any comparisons between AFD GN'R and Contraband VR, particularly musically, are pointless: different bands, different time and influences, very different people.

[metallex78]

It's So Easy had balls, thick tone, neat, purposeful solos, sleaze, groove, swing like you wouldn't believe, aggression, attitude, rebellion and intelligent witty lyrics.

Suckertrain Blues has absolutely none of these.

Any comparisons between AFD GN'R and Contraband VR, particularly musically, are pointless: different bands, different time and influences, very different people.

Again, all down to personal taste.

I think the song f**kin rocks bigtime

[thegoat77]

Don't think Sucker Train Blues sounds like Its So Easy. Easy had a looser vibe to it, prob down to Izzy while STB is a full on rocker.

I wish people would stop comparing the new stuff to the old GnR stuff, AFD was 17 years ago, and there is different personnel on board, Scott, Matt and Dave instead of Axl, Adler and Izzy.

I gotta say STB is my favourite song on the album, I cant get enough of it! the solo is awesome as is the vocals, you gotta love Scotts howling/screaming during the song, reminds me of someone.

Think Loving The Alien is my fav slower tune though, awesome song.

[Will]

No song off Contraband comes close to anything off AFD....

I agree.

I don't think STB is the new ISE either. It's not a bad song but it's not my favorite on the album.

[starchild_666]

from concert bootlegs it seems that It's So Easy have more energy than Suckertrain Blues...
speakin' of Suckertrain as 3rd single... I think there are a lot better tracks on Contraband like Headspace, Do It For Kids, Illegal I, LTA, YGNR...

[Doc Emmett Brown]

Scott's vocals in the verses annoyed me at first, but the chorus more than makes up for it, and then there's Slash's killer solo...  Slash plus whammy bar = match made in heaven

Hey that was my problem in the beginning too.  I couldnt get used to Scott.

But after listening to the ballads over and over again, I am more comfortable with his voice.

Now the rockers are standing out to me.   And you have to play them loud.  

[tomass74]

Suckertrain Blues definately kicks ass!!! But it is no It's SO Easy. As for next singles.. Against my wishes they are releasing Falling To Pieces. I think they should do Loving The Alien or YGNR as a ballad. Others Headspace, Superhuman, Ilegal I, maybe Sucker.

The song is still kicking ass and struck me hard today while I was blasting it. Still no "It's So Easy".  But it is getting close..

[younggunner]

If you were to compare any songs off Contraband to gnr it would be to the illusions. And even that is a stretch.

AFD is in its own universe. To cpmare VR/contraband to that is unfair and stupid. Nothing comes close to AFD.

But if you really wanna compare CB to gnr stuff you would go to the Illusions. You can compare the rockers to the fillers on the illusions such as SB, RNDTH,etc....

[metallex78]

If you were to compare any songs off Contraband to gnr it would be to the illusions. And even that is a stretch.

AFD is in its own universe. To cpmare VR/contraband to that is unfair and stupid. Nothing comes close to AFD.

But if you really wanna compare CB to gnr stuff you would go to the Illusions. You can compare the rockers to the fillers on the illusions such as SB, RNDTH,etc....

Just goes to show you the wide variety of opinions and tastes of the people on this board. I don't think there are any fillers on UYI, apart from maybe My World. Each song is just a different flavour and style of GN'R's wide musical spectrum.

That's one of the reasons I'm still following GN'R - because I love nearly every song that they've released, not because of just 1 or 2 good songs.

[Top-Hatted One]

the weakest song on Contraband is Set Me Free and the weakest on AFD is Anything Goes. I like Set Me Free better

[noizzynofuture]

It's the next IT's so Easy for the deaf.  

weak song with a little energy - good as well nothing GNR it wouldn't make any of the albums.

you people are getting desperate next contraband will be on par with the "white album"

In regards to contraband, it's the only time i've ever agreed with davegnfnr, probably the last time too, it's not worth much and a poor effort.

[metallex78]

It's the next IT's so Easy for the deaf.  

weak song with a little energy - good as well nothing GNR it wouldn't make any of the albums.

you people are getting desperate next contraband will be on par with the "white album"

In regards to contraband, it's the only time i've ever agreed with davegnfnr, probably the last time too, it's not worth much and a poor effort.

I don't see any posts here claiming Contraband of such greatness (apart from Sucker comparisons to It's So easy), but I don't agree with your opinion of Contraband at all.
I think it's a very strong effort for a debut album.