If the new band is so great, why doesn't their setlist include more songs?? I'm not talking about new songs here?? Look at the 2002 tour, it was AFD + NR, YCBM, 2 covers (LALD + KNHD) and OMG.? Half the songs weren't played by the old band.? Why won't they play songs like Don't Cry, Civil War, Estranged, Coma, etc.? I would rather hear those songs as opposed to Think About You (which was last played in '87), Out Ta Get Me or even Silkworms.
Just a thought...
cuz Axl was trying to get back the rock'n'roll feel of AFD era GnR. not the out of control UYI gnr. And its easy to regather old fans and generate new ones with classic songs that everyone knows. or something like that anyway.
YCBM and KOHD were old school tunes for GnR. in fact in the liner notes for AFD it says "with your bitch-slap rappin' and your cocaine tongue you get nothin' done" I have read that YCBM was supposed to be on AFD but was unfinished at the time of mixing. DC is also an old tune (I have read that it got them thier contract with Geffen) but i'm not sure why it wasn't played. (too many slow tunes already on the setlist is my guess) LALD was impressive, his scream for that tune was awesome in 2002. NR is Axl's masterpiece, I bet he will always play that song when he performs live.
With that being said, I don't know why they didn't play You're Crazy or Anything Goes in 2002. But I bet it stems back to the MTV interview after the 2002 VMA's when Axl said that the new band re-recorded AFD but with Patience and YCBM instead of You're Crazy and Anything Goes. But again I'm just speculating on that.
Silkworms was only played one time. I guess cuz of bad reviews it wasn't ever played live again? dunno the reason for that either.