Better is a Robin song.

[tHeElEcTrIcSiNtAr]

didnt anyone see who played on the shows?

On Friday night at least, it was Robin all the way across Better.

I was there Sunday, and Bumblefoot played all the shredding solos. Robin played the intro and his solo after the wicked heavy part, obviously along with the riffs throughout the song.

P.S. Axl obviously wrote the lyrics, you dont have to worry about that. He said in 2002 that he did write most if not all the lyrics. But this is defiantly an Axl song for lyrics. As are the rest.

[russtcb]

didnt anyone see who played on the shows?

On Friday night at least, it was Robin all the way across Better.

I was there Sunday, and Bumblefoot played all the shredding solos. Robin played the intro and his solo after the wicked heavy part, obviously along with the riffs throughout the song.

P.S. Axl obviously wrote the lyrics, you dont have to worry about that. He said in 2002 that he did write most if not all the lyrics. But this is defiantly an Axl song for lyrics. As are the rest.

WOW. That's strange! I wonder why they would change who plays what from night to night. BBF looked really nervous on Friday night though so maybe thats why they had Robin play all the solos in Better that night.

[Saul]

So that wasnt robin on the recording shredding?!!  I'm shocked.

[russtcb]

So that wasnt robin on the recording shredding?!!? I'm shocked.

The way Axl said it on Friday night really seemed to me that he was trying to say that it WAS Robin on the demo. But who knows for sure 

[Chief]

to me it meant that he wrote the music to the song , kind of as a shot back to the people who are bashing him.

[bazgnr]

yeah , i feel bad now cause i realize robin is obviously the guy playing the sweep appregios and the robotic spider parts. damn , shred it up r 0bin!!?

I don?t think so

The shredding parts sound like Buckethead to me.. The slow final solo is definately Robin though

I always thought that too, until Axl corrected all of us on Friday night.

Personally, I think it was Robin who corrected us on Friday night...?

And knowing that he wrote the song makes it GnR again, rather than Axl + his band, you know?  From there on out, I was officially converted.  Slash who?

[prolog]

not having heard or seen the recent New york shows, i think what Axl meant was that Robin wrote the song. the solo's we heard from the leaks is up in the air as to who did what... but it was a strong indication that when we first heard it that Buckethead did the fast and robotic parts bec. that's his style. especially with the "killswitch" effect.

but hats off to robin for composing a killer song 

[russtcb]

yeah , i feel bad now cause i realize robin is obviously the guy playing the sweep appregios and the robotic spider parts. damn , shred it up r 0bin!! 

I don?t think so

The shredding parts sound like Buckethead to me.. The slow final solo is definately Robin though

I always thought that too, until Axl corrected all of us on Friday night.

Personally, I think it was Robin who corrected us on Friday night... 

And knowing that he wrote the song makes it GnR again, rather than Axl + his band, you know?  From there on out, I was officially converted.  Slash who?

GREAT POINT! I never even thought about that side of it. Not just the solo work but the overall groove of the tune. It sounds exactly what GNR should sound like in 2006 and it came from one of the "new" guys.