RIR3 vs. RIR5

[Mandy.]

Ohh! lol
Ok. Thanks 

[kockstar999]

it was the same show... same songs.. almost the same order... same open with WTTJ.. Close with PC... blues, NR... same show.. same shit.. nothing new or different...

[Drew]

For me, RIR5 was much better. Paradise City was the best performance of the night. What a performace that was!!! You Could Be Mine was great too. The only thing is that Chinese Democracy and Madagascar weren't played and there's too many solos for my liking.   But overall RIR5 was fantastic!!!!

[Mandy.]

For me, RIR5 was much better. Paradise City was the best performance of the night. What a performace that was!!! You Could Be Mine was great too. The only thing is that Chinese Democracy and Madagascar weren't played and there's too many solos for my liking. ? But overall RIR5 was fantastic!!!!

Oh, was it?
Glad to know 

Didn't pay much attention to Paradise City, I was too busy whining because they didn't play TWAT and Chinese Democracy.

[Bostonrose]

Slash at 19 years old was a better player than Robin.? That's FACT.? We need Richard to take the lead.

yeah, but the hardcore "17" year old fans ?would take Finck over slash anyday..

you are negative, ?this band will TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM, GNR ARE BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER...

I wrote that in all caps to prove I was really pumped up ?

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

people are getting so critical

and they tend to forget that a show is NOT only about the technical quality, the sound, the way axl sounded ... it's a package
the stage, the lights, the outfits, the "fact that they played"
it's the patience
the wait
the fact that people all over the world were online watchin it
the fact that we were waiting, and it was exciting

people need to stop complaining like bitches.
enjoy.

[Drew]

For me, RIR5 was much better. Paradise City was the best performance of the night. What a performace that was!!! You Could Be Mine was great too. The only thing is that Chinese Democracy and Madagascar weren't played and there's too many solos for my liking.   But overall RIR5 was fantastic!!!!

Oh, was it?
Glad to know 

Didn't pay much attention to Paradise City, I was too busy whining because they didn't play TWAT and Chinese Democracy.

Oh yeah, Paradise City was really good.

[CheapJon]

it's so easy, easy haha

RIR5

[shaun]

Dude the crowd was standing around during night train....

It was a festival. It was 2am. These people have been awake on their feet for probably nearly 20 hours. And you want them to start mosh pits...? Gimme a break.

I sleept outside the RIR3 2 days
I heard the REM, Foo Fighters from outside...
9:00 am we already in line... we got in inside around 1:00 pm ... since then I think I just "relax" on the ground for 45 minutes till the end of the show... (they started to play in 1:00 am from the next day If I?m not wrong)... and I did jump and scream the whole show ... 

now that's being a fan!

 

but the GNR at RIR5 was FANTASTIC, a KICK IN THE NUTS TO ALL THE HATERS!! Someone starts to upload some videos from the show and let?s spread to all the people see how much Axl and GNR are huge!

I want to see video evidence of this killer version of Nightrain. Want to compare it to the version played at RIR3 when Buckethead did some amazing stuff on the track and brought some respect to himself from the fans.

Maybe Nightrain just so happens to be one of the few old GnR tracks that lends it'self to the art of shredding 

[bumblerocks]

Dude the crowd was standing around during night train....

It was a festival. It was 2am. These people have been awake on their feet for probably nearly 20 hours. And you want them to start mosh pits...? Gimme a break.

I sleept outside the RIR3 2 days
I heard the REM, Foo Fighters from outside...
9:00 am we already in line... we got in inside around 1:00 pm ... since then I think I just "relax" on the ground for 45 minutes till the end of the show... (they started to play in 1:00 am from the next day If I?m not wrong)... and I did jump and scream the whole show ...?

now that's being a fan!

 

but the GNR at RIR5 was FANTASTIC, a KICK IN THE NUTS TO ALL THE HATERS!! Someone starts to upload some videos from the show and let?s spread to all the people see how much Axl and GNR are huge!

I want to see video evidence of this killer version of Nightrain. Want to compare it to the version played at RIR3 when Buckethead did some amazing stuff on the track and brought some respect to himself from the fans.

Maybe Nightrain just so happens to be one of the few old GnR tracks that lends it'self to the art of shredding?

yeah upload the video to youtube, i wanna show it to my family! i saw the show on live stream last night though, and trust me, as hard as it may be to believe, this new version of nightrain with bumblefoot actually surpasses what buckethead did at rio!

[shaun]

Here's RIR3 Night Train (for all those that missed it):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHcLJ2A1QHM&search=guns%20roses%20night%20train
check out Buckethead's efforts 

[Ines_rocks!]

there?s only one thing on which RiR3 was better than RiR5.....   


.... Axl?s hair.

[Mandy.]

Here's RIR3 Night Train (for all those that missed it):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHcLJ2A1QHM&search=guns%20roses%20night%20train
check out Buckethead's efforts?

Watch Brain. He was a big nobody back then.

Now he's all skilled and everything.

[bumblerocks]

Here's RIR3 Night Train (for all those that missed it):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHcLJ2A1QHM&search=guns%20roses%20night%20train
check out Buckethead's efforts?

Watch Brain. He was a big nobody back then.

Now he's all skilled and everything.

lmfao, brain's been one of the best drummers around for years, get a clue...

[Mandy.]

Maybe, but he wasn't really good in RIR 3.
He was awful during You Could Be Mine. Yesterday You Could Be Mine blew me away.

Perhaps they should've rehearsed more for RIR 3.

[Jude]

RIR5, TOTALLY!

[monkeychow]

Pretty sad when you think after 5 years all we have to show for the time is the few new ones we have. I really hope CD is on the horizon, because this was the absolute last time they can play this type of festival and just rehash what's already been done to this extent.

I agreed with this for a second when i read it but then I thought like hell - if i could write 2-3 songs that were as cool as the new songs in 5 years - i'd be happy with myself!! LOL maybe i just hate my own creative works too much LOL.

I agree the wait is tough for us fans - but i'm glad the new stuff has been good. I'd rather wait 10 years for the best stuff than get a crappy album that wasn't ready or had weak songs. And all the more so given the lineup change and everything.

Anyway - I too hope CD will come soon - but I disagree that GNR *have* to release it or be unable to tour. I think its just the perception would change. You know - like if they release CD then do tours then do another album then their like an active modern band. If they just tour the old stuff endlessly then i think they'd move onto being seen as more of a classic rock act. I'm not sure but i'd say bands like Ac/Dc and Rolling Stones are capiable of touring without new material - as people expect the show to be filled up with the classics. GNR have so many long songs, and enough well known stuff, that they could easily just resurface every few years - pull off a classic hits fest then vanish. It would be odd given its not the band that performed on those albums, but its possible.

thankfully, I dont think axl has the intention of doing that, from what i've gahered of his artistic nature from interviews, it would seem he is all about the new works, and about keeping things "real" and "authentic" for want of a better term. Like i can't see him wanting to turn GNR into that.

From what i've seen it looks like RIR5 is cool - but the mix is fucked. We need the RIR3 quality mix on the RIR5 show! LOL

[tHeElEcTrIcSiNtAr]

Rio '06 was way better than Rio '01.

[monkeychow]

Maybe Nightrain just so happens to be one of the few old GnR tracks that lends it'self to the art of shredding 

I think thats true, i'm told the outro is very modal - and shredding is all about the modes right? or not. Theory aint my thing.

[guscouto]

Let me see ...

Rock in Rio 3 was one of the most important Guns N' Roses shows. It was the return of GN'R !! There were 200.000 in the crowd, including myself! It was incredible ...

Rock in Rio 5... the band sounds better ... Axl sounds better ... we have new songs ... but no "new old" songs ... it was a great show, but the set was too short... No Madagascar, TWAT, Chinese Democracy, My Michelle, or Think About You ?? Come on!! One of them please!! And at the begginig i thought i was at a Rick Wakeman show ... i could only hear the keybords !! Ok, RIR3 had a bad sound, but at least i could hear the solos ...

My final opinion: Rio 3 ... but this one was really great too ...