This subject won't go away (so I'll be part of the problem)

[Neemo]

I'd say that CD, Maddy, Blues, IRS, TWAT, Better and Rhiad will be on CD based on the set list sheet we've seen...assuming it is legit...by the same token...I think that CITR will not be on it cuz they have pretty much ignored the song on the tour thus far and it wasn't on that same setlist

and I'm going with the 13 tracks that Axl said in January....so IMO we've heard 7 of 13 tracks

also General and Prostitute i think will be there, not sure of the other 4 song titles.  There are many titles floating around could be any of them...could be something we've never heard of before

[mikepatton]

discussing what we think will be on the album is pointless....let me see a damn album first....this discussion could have taken place in November of 1996..................All in all I would like to see a 6 or 7 CD box set with EVERYTHING  Axl and all incarnations of GNR have recorded since 1994..............Including the rerecorded version of Appetite that Axl t6old Loder about back in 1999................But I am sure that will never happen so basically hold your breath the stuff leaks like all the other demos/rehearsals from the appetite/illusion era have leaked

[Neemo]

discussing what we think will be on the album is pointless....let me see a damn album first....this discussion could have taken place in November of 1996.................

except in 1996 we hadn't heard 10 'new' songs and been in the midst of a tour

[jimmythegent]

Its a given that CD, the blues, madagascar, TWAT, IRS and Better are going to be on cd.

That's just it Dave.? Why is it "a given" these songs will be on the album?? Again, maybe some of them.? But it doesn't make any sense to me that Axl would have leaked out half the record already....

there was an official press release recently (about a month ago), where those 6 songs were mentioned as having been played, and it stated they were songs from the forthcoming album

Iim pretty sure it referenced those songs specifically and all but said theyd be on there

can someone dig up a link?

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Right, it was from Merck himself.  Good find Jimmy!

[tomass74]

Like I just posted somewhere else... I am sure old Axl planned on putting all songs that he has played live on the album..  But when he finds out the ones that most people think truly suck ass he will conveniently leave them off (Rhiad, Silkworms).  It's kind of comical actually.  Almost as comical as him saying that "Oh My God" was a demo that was stolen from him and put on a soundtrack just because most people hated it..

[heinous]

Like I just posted somewhere else... I am sure old Axl planned on putting all songs that he has played live on the album..? But when he finds out the ones that most people think truly suck ass he will conveniently leave them off (Rhiad, Silkworms).? It's kind of comical actually.? Almost as comical as him saying that "Oh My God" was a demo that was stolen from him and put on a soundtrack just because most people hated it..

Oh horseshit....

With more than 3 album's worth of material, the band has all types of songs to play.? Axl knows what will work for this first record and what won't.? I doubt you really think he was planning on putting "Oh My God" or "Silkworms" on Chinese Democracy.?

You're bitterness about the whole old band/new band thing clouds your judgement.

[tomass74]

Like I just posted somewhere else... I am sure old Axl planned on putting all songs that he has played live on the album..? But when he finds out the ones that most people think truly suck ass he will conveniently leave them off (Rhiad, Silkworms).? It's kind of comical actually.? Almost as comical as him saying that "Oh My God" was a demo that was stolen from him and put on a soundtrack just because most people hated it..

Oh horseshit....

With more than 3 album's worth of material, the band has all types of songs to play.? Axl knows what will work for this first record and what won't.? I doubt you really think he was planning on putting "Oh My God" or "Silkworms" on Chinese Democracy.?

You're bitterness about the whole old band/new band thing clouds your judgement.

I never said he was going to put "OMG" on his album... It was just funny how when it got a bad reaction that it suddenly was stolen from him as a demo and put on the soundtrack liek he had nothing to do with it (I liked the song btw).  And yes, I am sure that he was planning on putting Silkworms and Rhiad on his album.. He wasn't playing them for the hell of it.  The old band has nothing to do with any of this either..

[jameslofton29]

Its a given that CD, the blues, madagascar, TWAT, IRS and Better are going to be on cd.

That's just it Dave.  Why is it "a given" these songs will be on the album?  Again, maybe some of them.  But it doesn't make any sense to me that Axl would have leaked out half the record already....

Its easy. CD is the title track, its on the album. Axl said the fave songs that will appear on the album are the blues, twat and better, thus those are a give to be on the album. In an email I talked to Fortus about the madagascar solo, and he said they are playing it now how its going to be on the album, thus madagascar is on the album.  As for IRS they keep playing it live and will mostly likely be on the album. So there ya go

Damn. I was really hoping Madagascar wouldn't be on the album. With Riyadh being considered for the setlist, that probably means it will be on the album as well. To be honest, I would rather Riyadh make the final cut than Madagascar. Madagascar is just too fucking weak to put on an album of this magnitude.