GNR Filler songs

[jarmo]

Filler?

What the fuck?


Obviously not all songs can be your favorites, but labelling songs filler is like saying "yeh, they didn't have any good songs so they filled the album with these".

But I bet the band themself worked really hard on every song they recorded for the AFD, Lies and UYI albums. Maybe they were a bit more relaxed about recording the covers because it was done for fun.

Note: Before anyone accuses me of not being a real fan, these are not necessarily bad songs, just lacking the little extra to take you off the edge.

Does a band/artist exist, whose every song you like that much?


Filler.... ?



/jarmo

[ThatGuy]

Dust N Bones, Dont Damn Me, and 14 years are fillers??  these happen to be 3 of my top favorites off the illusions albums. 

[Lourenco]

Couldn't agree more... Filler is something that wouldn't be in the final cut of most albums but due to the lack of songs some bands actually put them on their albums and yes... they're just there so that the albums don't have only 2 o 3 songs in some cases (talking about other bands and giving the definition of filler)

Filler?

What the fuck?


Obviously not all songs can be your favorites, but labelling songs filler is like saying "yeh, they didn't have any good songs so they filled the album with these".

But I bet the band themself worked really hard on every song they recorded for the AFD, Lies and UYI albums. Maybe they were a bit more relaxed about recording the covers because it was done for fun.

Note: Before anyone accuses me of not being a real fan, these are not necessarily bad songs, just lacking the little extra to take you off the edge.

Does a band/artist exist, whose every song you like that much?


Filler.... 



/jarmo

[Oh My Choking Soul]

Filler?

What the fuck?


Obviously not all songs can be your favorites, but labelling songs filler is like saying "yeh, they didn't have any good songs so they filled the album with these".

But I bet the band themself worked really hard on every song they recorded for the AFD, Lies and UYI albums. Maybe they were a bit more relaxed about recording the covers because it was done for fun.

Note: Before anyone accuses me of not being a real fan, these are not necessarily bad songs, just lacking the little extra to take you off the edge.

Does a band/artist exist, whose every song you like that much?


Filler.... ?



/jarmo

So... you like "So Fine"??

[hRob]

I used to think that UYI albums were full of fillers, but after years of listening, each and every one song of them became ideal for certain mood, situation...
Right now I absolutely love Breakdown, Estranged, Dead Horse...songs that i thought were boring fillers.

[hRob]

So... you like "So Fine"??

Don't know about Jarmo, but i do like So Fine. Call me whatever you want to.

[Steel_Angel]

favorite finished/unfinished fillers:

think about you
oh my god
silkworms
rhiad and the bedouins
better
irs

[ryan_of_lax]

People definitely don't understand what filler means.

The ONLY song I would completely call "filler" is Don't Cry Alt. Lyrics.
I like those lyrics better, but there was definitely no need of putting two Don't Cry's on the UYI CDs.

People always claim that My World or You Ain't The First are fillers...
I don't think so.
They're just humorous experiments.

[RJ1221]

this thread is a filler

[polluxlm]

Filler?

What the fuck?


Obviously not all songs can be your favorites, but labelling songs filler is like saying "yeh, they didn't have any good songs so they filled the album with these".

No, it's saying that there are songs on the record that don't hold up to the rest. Think About You is a good song, but when you put it in between My Michelle and Sweet Child O Mine it feels a little out of place.

But I bet the band themself worked really hard on every song they recorded for the AFD, Lies and UYI albums. Maybe they were a bit more relaxed about recording the covers because it was done for fun.

They can work as hard and as long as they want for all I care, that doesn't change the fact that a mediocre song will stay a mediocre song, not matter how much you tweek it. ?But off course, as always, there will be exceptions.

Note: Before anyone accuses me of not being a real fan, these are not necessarily bad songs, just lacking the little extra to take you off the edge.

Does a band/artist exist, whose every song you like that much?

The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Commatorium
At The Drive In - In Relationship Of Command
Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
Faith No More - King For A Day
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here
Led Zeppelin IV
Motorpsycho - Timothy's Monster

These are flawless records, but that doesn't mean they're better than AFD and the Illusions. A record doesn't need to be flawless to kick ass.


And let's not forget, your opinion on what qualifies as filler may differ from mine.

[mdttkk]

GNR doesnt have any filler songs, i dont know what you are talking about

[kyrie]

I think 99.9% of us will agree that My World was filler.

Aside from that - Think About You is not filler, even though it's not a favorite of mine or even close.

You're Crazy on Lies might qualify except it was actually the original, so technically the electric would be the filler. Either way it's a good, fun song.

Anything with Duff singing is filler in my book though - So Fine and You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory.

Locamotive is a killer track and NOT filler by any stretch of the imagination.

[no more patience]

i like so fine

[no more patience]

think about you is one of the best songs gnr has dummies

[Mal Brossard]

To me, I rank a filler as a song that I'l skip over 95 times out of 100 when I put the CD on.  Let's see here, starting from the beginning...

AFD: Anything Goes, You're Crazy

Lies: None really.  The first four I think were mostly put on there since they were so limited the first time around, so it was worth it to toss them on with four songs that wouldn't really fit on any other albums.  And hence, Lies was born.

UYI1: You Ain't The First, Back Off Bitch, Bad Apples

UYI2: Get In the Ring, Shotgun Blues, Breakdown was on my filler list until fairly recently, So Fine, My World

TSI: Anything other than New Rose and Hair of the Dog.

New Stuff: Silkworms

[Robman?]

Only GNR cover- My World

Any maybe Anything Goes, You're Crazy, if you think that 'you could be mine' and don't cry' could be one there instead

[Demon Wolf]

Bad Apples is (along with Better, Nightrain and November Rain) the best GNR song of all time. I can't understand why it's shown so little love

That aside, I've never considered a song a filler. If the band think a song is good enough for the album, of course it should be on the album. Then we all may have different opinions about it later.

[Robman?]

That aside, I've never considered a song a filler. If the band think a song is good enough for the album, of course it should be on the album. Then we all may have different opinions about it later.

'My World' is the definition of a filler, the only GNR one really, its just 1:24 of nothingness, kind of pointless. But I must agree, it probably wasn't put on there to be a filler.

[axlrosegnr]

am I the only one that loves the Spagetti Incident?  lol I listen to that all the time.

[Robman?]

am I the only one that loves the Spagetti Incident?? lol I listen to that all the time.

there are some good songs like "Since I Don't Have You" "Down on the Farm" and my favorite TSI track - "Attitude"