Setlist wishes / theories / comments for the 2006 tour

[killingvector]

Since it says GnR present Chinese Democracy, i would bet they play most if not all the songs off that album.

[bucketman]

Why is there always someone who puts songs they havent heard? You cant say you want The General or Prostitute on the setlist because A. you haven't heard the song and B. you don't even know if that song still exists. Those were tentative titles from like 5 years ago! When someone puts together this thread of a fantasy lineup, you have to give generalities when you havent heard all the tracks. for instance:
1. Junglie
2. Maddy
3. New Song (rocker)
4. New song (ballad)

[philspectorshotme]

the present chinese democracy line was also used at leeds in 2002. we got three (so far the three best new songs - title track, blues, madagascar) and a greatest hits set.

[mikegiuliana]

no idea what is going to happen, i want wttj, scom, pc ycbm cw maybe nr at least in there..I don't know how much piano can be there or ballads

[conny]

Estranged
Sweet Child O' Mine
Welcome To The Jungle
Paradise City
November Rain
Breakdown
Nightrain

Rest new songs please and no fuckin' cover versions. Thank you! 

[Continental Drift]

Personally, I think they'll throw us a few REAL classics from the old band (WTTJ, SCOM, PC, Patience, KOHD, YCBM, LALD, Brownstone, Nightrain, It's So Easy, Rocket Queen and November Rain) just so that it "feels" like a Guns N' Roses concert... but the rest of the show should feature Chinese Democracy tracks.... this is NOT the forum or opportunity to be mining out "rare gems" from the UYI albums... as cool as that would be- it would just be a waste of stage time. They need to: (1) prove once again that the new band can "play the fvck" out of the GN'R classics that made the band world famous; AND (2) prove that CD is a kick ass album and that GN'R dominance is back. Anything else would be shooting wide of the mark.

For a rarities sake though..... I would love to see Tommy Stinson play/sing "Attitude".

Lastly, I remember the old band complaining that even they couldn't play Estranged properly live (still sounded cool to me!)- It would take months of rehearsals to get the new band to nail that one down... what's the point? They've got other more important sh1t to be practicing and perfecting right now... Plus, I think Axl's move passed Estranged as an artist now... he's got more chapters of the story to tell now (The Blues, Prostitute, TWAT, Better, etc.)...

[sandman]

Welcome to the Jungle
It's So Easy
Chinese Democracy
Civil War
You Could Be Mine
IRS
The Blues
Don't Cry
November Rain
Madagascar
Sweet Child O' Mine
Patience
Rocket Queen
* New Track * - The General or Prostitute or something
There Was A Time
Estranged
Nighttrain
* New Track * - Catcher in the Rye or something
Paradise City

I'd love to see Coma but I *HIGHLY* doubt that'll ever happen again.

this is a really good guess. i think the selection and even the order of the songs will be very close.
you listed 19 songs:
AFD - 6
Lies - 1
UYI - 5
New - 7

my guess would only have two changes from your list:
- KOHD instead of don't cry
- mr. brownstone instead of estranged.
 

[parisrocks]

Chinese Democracy
The Blues
Madagascar
Rhiad
TWAT
IRS
Better
Catcher in The Rye
Ides of March
General
Seven
This I Love
Leave Me Alone
Thyme
Prostitute
Jungle
Sweet Child
Paradise City
Yesterdays
14 Years
Estranged
November Rain
Knockin on Heaven's Door
You Could Be Mine
Don't Cry
Used To Love Her

No "Welcome to the Jungle"?

Brilliant!

[GNRBABY]

Chinese Democracy
The Blues
Madagascar
Rhiad
TWAT
IRS
Better
Catcher in The Rye
Ides of March
General
Seven
This I Love
Leave Me Alone
Thyme
Prostitute
Jungle
Sweet Child
Paradise City
Yesterdays
14 Years
Estranged
November Rain
Knockin on Heaven's Door
You Could Be Mine
Don't Cry
Used To Love Her

no 14 Years without Izzy!

[F*ck Fear]

I'd personally like to see:

Welcome To The Jungle (best way to open a killer show IMO)
It's So Easy
Mr.Brownstone (The way it was played in at Rio 3 in 2001)
Live And Let Die (Never was a fan of it from the old line up,but Axl changed that in 2002)
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
 - New Song -
 - New Song -
Sweet Child O' Mine
 - New Song -
Madagascar
November Rain
IRS
The Blues
Chinese Democracy
There Was A Time
 - New Song -
 - New Song -
Nightrain
Better
Paradise City (Best way to end a killer show IMO)
 

Edit: Notice I didn't name any songs we haven't heard.

[ryan_of_lax]

No Live and Let Die!!!
I don't want to hear covers. No need. Its not like the band doesn't have enough songs of their own to choose from.

I'd really like to hear something totally surprising...
Used To Love Her? Coma ? Breakdown... Or Shadow Of Your Love. Now THAT would be cool.

I really hope the new setlists are so heavy on the AFD songs. There's no need of Out Ta Get Me or Think About You or even Mr Brownstone. I also hope they switch up the setlists from night to night. At least then they could play all the AFD tehy want, but it doesn't necessarily all have to be every night.

[Mr.Intensity]

W.T.T.J.
Its So Easy
Better
You Could Be Mine/Right Next door to hell (Rotate a different one every night.)
Madagascar
The Blues
Sweet Child O Mine
Yesterdays/Don't Damn Me/Breakdown (Rotate a different one every night)
Rocket Queen
November Rain
I.R.S./Chinese Democracy (Rotate a different one every night)
There Was A Time
Patience/Locomotive (Rotate a different one every night)
Nightrain
________________
Encore:

The General (Or another one of the best new songs)
Estranged/Coma (Rotate one of these every night)
Paradise City

[Malcolm]

How many songs will they be allowed approx?

[Mr.Intensity]

How many songs will they be allowed approx?

Around 17-19... but with the length of a lot of the songs I imagine 17.

[Malcolm]

Id like to see

Welcome To The Jungle
Chinese Democracy
Mr.Brownstone
Nightrain/Live & Let Die/Its So Easy (Switch every night)
Coma/Locomotive/Estranged (switch each night)
New Song
The Blues
Dead Horse
You Could Be Mine
Yesterdays
New Song
Pretty Tied Up
Civil War
Madagascar
November Rain
Rocket Queen
Sweet Child
Out Ta Get Me
New Song
Patience
Better
Paradise City

[jameslofton29]

I'm in the very small minority that doesnt want to hear old stuff. Been there done that. He needs to play a shitload of new material. I've said this before, but I think he should do like Queensryche did on their Livecrime tour. Play your hits, some obscure songs from old albums, and play CD in its entirety in the middle of the show.

[littleredcorvette]

He did explain why the 2001-2 set was Appetite heavy: it was basically meant as Round 1 at the time; a chance for the band to get a feel for the core old material and for the fans to get to know and accept the band playing it.

I think he should stay clear of mid-vocal range stuff that he can't do well anymore, particularly Think About You. He has a strong bottom end for Chinese Democracy and So Easy and we all know his top end has gone through the roof but his weak points are the mid range verses on Jungle, and sadly, most of Sweet Child. He can't get away with not playing them he's gonna be under really heavy scrutiny this time around and he can't afford to get a reputation for having lost his voice and sounding shit live, which could easily happen.

There have been hundreds of threads on the boards about his voice in the last years with good reason and this time around he needs to work to his strengths and not give critics a chance to blast him. He DID sounds really weak on certain things in 2002 e.g. Sweet Child and the best way to fix that is sandwich those type of songs between ones he can show off on.

[Mr.Intensity]

I tottaly agree with you that if his voice is going to sound miserable on a song he should just opt to play another one. We all know he has tons of options with how good the overall gnr catalog is....

[Kaybee]

Aint it Fun

I'd LOVE to hear that live.

[Axlfreek]

welcome to the jungle
chinese democracy
its so easy
irs
better
out to get me
my michelle
TWAT
Live and let die
SCOM
madagascar
rocket queen
the blues
you could be mine
rhiad and the bedouins
november rain
knocking on heavens door
the general
this i love
mr brownstone
nightrain
paradise city