First Single (What should it be + RUMOR)

[The Dog]

If Better is released we are all fucked. IMO

The chorus is just flat and lame. It sounds too modern like its trying to fit into a genre.

Anything but Better.

i agree...i mean its a good tune, but....i think we need a jungle/sweet child type of song to bring back GNR.  something that sounds somewhat modern, but has that hard rock feel that todays music is so desperatly lacking.

betters current outro (the leaks that is) is way too long too.  take out the heavy middle section and the song is extremely average.

[Goddamn_Electric]

IMO TWAT should be the first single. Its mind blowingingly brilliant. Its better than NR and Estranged. It would goto straight to No.1
GNR have gone to a new musical level. "lonely tear drops are calling me" - awsome stuff


#please move/delete if needed#

Estranged is my favorite song, by any band, Ever.  There Was a Time is a solid track, but I wouldnt even put it 2 levels below Estranged.

[gandra]

better

[Bang Bang]

Personally I like TWAT the most out of the new material I have heard thus far.  It actually reminds me of "Sympathy For The Devil" with the outro.  Should it be the first single though?  I'd be happy if it was either TWAT or Better.  I could lean either way.

The most important thing about any single that comes out in my opinion is that it should include the demos and early versions of the songs as they progressed towards the finished version.  Any fan would pay top dollar for that.  I have already heard a few versions of TWAT, Blues etc.  I love them all.  Who wouldn't like to see how Buckethead's take on a song differs from Bumblefoot's from Paul Huge's or even Moby's (I recall he was in the producer's chair at some point).

Imagine if the November Rain single included the acoustic guitar version, and the piano-only version, and the version that was played live with Elton John.  Such a CD would have had a permanent place in my disk changer.

Bang Bang

[ben9785]

DO NOT get me wrong, "There Was A Time" is a fucking OUTSTANDING song, but that song is a bit more down tempo, it takes a few listens to really understand it and grasp it.. for a first single, they need something simple, catchy, melodic and driving, even if it is not as up to par as the rest of the album, and I think "Better" can fulfill that, because for sure, a song like "Madagascar" blows it away and hell, even the 'title track' is something relatively simple, although alot heavier and dramatic, but "Better" is a bit more of a 'fun' song, for lack of a better term, and yeah as I've said before (and I might even be repeating myself in this thread again but eh), this song will work well, because its got a cute melody, it rocks, its got a big guitar solo, and a heavy buildup into a rocking bridge that all the chicks will get excited to and the guys will be headbanging. And of course, the lyrics are pretty universal. Everyone will pick up on the song.

Also, don't forget its a song alot of people would be familiar with, from the demo or live versions, or hopefully in time, the Harley ad.. Yeah..

[dizzy68]

 The Blues. By far the Best new song out there!

[Hysteron]

Prostitute, cause it's supposedly the best song and we haven't heard it yet.

[Bang Bang]

Would you really pay for a prostitute.....single?   Sorry...

Bang Bang

[freedom78]

 The Blues. By far the Best new song out there!

Of the five I'm familiar with, The Blues is my LEAST favorite...not that it's bad, of course.  Also, didn't Axl once say that they're only playing songs live if they aren't intended as early singles?  And they've played most of the songs in discussion (The Blues, Madagascar, IRS, TWAT, Better). 

Also, as a fan who (like all of you, I assume) will buy the album ASAP, GNR aren't really "drawing me in" with great singles.  I'll be interested to see what it is, mainly because that's how they'll reach the masses, but it makes little difference to me.

[shredsolo]

I think better will be the first single due to its instant appeal.However its certainly not going to be the song that defines the new album i dont think.I think every song onn the album will probably be a capable single in its own right because if its not then its been a hell of a recording an album with maybe 5 possible singles and the rest filler.Since axl has done exactly what he wanted the past years and "perfected" the album he shouldnt make a choice to define the album by a pop esque song like better.TWAT musically sounds alot more competant in musical arrangement and lyrics.

For all we know, the second album which axl confirmed in the eddie trunk interview as bein pretty much complete may blow chinese democracy out of the water.

[slash2001]

Prostitute will be the 1st single.

Gotta laugh at this comment.  Have you heard the song?? We can only guess without having heard it, Im assuming this thread is in relation to the leaks we have heard, in which case its got to be Better as 1st single.

[KIKO2K6]

I think will be like


1st single Better

2st single Prostitue

3st single TWAT

Just hope the Better HD add pups up soon.

[Pingouirose]

Just hope the Better HD add pups up soon.

Yeah, I think 'soon' is the word !

[russtcb]

I'd like to see Better as the first single. Pretty much everyone I know that's not into GNR still loves the song.

Either that or maybe something we haven't heard yet.

[MrMojoRisin]

any of the new songs would not make a good first sinlge

[Ellroy]

any of the new songs would not make a good first sinlge

Except for Better of course, which is almost universally loved the second anyone hears it.

[1badapple]

I'd like the first single to be a ball busting rocker. Something we haven't heard yet.

[MrMojoRisin]

I'd like the first single to be a ball busting rocker. Something we haven't heard yet.

me too.

The Blues sucks,   Better is ok,, TWAT blows, Maddy is too long for raido,...

It should be one of the "big guns" axl was talking about a few years ago.

[neon2002]

Better should be the first single! We all know better 

[dizzy68]

I'd like the first single to be a ball busting rocker. Something we haven't heard yet.

me too.

The Blues sucks,? ?Better is ok,, TWAT blows, Maddy is too long for raido,...

It should be one of the "big guns" axl was talking about a few years ago.

 I disagree. The Blues is one song that sounds like it could be played on many different formats. Both Rock, Top 40 and HOT AC. It would be more universally accepted among radio stations, which would mean more air play! It's also one of those ballads which Teens are suckers for. This song would start a whole new following for the Band. This would be a very good thing for Guns n Roses. It will get them back on the charts and in the public eye.

 I personally like it's catchy sound and meaningful lyrics. So I've ranked "The Blues" my favorite. It's the only new Guns song that actually effects me emotionally when I hear it. The rest of the leaked songs don't do that to me. So the Blues seems more powerful right out of the Box.

 I also think at one point ?Axl said "The Blues" was his favorite new song. Well it's mine too. So for all the reasons I've just mentioned, I am confident that "The Blues" would definitely be the smartest song to release first.