The Blues

[Pandora]

Someone should have sent him an Oasis record instead 

I'm pretty sure Axl already has all the Beatles albums in his collection, so hearing an Oasis record wouldn't give him a lot of new ideas 

[nesquick]

Oasis are better than the beattles (et toc!)
I saw them yesterday at Olympia, 2 words: fucking brillant. 

[ppbebe]

Well NIN has absolutely nothing to do with Silk Worms. Besides NIN is not the first.

Nes you sound like my granny who calls everything except Cliff Richard "Beatles".

[nesquick]

really? does your mummy wears tutu?

[*Izzy*]

Someone should have sent him an Oasis record instead?

I'm pretty sure Axl already has all the Beatles albums in his collection, so hearing an Oasis record wouldn't give him a lot of new ideas?

It might give him the idea to rip off other hugley successful artists

  Izzy?

[ppbebe]

Maybe the song's gonna turn out to be a bolt from the blue. 

really? does your mummy wears tutu?

She used to. She was in a ballet.   

[Axl4Prez2004]

It puts shit like Silk Worms and Oh My God to shame

If Axl wasn't a NIN fan, we wouldn't have these songs. Unfortunately he is. That's why we have these songs. Someone should have sent him an Oasis record instead?

1st of all, let me explain why I think Silkworms and Oh My God are terrible (Silkworms) and below average (Oh My God).  There is no flow to these songs.  Cacophonous would be my adjective.  It is difficult to find the rhythym in these 2 songs.  The transitions are choppy...but...maybe, just maybe, the studio version of Silkworms (if it exists) could work on these problems.

2nd of all, The Blues is an amazing song.  There's rhythym, emotion, it works!  We are in for a treat when we finally hear the studio version.      The Blues, yeah, it's probably about Stephanie.  But Maddy about the old band?  I'm not sold on that one. 

[dave-gnfnr2k]

Its sad that this song was the best I've heard from new GN'R so far.? Its not a bad song, but its not great.? It puts shit like Silk Worms and Oh My God to shame, but compared to old GN'R stuff its not even close.? It impresses me that it doesn't absolutely suck, but its not that great.

The blues is just as good if not better than dont cry or patience.

[Rob]

Axl4Prez is right on with his criticism of Silk Worms and Oh My God.  Its like Axl just through some random parts together into one song...especially in Silk Worms.

The blues is just as good if not better than dont cry or patience.

No its not.  Or at least not any version I've heard of it.  Perhaps the studio version will be better, but even if it is it doesn't touch Don't Cry and it damn sure doesn't touch Patience.

[jimmythegent]

Its sad that this song was the best I've heard from new GN'R so far.? Its not a bad song, but its not great.? It puts shit like Silk Worms and Oh My God to shame, but compared to old GN'R stuff its not even close.? It impresses me that it doesn't absolutely suck, but its not that great.

The blues is just as good if not better than dont cry or patience.

agree on Don't Cry but Patience is another story. Lets wait for a studio version where hopefully Axl will be able to do a nice even job on the vocals.

[jameslofton29]

I wonder if 'The Blues' will even be called 'The Blues'? Axl said it was a working title. Remember, the working title for 'Estranged' was 'Without You'.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

Axl4Prez is right on with his criticism of Silk Worms and Oh My God.? Its like Axl just through some random parts together into one song...especially in Silk Worms.

The blues is just as good if not better than dont cry or patience.

No its not.? Or at least not any version I've heard of it.? Perhaps the studio version will be better, but even if it is it doesn't touch Don't Cry and it damn sure doesn't touch Patience.

The blues lyrics are better and the solo is on par. The blues lyrics are some of the best ballad lyrics axl has ever written with the exception of estranged.

[darkmonth]

Neither of these prove Robin is as good as Slash.  Stop fooling yourself boy.

Robin is ok.  Simple.  I'm sure Axl didn't 'hire' Robin for his skills anyway.  He probably hired him because he liked him.

I am really tired of people claiming Robin doesnt do slashs song justice he plays SCOM just like slash but I guess that is not good enough. As for BH, BH blows slash away, its too bad BH left. I hope they can get someone as good as BH to replace him.

here is robin doing the scom solo, he plays it just like slash.
http://www.newgnr.com/dloads/shortclips/finckscomny.wmv
here is another
http://www.newgnr.com/dloads/shortclips/finckscomrio.wmv

The fact of the matter is you guys want to compare Slashs play on the studio albums while comparing the new guys playing live. Listen to slash playing live and he is all over the place .

[darkmonth]

Its sad that this song was the best I've heard from new GN'R so far.? Its not a bad song, but its not great.? It puts shit like Silk Worms and Oh My God to shame, but compared to old GN'R stuff its not even close.? It impresses me that it doesn't absolutely suck, but its not that great.

The blues is just as good if not better than dont cry or patience.

Which are no WAY near the best GnR tunes.

And since The Blues is easily the best new GnR tune we've heard, that means Axl's not shown anything near the quality of old GnR.

We wait...

[darkmonth]

Axl4Prez is right on with his criticism of Silk Worms and Oh My God.? Its like Axl just through some random parts together into one song...especially in Silk Worms.

The blues is just as good if not better than dont cry or patience.

No its not.? Or at least not any version I've heard of it.? Perhaps the studio version will be better, but even if it is it doesn't touch Don't Cry and it damn sure doesn't touch Patience.

The blues lyrics are better and the solo is on par. The blues lyrics are some of the best ballad lyrics axl has ever written with the exception of estranged.

I'm sorry?  The solo is NO WAY NEAR as good as the Don't Cry solo!  Fucking hell Dave... I've heard it all... you're so fucking blinded!

[madagas]

Don't Cry is awful in almost every generic hair metal way. Elementary lyrics, cheesy solo and that god awful ayyyaaayyaayyyaayyyaayyyyaa at the end. But, to each his own, I 'm sure all the Don't Cry fans out there don't have to worry about Chinese Democracy. All they have to do is dip down in to their record collection and pull out Trixter, Kix, Ratt, Poison, and Faster Pussycat for never ending hours upon hours of endless enjoyment.

[nesquick]

Don't cry is fantastic, so is The Blues, but as soon as we won't hear the studio version I'll prefer don't cry.
However, Don't cry guitar solo (Slash) is better than the blues one (Finck). But Fortus outro is better than Slash one.
Slash/Fortus would be the ultimate guitar duet in GN'R. That would be phenomenal?
add Axl, and it would be a nuclear explosion onstage. 200% energy.

[ppbebe]

All they have to do is dip down in to their record collection and pull out Trixter, Kix, Ratt, Poison, and Faster Pussycat for never ending hours upon hours of endless enjoyment.

Utterly a wise saw.
How many times has the sentence similar to this one occurred to me while my reading some nagging posts.
Hey, I like Don't Cry. It's not that bad.... Yeah the lyrics are as elementary as Sweet Child... You'd feel the Simple spirit in these songs all the more for the simple bearing. well at least it's not cheap in the generic hair metal way that is simply awful IMHO.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

Axl4Prez is right on with his criticism of Silk Worms and Oh My God.? Its like Axl just through some random parts together into one song...especially in Silk Worms.

The blues is just as good if not better than dont cry or patience.

No its not.? Or at least not any version I've heard of it.? Perhaps the studio version will be better, but even if it is it doesn't touch Don't Cry and it damn sure doesn't touch Patience.

The blues lyrics are better and the solo is on par. The blues lyrics are some of the best ballad lyrics axl has ever written with the exception of estranged.

I'm sorry?? The solo is NO WAY NEAR as good as the Don't Cry solo!? Fucking hell Dave... I've heard it all... you're so fucking blinded!

I think you mean deaf juninor 
And music is subjective get over yourself. And IMO its the blues solo is just as good as dont crys.

[Nytunz]

the two "new" songs who impress me most, is The Blues and Madagascar... i like them better now them back when i first heard them!
And thats a proof of GNR making qualitymusic! More u liste, then better it gets!