VR To Release 'Melody And The Tyranny' EP

[ShotgunBlues1978]

Ok, now, somebody take what I said and pick it apart, line by line, statement by statement.  Quote, reply, quote, reply, quote, reply.............

I don't think you need to worry about that, your post was one hundred percent complimentary to VR so you don't have to worry about Booker doing his routine on you 

[lynn1961]

I wasn't even thinking about Booker.........

[Grouse]

The VR I saw at Download appeared to me to be living on past glories; not having progressed either musically or in terms of their stage performance.? In contrast, GNR in 2006 sounded fresh, energised and musically adventurous.

VR Living on past glories and gnr sounding fresh and musically adventurous hmm alright...

I won't even start to explain how wrong that statement is...

[lynn1961]

HA!   

[cyllan]

The VR I saw at Download appeared to me to be living on past glories; not having progressed either musically or in terms of their stage performance.? In contrast, GNR in 2006 sounded fresh, energised and musically adventurous.

VR Living on past glories and gnr sounding fresh and musically adventurous hmm alright...

I won't even start to explain how wrong that statement is...

Oh please do, I'd be most interested to hear your reasoning.

[metallex78]

The VR I saw at Download appeared to me to be living on past glories; not having progressed either musically or in terms of their stage performance.? In contrast, GNR in 2006 sounded fresh, energised and musically adventurous.

VR Living on past glories and gnr sounding fresh and musically adventurous hmm alright...

I won't even start to explain how wrong that statement is...

Oh please do, I'd be most interested to hear your reasoning.

I wouldn't wanna go there if I were you. GN'R in 2006 was (and still is in 2007) playing a setlist mostly filled with songs from an album that was released 20 years ago...

I have no problem with that, but if that is 'fresh' to you, then you have strange logic.

[Grouse]

The VR I saw at Download appeared to me to be living on past glories; not having progressed either musically or in terms of their stage performance.? In contrast, GNR in 2006 sounded fresh, energised and musically adventurous.

VR Living on past glories and gnr sounding fresh and musically adventurous hmm alright...

I won't even start to explain how wrong that statement is...

Oh please do, I'd be most interested to hear your reasoning.

I wouldn't wanna go there if I were you. GN'R in 2006 was (and still is in 2007) playing a setlist mostly filled with songs from an album that was released 20 years ago...

I have no problem with that, but if that is 'fresh' to you, then you have strange logic.

Better make that no logic at all...

[jarmo]

And The Stones play songs written 40 years ago....

People go to their shows to hear them play those songs.

What's your point?



/jarmo

[cyllan]

The VR I saw at Download appeared to me to be living on past glories; not having progressed either musically or in terms of their stage performance.? In contrast, GNR in 2006 sounded fresh, energised and musically adventurous.

VR Living on past glories and gnr sounding fresh and musically adventurous hmm alright...

I won't even start to explain how wrong that statement is...

Oh please do, I'd be most interested to hear your reasoning.

I wouldn't wanna go there if I were you. GN'R in 2006 was (and still is in 2007) playing a setlist mostly filled with songs from an album that was released 20 years ago...

I have no problem with that, but if that is 'fresh' to you, then you have strange logic.

My words were "sounded fresh" - which does not necessarily correlate to the actual age of the songs performed. ?In my opinion, GNR sound like a band reinvigorated, VR sound (and look) tired and dated.

[chinese democrazy]

And The Stones play songs written 40 years ago....

People go to their shows to hear them play those songs.

What's your point?



/jarmo

His point was to explain how ridiculous Cyllan's logic was that VR were living in past glories while being directly compared to the current line up of Gn'R.  When the majority of your setlist is from an album 20 years old, and you are constantly running out of breath and getting oxygen backstage, I'm sorry but you neither sound or look "fresh".

[jarmo]

Guns N' Roses is obviously playing Guns N' Roses songs just like the Smashing Pumpkins are playing the Smashing Pumpkins songs in 2007.


Watching the Download clips of VR's performance, I wouldn't call that an exceptionally high energy show.

So whatever lame jokes you make of Axl, you just make yourself uninformed and clueless.



/jarmo

[cyllan]

His point was to explain how ridiculous Cyllan's logic was that VR were living in past glories while being directly compared to the current line up of Gn'R.

"Living on past glories" means that I believed that VR was just coasting along on the reputation they'd acquired earlier in their careers and not pushing themselves to progress.

However, having now read the band's thoughts on their new album, I can see that perhaps I was being unfair in assuming that they just weren't trying, when in fact it would seem like this new material is the best that they can offer.? Unfortunately, the best that they can offer is tired and dated.

[Falcon]

This is getting fucking ridiculous.

Back to topic please.

[St.heathen]

I don't think an EP was such a bad idea.  Think about it... they are starting a new tour, album's not out 'till July. So an Ep is a nice little introduction to a couple of new songs which are likely to appear in a set list on tour.

 Some of us are still old school and like to wait and buy the cd's. I'm personally not really into downloading, apart from live stuff. 

In the UK it's like ?4 that's good!  You dont have to buy it, buts it's cool for those who like  to collect.

 

   

[monkeychow]

I think the EP was a great idea.

I mean in Australia it was the SAME PRICE as just the single would have been, and it also has two other cool tracks.

[cfcsfc]

Agree with the two above.
For Aussi$5 (the price of a regular single) its great bang for your buck. And the fact that it's only a pressing of 5,000 it's a cool little collectors peice.

[Kady.52]

Am I the only one who thinks the EP was a joke? It's got what will surely be the best song on the album, SBQM, Just Sixteen, which wouldn't have even made the cut for Contraband, and a cover of Psycho Killer which overshadows all their other work. Granted, it has a making of Libertad, but that's not uncommon on Albums or even Singles these days now that record companies are trying to persuade people to buy the actual single cd rather than download it. And it cost ?4 in UK - twice as much as a single for what is essentially nothing but a glorified single. Ok, it's not bad, but I think it's a bit cynical to market it as an EP when an EP to me means 3-4 songs where there are a couple that maybe aren't on the album or are actual treats for the fans. meh, that's my 2 Euros.

[Jim Bob]

Am I the only one who thinks the EP was a joke? It's got what will surely be the best song on the album, SBQM, Just Sixteen, which wouldn't have even made the cut for Contraband, and a cover of Psycho Killer which overshadows all their other work. Granted, it has a making of Libertad, but that's not uncommon on Albums or even Singles these days now that record companies are trying to persuade people to buy the actual single cd rather than download it. And it cost ?4 in UK - twice as much as a single for what is essentially nothing but a glorified single. Ok, it's not bad, but I think it's a bit cynical to market it as an EP when an EP to me means 3-4 songs where there are a couple that maybe aren't on the album or are actual treats for the fans. meh, that's my 2 Euros.

yea i just dont get the point at all and it is a joke.  if they wanted to make it something cool to buy, they should have put a few tracks on it that wont be on the album coming out just weeks after this release.   stupid.

[ZRO]

They put out a few songs for the European fans that they were going to PLAY on the European tour. What exactly is so hard to understand about this?

[Kady.52]

its not that, its that its an 'EP' cost $10 and is all going to be on the album. i would happily buy all the singles, and yeah i bought this. but i dunno, its a bit cheap of them tbh. VR are going down the pan.

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