Absurd / Silkworms

[awolgnr]

The download..Does it seem to skip a bit in the first couple chorus versus? Right at screaming banshee mark…

Agreed that there are several super tight edits throughout the song that almost disrupt the beat. I don't love it, but I do think it's intentional.

[C0ma]

The download..Does it seem to skip a bit in the first couple chorus versus? Right at screaming banshee mark…

Seems like they used Axl's recorded vocals from that 1999-2001 era and then spliced it together for the new arraignment and that is just a "hard" cut.

[ITARocker]

Like the song or not, in any case you can listen to a song played by people who play togheter (in studio or live and not adding thing here and there with cut/copy/past 10 secs track sent by email, not seeing each others for months) The song is old as fuck and doesn't sound overproduced  . It's a simple rock song with a punk rock attitude with an industrial sound  

[Nytunz]

I really like it! What an energyboost!   

[Mercess]

First of all I get why alot of fans don't like it.....

But think about it, this THE song to generate a buzz (for a new album?) I mean, the lyrics are as controversial as they can be, Axl sounds different with this englisch accent, I can imagine the press being al over this.....

This is al that all they need, to come with a proper single and album press release (soon), or am I thinking to possitive ?

[CheapJon]

FFFFFfffffffffuccckkkkkkkkkkk YYYYyyyyyyyyyyyyaeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!


Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. Certified nutswinger's back ayo.

The god damn energy of it! 

[DeN]

OK I just woke up and that's a surprise...I think it's a good way to release a single.

but Silkworms? Am I the only one to think it's a weird choice? I mean the song is OK,
but not really catchy (not like Hard School for example)

I won't talk about the irony of Slash working on a new GNR track with this
kind of industrial vibe, the same he dispised some years ago...

anyway I will enjoy it for what it is, great to have something almost new 

but I'm a bit afraid of the general public opinion on this

[Boromir]

I wouldnt read much into it. Like shadow of your love, which is now dropped off the setlist, they just uploaded something "new". Its better that nothing but IMO i think they did that so they can have a new song in the setlist.

[rebelhipi]

I think its Frank on the drums nonetheless. The cymbals sound the same as Frank uses nowdays (i use same ones)
Plus the drumming is way different from the leak. The whole arrangement is different from the old version.

Id guess Either Brain rerecorded the drums recently, or Tidal got it wrong and Its Frank on the Drums

Tidal/spotify get the song credits from the band. If it says it's Brain then it's Brain.

Youre probably right.

[kyrie]

The band just dropped the studio cut. Wasn't expecting that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx3RfdAdCpQ

Just saw someone already linked it, but fuck it. After all the naysaying about new music.

[DeadHorse]

Regardless of what you may think of the song, you gotta give it to G n' R for creating a buzz. How many of us ( myself included) thought "Hard School" might be their next single.  

Instead they drop this bombshell of a single on us. Rather than playing it safe they released a song that is not what the casual Guns fan would expect.

I'm enjoying the song, it definitely has a crazy amount of energy to it. There's a section in the chorus that doesn't quite fit the song but yet they made it work. They definitely made some arrangement changes.

[COMAMOTIVE]

Regardless of what you may think of the song, you gotta give it to G n' R for creating a buzz. How many of us ( myself included) thought "Hard School" might be their next single.  

100% YES

For some reason I see the band kind of chuckling at releasing this...thing...and watching people try to digest it....because they are about to release the real stuff that will make our heads spin.

Or at least I hope 

But yeah - this cannot be a bad thing at all and the buzz is back regardless

[martyngnr]

I quite like it, but then I really liked Silkworms too.

Enjoying the tears on the GNR social media pages from "cool fans that are in the know" saying how much they don't like it and that GNR should release Hard School instead 

[Axlspants]

What a lovely surprise, a new studio recording. I think the song is typical Guns n Roses and I love the punk rock vibes. I can't imagine anything other than the hard core fans liking it though, its not exactly November Rain! Thats what I love about this band, the guns and the roses.

Hope they back this up with news of an album release date. Keep momentum going.

[zosobob6]

Never much of a fan of this song back in the day.  Blew my mind when I saw they played this in Boston because I had written it off. I also didn't think it was that good live from the videos I saw.  But the studio version is really growing on me.  The band sound great on it, and loving the Down On the Farm vocals.

[pilferk]

I like the song.  Very punk and hardcore. 

I also like what this means: If they have a studio ready cut of this...they likely have more.  Probably a LOT more.  How they choose to release it all? We'll have to wait and see.  But I would be SHOCKED if this were some sort of one off.

So, I like the song, but I think I like what it likely means just as much.

[COMAMOTIVE]

I like the song.  Very punk and hardcore. 

I also like what this means: If they have a studio ready cut of this...they likely have more.  Probably a LOT more.  How they choose to release it all? We'll have to wait and see.  But I would be SHOCKED if this were some sort of one off.

Thoughts exactly

[Vezara]

I love the song! Sounds fresh yet familiar.
Its the next step! I suppose this is what the next album will sound like +/-
I guess I will not be able to crank it up with the family around, that is why I have earphones...

[Mal Brossard]

Didn't expect this when I woke up this morning.  Saw it on a former bandmate's Facebook: he wasn't a fan of it, which doesn't surprise me.

Overall, I give it a kind of "meh" rating. I never liked the live version of Silkworms from Rio much so when I heard it was a reworking of Silkworms I tempered my expectations pretty heavily.

The lyrics are repetitive with the same verse three times and no real chorus. I was hoping maybe more would have been written and added. When it came through a third time I just kind of rolled my eyes and almost shut it off.

I don't remember if it was mentioned here or another board when I was looking through stuff before giving it a listen, but someone pointed out that this could be like a Shackler's Revenge situation in 2008, where it was the first song to get an official (or at least non-leak) release, putting out something new that may not be the best perhaps in an effort to pave the way for the bigger and better ones.

Should Hard School be first? No, hell no. Don't throw your biggest one out first. But I also don't know that this one was the best option either. Just hoping we get Hard School to follow, maybe Berlin.

[Eduardo]

Didn't expect this when I woke up this morning.  Saw it on a former bandmate's Facebook: he wasn't a fan of it, which doesn't surprise me.

Overall, I give it a kind of "meh" rating. I never liked the live version of Silkworms from Rio much so when I heard it was a reworking of Silkworms I tempered my expectations pretty heavily.

The lyrics are repetitive with the same verse three times and no real chorus. I was hoping maybe more would have been written and added. When it came through a third time I just kind of rolled my eyes and almost shut it off.

I don't remember if it was mentioned here or another board when I was looking through stuff before giving it a listen, but someone pointed out that this could be like a Shackler's Revenge situation in 2008, where it was the first song to get an official (or at least non-leak) release, putting out something new that may not be the best perhaps in an effort to pave the way for the bigger and better ones.

Should Hard School be first? No, hell no. Don't throw your biggest one out first. But I also don't know that this one was the best option either. Just hoping we get Hard School to follow, maybe Berlin.

Completely agree. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that for the first time in 13 years we have new music, and with Slash's guitar on it. And it excites me, because it probably means that there's more songs to be released.

However, talking about the song itself, it's very mediocre to say the least. Some thoughts:

- The opening electronic thing, as brief as it is, sounds weird.

- The main guitar riff is VERY uninspired and repetitive. It sounds like a riff created by someone who just learned how to play guitar.

- The chorus riff is interesting.

- The vocals are absurd, to say the least. It even sounds off tempo at some times. Very weird, especially the chorus, very boring and repetitive.

- The fill in solos are great.

- The middle section is nice, though very short. It had the potential to be longer, maybe throwing a Slash solo in the middle, and then picking up in speed and tempo. Much like Slash's solo on By The Sword or Watch This.

Overall, I think that it sounds like an unfinished song. Really disappointed that they chose this for their first single in years.

But I'm really excited that there may be more on the way, and I'm sure the next ones will be better.