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"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's" 2006 Benefit for The Michael J. Fox Foundation - Inside
November 11, 2006 - The Waldorf-Astoria
New York City, New York United States
I'm attaching a link to the wireimage page where the pics are.
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And here's a little image of Axl and Muhammad Ali!
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i wonder what did he sing? The pictures are great  :)

AWsome what did he sing and with who?

this is absolutely incredible!

it doesn't say what he sang.  I'm guessing that these pictures were taken within the last few hours!

good to see axl doing stuff he used to do way back when

We need these pics fullsize!

Is the goatee missing again?  :nervous:

I want to see this one bigger

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Woah! Anyone know what he sang? :drool:

Holy shit that's awesome!  :o

can anyone enlarge these pics? and i wonder what he sang
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cool

This is an amazing thing. ?Great cause!

Maybe he sang Prostitute and dedicated it to Muhammed Ali

Can someone get us bigger pictures?  :drool:

also nice to go to the parkinsions benefit only a couple of weeks after rush limbaugh ripped michael j fox

Ali is now at MSG watching his daughter fight. I did not see AXL on tv yet

Very very cool. This just keeps going to show how genuinely nice of a guy Axl is.

a beatles song? The background is beatles. soon we'll see the media coverages.

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nice big handshake. ;D

Good on Axl.

I love this guy!  :D

One of the BEST threads I've seen in a while. ?Ali once threw his gold medal off the Louisville bridge down the road from where I live...where he still lives today. ?Good to see my hometown hero/ Axl Rose together. ?Can someone ENLARGE the pics???!?!

Does it take a subscription or something, right?

...Am I the only one who doesn't see the goatee?

i think i see a light goatee..

very cool of Axl.   great pics.  hope we can see the hi-res versions.  : ok:

Hah, wow! Maybe Madagascar...maybe "Let It Be"?

This is so cool. ?My dad was just diagnosed with parkinsons.

That is fantastic to see.  My son has CF and Mr. Fox is a huge spokes person for stem cell research which will help millions of people.  Love the fact that Axl became involved with it. 

This is really good to hear...Seems like Axl spent most his time talking to Ali by the looks of the pictures...Itll be interesting to see what he sang

we ever gonna hear this??? I love hearing axl cover songs its AMAZING.

yeah he was clean shaven at the garden.

No, he has a goatee in these pics.  It's short, but it's there.

A little more information:

GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose performed Saturday (Nov. 11) at the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research fundraising dinner at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York City, titled "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's..." Martin Scorsese and Muhammad Ali co-chaired the event, which was slated to feature additional performances by Sheryl Crow and Rob Thomas.

ooooh maybe axl/sheryl sweet child o mine duet?

Can we get bigger pics of him with Michael J Fox ?

Well I know what I hope Sheryl Crow didn't sing...

Anyway, nice going Axl

Out of curiousity....do we know how Axl feels about the cover of SCOM?

I just hope some bigger pics start to surface...how do people find these things anyway?

Or Axl and Rob Thomas singing Smooth. :hihi:

There's some bigger pics over at mygnr for those interested.

"omg, that axl rose guy is such an asshole."

haha i love it when people say that. ?guess not, huh? ?:P

That's so nice that Axl performed at this benefit! :D

Swinging the mike and the nature of the event....my guess is patience. : ok:

here frozen uploaded them
http://www.mygnrforum.com/index.php?showtopic=83994&st=15

I just hope he didn't scream

'YOU'RE GONNA DIIIIIIE'

because that would be awkward

:rofl: :rofl: That would be INCREDIBLY AWKWARD.  :hihi:

Post of The Day nomination  :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:

If he was asked and agreed to go then that is a tremendous job on his part - Interesting how M.Fox has become the face
of this disease now -

As for A.Rose:
Let's see:? 4 years ago, he played MSG and either went to a club and saw S.Seymour and went into hibernation, went to a club and they did'nt like his dead animals, he could'nt get past the fact that the Lakers lost, or the demon-fire marshall from Maine was waiting for him in Philly?

compared to this year - He plays MSG and then appears at a wonderful gathering the next day -

The dude's different nowadays - the shows are solid - just get off the guy's back, stop the bitching and prepare for the album,
I guess

I Love this pic.? Lots of respect here

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Yeah, it's nice he always gives warm handshakes.  :)

I wonder if this is the first time Axl has met Michael J. Fox and Muhammad Ali?

HAAAAAATED it.  i used to work for doug goldstein, his previous manager, and when i came into the office the day after the grammy's when sheryl won i didn't hear too many positive things come out of his mouth.

Did you hear anything else in Goldstein's office that day or any other day?! lol...great pic of Ali though can't say that enough.

This is very cool. :beer:


It's also a very, very good sign imho.

haha, yeah things were pretty slow there in the late 90's/early 2000's.  It was good, though, because it gave him an opportunity to tell me all his sordid tour stories from the uyi tours and hear some good dirt on what went on in the band...things that shall never be repeated here or anywhere else.

Very nice of him.

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WOW!

Greatest pic ever!

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Thanks a lot   :beer:

Thanks so much for posting those dude!  ;D

Thanks realtimevisionary!  :peace:

Thank you, rv!  :D

Those are great pics. I wonder what he and Muhammad Ali are talking about.

Wow Ax is looking really good. His face really hasnt changed over the years.

that's cool for a good cause.. :beer:

Those pics of Axl and Ali are the coolest Axl pics ever, bar none.

Anybody notice the band Axl is playing with...def. not GN'R?  I'm guessing he was playing covers or maybe the band new some of his new secret material?haha

Or wait..I just found out hes playing with a Beatles Tribute Band..Live and Let Die maybe..even though thats Pauls solo stuff?

From the drumset it says the band is the "Fab Faux"

Their a beatles tribute band so im guessing Axl was singing some Beatles tunes.  : ok:

This is really cool, Axl is a good person  :peace:, thanks for the pics

thanks for the pics!!

this is awesome, nice of him to perform for this good cause

and have his pic taken with Michael J. Fox and Ali.. amazing!

I wonder if Ali could actually carry a conversation with Axl. ?Doesn't he only speak very few words at a time because of this disease? ?Ali's the man..just don't know too much about his current state of mind.

I hope some kind of audio/video of this emerges!  : ok:

I really enjoyed reading that... thank you for posting and for the pictures.

Also, it's really nice to see everyone here being so supportive of Axl in this area.? I actually think he'd make an excellent philanthropist and hope to see him continue along this path.? ? ?

Cheers,
W.R.

this kind of thing makesyou proud of the fact that you were an axl fan the whole time.

He can't talk very easily - like you said, very few words at a time, it seems to be an effort, and he's a little difficult to understand. But he's still all in there. A fantastic, amazing guy.

These pictures rule. Absolutely awesome. And way to go, Axl.  : ok:

 ;D wow axl really becomes nicer when the years grows older

nice pics and hope some footage will leak

axl doing beatles must be awesome :rofl:

ya think Ali has the slightest idea who the hell Axl is?

and the jacket axl is wearing rocks...

great to see Axl doing things like this.
thanks for the info and all those great pics!

Awesome!!  Huge props to Axl for doing this.  The pics with him and Michael J. Fox are pretty cool.  Parkinson's is a bad fucking disease and needs all the attention it can get.  It has pretty much destroyed a few lives in my family already.  Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if we got some audio of this performance, as benefits are almost always recorded in some form or another.  Again, another great Axl moment.  This and the one earlier this year when he was hanging out with those kids with Cancer, are two moments that earn Axl that much more respect from me.

I'm sure Axl knows a large number of Beatles songs... 'Come Together' comes to mind.

And why would you think that? Is that because you did? It is amazing the way you guys think. It is amazing how sick your mind is. And, if that suppose to be funny; it was far from been funny.
Beta

I don't think anyone on this forum thinks there's something funny about this disease.
Axl the Red just said it would be awkward if something like that happened.
I'm sure he didn't mean to offend anyone.

Hey Beta,

do you know what song(s) Axl performed?

Nice to see you here.  : ok:

There's nothing funny about the disease...agreed. ?However, I don't think he meant it to be offensive.

Anyhow, glad to see Axl at the Benefit. ?I think it's wonderful he was there. 

That's unreal. I'm thinking Axl did a Beatles song. Thanks for those pictures as well. Would love to see some footage of this sometime. Good on you Axl.

This is so cool,Im from ky,and ali is larger then life around here.My fav, singer,and fav. boxer hanging out

Hell yeah. Two different legends in their own rights.
I was taken back by how awestruck seems in the photos where hes talking to Ali.
Good work Axl.

micheal j foxx has a line in madagascar,during the sound bytes.This really is great

whats the line in  maddy????


Also,good on ya axl, great cause.

Anything to raise its profile.

He says the "maybe we gotta be extra careful......." and "this whole thing was fucked up" lines, among others.  I believe they are from the movie "Casualties of War".

cool thing he performed at the benefit! I wonder what songs he did sing  :)

oh lighten up will ya, He didn't even mean it?:)

See I love to see these positive things, that Axl does. Parkinsons is a very scary disease and I feel for those who have to suffer with it. Axl is class act for making a appearance.  : ok:

Woah! This is some great news to wake up to. There are many fantastic causes in the world and campaigning for Parkinsons is certainly one of them. I know someone who has the disease so fair play to anyone who supports in any shape or form. Once again it shows that Axl has a great heart. Yet another positive thing about the man and the band and the whole GnR thing! Add in the fact that there is a photo of Axl Rose and Mohammed Ali. Now that is a moment to remember. Mike? ?

show some respect to Beta.

you never know whose lives may be personally effected by parkinsons.   this thread isn't the appropiate place to make jokes like that.    theres a time and a place, but this aint it.

Thank you for posting those pictures I really enjoyed em.

Chris

I?m overwhelmed.
a member of my family also suffers from Parkinsons, and Axl performing at a PD benefit is something I really respect, and am really grateful.

Thanks Axl.

I just think that thisis proof positive of what a good person can be like when he is surrounded by the right people. Guns today is a group of stand up people with families and a genuine desire to express their articticc vision without having to tear their lives and everyone else around thems lives up in the process. No offense to the old band, but we all go through that crazy stage in our lives, some more than others.

Ax has always struck me as a genuine, and decent cat. And now, older, wiser and surrounded by people that bring him up and not down, you get to see what he probably would have been doing more of before if circumstances had allowed for it. The visit to the cancer clinic was wonderful of him, my mother died of it and its a horrob;e disease. My grandmother died with parkinson's and it too, is a horrible disease.

Anyway, usually I think good people do good things and don't necessarily need to be congratulated for it, but suffice it to say that my childhood hero seems to be eveything I always believed about him 20 years ago and now the rest of the world is seeing it. To paraphrase an earlier poster, aren't you glad you can say you were a fan since day 1?

Peace, guys, have a good Sunday.

My aunt has parkinsons, Go Axl!

i love to see axl doing some charity!

 I dont think the "you're gonna die" line was at all necessary, and i didnt find it funny at all.  Maybe because I have a close friend with Parkinsons.  It was pretty insensitive.  and I dont want anyone to tell me to "lighten up" thanks.

But...  moving on from that, I think its wonderful that axl was there.  A great piece of news to read this morning - thank you for the info and great pics.  AXl and michael J - awesome.  seriously nice thing to do, axl.

Wow, these pics are awesome! I stayed up all night to watch the fight at MSG, cause I already expected Axl to be there - and yeah, he WAS! And now these wonderful pictures... that just made my day! It's good to see Axl's having a good time. New York really seems to influence him in a positive way and I hope we'll get more news of that kind in future as well!!

Is it really Beta? ?Just curious.

Great to see Axl doing some charity and getting his face out there a bit more.  You know the saying "any publicity is good publicity"?  Well good publicity can only be better!

awwwww, beneath that badass rocker ranting guy image, axl still has a heart *wipes tear from eye*

usually i'm jealous from people meeting axl, but the fucker got to meet ali!

pretty nice story all told. the title of the article looks like a lyric that i cant place (and maybe a beatles tune as someone mentioned), which may give an inkling into what he sang.

and he's still doing that supid handshake!

Thank you for the pics Real time visionary!! : ok:

I don?t think Axl needs to be said how nice he is for doing this kind of stuff. He?s always done it, what happens is that most of the time it isn?t made public. I think he does this stuff from the heart and not to get publicity.

Anyways,glad he did it. :love:

N.R.

Wow, this is great news to wake up to.  As in the thread for stem cell research, I'm pretty passionate about Parkinson's because my step-father suffered from it for many years.  Axl is the man, simple as that...awesome to see him with Ali too. 

This is really cool. So no news on what he actually performed yet?

Axl played with the FabFaux? You can see the bands name on the drums on this pic: (http://previews2.wireimage.com/images/preview/11337146frozeninferno11122006121956AM.jpg)

Here is their myspace. Seems like a beatles tribute band?  :D
http://www.myspace.com/thefabfaux

Must have been cool!

Axl with Denis Leary? Dream came true \o/

Yes, that's her.

Great pics, thanks!! I'd like to know what he sang as well. Maybe "Come Together"? That's a great tune by The Beatles.

Btw, I love that pic:

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And those with Michael J. Fox and Muhammad Ali are awesome too. Michael J. Fox is such a great actor. Back To The Future was so awesome back in the day, I think the first two are still good even for today.

He still got it, no doubt. Micheal J. Fox's guest-appearances in Scrubs were godlike.  : ok:

i'm thinking back in the USSR is a likely candidate, but come together would work too.

Nice of Axl to do this : ok:

I wonder who he hit with that mic :hihi:

Looks like Fab Faux have performed Abbey Road for the same charity in the past, so could have been a song from that album.

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Very, Very sweet Axl!
And did anyone mention Duff's mother Suffered from Parkinson's. Wonderful cause to support!
peace out
amyl

Great Attitude AXL !!!
I don't have any familiars with parkison, but i know how complicated it is to have that sick =\
Thanks a lot!!!
MCFLY RULES!!!

More likely Back In The USSR. ?You realise in the photos of his performance, he's straining like when his voice is really going for it? ?Come Together doesn't require that amount of effort. ?But when he does Back In The USSR, it does.

OMG that great , Just got back from suck day at school , and that realy made my day? :D

Well, it could have been anything from Abbey Road.  I Want You would be fun.

Axl Rose just continues to amaze me, such a giving and generous performer. Cant wait for the album Axl ;D

very very nice. I stayed across the street from there back in May. Looks like Axl could be doing Come Togther, or Back In The USSR in the pics. SWEET!! :beer:

looks like he could be doing come together or back in the ussr in the pics?? :rofl:

he could be doing ANY song there dude...

this is, how rumours start : ok:

Fantastic pictures and a great cause.

Parkinsons affects so many lives, it's great to see Axl involved.

Also on a personal note, Ali is my all time hero.  Incredible boxer, even more incredible human being.

Thank you, we needed a guy like you able to read on lips !

That's so cool to see Axl perform at something like that.

Posing for pics with Michael J. Fox & Denis Leary...  :drool:

give the guy a break. come together is the most obvious rock song on abbey road while axl has already sang back in the ussr this year. there is worse speculation around


and on another note - what is it with the love of dennis leary? ???

The Fab Faux is more than just a cover band - they recreate not just the music, but all the subtle layers and background sounds, and they do it all live.  They're made up of a bunch of studio pros from Conan O'Brien and Letterman, and they approach recreating Beatles songs with the same precision that orchestras approach symphonies.  I heard them on Howard Stern once and they are INCREDIBLE, and one of the toughest tickets to get becase they only perform sporadically.  Hearing a boot of this would really be something.

As an aside; why does axl shake hands like he's expecting to be simultaneously hit with a left hook?

Awsome Pics. Axl must have been thrilled to meet a legend like Ali. Even meeting M.J.F. must have been very cool. Parkinsons is another reason that Bush should not even be in office. To have a President who is against stem cell research is what is stopping us from curing this horrible disorder. Bush is turning out to be the worst President ever. Thank God this is his last term.

he shook queen latifah's hands like that at Mva also .....its a axl trademark hand shake

Shoeboy517 is right the Fab Faux is absolutely jaw-dropping in their ability to recreate the most intricate of Beatles tunes live. Abbey Road being my fave Beatles album I have to wonder what tune Axl did, there are so many good ones that he could really kick ass on.

I totally agree with everything you said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Save your politics for another board. 

And since when is Bush against stem cell research?

That makes no sense.  ;D

yeah, but i just HAD to respond, somehow....

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Awesome!!  I'm glad to see Axl showing his support for such a great cause!!
I would also love to hear duets with Axl and Sheryl Crow or Rob Thomas!!

Wonderful PR move, too!   :beer:

I'm sorry to hear that...I wish him well.

Wow...a lot of people on the board know people with the disease...best wishes to them!

Michael j fox is the man ........nice that axl showed up.....i want to hear/see the performance .........i guess he did come together ......but who knows?

Fox, Ali, and Denis Leary are three celebs I really respect (the first two for fighting in the face of the disease, Leary for speaking is mind and being one funny motherfucker). Good to see Axl supporting the cause. Fuck Rush Limbaugh.

You want to hear AXL sing with Rob Thomas?? Are you on drugs?

Axl isn't a pussy.

Bush is not against stem-cell research. He's against test-tube stem-cell research.

Since he said he was.  The entire republican party is against stem cell research unfortunatly.   I love M.J.F. for getting so involved in this and hope that he is able to get the congress and the whitehouse to wake the fuck up and actually allow stem cell research. 

I think Bush has probably spent more on Stem Cell Research than any other president in history.

Come together... it's possible! I've had the same idea.
I love Micheal J. Fox  :love: Axl, I love you too  :love:  :love:  :love:

Most republicans are completely anti-stem cell research. However Bush is not. He said himself, he's for stem-cell research on existing embryos. He just doesn't want people to start creating test-tube embryos just for stem-cell research, only to be disposed of afterwards.


That is fact.

What I find funny is that they seem to make a big deal out of this and (Morals) but many states allow women to have abortions have the first T.  Just find it very hypicritical.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/08/20010809-2.html

That is the speach Bush gave.  What he is saying is that he will not look at making more units then the 60 that have being avaible for many years in fact were in place shortly after or even before he became preseident. 

That's it not posting anymore about this on this thread enough highjacking for one day

Can one of the mods please make these d-bags stop talking politics in this thread?

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Two of my favorite artists of all time, fucking awsome.

Hey Danny don't be such a dork.

Stem cell research barely existed before Bush became the president, so that doesn't mean a whole lot.

At any rate, nice to see Axl doing a gig like this. Anyone interested in Mohammed Ali should watch the documentary "When We Were Kings". A stunning film. I am also a big fan of Denis Leary, who is hilarious, along with Michael J. Fox so I love these pics.

I am a bit surprised no info has surfaced yet regarding how many songs Axl did, or which ones. It does seem likely that it would probably be a Beatles song from Abbey Road, considering the poster. Octopus's Garden, perhaps? ?:hihi:

Ali showed up at Madison Square Garden later that night as his daughter was fighting on the undercard of Brock-Klitschko.

Perhaps Axl went to the boxing event as well?

I know that's a kick-ass picture, when I first saw it last night I was like "AWESOME!!"  :hihi:


Also--Maybe if someone checks the Fab Faux's website in the next couple days they might post some audio/video of Axl singing with them.  :beer:

Problem is, these discussions directly correlate to what Axl performed at.

Politics is exactly what Michael J. Fox had this benefit for.

These discussions are entirely granted and with merit.

Axl was there (german TV)

Absolutely awesome!  : ok:

My grandfather suffered from Parkinson's as well. It's so great to see Axl doing things like that!

And thanks for the pics!

Seriously on a side note. Fuck off! This is a great thread about a very serious charity and about people giving their time to it. Please done turn it into another one of these: 'Why is Axl doing something like this thread?'. For fucks sake you would not analyse it if joe bloggs walking down the road shook hands in a certain way. Leave the bloke alone and let him get on with his thing and appreciate this thread for what its worth, which is a great charity and it just so happens to be our favourite singer who happens to be there! Mike

God for axl.. thats great he showed up and showed his support. as an aside he looks great these days! Thank god he's back and enjoying life and getting out there.

its great to see axl supporting things like this, he should use his position of influence more often.

maybe guns can do a concert for charity if they don't already do so.

Yeah all your "facts" about republicans being anti-stem cell research are completely wrong..there is way more behind the views of republicans and democrats than what the newspapers are reporting...any source of news you read is going to be slanted to the left or to the right.depending on who wrote it.....but who cares?! Why are we talking about a stupid thing like politics on this thread...This thread is about what a great and generous thing Axl did...if you want to argue about politics go on the rollingstone.com blogs. :peace:

Absolutly amazing pictures it shows a side to axl that many people dont even want to acknowledge that he has, good on ya uncle axl!

It's cool Axl did this, but does any1 know if he showed up an hour late for his perfomance, haha.

Will there be a recording of this???  ::)

This is a great thing supporting such a worthy cause.  Unfortunately I doubt we'll see coverage of this event in the press like we just saw about the cancelation of the Portland show.  Why does the press focus so much on negativity?  It frustrates me to no end.

The press always focuses on the negativity, no matter what Star/celebrity it is. I guess most people find a story about a cancelled show that makes Axl look bad more interesting than they do a charity event.

Send 'em a fax, it may be faster..................

As I said pages ago, I bet it's Come Together.  It totally fits the situation and Axl has performed the song already.  Plus, it's the first song on Abbey Road and it was written by John Lennon which makes it that much better.  My money is definitely on Come Together.  GUARANTEED!

There must be a video of this somewhere...................

Something will emerge eventually I'm sure.  These benefits are always recorded...

No they're not.  There were two here last week that weren't. 

And also - why would there be a press release?  Ugh - sometimes you guys are so unrealistic.  What do you want the media to say?  "Axl shows up at a benefit!"  It's cool for us and all, but to the rest of the world it's just a small blip that nobody cares about.

Well, it's nice that Axl decided to be a part of the current "flavor of the month" charity.

Actually Michael J Fox was my favorite actor when I was a kid, I always enjoyed his movies, and Ali is a hero, an inspiration for me, see these people together is awesome, seriously  :peace:

If i had to guess I would guess he played Patience

What benefits weren't recorded??  If there are famous performers that are performing at a benifit, IT WILL BE RECORDED!!!!!!  Just because we don't see it, doesn't mean it's not recorded.  Like this benefit wouldn't be recorded... that's unrealistic.  I'm sure there wasn't one fucking video camera recording the whole time... ok, you're right.  WHATEVER.

EDIT:  AND Axl wasn't the only one performing if you were reading ANY of the thread.  Sheryl Crow and Rob Thomas were there as well.  But nobody but us cares about that, right??  You're funny and all you really need is some common sense because you obviously think that if you aren't seeing or hearing the recording, that it doesn't exist.  WHICH IS WRONG.  You are "unrealistic".

Sad, but true. ?The media doesn't care about people doing positive things. ?Good thing this doesn't stop people from doing them!

Very nice to see Axl with the Greatest and another fav person of mine, Denis Leary! :peace:

Are you kidding? Yes, this is a thread about a charity, but had Axl not shown up at that charity, I seriously doubt there would be threads started in any other sub-forum about this. Photos show he didn't used to shake hands this way, now he does, we're discussing Axl's involvment, he did this while being involved, thus people are well within their rights to discuss it. People need to chill and stop unnecessarily policing other people's tangents.? : ok:

dunno if this was posted already... got bigger pictures in there... though messed up by that fucker who runs the site... :confused:

http://perezhilton.com/topics/michael_j_fox/unlikely_couplings_20061112.php

So, maybe you can get me video of some of the performances of last week's Glamour Awards, held at Carnegie Hall.  PLENTY of celebs there, I can assure you.

Get back to me when you find it.

Where do you get this info? not true. and Bush is an idiot

Guys, let's not talk politics in this thread. Thanks. Back to the topic.

I'll stop the discussion, because I think we're saying the same thing.

The event MIGHT have been, and PROBABLY was recorded.  But that doesn't mean it's going to get out to the public.  There aren't Axl Rose fanboys at these events with their little camcorders, waiting to post videos of the performance on YouTube.  Most likely footage like that will be for next year's "Look what a great event we had last year!" presentation.

I'm just saying that we shouldn't expect a press release or a recording to surface, because most of the time these are pretty private events, attended by people who have tons of money to spend.

For the record, I am really, really biting my tongue on the political debate that this thread has become.

Regardless, there's one thing that this thread does say. ?It says that CD could very well come out without any notice. ?Alot of times people on here say that if the CD was being pressed at a factory somewhere, we would know about it. ?I've never beleived that theory. ?Axl Rose performs at a big benefit last night with thousands of people in the nation's biggest city and nobody even knows what song he performed. ?It's been 24 hours and we don't know something as seemingly simple as that. ?

Oh, didn't you hear?  lennon said it's GUARANTEED to be "Come Together."  Where've you been?   :rofl:

So we're pretty much just waiting for all of those high-quality bootlegs from the benefit.  You know - like all of those videos of the acoustic performance he did back in May.   ::)

-And for the record, Danny - I agree with everything you just said.

I was never talking about a fan recording this.  I have been talking about professional camera men.  I'm sure it was recorded for news purposes because I would think that they would want this event (and disease) to have as much publicity as possible.  Part of a benefit is to make people more aware of whatever the subject for it may be and I think we will see something on video.  I doubt we will have a whole Axl performance, but we may get clips of it.  Now we are on the same page and I'm sorry for my last post, which has since been deleted by me.

Wow.  Thanks for those pics.  Axl's looking HOT.  Can't wait to see him on Wednesday!! :)

Ok, I was trying to be nice but you're being dick, so that didn't last long.  I don't recall ever talking about bootlegs of the benefit, so you made that one up yourself.  Also, Axl was performing with a Beatles COVER BAND that performs songs from Abbey Road, so are you saying that he performed a new GN'R song??  Is that why we don't know about it??  It must be a big secret or something because it was a new GN'R song??  Wow, you're in you're own world I guess. 

Sorry lennon, not trying to be a dick.  Just a little tired of all the "secrecy" on stuff, and then everybody expecting a press release everytime Axl breathes somewhere.  Didn't mean to direct it at you, but I re-read your earlier post where you said you weren't going to "stoop to my level," or something like that, so I just reacted.

Anyway, you're right - I hope a video does show up, or at least we find out the song.   Either way, it was for a good cause, and he should be commended.

 :beer:

Cocainetongue22 has said it all...

I do hope that these words make their up to uncle Axl, that would be great  :)

PS: Hey Beta, Boqueirao is in the house!

In case anyone was wondering (and this hasn't already been posted) I've spoken to someone who was there, and the song Axl performed with the Fab Faux was Live & Let Die.

problem solved ^

I was thinking that it could be that cuz it's one of the former Beatle's songs... but at a Parkinson's benefit, I didn't think Live and Let DIE would really be appropriate... but it's cool...

If anybody has a local dj that slams gnr,send them this article.

Thats what I said earlier..I figured it would be Live and Let Die.  I wonder if he pulled out the 2002 screams...or just sung it softly...?

Wednesday is going to be the one of the best days of my life!!! : ok:


AXL RULES!!!!!

Thank you very much for this. :beer:

Politics is the point of this thread.

Axl performed at this benefit for a reason. Not for publicity.

Michael J. Fox is trying to get more backing to stem-cell research, which currently is a hot topic in POLITICS.

There's no reason why people can't talk about the performance by Axl, and the actual POINT of him being there.

(http://www.newgnr.com/pix/ontour/photos/benefitformjfox/10.jpg)

Swinging his mic like in the good old 80's :peace:

(http://www.newgnr.com/pix/ontour/photos/benefitformjfox/7.jpg)

And this one, MJF looks like he's shit scared of Axl :hihi:

Actually, this wasn't that type of a charity event.? This is an annual bash put together strictly as a cash grab.? It's not publicized at all.? Very wealthy supporters are offered the chance to buy tickets at something like $5000 a pop to mingle with celebrities.? It's possible that the celebs also pay, seeing as there's no shortage of them more than willing to attend this type of private event and have a good time while supporting a good cause, and MJF has a LOT of friends.?

Axl really doesn't deserve all these accolades for simply showing up, although it's the presence of the celebs that draws the rich folk, so he's certainly contributing, but it's no different that his usual social life of late -- partying with the beautiful people.? It's better, he can eat amazing food, drink champagne and because it's private, he can cut loose on a Beatles song with a live band in a room full of peers.? He's not exactly putting himself out.? This isn't exactly a visit to a cancer ward or adopting a kid from Somalia.?? ;D? But I would think (or at least hope) that Axl (and entourage) also paid for the privilege of being there.? (I guess it would be tacky to mention it's also tax deductible?)? And I'm sure Axl (very) quietly supports other endeavors more deserving of a round of applause.?

If it was filmed, it won't be seen anytime soon.? They've been staging this thing for years (virtually unannounced), and I don't think I've ever seen any footage.


Edit to respond to this one...

I would think the Fox Foundation gig is done with the cooperation of the media.? The photographers were invited guests who probably paid their way in as well, the columnists and mag editors who can afford to be there would be welcome, but as Jarmo would say, they were probably 'asked nicely' and happily covered it by the rules.? The chances of the music press doing the same with a Guns N' Roses CD are somewhere between nil and zero.? ?When that CD is being prepared for release by the label, everybody's going to know.?

Here's the full story from People mag...

Michael J. Fox Rocks with Sheryl Crow, Axl Rose at Fundraiser
MONDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2006 08:45AM EST

By Mark Dagostino

Michael J. Fox raised more than $5 million for his Foundation for Parkinson's Research at a Beatles-themed fundraiser in Manhattan on Saturday night, thanks to a crowd that included emcee Denis Leary, Sheryl Crow, Martin Scorsese, Mohammed Ali, Famke Janssen, Rob Thomas and Susan Sarandon.

Rose, a surprise guest, took the stage at the Waldorf-Astoria Ballroom to sing McCartney's "Live and Let Die." Why the performance? "Michael had asked," Rose told PEOPLE. "We actually used a sample of Michael J. Fox from (his film) Casualties of War in one of our songs that will be on the new album. So I felt, one, I've always been a fan of his. And I also feel for the guy and his situation. I'm for stem-cell research, so I just thought it would be wrong not for me to come when I was asked."

Elvis Costello attended with wife Diana Krall, who's due to give birth in December. "But it's twins," said Krall, "so maybe sooner!"

Fox's wife Tracy Pollan said the annual fundraiser got a shot in the arm from last week's wins by Democrats ? and candidates favoring stem-cell research: "It definitely has an extra little feeling of excitement. But this is always a really important night, and a really fun night for us."

Pollan also said she was "sort of floored" by Rush Limbaugh's accusation that Fox exaggerated his symptoms in a campaign ad."But having watched (Limbaugh) before, maybe not as surprised as maybe I would've hoped to have been. Actually, the first thing I thought was this is really going to turn on him ? which it did."

Crow, who sang the Beatles' "Blackbird" and "Eight Days a Week," told PEOPLE, "I'm really here to celebrate what Michael J. Fox is doing and what he's done so far, and the great hope he's giving everyone."

She added, "I'm so lucky, because I am now a breast cancer survivor. Obviously only six months, but I believe that I'm cancer free. (In Michael) we're watching somebody who's really fighting for his life, and the fact that he's sharing that with us I think motivates the best part of all of us to really tap into the human spirit and feel that kind of empathy and want to do something about it."

On a personal note, Crow revealed, "I'm dating." Anyone we should know? "I always feel like it's no one anyone should ever know," she said, laughing. "I like to keep my secrets."

For his part, Fox was just excited to know he had some effect on politics. "In the last week of the election, when people are chucking garbage around and it's the most brutal part of the campaign, people were actually talking about stem cells," he said. "Whatever side they came down on was great by me, as long as they talked about it."

He added: "The attention was great. And we went into that conversation knowing that 70 percent of Americans support this research."

The night ended with an all-star jam session: Fox strapped on a guitar to join Crow, Costello, Rob Thomas and Leary on stage for the Beatles' "Revolution," "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "Twist and Shout."

And when it was all over, guests went home with a unique gift basket: A Beatles lunch box stuffed with goodies.

that jacket is pimp...

Rose, a surprise guest, took the stage at the Waldorf-Astoria Ballroom to sing McCartney's "Live and Let Die." Why the performance? "Michael had asked," Rose told PEOPLE. "We actually used a sample of Michael J. Fox from (his film) Casualties of War in one of our songs that will be on the new album. So I felt, one, I've always been a fan of his. And I also feel for the guy and his situation. I'm for stem-cell research, so I just thought it would be wrong not for me to come when I was asked."



so is the footage for madagascar or the general?

live and let die is a bit strange for such an event ::)

Yeah, now I find it even stranger that Beta took offense at the person (and seemingly the board in general) who said that they hoped the band dind't do WTTJ because it would be awkward, when in fact he did do LALD, which could be considered equally awkward.  ???

(I posted about that before and it was deleted).   >:(

cool. Casualties of War quotes are for Madagascar.
I love it. I feel moved by the gesture.

Go Axl, go Michael!
Best luck to both of them.


...Lucky

Yay, Axl mentions the new album :beer:

 :hihi:

Not by name, however :D

That's cool as hell.  LALD is definitely not the song I was thinking it was going to be and now that I think about it, it's not really that odd of a choice.  "What does it matter to ya, When you've got a job to do you've got to do it well, You've got to give the other fella hell..."  It could really be applied to the current situation and the whole Limbaugh\Michael J. Fox thing.  I wonder if that much thought was really put into the song choice though??  Anyway, Axl gets a nice little pat on the back from me for doing this event and hopefully we will continue to see him doing even more benefits and charities.

Not really. Prolly You'll know what hurts and what doesn't when you have your dearest person or yourself suffering from a serious illness. When the word in the songs has nothing to do with the illness, to assume it should offend the patients, which is like assuming they're not supposed to survive their illness, and to make fun of it are the former. and totally off.




what about our axl?
This is the second time I see Axl and Elvis Costello in one article.

Good find, snooze72
http://people.aol.com/people/article/0,26334,1558380,00.html
I guess we're seeing many other news sites c n ping this article.  :yes:

I didn't know that the Fab Faux was a Beatles Tribute Band...makes sense now.

It's nice to see Michael J. Fox up there playing the guitar.  It would have been cool if he would have played when Axl was performing.  So Sheryl Crow sang two songs and Axl sang one... I wouldn't have minded a duet with Axl when Sheryl sang Eight Days a Week or Black Bird with Axl and Sheryl would have kicked ass.

Beta's point was that it was inappropriate to make a cheap joke about such a sensitive subject.  She wasn't agreeing that WTTJ would be in poor taste, only that the joke around it was.

I'll probably have to continue this at MYGNR because it will be deleted, and I don't want to carry it on anyway, but my point is that it seemed to me to be more of an observation than a cheap joke.? Here's the exchange, I'll substitute the other song...


I just found her post more negative than the original, but maybe that's because I always thought of her as being such a positive person, and I took offense at her sweeping 'the way you guys think' statement.? ?But I'm sure she didn't mean it, just like I'm sure the original poster meant no offense, either.? :)? Back to our regularly scheduled programming.?  ;D

WOW, a post like this is just begging for negative karma  :hihi:

The joke was in bad taste. She was just calling the poster on it.

I really don't see what is so awkward about the song.  It's just that, a song.  Axl picked something that he knew how to sing and that was written by Paul McCartney, a former Beatle.  You folks read WAY too much into things.  It's a song that was written as the title track for a James Bond movie for crissakes.

Hey, Dave is back!!

i never seen something so beautiful.very kool i must say.

For his part, Fox was just excited to know he had some effect on politics. "In the last week of the election, when people are chucking garbage around and it's the most brutal part of the campaign, people were actually talking about stem cells," he said. "Whatever side they came down on was great by me, as long as they talked about it."

Once again proves, Mr. Fox is trying his best to raise awareness about stem-cell research, and that's it's not about being a Democrat-pawn.

Go Michael, Go Axl, go all of you!? : ok: :peace:

Who cares as long as the Republicans pack up and go home : ok:

'Cause the Democrats aren't always right either.  :no:

The American voters seemed to think otherwise.. :hihi:

The Republicans at this point remind me of the Liberals here in Canada who similiarily got slaughtered come voting time.

It comes and goes. They'll control again, it's just the current voter feeling. It goes back and forth, and always will.

That's the great thing about this country. We need both of them. We need balance, in order to find the middle ground that most moral & human people think by.

Never be brainwashed enough to simply vote down party lines, whether your left or right. Vote who the right person for the job is. That's what America is about.

http://people.aol.com/people


Michael J. Fox Rocks with Sheryl Crow, Axl Rose at Fundraiser
MONDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2006 08:45AM EST

By Mark Dagostino

Michael J. Fox raised more than $5 million for his Foundation for Parkinson's Research at a Beatles-themed fundraiser in Manhattan on Saturday night, thanks to a crowd that included emcee Denis Leary, Sheryl Crow, Martin Scorsese, Mohammed Ali, Famke Janssen, Rob Thomas and Susan Sarandon.

Rose, a surprise guest, took the stage at the Waldorf-Astoria Ballroom to sing McCartney's "Live and Let Die." Why the performance? "Michael had asked," Rose told PEOPLE. "We actually used a sample of Michael J. Fox from (his film) Casualties of War in one of our songs that will be on the new album. So I felt, one, I've always been a fan of his. And I also feel for the guy and his situation. I'm for stem-cell research, so I just thought it would be wrong not for me to come when I was asked."

Elvis Costello attended with wife Diana Krall, who's due to give birth in December. "But it's twins," said Krall, "so maybe sooner!"

Fox's wife Tracy Pollan said the annual fundraiser got a shot in the arm from last week's wins by Democrats ? and candidates favoring stem-cell research: "It definitely has an extra little feeling of excitement. But this is always a really important night, and a really fun night for us."

Pollan also said she was "sort of floored" by Rush Limbaugh's accusation that Fox exaggerated his symptoms in a campaign ad."But having watched (Limbaugh) before, maybe not as surprised as maybe I would've hoped to have been. Actually, the first thing I thought was this is really going to turn on him ? which it did."

Crow, who sang the Beatles' "Blackbird" and "Eight Days a Week," told PEOPLE, "I'm really here to celebrate what Michael J. Fox is doing and what he's done so far, and the great hope he's giving everyone."

She added, "I'm so lucky, because I am now a breast cancer survivor. Obviously only six months, but I believe that I'm cancer free. (In Michael) we're watching somebody who's really fighting for his life, and the fact that he's sharing that with us I think motivates the best part of all of us to really tap into the human spirit and feel that kind of empathy and want to do something about it."

On a personal note, Crow revealed, "I'm dating." Anyone we should know? "I always feel like it's no one anyone should ever know," she said, laughing. "I like to keep my secrets."

For his part, Fox was just excited to know he had some effect on politics. "In the last week of the election, when people are chucking garbage around and it's the most brutal part of the campaign, people were actually talking about stem cells," he said. "Whatever side they came down on was great by me, as long as they talked about it."

He added: "The attention was great. And we went into that conversation knowing that 70 percent of Americans support this research."

The night ended with an all-star jam session: Fox strapped on a guitar to join Crow, Costello, Rob Thomas and Leary on stage for the Beatles' "Revolution," "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "Twist and Shout."

And when it was all over, guests went home with a unique gift basket: A Beatles lunch box stuffed with goodies.

Sweet!

LALD people.

I guess that confirms that Madagascar will be on the new album, if anyone was wondering.

I get goosebumps everytime I see Axl's name in places not associated with Guns N' Roses.

maybe she actually didn't get the joke? it may be tasteless, but it's KIND OF funny. The same joke would apply by going to an Alzheimer's Disease benefit and for the intro to WTTJ, screaming "do you know where the f--- you are!?" Still tasteless... but that's the sense of humor that people who listen to Axl Rose lyrics can have. I always thought the "it's all Greek to me" line was a weak throwaway in One in a Million, until learning that anal sex is described as "greek"... and now that line stitches the verse together.

I didn't really want to know that.  : ok:

BTW, I don't think LALD was such a bad choice. Don't you think the song's about surviving, rather than for example letting something die like the title implies? Come on, you've all heard the song.

I'm depressed (I've been diagnosed), and that song doesn't make me want to give up and die, so why should people with other diseases feel like it? It gives strength to people.

*******

Axl should do one of these events every week! Actually he should sing every song in the fuckin' world. If I was his manager I'd try to convince him to do that. A gifted singer like him shouldn't be restrained to such a small list of songs!

Luciano

*******

Jaci_Roxx agreed. I think the song is about surviving. In this case, to live and to let the disease die. :beer:


Or just you don't get it.

You're not wrong man. I thought it was funny, it was just extremely tasteless. Jokes happen that way sometimes.

Like the song says, 'Live and Let Die'.  :)

This point doesn't really deserve this much argument, but it's just that I disagree. And I get it, trust me. Unfortunately, I know the pain of watching someone in horrible shape die slowly. I also know the pain of watching other people watch someone die (that should make sense). Seeing how it affects other lives may be the hardest part.

And, in those situations-- no matter how tasteless-- if someone can find a way to make me laugh, then god bless them.


we're just fans here. we're not spokespeople or public figures... we have a small bit of responsibility to behave, shouldn't have to watch what we say in all occasions.

tasteless? yeah. cheap? yeah. funny? that depends on who you are, i guess.

As Legend said, Live and Let Die... and THAT's what it really means.

Should have done kohd : ok: