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Re: The Gloves are off, I have to know.....
What about the bass on this record? I can only really notice Tommy on the outro of TWAT. He is either drowned out or just absent on almost the entire album.
Tommy is more prominent on the 2008 leaks. He has a killer bass tone on IRS, but Axl apparently wanted mindless wanking to drown it out on the finished product.
- FlashFlood
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Re: The Gloves are off, I have to know.....
Olorin wrote:What about the bass on this record? I can only really notice Tommy on the outro of TWAT. He is either drowned out or just absent on almost the entire album.
Tommy is more prominent on the 2008 leaks. He has a killer bass tone on IRS, but Axl apparently wanted mindless wanking to drown it out on the finished product.
i dig the bass groove in if the world, too. he's also pretty good in street of dreams and catcher but when the songs get heavier he seems to just stick to the basic.
Re: The Gloves are off, I have to know.....
Tommy's bass is killer in the leaks. It was what made Chinese Democracy (the song) cool. And Axl ruined it.
Really, if CD was produced by Bob Ezrin it really would have been a masterpiece. He knows when to use polish and sandpaper and he KNOWS how to layer a song. Fuck it, I was just starting to come around and now I'm getting pissed again.:flame:
- NY Giants82
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Re: The Gloves are off, I have to know.....
I love "This I Love". In fact, its probably my favorite song on the album. The solo is good, but not great though. Sure, Slash would have owned it, but it wasn't going to happen, so there is really no use is harping on it.
I think most of the guitar work is great as well. I love BBF's solo in "Shacklers", his additions in "CD", Bucket's work in "Better", "If The World", "Prostitute", and so on. I do wish they would have kept Bucket's solo in "Riad" though. But I'll definatly give the guitar work two thumbs up!
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Yeah I loved the bass in the demo of CD, that along with the drumming gave it a really cool groove. Axl singing in the deep voice also made it what it was.
I agree the bass is ok on SOD, but overall I was not only disapointed, but suprised at how little he stands out on the finished album. I dug the ITW demo and he owned that. What I cant bare is the pitman techno bassline farting along on the album version. Killed that song comp-letely for me.
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the guitar in Better before and during the "I never wanted you to be..." highlights what this album is missing more than anything. that guitar just sounds like shit. it's thin and weak and kills what could have been the greatest moment on the album since there's so much power and emotion in Axl's voice.
as for TIL, i love the solo. it fits the song great. what hurts the song for me is when the drums kick in. i would have left all that out.
