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Re: The Forum - Inglewood, CA 12/21/11
Reminded me of how hard The Blues actually is to pull off live.
RIR3 was perfection, the arrangement has never been all that great since (the less said about the album version, the better).
This one; Axl, Tommy and Dizzy are good as a threesome. When the full band kicks in, you sense the song getting slightly overpowered, even if DJ totally nails his solos.
Axl sounds killer, band does good. Still, just give the song more room. A great direction for the live version, but not quite in RIR3 heights yet.
- monkeychow
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Re: The Forum - Inglewood, CA 12/21/11
RIR3 was perfection, the arrangement has never been all that great since (the less said about the album version, the better).
No offence..but I'm still yet to understand why everyone who likes this song seems to hate the album version. I think it's a beautiful song and that the version on the record is kickass, I'll grant it's heavily produced with the ending and stuff...but I don't know what the problem is.
This was a pretty cool live version, I miss the tone Axl used to hit on some of the higher notes, used to be more aggressive or raspy or something and while he's on pitch here I'm not used to it sounding quite as "clean" but otherwise I think it sounds great.
- monkeychow
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Re: The Forum - Inglewood, CA 12/21/11
Actually if i was going to add anything to the SOD studio cut I'd have Axl sing the synth line like he did at Boston 2002.
This version is also a good example of how the high parts in the first verse are raspier back in the day as well.
Anyways check out around 3.30 for the bit I always wish was on the album now...
