Strange listening experience. At once utterly familiar, because I really did hammer the shit out of these albums, but unlike a lot of stuff I've gone back to, very little on the feels front.
Lots of lyrics that are fucking yikes. Or just puerile.
Axl apparently an MRA/incel at some point in his life.
I'm all in for the big bloated messy bits though. If the track was under 5 minutes, sign me out.
For sure it's time to re-appraise chinese democracy.
To all intents and purposes I think of this as an Axl solo record so it's more tending towards the Queen sense of overblown rock but there's still a lot of good stuff on it.
I saw her performing with Jools Holland and his band at a tiny wee basement gig as a late night afterparty thing. Must have been mid 2000s I guess? She had an absolutely gorgeous voice. I’m sure she still has.
Since I read about John Bonham's squeaky bass pedal the other day, it's all I can fucking hear. Since I've Been Loving You is just squeak squeak squeak...