Corporate H
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Post by Corporate H on Jan 18, 2013 17:55:45 GMT -5
Can anyone care to explain?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2013 18:13:52 GMT -5
Axl had an unlimited budget, creative control and a ton of crazy ideas.
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 18, 2013 18:22:23 GMT -5
Chuck Klosterman theorized that the scene with slash on the sunset strip represented GNR becoming so big that "theyre no longer welcome in the jungle". Cant figure out the rest of the video (maybe axl saw madonna's "Cherish" video and wanted to have dolphins in HIS video too)
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amaron
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Post by amaron on Jan 18, 2013 19:19:05 GMT -5
Slash always brought it with his solos.
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chazraps
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Post by chazraps on Jan 18, 2013 19:26:45 GMT -5
About a year ago, I interviewed hair-metal revivalists Station (who are awesome) and, just for fun, asked them to explain it in one sentence. Each member said this: “Del James is weird.” and “Big rock opera spectacle, dolphins and all.” That member added: "I do think in that video, Slash’s guitar solo is the perfect match of a visual with the sound. His tone is perfect, I feel like his guitar is talking to me." Pretty cool guys, made for a fun conversation - www.syffal.com/interview-station
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spec
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Post by spec on Jan 19, 2013 22:15:28 GMT -5
Axl thought that Guns n' Roses needed something new and fresh... something that hadn't been done in rock n' roll before... he wanted a dolphin to join the band as a second vocalist for their next album. Axl envisaged groundbreaking vocal harmonies 'clicking' together - literally, and planned on letting the dolphin sing lead occasionally like Izzy used to. He even wanted to take the dolphin on tour with them having it in a small tank onstage with an underwater microphone. The other band members were incensed by Axl's sheer f***-wittery with this ludicrous idea so they had a big argument and Axl stormed off to go hide out at his mansion. Axl wanted his dolphin dammit. He reminisces about past GnR shows and just how something was missing... the band just couldn't be complete without the friendly sea creature. Axl got so annoyed at his now estranged bandmates that he was beside himself - estranged from his very self. His estranged self enjoyed showering. Eventually it just got too much for poor Axl and he jumped off an oil tanker. His former bandmates desperately tried to save him, but he was having none of it, they had destroyed his revolutionary new vision. Eventually Axl's new dolphin friends came to the rescue. In one last gasp attempt at steering Axl off the path of utter insanity, Slash plays a solo whilst using his powers of awesome to stand on water, hoping it will convince him to come back to the band and forget this hairbrained dolphin idea. But Axl won't be swayed and is now planning to start a new band consisting of himself and the dolphins. Their first project is a re-worked hard rock version of the theme from 'Flipper'. Though within a matter of days, Axl has a huge argument with the dolphins and this new band breaks up due to "creative differences".
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Vampiro138
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Post by Vampiro138 on Jan 20, 2013 1:01:46 GMT -5
the trilogy was broken up, because the break up of Stephanie Seymour, so this being the last one of the it, they just went all out with Del James's idea. theres apparently alot of symbolic crap in the entire video...
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Post by eDemento2099 on Jan 20, 2013 2:06:23 GMT -5
The video is awesome. They (bands in general, not just GN'R) don't make 'em like they used to.
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Post by eDemento2099 on Jan 20, 2013 2:09:06 GMT -5
Axl thought that Guns n' Roses needed something new and fresh... something that hadn't been done in rock n' roll before... he wanted a dolphin to join the band as a second vocalist for their next album. Axl envisaged groundbreaking vocal harmonies 'clicking' together - literally, and planned on letting the dolphin sing lead occasionally like Izzy used to. He even wanted to take the dolphin on tour with them having it in a small tank onstage with an underwater microphone. The other band members were incensed by Axl's sheer f***-wittery with this ludicrous idea so they had a big argument and Axl stormed off to go hide out at his mansion. Axl wanted his dolphin dammit. He reminisces about past GnR shows and just how something was missing... the band just couldn't be complete without the friendly sea creature. Axl got so annoyed at his now estranged bandmates that he was beside himself - estranged from his very self. His estranged self enjoyed showering. Eventually it just got too much for poor Axl and he jumped off an oil tanker. His former bandmates desperately tried to save him, but he was having none of it, they had destroyed his revolutionary new vision. Eventually Axl's new dolphin friends came to the rescue. In one last gasp attempt at steering Axl off the path of utter insanity, Slash plays a solo whilst using his powers of awesome to stand on water, hoping it will convince him to come back to the band and forget this hairbrained dolphin idea. But Axl won't be swayed and is now planning to start a new band consisting of himself and the dolphins. Their first project is a re-worked hard rock version of the theme from 'Flipper'. Though within a matter of days, Axl has a huge argument with the dolphins and this new band breaks up due to "creative differences". Ah, so now I know the real story of why Chinese Democracy was in limbo for so long.
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Magnus the Magnificent
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Jan 20, 2013 8:39:41 GMT -5
Cocaine
The answer is always cocaine.
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