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Old 01-22-2023, 07:01 PM   #1
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Default Lisa Marie Presley Memorial Service

Billy played To Sheila, Axl Rose played November Rain


 
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Old 01-22-2023, 07:14 PM   #2
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Wow Axl still kinda got it, who would have thought. Willy... idk if you can't even properly sing To sheila+acoustic guitar... maybe it's time to call it a day for real

 
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Old 01-22-2023, 07:30 PM   #3
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Did he play To Sheila on acoustic or pull out the laptop and gives us some Hooray!

Giddy up and up Lisa Marie!

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Old 01-22-2023, 07:38 PM   #4
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Damn nepobabies taking our memorial services.

 
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Old 01-22-2023, 07:49 PM   #5
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he sounds awful tbh

 
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Old 01-22-2023, 09:35 PM   #6
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Wow, I was not expecting Axl to sound that bad.

 
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Old 01-22-2023, 09:59 PM   #7
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I watched this and its such a weird scenario. Its sweet of Billy to play, it's sad someone died. It's just damn, he really lost all his mojo. His voice is so bad here and its like he cant even play the guitar that well anymore. Axl's voice is rough, but I still felt a little something in there. Also Axl's playing was pretty damn good here given the situation. It almost like skill, talent, circumstance and hard work are nothing compared to just the sheer randomness of having "it" and not. I guess even the greats only have a tiny window of being truly phenomenal.

 
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Old 01-22-2023, 09:59 PM   #8
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axl rose out here sounding like someone's cartoon grandma

 
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Old 01-22-2023, 10:42 PM   #9
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Excuse me, Billy's vocals and guitar are perfectly fine here. Look at it in context: his performance has been captured via a direct line into the desk for a Livestream, it's completely dry, there's no room/ambience/reverb, the mix just sounds really stark and unforgiving for his type of vocal, but I'm not hearing anything subjectively bad about this 1 song he just performed for his dead friend.

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 04:25 AM   #10
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Billy should have played Bullet With Butterfly Wings. It was a bigger hit.

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 06:01 AM   #11
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I thought bill sounded alright. Far from his worst.

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 08:59 AM   #12
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Uhm... I've been as hard on Billy as anyone, but he sounded fine. As russticles pointed out, the feed is 100% dry.

Fast forwarding to Axl... now that's a voice/style of singing that hasn't aged well. This is coming from someone who's last vinyl purchase was Use Your Illusion I and II. Beautiful piano though.

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 09:30 AM   #13
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Axl had to hit some very high notes without warming-up, he did a respectable job imo. Plus excellent piano work.

All Billy had to do was whisper To Sheila but opted for the weak-ass vibrato thing. Even the guitar part at the end came off a bit rusty. He's too much of an amateur these days. Unfuckingbelievable.

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 10:00 AM   #14
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billy sounds ok here, not the worst hes ever sounded as others have said

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 12:42 PM   #15
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I only skimmed through, but I wonder if she had "No Elvis songs and no 'You Are Not Alone' at my funeral" in bold letters at the top of her will

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 01:24 PM   #16
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For me, this is off limits to criticize. C'mon people.

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 01:26 PM   #17
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And it's not bad anyway

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 02:56 PM   #18
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He was probably distracted thinking about what business models he could use to sell the performance on vinyl, how much tea would be needed etc.

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 03:40 PM   #19
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this board is so stupid

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 05:52 PM   #20
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Axl had to hit some very high notes without warming-up, he did a respectable job imo. Plus excellent piano work.

All Billy had to do was whisper To Sheila but opted for the weak-ass vibrato thing. Even the guitar part at the end came off a bit rusty. He's too much of an amateur these days. Unfuckingbelievable.
You're trying too hard

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 06:04 PM   #21
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Old 01-23-2023, 06:28 PM   #22
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lordy, our boy just can't get a break!

wonder what's gonna happen in next week's episode of this gripping new sitcom


 
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Old 01-23-2023, 06:35 PM   #23
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Lmaooo welcome to the jungle shitshow, pal

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 06:38 PM   #24
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For me, this is off limits to criticize. C'mon people.
seriously.

My issue with this board as of late is that it's so reactionary i can't tell what is a genuine opinion anymore. Billy performs at a funeral "he's a has been!" billy doesn't sign an autograph- "what a has been ungrateful loser!" ATUM has synths it sucks! jimmy is playing a straight beat what a fucking old man!

but yeah the funeral of a dear friend? back off. he sounds fine here.

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 06:53 PM   #25
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Yeah to be honest, if you're being negative over this you're just a fucking dick.

He sounds absolutely fine, it's a raw acoustic sound in a big room, and oh yeah, it's at a fucking funeral.

Bashing ATUM is cool, go back to doing that. But bashing the man whilst he's showing respect to his recently passed friend, nah, leave him alone.

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 07:07 PM   #26
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seriously.

My issue with this board as of late is that it's so reactionary i can't tell what is a genuine opinion anymore. Billy performs at a funeral "he's a has been!" billy doesn't sign an autograph- "what a has been ungrateful loser!" ATUM has synths it sucks! jimmy is playing a straight beat what a fucking old man!

but yeah the funeral of a dear friend? back off. he sounds fine here.
here's my reactionary take about reactionary takes of late:

billy performing at LMP's funeral - off limits, but also sounds good all things considered so the criticisms are stupid
billy not signing autographs - i didnt even see this one but who gives a fuck? dudes been weird about this shit forever.
atum - presenting this as the sequel to MCIS and Machina, and giving us a promising instrumental to open makes this album open season for critiques of all sorts! flame away!

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 07:09 PM   #27
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It’s a live broadcast on YouTube not a sung mass. You can state your opinion on a SP message board about him performing To Sheila in a respectful matter.

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 07:18 PM   #28
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It’s a live broadcast on YouTube not a sung mass. You can state your opinion on a SP message board about him performing To Sheila in a respectful matter.
I think my biggest peeve with the live vox criticisms are we're talking about a dude who's never been able to sing proficiently. The album stuff I think is fair play because theres a lot of terrible decision making happening to make his vox sound egregiously and purposefully grating, but live takes like this he sounds better than average for old man bill.

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 07:36 PM   #29
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Yeah the vibrato is a bit annoying but that’s how he sings now so otherwise a fine performance.

 
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Old 01-23-2023, 07:47 PM   #30
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I think my biggest peeve with the live vox criticisms are we're talking about a dude who's never been able to sing proficiently. The album stuff I think is fair play because theres a lot of terrible decision making happening to make his vox sound egregiously and purposefully grating, but live takes like this he sounds better than average for old man bill.
True it’s never been about vocal proficiency. But we’re in the middle of the worst album ever made in the history of mankind, I just went into this hoping to catch a glimpse of the old magic.

 
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