Axl's response...



In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
OR... why Axl Rose should not sing fuckin' cheezoid ballads and STFU!!!!!!

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
I believe the technical term used to describe it is 'Axl Rose come back album'.

In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
Seriously, Blanky... WHAT the fuck IS THAT SHIT?????????

OR... why Axl Rose should not sing fuckin' cheezoid ballads and STFU!!!!!!

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
I believe the technical term used to describe it is 'Axl Rose come back album'.

In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
Seriously, Blanky... WHAT the fuck IS THAT SHIT?????????

Haha! Tell her I have some Nazareth rock ballads for her next!


In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
issy: WHAT the FUCK IS that shit!?

In reply to this comment by blankfist:


I'm not sure this is relevant. I just don't know anymore. I have nothing.

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My fav sifted vid, which is a nice piece of history both from a "moving pictures" and sociological standpoint. And it's an awesome tune...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Black-Shadows-excerpt-from-Radio-Parade-1935-In-Color

My Pq only has two videos in there. They should probably both be there but of the two this one is slightly better because it has Nick Cave in it...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Nick-Cave-Saloon-Ballad-Singer

Great idea for a talk post, AC.

sorry, *dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ballad-of-Black-Mesa

This video has been declared a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by calvados.

SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
To Her Door

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Enter Sandman

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
The Weather

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Liquid Breakfast

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Money

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
My Hero

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Beautiful Stranger

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
From St Kilda To Kings Cross

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Camp Bachelor Alma Mater

WHAT IS 2+2?
Fallible

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Empty Chairs

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Haunted

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Hotel Song

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
You

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Maxwell's Silver Hammer

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
1995 (This question is stupid as I'm already married)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
God

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
The Shadow of Seattle

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Casino

WHATS THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Lose Your Delusion II

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Don't take your love away from me

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Pilate's Dream

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
'Cuz I can

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Reunion

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Tangled up in Blue (Another stupid question thanks to my married state)

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Sell Sell Sell

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Ballad of a Dead Man

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
C.U.S.T.

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Back To You

Of course he can sing. He's Ricky Gervais. He can do whatever he wants.
In The Office he had song a really lame romantic rock ballad, and you could tell he could sing even though the song was terrible.

EDIT - Actually, instead of just listing it, I'll copy out my descriptions of them too since I already wrote this up for another forum:


1. The Flashbulb - Soundtrack to a Vacant Life | Instrumental | 4.5/5

Simply put, a seamless, sweeping epic of genres that dabbles in everything from sombre piano ballads, to upbeat flamenco, caustic electronica, serene ambience, rhythmic percussive tribal drum sections and haunting string sections, imposing every possible emotion on the listener. If anything, the sole weakness is that the rough 2-3 minute length of each of the 31 songs means they don't work so effectively as standalone compositions but as verses in a protracted poem, making the idea of listening to the entirety of it a tad daunting.


2. Protest The Hero - Fortress | Progressive Metal | 4.5/5

Metal that while relatively intricate yet melodic enough and hell, catchy enough to avoid divulging into incomprehensible technical wankery. Lyrics abound with references to goddesses and dethroned kings but it's decidedly tongue in cheek. Perhaps the biggest weaknesses resides in a lack of coherence, a tendency for the album to mesh together as a string of riffs, with little sense of a recurring chorus or verses within songs, but then you can take that as a plus depending on how you look at it. Besides that and a couple of immensely obnoxious vocal lines it's a pretty solid effort all around.


3. Blue Sky Black Death - Late Night Cinema | Instrumental Trip-hop | 4.5/5

One of the least expected surprises this year for me, partly because I generally despise anything that relates in any way to hip-hop or remixes yet I was sold on first listen. It’s just such a supremely chilled out but simultaneously melodically multilayered album which weaves hip-hop/trip-hop styling with a fairly significant utilisation of violins, trumpets, keyboards and an organ, capping it off with a distinct jazz tinge.


4. In Mourning - Shrowded Divine | Melodic Death Metal | 4/5

Genre-wise they’re probably best described as melodic death metal based but with progressive and doom influenced sections, reminiscent of Opeth, but not exactly the same. I initially junked this when I first picked it up but it’s grown on me immensely since then. There’s nothing immediately about them that sticks out as particularly impressive, the riffs aren’t all too complex, the melody isn’t overly diverse. If anything the drumming is quite good and both the harsh and clean vocals are solid. Nevertheless they clearly have a knack for creating memorable melody lines, and many minor touches such as the use juxtaposed clean and harsh vocals of essentially the same lines, coupled with a number of sexy breakdowns and a consistently bleak and permeating tone really make this album memorable in some indescribable way.


5. Transcending Bizarre? - The Serpent's Manifolds | Avant-Garde Black Metal | 4/5

Typical black metal brain mashing, but nicely broken up by violin sections to prevent migraines! Again it really feels like this band just clicks, but that not to say they can’t put out some impressively melodic riffs, and solos or bring it intensity-wise. In terms of criticism, there’s probably too much reliance on violin for a metal album, but that’s a very subjective disparagement, also a select few sections drag a bit ... oh and the intro is obnoxious and highly skipable. Oh and keyboards, oh the humanity! Run for the hills!


6. Thrice - The Alchemy Index - Vol.3 & 4 Air & Earth | Experimental Rock | 4/5

Partially successful but suffers from issues strangely distinct from the first two volumes. Whereas the first two could perhaps be argued to have taken the element concepts too literally both melodically and lyric-wise, this time around there are fairly tentative connections to the elements. With Air there’s simply a heavy use of reverb and echo to create the impression of an expansive soundscape, among a number of other tricks; whereas Earth is merely embodied by heavy use of stripped back and stark acoustic guitar with an American folk grounding. In all, neither really captures the concept as effectively as the haphazard, chaotic, distorting Fire; and if anything the biggest weakness of Air is it doesn’t distance it enough from the seeping smoothness that characterised Water to offer anything particularly distinctive. All in all it still remains an intriguing unconventional attempt with a number of standout songs, particularly the sonnets that outro each of the volumes oddly enough, led by consistently strong vocals.


7. Bar Kokhba Sextet - Lucifer The Book of Angels - Vol. 10 | Jazz | 4/5

I'm not really qualified to comment on or critique jazz as I'm very much a neophyte to it, but this is some excellent stuff.


8. Lights Out Asia - Eyes Like Brontide | Post Rock | 4/5

To me the main element any post rock effort needs to really be effective is a pervasive, consistent atmosphere, which this album abounds with. It doesn't fall into clichés such as blasting you into submission by badgering you with volume changes, or an over reliance on monotonous arpeggios, but builds upon subtle layers of sound to create a vast, rich soundscape of echoing guitars, staccato electronica beats and fleeting vocals.


9. Opeth - Watershed | Progressive Death Metal | 4/5

Disappointingly inconsistent by their standards, but still a pretty solid album all around. Some songs definitely drag massively, and certain parts sound technically overindulging and tiresome particularly the outro to Burden. On the other hand in my humble opinion it also has some of the best songs they have written, the way the progressive acoustic guitar section fades in and out in Porcelain Heart for example is seamlessly mesmerising, Hessian Peel is almost equally memorable. Regardless this is no Blackwater Park unfortunately.


10. Mutyumu - Ilya | Post Rock | 4/5

Post rock doesn't really give this band justice. It's like an odd mix of opera and hardcore Japanese vocals, with heavily piano reliant post rock grounding. Awesome? Somewhat. Half the time its carried by stirring complex but seemingly effortless piano and string sections unfolding at a blistering pace coupled with occasional strangely effective hushed murmurs, yet the other half of the time it cascades into almost unbearable droning repetition. Now given that, Prayer is damn well one of the best post rock songs I have ever heard and it really is a pity that the rest of the album wasn’t equally brilliant. I probably overrate this a tad too but well ... goshdarnit it’s all gotta be about job creation and shoring up our economy.

Now, let's hear his explanation for "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins"!

>> ^visionep:
I'm surprised they didn't get Joe Rogan to participate.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1742125/

Or George Lopez. I would love for there to be video of George beating the crap out of Carlos behind the Comedy Store, after he found out that Carlos had stolen 17 minutes of his act.

reminded me of a song by Radio Free Vestibule called "The Ballad of Marshall McLuhan"

Marshall McLuhan! You're such a groovy thinker.

You've got the best.

Insight into.

Mass mediaaaaa.

This side of the Rio Grande!


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http://www.videosift.com/video/Ballad-of-Bilbo-Baggins-as-Sung-by-Leonard-Nimoy