Tommy, are you in there?

[thetwilitekid]

First single from the Tommy and Axl show (and some other people and machines or something) can be heard here.

Warning: block out the right third of your computer screen.

(It sounds done and official, anyways.)

[ih8music]

umm.... it's, well, umm.... at least unique, no?

[ih8music]

just saw this take of that song on Tommy's board:

Better
Leaked in 2006.
First performed live by:
W. Axl Rose - Vocals
Robin Finck - Lead & Rhythm guitar
Richard Fortus - Lead & Rhythm guitar
Ron Thal - Lead & Rhythm guitar
Tommy Stinson - Bass
Brain - Drums
Dizzy Reed - Keyboards
Chris Pitman - Synths
Out of all of the new songs, this seems to be the one that most of the fans love. Considering the amount of surprises it throws at you in its 4 minutes it's easy to see why. Starts off with a strange guitar effect, with Axl singing falsetto over the top before going into the first verse which gives you the impression that it's going to a mid-pace, nu-metal type song. And then out of nowhere comes the chorus - short and sweet, but making way for some truly bizarre twists and turns, which includes a lot of sweep-picking and ultra-fast shredding solos, a heavy-as-fuck, balls-out riff accompanied by Axl proving once and for all that no one can scream like him... and then, it all ends with a bluesy lead part accompanying the last verse, which is again mid-paced.
Surprisingly for a song with so many sudden changes in direction, all signs point to Better being the album's lead single.

[scoOter]

ah hell, it won't play for me... i sorta want to hear it, but.... wait... what are we talking about?

[A Regular]

"a heavy-as-fuck, balls-out riff"

Rock On Dude!

[scoOter]

unsatisfied2 said:

"a heavy-as-fuck, balls-out riff"

Rock On Dude!

[nazareth]

Here's the version that leaked a few years back....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7PieZGDw9Q


I actually love the song.

[scoOter]

is this youtube version significantly different from the one people recently heard?

[allshookup]

Tommy website: "a heavy-as-fuck, balls-out riff"

Paul website: "wuss-rock"

No wonder PW wrote "Whatever Happened to Paul"

[nazareth]

scooterboy said:

is this youtube version significantly different from the one people recently heard?

Nothing major. More Synths. While the leaked one today is supposedly a "Demo," it is much more polished than the older one and sounds like it's ready to go.

[bigbak]

I don't know what to say. G'n'R are generally not my cup of tea, but I actually like this song.

[adamapple]

i think i just threw up in my mouth...i have no idea what this is about, but tommy better be happy as shite and be getting paid big time, cause this just plane sucks, and i sit on pauls shoulders while he screams it at axl...hi8s bass is buried and no where near as inspire as on wild as i wanna be, or even right to arm bears...go figure

[MacGyver]

I have the extended demo of Better that was leaked awhile ago. I don't care for it.