LIBERTAD's HERE TO STAY!!!!

Let It Roll.... and there begins a rockathon of riffs, punching basslines... Think Forward! That's exactly what these guys in VR have decided.... She Mine takes one back to the AIC age... dark yet very poppy! On Get Out The Door, Weiland's vocal shape-shifting's personified! Slash's voicebox does the talking and leaves the rest to Scott to scream his a** off! She Builds Quick Machines seems to me the weakness of this album, not to take anything away from the album, but its a fact... it is the weakest song on the album... Slash's solo levels things a bit... The Last Fight is a slow melody, all about Slash this time. One thing's for sure, this one will be a big hit! Pills, Demons, Etc. rests on a killer riff but the rest needs some getting used to. American Man punks things up great! Great bridge, even better Solo (Slash is back), a complete song and one people can sing along to. Mary, Mary brings back memories of STP, good Rock N' Roller! The album does seem to give a punk feel after The Last Fight, very evident! Just Sixteen is THE song which one can never get bored of! Two solos from Slash leave listeners pumped up! Can't Get It Out Of My Head has a melancholic touch to it... its a cover version of an ELO song btw. Brendan O' Brien's decision is justified! This is a helluva cover! And I can't get it out of my head, to be frank! For A Brother is catchy, with Scott perfect on vocals, good bridge too and Slash? well, need i say anything?! Rock N' Roll's BACK!!!!!! Listen to Spay and you'll be left wondering if Cobain's back because this song has that Nirvana sound to it! It's up with the likes of GOTD, JS and SM... And btw, the song's aimed at the Paris Hiltons of our generation! LOL!!!! Things have to come to an end and to do exactly that there's Gravedancer... a perfect finish! Don't turn that system off because there's a hidden track Don't Drop That Dime. After listening to this song you'll be more than convinced that these guys can pull off anything!

So have these guys improved? Ofcourse they have! Libertad is way better than Contraband and goes places where the debut couldn't. While Contraband was a way too serious album, Libertad is FUN all the way!

Cursed Little Journey!

Watching and waiting for the name to appear
When it does, I shall relive my worst fear
For I'll be seated in no time, strapped to my seat
I consider this for myself, my biggest feat.

I'm going to be up there with nothing to do
With a stranger next to me, reading the news
Whatever I do, frightened as ever I'll be
Throughout this cursed quick mid-air journey.

They'll walk back and forth, with things in their hands
Which I'll have no interest in, please do understand
While another just sits there staring their way
I know I'll be stuck here, only to pray.

What if lightning should strike, what if the clouds give way
What if the fog blinds us, what if a gun's pointing my way
What could I do then, what could I possibly say
For I know I'll be dead by the end of the day.

Hope the wheels touchdown, for it'll bring back delight
But will that ever happen, i know my plight
These thoughts, they shall come back, but as of now they fade
Just got to know the reality, well, the flight's delayed.


- Was just wondering how a guy with the fear of flying would think.....

THE PERFECT GIG!

Saw the LiveStream version of the Rock Am Ring Gig yesterday and thought I'd write a review as I was blown away by the performance!

Waited for Good Charlotte and Evanescence to finish which were both painful performances.....! After some gibberish from a local German and another equally bad Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love version, Velvet Revolver came on stage ..... and my first obvious guess was right........ They opened with LET IT ROLL! A fast belter of a song which seemed to have no impact on the crowd that was earlier cheering Good Charlotte! AMAZING! Slash's solo wasn't that audible as he was playing very close to the crowd.....

The next song was Do It For The Kids, which I thought would be a tester for Scott Weiland but he showed me and every VR fan how much his vocal abilities have improved.... a perfect version of the song, I gotta say!

The next intro, now very familiar to us VR fans, kept us ready for the new song SHE MINE, groovy riff, catchy vocal lines and Scott looking out thorugh Duff's legs as Duff stood on the monitors! LOL!!!!!!! Yeah, it was perfect!

The next song which was their first song on Contraband, Sucker Train Blues, was a very tight performance and Duff was amazing on Bass! Scott was going great song after song!

The next song Vasoline, made me jump up given that I'm a big STP fan! Never got to listen to a clear version of this song whenever VR played it, but this time with the gr8 sound...... WOW! The VR touch to it and the improvisation at the latter part of the song was amazing with Scott going clean on the mic!

Scott then shouted out "Alright Now Sausage Fest! 2007!" ..... another million dollar moment! LOL!!!!!

What came next left me dazed as Scott said "The next song's from our last new album, last album if u've heard and it's called JUST 16!" Believe me, my jaws were wide open!!!! But then, Scott corrected himself and said "From our last album and it's called Fall To Pieces"...... yeah, a sigh of relief!!! Anyway, Slash sounded amazing during the solo! And the backup vocals and a very clear Scott, made this one song hard to forget!

The next song was JUST 16 and it's my personal favourite from Libertad. The point in the song where Slash goes "Well I'm Just Sixteen" was awesome and shown through the great vibe that these guys have going! The two solos in the song were mind-blowing to say the least! A killer of a song!!!

The next two songs were covers It's So Easy (GN'R) and Sex Type Thing (STP)..... whenever i've scanned through Youtube, I've always noticed lines reading "Leave this song to Axl! Leave every GN'R song to Axl!"... The guys who wrote that line were surely made to think twice and eat their words as Scott proved how amazing a vocalist he is! It kept me thinking.... "Bring any GN'R song at the table, and Scott can dig it!" Yeah, he's improved a lot! The Slash solo is what I love about the song, not to mention the line "It's F***in Easy!" VR puled it off GR8!!!

Sex Type Thing was the song that defined the concert for me as the intro by Scott made me feel real good and when the song went on to the interlude, VR gave it their rendition.... they made the song sound groovier and Scott kept shouting out words like "Motivation, give me Liberation, Stimulation......" and then the fast chorus line brought the song to a fitting end.

Next song in, the first single off Libertad, SHE BUILDS QUICK MACHINES was intense and catchy as ever, the perfect bridge leading into the Slash solo.... aah... priceless!! Racin Bloody Beautiful is how i describe this song! Slash gave us VR fans a replay of the solo too! LOL!!

Set Me Free, which has to be the best live song by VR ever, was perfect by its own right and what was great to see was that throughout the song Scott never used the megaphone which he used a lot (for this song) at previous Gigs! Slash's solo would have made a fan out of every Anti-VR guy present there! Only bad thing about this song was when the sound lowered a bit, in the middle...

Again two covers Psycho Killer (Talking Heads) and Mr. Brownstone, were out of this world! Psycho Killer was all about Scott while Mr. Brownstone was an awesome all rounder!

There were lotsa covers but each one was of the quality they deserve!

And like it is a lot through VR gigs these days.... Slither was the song that would bring to an end this perfect performance! This song left everyone asking for more, I'm sure! The solo was amazing and so was the hooting improvisation and so the song and the performance came to an end as scott left the megaphone on stage blowing the siren.... VR STYLE!

All in all, the first and best VR gig i've seen live! The setlist needed more new songs but hell, we got all the covers we love! Scott Weiland will definitely keep the critics silenced as he keeps proving how great a frontman he is and how far his vocal abilities stretch out.... great from start to finish! Slash.........Well...... he was just the usual Guitar God that he is! The quality support from Matt(awesome on STT), Duff (the basslines off-a Sucker Train Blues are still ringing in my head) and Dave ( Fantastic throughout!) just goes to show how tight and Pro a band they are!

BLACKOUT....

Of blackened shadows and the moonlit haze
The moon stays still, although I gaze
The bulb's out, now with darkness everywhere
The cars and trees, I see, dark, yet so fair.

Of sleeping outside, i feel the urge
In the fresh air and cold breeze to submerge
But what if the sun rids me of my sleep
As morning in some hours shall on us, leap.

There's a small party of people, next to a car
I know of this, as they ain't that far
Do I join them or sit back and joyfully marvel
As the stars behind the many clouds, slowly unravel

A tune or two I shall play indoors
Only to return and count the score
The many stars that might appear before
A sight, with the lights out, worth a million or more.

The time has come and I'm out again
Can see the moon, but the stars ain't there
My luck's run out, of this, only now I learn
As the glowing bulb makes its uninvited return.