martedì 16 aprile 2024

Guns N' Roses - 2016-04-16 - Indio, CA (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Guns N' Roses 
2016-04-16 
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - Weekend 1 
Coachella Stage 
Indio, CA 

SOURCE (AUD #1): 
SP-CMC-8 (w/Mods) > SONY PCM-M10 > Sandisk MicroSD Card (16gb - Class 10) 

TRANSFER: 
.WAV > Adobe Audition 5.5 (normalize/amplify) > CD Wave (Track Splits) > Trader's Little Helper > Flac (level 8) 

01. Extended Audience Intro 
02. Looney Tunes Intro 
03. It's So Easy 
04. Mr. Brownstone 
05. Chinese Democracy 
06. Welcome to the Jungle 
07. Double Talkin' Jive 
08. Estranged 
09. Live and Let Die (Wings cover) 
10. Rocket Queen 
11. You Could Be Mine 
12. Attitude (Misfits cover) 
13. This I Love 
15. Coma 
16. (band intros) 
17. Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from the Godfather) 
18. Sweet Child O' Mine 
19. Better 
20. Civil War 
21. (Axl introduces Angus Young) 
22. Whole Lotta Rosie (AC/DC cover w/Angus Young) 
23. Riff Raff (AC/DC cover w/Angus Young) 
24. Jam 
25. November Rain 
26. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan cover) 
27. Nightrain 
28. (encore break) 
29. Patience 
30. The Seeker (The Who cover) 
31. Paradise City 
32. Outro 

NOTES: 
Well in terms of a huge anticipated headliner at Coachella, you can't get much bigger than GnR right? I'll freely admit I was never a huge fan of these guys growing up, given I was a Nirvana/grunge fan instead, and held onto the "Nirvana/GNR feud" for a long time, but as you grow out of your teens, you start to realize how kickass of a rock and roll band Guns N Roses were (and still are). In fact, Axl came out onto stage to start the set wearing a Nirvana inspired smiley face shirt, so I almost looked at it as Axl saying, "Hey dude, we're cool. Forgive me alright, and enjoy our set", and I sure as hell did. Axl being confined to the throne does hamper the live show a bit, but holy shit can Axl still sing, Slash can still solo, and the rest of the band can still kick ass. They played pretty much everything I wanted to hear, including Coma (which I was really excited about), and to top it all off, they brought out Angus Young (who had just headlined a year earlier - I think my recordings are still on Dime of those sets) to play two AC/DC songs. It was unbelievable to say the least. 

And in Coachella fashion of course, a who's who was there to witness all of this. I had managed to make my way to the front of the soundboard (with the rail on my back), and right behind me was Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone (the crowd started a "rocky" chant), Russell Simmons, and God knows whatever "celebrities", but none of that shit matters (and never should), because the real stars were Axl and company who proved to me they could still headline the shit out of a show, and holy hell did they ever. As for the recording, it was a little rowdy at first, so there are some talkers and screamers, but as the set went on, more and more dropped out and left and by the end I had a nice area all to myself. All in all, it sounds pretty good for being out in a cold open field with 70,000 other fans. Enjoy :) 

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