Best Buy

From newgnr.com forum:

By Barber3121:

Ok, here goes…

My nephew is an employee at Best Buy.  He is currently in Dallas for a big vendor convention.  I was talking with him through AIM when I heard some pretty crazy news.  Here are the details…

- 900 Best Buy employees were invited to listen to some new Guns N’ Roses tracks.
- My nephew met with an English man in his 50’s - dark hair, slicked back, dark skinned guy - said he was one of the band’s managers.
- The “manager guy” then presented 3 new tracks from the forthcoming “Chinese Democracy” album - which he said “should be” released around Thanksgiving.
- The album is also to be released as a “Best Buy exclusive” - deal was finished in the last 48 hours.
- He also said that the Best Buy employees were the first to hear these songs outside of the label.
- The three songs were not named by the manager.
- Their manager said that there are to be 15 tracks on the album.

Ok, now some more details.  Someone decided to record these songs on their PDA phone - and I’ve listened to them.  The songs are as follows (in order they were played)…

1. Chinese Democracy
2. If the World
3. There Was a Time

First of all, my nephew said that everyone loved the songs, even though they were played on a crappy convention hall sound system.  He’s not a huge Guns fan like I am - as a matter of fact he’s not even really into their old stuff - but he REALLY dug these new songs.  He said Axl’s voice sounds like another guitar track!  The manager introduced “If the World” as a song to be played during the credits of a new Leo Dicaprio and Russell Crowe flick called “Body of Lies”.  He introduced “There Was a Time” as Axl’s favorite.  My nephew said this song was everyone else’s favorite as well.

The songs sounded pretty much the same as the previous versions.  If the World sounded a bit different, like it has a voice synth in the middle of the song where Axl has a longer lyric bridge.  Some of the song’s effects sounded different as well, but I can’t tell if it’s a result of the fact that they were recorded in a hall on a PDA.  Man, this is the most exciting news I have heard in a while - even though I don’t usually get my hopes up too much.  Although I am a huge ol’ school Guns fan, I just love the new stuff.  Who cares if it’s only Axl, it sounds awesome.  Look at what the rest of GNR did.  As much as I love Slash and Duff, VR was a huge let-down for me.  I absolutely LOVE all of the the new GNR tracks I’ve heard so far, and I’m beyond excited to finally buy the 50 or so copies of Chinese Democracy I plan on buying!

There is proof of this actually happening, and there are recordings of the 3 songs circulating.