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By the way, not that this will really change many people's feelings on the song, but for those who want to hear a version of "Madagascar" that isn't ravaged by overproduction: http://youtube.com/watch?v=oJ-uwrmHx8o

Well here is an article from the NY Times on it from two years ago. I remember there was a thread about it on here when it came out, so you may have already seen it: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/06/arts/mus...;pagewanted=all

I can't, the files are copy protected so they wouldn't work for you.

As I am a college student, I have free access to Ruckus. That's how I found it.

"The Secret Is To Know When To Stop" is a nice slow song, but it isn't quite the power ballad I was hoping for. Ooh, now the drums and strings are coming in. It's picking up! I like this song and I would suggest checking it out!

I am currently downloading all of Mad Mad World and I will keep you all posted on my findings as soon as I listen to it.

Weather channel? Come on, it's a French horn. I admit, it did sound kind if weird to me when I first heard it, which, as noted earlier, was almost six years ago, but it grew on me quick. But you are right about his voice sounding terrible, which is strange because when I saw him live last May he sounded great singing it.

Inc, do you think Tom has and/or had it in him to produce an amazingly sensitive power ballad? I'm so moved by "Life is a Highway" that I'm tempted to check out some more of his catalog.

A Resident Evil 4 port is apparently coming to Wii in June. Wow that's just so incredibly exciting. At least they are only charging $30 (but really it should be $20) unlike Ubisoft who to the best of my knowledge are charging full price for their Prince of Persia port. Since I don't have RE4 for the Cube, I might check this out, but I'm not exactly waiting with bated breath.

Well, not that this really means anything, but Axl has always said that the Chinese Democracy sessions will yield two albums (well, he used to say three, but now he says two) so that the follow-up will be released a relatively short time after CD. P.S. It appears that the link is gone so y'all can't hear the song. I'm sure if you look hard enough you can find it though. I feel that eventually, despite initial reservations, I will come to love this track not in spite of but because of its overproduced nature. There's countless vocal tracks, drum loops, synth horns and strings, superfluous guitar harmonies....oh man this rules. Oh who the fuck am I kidding. I am geeking out over a studio demo of a song that I first heard six fuckin' years ago. I am such a tard.

If Axl does some serious Moby-style licensing out to commercials, movies, video games and the like, it could. If he doesn't, I doubt it.

Actually, it's beyond odd. It has always been a fairly straightforward song in concert and now there are like 10 different vocal tracks. That kind of vocal overproduction didn't help the Use Your Illusions and it isn't helping now.

The studio version of "Madagascar" has leaked. And it's kind of odd. http://chinesedemocracy.com/index.php/topic,25575.0.html I'll just link to that thread since I suspect the Megaupload link will be gone soon enough.

That is a pretty awesome harmonica solo.

Bitch about it?? I think this is GREAT!

Man, I put that picture in my post. Fuck the board for screwing me up.

A new Ninja Gaiden game is coming to DS. Unfortunately it will apparently be 3D and played with the DS on its side, Brain Age-style. But here is a blurry scan:

Mario and Sonic to team up for the first time

You wouldn't.

No it wasn't. Virtua Fighter 2 was. NiGHTS didn't really sell well at all in the US despite the large ad campaign for it and in Japan it sold relatively well, but it was still only the 12th best selling Saturn game in that country.

Of course it's going to do well when it's the first week. You didn't see PS3 games topping the sales charts in the US last November because (A) Wii launched at the same time and (B) There were several big-name titles being released at the same time for 360, PS2, DS, etc. Here in March it has the spotlight mainly to itself for the Euro launch.

I don't think there's much doubt that nostalgia is the sole reason why people still like the original NES TMNT. Hell, that's the only reason I still like it.

Oh man if this is the real thing it will be a watershed moment in TSM history.

I read on Joystiq that it was the most successful console launch in UK history. Of course, the UK is only part of Europe.

At the PS3 launch in London, Sony was actually giving away free 46-inch HDTVs (and a cab ride home!) to everyone who bought a PS3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6474045.stm That's kinda desperate.