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#21 Re: Guns N' Roses » Does anyone else care if Axl just stays in his mansion indefinitely? » 849 weeks ago
I wouldn't consider him the biggest disappointment, only because most bands don't put out 4 albums of quality material + influence the genre the way he did. Bands like Metallica and Aerosmith have their "throw away" albums, but GNR has no "throw away" records (pre-cd), unless you count their cover album.
#22 Re: Guns N' Roses » Disecting Chinese Democracy: Track 1 - Chinese Democracy » 852 weeks ago
I wish the "bomb" going off at the end of the song wasn't there, it's kinda cheesy. I like the opening riff too! The chorus is raging with emotion and probably my favorite part.
#23 Re: Guns N' Roses » Pick one song.... » 855 weeks ago
Shackler's Revenge.
Why? Because it's the best song on the album.
I get so Jacked when I hear this song! I love it! It is so visual!
I usally play "Better" first. With people who haven't heard a lick of CD I usally play Better, Shacklers', If The World, and finish with CITR - because it has a "classic" sound to it. Most people generally like those four in that order. I feel it gives a well-rounded, compact summary of the album
#24 Re: Guns N' Roses » Interesting Post-MyGnr 6/20/2008-Future albums Speculation » 857 weeks ago
So you're saying that the song moving up 2 spots is "MASSIVE"?
#25 Re: Guns N' Roses » Interesting Post-MyGnr 6/20/2008-Future albums Speculation » 857 weeks ago
GNRBABY wrote:I think there will be a second push for CD this summer with a tour, if not a video also. They might be waiting for the BB exclusive to end. Perhaps we'll get a new track that is good for a movie too! (wishful thinking, but perhaps) What if that song gains momentum?
Then obviously this turns into an entirely different ballgame. Once the first week sales results came in and it clearly wasn't doing the damage it was predicted to do, I was already saying they gotta look towards a 'second wind'. These second winds are rare these days, but they do happen.
M.I.A.'s album was dead in the water until Paper Planes exploded almost a year after the album's release. That album was amazing the moment it was released even though it didn't have the sales. While the critics and her hardcore fans loved it, the album was just sitting there deader than a dinosaur waiting for someone to cherry pick a track at just the right moment for it to explode. It could have just as easily happened with Jimmy or Bamboo Banga(which under the right circumstances could have been a massive hit in clubs), but the stars aligned for that one track, and that one track only.
The question becomes......does Chinese Democracy have a track of that caliber? In my opinion it does not, but its not easy to predict the motions of pop culture. It all depends not just on track selection, but under what conditions the track is presented to the public.
Lets say that movie 2012 wants Riad on its soundtrack, or to mirror a Pineapple Express type event, use the track for promo even though its not really part of the film. Now I love that track minus the Bumble solo, but most fans think it sucks. However, perfect timing and the right buzz could propel that track to the top of the Itunes chart.
Is it likely? No. Is it possible? You bet your ass it is....
When I said song for a movie, I meant a new/unreleased song that is not on the album. But, it could happen with a song already on the album. CITR if used in the right scene could spark IMO. Who knows....
#26 Re: Guns N' Roses » Interesting Post-MyGnr 6/20/2008-Future albums Speculation » 857 weeks ago
I think there will be a second push for CD this summer with a tour, if not a video also. They might be waiting for the BB exclusive to end. Perhaps we'll get a new track that is good for a movie too! (wishful thinking, but perhaps) What if that song gains momentum?
None of that is outside the realm of possibility IMO.
It also isn't out of the realm of possibility that absolutely nothing happens. Yet, I'm faithful of the latter, or at least a portion of the latter,
#27 Re: Guns N' Roses » Interesting Post-MyGnr 6/20/2008-Future albums Speculation » 857 weeks ago
I think starting a thread with that title was kind of asking for negative reaction. I mean, if the song really had been gathering "major steam" then people wouldn't have had the chance to react negatively.
Is the glass half empty or half full? The song did move up on two different charts that I know of.
#28 Re: Guns N' Roses » Interesting Post-MyGnr 6/20/2008-Future albums Speculation » 857 weeks ago
I was also excited to see that thread about Better gaining massive steam. That is ofcourse until I saw that moving up 2 spots and still not even being in the top ten was considered "major steam".
Yeah, maybe, but do we really need to kick sand in the guys face? There was some truth to it... It not just this, it's lots of things. Bottom line is people are overly negative 90% of the time
#29 Re: Guns N' Roses » Interesting Post-MyGnr 6/20/2008-Future albums Speculation » 857 weeks ago
this thread was about possible future releases..........of course, I should have known not to start a speculation thread.:D
Should have known better with this crowd. If you had posted a thread on how there will never be a new album, it would have been a huge success! Though, I would have bitched.:P
#30 Re: Guns N' Roses » "Better" starting to gain MASSIVE steam.. » 857 weeks ago
GNRBABY wrote:oh god the sky is falling oh god what a failure GNR is! OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! Music isn't vaild unless "the beautiful people" say it's so. Oh look how Taylor Swift beat out GNR - now Taylor Swift is a real rock n roll hero!! She isn't flavor of the month or anything....GNR didn't have their hey-day when most of you where 5 years old or anything!! wah wah wah what a failure! OMG!
Beethoven beat CD. Is he the flavor of the month?
Well...