[lechaoscestmoi]

Originally Posted by GeneticKiss

"The Dark Side of the Moon for our generation"

haha

[Rob Instigator]

I just want to hear It's So easy and Mr Brownstone.

[greedrex]

Originally Posted by SuperCreep

I couldn't make it halfway past the first track.

hahahaahahahahahahahaha
the way you put it made me LOL
like "sorry dOOdz i TRIED, but i can't take it anymore"
hahahaha

[greedrex]

Originally Posted by GeneticKiss

OK, it's over now.

Hmm...my objective review.

Good Stuff: Some alright guitar work, occassional weird bits of sound add depth, interesting array of styles

Bad Shit: Some very poorly excuted ideas, some absolutely horrible vocals/lyrics, plus the ending of the last song sounds too much like Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead" to me

OK, I can't hold back anymore............................


I'm sorry to the myriads of G'n'R fans out there (especially the douche on their MySpace whom actually went as far as to call it "The Dark Side of the Moon for our generation"), but this was NOT worth waiting 15 years for in the slightest. Maybe if it had been released around the time the power ( ) the band once had (i.e. Appetite for Destruction) was still fresh, it might work more, but as it stands today...dear Lord. This record could very well make Axl Rose a complete laughingstock (even more than he is already) in the music world. I'll go so far to admit that some of the tracks had interesting bits, especially in the intros-but once the songs got started, they quickly went downhill (I actually liked "Madagascar" until all the dumbass samples kicked in).

Chinese Democracy is a great example of the phrase "TOO MUCH". As I said earlier, it sounds like Axl rose is trying to consolidate all music, ever. There is literally EVERYTHING musical on this record-dirty riffs, studio trickery, choirs, orchestras, guitar soloing of both the "speed" and "feel" variety, discordance, ambient soundscapes, sequencers, drum machines, multilayered vocals from Axl and what sounded like other people...hell, one track even starts out like trance, and there's some pseudo-rapping to boot. That may sound good in theory, but the end result sounds like he cut 'n' pasted a bunch of other bands' music (the intro to the one song sounds to me like the intro to Ministry's "The Dick Song", while "Madagascar" could be the worst song the Cure never wrote) overtop of what might've been OK Guns 'n' Roses songs. It is the sound of Axl Rose screaming at his detracters (sp?) in the music world, "Fuck you! I can do exactly what you're doing too, and better!", and falling flat on his face in the attempt.

I posted that I would give the album a chance, meaning that I would listen to a few tracks with an open mind, and if I didn't like what I'd heard, I'd just close the window and get on with my life. But in the end, I ended listening to the whole thing, because:

1. It's the musical equivalent of a car crash-you cannot look away, no matter how much you may want to

2. It's unintentionally hilarious and if nothing else, interesting to see how many styles/sounds Axl could've pulled out of his ass

3. I don't like giving up on things that I know will end, no matter how painful they might be

Sigh...oh, man.

I'll conclude by saying that I never had any problems with Axl Rose's voice before, but I do now...I don't know if it 100% because of this album or just the fact that I never considered myself enough of a G 'n' R fan to warrant getting any of their albums. So maybe his voice didn't bother me because I never had to listen to it for more than one song at a time?

synthesis: AVOID THIS PIECE OF USELESS CRAP AT ALL COST

Bjork is famous.

[greedrex]

ha yeah

[afterthefact]

I mean, what were you all expecting? You are ranting like you thought it might be good. NOTHING GnR has ever done has been good, so, um... what's new?

[greedrex]

Originally Posted by afterthefact

I mean, what were you all expecting? You are ranting like you thought it might be good.

exactly. It surprised me to see the METALLICA dribbling but i could understand it, however you know Guns N Roses wow, people just uh leave it altogether!!!

 

[lechaoscestmoi]

i don't like gnr cuz kurt hated axl rose!!

[afterthefact]

Originally Posted by lechaoscestmoi

i don't like gnr cuz kurt hated axl rose!!

I'm going to assume this is a joke

Hating on a new GnR albums reminds me of the time that Siskel (sp?) and Ebert (sp?) gave Good Burger 2 thumbs down. I mean, these things were meant to entertain people of lower intellect; Good Burger for the underdeveloped yet growing brains of children, and a new GnR album for the stupid, uninformed, and with a doubtful future of any growth, brains of adults.

[Everyneurotic]

 

to this day, one of my favorite albums.

you're so uncool, man.

[Everyneurotic]

yeah, i have no cure.

you're so making the journey from buddies list to my ignored one.

[JohnEsmoke]

A new Metallica...
A new Guns'n roses...
It seems that we're back in the begining of the 90's but, no new Nirvana will come to save our souls ! sad...

[afterthefact]

At this point, if Nirvana were still around, I doubt I would want to get a new album by them.

[Glice]

As Mr & Bowels says, it's pretty much the same as their early stuff. It sounds like the sort of thing I'd like if I liked it.

If it was MBV, a lot of people would be more inclined to say it was amazing. Actually, come to think about it, it would be amazing if MBV turned out an album as moderately ok as Chinese Democracy.

[Inhuman]

"Chinese Democracy in stores Nov 23rd. Only at Best Buy"

Only at BEST BUY? You're trying to sell an album that you took 11 years to make and you release it only at best buy of all places? Dead record shop owners are rollin in their graves.

The first 1:30 of the album is amazing, works well after listening to TLASILA. Then they try to sound like every band of existence. It's still not as horrible as people are claiming it is.

[Everyneurotic]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

you're so making the journey from buddies list to my ignored one.

you so wouldn't do that, you like our discussions.

besides porks, i didn't say you should listen to them.

Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

you so wouldn't do that, you like our discussions.

besides porks, i didn't say you should listen to them.

joke