Casual GNR fan checking in.

Anybody think the most famous baby on the planet might have been named after Axl Rose?  Tiger Woods named his new son Charlie Axel Rose.  I wonder if Tiger was/is a GNR fan.

I agree that TWAT is the best song on the album, but its a song that has to grow on you.  For me, half the songs on this album don't really get crackin' til after the 2min mark.  The piano playing on the intro of Street of Dreams, made it the only CD track that hooked me the first time I heard it...Skip through your AFD catalouge only listening to the first 3 seconds of each song,  even if you never listened to a single song you would have a good idea that you would like each song...Do the same thing with CD, and you will see why a generation of impatient people will never even give this music a chance....That being said, I like the way CD was put together....Its just not going to be as much of a commercial success.

I still really like CD and listen to some of it almost every day, but I am the only person I know in my circle (work, friends, randoms) that even knows GNR has a new album.  Haven't heard one song on the local radio (Richmond, VA).

Had to vote Chinese Democracy again.  The first 1:30 of that song gets on my nerves.  The intro should have been a seperate track, and the 90210 riff really annoys me.  The rest of the song is pretty good though.

I am not sure where I read this, but I remember reading that Axl thought the sales of UYI & II sold a lot less than projected due to Tipper Gore.  Apparently she was the driving force behind the Parental Advisory stickers that started being required in 1990, and Walmart wouldn't sell albums that carried parental advisory stickers.  Axl went on to say that not being able to sell their albums in Walmart dramatically reduced their sales (not word for word obviously).

So, Axl was definitely already aware of the impact that Walmart has on album sales.  Which makes the BB decision that much more curious.

CD title track gets my vote again.

IRS is one of my favorites...great guitar work.

I think people are hung up on the title of the song.  IMO, the song is about Axl's desire to clear his name and set the record straight on the numerous rumors that have been surrounding him for the last decade+.  The private eyes, fbi, and irs may not have been able to help clear his name, but his forum posts have been a positive step towards vindication...Seems like Axl has always felt misunderstood.

For all we know, Axl may have intended for the acronym I.R.S. to stand for something other than internal revenue service....could very well mean Illusions, Reputations, Salvation
I---Illusions, Imputation, Incarnations, Izzy
R---Reputation, Rumor, Reality, Rose
S---Salvation, Substantiate, Scuttlebutt, Slash