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#2121 Re: The Sunset Strip » Alice In Chains » 701 weeks ago
I gotta admit, like King Animal, i've been listening to this over and over, and it's starting to feel more and more like the grower we all originally predicted. Even some of the tracks I said before are starting to change for me, like Low Ceiling. Suddenly they seem even better than before.
Sure there are immediate grabs, and still a couple of weaker ones, but like KA it's an album for fans and it's a slow burn. Suddenly alot of the stuff seems more defined than it was before.
That's what I was saying. I heard people say this album all sounded the same and I disagreed. It needs to be played and absorbed. As you do, these songs come to life. Most don't jump out immediately though.
I felt your review was premature to be honest (no offense at all.) Unless you had been listening to it for a week already, which I doubt you had. 
Keep pressing play dude. 
#2122 Re: The Sunset Strip » Black Sabbath » 701 weeks ago
The god is dead song sucks
I couldn't make it half way through, very disappointed.
#2123 Re: The Sunset Strip » Black Sabbath » 701 weeks ago
I'd imagine that guy lives in a van.....DOWN BY THE RIVER!
#2124 Re: The Sunset Strip » Ke$ha, fuckable? » 701 weeks ago
I think she has that sort of "blonde girl down the street" look about her in that she's got some standard good looking features but is also sort of 'normal' enough looking that you'd actually meet her in a bar and she's not like some famous film star or whatever. Which is ironic given she IS famous...but she's unusual looking to be famous.
To me, she's got that "last call at 2:55 AM" look about her. Is she attractive to me? Yea at 2:55 in the morning after a dozen vodka/tonics, absolutely.
No offense to anybody, but I hate that song too, just fucking sucks.
#2125 Re: Guns N' Roses » House of Blues Houston, TX - May 28th 2013 » 701 weeks ago
I think they're a good band, they put on a great show, but the older and chubbier Axl gets the more I realise the New GNR dream is dead, he started this new incarnation of GNR in his 30's, he's managed one album that took a zillion dollars and a zillion people to make and now he's a 50 something busting out Dead Flowers or AC/DC tunes to pad out his sets, they are going nowhere.
Just drink it up and enjoy it for what it is, I'd go to a show near me in a heartbeat, cant imagine a better night out to be honest, but creatively this old fella is at the end of the road, catch him before he's pushing up daisies and cherish the memories.
That's precisely how I feel. A few years ago I saw the light and realized this was pretty much all we're going to get. I will now only see them if they are local. No more big ticket GNR weekends that included travel, hotel, meals, tickets etc. I'd rather spend my hard earned money on other things.
#2126 Re: Guns N' Roses » House of Blues Houston, TX - May 28th 2013 » 701 weeks ago
Wow those comments are brutal...but some are funny as hell. (Not the GNR fan page nut, the rest of the comments.)
The unofficial GnR page is pathetic really, he should stop that.
#2127 Re: Guns N' Roses » House of Blues Houston, TX - May 28th 2013 » 702 weeks ago
The guy who wrote this article comes across as kind of a douche in my opinion.
He kinda dances along the cusp of douchey, without going all in. Seemed like more of a tongue n cheek education for casual fans.
#2128 Re: Guns N' Roses » House of Blues Houston, TX - May 28th 2013 » 702 weeks ago
Saw this posted over at mygnr
Tommy's twitter
tommy_stinson Look ma! I made it!!
Aged Scotch or Tommy's urine sample...you decide.
#2129 Re: The Sunset Strip » Alice In Chains » 702 weeks ago
Cramer wrote:The new album is awesome.
So far some of my favorites:
Voices
Phatom Limb (3:55 mark = Pure RnR music orgasm OMG. They build it up and just explode.)
Title Track
Breath on a WindowHonestly though, almost every song has some little bit of brilliance in it. I've really only listened to it fully now once. Some of the songs individually like "Voices" I've listened to now half a dozen times. Easily as good as their last effort, maybe better, I just need to hear it more. The song structure is quite unique on many of the tracks too, despite sounding rather homogeneous up front. I can see why the clips may give that impression.
It leaked? I wasn't hearing to much positive reaction so this gives me some hope. I am picking it up Tuesday so I am eager to give it a spin. If its as good or close to then last record then I will be happy.
Yes it leaked a couple of days ago.
I'm really digging "Hung on a Hook" too.
Again, at first glance the tracks may all appear similar (I tend to think that this is because they are mid tempo songs paired with harmonizing,) but this is not the case. They all open up and become their own little unique entities.
"Breath on the Window" is a good example of what I mean. It starts strong, appearing to set a standard format for a catchy radio friendly tune, but then changes gears. Finally it segues yet again into a sing-a-long hook (although totally different from the start) until the end.
"Hung on a Hook" seems to be the standard dreary awesomeness, that meanders through the usual AIC sounds, that is until reaching its crossover point. That's when you'll be introduced to an ominous riff on loop (The title track also hosts equally spooky riffs-but in a really cool way) paired with a single gloomy lyric-repeated until it wraps up.
The title track also clearly addresses their disdain for far right religion/politics:
The Devil Put Dinosaurs here
Jesus don't like a queer
No problem with faith just fear
Solid album, I've been listening to it non stop. I wish I had the lyrics though, I'd like to know more about what they are trying to convey with each song.
#2130 Re: Guns N' Roses » May 24, 2013 - Rockalahoma, Pryor, OK » 702 weeks ago
What I can't believe, is that they don't have one new song to play. Seriously? After years of the "new" band (in various incarnations) and nearly half a decade after CD, you don't have one new friggin' song to share with fans? Sheesh.
