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#2401 Re: Guns N' Roses » China State media slams GNR » 937 weeks ago
Axl will benefit from this. I'm not a piracy expert, but as far as I know it's hard to buy an original copy in China. Or let's say it's easier to get the album from some other source. If China's government will ban this album or put out press releases, then it'll be a great promo for CD.
#2402 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses - studio only band? » 937 weeks ago
Try compare the GNR record to the solo stuff of other previous members and see who got it most right out of them all.
First of all, Axl had more money to spend on this record than the others combined and multiplied by 5. Second, I think that a Best of Slash 1994-2008 or even a Best of Izzy 1994-2008 would be much better than CD. Hell, I think even 5 O'clock itself is far superior to CD, although CD is a good album. I love Axl's lyrics, but the music is dead on almost the whole album (except like Sorry and This I Love), while Slash's album is full of life.
#2403 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR Evo members' Chinese Democracy reviews thread » 937 weeks ago
Communist China wrote:It averages out to about a 7, but with the focus of the album being Axl, and his ability to write good songs, I want to give it an 8/10. Producers and cut-n-paste jobs severely hurt the album, but I still really like it.
Ahem, Axl was one of the producers.
He was the producer of the producers. I guess someone else with more producing experience would have been aware of these problems on the final product. In fact, I'm quite surprised that if we hear it, how Axl didn't hear it.
#2404 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy official reviews thread » 937 weeks ago
Guns N' Roses - 'Chinese Democracy' (Polydor) Released: 24/11/08
It certainly causes a stir...by Greg Rose
Saturday, November 22, 2008'the new players are imitating rather than innovating'
'Rather than build from playful or solemn beginnings into staggering finales such as on the likes of ‘Paradise City’ and ‘November Rain’, ‘Better’ and ‘I.R.S’ begin rugged and workmanlike and maintain their pace.'
'Axl's much-documented desire for grandeur amongst the grit of Guns N Roses is partially satisfied, with the songs satiated with pianos, strings and computer effects. These do add an extra dimension ..., but extinguish any possibilities of spontaneity - it sounds planned within an inch of its life.'
'The military sobriety of ‘Madagascar’, morphing into sampling of Martin Luther King Jr, is another departure, an attempt at a meaningful moment that comes across over-thought and undercooked.'
'He screeches his distinctive wail in the harder numbers and rubs his mark over every inch of the record. It's loud and abrasive, then slumps into brooding fits of melodrama. It's ambitious but doesn't seem to be going anywhere. It flirts with brilliance but flits it away in gluttony and overexertion. Above all, it certainly causes a stir, but since when did Guns N' Roses need an album to do that?
Best review so far.
#2405 Re: Guns N' Roses » What song would you want as the 3rd single? » 937 weeks ago
This I Love, just please cut out the awful guitar solo. It'd be a hit. Both the radios and TV channels would play the s**t out of the song. I can picture a simple black and white video with Axl playing the piano and old pictures of women (not Axl's women) popping up.
#2406 Re: Guns N' Roses » What your friends, family and co-workers have to say about CD.... » 937 weeks ago
I can imagine people getting shocked after hearing Shackler and the first minute of Better. Better is a good song, though, just very not classic GN'R.
#2407 Re: Guns N' Roses » so, does CD stand up as a Guns N' Roses album? » 937 weeks ago
I've forgot to mention: many had a problem if this album will be a shame to the GN'R legacy. It's not, although the album has some extremely bad parts and could have been much better. The main thing for me is, it's not a shame to the GNR legacy.
#2408 Re: Guns N' Roses » so, does CD stand up as a Guns N' Roses album? » 937 weeks ago
Bands can release different records, although the GN'R saga has some strange moments. Anyway... I have a GN'R feeling in some songs. Or I'd better not call it GN'R-feeling, but something like a "wow"...when you listen a song and you feel that you are part of something unique. I felt it when I heard the TWAT leak (the album version isn't that strong IMO) and I felt it when I heard This I Love. you know, I'd been just...paralyzed. All my parts were focused on the song, it was like entering another world. (Then the awful solo came and dragged me back to our imperfect world, that's full of finckness everywhere.)
Do I have the same feeling on all the old songs? No. It's impossible to feel the miracle so many times, but most of the old discography sets me to fire and bring to a different universe.
I think half of the material is GN'R-worthy, really strong songs (some would have needed more or less work though) that stand up to the GN'R legacy. CD, Better, TWAT, Sorry, This I Love are quality songs, and Madagascar and Scraped are solid. SOD would have deserved more. The rest is really weak in my opinion, but bands release better and worse stuff on their records.
The main problem is that 15 yers gone by since the last record and peopel expected something earth-shattering and it's not. If Axl's new (and newer and newer) band release an album of this quality in like every 3 years, I'm comfortable with it, but please, don't make us wait this long fo another good, but far from great album.
#2409 Re: The Sunset Strip » Recomend me some music » 937 weeks ago
Lisa Germano's In The Maybe World is a pretty good one, too. Dark, but I like dark albums. I've never heard anyone singing 'Fuck You' this sweet 
I discovered her to James' recommendation, thanks again!
#2410 Re: The Sunset Strip » "What Are You Listening To" Thread » 937 weeks ago
This I Love
