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#5221 Re: Guns N' Roses » Brain in Modern Drummer (May 2009) » 891 weeks ago
Amazing. Simply amazing.
#5222 Re: Guns N' Roses » Brain in Modern Drummer (May 2009) » 891 weeks ago
You look for an umbrella that doesn't exist. I tell her to get the hell out of the cold rain.
#5223 Re: Guns N' Roses » Brain in Modern Drummer (May 2009) » 891 weeks ago
Well, it's really as simple as I am accurately reflecting how the non-war world sees GnR. Whatever is true in your mind is not something I can speak to. My opinion isn't my point of view, it reflects the general public's perception of GnR. Everyone else seems to understand that except for you. Perception sadly is more important than reality. Your point of view is a hope. My point of view (as you call it) is a reality. I don't have to go back and tell you where you were wrong...I've already addressed some of those points, but more importantly, you aren't going to agree no matter what I say. You cling to hope (which is great for you). I don't need to beat that down any more than the reality of the situation has. Believe what you want to believe. It doesn't change the reality.
I haven't spit out any lineup preferences, I've never claimed to be an insider, nor have I said CD is a simple situation. That is your interpretation of what you think I said, not what I actually said. This quote pretty much sums it up:
That's pretty much it. Like I said, nothing wrong with loving the band, CD, or any of the multitude of lineups we've had. I'm all for it. The reality is that this band will never be big. That is fine too, but it gets hard reading "if they had just done this" or "when they do this" that GnR will be relevant. Nothing will make them relevant. that is ok. Accept it. Embrace it. Enjoy it for what it is instead of trying to figure out how big it could be or could have been.
bigbri has the right idea.
Enjoy it. Breathe it in. But don't try to tell me I'm the problem for seeing it as it is rather than what I want it to be. Just for the record, I don't have what I want either. But I do have 2 songs featuring Axl that I think stand up to the old catalog. That's 2 more than I had (legally) a year ago. So I'll enjoy what I have. I suggest you do the same rather than try to convince me that there is still hope in something that's been hopeless literally for years.
#5224 Re: The Sunset Strip » What Are You Listening To? » 891 weeks ago
Peter, Paul, and Mary - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
#5225 Re: GNRevolution Madness » GnREvolution Music Madness - Round 1, Battle 16 » 891 weeks ago
A year ago I never would have voted M.I.A. I can't say that anymore...
#5226 Re: Guns N' Roses » Brain in Modern Drummer (May 2009) » 891 weeks ago
Over for many = GN'R being on the same level as a Metallica in terms of the music industry, like they were back in the early 90's.
GN'R at best at this point will become a NIN. That is just how the chips have fallen. Anybody that was expecting GN'R to come back and rule the world were setting their own selves up for a disappointment.
That's pretty much it. Like I said, nothing wrong with loving the band, CD, or any of the multitude of lineups we've had. I'm all for it. The reality is that this band will never be big. That is fine too, but it gets hard reading "if they had just done this" or "when they do this" that GnR will be relevant. Nothing will make them relevant. that is ok. Accept it. Embrace it. Enjoy it for what it is instead of trying to figure out how big it could be or could have been.
bigbri has the right idea.
#5227 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy/Rock Band 2 (Tracks Leaking?) » 891 weeks ago
Holy crap. I think I'll have to go medium on that one. Even Robin's choppy style makes the song difficult.
#5228 Re: Guns N' Roses » Brain in Modern Drummer (May 2009) » 891 weeks ago
buzzsaw wrote:I don't mind people liking this GnR. I did at one time, but I now understand how you could like the band even if it isn't what it once was. I even get that some people prefer CD to AFD/UYI. I love Libertad, but very few others seem to. That's OK too. It's all about what you enjoy. That isn't what my posts are about.
To the general public, GnR is 80s/90s GnR. That is pretty much undeniable. As long as this band goes by that name, it will never be accepted. Never. It doesn't matter how much promotion they do or if they can keep the lineup together. GnR is Axl and Slash. I didn't make it that way, I'm just telling it like it is. No amount of anything is going to change the general public's mind on that.
So it's ok to love CD, the new band, and everything that goes along with that. My "expectations" for this band is for it to fail, which is more or less exactly what happened, however, the public's expectations are for it to be GnR if it's going to go by the name. That is really where the disconnect is...
i'm telling it how it is too, buzz.
from my point of view, same as you.
You're telling it like you wish it was. I'm telling it how it is. Don't believe me? Ask some people that don't hang out at GnR boards about GnR. Not just your circle of friends, I'm talking about the general public. I didn't make this stuff up, nor do I wish it to be this way, but it is what it is. Shit, if you think ace guitar work is important and BH wasn't enough to save GnR, nobody is going to. People are always reaching for that last hope...first it was BBF, now DJ. There is no last hope. It's over.
#5229 Re: The Sunset Strip » Top 20 albums of 2009 so far » 891 weeks ago
I have none of the albums, though I have some individual songs on my mp3 player through Rhapsody. I don't even remember what the last album I bought was...probably Libertad.
#5230 Re: Guns N' Roses » Brain in Modern Drummer (May 2009) » 891 weeks ago
I don't mind people liking this GnR. I did at one time, but I now understand how you could like the band even if it isn't what it once was. I even get that some people prefer CD to AFD/UYI. I love Libertad, but very few others seem to. That's OK too. It's all about what you enjoy. That isn't what my posts are about.
To the general public, GnR is 80s/90s GnR. That is pretty much undeniable. As long as this band goes by that name, it will never be accepted. Never. It doesn't matter how much promotion they do or if they can keep the lineup together. GnR is Axl and Slash. I didn't make it that way, I'm just telling it like it is. No amount of anything is going to change the general public's mind on that.
So it's ok to love CD, the new band, and everything that goes along with that. My "expectations" for this band is for it to fail, which is more or less exactly what happened, however, the public's expectations are for it to be GnR if it's going to go by the name. That is really where the disconnect is...
