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#6361 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Biggest Impact? » 951 weeks ago
For me it was the VMAs. I was so excited to hear Axl and then...I heard Axl and saw the freak show. I think the past few years of posting reflects the impact of that day.
The only positive impact to me was the Better (without as much synth) leak and giving TWAT another listen after I initially rejected it. I haven't listened to TWAT in a month or so, but it still gets stuck in my head from time to time. As hard as it is for me to say this, I think that song could hold up well vs NR and Estranged if had been was released on the UYI albums. I'm not sure it will fly today though.
#6362 Re: The Sunset Strip » New Guitar Hero Game Announced » 951 weeks ago
A Private Eye wrote:Would be very cool to have a GNR guitar hero game but would all original members give it the ok? I suppose they said ok to WTTJ so maybe we will get a GNR one somewhere down the line.
But then we'll have to have all the band members game-ified. Do you think Axl would be willing to do motion capturing stuff?
If it helps keep his band on the payroll and keeps him from having to turn in an album, I'd be willing to guess he'd consider anything.
#6363 Re: Guns N' Roses » *FALSE* "The Collective's" unofficial statement regarding C.D. » 951 weeks ago
Sounds like they hear from GnR about as much as we do. At least we get the same respect the record company gets.
#6364 Re: The Sunset Strip » Replacements Reissues » 952 weeks ago
The lyrics don't impress me, but I will check out the youtube link when I get on a computer that isn't having as many problems as this one is. I'm not much of a U2 fan and it took me a long time to get into REM, so it may be the whole genre that I don't care for. I actually did some research on them when this thread started to see if I really missed something special, and I just wasn't impressed.
Prior to hearing Welcome to the Jungle, my musical tastes at the time were pretty questionable anyway...I listened to a lot of music my parents listened to (The Beatles, Gene Pitney, Peter Paul & Mary, The Everly Brothers, etc) - mostly music that had interesting chord progressions or harmonies. WTTJ and subsequently the UYI albums really changed music for me, so to me, no band will ever be bigger than that was for me. I was aware of other modern (at the time) music, but didn't really start exploring it until Guns showed me that a rock band could be musically good and still be an outlet for the emotions I was feeling at the time. Music has been very important to me ever since. Slash was my inspiration to play guitar. Axl's lyrics expressed both the rage and passion I felt at the time. It was the perfect storm for me at that time of my life. Maybe that's what the Replacements were for you, and if so, I do get it even if I don't get the band itself.
#6365 Re: The Sunset Strip » Replacements Reissues » 952 weeks ago
I obviously missed The Replacements era...it was either a little before my time or too underground for me and I've yet to hear anything they did that I liked. They were around for a long time to not accomplish anything mainstream like other bands that got their start on college radio did. If they were that good, I'd have at the very least heard of them prior to Tommy's stint in GnR. I'm not saying they suck, I'm just saying I don't care for them and they are overrated if you think of them as a great band.
If influencing Nirvana is their claim to fame, you can keep that too. I'm not a Nirvana fan either. Not my style of music, which again may explain why I'd never heard of The Replacements. I have heard of Nirvana however.
#6366 Re: The Garden » My grandmother died » 952 weeks ago
Buzz, I also just remembered that my dad died on Jan 9th 2005.....small world.:/
All too small in this case.
#6367 Re: The Garden » My grandmother died » 952 weeks ago
That sucks dude. My mom died on Jan. 9 and it still hasn't sunk in. I'm in denial and I've been keeping myself too busy to deal with it (which is why I haven't been here much). I hope you deal with it better than I have.
#6368 Re: Guns N' Roses » *FALSE* "The Collective's" unofficial statement regarding C.D. » 952 weeks ago
There are so many people so far up Axl's ass that they wouldn't know the truth if it smacked them. I've said this for years now...there are people that have convinced themselves that Axl can do no wrong and they will make excuses for this when it is proven wrong as well. A lot of those same people think CD is going to change the music industry forever...
#6369 Re: The Garden » Fuck..... » 952 weeks ago
I have a new laptop with Vista and I've had nothing but issues with it. I've had to bring it back to factory settings twice in less than 6 months.
#6370 Re: The Sunset Strip » Replacements Reissues » 952 weeks ago
not big sellers but huge critical darlings...all three albums. They were popular on college radio and campuses so unless you went to college between 85-89, you most likely don't get it!
I guess I was too young for them. Not only don't I like what I've heard, I NEVER heard of them or any of their songs until Tommy joined GnR.
