seen em 3 times...the black label brotherhood is like no other

the solo in sorry is perfect

did it ever occur to anyone that kanye west is huge right now?
kanye= Guns n' Roses in 1991
GNR(axl)= Don Henley in 1991

say what you will about the quality of the music on the record...
rock radio has been pushing the living shit outta ac/dc and 'tallica....
ac/dc is a given... they are the same as they've always been. simple rock and roll.. no reinventing the wheel there... catchy and fun...
whatever can be said about the quality of metallica albums since 1991 noone can deny they've had success... because they've had made for radio tunes since. easily digestible to the general public...
axl's been out of the spotlight for so long that people have moved on.. the reason that the bands i mentioned keep selling and staying on the radio is because they are consistent....and generally predictable
axl's neither.. and the new material is not immediately digestible.

after 15 years of nothing... he probably couldn't release something as ambitious as use your illusion at this point without people saying "what the fuck?".. it's as if he's in a time warp. would this record have been more successful if it was released as "Axl Rose: Chinese Democracy" in 1994? absofuckinglutely.... it would already have sold 3 million... because they ruled the world then.... now... not so much

...wait.. am i the only one who understands what i just typed?
i just worked 15 hours and it's 2 am.. so i'm a lil fuzzy

i think it's a very good album.. having said that.. there aren't any "singles"... maybe better... but that's a stretch. chinese democracy is too deep for it's own good... unless the general public begins to develop a taste
for music that isn't dreck... this record will struggle to go platinum. i want it to do well... i just don't have faith in people having the ability to be patient and open their minds/tastes enough to appreciate what CD has to offer. i would be overjoyed if i was wrong.. but i doubt i am