-D- wrote:

faldor wrote:

maybe "nothing" to do with quality is a bit of a stretch but other than that I stand by my statement. Since you added nothing to "prove" my opinion is a fallacy I will continue to believe so. Thanks for your permission though. Very big of you.

Revisioniist history at its best

DUDE every radio station was chomping at the bit to play this new GNR song. Played it on the hour every hour

but no one liked it cause it is mediocre so they stopped playing it.

Slash doesn't even have a fucking label and hit number 1.

I never said the song wasn't given a fair shake.  In fact, I've said much the opposite.  I agree that most radio stations and critics alike were fully prepared to accept GNR with open arms when the single/album finally came out.  Evidenced by playing the single every hour on the hour, streaming the album in its entirety before its release, playing songs from the album on Sportcenter and other shows.  I NEVER said anything disputing any of that, but if you want to go ahead and make things up as you go along, be my guest.

The willingness to accept CD was short lived though when Axl refused to come out of hiding.  If HE wasn't willing to fight for it, why should anyone else? 

Slash can succeed with label support because he works his ass off, and he's a tad more likeable than Axl.  Come now, I shouldn't have to explain this. 

If Axl had played the game, CD would've fared better as a single AND an album.  Both did well out of the gate, but they couldn't sustain that level of success due to a variety of factors.  One MAJOR factor was Axl being non existent. 

You can go with your line of thought that the song sucked all you want, but that seems like a very simplistic way of looking at things.

Songs tend to slowly build.  CD sort of did the opposite.  It charted high initially and then began its descent.  Again, if it was worked properly BY AXL, it could have been a different story.