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GUNS N' ROSES: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Chinese Democracy' Album Available
- Nov. 18, 2008
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Dutch retailer vanLeest has posted 30-second samples of all the tracks that appear on GUNS N' ROSES' new album, "Chinese Democracy". Check them out at this location. The song "Better" off "Chinese Democracy" received its world premier yesterday morning (Monday, November 17) on a number of U.S. stations, including Q104.3 FM, which is currently streaming the track at this location. "Chinese Democracy" will be released in the U.S. on November 23 exclusively through Best Buy. The 14-song set will be available on CD, vinyl, and as a download. While singer Axl Rose has remained silent, co-managers Irving Azoff and Andy Gould said in a statement, "The release of 'Chinese Democracy' marks a historic moment in rock n'roll. We're launching with a monumental campaign...that matches the groundbreaking sound of the album itself. GUNS N' ROSES fans have every reason to celebrate, for this is only the beginning." One new song, "Shackler's Revenge", debuted on September 14 through the Rock Band 2 video game, while another, called "If The World", can be heard in the new film "Body of Lies". "Chinese Democracy" is the first album of new material from GUNS N' ROSES since 1991's "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II".
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COMMENT |
posted by : HORRORHOLIC
11/18/2008 11:27:49 AM
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I have to wait until next Tuesday before I get it, I haven't heard one song yet
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COMMENT | AXL= KEEPING MUSIC AND HOPE ALIVE
posted by : T-Boner.com
11/18/2008 11:28:42 AM
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JUST WHEN LIFE AND THE U.S.A. BOTTOMED-OUT.
OBAMA CAME TO SAVE THE WORLD,
AXL CAME TO SAVE MUSIC.
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COMMENT | bummer
posted by : BSlash24
11/18/2008 11:28:42 AM
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it sort of sux this album has to compete against the newly reunited Keel ....& Over the Rainbow, featuring the lovely Joe Lynn Turner...this is not gnr, this is gnr, axl's god, axl sux...here it comes, each new blog. KEEEEEL!! Neil Keel is back!
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COMMENT | IM WITH HORRORHOLIC
posted by : T-Boner.com
11/18/2008 11:30:52 AM
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I DONT WANNA HEAR SAMPLES,
I MEAN-
SOME SONGS HAVE BEEN PLAYED LIVE FOR YEARS
BUT
I WANNA BUY THE CD
WALK TO MY CAR
PUT THE CD IN THE CD PLAYER
AND
HEAR IT THAT WAY... OLDSCHOOL STYLE.
ANOTHER REASON I DONT WANNA HEAR SAMPLES IS CAUSE ITS A PERFECT 10 ANYHOW!
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COMMENT | ...
posted by :
11/18/2008 11:39:40 AM
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i am totally with T-boner ... but ev'rywhere i turn i hear, read and listen to Chinese Democracy ...
LADIES N GENTLEMAN GN'R IS BACK ...
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COMMENT | I don't know what album you're listening to
posted by : WhatInSamHill
11/18/2008 11:39:57 AM
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...but this is horrible.
We waited over a decade for THIS?
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COMMENT | dissapointing
posted by : cinderfox
11/18/2008 11:48:03 AM
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As far as the samples go first 4 songs good the rest sound like crap, mellow and boring. I noticed Axl does the scretch more towards the end.... OOOOOOH thing. Doesn't sound that great of songs, mostly fillers..... But then again what do you except minus Slash, Duff, and IZZY
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COMMENT | I AM WITH ****superfuckinmonkey****
posted by : T-Boner.com
11/18/2008 11:49:00 AM
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Althought AXL never left,
He said "If you are into waiting...don't"
&
AXL also said in an interview= he never promotes himself.
unlike say...Sebastian Bach that has to be all over the place(and nothing wrong with that)^
but
its not the way of the Rose.
think of AXL and his music like the band TOOL,
It will sell millions and have hard core fan base forever.
WITH NO PROMOTION...JUST WORD OF MOUTH.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
11/18/2008 11:50:44 AM
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Anyone who knows what the lineup looks like? I guess that Dizzy still in the band but who else?
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COMMENT |
posted by : booch
11/18/2008 11:57:02 AM
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MEH ...
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COMMENT | Not gonna listen to the samples
posted by : RiotAct666
11/18/2008 12:04:23 PM
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I am old school. i buy my CD's or vinyl on the day of release and listen to them in my car or home.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
11/18/2008 12:04:45 PM
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Hm there is no "band" then? Guns n Roses is kinda like Danzig nowdays?
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COMMENT | Hey...
posted by : BlabberMagnetic
11/18/2008 12:12:09 PM
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T-Boner slipped an got rid of the capslock for a second there. That should be headline news. I actually stopped and read something of his for a change.
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COMMENT | no way.........
posted by :
11/18/2008 12:12:44 PM
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check out some killer new music at myspace.com/allthingssevere
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COMMENT |
posted by : Daisy May Tinklepants
11/18/2008 12:13:18 PM
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sounds dumb to say they have samples from the entire album
you wouldn't say "i had a slice of an entire pizza....."
vagina!
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COMMENT | Jeezus Christ
posted by : spaztekmofo
11/18/2008 12:19:23 PM
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How can anyone claim that this is good ?
It is fucking GARBAGE - and does not even deserve to be called Guns n Roses.
People talk shit about Metallica, but fucking come on - there has never been a more blatant money grab than this fucking album.
If you think this is good, you are deaf, retarded, or would like a piece of Axl's rod (Thats right tboner !).
FUCK THE AXL ROSE BAND.
FUCK CHINESE DEMOCRACY !
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COMMENT | Fuck samples.
posted by : pigchop
11/18/2008 12:23:02 PM
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The record will finally, actually, truly be coming out in a few days.
Get ready to ride the torrent waves, people - this one is going to be one hell of a monster wave of activity.
And be sure to use the folllowing for cover art:
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3014/chidemuv2.jpg
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COMMENT | T-Boner gone wild
posted by : Yambag
11/18/2008 12:28:54 PM
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can't wait for Chi-Dem !!!
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COMMENT | Better
posted by : MuseumOfFear
11/18/2008 12:32:47 PM
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Local radio played "Better" this morning. Sounded like Korn meets Linkin Park. Let's call it what it is, an Axl Rose solo album, NOT GUNS N' ROSES!!
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COMMENT | Really???
posted by :
11/18/2008 12:36:09 PM
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Do you guys really think this is any good?? I don't get it. I want to like it but it is pretty difficult. The song CD is okay and there are parts of 'Better' I like. But overall it's hard for me to say this is good...and i'm not comparing to the old GNR.
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COMMENT | T-boner
posted by :
11/18/2008 12:40:00 PM
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"think of AXL and his music like the band TOOL"
Sorry. No.
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COMMENT | Bottom Line
posted by : Expanded Consciousness
11/18/2008 12:53:15 PM
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Too many ballads.
One November Rain is fine. An album with 7 November Rains isn't even a rock album to me. This is an Elton John album maskerading as a rock album.
I would have gone nuts for an album of 10 "Oh My God" style tracks. That track lite it up!
Nothing here makes me wanna sing along even.
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COMMENT |
posted by : IceFront
11/18/2008 12:55:04 PM
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Im not a fan of "Axl Rose band".
But I have to admit this does actually sound like Guns N' Roses AD 2008. Its the follow up to UYL, in the same way DM is the follow up to ...AJFA. Wheater I like it or not is a different matter, wich you dont care about anyway.
But its Guns N' Roses no dubt, I dont think Duff or Slash being there would made it any better, just different.
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COMMENT | Ops!
posted by : IceFront
11/18/2008 12:57:03 PM
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UYL=UYI
:)
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COMMENT | Suck
posted by : King Dime
11/18/2008 12:58:58 PM
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The album is horrible. Believe me, I wanted Chinese Democracy to be amazing.. but this poor excuse for Guns N' Roses is just laughable. All traces of grit, boogie and balls have been stripped. What is left is a toiled-over mess of modern rock hooks, badly done ballads, lame samples and Axl's worn-out shriek.
How it took so long to produce such a mediocre record, I have no clue. This is NOT Guns N' Roses. Not at all. Nothing even reminiscent of Guns N' Roses.
It's just a mish-mash band with "that Axl guy" wailing incoherently on top of it all.
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COMMENT | OK
posted by : Expanded Consciousness
11/18/2008 1:04:10 PM
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What I'm gonna do is take these 7 rock songs and put them on a cd and pretend that this is the Rock album that Axl finally released.
I'll leave you pussies to weap over the endless # of ballads and place Chin Dem next to your Elton John and Barry Manolow tear-fests.
Oh My God!
Chinese Democracy
Shackler's Revenge
Better
Scraped
Riad N' The Bedouins
I.R.S.
\^^/
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COMMENT |
posted by : BSlash24
11/18/2008 1:11:19 PM
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how could it be reminisant of GnR, there are NO members left. Its a solo project, gnr name only. again, that's not saying its bad, it still may(or not) be good. It aint GnR. GnR were different players, I dont care if Bucketfeet is better or not, he's not the same player. Axl Rose is not GnR(well, legal he is I guess).
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COMMENT | King Dime nailed it!!!
posted by : Expanded Consciousness
11/18/2008 1:11:47 PM
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We all wanted something amazing.
A hard rock Joshua Tree, a modern Back N Black.
But let's not delude ourselves.
King Dime nailed it: "What is left is a toiled-over mess of modern rock hooks, badly done ballads, lame samples and Axl's worn-out shriek...It's just a mish-mash band with "that Axl guy" wailing incoherently on top of it all."
Exactly brother!
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COMMENT | Well
posted by : Expanded Consciousness
11/18/2008 1:15:04 PM
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16 years for 2 songs:
Oh My God
Better
The only 2 I like when I'm honest with myself.
Well, better than nothing.
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COMMENT | masterpiece.
posted by : BSlash24
11/18/2008 1:22:52 PM
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There's no way you were going to get hard rock J.Tree or Back in Black. No diss on Axl, but no one's released an epic album, their masterpiece, in their mid 40's. Look at rock history. Not to mention, his magic was with OTHER musicians, that simply can not be replaced!! No one gets that. I don't care if Buckethead can shred around circles around Slash/Izzy, its simply not the point. That was GnR's magic, their rough & ready rock, the fact the DIDN"T shred, they were an anti shred band, that made them stand out, along with their Stonesy rock....again, before the Axl freaks get out of control, he can still release a great album for sure, he's creative on his own for sure....and I guess that's what people expected waiting 17 years. Over scrutinizing rough rock makes it sterile, sucks the life out of the realness, no urgency. If this were a true band, not a solo CD, the other members would have said "the song's DONE, time to release, rock, tour, rinse, repeat.
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COMMENT | What?
posted by : weemies
11/18/2008 1:28:06 PM
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Christdamn it sounds terrible to me... is this GNR? Where the hell is the rock? I guess in Velvet Revolver for the most part.
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COMMENT | Man this album blows....
posted by : fuckinghateallofyou
11/18/2008 1:31:13 PM
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The cackling on most of those songs is fucking annoying as hell. Even if they music was good, the vox blow and since Axl is the only original member left, that means he single handedly ruined one of the most influential rock bands of the late 80's and early 90's.
Good job cocksmack. Hope Best Buy gives all you buyers a reach around at least.
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COMMENT | WTF?
posted by : axodry3
11/18/2008 1:39:21 PM
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We live in a world of nothing but critics. Where the FUCK is your Rock Band you fucking hacks. We've had 20 years of dog shit metal. The worst Guns N' Roses' song would be your best song. Get off your ass and do something you sniveling shits.
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COMMENT |
posted by : BSlash24
11/18/2008 1:40:42 PM
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Even if the album is GREAT, he ruined one of the best bands ever, that band is dead. A reunion, while fun, is too late to produce great rock anymore either, their prime is OVER!...Axl sings so different now too, this high pitch way of reaching the notes, while it doesn't sound as scratchy, its sort of phony sounding, like he was taught a new method to sing high in older age....THis is a AXL ROSE album. I'm blown away people think its GnR without the main players, can you imagine the great bands without their key guys? Its not the same band. He doesn't even retain these new guys, they are faceless. Slash & others were more than players, they were the face & attitude of the band. The image. IT CAN"T BE replaced...and I can listen to Axl's Album & enjoy, but not deluting myself thinking its GnR. Plant should have fired Jimmy Page in the 70's, got Eddie VH. Its not the same band anymore, different creative juices.
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COMMENT | Oh well....
posted by : BlabberMagnetic
11/18/2008 2:34:31 PM
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At least the Dr. Pepper won't disappoint.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
11/18/2008 2:36:53 PM
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I heard from a friends cousins, sisters, mother, her aunt said that her brothers, first cousins uncle, has a niece, who's classmate has a boyfriend, whos grandmothers nephew's milkman heard the new album.
They think it is the most over-rated piece of garbage.
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COMMENT | tomass 74
posted by : BSlash24
11/18/2008 2:47:06 PM
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you were a big GnR fan, but not so much an Axl Rose band fan...it probably needs a few listens in fairness.
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COMMENT | wow...
posted by :
11/18/2008 2:56:35 PM
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I hate to admit that the record's not bad. It's nothing special or anything that I'd listen to over and over again like Guns' earlier records, but it highly succeeded my very low expectations.
Good job Axl.
It won't be a timeless album like Appetite, but it will mark an interesting moment in time at least.
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COMMENT | Average, Except for "This I Love"
posted by :
11/18/2008 2:56:49 PM
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Sadly, Chinese Democracy isn't very good. There are good moments, like the chorus of "I.R.S.", the musical arrangement of "Sorry", the bridge of "Shackler's Revenge", opening riff of "Chinese Democracy"and some parts of "Street of Dreams" and "Scraped." But only one full song that knocks your socks off -- the ballad "This I Love." It's a really haunting & romantic piano ballad, evocative of Andrew Lloyd Webber, ending with a very good guitar solo (nothing close to SCOM or Nov. Rain, of course). It's the kind of song I can see being played at High School Proms in a few years. It's also the only song where Rose's lyrics resonate and match the music.
But that's it, and poetic. Because we all know Axl seldom contributed any full great songs to GN'R except for the piano ballads. He heavily relied on Izzy & Slash on the rockers. Their contribution is sorly missed on this album. . . .
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COMMENT | Sounds great
posted by : Jack Bauer
11/18/2008 2:57:15 PM
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How many times do we have to hear the same BS from the haters in here. This album is going to be huge. It is going to make Black Ice an afterthought, in spite of AC/DC's worldwide popularity edge. Axl Rose band? What difference does it make, he is and always was Guns N Roses.
Just phenominal. A great mixture of hard rocking ripping Axl vocals, along with some in between industrial style rock, and a few ballads to keep all the girls and soft hearts happy (By the way, there are actually girls at Guns N Roses shows, and a lot of them, unlike most of the Metal bands that some of these haters obsess over, which is simply a sausage festival most of the time).
In a world where the single rules, this album will go to show that the era of a great album is not in the past. Hopefully, it will help rid the radio waves of some of the weak, modern, cookie cutter bands like Nickleback, Hinder, Puddle of Mudd, and Saving Abel, and while where at it, let's knock that cheap, Axl Rose imitator, Buck Cherry off the charts of real rock and roll.
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COMMENT | not listening to ssamples
posted by : double_talking_jive
11/18/2008 3:03:24 PM
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will buy on release day and enjoy.
GnfnR\m/
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COMMENT |
posted by :
11/18/2008 3:03:40 PM
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...so the album really does exist.....who would have know....
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COMMENT |
posted by : IceFront
11/18/2008 3:03:40 PM
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Does any of you remeber how many hated UYI when it first was released?
Coz I do. :P
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COMMENT | Good album
posted by :
11/18/2008 3:22:16 PM
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Really, really good.
But the previous leaks were better. The CD versions are ULTRA over produced. I'll prefer the demo of Catcher in the rye (with Brian May solo) to the album version any day.
What's the point in filling every song with, like, 8 different guitar layers, where 4 is enough. A superb song like Street Of Dreams also gets ruined. Too bad. But it IS a good album. An Axl Rose solo album, but yes a good one.
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COMMENT | Chinese Democracy Starts NOW!
posted by :
11/18/2008 3:30:21 PM
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Boo hoo, this doesn't sound like Appetite. Where's Slash? blah blah blah...
Quit whining and listen to the album, this fucking thing is fantastic!
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COMMENT |
posted by : pigchop
11/18/2008 3:35:23 PM
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posted by : meta11ica042
"Fuck the axl rose band and fuck bucket head i hope Hitler rises from the dead and kills them both."
Oh my....hahahaha. Hitler. hahaha.
I don't even know why I am laughing. hahahahaha.
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3014/chidemuv2.jpg
Good, bad, whatever - in all fairness, you all know this record is going to outsell everything released over the past ten years or so.
And now we wait for word on Black Sabbath w/ oZZy.
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COMMENT | Van Halen
posted by : Expanded Consciousness
11/18/2008 4:01:14 PM
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My hope is for a new Van Halen album.
Dave's was in excellent voice.
Eddie can still write rockers with a hook.
Those 3 songs in '04 w/ Hagar would have sounded great with the Diamond Dave touch.
One more reunion release to look forward to.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
11/18/2008 4:41:03 PM
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The whole album has leaked already for anyone wondering.
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COMMENT | bslash right as usual....
posted by :
11/18/2008 5:03:09 PM
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I`m no hater, but these people praising chinese democracy as some sort messiah release are too open minded to say the least, it seems they have no idea on what gnr was all about...
to say this is the follow up to the illusions...no way in hell!!!
This aint no gnr whatsoever!!! And it shouldn`t be treated like it is!! Simply its not! Get over it....
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COMMENT | ...one thing to say...
posted by :
11/18/2008 5:28:29 PM
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The world of rock is better off for this album...
...and oh yes and another thing - f*** the haters,
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COMMENT | CAN'T WAIT
posted by :
11/18/2008 8:23:49 PM
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IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE THAT WE EMBARK ON A NEW CHAPTER IN G N' R HISTORY? I CAN'T HELP BUT TO TAKE A LISTEN TO THESE OFFERED SAMPLES. I AM NOT SURPRISED, BUT DELIGHTED TO HEAR THE DEPTH AND EXPLORATION OF THESE LITTLE BLURPS. I'VE NEVER BEEN IN SUCH ANTICIPATION FOR ANY ALBUM-INCLUDING LIES AND THE ILLUSIONS. I ALSO BELIEVE THERE IS MORE MATERIAL TO COME SOON. AS MOST OF YOU , I WISH FOR A GUNS REUNION, BUT I THINK AXL WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE ALBUM, VELVET REVOLVER WILL GET A NEW SINGER AND RELEASE A NEW ALBUM, AND AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARS WE MAY SEE SOME SORT OF RESURRECTION OF THE OLD BAND. FOR NOW, ENJOY THE MOMENT.
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COMMENT | Are there really more albums?
posted by : UOI
11/18/2008 11:53:58 PM
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Buckethead releases 13 albums in 1 year. Axl release 1 album in 15 years. I started really getting really interested in the CD from 2001. Now, I don't really care if it is good or not. I am really more interested in seeing Buckethead live now than GN'R while I can. Why miss out on the opportunity?
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COMMENT | DO NOT BUY THIS ALBUM! IT'S HORRIBLE...
posted by : RUFKM?
11/18/2008 11:59:23 PM
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Trust me...I heard the whole thing today. Not only is it the letdown all sensible people knew it would be after this many years (nothing could live up to the hype), it is just piss poor from a songwriting standpoint. The best songs on the album are the ones you've already heard (and most people who are internet savvy have heard for years): "Chinese Democracy" and "Better". Other than that, every other song starts with piano, like Axl thinks the best thing he's ever done is "November Rain" and is trying to recreate that! Worse yet, a lot of the songs are actually going for some kind of top 40 cross over vibe, with lots of over production, and cheesy layered vocals. At it's best, it's Axl trying to be Queen. At it's worst, it's a guy who has too many "yes" men around him telling him the self-indulgent crap he's writing is good. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. IF YOU BUY THIS ALBUM, YOU WILL SIMPLY BE FEEDING INTO AXL'S EGO, and prolonging the inevitable: the original GnR reunion (at least the 4 in front of the drums). Like many others, my prediction is this album will sell a million just out of initial curiousity, then die quickly. Then we'll see the original GnR in 2010.
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