tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589351845940231079.post4369894028762383843..comments2024-02-16T05:32:05.910-05:00Comments on gunsnfnroses: 10 Reasons to Buy Chinese DemocracyMack Arillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782126553576742618noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589351845940231079.post-2401063643105319272009-02-12T14:20:00.000-05:002009-02-12T14:20:00.000-05:00hey holepuncher,Couldn't agree more. Best song on ...hey holepuncher,<BR/><BR/>Couldn't agree more. Best song on the album in my opinion. Why Sorry wasn't selected as a single i'll never know. maybe GN'R are waiting for something to happen before they release the big songs as singles.<BR/><BR/>C.T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589351845940231079.post-22244673067025550512009-02-12T14:13:00.000-05:002009-02-12T14:13:00.000-05:00Thanks for posting the article and the positive co...Thanks for posting the article and the positive comments. I'd probably edit a few things if I wrote it now, but I'd only had the record a grand total of a day at the time. Mostly, I'd heap much more praise on how great of a song "Sorry" is...<BR/><BR/>Again, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589351845940231079.post-79831168247570033622009-02-12T13:56:00.000-05:002009-02-12T13:56:00.000-05:00Quella è belle notizie!Quella è belle notizie!Harry Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345938474157554552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589351845940231079.post-87353204339163932302009-02-12T13:43:00.000-05:002009-02-12T13:43:00.000-05:00GUNS N' ROSES To Play Italy In May Or June? - Feb....GUNS N' ROSES To Play Italy In May Or June? - Feb. 12, 2009 <BR/> <BR/>Andrea Pieroni, head honcho at the Italian concert-promotion agency Live In Italy, has told The Rock Blog that there are plans to bring GUNS N' ROSES to Milan, Italy in May or June this year. "We are in the process of working out the exact date and location for the concert," he is quoted as saying. "If DatchForum in Assago (Milan) is available, it will be held there. Otherwise, we will have it at the Idroscalo [in Milan, where GN'R played in 2006 as the headliner of the Gods of Metal festival, which was organized by Live in Italy]. We cannot provide further details as things are constantly changing and developing."<BR/><BR/>GUNS N' ROSES' new album, "Chinese Democracy", was officially certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 3, 2009 for shipments in the United States in excess of one million copies. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the CD has shifted 543,000 units since it was released on November 23, 2008 as a Best Buy exclusive after a wait of more than 15 years. <BR/> <BR/>C.T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589351845940231079.post-44550232170935150022009-02-12T11:53:00.000-05:002009-02-12T11:53:00.000-05:00#3 is my favorite reason - Because nobody writes a...#3 is my favorite reason - Because nobody writes about Axl like Axl.<BR/><BR/>He should have titled this album <I>Chinese Democracy: The Making of Chinese Democracy</I>.Mack Arillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09782126553576742618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589351845940231079.post-10069671805152267362009-02-12T11:36:00.000-05:002009-02-12T11:36:00.000-05:00I have to respectfully disagree with you ard.The w...I have to respectfully disagree with you ard.<BR/><BR/>The way I see This I Love is the musical equivalent of Axl stripping it all down. It's almost an acoustic number. It's a song that sounds "simple" and stripped down as do the lyrics. It's direct and to the point. It's not "flowery" song writing. He's emoting in the most basic sense. The brilliance of this song is in its simplicity even though I bet there are layers upon layers of music in it...even though, to me, it's practically like an acoustic song entirley stripped down.<BR/><BR/>C.T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589351845940231079.post-51432130222956600662009-02-12T11:23:00.000-05:002009-02-12T11:23:00.000-05:00That's Robin Finck on guitar (This I Love).That's Robin Finck on guitar (This I Love).Mack Arillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09782126553576742618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589351845940231079.post-67335868352150809902009-02-12T11:18:00.000-05:002009-02-12T11:18:00.000-05:00Great article, really. I just wanted to comment on...Great article, really. <BR/>I just wanted to comment on 2 bits:<BR/><BR/>1) "...but at the end of the day is there anything on them that really sounds that different from Stone Temple Pilots? Sadly, no."<BR/><BR/>I WISH VR could only sound as good as STP...except for "slither", not one more great song.<BR/><BR/>2) "Even when you first hear “This I love” and think “Oh my god, what is this? Musical theater?”<BR/><BR/>Thank god someone else thought that too! The good part of "This I love" is not Axl's. Lyrics are poor (for Axl standards anyway), brilliant piano...but the extra quality stuff are the guitar solos (mack, whose are they?!)<BR/><BR/>ardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589351845940231079.post-78020074912872841232009-02-12T08:45:00.000-05:002009-02-12T08:45:00.000-05:00The best reason to buy Chinese Democracy is becaus...The best reason to buy Chinese Democracy is because it's great music plain and simple.<BR/><BR/>To me, Chinese Democracy sounds modern at the same time harkening back to a day when artists made albums (late 60's through to the late 70's) not "catchy, disposable ditties surrounded by forgettable, often terrible filler songs.<BR/><BR/>Chinese Democracy is a complete record with every song being thoughtfully crafted. I don't like every song on the record, but there is no short of 7 masterpieces on this album! And 5 great songs and 2 songs I can take or leave. The point being is that Axl and his band created an album with the sensibilities of, and in the vein of the Beatles (Rubber Soul or Sgt. Peppers era) or Pink Floyd (Dark Side or The Wall era), Led Zep (Physical Graffiti), Queen (Day at the Races, Night at the Opera) etc…you get my point. The vast majority of “artists” (and I use that term loosely) these days do not have that approach. <BR/><BR/>Chinese Democracy is special because it exists in a time that perhaps it shouldn’t. It doesn’t sound dated, quite the opposite, it sounds fresh but at the same time there is a nod to that special time in music when everyone appeared to be creatively “mossy”.<BR/><BR/>This music on Chinese Democracy is so good that several of these songs could easily have appeared on either of the Illusion records (they are at least as good) and no one would have batted an eye.<BR/><BR/>C.T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589351845940231079.post-25730932177427206582009-02-12T06:52:00.000-05:002009-02-12T06:52:00.000-05:00mack,i may have mentioned this before, but is ther...mack,<BR/>i may have mentioned this before, but is there any chance guns may be released from their contract in the coming months? i know axl has done jack shit to promote the album this far, but universal have done even less. they got their money for cd...might as well get rid of them?? <BR/>then axl could begin the 'monumental' marketing campaign the way only he could?<BR/><BR/>just a thoughtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589351845940231079.post-28029426693683967112009-02-12T06:38:00.000-05:002009-02-12T06:38:00.000-05:00damn i hate the word 'soon'damn i hate the word 'soon'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589351845940231079.post-89429827434476957872009-02-12T06:18:00.000-05:002009-02-12T06:18:00.000-05:00"Chinese Democracy Summer Tour 2009" Dates coming ..."Chinese Democracy Summer Tour 2009" Dates coming 'soon.'Mack Arillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09782126553576742618noreply@blogger.com