the rush Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 (edited) while browsing youtube, I stumbled upon Silkworms after a long time and found it to have aged/matured really good. Now I think that had there been a more favorable reaction to Oh My God and Silkworms at the time they were first heard it could have paved the way for something different. In my opinion, if these two songs were on CD, they would have been in my top 5 songs on the album. they are more creative and techically and instrumentally more interesting than the majority of guns songs. What I want to do with this topic is to see how many of us share the sentiments regarding these two songs and maybe, if axl stumbles upon this thread, let the band know that these songs have what it takes after all for the fanbase (ar atleast a considerable part of it) to be satisfied and intriguedheck i'll even add a poll Edited August 20, 2012 by the rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 while browsing youtube, I stumbled upon Silkworms after a long time and found it to have aged/matured really good. Now I think that had there been a more favorable reaction to Oh My God and Silkworms at the time they were first heard it could have paved the way for something different. In my opinion, if these two songs were on CD, they would have been in my top 5 songs on the album. they are more creative and techically and instrumentally more interesting than the majority of guns songs. What I want to do with this topic is to see how many of us share the sentiments regarding these two songs and maybe, if axl stumbles upon this thread, let the band know that these songs have what it takes after all for the fanbase (ar atleast a considerable part of it) to be satisfied and intriguedheck i'll even add a poleOh My God is a kickass song Silkworms is a pile of shit waste of tape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the rush Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 What exactly do you dislike about Silkworms (lyrics excluded)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdeyahlxp Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Silkworms is very cool instrumentally speaking, but the lyrics are utter garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the rush Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 (edited) I agree but I tend to disregared lyrics when talking about music as I only give it 5% max of weight a song carries. Besides, lyrics could have been completely different and it would stil basically be the same song but change the intrumental composition and you have a completely different piece of art Edited August 19, 2012 by the rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 What exactly do you dislike about Silkworms (lyrics excluded)?Everything lyrics, music it simply sucks as I remember Axl did n`t co write it, Reed and Pitman put Silkworms together that`s why song blows.OHM is a great song heaviest and darkest Axl penned rocker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseDemocracy2004 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I think Silkworms is a modern version of Used To Love Her. The 2001 band's tongue in cheek song but I do prefer Oh My God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 OMG was on the End of Days soundtrack that came out ten years earlier. Wouldn't have made a difference... The album was great how it was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIC04 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I may be the only one,yet i adore Silkworms. If Pittman n Reed did more stuff like this id be very happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evader Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I love both of those tracks, and would give anything for an album full of songs like that from Axl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay410 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Oh my god was pretty brilliant, lyrics were outstanding. Would be cool to hear some bucket guitar on it. As far as silkworms, the song is just so fucking out there I want to hear where it ended up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uruguns Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 (edited) LETS FACE IT, BOTH SONGS SUCK Edited August 19, 2012 by uruguns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EccoTides Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I would've loved to have had both of these songs on the album, but Silkworms is a bit more progressive musically than anything on CD and it would've stood out from the pack. If the proposed second album did indeed lean toward "aggressive electronica" (I think that's the term Axl used), then Silkworms would be right at home. Wasn't the original plan for CD for it to be kind of a "gateway" album of more familiar sounds in order to guide listeners into the more ambitious 2nd and 3rd albums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haters Gonna Hate Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 LETS FACE IT, BOTH SONGS SUCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosesforcure Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Amen bro! Silkworms and OMG represents the new era and what chinese how brilliant couldHave been. Both are my two most missing songs of the album. Shame the band did not believe enoughhIn the new level up songs. I hope we can see them in the next sequel. They are a must have!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ88 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 OMG is good, but Silkworms is terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31illusions Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 OMG is good, but Silkworms is terriblex2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnRDuff1 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I love both songs. With Silkworms , I just wish the chorus and first half of the first verse lyrics were better. I love the parasitic demons sucking acid through your heart line. Fucking brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROFLFOOT Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Oh my god is top notch. Killer tune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbo Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 LETS FACE IT, BOTH SONGS SUCKAgreed. I honestly think the commercial and critical ridicule Oh My God got is what sparked another 9 years before we would hear new material.I'll admit that the lyrics were pretty cool, but the music and overall sound was just a big clusterfuck that made it sound like just a bunch of noises being thrashed around. And not the good kinda noises. The "getting waken up at 7 after not even getting home til 530 shitfaced by a bunch of roofers working right outside your window blasting Shinedown" kinda noise ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnrjanus Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I actualy love Silkworms.OMG,Silkworms,Rhiad showed the potential the industrial band had at the time. and showed that the band was willing to walk a path on a hunch. If silkworms was still in the set today it would f*cking rock!let's just hope some of the songs recorded by the 2000-2006 band are still considered as options to release in the future as songs recorded by this band todayI would love to see the evolution between the 2. I'm wishing we'd get a double disc.. 20 songs each new recorded songs by this band and 20 songs recorded by the.:AxlJosh, BrainPaul, RichardTommyRobinBucketChrisDizzyLine up. that would ba amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Drama Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Can't judge a song until you hear the studio version. You'd all be saying Oh My God sucks if all we had was the live version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadSlash Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 OMG was on the End of Days soundtrack that came out ten years earlier. Wouldn't have made a difference... The album was great how it was!Exactly, why do we need a song we already have on a new album? I can't get my head around the concept or argument here. If he had included it then the "Why wasn't OMG on the album!?!?!?" posts would be replaced 10 fold with posts about "rehashed songs" how it was a "cop out" and "nothing original worth releasing" threads.This is like bitching Ridley Scott out for making Prometheus instead of just releasing a digitally remastered copy of Alien. WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jekylhyde Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Oh My God is amazing! I think it's one of the best Guns songs. Silkworms on the other hand... there's some cool stuff there, but it sounds like they slapped it together in 20 minutes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakey Styley Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Oh My God is great and I think it would've been received better if it didn't sound so unfinished.Dizzy or Pitman described Silkworms as "AFD 25 years into the future" and that's what it sounds like to me with how aggressive it is. The music sounds so angry and the lyrics follow up on that. Axl sings with little melody like an old punk song and it interestingly contrasts with the keyboard/synth parts (which are amazing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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