Tom2112 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Axl is unpopular with people, just the way it is... but people love his songs, just crank sweet child or November rain and people always go crazy. "You don't have to like the artist to like the art" - Gene Simmons, and that quote is spot on. Not liking music because the musician is a dick is moronic, everybody's Ipods would be empty... Musicians have ego, they are temperamental, they are liked by other musicians but non-musicians don't understand them and they are labeled dicks. just how it is. Axl is a bit of a dick, but he's also not that bad. If everybody lived their lives under a microscope we would all look much worse than we actually are. The internet is a microscope, a lot of people come out of the wood-work with no other intention but to shit on what other people enjoy - It's a teenage / meathead mentality but it's not going away... and it's probably the reason why most performers try to keep a safe distance from the internet. The comment section here, doesn't look good, but it probably isn't that far from reality... maybe a little more extreme than normal but if you ask 10 random people on the street about Axl rose most would give a similar but more polite answer. He should get out more, do interviews more often and show people he isn't the gigantic prick that he's been painted as (and helped create, to be fair)... he should also not give people so much ammo... practice his songs, keep his voice in shape and release things when he says they are going to be released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 How was Jimmy Kimmel able to find so many Axl worshippers? Maybe they were bots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmapelian Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I am dumbstruck by the lack of intelligence, spelling and common sense of almost every poster, just wow https://www.facebook.com/ultimateclassicrock/posts/10152226674609530that's just what the rest of America thinks of GnR nowadays that don't post in this or the mascot's forum - it's not a lack of intelligence, or common sense, just a different opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnari Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Axl is unpopular with people, just the way it is... but people love his songs, just crank sweet child or November rain and people always go crazy. "You don't have to like the artist to like the art" - Gene Simmons, and that quote is spot on. Not liking music because the musician is a dick is moronic, everybody's Ipods would be empty... Musicians have ego, they are temperamental, they are liked by other musicians but non-musicians don't understand them and they are labeled dicks. just how it is. Axl is a bit of a dick, but he's also not that bad. If everybody lived their lives under a microscope we would all look much worse than we actually are. The internet is a microscope, a lot of people come out of the wood-work with no other intention but to shit on what other people enjoy - It's a teenage / meathead mentality but it's not going away... and it's probably the reason why most performers try to keep a safe distance from the internet. The comment section here, doesn't look good, but it probably isn't that far from reality... maybe a little more extreme than normal but if you ask 10 random people on the street about Axl rose most would give a similar but more polite answer. He should get out more, do interviews more often and show people he isn't the gigantic prick that he's been painted as (and helped create, to be fair)... he should also not give people so much ammo... practice his songs, keep his voice in shape and release things when he says they are going to be released.And do a reunion Seriously if Axl did a reunion all the shit would go away.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facekicker Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 You sound angry and bitter yourself You forgot misguided. Are you feeling ok? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER PT Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 The comments ... lol.The truth is the world doesn't give a fuck about GN'R.So, we are nothing but a minority .... we are the special ones ... we are one in a million ... we are the illuminati ... we are the Jedis of rock n' roll fan world.God bless us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 We don't need the general public's support, we are better than that!GO GNR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
there is no dana only zool Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 You sound angry and bitter yourself Nah just oldDude lol aren't you only like, in your early 30s like me? We were friends on fb until mine got hacked or something and like, I swear your age back then was only like, 29 or so at the time, no? Either way, time has been good to your skin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saber_ Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 No trickery means no reunion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesterdays-Civil-War Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 When I was on Facebook I had about 20 friends who all "liked" GNR. Don't think one of them listened to ChiDem. It's just that when people put "Guns N' Roses" under Favourite Music, it counts as a "Like". Out of those 27 million, I'd say maybe 500,000 like the nuBand. I'm going off the fact that the most likes (good indicator of active participation) I've seen for a post is about 200,000, I think. There'll be a bunch of people who won't make the effort to like, along with some bots that'll like statuses as well. 500,000 may be a generous estimate.Exactly. Maybe fifty or more of my friends like GN'R; if I played Scraped for them right now they would have no idea who it is.I would go as far to say that most casual fans, that know that Paradise City is by GN'R, probably don't even know that the old band isn't together anymore, let alone that a new one is touring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facekicker Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Will he sing the jungle intro for real this time round then? Last I heard it in Dublin it sounded like he was getting a little "assistance" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) When I was on Facebook I had about 20 friends who all "liked" GNR. Don't think one of them listened to ChiDem. It's just that when people put "Guns N' Roses" under Favourite Music, it counts as a "Like". Out of those 27 million, I'd say maybe 500,000 like the nuBand. I'm going off the fact that the most likes (good indicator of active participation) I've seen for a post is about 200,000, I think. There'll be a bunch of people who won't make the effort to like, along with some bots that'll like statuses as well. 500,000 may be a generous estimate.Exactly. Maybe fifty or more of my friends like GN'R; if I played Scraped for them right now they would have no idea who it is.I would go as far to say that most casual fans, that know that Paradise City is by GN'R, probably don't even know that the old band isn't together anymore, let alone that a new one is touring.I wouldn't go that far, I think most of my mates would know if Axl was touring with a new band even if I didn't harp on about it all the bloody time Most rock fans I meet know that Axl's touring with a new band as well, some even know DJ Ashba (though none have anything nice to say about him).I think it varies from country to country. In Abu Dhabi, I think some people were expecting Slash to turn up, though it was pretty obvious a lot of people didn't turn up because they knew he wasn't going to be there (there were twice as many people at the same venue a month later to see Metallica). Edited February 18, 2014 by Amir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman2000 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Honestly, i'm starting to think all the people that commented on that have downs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facekicker Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'm sure the feeling is mutual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patience 4 Axl Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 "I wish the big announcement was them breaking up."I giggled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman2000 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'm sure the feeling is mutual. I bet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saber_ Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Honestly, i'm starting to think all the people that commented on that have downs.Hmm, it would seem that the amount of belief in a reunion is inversely proportional to I.Q. In other words, people who know there won't be a reunion are smarter than those that think it's around every corner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfuckinga Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Comments written by "fans" asking for a reunion lol. Not in this lifetime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblecool Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Will he sing the jungle intro for real this time round then? Last I heard it in Dublin it sounded like he was getting a little "assistance"source, proof or fuck off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chainsforalice Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 Why do they struggle to spell a 3 letter name ? One of the comments said " axl has a cheeseburger under his triple chin as a power up" it got 26 likes.... What is wrong with people ? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mansin Humanity Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Will he sing the jungle intro for real this time round then? Last I heard it in Dublin it sounded like he was getting a little "assistance"#GNRNOTRICKERYGODDAMNIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Why do they struggle to spell a 3 letter name ? One of the comments said " axl has a cheeseburger under his triple chin as a power up" it got 26 likes.... What is wrong with people ? LolI'm against "likes", never use them, never will but I found that comment funny. Not surprised why it had so many likes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguy Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Why do they struggle to spell a 3 letter name ? One of the comments said " axl has a cheeseburger under his triple chin as a power up" it got 26 likes.... What is wrong with people ? LolHaha that's pretty funny. It's like Mario carrying around a spare Star powerup or a Fire Flower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Not everyone is typographically aware as moi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Coma Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Seems the gnr twitter has more followers then a lot of big bands I think it was about same as stones and more then foo peppers Aerosmith.. Ozzy has a ton Metallica up there in numbers if I remember correctly.. Not bad at all especially in the amount of effort gnr gives lolz... I think there's enough people who will still listen to a new gnr album, now will it sell nowadays or just be downloaded and tossed into a Hard drive.. More then likely the latter. I hvnt bought an album since 08, guess which one, and ofc already had heard the whole album on my myspace for free lol so only reason I copped a copy was because I'm a big fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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