"Against my better judgment, I loved the band" [BOSTON GLOBE's Renée Graham on "Axl Rose — a small, hopeful example for our fractured nation?"]

[ludurigan]

"Against my better judgment, I loved the band. But when Rose’s rebelliousness bled into intolerance, I was done."

 

Axl Rose — a small, hopeful example for our fractured nation?

By Renée Graham Globe Columnist  May 11, 2018

When Guns N’ Roses releases its “Appetite for Destruction: Locked N’ Loaded” box set next month, one notable — and notorious — track will be missing: “One In A Million.”

Written by Axl Rose, the band’s mercurial lead singer, that 1988 song denounced African-Americans, immigrants, and gay men in derogatory terms. At the time, Rose defended the song, saying his beliefs about these maligned groups justified his excoriation of them.

Now that song, practically a Trump supporter’s anthem, will remain an ugly relic from the era of Reaganomics and Jheri curls.

Does this mean Axl Rose is woke? Who knows. (...)

 

[FULL ARTICLE HERE = https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/05/11/axl-rose-small-hopeful-example-for-our-fractured-nation/wPwZY2XvDVelvZXzRqjIoI/story.html]

[AxlRoseCDII]

1 minute ago, ludurigan said:

"Against my better judgment, I loved the band. But when Rose’s rebelliousness bled into intolerance, I was done."

 

Axl Rose — a small, hopeful example for our fractured nation?

By Renée Graham Globe Columnist  May 11, 2018

When Guns N’ Roses releases its “Appetite for Destruction: Locked N’ Loaded” box set next month, one notable — and notorious — track will be missing: “One In A Million.”

Written by Axl Rose, the band’s mercurial lead singer, that 1988 song denounced African-Americans, immigrants, and gay men in derogatory terms. At the time, Rose defended the song, saying his beliefs about these maligned groups justified his excoriation of them.

Now that song, practically a Trump supporter’s anthem, will remain an ugly relic from the era of Reaganomics and Jheri curls.

Oh, good grief!! 

[Blackstar]

There is another discussion here:

 

[LA_0013]

These articles 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Len Cnut]

How out of order of that black lady to dislike One in a Million, why possible reason could she have for disliking it and, as a consequence, Guns n Roses?  It blows the mind, it really does

[Tori72]

That article belongs into that other board. Also, I totally agree with the author.

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Of course what motivated this choice isn’t as important as the message delivered by the song’s absence: Virulent bigotry should be buried, not resurrected. It’s a small, but hopeful example for our fractured nation.

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Perhaps that’s why “One In A Million” will be left in the 20th century. Its offensive sentiments align too closely with the current administration, one for which Rose has nothing but contempt.

I don’t agree with her on her opinion on „Used to love her“. It has always been clear to me it was a joke. But well.

I agree on the thoughts whe OIAM has been left out though.

Edited May 12, 2018 by Tori72

[RussTCB]

There's aleady a thread for this.