Axl Rose aka God Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I've always loved Chinese Democracy. It's probably one of my favorite albums of all time. However, I've recently begun to appreciate the tracks off of it even more than I had before. I just experienced what went from a mutual break up to a bad break up, and I find a lot of the songs from Chinese Democracy deal with the whole process of dealing with loss. I.R.S. for example, I've always loved but I'm loving it even more now because of the lyrics. This I Love was a song I've always loved, and now the lyircs seem more applicable. As does Prostitute. I feel like Chinese Democracy may be the perfect break up album?So, does anyone love the songs on Chinese Democracy more than they first did, for whatever reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I think I've grown to appreciate the title track more, was never really into it at first.As to why? I love the way it sounds and Axl's voice is the bollocks on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wicked Hand Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I really didnt like it the first listen, but some time went by, I broke it back out and some of the tunes grew on me.SOD,TWAT,prostitute,scraped,TIL- I came to somewhat dig after awhile.I never blew me away, but I can respect it.I really enjoy the arrangements and guitar work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal'Akh Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I've had my time of all of them.There are some that the first time I heard I was like "HOLY SHIT! That's awesome!": Chinese Democracy, Scraped, TWAT, Prostitute, IRS.And some that really took some time to appreciate, like Maddy. But I had my time with them all.I used to take my dog to walk and then listened the song like 20x in a row. Still do that.But my favorite song, and the first I heard is Chinese Democracy. That song is fucking awesome.First Old'GNR song I heard was WTTJ, and it still my favorite and I still listen to it a lot, almost everyday. I remember that before actually listening to the full song, I heard the intro like some 5x, it was mind-blowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Maddy and SOD were my big ones. I never particularly cared for Maddy before the album came out (And the demo was god-awful), it's one of my favorites on the album however. With SOD, I've always loved it, but it became really special to me for personal reasons about a year ago. Been one of my favorite songs of all time since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Just recently, for some reason, Better is sticking out to me a lot. I always liked it a lot, but for some reason lately, it's the first track I play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I've been listening to If The World latelyI really dig the funky wah pedal guitar in the background, sounds like something straight out of a porno Bucket's solo at the end it fucking great as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosonen Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 This is definitely one of those albums that needs some time. If you asked me 2 years ago, I would be like nah, decent shit plaahplaah, 2-3 great songs etc. I love CD, its a fucking masterpiece....only song Im not the biggest fan is IRS, its ok like shotgun blues, I enjoy it, but heard better ones too. And In general, Im the most critical "rock police" a- hole there is. I love CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 This I Love and Prostitute probably took the longest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turn_It_Up Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 (edited) This I Love and Prostitute probably took the longest.Sometimes it just takes longer to search the universe and find yourself within her eyes. But the payoff is OH SO WORTH IT!!!!!! Edited March 31, 2011 by Turn_It_Up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting Star Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 The first time I listened to CITR's leak I thought that the synth parts were a bit waky. It's not like I hated it, I just thought it was strange cause I wasn't familiar with that kind of sound. But after some additional listenings, CITR became one of my favs. BTW, Axl’s vocal perfomances always surprises me every time I listen to SOD and TWAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 This I Love and Prostitute probably took the longest.Sometimes it just takes longer to search the universe and find yourself within her eyes. But the payoff is OH SO WORTH IT!!!!!! I don't identify with the song but it's a great vocal and solo, great live. Prostitute just took awhile to get lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feconroses Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Shacklers for me! At first I was like "wtf with this song? fuckin elephants on a GNR song? wtf the solo sounds like a fuckin videogame?!"...now probably its one of my favourites and a true rocker...still hate the elephant sounds and videogame solo though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITW 2012 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Prostitute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gunns5 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 scrapedits great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmygod Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Riad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smakci Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 CD..since the concert in Zagreb its a great song to open show with..and i like since that day...as far as the other songs go i still like the ones i liked and skip the ones i have skiped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindray08 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 scraped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblerose Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I can't appreciate rhiad since I found out about the stolen intro. And the aaahhh Ahhhhhhh aaaahhh nous annoy me. But shackles I love now. If you download all the mixes its a real technical song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stro Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 The whole album. I was pretty underwhelmed the first time I listened through. It took a few spins for it to click for me, but when it did I was blown away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todo Poderoso Timão Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Definetely Prostitute and Shackler's Revenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tange Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I remember reading where Guns brought in some big wig producer and he told them they had three radio songs, maybe four. Off one album that ain't bad. the obvious choices arebetterCDCatcherIRSThe BluesCatcher of all those is the best song. the lyrics are fantastic (better is a close second). Lyrically Axl put some time into those. Its pretty obvious. Those five songs are worthy of UYI material, at least the top 50%, so dogging the album is ludicrous. The most ambitious song and the one i've taken the longest to come around to is madagascar. Really respect that song now and used to skip it. i still don't like riad and shacklers, but then i've always preferred the ballads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 (edited) I've stopped playing the album. I stopped playing the album sometime ago. I buy many albums, and few keep my attention. At the moment REM's Collapse Into Now is where its at. It's a great album! I really cannot stop playing it. Check out this great song and entertaining video:R.E.M. - ÜBerlin (Video) Edited March 31, 2011 by star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB. Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 (edited) I've stopped playing the album. I stopped playing the album sometime ago. I buy many albums, and few keep my attention. At the moment REM's Collapse Into Now is where its at. It's a great album! I really cannot stop playing it. Check out this great song and entertaining video:R.E.M. - ÜBerlin (Video) No, really don't like R.E.M! Not working for me wiill choose newgnr and CD over them always! Edited March 31, 2011 by MBRose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlIsGod. Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Shacklers Revenge, If the world and Sorry.Came to appreciate these pretty much when i heard how epic they were live , hearing them from that osaka gig, then across the 2010 videos really made me appreciate them somewhat more than when i'd just heard the album versions. Esp If the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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