Mom Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I have a friend.I'd even say a damn good friend.He owns exactly one GNR album, it was me who got him to respect Axl and co. for the most part.He bought that album in 2009.Now guess what the disc in question is? Chinese Democracy! Of Course!He really likes it too, says "it's poppy/poppish but has xsoul.Anyone else know of anyone like my good buddy? I find his road to GNR fandom both quite amusing and encouraging... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 The first Guns song I showed my girlfriend was "Sorry". She bought all the albums (except Live Era, Greatest Hits and Spaghetti), and really likes Chinese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsguy Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 A friend of mine resisted Guns for YEARS over the old era, then I had tickets to a Guns show in 2002 left over and gave them to him and his wife. He was mind blown! He went out and bought the cds, and then bought CD day it came out. He is a fucking CD addict now, he loves the new stuff a little bit more than the old!!!I had to make him come to the show, he didn't want to was not interested, glad I convinced him, they scored another fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuddMckagan Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 None of my friends listen to GnR, but if they do, they'll listen to SCOM or WTTJ. Paradise City would be stretching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelRose89 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 None of my friends listen to GnR, but if they do, they'll listen to SCOM or WTTJ. Paradise City would be stretching it.pretty much the same here - my friends know i'm a gnr freak so they kinda tune out when i put on a track other than the hits (SCOM, WTTJ, PC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinrocksnexttognr Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 None of my friends listen to GnR, but if they do, they'll listen to SCOM or WTTJ. Paradise City would be stretching it.pretty much the same here - my friends know i'm a gnr freak so they kinda tune out when i put on a track other than the hits (SCOM, WTTJ, PC)My friends are the same way... cuz they have no taste un music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 I just remembered my friend knows someone on this board, I should notify him/them so he knows he is not alone in this universe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquor & Whores Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 (edited) Two of my friends, who are Metallica-fans and know all the previous GNR stuff, said that ChD is a (very) good albumI bought my ChD copy on the day of the premiere, but then I won another one in the contest on some other GNR forum. I gave it as a present to one of those friends. He was very happy. I must ask him how often he listens to it.BTW, I love these stories, about sb who started listening to GNR with ChD Edited June 14, 2011 by DrDrei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlIsGod. Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I first listened to guns mid 2008, im 16 and only found out about them then. I love Pretty much every song theyve dont including ChiDem, and like this band like no other. I remember going down to buy ChiDem with another GnR fan, but id bought CoD: World at war like 2 weeks before so we put half and half to the album. I remember me liking it straight off the bat, and him hating it, and then 2 years down the road, he loves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 My friends also have really bad taste and just like to listen to hip hop or dance music. I mean, they don't even think about rock. For them, Rock music is just for emos, goths and grunge people, y' know... like you jsut can't listen to rock music and be a normal person in terms of lifestyle. The other day on my way back home from college, I was giving a ride to 2 of my friends, and I was listening to GnR on my car, and they started aguing on how, according to them, nobody likes this type of music anymore, stating artists like Jay-Z, David Guetta and the Black Eyed Peas had more fans and were bigger artists then bands I like such as GnR, AC/DC, etc.. and I was arguing back saying stuff like "Back in Black is the second top selling album of all time, second to Thriller" or "AC/DC had one of the biggest world tours last years next to U2 and Bon Jovi" but it just wont fit into their heads. I mean, they only bought tickets to Elton John/Rihanna/Katy Perry day and Coldplay/Jay-Z day in Rock in Rio.But I'm like your friend actually, I got into GnR starting from CD, I liked some songs suchs as SCOM, WTTJ and Paradise City but I didn't really listen to them that much, but after I bought a copy of CD, I really started loving them and got all their albums, now they're one of my top 4 favorite bands of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Rose Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Most of my friends are musical morons. But that will change. They always need rides and my car is all rock, all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOUCOULDBEMINE. Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 i got into guns n roses when i was at pinkpop in 2002, songs that stood out the most were ''the blues'' and ''madagascar''. those two songs got me into gn'r to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakey Styley Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I got into GNR through CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I knew Guns since childhood and I really liked SCOM, Rocket Queen, Coma... but I really never got into that 80's hard rock identity they had. Since I am more of a 90's grunge/nu/alt/groove metal fan, it is easy for me to say that CD was the album that really got me into Gn'R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Among all the people I know, I am the only one who owns a copy of China Democracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel345 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I hadn't actually listened to GN'R for years neither heard that there was an album in the making for ages when I listened to ChiDem. I liked it. Some of the songs impressed me. Some not. It's the same with the old stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesterdays-Civil-War Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 The friends I have that have GN'R stuff on their iPod, that they legitimately like and listen to, would never even pick up Chinese Democracy. They don't and won't give it a chance, they think it is crap.One listen to "There Was a Time" and that was all it took for me...wish a lot more GN'R fans could appreciate CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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