trqster Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Not really... Nothing very catchy about it - just listenable and OK I guess. Songs like Better & TIL had much more potential to become hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansidhe Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 As Axlsalinger said, if this incarnation of Guns had put out a few songs previously and promoted them to a decent enough level that the band was much more back into the average listener's consciousness, I believe that it could be a solid single. Obviously the fact that Axl isn't the main vocalist might make people unsure but it's a solid enough tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) I showed to all my friends, even those that don't like Rock, and the vast majority said it's a great and catchy song. Those who know Chinese Democracy said it's better than half of the album. This is the opinion of non-GNR fans, which I think it's pretty relevant for this question.And of course there's a chorus, what the fuck? "Sick of everything you say..." Edited August 18, 2013 by ManetsBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixAreForKids Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Could somebody hook me up? Better acoustic and goin down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realpoti Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yes, but it can't be released as a Gn'R song. People want to hear Axl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh My Choking Soul Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) Sorry, the answer is no. It's about a tiny fraction as likely to be a main stream hit as Dust and Bones was in 1992. The primary difference is that Dust and Bones was released in a time when there was a hunger for GnR material, it's a better song, and still nobody cared about it. Edited August 18, 2013 by Oh My Choking Soul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nambis Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 This track does feel like a genuine GNR song so haters can suck on the ugly stick that just fell out of their assTHIS. It sounds WAY more like GNR than anything on CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the rush Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 This track does feel like a genuine GNR song so haters can suck on the ugly stick that just fell out of their assTHIS. It sounds WAY more like GNR than anything on CD. nope. completely the opposite. CD is full of typically GNR-like structures... don't let the production and surface confuse you. CD is a GNR record. no question about it. Going Down, however, has no connection whatsoever to anything that made a GNR song a GNR song. This is a TOMMY song, not a GNR song. listen to Village Gorilla Head, it's full of songs similar to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nambis Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 This track does feel like a genuine GNR song so haters can suck on the ugly stick that just fell out of their assTHIS. It sounds WAY more like GNR than anything on CD. nope. completely the opposite. CD is full of typically GNR-like structures... don't let the production and surface confuse you. CD is a GNR record. no question about it. Going Down, however, has no connection whatsoever to anything that made a GNR song a GNR song. This is a TOMMY song, not a GNR song. listen to Village Gorilla Head, it's full of songs similar to thisLOL, no - CD sounds like an Axl record. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Going Down sounds more OldGNR than Chinese Democracy. It could very well be an Illusions demo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguy Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Holy crap, you guys are desperate. No, the song can never be a hit, other than on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I think it's kind of generic, and that is a plus in this market. If they played up the country element and Nickelback played it. Got some Foo Fighters feel. It's probably still too punk rock n roll today. It's a bit like Soul Ayslum. Which is weirs cos Street of Dreams sounds like Stand Up and Be Strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Not in a million years. Nobody gives a fuck about a Tommy Stinson song in the real world.¬¬'Who cares about whose song is it? Do you think any regular radio listener, casual rock fan is gonna listen to the song and think "Yeah, that's a cool song, but it's a Tommy Stinson song man..." Really? What I can really picture is something a casual rock listener turning up the volume, even if just for curiosity, as soon as the DJ announce they're gonna play the new Guns N' Roses song.There are people hate Guns N' Roses so much nowadays that they'll want to listen just to criticise. And then they'll realise it's actually a good song.This song has a big hit potential.A Tommy Stinson sung song gets no airplay whatsoever. And you are completely delusional if you believe otherwise.With the GnR name attached to it, it would get initial airplay, and if it people liked it why wouldn't they continue to play it?People on here are so starved for new music that they've convinced themselves that Goin' Down is a great song as opposed to the generic rock song that it is in reality. Generic rock songs make up most of rock radio songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Put it next to Jungle, YCBM, SCOM, Nov Rain, PC and Goin Down pales in comparison.But it could be like track 2, it has a fatalistic sensibility of Easy or Shackler's.Jackie ChanGoin' DownSoul MonsterDown by the OceanAtlas Shrugged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 Exactly what I'm trying to say. This song is so generic, in a good way, that I can definetly see it being a hit. Again, this is no different from any Nickelback hit or most of the Foo Fighters hit. Generic rock. Easy to digest rock. Doesn't take much of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) But this GNR they aren't going to want to have a hit like that. Although, look at Lies or Patience, it's kind of possible some track like this...There just hasn't been a rock hit for anyone so an actual Billboard hit seems impossible.Especially punk rock. Even Green Day have gone stadium rock. Edited August 19, 2013 by wasted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lahey Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) Why would you want GNR to have a generic modern rock hit? GNR is supposed to be better than that. And again, no radio station is going to put a GNR song in regular rotation that doesn't feature Axl Rose on lead vocals. Edited August 19, 2013 by Randy Lahey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlsalinger Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Guess Axl will just have to capitalize on all this positive buzz, put it out on iTunes, and find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 What made GNR big was capturing the metal audience, the classic rock fans, AND the pop market. Megadeth fans would hear AFD and feel it was heavy and hard enough to be cool even if SCOM was gay they bought it. Paradise City got all the classic rock fans thinking they are Led Zepp, then SCOM got the teenage girls.Goin' Down hits the under current of GNR from which they came, a lot of the fatalistic attitude on AFD. So I'd see it as It's So Easy. It will bring in a certain section. But not the major markets to be a hit. Zero cross over appeal. It has street cred though.If Better, ITW and TIL can't be hits...I agress about the generic rock with punk being kind of the thing right now. American Hipsters the new single from GNR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lahey Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) GNR were the Ferris Bueller of their day. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adored them. Edited August 19, 2013 by Randy Lahey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiguy37 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I still havent heard the song and the other leaks... Am I the only one?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Jesus Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 It is something you would hear on a classic rock station, but not on anything that would hear on a pop station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) GNR were the Ferris Bueller of their day. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adored them.Axl's Day Off has lasted for a few years now.I see Goin Down as a way to trick punk rockers into buying CD II.Then Pitman can open the album with a synth solo of ear raping awesomeness. Edited August 19, 2013 by wasted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiguy37 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Man, I really wish i heard this song, I must be the only one that hasnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I don't think it has hit potential personally. Axl isn't on vocals and I doubt anyone would be that enthusiastic about a Tommy fronted GNR tunePlus while it is a good song and I quite like it, it isn't the most amazing thing either. Great, but not mindblowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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