ITG Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 ...I've heard this before. Actually it was in another (recent) thread. Someone was jabbering on about some other topic and threw out, "It's just like people that don't listen to CD because Slash isn't on it" ...or something like that. Just funny to read because to be honest, I don't listen to CD because well...LOL. It's funny Slash had nothing little to do with the album other than serve as inspiration and he is blamed for its failure. Yeah, the reason I just don't like CD is because Slash isn't on it. LOL. My theory as to why people don't listen to CD: Because they actually listened to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I'm not sure if you're trolling or not, but I know there are tons of people out there who won't listen to the album purely because Slash isn't on it, or just because it isn't the old band in general. And that's just ridiculous. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 good thread, totally couldnt have gone in the thread you specified 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITG Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 Guns N' Roses' new album 'Chinese Democracy' has broken all records after being streamed on MySpace. The album received around 25 listens a second up until today (November 21) after being streamed in full on the site yesterday (November 20). Up until 4pm (GMT) today the title track had been played over 826,000 times, with the total amount of plays all the album tracks have received adding up to over 3 million. The figures mean an average of 25 people per second were listening to one of the songs on the album at MySpace.com/gunsnroses. The data means that the streaming of the album, dubbed a "listening party", has attracted the largest amount of listeners for an artist album stream launch on the site to date. Head to MySpace.com/gunsnroses to hear 'Chinese Democracy' in full, and get the new issue of NME, out now, for a two-page review of the album. Meanwhile, head to the NME Office Blog now to have your say on 'Chinese Democracy'. You can also view a special photo gallery devo http://www.nme.com/news/guns-n-roses/41217 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITG Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 good thread, totally couldnt have gone in the thread you specifiedIt was an entirely unrelated thread from a few months back. I thought the statement from the poster was still profound because I only remember seeining something like that years ago when CD was actually released. Bizarre seeing conspiracies like that still around in people's minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 After getting paid 14 million for CD they streamed it on myspace for free. Best Buy must have been amused. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GivenToFly Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I recall Myspace showing the number of times each track was listened to and it was really big for CD and Shackler's and then dropped massively. I think people heard those first two songs and assumed the rest of the album had the same sound and didn't bother with the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubbaBubba Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 After getting paid 14 million for CD they streamed it on myspace for free. Best Buy must have been amused.Laughing all the way to the bank. For a loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbo Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) Agreed.Yes, to an extent, those kinds of people did exist, but it was grossly exaggerated.People were weary that GNR could be carry on without Slash, but most did give it a chance before figuring out they were right. Edited October 15, 2013 by Bobbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facekicker Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 So it is Slash's fault. Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubbaBubba Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I can't imagine many ppl just rejected the music out of hand because of slash. On the contrary, the curiosity factor with the recording time & notoriety of the album should've attracted alot of extra listeners. Given how sales turned out, that's not a reassuring thought.Radio singles should've short-circuited any slash prejudice anyway. How can you totally avoid the radio? Choosing cd instead of better as the first single undermined the momentum, then the middling quality of many of the tracks finished the job. The truth for most ppl is that they did listen, and didn't like the music much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 There's a lot of records that Slash isn't on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnari Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 CD was just awful record..It's so damn weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 It wasn't like tons of people actively boycotted the album cuz Slash wasn't on it. Rather, they gave a couple songs a cursory listen since they couldn't be bothered to listen to, let alone buy a whole album from the presumably washed up lead singer of a late 80s/early 90s rock band and, after being unimpressed with the couple songs they heard, decided the rest of the album wasn't worth their time. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 There's people who lost interest in GNR years ago and had no interest in hearing new music from them regardless of whether or not Slash was in it. Someone who liked the old music might not like the new music.Axl knew CD had high potential to fail and backfire, that's part of why they made the Best Buy deal instead of try to put it out there and promote it like crazy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubbaBubba Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 There's people who lost interest in GNR years ago and had no interest in hearing new music from them regardless of whether or not Slash was in it. Someone who liked the old music might not like the new music.Axl knew CD had high potential to fail and backfire, that's part of why they made the Best Buy deal instead of try to put it out there and promote it like crazy. I'd love to have been in that meeting to hear Azoff spin his bullshit. Phrases like 'most anticipated album of the century' and 'rabid interest in low quality demos' would've been coming thick and fast.The thing that amazes me is that best buy were taken in so completely. All they needed was to draft in one independent expert for advice. They could've got one of us for fifty bucks plus expenses and saved themselves millions of dollars. A fool and his money are soon parted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netcat Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) some people refuse to listen to CD because they feel like even Axl isn't on it Edited October 15, 2013 by netcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoRourke Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Their loss if they don't listen to the album because of such reasons.Those people would never have loved it any way IMO, they would never give it a fair shot.I don't care about that, I listen to CD a lot (and I'm sure they don't care about that as well ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARBeast Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 CD was just awful record..It's so damn weird Yeah, but Axl and GNR can live without Slash. And perla especially.I actually did feel it was for th best that he quit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfuckinga Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 CD was just awful record..It's so damn weird perfectI agree, it's the best GN'R album to date 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Guns N' Roses' new album 'Chinese Democracy' has broken all records after being streamed on MySpace.The album received around 25 listens a second up until today (November 21) after being streamed in full on the site yesterday (November 20).Up until 4pm (GMT) today the title track had been played over 826,000 times, with the total amount of plays all the album tracks have received adding up to over 3 million.The figures mean an average of 25 people per second were listening to one of the songs on the album at MySpace.com/gunsnroses.The data means that the streaming of the album, dubbed a "listening party", has attracted the largest amount of listeners for an artist album stream launch on the site to date.Head to MySpace.com/gunsnroses to hear 'Chinese Democracy' in full, and get the new issue of NME, out now, for a two-page review of the album.Meanwhile, head to the NME Office Blog now to have your say on 'Chinese Democracy'.You can also view a special photo gallery devohttp://www.nme.com/news/guns-n-roses/41217Exactly.The number of people who haven't listened to at least ONE song off of CD simply because Slash isn't on it is miniscule.The number of posters on here who say they know of thousands of people who refuse to listen to CD because Slash isn't on it........18.Just another excuse so Axl isn't to blame for the lack of GnR success without Slash. Sort of funny to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cbgnr666 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) How long do you think it would take Slash to learn CD songs if Axl let him back in the band? 1.couple of minutes like Bumblefoot 2.A few months 3.A couple of years 4.We wouldn't live long enough to find out Edited October 15, 2013 by cbgnr666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansidhe Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 ...I've heard this before. Actually it was in another (recent) thread. Someone was jabbering on about some other topic and threw out, "It's just like people that don't listen to CD because Slash isn't on it" ...or something like that. Just funny to read because to be honest, I don't listen to CD because well...LOL. It's funny Slash had nothing little to do with the album other than serve as inspiration and he is blamed for its failure. Yeah, the reason I just don't like CD is because Slash isn't on it. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 CD would have sucked worse with a less talented guitarist, so I completely agree that it is preposterous to blame Slash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 How long do you think it would take Slash to learn CD songs if Axl let him back in the band?1.couple of minutes like Bumblefoot2.A few months3.A couple of years4.We wouldn't live long enough to find outSlash can't touch BH's solos. BBF, on the other hand, can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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