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Was ChiDem a "success" in the same way as Star Wars Ep.1?


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The numbers are clear: a huge number of people listened to Chinese Democracy on myspace and a lot of people bought the album.

It's also true that a huge number of people went and saw The Phantom Menace. And it's pretty well-agreed that it's a colossally shitty movie, even though it made such a huge amount of money.

Is it possible that Chinese Democracy and The Phantom Menace share a lot of similarities? They both were made by control-freaks who surrounded themselves with yes-men, had access to almost-unlimited budgets, and they did incredible things in the past.

Or, maybe some people here are right: ChiDem is the greatest album ever, and it's a huge success, and it was held back because people aren't "smart enough to get it."

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People still talk about Episode 1. No one but us talks about CD. Episode 1 > CD.

Oh, they do. Chinese Democracy is a mark on the music industry. Remember that ESPN article a couple of months ago? It changed the industry forever. It showed art is bad for the business. It is what allowed albums like Random Access Memories by Daft Punk to have a place. But, as the article said, the difference is that, although Random Access Memories is more sucesful, it won't be rememberd for decades to come, like Chinese Democracy. Like ir or not.

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People still talk about Episode 1. No one but us talks about CD. Episode 1 > CD.

Oh, they do. Chinese Democracy is a mark on the music industry. Remember that ESPN article a couple of months ago? It changed the industry forever. It showed art is bad for the business. It is what allowed albums like Random Access Memories by Daft Punk to have a place. But, as the article said, the difference is that, although Random Access Memories is more sucesful, it won't be rememberd for decades to come, like Chinese Democracy. Like ir or not.

I don't even know where to start, Manets. I'm just going to go ahead and assume you're drunk as fuck and have no idea what you're writing. :lol:

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People still talk about Episode 1. No one but us talks about CD. Episode 1 > CD.

Oh, they do. Chinese Democracy is a mark on the music industry. Remember that ESPN article a couple of months ago? It changed the industry forever. It showed art is bad for the business. It is what allowed albums like Random Access Memories by Daft Punk to have a place. But, as the article said, the difference is that, although Random Access Memories is more sucesful, it won't be rememberd for decades to come, like Chinese Democracy. Like ir or not.
RAM is also a great album. It's no ChinDem but then again, nothing really is.
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The numbers are clear: a huge number of people listened to Chinese Democracy on myspace and a lot of people bought the album.

It's also true that a huge number of people went and saw The Phantom Menace. And it's pretty well-agreed that it's a colossally shitty movie, even though it made such a huge amount of money.

Is it possible that Chinese Democracy and The Phantom Menace share a lot of similarities? They both were made by control-freaks who surrounded themselves with yes-men, had access to almost-unlimited budgets, and they did incredible things in the past.

Or, maybe some people here are right: ChiDem is the greatest album ever, and it's a huge success, and it was held back because people aren't "smart enough to get it."

No. Episode 1 still made money

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They both had 20 minutes of really cool stuff surrounded by an overproduced mishmash.

I nominate Rhiad as CD's Jar-Jar.

Riad is a great song. Scraped is the Jar-Jar.
Riad suffers from the intro but I agree that it's a great song. Scraped is the weak link but it is great live as well though.
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People still talk about Episode 1. No one but us talks about CD. Episode 1 > CD.

Oh, they do. Chinese Democracy is a mark on the music industry. Remember that ESPN article a couple of months ago? It changed the industry forever. It showed art is bad for the business. It is what allowed albums like Random Access Memories by Daft Punk to have a place. But, as the article said, the difference is that, although Random Access Memories is more sucesful, it won't be rememberd for decades to come, like Chinese Democracy. Like ir or not.
The only thing cd will be remembered for is its jokes aspects. That's it. All that time, money, and energy for so little in return.

If that's what you consider a victory, then congrats :lol:.

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People still talk about Episode 1. No one but us talks about CD. Episode 1 > CD.

Oh, they do. Chinese Democracy is a mark on the music industry. Remember that ESPN article a couple of months ago? It changed the industry forever. It showed art is bad for the business. It is what allowed albums like Random Access Memories by Daft Punk to have a place. But, as the article said, the difference is that, although Random Access Memories is more sucesful, it won't be rememberd for decades to come, like Chinese Democracy. Like ir or not.
The only thing cd will be remembered for is its jokes aspects. That's it. All that time, money, and energy for so little in return.

If that's what you consider a victory, then congrats :lol:.

What about TWAT? Best song of the 2000's and possibly the best GNR song ever.
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