gunsNbones Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 that's the feedback I had about CD from a non-gnr fan, but who listens to rock/metalso I guess axl's voice and music arrangements are what identify gnr. like many others band though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 No. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Absolutely not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NachoLZ Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 This Chinese Democracy review threads suck, constant reviewing of a 2008 album because of nothing new is very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 It sounds like AXL ROSE's captain ahab demented vision of what GNR sounds like in his mind, and he has a captivating but very particular mind when it comes to a creative project, which used to permeate everyone's efforts for the better when they fought their ground but now that is far less possible due to how deep each member's roots go, Axl holds the deeds and nooses in this land. Not that the results will ever be less than intriguing and of a high standard imo but perhaps not as great as they ought to be cause Axl is a control freak, just the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 the feedback I get from my friends (who love GNR): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 (edited) Chinese is very modern, in a way, when you order the pizza of your dreams, but the pizza is 30minutes late, and have tons of hot sauce on it. Which is fine, because I like it, but some not. Edited August 4, 2014 by Silent Jay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 (edited) Sounds like Guns in many places, all sorts of elements from the classic Guns sound next to sounds that are new to Gn'R.Sometimes they work good together, other times it clashes, and I like that too.Seems like Better did it best. The old and the new. There Was A Time sounds like Gn'R to me. And Street Of Dreams is classic Illusions.If The World not so much, Sorry is kinda new to Gn'R too. The album is Axl's vision unrestrained. At least half of it. Edited August 4, 2014 by Rovim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combos Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 that's the feedback I had about CD from a non-gnr fan, but who listens to rock/metalso I guess axl's voice and music arrangements are what identify gnr. like many others band though.Some songs like CITR sound like UYL era songs with a modern twist (minus Slash's blues sensibilities of course) but none of it sounds like Appetite...not one note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 It's clearly nowhere near AFD, which is healthy but his progress since revolves around Appetite, which is retarded considering the squandered and now dwindling potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 True, it does not sound anything like Appetite, and yet the guy was going on about 'recreating Appetite'!Makes no sense to me either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I had a couple friends call it "sort of a Use Your Illusion III" so I guess I can see what you're saying. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyrobot Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 (edited) It definitely has many tracks that could have been released in the Illusions. So that's a yes. Edited August 4, 2014 by tinyrobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 "Nah, I didn't bother with that shit."that's the feedback I had about CD from a gnr fan, but who doesn't listen to buttrockso I guess Axl by himself crying about Steph isn't what identifies gnr and it takes the actual guys who made gnr, like many other band though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 "Nah, I didn't bother with that shit."that's the feedback I had about CD from a gnr fan, but who doesn't listen to buttrockso I guess Axl by himself crying about Steph isn't what identifies gnr and it takes the actual guys who made gnr, like many other band though Here's the only time I ever argue in favor of CD:Me: What do you think of Chinese Democracy?Music Fan: Oh man, that's garbage.Me: Well, what didn't you like about it?Music Fan: I didn't actually listen to it.That's the only time I'll ever speak up on behalf of CD. As I've said many times before, it's not mine or any other fans responsiblity to sell it. However, I do like to have conversations with people who are informed on whatever we're talking about. So when someone expresses a bad opinion of the album, I always ask what they didn't like and most of the time the answer is the above. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I was just taking a cheap shot because I found the whole "axl's voice and arrangements identify gnr" thing ridiculous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyrobot Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I was just taking a cheap shot because I found the whole "axl's voice and arrangements identify gnr" thing ridiculous.ummm.... if not then what other voice identifies GN'R? O_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I was just taking a cheap shot because I found the whole "axl's voice and arrangements identify gnr" thing ridiculous.I can dig that. What I posted sounded a bit contradictory anyway. I don't mean to say that I go around asking Joe Blow if they liked CD. I just mean to say that if someone else brings it up in a conversation about music, that's the path I usually head down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 the feedback I get from my friends (who love GNR): My friends were more like: "What the fuck is that piece of shit? ". No kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I was just taking a cheap shot because I found the whole "axl's voice and arrangements identify gnr" thing ridiculous.ummm.... if not then what other voice identifies GN'R? O_OThe not too subtle implication was that Axl's voice and "arrangements" are pretty much all there is to your casual music listener when they are trying to identify what is gnr and what is not. Follow the logic....Honestly, I think it's a trolling OP, but I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patience 4 Axl Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Did you take your friend's response as a compliment? To me it's like someone saying I look really skinny in a certain pair of jeans. What, so I normally look fat?Considering these "new" tunes disappeared shortly after the album came out, rarely ever spoken of again (except here of course) I wouldn't misinterpret modern to mean good or anywhere near it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Diet Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 This Chinese Democracy review threads suck, constant reviewing of a 2008 album because of nothing new is very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER PT Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Old news:so I guess axl's voice and music arrangements are what identify gnr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War2k14 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 There is not one killer gnr style riff on the whole album the guitar highlight for me is bucket on twat. Axls voice sucks most of the time too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modano09 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 At the very least it's as good as anything Slash has done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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