Stay.Of.Execution Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Sisyphus said: Snowflakes disliking One In A Million because Axl used a word... One In A Million is awesome through and through. "i don't like the n-word" "you're a snowflake" it's a great song nonetheless, despite its flaws Edited March 6, 2023 by Stay.Of.Execution 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Stay.Of.Execution said: "i don't like the n-word" "you're a snowflake" it's a great song nonetheless, despite its flaws That's why the n-word remains such a trigger. Because we continue to put emphasis on it and give it more value than it deserves. I'm indifferent to the word n-word in that context. It's irrelevant to me. Like calling someone a jerk or an idiot. Or a chink. Who cares? I'm small time white boy myself. Mexicans might even call me a gringo at first glance. Don't give a shit. I wouldn't call a black person the n-word if I felt that it would offend them. But I have zero problem with Axl using that word in that particular context. I think that people who make a big fuss out of it pretty much represent everything that is wrong with being "woke". Edit: I wrote ni***r in my original post and it changed to 'hooray for tolerance'... Cracked me up. But funnily enough there's no substitute for chink or gringo.. Woke in a nutshell. Edited March 6, 2023 by Sisyphus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legendador Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 To everybody saying ONE IN A MILLION, you're just forcing too much to be woke and politically correct. The song is great, the lyrics have meaning, you may like it or not. Axl did explained this was a hick's point of view in big city. Was he mistaken? Of course? Was that in bad taste? Sure. You've never said, made a joke, or tought that, right? But why nobody picks on Patti Smith for "Rock N' Roll hooray for tolerance!"? Or Marilyn Mason singing "everybody's someone else's hooray for tolerance!", or even "haters call me bitch, call me hooray for tolerance!" or “White Noise” by Stiff Little Fingers, or “White Punks on Hope” by Crass, or “Holiday in Cambodia” by Dead Kennedys, or Dire Straits hit "Money for Nothing", Katy Perry "Ur So Gay", Taylor Swift in "Picture to Burn", Michael Jackson with "They Don't Care About Us", Green Day's "American Idiot", Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds with "Henry's Dream", Korn with "Faget"? Woke hypocrites. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, Legendador said: To everybody saying ONE IN A MILLION, you're just forcing too much to be woke and politically correct. The song is great, the lyrics have meaning, you may like it or not. Axl did explained this was a hick's point of view in big city. Was he mistaken? Of course? Was that in bad taste? Sure. You've never said, made a joke, or tought that, right? But why nobody picks on Patti Smith for "Rock N' Roll hooray for tolerance!"? Or Marilyn Mason singing "everybody's someone else's hooray for tolerance!", or even "haters call me bitch, call me hooray for tolerance!" or “White Noise” by Stiff Little Fingers, or “White Punks on Hope” by Crass, or “Holiday in Cambodia” by Dead Kennedys, or Dire Straits hit "Money for Nothing", Katy Perry "Ur So Gay", Taylor Swift in "Picture to Burn", Michael Jackson with "They Don't Care About Us", Green Day's "American Idiot", Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds with "Henry's Dream", Korn with "Faget"? Woke hypocrites. Music is subjective, if you like the song fair enough, I do think the solo is great tbf. But to assume that everyone who picked that song as the one they like least off Lies means what you think it does is a huge sweeping assumption. I prefer the other songs off lies more, this doesn't mean i'm striving to be some virtuas pollicially correct person at all. Nobody brought up the other songs you mentioned because this is a Guns N' Roses forum and a thread about which Guns N' Roses song you like the least from each album/EP. I do like that Patti Smith song alot, always reminds me of Natural Born Killers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legendador Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Shacklermyrye said: Music is subjective, if you like the song fair enough, I do think the solo is great tbf. But to assume that everyone who picked that song as the one they like least off Lies means what you think it does is a huge sweeping assumption. I prefer the other songs off lies more, this doesn't mean i'm striving to be some virtuas pollicially correct person at all. Nobody brought up the other songs you mentioned because this is a Guns N' Roses forum and a thread about which Guns N' Roses song you like the least from each album/EP. I do like that Patti Smith song alot, always reminds me of Natural Born Killers. It's subjective, but no one here talked about that before cancel culture and wokeness, that's my point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay.Of.Execution Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 9 minutes ago, Legendador said: It's subjective, but no one here talked about that before cancel culture and wokeness, that's my point. One in a million has been talked about since the song got released. And that's before idiots came up with the word "woke" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post downzy Posted March 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2023 10 minutes ago, Legendador said: It's subjective, but no one here talked about that before cancel culture and wokeness, that's my point. LOL... So great when the anti-woke brigade believe that any of this is new. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 (edited) Anything Goes One In A Million Perfect Crime My World Riad N' The Bedouins Edited March 6, 2023 by Cosmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legendador Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Stay.Of.Execution said: One in a million has been talked about since the song got released. And that's before idiots came up with the word "woke" Not the fans! 1 hour ago, downzy said: LOL... So great when the anti-woke brigade believe that any of this is new. Well, it just proves that the example of Dee Snider is not wokeness, but common sense! "Woke" is something else completely different and a current shitty event. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Legendador said: It's subjective, but no one here talked about that before cancel culture and wokeness, that's my point. Yes they did. It's been talked about on forums for years. Even ones like Newgnr that shut down way before the term woke became common parlance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay.Of.Execution Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Legendador said: Not the fans! How do you know? Have you heard the conversations among fans in 89 or what makes you think it wasn't talked about back then? Edited March 6, 2023 by Stay.Of.Execution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4NNY Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 1 hour ago, downzy said: LOL... So great when the anti-woke brigade believe that any of this is new. Just watched the full hearing on YT, what an incredible watch. He handled that without a single fault or flinch to their accusations whilst remaining completely calm and respectful. Wish we could see more artists do this 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post downzy Posted March 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2023 58 minutes ago, Legendador said: Well, it just proves that the example of Dee Snider is not wokeness, but common sense! "Woke" is something else completely different and a current shitty event. No, it proves you have no idea what you're talking about by associating every opinion you don't like as being "woke." It's become nothing more than the sad cries of the angry white man. No one who even subscribes to being woke would call themselves woke. The only people who continue to use the term are largely those who were against what it originally meant in the first place. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, downzy said: No, it proves you have no idea what you're talking about by associating every opinion you don't like as being "woke." It's become nothing more than the sad cries of the angry white man. No one who even subscribes to being woke would call themselves woke. The only people who continue to use the term are largely those who were against what it originally meant in the first place. Excactly this. It's a very large umbrella, under which someone can place anything they do not agree with/like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampireSoul Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 AFD: Sweet Child Lies: Move to the city UYI 1: You aint the first UYI 2: Heavens Door Spaghetti: Memory CD: Catcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 9 hours ago, Sisyphus said: Snowflakes disliking One In A Million because Axl used a word... One In A Million is awesome through and through. Anything Goes (but I would prefer to keep Anything Goes and replace You're Crazy with Shadow Of Your Love because You're Crazy acoustic is just so much better) Mama Kin (mainly because I think it's un unecessary cover) Bad Apples (probably) My World (I still love it though) I Don't Care About You (the verses don't do much for me) Scraped (why did they have to do that?) Maybe it's just not a great song besides? Not to say it doesn't have parts that are cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 The good thing about the term “woke” is that when you see someone using it, you know straight away that person is a dumbass. No questions asked. Makes things easier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintari Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 (edited) Edited because I'm a dumb ass who can't read. Edited March 7, 2023 by Nintari 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
©GnrPersia Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 7 minutes ago, Nintari said: This changes throughout the years, but right now, it would be Rocket Queen, One in a Million, Coma, Estranged, Ain't It Fun and then for Chinese Democracy, it would be Catcher in the Rye. Could you explain the reason why Estranged is in that list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintari Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, ©GnrPersia said: Could you explain the reason why Estranged is in that list? Because I clearly misread the title of the thread, and thought it said "favorite" instead of "least" haha. Edited March 7, 2023 by Nintari 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlIsGod. Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 I don't get how anything else on CD can be worse than Scraped. Can't even get past the first note Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downzy Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 AFD: Think About You Lies: Move To The City UYI 1: Dust N' Bones UYI 2: Mad World (followed closely by Shotgun Blues) SI: New Rose CD: Rhiad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_rose Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 AFD: Think About You Lies: Move To The City UYI 1: November Rain UYI 2: My World/So Fine SI: You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory CD: Catcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legendador Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 17 hours ago, downzy said: No, it proves you have no idea what you're talking about by associating every opinion you don't like as being "woke." It's become nothing more than the sad cries of the angry white man. No one who even subscribes to being woke would call themselves woke. The only people who continue to use the term are largely those who were against what it originally meant in the first place. Sure! You're allowed to disagree, so am I. As I said before the "majority" of opinions, not all opinions. 18 hours ago, Shacklermyrye said: Yes they did. It's been talked about on forums for years. Even ones like Newgnr that shut down way before the term woke became common parlance Ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legendador Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 18 hours ago, Stay.Of.Execution said: How do you know? Have you heard the conversations among fans in 89 or what makes you think it wasn't talked about back then? From my perspective people never talked about the song (maybe because english was not our main language). What I've experienced was reading (maybe 89 / 90) that GNR was dropped from the bill of a AIDs Foundation Festival (Sponsored by David Geffen if I'm not mistaken). "One in a Million" is not in the boxset, but is still featured in current LIES copies, and also on YouTube, which seems odd since the band is quick to take down videos. Here in Brazil people/fans only started talking/posting how bad the lyrics of the song where after the cancel culture started. This is my perspective... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.