ChineseDemocracy Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Back in 1987 it was Welcome To The Jungle that more or less brought GNR into the mainstream. Now Chinese Democracy at least in my eyes has that same fury and energy that Welcome To The Jungle did.Its kind of ironic if you think about it. GNR came out with WTTJ and they exploded, and Chinese Democracy eerily reminds me of WTTJ.Anyone else get that vibe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_Guns Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 I love both songs, but I think Jungle takes this one. But it could be true..Chinese Democracy is one kick ass song and could appeal to hard core fans wanting some real kick ass rockin music. So in a way it is true. G-Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaman Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 I dissagree first single will be catcher in the rye so chinese democracy cant be like WTTJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnrlies Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 I hope there are more songs like CD on it..I think that it is a good hard song. All the other songs theyve played on the live shows have all been fairly soft songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holydiver Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 no way... maybe some other song might do the job but chinese democracy can't (and won't) have that influence on the public. btw new gnr is already mainstream. don't you notice all the publicity it gets? and when the album comes out it will be much more mainstream than today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerman Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 Nope. Wish it was. Different attitudes, different messages ...all together different times. Remember our "punk in the street" is now a "gentleman of wealth and taste." Evolution? Relovlution? Disillusion? Grand Illusion? grand delusion? I think well have to let the music to the walking and the talking. When wttj hit the music scene was getting saturated with copycat hairbands...kinda like the copycat gutgrowl nu-metal forces today. Grunge was still confined to Seatlle, hip-hop and rap was just ghetto music that the inner city black boys did. wwtj was like the last gasp of guitar hard rock. in the great traditions of Aerosmith and RollingStones mixed in with some punk riffs and attitude. My bet is this album will resemble Queens approach to album making. Thier albums were all over the place genre wise but remained true to a "sound." Freddy was an eccentric like Axl is and felt totally comfortable switching from rockers to ballads and back again.....if you haven't listened to any Queen do so... Brian May , the guitarist for Queen will be on Chinese democracy or one of the subsequent releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffan Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 I dissagree first single will be catcher in the rye How come You think CITR will be the first single , just curious ??? , BTW remeber it was actually SCOM that helped turn people on to GNR which in effect made WTTJ a hit ( Hell , the video for WTTJ was always on so late that hardly anyone would really see it ) but anyway I do think that CD could be that song because of the sound , attitude , and the vibe besides it is a lot different than many other songs out there now just like Jungle was in 87 . Peace GnR Nation 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyGNR Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 I'll say no cuz its different times and gnr isn't new really. But if Chinese Democracy is half as good as it is live then its gonna be one hell of a song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carne_asaDA Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 Anyone else get that vibe? Hell no!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnrlies Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 well i think the thing with WTTJ is it was different. I mean the opening riffs of wttj are likely to be most people's first experience of GNR, whether it be becuase it was their first single, or whether it be the first song on AFD. Its just sets the tone for GNR. It was so raw and heavy, and that was a standout out of the fruity pop rock of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_Guns Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 Chinese Democracy also opens up with a hard core riff and that song is pretty heavy I would say. Could make a change in the music today. Not the same impact i'm sure....G-Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnrlies Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 but i mean its not unique in the same way WttJ is...and i guess the tone for GNR has already been set for GNR, so i dont think it could do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Sparkle Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 Well, the first time i heard it it kicked total ass... That's rare for a song to do that for me the 1st time.. I usually listen a couple times to get a good feel of it... but this one rulez. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnrlies Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 well CD is a cool song. I like it, i just dont think it will have the same impact (anywhere near the same impact) as wttj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 Chinese democracy can never get the kick-ass-all-new-never-heard-before staus WTTJ had. Secondly, I like WTTJ more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Sparkle Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 WTTJ was released 4 times as a single... and falied 3. The 4th time it finally got play time and took off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnrlies Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 well thast what it was all about. Beiong discovered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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