New Guns and Roses after the FIRST listen....

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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    After a few listens I can say only this, it is NOT as bad as it could have been and it is not as bad as some people will say. It is however thoroughly mediocre, unnecessary, dated already and a colossal waste of time and money.

    It would have been a solid follow-up if it had been released in like, 1994 or something but it had to be the greatest album ever to justify the wait, the cost and the hype and it is not. It is solid if a little bland.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • unifiedscene
    unifiedscene Posts: 462
    I like this more with every listen. Yes it's overproduced and over-the-top. It kind of reminds me of the 'Be Here Now' album by Oasis. But I liked that album and I like this one. I actually prefer Chinese Democracy to both of the UYI albums, which were so bloated with filler and unfocused as to be almost unlistenable. This album may be a bit dated and doesn't reach the heights of Appetite, but it's one helluva epic rock album. I dig it.
    she was underwhelmed, if that's a word
  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Hmm, Better kind of rocks after a few listens. We'll see when i finish my full record spin. It may hang around for a few weeks but I don't see it getting too many quality plays after that.
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,014
    People are saying this a lot, but I agree... this album does get a lot better as I listen to it more and more. Better, If The World, and There Was a Time are the standouts for me. There Was a Time in particular is one of the best GNR songs ever I think.
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    I just picked it up along with aha shake heartbreak. 2 albums I have no idea if I will like. I love buying music like that. I'll post my "review" later.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • Gold 26
    Gold 26 Posts: 676
    I enjoyed it very much. I was apprehensive to say the least but it's pretty good. And it's nice to have a GNR album with all original tracks on it, the first since Appetite.
    All my favourite singers have stolen all of my best lines.
  • halszka123
    halszka123 Posts: 1,109
    hmmm. so, it's worhty to listen?
    G'n'R without Slash's guitar?
    I'm not sure if I want to know how it taste...

    but, there will come the time to check it
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  • gnr+pj=2bestever
    gnr+pj=2bestever Posts: 358
    DOSW wrote:
    People are saying this a lot, but I agree... this album does get a lot better as I listen to it more and more. Better, If The World, and There Was a Time are the standouts for me. There Was a Time in particular is one of the best GNR songs ever I think.

    For the most part, I (along with many other gnr freaks) have had about most of the album (in leak form) since EARLY 2006. That is nearly 3 years. That being said these songs have gotten the most plays BY FAR from me in that time. I have my itunes set so that i can see the amount of plays ea. song gets. Out of the 4,000 songs I have the ChiDem songs are the most.

    I don't really know what my point is. It could be that the songs are great and don't wear out. However, at this point i'm getting bored with them, still like em though. hmmm...i don't really know what i'm trying to say here.

    It is #1 on U.S. itunes though!!
    Whats got the whole world faking?
  • Jack Bauer
    Jack Bauer Posts: 28
    unifiedscene wrote:
    I'm listening for the first time now. I'm digging this a lot. It's by no means anything groundbreaking or new, but this sounds like the album UYI might have been with a little more discipline and 14 years of editing.

    Fixed
  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty Posts: 1,910
    very weird. I actually enjoyed my first listen a lot. Wasn't expecting that.

    the Shecklers tune may be a bit much though
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,014
    Gardenparty wrote:
    very weird. I actually enjoyed my first listen a lot. Wasn't expecting that.

    the Shecklers tune may be a bit much though

    Yeah I'm pretty convinced that Shackler's Revenge blows.
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • grazman
    grazman Posts: 198
    Well i finally took a listen to this HYPED up album, not really a big GNR fan but like the odd listen to their greatest hits cd.

    Grazman's review. WAY TOOOOOO LONG!!! was relieved when it finished. It was like 14 epic November Rains on 1 album, sounds much more like Use Your Illusion than Appetite after first listen with a bit of NIN and Queen thrown into the mix. There aint no amazing songs like Paradise City, Jungle, Sweet Child etc, just pretty much 14 November Rains with the odd fast one here an there.... and i dont like November Rain. After one listen i have no desire to go back and listen to it again, nothing grabbed me, infact the music sounded very dated, overproduced and boring. Not peed off anyway cos i wasnt even the least bit excited about this being released. YAWN!

    Grazman scores it a 5 out of 10
    It's Evolution, Baby!
  • mavi
    mavi Posts: 941
    Just finished my 1st listen.
    (Never heard any of the leaked tracks)

    So yeah, it's not going to change the history of music, but it is a DAMN GOOD rock record!
    "He who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once" R. Browning
  • warden
    warden Posts: 99
    I absolutely love it. It's definitely overproduced in some spots but it never really comes across in a bad way to my ears.... kinda cool actually. It's not raw and incredible like old GNR but I think it's fucking good!! I have no close why some were saying that it's crap....
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    not my cup of tea... just based on the first listen... doesnt seem to have a good sense of what it wants to be... there are decent parts to each song... axl's voice is still pretty good on a few tracks... on others he sounds as much like dog the bounty hunter as he looks... just too much in all the wrong places, leaving lots of gaps in other places... cant put my finger on it just yet

    itll stay on my ipod and may see some play amongst my 13,000 song shuffle... but thats about it...
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    It seems like many people are buying it just based on curiousity. The same goes for me.

    After my first listen I'll give it a B. Its good, I just don't really like Axl's voice.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • TheEvolution
    TheEvolution Posts: 143
    I think the album is pretty good, def one of the better rock albums to come out this year. If I have any ocmplaints at all its that it feels a little bit dated, but that is to be expected since its been in the works for 16 years. The whole thing is very epic and feels like a soundtrack to a $400 million dollar blockbuster movie. I did not expect it to be this good and I'm really pleased. Some of my favorite tracks are Better, Chinese Democracy, and Madagascar
    "Being undecided...it's dangerous. And I'll give you a perfect example: people with mullets, that's indecision."-EV

    9/28/05-PNC
    5/30/06-DC
    6/23/06-Pittsburgh
  • gnr+pj=2bestever
    gnr+pj=2bestever Posts: 358
    I'm surprised nobody on these boards has mentioned anything about Catcher In the Rye so far. This is WITHOUT A DOUBT the best song on the album. Just read the lyrics. Right now my favs are Catcher, Sorry, This I Love (love the solo), and I.R.S.
    Whats got the whole world faking?
  • CCRefugee
    CCRefugee Posts: 76
    gnr+pj=2bestever wrote:
    I'm surprised nobody on these boards has mentioned anything about Catcher In the Rye so far. This is WITHOUT A DOUBT the best song on the album. Just read the lyrics. Right now my favs are Catcher, Sorry, This I Love (love the solo), and I.R.S.

    I've talked about Catcher in the Rye plenty. I loved the demo. I don't like the album mix and the removal of Brian May. It's a bloated mess, when I heard the stream for the first time in full, it pissed me off. After that, I though he may have ruined Madagascar too, but thankfully he left that one alone.

    Thought it took much better to being stripped down. But, I guess that was 1999? and it's 2008 now. Plenty of time for needless dicking around.

    C'mon, there's no comparison. Much cleaner and it's a window into what this could be if Axl didn't have a massive, massive case of OCD.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi2Kvhy5X-k
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,214
    pjtradeking wrote:
    I dont care what anyone says about Axl...Whether he is an asshole..a primadonna....nuts...full of himself or WHATEVER....and I also dont care that this was 14 years in the making.....

    This is one of the BEST records I have EVER heard...PERIOD...That is all...:D

    speaking STRICTLY for myself of course....I LOVE IT!! :)

    grabbing this tonight Scott, quite looking forward to it, so far made sure I've avoided all demos etc as just wanted to have an open mind about the finished product..

    well I say getting it tonight, thats if I can find the bloody thing, tried two stores yesterday and they had totally sold out

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