"Chinese Democracy" The Single...Survey Says....

dharma69
dharma69 Posts: 1,275
edited October 2008 in Other Music
"Chinese Democracy"

We waited 35 years for this?!?!?!?

Somebody's been listening to a little too much Velvet Revolver.
"I'm here to see Pearl Jam."- Bono

...signed...the token black Pearl Jam fan.

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  • Dismantle The Sun
    Dismantle The Sun Posts: 139
    After waiting for over 100 years for the event of the century, I'm pleased to say it finally arrived. Will be listening to it asap....now where's my hearing aid.
    You mean the cat ate it????? DOH!
    Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun - W.H. Auden
  • dharma69
    dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    All, do tell what you think of the chorus...

    Oh, right...there isn't one. Nevermind.
    "I'm here to see Pearl Jam."- Bono

    ...signed...the token black Pearl Jam fan.

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  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,014
    I liked it a lot.
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • dharma69
    dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    I can hardly tell that it's Axl's voice. That much over-production is not a great sign.

    A friend of a friend gave her brilliant unbiased opinion that I love the most....so far:

    "IT BE SO SUCKY, IT IS THE BLACK HOLE OF SUCK. As far as comebacks from obscurity go.... he's no Portishead."
    "I'm here to see Pearl Jam."- Bono

    ...signed...the token black Pearl Jam fan.

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  • JimBerkell
    JimBerkell Posts: 579
    Wow. Just wow. Um, atleast there's a solo to break up the same riff over and over again?... I can't say I like it.
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    eh...nothing special
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • JimBerkell
    JimBerkell Posts: 579
    dharma69 wrote:
    I can hardly tell that it's Axl's voice. That much over-production is not a great sign.

    Yeah, the over-production on the vocals was a huge turn-off. So was the awful distortion.
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • Marie Curie
    Marie Curie Posts: 1,250
    dharma69 wrote:
    I can hardly tell that it's Axl's voice. That much over-production is not a great sign.

    That's what I thought too. This song is pretty bad
    “Life is life everywhere. Life is in ourselves and not outside us. There will be men beside me, and the important thing is to be a man among men and to remain a man always, whatever the misfortunes, not to despair and not to fall - that is the aim of life, that is its purpose.”
    Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Talk about production up the ass. Its not a bad song but the production completely kills it. That intro in the beginning was stupid too
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • DocChicago
    DocChicago Posts: 653
    I'll go against the grain and say that I like it, though I don't care for the extra overproduction in the vocals. The leaked demo from a few months ago sounded better because there was less overdubbing.

    And there is a chorus. It just has the same riff as the verse.
    It is time to admit that we used to rock like hurricanes. It is time to run for the hills and go round and round. It is time for us to shout at the devil. We've got the right to choose it, there ain't no way we'll lose it, and we're not gonna take it anymore.
    - C. Klosterman
  • muppet
    muppet Posts: 980
    Pretty rubbish, and I'm sure I heard this song about a year ago.

    I'm not that impressed with much of what we've heard of CD so far. It's all very overproduced. Surprised 'Better' was not the single though, because that's a pretty catchy song.
  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    muppet wrote:
    Pretty rubbish, and I'm sure I heard this song about a year ago.

    I'm not that impressed with much of what we've heard of CD so far. It's all very overproduced. Surprised 'Better' was not the single though, because that's a pretty catchy song.

    Thats the name of the song I liked...yeah that songs great
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    The chorus barely sounds like Axl.....I don't think it's a bad song at all.
  • chris05
    chris05 Posts: 347
    I really liked it..
    Who cares if the world is going down the toilet? Eddie Vedder got his mojo back!
  • gnr+pj=2bestever
    gnr+pj=2bestever Posts: 358
    dharma69 wrote:
    "Chinese Democracy"

    We waited 35 years for this?!?!?!?

    Somebody's been listening to a little too much Velvet Revolver.


    This song was written waaaayyy before Velvet Revolver was even a thought. It was first performed in 2001. Get it right.
    Whats got the whole world faking?
  • gnr+pj=2bestever
    gnr+pj=2bestever Posts: 358
    DocChicago wrote:
    I'll go against the grain and say that I like it, though I don't care for the extra overproduction in the vocals. The leaked demo from a few months ago sounded better because there was less overdubbing.

    And there is a chorus. It just has the same riff as the verse.

    have you listened to the song?

    1) there most definitely is a chorus

    2) the verse riff is NOT the same as the chorus riff
    Whats got the whole world faking?
  • yosi1
    yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    Not good.
    you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane.
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Yeah... I mean, it's not a bad song, in and of itself. But it's not the immaculate conception of a song it'd have to be to justify the wait. It's not even as good as Pretty Tied Up.
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • gnr+pj=2bestever
    gnr+pj=2bestever Posts: 358
    Obviously i like the song...would I have chosen it as their first single? Probably not.

    I probably would have chosen Better or I.R.S.
    Whats got the whole world faking?
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    Yeah... I mean, it's not a bad song, in and of itself. But it's not the immaculate conception of a song it'd have to be to justify the wait. It's not even as good as Pretty Tied Up.

    I don't think the wait was supposed to signify the quality, I guess it just was what it was - him not being happy with it. In all honesty, for a lot of people I don't think this record could fail to dissapoint them - the expectations are way too high. For me as a very casual fan who likes about a handful of songs I couldn't care less if it's good or bad.

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