Does anyone remember "Welcome to the Jungle"?
Back in the day, a local radio station that I used to listen to (I won't mention which one, but i will say it was a Boston Area hard rock station) premiered this song on a little thing they call "Love it, or Shove it"... For those of you that may not be familiar with it: The DJ takes a new song the station is thinking of adding to the playlist, plays it and takes phone calls from listeners... the callers say "LOVE IT!" or "SHOVE IT"... Based on the response they get they either keep the song in rotation, or discard the song... Seems kinda stupid. I almost can never really tell if I like a song or not after only hearing it once. But, hey.. maybe that's just me...
Anyway.. to make a long story short... The song mentioned above? You know.. The one they play at every major sporting event to get the crowd fired up?... It got SHOVED... The overwhelming response to the track was negative the first time people heard it...
Fast Forward 20 years...
The song "Chinese Democracy" was released to radio this week. The response has been mixed.
Is it the BEST song? No. But is it "Oh My God" from the END OF DAYS soundtrack? Absolutely not. Maybe I'm spending way too much time worrying about the opinions of people that request fucking Nickelback, Disturbed, Seether, 3 Doors Down and Buckcherry (who are, at best, a wannabe Guns N'Roses/ACDC tribute band) This is a DAMN good rock song... But, as predicted by many, it isn't given a fair shake because of the drama surrounding it. The DJ's aren't helping matters. Can I once fucking hear a mention of this song/album without some meelie mouthed ClearChannel Employee piss and moan about how much of a long/expensive journey it's been? How about banning the word "Slash" or "Duff"? Because, from what I can tell, the only song they ever play penned by those genius', without W. Axl Rose, in two albums worth of material, is "Fall To Pieces"
So, of course, when they ask for listener reaction, people call in and say: "THAT took 15 years?"
..."Axl sucks without Slash and Duff!" etc.
Why do DJ's not mention that it's very common for big name/established artists to take an unusually long time between albums?
Examples:
1. ACDC...
When did their last record come out?.. 8 years ago? Does the new one sound exactly like every other record they've made since "Back In Black"?
2. Metallica....
When did their last record come out?.. 5 years ago? Was it good? How about the one before that?
Come to think of it... When was the last time (before Death Magnetic, which is excellent) Metallica put out a very good record? Of Original Material? 1991?
I think my point has been made...
I mean.. fuck... You don't think maybe, just maybe ClearChannel is still a little pissed about the 2002 Guns N' Roses Tour they were promoting?
You remember, the one that had a couple of Axl Noshows and maybe a couple of riots?
The one they pulled the plug on?
Open your ears. Shut your mouths about irrelevant shit. This is only the beginning.
And you have to admit...
It kicks the SHIT outta Velvet Revolver.
Peace.
2 comments:
ou say what you will about Axl suckin' without Slash and Duff but do listin' to this for the last 12 years Slash and Duff have made about 10 albYums each wile Axl hasn't made any still axl rose gets loads more attention than Slash and Duff and whats more when Axl plays a show it's a sell out ( all the tickets are bought) but when Slash and Duff holds VR concerts ( or snakepit or whatever else they have done ) they still have most of the tickets unsold. And like i said before both Slash and Duff have Made about 6-10 albums each and the only one that was a good sell was contraband wile chinese democracy is 12 years to late and still everyone's wating. Don't get me rong i love VR and i love Slash and Duff and Izzy and Matt and Steven and well most all of the old gunners but none of theme make any sense without axl its like tryin' to put britney spears as a lead singer for metallica its not going to work
Sorry dude i meant to say "(people) say what they will about axl suckin' withaout slash and duff" but i agree with you the chinese democracy thing is some good shit i have already pre-order'd the cd and paid for it and am expecting it somtime in the very day it comes out
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