Comments on: Free Dr Pepper for everyone! Or not. (updated 12/2/08)

By: Wade Tatangelo

Wade Tatangelo — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:22:23 +0000

cnadeau:

Thanks for giving me ideas for several blog posts and think pieces that only the nerdiest of us music lovers would appreciate. Maybe when I return from vacation I’ll try and tackle one of the interesting points you raise. Maybe.

By: Gabe Loewenberg

Gabe Loewenberg — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:16:04 +0000

from Fugazi’s “Promises”:

We speak the way we breathe
Present air will have to do
Rearrange and see it through
Stupid fucking words
They tangle us in our desires
Free me from this give and take
Free me from this great debate
There were no truer words than when spoken
Let that stand as it should

By: cnadeau

cnadeau — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:37:21 +0000

Why does mainstream pap have to be compared to mainstream pap? Who cares if the new GNR album is better than other mainstream garbage? The point is that underground bands are making more engaging (loaded word 1) albums with less money and resources but more inspiration (loaded word 2 and AUTHENTICITY (loaded word 3). What about comparing the new GNR album to the new Bad Brains album? Both hard rock bla bla bla etc- Bad Brains “Build a Nation” completely obliterates “Chinese Democracy” and comparisons don’t mean anything! They are a product of our competitive capitalist (loaded word 4) upbringing.

Now, we can keep talking in terms of comparisons and lists and rating arbitrary factors against each other, or we can discuss what our words mean.

By: Wade Tatangelo

Wade Tatangelo — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:59:19 +0000

I was disappointed but there are several rewarding tracks on the album — “Street of Dreams,” “I.R.S.,” “Catcher in the Rye” and “Madagascar,” come to mind — making the disc much better than the vast majority of mainstream hard rock releases I’ve come across in 2008. Granted, when the competition includes clown acts like Mudvayne the bar is set pretty damn low.

By: Sal

Sal — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:33:14 +0000

Kareen apparently thought she was writing for Shortlist.

By: Gabe Loewenberg

Gabe Loewenberg — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:39:38 +0000

bri,

reslly? I tried to listen to the album and I couldn’t. It is, frankly, horrible. Even the snarky assholes at Pitchfork weighed in with one of the most insightful reviews that they’ve ever given…
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/147782-guns-n-roses-chinese-democracy
They gave it a 5.8 out of 10, which was on par with what Wade gave it over here. And he really likes GN’R. I know he was hoping for something more…
http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/guns_n_roses_chinese_democracy/Content?oid=567798
For the most part, folks who thought this album would be life changing were sadly mistaken.
“best album in the past decade for sure” seems like a bit much.
Ok, that last sentence isn’t correct… “best album in the past decade for sure” is the biggest load of crap I’ve ever heard.

By: bri

bri — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:50:08 +0000

Chinese Democracy WAS worth the wait, its a killer album! The best album in the past decade for sure.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:22:17 +0000

Axl should audition for the vacant lead singer position in Velvet Revolver. Oh wait… never mind.;)

By: Gabe Loewenberg

Gabe Loewenberg — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:18:50 +0000

chris,

devil’s advocate here… sonic youth were also on that soundtrack; but the song, sugar kane, was not in the movie. best guess is that interscope/universal needed to fill a slot on the disk and just used something they had the rights to.

By: cnadeau

cnadeau — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:21:43 +0000

I don’t see how Guns N’ Roses will ever top their crowning acheivement- a slot on the End of Days soundtrack. Don’t you remember Schwarzenegger’s 1999 end of the world Apocalypse Satan weirdly Catholic crapfest!? At one point Ahhnold actually chucks Satan out of a 20 story window!