Comments on: Listening Booth: Guns n’ Roses, “Chinese Democracy”

By: Nick LaRocca

Nick LaRocca — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:18:37 +0000

What's hysterical is reading reviews within a day and a half of the album streaming that run the gamut from "this is a masterpiece" to "this is absolute shit". I don't think Popdose knows what it's listening to here, but it's fun to watch a little blog look idiotic next to a review in Rolling Stone that tends to get the record a little better.

Yeah, these songs suck. And Hinder's first record was a masterpiece. It's been so long since good music has surfaced that Rose would have been better off letting the tunes stay stripped down like Appetite for Destruction. Then, at least, goofballs like Popdose would have been able to like the record.

But it isn't just that Axl doesn't give a shit. It's that you're wrong, man. There isn't a band out there right now that could even COVER half these songs, much less write anything at once as ferocious, experimental, and melodic as just about every song on Chinese Democracy.

And by the way, Axl Rose can sing. The review doesn't even discuss his voice, which is at the center of the record. It's like discussing a new album by Sade or Christina Aguilera without discussing the singer. I don't even know what to say abot that.

By: Nick LaRocca

Nick LaRocca — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:18:37 +0000

By: Darren

Darren — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:17:46 +0000

The one great thing about this album is that it has brought out the best in all of my favorite music reviewers (jeff being one of them). Sure, its kinda “shooting fish in a barrel”, but seeing how much pure joy some scribes take in describing this disaster definitely makes for some great reading.

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:31:48 +0000

Uh… Um… er… that's rad, right?

By: rwcass

rwcass — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:09:10 +0000

Ugh … you're so dated, Dw.

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:08:23 +0000

What? I posted a track! 4/01/08!

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:07:35 +0000

I'd stick Morrissey in there too. Sorry, Moz fans but I just can't handle the guy.

By: jefito

jefito — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:55:01 +0000

Hmmm…most irritating vocalists — there's an interesting idea for a post. Axl would certainly be on my list, but I think John Popper would rank higher up.

By: Old_Davy

Old_Davy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:37:12 +0000

What? No tracks to download? No matter, I'd ignore them anyway. Bleh. I would never listen to this pile of crap. Axl is the most irritating vocalist to ever land a recording contract.

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:13:41 +0000

The biggest problem with this album is that it crawls up the anus of a major time paradox and disappears. Part of the time Axl tries to recall the old sound, part of the time he's trying furiously to sound modern, and mostly in between, he's captured in every stage of recording mimicking the style of the day, hence the absurd nu-metal tropes.

This is the rare specimen that has arrived sounding dated, but no single particular date will do.