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Chinese Democracy - Where Do You Stand?

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    #32
    Faith+1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Faith+1


    Didn't much care for it. Use your Illusion 1&2 were the best I thought!:cool:


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    #33
    ticketsthere
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    Faith+1 wrote: »
    Didn't much care for it. Use your Illusion 1&2 were the best I thought!:cool:

    Should give it a few goes. If you're a fan of the older material it takes some adjusting but after awhile it grows on you like boils from a plague. It's so damn complex with soooo many layers of fantastic musicianship piled on top of each other and each listen brings a new solo or lead to the limelight. Love it!


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    #34
    Faith+1
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    ticketsthere wrote: »
    Should give it a few goes. If you're a fan of the older material it takes some adjusting but after awhile it grows on you like boils from a plague. It's so damn complex with soooo many layers of fantastic musicianship piled on top of each other and each listen brings a new solo or lead to the limelight. Love it!

    I will admit that the intro beat to 'Chinese Democracy' is pretty intense!


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    #35
    ticketsthere
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    Faith+1 wrote: »
    I will admit that the intro beat to 'Chinese Democracy' is pretty intense!

    Ah yeah, it's savage. Have you seen how they're doing it live? Brilliant!

    Also, give Shackler's Revenge a go, the guitar on the last verse is just incredible, this mad rolling finger tapping explosion and it's so understated. The songs a tad nu-metalish but that guitar just sells the thing.


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    #36
    Royale with Cheese
    Registered Users Posts: 9,130 ✭✭✭Royale with Cheese


    When it first came out I'd have given it 8/10, really liked a lot of the songs on it.

    Now I'd give it 6.5 maybe. Too much filler, I end up skipping 5 or so songs every time I listen to it.


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    #37
    sxt
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    ticketsthere wrote: »
    Ah yeah, it's savage. Have you seen how they're doing it live? Brilliant!

    Also, give Shackler's Revenge a go, the guitar on the last verse is just incredible, this mad rolling finger tapping explosion and it's so understated. The songs a tad nu-metalish but that guitar just sells the thing.

    Agree, that is a great little guitar solo in shacklers and also the on rhiad by bumble, loved buckets bits in in chinese democracy and better and the paced up flamingo bit on if the world ,plus robins soaring guitar solo on this i love!


    I can't believe i forgot to mention the truly epic solo parts by robin and bucket on there was a time,last acouple of minutes,truely amazing.


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    #38
    Faith+1
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    ticketsthere wrote: »
    Ah yeah, it's savage. Have you seen how they're doing it live? Brilliant!

    Nope, Went to see them in the RDS back in '06. Great concert except Axel kept disappering. I found out he had an oxegen tent or someting backstage. He used it to recharge his lungs, obviously it worked cos that man could still hit the high notes!:D


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    #39
    Mental Mickey
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    ticketsthere wrote: »
    Really? I listened to Slash's record back in March and it was sooo boring. So little to get a grip on and basically the album a cartoonist would have come up with.

    Chinese Democracy is an incredible piece of work, worth every minute of it’s 14 year production. No denying it's far too over produced in places but the songs are just incredible.

    Everyone I've talked to (who likes it) all agree there's a handful of stick in your head, dragged out annoying ones but these seem to differ depending on who you're chatting to.

    Street of Dreams, Madagascar, Chinese Democracy, Shackers Revenge, Better, There Was A Time, Scraped, Riad N' The Bedouins, Sorry & This I Love - All brilliant!


    Re: the highlighted ones: all crap imo. Extremely average album.


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    #40
    IanMc666
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    Has some good songs, the title track being my favourite.

    Will always be Appetite and Use Your Illusion combos for me though.

    Looking forward to checking Axl and co out in September.


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    #41
    ticketsthere
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    IanMc666 wrote: »

    Looking forward to checking Axl and co out in September.

    Oh yes, my Dublin tickets arrived this morning :D:D Roll on the Guns!


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    #42
    Motley Crue
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    ticketsthere wrote: »
    Oh yes, my Dublin tickets arrived this morning :D:D Roll on the Guns!

    I personally cannot wait for this, should be an amazing concert


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    #43
    ticketsthere
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    Motley Crue wrote: »
    I personally cannot wait for this, should be an amazing concert

    Hell yes. Aside from the waiting around and endless solo's, pauses and the Live and Let Die cover, it'll be a fantastic gig. All reports from the 2009/2010 legs so far have been outstanding and the stage show looks brilliant.


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    #44
    Motley Crue
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    ticketsthere wrote: »
    Hell yes. Aside from the waiting around and endless solo's, pauses and the Live and Let Die cover, it'll be a fantastic gig. All reports from the 2009/2010 legs so far have been outstanding and the stage show looks brilliant.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTr9scN1jJw


    and can I just say, they should have put 'Checkmate' on the album

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIABzOU37m0


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    #45
    rovert
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    I like it a lot. Gets better with every listen.


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    #46
    sxt
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    Posted this in the gigs section,but this **** is sounding great! CAn't wait for the gig.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT7Cl8CACUE


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    #47
    Rubberlegs
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    Both myself and OH major GnR fans. I was in NY when Chinese Democracy was released, so got it there. I absolutely love it while OH can't stand it:mad:. Though must say good and all as I think it is, it wouldn't entice me to see them live again. Don't think it would come close to Slane 92, I prefer to remember them at their very best, Slash n all:D:D


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