My name is Kelly and I plan on buying the new Guns ‘N Roses Chinese Democracy album this weekend (you now say, “Hi Kelly“).
Now that we have that out of the way, I would like to direct you to a review that seems to address what this album means, represents and ultimately, sounds like. Chuck Klosterman is either genius, pretentious, pointless, hilarious or all of those rolled into one. I like his stuff, and I can think of no one better to turn to when looking for someones opinion on this long-awaited, thought-to-be-a-myth, type of release. Below is an example of what I am talking about:
“But sometimes Chinese Democracy suffers from the same inescapable problem that paralyzed proto-epics like “Estranged” and “November Rain”: It’s as if Axl is desperately trying to get some unmakeable dream song from inside his skull onto the CD, and the result is an overstuffed maelstrom that makes all the punk dolts scoff. His ambition is noble, yet wildly unrealistic. It’s like if Jeff Lynne tried to make Out Of The Blue sound more like Fun House, except with jazz drumming and a girl singer from Motown.”
If you enjoyed that little tid-bit, then there is a whole lot more where that came from, thanks to Klosterman’s guest column with The Onion’s A/V Club site. See ya at the Best Buy on Sunday!
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Yeah, I read that this morning and it made me laugh. I’m a fan of his writing as well. He’s a funny, funny man.
It is nice to see GNR back. It was too long time since “Use Your Illusion”. This album is not that good, but still shows that Axel is back on the track.