no seriously, i want to know. the reason is because i've decided to punish myself for no good reason at all by listening to the radio instead of my tapes. and i swear to god all of the bands sound exactly the same. the same male voice, somewhere between Dave Matthews and GreenDay, and all of the songs have exactly the same melody. it's fucking weird. and so i was at the gym tonight and heard oooohh ohhhhh sweet child of miiiiiine and i was like, what the fuck? i haven't heard this one in so long. i didn't like those guys back when they were on MTV every 5 minutes. that would be way back when i even HAD a TV to watch. but shit, compared to what is on the radio now, i'll take Guns n Roses any day. |
a few months ago a good portion of an issue of SPIN was dedicated to that very question. Where's Axl? He was last seen in 1998 getting arrested in a Phoenix airport for not allowing the security people to check his luggage. Spin had his mug-shot... he looked the same, red hair (cut short now, yes you heard me, *short*) and a wee bit older, but still the same Axl. That was the last time he was seen in public. Anytime I talk to someone in LA I ask if they've seen him ;) I picture him in that same tight white denim outfit with the giant bandana, drunk and lying in a ditch somewhere, screaming at the passers-by : "DON'T FUCKIN LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT, IM FUCKIN' AXL ROSE!!!!" then he throws a bottle of Jack D. at them and throws up. I can see it all now. Anyway, the article was really good, it went on to describe various world-wide Axl sightings ('I think I saw him going into a ToysRUs in texas...') and interviews with musicians who were working with him on the mysterious new album (what's it been.....6 years?). I can scan the pic if you want. I heard GnR's new song just last night. It's called 'Oh My God' and the mp3 is out there, if you look. It's a little more electronic-y, chalk that up to NIN's old guitar player (oh Robin, you lucky boy...), and it ain't 'You Could Be Mine', but it is GnR, no doubt. I missed that drunken wife beating prick, goddamn it. |
i liked that SPIN cover a lot, but i wish that they would've mentioned that SHANNON HOON, one of axl's best friends, died during his "quiet time", so perhaps that added to his total dppression or drunken stupor or whatever it is. i love shannon hoon. anyway, MOTLEY CRUE is coming out with a live CD at the end of this month too and i just saw paul stanley (KISS!!!!!) being the phantom of the opera in toronto. ROCK LIVES! |
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I miss the Archie's. They had some happy songs. |
;) listened to the new song again, just now. It is good. All is well. Rock is alive (I don't even know what that's supposed to mean) and Axl is alive too. Say hi to him for me, Waffles. |
(Shakes the heavy-metal sign in the air) Seriously, new album with three part guitar harmonies - a true fan's wet dream. I am going to drag skooter to a show if it kills him to worship at the feet of the true masters of the genre. Plus maybe a 50-ft Eddie. How about these forgotten rock stars (no "where are they now for them): Alex Chilton, The Pogues (besides macgowan), Stiff little fingers, the surviving members of INXS, etc |
My cat is named Duff (even tho Duff is ugly). I saw a piccy once of Slash with the hair thing blowing and his face! He's so cute. Uh yeah. I'll just go stand quietly in the corner now. |
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Rhi I did. My workmate has some of his old records. I've listened to about half of the first side. Its um different. *hehe* |
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There's this one song off his newest album that's called "Eyeball Kid"...not the best melody, but it has hilarious lyrics. It's about a kid who's, well, just an eyeball and he joins a circus freakshow, and there's a part that goes "I know you can't speak, I know you can't sign, so cry right here on the dotted line." It's great. |
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before that, it was eric clapton, naturally. when your day is done and you wanna ride on cocain... |
anyway, the thought was this: we are not re-experiencing the music of the mid-80's, but in a late 90's genre. if that makes any sense. |
The Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines Concept Album is fucking awesome! I highly recommend it. From "Lost in You," to "Digging for Gold," I can't get enough of it! |
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Until this summer, I never really thought anyone liked the Backstreet Boys. I knew they were popular, I saw the hordes of screaming pre-pubescents gathered under the MTV windows, I passed by the mini-biographies of the BBoys in the grocery store. But somehow, it never sunk in to my thick skull that people actually listened to their music and liked it. ...Until this summer, when I visited my 14-year-old cheerleading cousin, who tried to get me to persuade her mother that she looked just like Britney Spears, so she should be able to a wear short pleated skirt to school, too, damn it! She doesn't look like Britney Spears. Her eyes aren't big enough. But what was this? A Backstreet fan in the flesh. A girl who refused to believe that 'NSync was better than her Boys, even though 'NSync had better harmonies. "THEY'RE THE SAME!" she shouted, trying to contradict her attempting-to-be-hip father. "THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME!" This was a virtue in her eyes, it seemed. Kids, they suck. And they're ugly. That guy that supposedly is the cute one...Nick or whatever....has a skinny neck and a feeble moustache and was probably a drama geek in high school. HE'S NOT CUTE. None of them are. Ricky Martin's made of plastic. So's Britney Spears ("boy, is she! *wink wink*" -- sorry, had to be done). I'm not saying anything new here. Back to my paper... |
easy targets...so i'll back down, Rhi said it straight |
i wish they would find a new set of teens for menudo. long live menudo! |
"but are target is MEN!!!" "whats a target?" "MEAT CHEESE MEAT CHEESE MEAT CHEESE MEAT" |
fuck a moly. With all due respects, Nate. |
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the ad if for some new burger or whatever and the backstreet-esq boys are singing about the burger...\ ahhh hell you just have to see it... http://www.jackinthebox.com/main.html GO HERE to see what I am talking about you can download the song ...it's worth it..... |
I should clarify. I don't like either of them enough to buy an album or go to a concert, and I don't really know any of the names of their songs. I just like singing along with them. |
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marie anne |
Real fans know this, and it saddens me that I am still one. |
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sorry. . . |
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sorry again! |
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elitist cock yankers! suck my scrotttummmm |
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last night i went to see a triple bill - Nelson Peter Frampton Styx it fuckin kicked ass too, suckas! those old guys still got it. i also got to go to Game 4. my cousin is going to Game 5 tonight. only one ticket available. hmrph. oooooo baby i love your way |
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