Mikkamakka wrote:

Jameslofton wrote:

I don't think names were ever attached to Prostitute, but it does have violins, harps, cellos, and shit.

How many fucking people are gonna be on this album?

Yeah, makes you wonder if it is a solo album, a band album or what. You have 7 players in your band, and various line-up changes. You sign a lot of producers, composers, guest musicians...hey, is there something like creativity of your own? Axl will have this album with full of other people's ideas. It's the sign of the lack of own ideas.

"a lack of of own ideas?"
because he has multiple guitar players and a harp player, plus whoever we want to speculate?

i am sorry but you are dead wrong.

these are examples of ideas. he wants a grand album full of different influences. if anything, it means he is more creative because he has the vision of his music if someone were to do this or add this to it and the means to orchestrate these additions.

I don't just look at it in hindsight. I was 18 when that was released, and I remember buying it. I enjoyed getting to hear some new Guns material, but it left much to be desired, and as I mentioned earlier, really stuck out like a sore thumb among what else was going on in the 93-94 period. You had ... List goes on and on.

What does GNR bring to the table during this incredible two years for the music industry?

The Spaghetti Incident and Sympathy for the Devil.

The fact the fanbase considers it mediocre has less to do with it being the band's last release. It has to do with their favorite band becoming as relevant as your rotting christmas tree still sitting by your garbage can two weeks after Christmas.

Nobody fucking cared. Not even their own fans. There were too many interesting things going on to care about GNR doing covers.

russtcb wrote:

I think I'm the only person on Earth that loves GNR's version of Hair Of The Dog.

Yeah, I was never too fond of that. Trying to copy the original too much, it was a safe choice for a Nazareth cover(something like Shot Me Down or Miss Misery would have been better), the ending drags on too long,etc. The songs just sounds forced. A lot of the album sounds forced with little emotion, especially the Axl tracks. The Big Dumb Sex outro is like nails on a chalkboard. There's zero feeling or emotion when he's singing it. Its like he's reading the line from a cue card. BDS might have been added for a taste of irony, but that doesn't excuse the lack of enthusiasm when singing it.

Yeah, the production is great and it does have a few killer tracks, but the album was so unnecessary. Its a spitwad of irrelevancy in the face of a key moment in time for the music scene. I remember when radio stations were playing the album's only single Since I Don't Have You for awhile, I would laugh when I heard it start. It was almost uncomfortable to even hear it because it was just so worthless compared to everything else going on at the time.

As I said earlier, the album is just one big giant mistake. Adding insult to its injury is the fact it was the band's last album. What was a minor and recoverable fuckup turned into a shit stain on the band's legacy.