For Madagas(cause I'm pretty sure it's directed at among others, me.)

Maybe there are some out there who want it to fail completely. I've never been one of those people.  At least not when it comes to quality music. Good reviews are also awesome.  I think it'll be cool if alot of people like this album. If album sales are slow though sure I'll admit I might crack a small smile.  As a  fan I've said it many times. I feel Axl really pissed on his fans in 2006. Not only did he basically flat out lie to them he showed such distain for them in my opinion. In my world actions have reactions so if album sales are slow yeah that to me shows that people are pissed and would rather not support this. If people aren't supporting it simply based on "where's Slash" than that's lame.  It's not a legit reason. You know for me it'd be the same thing if my favorite athlete lied to me, wouldn't sign an autograph, made non stop excuses, blamed everything on his teammates only and told me either be a fan or fuck off.   Alot of the respect I had for that athlete would go out the window and you wouldn't see me purchasing things like jerseys or whatever with their name attatched to it.  Why should my attitude towards a musician be any different?  What would you like me to say? Gee I hope it sells a billion copies? No not really. That's not what I want.  I understand why people want to buy the album, and that's great but I'd honestly wish more people who were genuinley pissed off and felt disrespected as fans would have more backbone and not purchase the album or buy tickets to the shows rather than simply jump when Axl says jump.  Alot of people on these boards disagree with that opinion but too bad.  The world can always use good music though so  on that level I really hope it delivers. If it falls flat on it's face sales wise though I won't be too dissapointed.
   I won't pull punches or sit behind the veil of my monitor and try and act like I'm someone I'm not.  I'm not a troll, I'm not someone who swings from nuts either.  I've always commented on things the way I see them in my own opinion.  I say "negative" things about the band all the time but I also say "positive" things as well. At this point in time though alot of people seem more interested in pointing out the "negative" comments and who's saying them. Why is that? Honestly people seem threatend by the slightest "negative" comment these days. Almost like they're chinks in the Gn'R armour,  releasing some fucked up insecurities people may have about the band.

That was a pretty good review. Nice read too. I have a question for alot of you though. If a not so positive review comes out, will it simply be that the person doing the review lacks credibility or any real integrity? I'm getting the sense for any review to be taken seriously it's gonna have to be all out praise for the album. Any knock whatsoever will be shrugged  off as an opinion from some dumb fuck who doesn't know shit about music. Please tell me I'm wrong.

I'm very curious to see how this does and hear real people's thoughts not just paid journalists.  Hopefully people will feel the same as this guy.  Good music is good music so.....

I'm not tying to discount the success this song is having but let's wait and see how the next single does and how the album actually sells  and how long it sells for. This instant success though really cool doesn't mean much if the songs and album dont' sustain themselves over the next 6 months.  That's all I'm saying. We all knew this thing would fire outta the gates. It does have a certain band name attatched to it so........

See this has got to be the weirdest thing I've heard cause I'm not shitting you guys, other than the first day when a  few freinds texted me to say they liked it I havent' heard anyone else since say they like it. It'd be cool to hear what you guys are hearing. I'm just not.

No Billboard is reporting it cause it's Guns N' Roses. believe me had it not done well they'd be reporting it just the same. Chinese Democracy is a story. Good or bad it's gonna get press.

So true.

I think you're wrong. they look professional enough. What are they supposed to look like? the Estranged video?  An action flick? A beer commercial. They look the way they likely should look.