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#581 Re: The Garden » Disney says bye to fairy god-mothers » 164 weeks ago
I'm not disputing that money is their religion, but they will accept decreased profits if it means staying out of the cross hairs. Just like a company is concerned about following the law, this is also becoming a de facto law: if somebody accuses you of being a bigot, you are a bigot. So better stay very safe. This could be as innocent as simply "misgendering people". Insanity is taking over across the board, even in terms of money. Would you pay not to be targeted by the mob?
Ricky Gervais did it recently, has gotten away with it so far. But he's got a 100 million so he can afford not to care. Everybody else your livelihood is at stake. I reckon I wouldn't last five minutes in a modern office environment before being fired.
It's not something Russia and China can fully control either. Western guilt syndrome has been a thing since Martin Luther at least. Once that lost its grip and people became godless they latched onto liberalism which has now morphed into this insane religious substitute. With Christianity you had Jesus to absolve you of your sins. Liberalism offers no such end game. All you can do is double down until you cut your dick off.
#582 Re: The Garden » Disney says bye to fairy god-mothers » 164 weeks ago
The corporations would be pushing it even if it didn't make money. They fear being labeled bigots more than they fear losing money on a project.
The last time the West had any fight was 1945. We're just going to have to suck it up for the next hundred years at least.
#583 Re: Guns N' Roses » Sympathy for the Devil recording date? » 164 weeks ago
I think he would. Not because he had anything against Gilby but because he needed an ally in the band. Dude was a hired gun so he could make up any excuse he liked to make it happen. He did that gig with him in 2000 so there doesn't appear to have been any hard feelings, which again points to the decision being "business" and not personal.
Axl should have followed his instinct with Sympathy. Initially I'm guessing he balked at the idea of doing another cover song after TSI, but then convinced himself it would be good promotion. All it did was promote the idea of GN'R as a pop culture joke.
Still a great song though.
#584 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 164 weeks ago
I like how you can make the joke about robbing a gun store and everybody get why it's a bad idea, but once you talk about arming society people start to have the opposite idea. Suddenly they imagine the gun store will be robbed all the time now.
So why so much violence? There is in fact not that much violence except for in parts of the country. The real term has become racist now, so I'll use something else: "responsible gun owners" in America have about half the gun violence of Finland.
#585 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash confirms “one or two” new songs by June » 164 weeks ago
Why is it all so fucking difficult?
I kind of asked the same question a few weeks ago and apex twin gave a nice reply talking about Axl's anxiety issues.
When I read that I started thinking, yeah that makes perfect sense, but then I thought "I already kinda know this, why didn't I think about it?". And it occurred to me that his public persona is completely different from his actual personality. When you hear him on records spewing venomous lyrics with a screeching voice or see him on stage commanding the attention of 50,000 people with ease, your last thought would be that this guy suffers from stage fright.
So I think the public perception of him is completely warped from the real man and it creates a dissonance that is hard to grasp.
#586 Re: Guns N' Roses » Why no photo shoots after 1991? » 164 weeks ago
It's a bit strange. They did music videos together, so why so hard to arrange a simple band photo?
I'm trying to picture it. When they were about to release TSI there must have been somebody going "we need a band photo for this". I can't really see Axl going "no fuck that" because he can't be bothered. Maybe nobody dared to ask? Or they did and he kind of forgot about it in between court dates?
In any case it is a clear symptom of the estrangement of the band, particularly Axl. They practically only met him on stage from 91 onwards. Didn't travel with them, didn't live with them, didn't hang out with them.
Any other bands with weird dynamics like that?
#587 Re: Guns N' Roses » Can you see Slash leaving again? » 164 weeks ago
Back in the 90s somebody asked Slash, maybe it was Alan Niven, why he stuck around with a crazy fucker like Axl.
"Because I don't want to die penniless like my dad".
Slash got over his ego in 2006. With 100 million dollars and counting ending up in his pocket, Axl is going to have to push his buttons in a major way to get any reaction. And it doesn't seem like Axl got the energy for all that anger anymore.
I think this reunion will last until they croak.
#588 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash confirms “one or two” new songs by June » 164 weeks ago
Universal have this 360 approach to bands now, so I think it's a team decision these days.
I don't know who the decision maker is.
#589 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash confirms “one or two” new songs by June » 164 weeks ago
Which is fine. Axl wouldn't be able to produce anything of quality at his age anyway. I think he deserves a little bit of cred for not making an album just to do it.
#590 Re: Guns N' Roses » Could the first Snakepit album have been a good record with Axl / Duff » 165 weeks ago
I get goosebumps every time I hear this clip. The power in his voice is just beyond bounds. He had an absolutely incredible voice at the time. And while he starts off with the mickey he soon gets into the rasp and it sounds as good as anything he did in the 90s. There should have been a lot more stuff like that on CD. Hopefully he did record some tracks that we have yet not heard where he showcases it.
