thoughts on chinese democracy

(copied from a post on Andrew Fanelli's facebox)

Pretty mediocre: a record so long in the making, regardless of whether it achieves its goals, goes against my cherished image of G 'n' R as a bunch of trashy junkies down and out on the Sunset strip. Songs are too plodding (also sound shitty on my computer speakers, but I'm too lazy to play 'em on anything else), whereas the limber Adler-McKagan rhythm section was Appetite's main strength. (Too much Metallica, not enough Dolls? I guess the Dolls were slower than Metallica, but had more vitality.) "Sweet Dreams" and "If the World" caught my attention for a little while.

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