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I think it would be a good idea and shock the world. I say GNR keeps ''Better'' as one since it has been getting airwave play but also have a brand new song the public has never heard yet at the same time. Do you think this is a good idea? Would it work out well? Agree or disagree?

i agree

with the leaks its kind of taken away some of the impact it would've had if we'd never heard it before so a new song coming out around the same time as Better gets to ok to play i think would be pretty cool : ok:

an even bigger question what song would it be?  :confused:

it's a pretty pointless idea. it would spread the focus and the fickle masses and stagnant media wouldnt be able to accept such a weird comeback from gn'r.

the idea has almost no benefit really and would just be portayed as meglomania and oddness from "the increasingly deranged Axl Rose"

I like the idea, but its too bland.  They should release 13 singles, on one CD. 

well, if they were to do something "weird" and out of the ordinary... I'd say completely diferent..

how about NOT releasing the album at all?!

but releasing 32 singles?



seriously....
these are childish ideas... stop the "should GNR do?" threads.

Even with Better leaked and played on the radio, many people have still not heard it... I'd say the majority of people.

Its funny I see all these topics about singles , dont you think axl should release it first hahah!

Can somebody explain to me what a single is ?


 :peace:

I don't know what you think you're doing, but considering what you've been posting lately, I suggest you think before you post form now on.

If you're serious about this question, PM me and I'll be happy to direct you to web sites that'll explain it to you.


/jarmo

the best idea i have seen in a while.....what a concept that would be....

They should release 23 songs all at once and call it.. wait for it.. drum rollollolloll... ..  . ..a double album! :hihi:

I agree. great idea

Axl Says In february 2006:

" CHINESE Is One TRILOGY "

HBK *

GNR should release the "fucking" CD at once no single first the CD

I would say not.
he never said the word Trilogy.
3 albums worth of material... ok... but that doesnt mean it's a trilogy.

bands usually make a number of songs, and use only some for the final album.
the 32 songs they have so far wont necessarely turn into 3 albums.
most probably only 2 albums, and others would be scraped, or used for some other project... rewriten or whatever.

like in 2002 they said they had 85 songs... that doesnt mean they would have released 8 albums...

would be great if the chinese trio are released one after another and not simultaneously but I don't seem to remember he said that.  ??? can you specify the date and the occasion.

That isn't a good idea; people would pick favorites and one would be ignored. If you release several a few months apart, the people who only pay attention to the radio start to think, "what's up with GNR?" They pay more attention to "the new one" than "one of the new ones."

Maybe there will be 3 albums to go one step further than the (2) UYI albums  :peace:

..and:

Trilogy - Tri (3) - Triad = Chinese Henchmen  :smoking:


I'm now beginning to see where Buckethead and his nunchakus fitted in to the vision  :hihi:

Here's a crazy idea:
How about they release three albums one week after another.

Week 1: Chinese Democracy
Week 2: Album #2
Week 3: Album #3

 :rofl:

I think we better just see if Chinese will come first, before we think about anything else.

I'm sick of crazy ideas...
I want a normal idea. like release the album once, every 15 years would seam a nice start.

Could be a cool idea if they pick the right two songs. Out of the songs we've heard, I'd say 'Better' and 'The Blues'...

I dont see why we should worry about their business strategy?!

I'm here for one reason, and one reason only... the album.

they can give it out in plastic bags for all I care... single, no single, video,... it's all the same to me...

correct me if im wrong but didnt limp bizkit release two singles at once a few years ago, Rollin' and My generation, from their choclate starfish and the hotdog flavored water album, (im not a limp bizkit fan i just remember this and it seemed strange to me then)

The Beatles did it too...


Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane for example.

It's called a double A-Side.

Whats the point, who buys singles anymore...can you even buy them anymore?  No need for gimmicks.  Just release a single and an album.  Why release 2 at a time, whats the benefit.  I mean GNR might as well hire clowns to perform on stage.  What does this do.  i also think people need to stop suggesting recycled limp bizkit ideas.

Yeah, and that Limp Bizkit album sold a million copies in the first week.... and Outkast and Nelly have both done that in recent memory too.  It's not some "outrageous crazy scheme" like some people are suggesting here.  If it were done, the songs would need to fit different radio formats to attract more potential buyers... could be a good idea.

limp bizkit songs back then were more easily sold to 10-18 year olds than GNR is now and Fred Durst wasnt 45.  Radio stations arent going to sell this cd.  No one listens to the radio.  In Columbus,Ohio a metropolitan area of over a million there is one rock radio station left and it plays hardly any GNR unless its got a syndicated radio host like Dee Snyder or something who plays it.  Whats the difference if you have 2 or 1 singles that no ones going to hear?  Those albums you mentioned didnt sell because of double singles, they sold because they gave the masses the music they wanted.  The masses dont want GNR, sorry, but they dont.  The Rock station here had a call in poll today whether they should play the leaked version of better, by an overwhelming 47-3 vote today the answer was no.  I would say it was rigged, but i was one of the 3 who called in. 

If GNR would do that, they would be accused to revive the "Illusion"-idea, and how lame that would be and so on. Since this band will have enough problems to get rid of the label of a "hired" and "cover"band, it wouldn't be clever to make this even harder.

This wouldnt be a good idea in my opinion.  I'm sure with as much as this album has cost, the record company is looking to maxamize the potential sales.  To put two singles out at once, instead of one would seem like a waste.  When you can put out one single....the a few weeks later once the first one has died down, put out the second song.  Basic business strategy.  The bands mentioned that have done this in the past are different then GnR.  They released albums before they did the double single.  People expected a new album from those bands.  With GnR (lets be honest) not that many people know about the new album.  Yes everyone on this board, and those who saw them in concert, but the vast majority of the public hasnt heard shit about it yet.  It would just make more sense to release one song at a time.

I don't think that having 2 singles is that bad of an idea, but I don't think nearly as many people recognize the song "Better" as you may think.