Relevance of Guns N' Roses

[Disco Volante]

There IS good music out there...you just have to do a little digging.  Mainstream music is at it's all time worst.

[Dr. Blutarsky]

Great post hellhole.  You touched on a lot of points I agree with

[ILChief]

while i agree with the jist of your post, i'd add Pearl Jam, ACDC, and RHCP to your list.

[Mauve_All]

Girls that age love emotional stuff... they like catchy stuff... they will like better... 

 
That was funny !!!

[gnrfanxxx]

the music age is sad today

[lennonisgod]

A lot of people in this thread keep mentioning teenage girls liking Better... Well my girlfriend, she isn't really a teenager but she's almost 21, loves that fucking song.  She loves music in general and listens to shit like John Mayer, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sheryl Crow, etc. She's not a real hardcore girl and thank God for that (I've dealt with girls on the hardcore side and I'm done with them). Anyway, I can't usually stand her music at all but I'm a nice boyfriend and let her listen to what she wants without bitching about it. And she has always liked GN'R, but would never ask me to play them or anything. She loves Slash and thinks he's the coolest guy ever BTW. But when I first played Better for her, she fucking loved it. To this day, when Better comes on, she will sing the whole song word for word and totally rock out. She can't get enough of the song. Now she can't wait to go see GN'R with me in November and she is actually really excited about it. She has just heard so much about Axl and GN'R since she's been with me, which has been a few years, so it's just going to be such a surreal moment for her.

ANYWAY, my point in explaining that whole thing is if my girlfriend can fall in love with Better, then a lot of other females in that age bracket will as well. That's why I think Better is a good choice for the first single and it will win over people that wouldn't usually listen to this type of music. That also proves how relevant the music of this "New" band can really be and also how many different types of "music" fans could also possibly become fans of this era of Guns N' Roses.

[Mauve_All]

IMO the more you categorize people, the more misled you get. What does gender have to do with my tastes in music? These are all cliches. Take ballads for example. I totally fuckin hate most of them, I even hate November rain, it's far too mellow for me but I know guys who love this song, so what does that mean? That I'm an exception? Or that I've no tender feelings in my heart? Or maybe that guys are getting softer these days? No. I'll tell you what it means: a b s o l u t e l y   n o t h i n g .

Take each person for what he/she is and try n judge individually, this is the safest way, don't categorize, don't try and make conlusions out of what you consider pulp.
And yes, I like "Better" but I don't think it can beat "You could be mine" which must be my fav GnR song.

 

[give_it_a_rest]

while i agree with the jist of your post, i'd add Pearl Jam, ACDC, and RHCP to your list.

What's wrong with pearl jam!!!, I fucking love that band, after the album TEN 1991 (UYI period) they released at least 7!!!! albums and 100+ live bootlegs instead of one GN'r album, and they play every night a lot of songs (most of the time 26-36 songs), they never have the same or standard set list. When you go to 2 or more pearl jam shows it's a treat, because it's never the same.

BTW: I really love GN'R since 1989, but the setlist these days is always the same (more or less).