Stopping the Greatest Hits album

[Skeba]

Thanks a lot Skeba.

I have been adding to this conversation as far as I'm concerned.

I don't appreciate you telling me to shut up because you disagree with what I have added and I take being told to shut up as an insult.

We're not out on the street and if we were and you told me to shut up, I'd punch you in your big lippy mouth a few times and teach you a lesson in manners in short shrift or, die trying.

You're a Moderator remember???   And, allegedly a GNR fan.

You're breaking the rules that you're supposed to be enforcing so, you're out of line and that sucks because it's just another abuse of power IMO.

Other than the puke thing, what have I said that is so wrong or out of order man?

What have I said that others aren't saying in different words?

Go take your bad mood out on somebody else man.

Anybody else here impressed with Skeba because I'm not and it looks like he's got a hardon for me and you know what? I'll be the one that ends up getting banned. Not him.

It's sad that he's allowed to get away with this jarmo.

You're right, I was in a bad mood. In addition to that, I haven't been online, so I haven't been able to reply.

I read the thread through (before I posted, what I did) and the thing was: All you seemed to have to say, was that "Why should I do shit, all they do is take your money. They don't care about us". That's okay, if you post it once... But you seemed to have multiple replies just like that. In a bit different ways, but the only idea, or the plot you had in your posts was the above. The reason I posted that was because you kept saying the same thing over and over again instead of trying to reply to other people and discuss the points they made. I know I prolly should've said "don't post" instead of "shut up", but like I said, I was in a bad mood.

And why would you get banned for something like that...? You won't. You have to do a lot worse than that to get banned (at least according to my experience). Especially since my post wasn't exactly friendly.

[DazRose85]

Greatest Hits artwork:

[echrisl]

Hmm, looks like the site that graphic is from is also reporting the greatest hits:
http://www.musictap.net

[misterID]

It is a pretty nice cover though. Too bad the tracklist looks like shit.

[madagas]

You know, if they just took out Since I Don't Have You and put in Estranged, I could live with it. I do like the cover-nice and simple. Happy hour is upon us.

[badapple81]

I cannot believe Estranged, a helluva lotta gunners fave song, is not on there, plain stupidity! It should end with Estranged, with NO SIDHY, SFTD and AIF.

These people are way out of touch with the fans.

[jazjme]

I posed this on an online pitition I came across:

As a Loyal fan of the band since its begining , I feel that it would be a disservice to fans who have over the years been anticipated a new record named Chinese Democracy.
I support the new band s line-up and look forward to heaing their musical contributions. I see no point rehashing material from the former bandmates epecially since I own all previosly released material. And whats worse the tracklist does not in my opionion constitute GNR's Greatest. IF it was a better comlilation with maybe just a few new things or unreleased tracks, it may appeal more but as it stands for me, I will just let it sit on the shelves of my local record dealer and wait patiently for what I and many fans really want , the long awaited release of new material in the form of Chinese Democracy.




This is the link:


http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/chinesedemocracy/

[Death Cube K]

I was "talking" to (emailing, actually) a friend of mine about GH, and she presented a scenario I had not thought about.  In her opinion (and it's well founded), GH does not necessarily mean CD is nowhere in sight.  In fact, it could well mean, in the labels opinion, quite the opposite.  The label could be releasing the GH CD so that the "new fans" garnered by Chinese Democracy, have a "one stop" item to pick up to sample the best (keep in mind, by best, they mean best selling/most popular in the mainstream, etc) of the GnR catalog.  That's a scenario I hadn't thought of, myself.  Of course, it doesn't touch the fact that the band is not "approving" the release, which is one of my major bones of contention, but it certainly is an interesting tidbit to consider.

One of my fave bands TNT (www.tnttheband.com) did exactly this. Last year they released a GH album and toured a few countries on that release. But they sneaked in a lot of new songs and made it clear that a new album release would be out soon. They have now announced that album and will be touring this year as well. All apart of the comeback plan they had in mind.

But with GNR, it doesnt make sense. Especially with that track listing.

[Christos AG]

Looks like it's coming out after all...

I do like the cover though...

[carmiedisco12]

this is stoopid.

Axl gained full control of GNR and has now relinquished virtually all control of it due to his inability to make.....MUSIC.

I thought GNR was about MUSIC.

No covers should be on the GH album either

[jet]

this is stoopid.

Axl gained full control of GNR and has now relinquished virtually all control of it due to his inability to make.....MUSIC.

I thought GNR was about MUSIC.

No covers should be on the GH album either

Actually he could've done some covers at least  at himself (GNR I mean). I suggest almost all of their songs are the best so what's the point of making "Greatest Hits"? I wish him to release "Chinese D" but seems like he's not in a hurry to make it and is afraid to lose us (his fans) so feeds us with "Hits".

[Cowboy Buddha]

I rather see Appettite 2000 being released.

[Doc Emmett Brown]

I think Mysteron and Darth Bowie need to have a little chat...

Who is right? who is wrong?  is there even a right or wrong anymore  

[oneway23]

Mysteron, here's something that just strikes me a bit odd:

The other day when you began this thread, you expressed a fear of the ramifications a GH might possibly have on the release of CD.  You questioned why Universal would continue with this charade, and you politely inquired as to whether any of us would lend a hand in letting Universal know how a GH might be viewed by the GNR fanbase...Accepted

After a few days, it's pretty evident that you've taken a more relaxed stance towards GHcalling it, in fact, a "small fish in a big pond" and a "small problem in a big world."  My question is, what info or reassurances, if any, have you received in the past few days to indicate that a GH will not derail CD?  I have enough respect for your position not to inquire about the 8 week window, but something must've changed....

Joe

[audjon]

Well, I'm just glad that those buggers decided to call this bloody cd 'Greatest hits', not 'Best of'.  

We've heard that Axl is raging over this GH. Has anyone heard from any (of sooo many) enshrouded insiders how the x-gunners feel about all this. Are Slash & co indifferent to the suffering of hardcore GN'R fans and just focusing on cloaking and/or burning Scott's drugs?
I mean, how is good ol' Steven feeling? He must be vexed that there are only 3 ADF songs on the tracklist. It surely seems to me that GH is only released to ruin his masterplan for Adler's Appetide.
Or for that matter is Paul Huge still thrilled to hear himself annoying Slash in SFTD?

Skili??  

[younggunner]

Can everyone please stop harping on what mysteron says. Its only making it worse. Just take whatver he is saying with a grain of salt. He hasnt provided anything to anyone and you all think he is the king. Maybe he has some contacts with people that are sorta involved with the band or just industry people in general but obivioulsy he doesnt know much.

I dont mean to be a dick, hes a nice guy and i like the street team thing, but other than that ease off. Im sick and tired of people throwing out information that just makes things worse. And for the most part what he says is the obvious.

Im also sick n tired of people trying to put a positive spin on this gh release. In the long run it prob wont have much of an effect but intil then it does.
If the company is releasing a gh its probably because gnr havnt given cd to them yet. If thats not the case and they think a gh is a good promotional thing then I feel sorry for them, because they have no clue what they are doing.

I just want the company and gnr to egt on the same fukin page.
You can spin it all u want a gh cd although not the end of the world isnt a positive for this band.

[oneway23]

I'm not looking for scripture Younggunner, I'm simply asking a fellow poster a question...We're all sick of false info, nothing new there.  It's time to accept the fact that they'll continue to be 2 or 3 new rumors a week until this thing either gets released or the band officially implodes.  Don't click on the threads.  I'm not necessarily agreeing with every bit of "inside info" that's being posted, but it provides a bit more intrigue for me personally than the other hypothetical semantics bickering that goes on.  If nothing Mysteron says turns out to be true, c'est la vie.  It was still a good ride.  If he is providing some sort of accurate info, that's fantastic too.  Either way, we'll know by June one way or another if we hear something or not.  I happen to agree with you that a GH can only be a bad omen though.

joe

[younggunner]

I'm not looking for scripture Younggunner, I'm simply asking a fellow poster a question

My post wasnt directed towards you. just in general

And its not that i dont appreciate what mysteron attempts to do. Its just that what he is doing{even though its good} is kind of bad in the grand scheme of things

[killingvector]

when no one buys it, Universal will know where everyone stands.

[younggunner]

This is going to sound really stupid, but ill throw it out there anyway...

How bout we all buy 1 copy of the Greatest Hits cd. We take that copy throw it in one big pile and personally throw it on the doorsteps at universal.

Ill def. do that. Imagine like a thousand or more cds just tossed back at them.

I think that would have a lot more of an impact than no1 buying it. Because people will buy it. But if a mass amount of people buy it and threow it in their face maybe they will do something...

just a thought