Stopping the Greatest Hits album

[St.heathen]

To all the members of this board:  If you have all the songs on the new Greatest Hits album, DON"T BUY IT!!!!!  There is no need to waste money on this CD if you already own all the songs.  The only CD from GNR I will be buying (and this remains to be seen) is Chinese Democracy.

Yeh and that is your freedom of choice. But surely you can't tell people what to do?  What difference does it make to you?  Isn't it the case with all GH's, that they are a profile of the artists singles history.  The songs are already available but people like buying GH they sell loads.  For those of you thinking its going to delay CD in ANY way are wrong. Because i'm sure the record copmany will release CD as soon as they can,  It's all down to one man and he has said waiting for Jesus was a better option...  

[kupirock]

To all the members of this board:  If you have all the songs on the new Greatest Hits album, DON"T BUY IT!!!!!  There is no need to waste money on this CD if you already own all the songs.  The only CD from GNR I will be buying (and this remains to be seen) is Chinese Democracy.

That's true...And if there isn't gonna be anything "bonus" on that GHcd...nobody who has GNR cds won't buy it..no one..

Think about it !! GH will be HUGE flop  

[jarmo]

That's true...And if there isn't gonna be anything "bonus" on that GHcd...nobody who has GNR cds won't buy it..no one..

Think about it !! GH will be HUGE flop  

Yeah, when they can't even get the fans to buy it, who else is gonna go out to buy it?

I don't think people who aren't fans will run to the stores to buy it....



/jarmo

[McGann]

I will not buy it at Best Buy
I will not buy it, Geffen guy!
I will not buy it for my wife
I will not buy it all my life!

I do not want the Greatest Hits!
For it will throw me into fits.
I want the brand-new Guns CD!
Please, Geffen guy, give it to me!

I will not listen in my car
I will not listen at a bar
I will not listen in a truck
I will not listen with a duck.

Your Greatest Hits is not for me.
What I want is the new CD!
Please reconsider this poor plan.
I don't want GH, Geffen man!



Oh well, if we find out that poor GH sales could hurt CD release, then I may reconsider.
But that's the only way.

/Mike

[Johnnyblood]

I might consider buying it just to hear the remastered Appetite and Lies songs.

[grumpy young man]

Just thought of something I don't think anyone has mentioned.

Why would Sympathy for the Devil be on this album and not Oh My God?

Both were insignificant movie soundtrack blips on the mainstream music radar.

One reason that Oh My God is not included is because it was recorded after the original band disintegrated.  That is,  this album truly is a "goodbye to the past" rather than a "goodbye forever."    This could be something to take comfort in.

[Mike D]

i ain't got a problem with a greatest hits cd.

i think its a great idea becasue it'll help to introduce GN'Rs to the younger audience and build-up more ground base for Chinese Democracy.

plus, to me it seems like closure to the old GN'R.

just a shame it ain't like U2's greatests hits like 87' - 93' kinda thing.

[unoturbo]

This is on a slightly side note, but I found it randomly and it seems quite appropriate at this time:

This is from 1999, just as the live "Greastest Hits" Guns CD was released:

Some fans, who've been waiting six years for new material from the popular
Los Angeles rock band, said they'd be happy with anything from the group at
this point. "I'm just excited about the fact that they'll release a live
album and haven't been thinking about the song selection that much,"
Swedish fan Jarmo Luukkonen, 24, wrote in an e-mail.

The webmaster of the unofficial Guns N' Roses site "Here Today ... Gone To
Hell!" said he's been waiting for something new since 1993, so he's used to
the suspense. "It'll be pretty cool to actually be able to go and buy a new
GNR album. Haven't done that in a while," he wrote

If the tracklist was the same as this one you'd probably be thinking about it a bit more  

From http://gnr.nu/news/1999/z_007.html

[badapple81]

there are 5 cover songs on this GH; FIVE!

no offense but that's kinda pathetic. i'm as big a fan as any but we need some new music not this mess.

I agree that we need new stuff..

But the covers on the GH are fine IMO.. GNR made these songs their own, lots of people now associate KOHD with GNR and not Bob Dylan.. (old) GNR played covers from their first days to their last.. it was part of their thing.. they enjoyed the covers and had good success so that should be represented on the GH.

We wont talk about Since I Dont Have You and Sympathy .. Devil tho  

[BucketRose]

[godlessamerica quote]

One reason that Oh My God is not included is because it was recorded after the original band disintegrated.  That is,  this album truly is a "goodbye to the past" rather than a "goodbye forever."    This could be something to take comfort in

******

Now THAT is funny!  Only a GnR fan would consider a song from 1999 to NOT be a part of "the past."

 

[SLCPUNK]

I will not buy it at Best Buy
I will not buy it, Geffen guy!
I will not buy it for my wife
I will not buy it all my life!

I do not want the Greatest Hits!
For it will throw me into fits.
I want the brand-new Guns CD!
Please, Geffen guy, give it to me!

I will not listen in my car
I will not listen at a bar
I will not listen in a truck
I will not listen with a duck.

Your Greatest Hits is not for me.
What I want is the new CD!
Please reconsider this poor plan.
I don't want GH, Geffen man!




/Mike

haha, brilliant!

[badapple81]

NME have the GH album as one of their main online news stories too now.

GUNS N' ROSES IN ALBUM RELEASE SHOCK

http://www.nme.com/news/107530.htm

[badapple81]

Also that NME story originated from a site here in Australia where its claimed Universal has confirmed the release date in April to them

http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2004/feb2004/20040216_gnr.html

[oneway23]

Are we actually to believe that late summer-early fall is the word now?  Ever closer to psychosis.

[misterID]

I will not buy it at Best Buy
I will not buy it, Geffen guy!
I will not buy it for my wife
I will not buy it all my life!

I do not want the Greatest Hits!
For it will throw me into fits.
I want the brand-new Guns CD!
Please, Geffen guy, give it to me!

I will not listen in my car
I will not listen at a bar
I will not listen in a truck
I will not listen with a duck.

Your Greatest Hits is not for me.
What I want is the new CD!
Please reconsider this poor plan.
I don't want GH, Geffen man!



Oh well, if we find out that poor GH sales could hurt CD release, then I may reconsider.
But that's the only way.

/Mike

  Ha Ha! That was great! I needed a good laugh, man. Thank you.

[Fritz]

Folks, let's be honest here. This might be the last release we'll ever get to seen on GnR! We're waiting since 1993, that's 11 years !?! Let's pretend this album is the closure of a career that actually ended in 1993. Let's all look forward to the release of the album by Velvet Revolver, with Slash, Duff, Matt en Scott Weiland on vocals! The new rock sensation!!!!!!!! And as for Axl, keep on working on that album dude, we'll see the release of it probably somewhere in 2027!

[Serial Killer]

Guns 'n' Roses Fans Protest Greatest Hits

 A segment of Guns 'n' Roses fans are ropable over the decision by Universal Music to issue a G'n'R greatest hits album without, what they say is, the approval of Axl Rose.

The Rose and Roses fans have started a petition, protesting the release of the album, claiming the songlist is simply not strong enough and that it contains no new material.

The up-in-arms fans also seem to be clinging to the illusion that the forever forthcoming Chinese Democracy album will one day surface, despite five years of false hopes from Axl Rose himself.

According to posts in the online forum discussing the disgust of a G'n'R greatest hits package, fans also seem to be under the impression that Universal is responsible for holding up 'Chinese Democracy' even though the label had the album publicly listed on their release schedule as far back as September, 1999 and had to withdraw the release when Axl Rose failed to deliver the master.

Read fans have their say on the release at http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=10236

The Guns 'n' Roses 'Greatest Hits' album will be released in Australia in April.

The tracklisting is:

1. Welcome To The Jungle (from Appetite for Destruction, 1987)
2. Live And Let Die (from Use Your Illusion 1, 1991)
3. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (from Use Your Illusion 2, 1991)
4. Sweet Child Of Mine (from Appetite for Destruction, 1987)
5. November Rain (from Use Your Illusion 1, 1991)
6. Patience (from G 'n' R Lies, 1989)
7. Paradise City (from Appetite for Destruction, 1987)
8. Civil War (from Use Your Illusion 2, 1991)
9. You Could Be Mine (from Use Your Illusion 2, 1991)
10. Don't Cry (original) (from Use Your Illusion 1, 1991)
11. Yesterdays (from Use Your Illusion 2, 1991)
12. Ain't It Fun (from The Spaghetti Incident, 1993)
13. Since I Don't Have You (from The Spaghetti Incident, 1993)
14. Sympathy For The Devil (from soundtrack, Interview With A Vampire, 1995)


Undercover.au  

[DazRose85]

You know what I think? This album, tracklisting, artwork etc was signed off at some point in the 90's because so far the record company have only put out products which have been previously released in some form (the DVDs from the videos), so why are they putting out this "new" product without anything origianl? Well, I think this was all agreed some time ago before Oh My God came out, and therefore this has been lying somewhere ready to be released. Hense nothing post 1994. So if the record company got away with putting out the DVDs without Axl's permission, they can do the same here. It's hard to explain what I mean, but I think you might get it

[AxlN'Slash]

All i got to say is that the only reson i Dont agree with this album is because of no new tracks nor is their and unrelased old stuff with the old members like deoms or whatnot if thier was any of that stuff i would be all for it  

[Eazy E]

Does everyone know the "You Tell Us!" Section on MTV.com?

This section featured Guns N' Roses a bunch of times for the cancelled shows and what people thought of Buckethead.  It doesn't take too many people sending their opinions in to get the topic on there.  I think if everyone sent in what they thought of the Greatest Hits MTV would take notice and @ least post a news story on the issue.  It would create more awareness of the lack of interest in this CD coming out too.

This is the link: http://www.mtv.com/news/youtellus/

You just fill out the quick form at the bottom and write a paragraph or two about the Greatest Hits... and make the subject "Guns N' Roses - Greatest Hits" or something.


Edit - It really works.  There were two comment pages about the Buckethead article by Loder, and I got something I sent in posted on one.