Suppose you're 14 years and your musical life is Gwen, Britney, Hip-Hop, etc

[gunner mad]

i have 3 sons one is 6 one is 11 and the eldest 12 .the 12 year old is a R&B fan (any thing i play sucks  ) the 11 year old is a mini me and the 6 year old just likes to beat the shit outa me  but they all wanna hear T.W.A.T they love it the 12 year old has even asked if he can come with me to Dublin so i think GN'R have hit on summit with this one
p.s R&B SUCKS 

[Sakib]

i'm 15 so its not hard for me 2 be 14. I've liked GN'R for 2 years now. and i think it will be appreciated enough for the album to be bought.

[MR W,AXL ROSE]

i have 3 sons one is 6 one is 11 and the eldest 12 .the 12 year old is a R&B fan (any thing i play sucks? ) the 11 year old is a mini me and the 6 year old just likes to beat the shit outa me? but they all wanna hear T.W.A.T they love it the 12 year old has even asked if he can come with me to Dublin so i think GN'R have hit on summit with this one
p.s R&B SUCKS?

i was just about to post and tell you about my brothers 3 sons but he already beat me to it?

EDIT:an i was gonna borrow you my mp3 player but now u stole my post.

[younggunner]

honestly I doubt it...only songs like Better will do well...but in terms of the epics, I highly doubt it. ALl my friends would never sit down and enjoy a song like TWAT or Catcher....kids my age dont appreciate lyrics as much unless its a rap song....

[Freya]

No.  Kids today don't know anything about rock music.  I don't mean to be insulting, but it's truth.  When we grew up in the seventies and eighties, the rock culture was everywhere, you didn't have to go looking for it. 

I'm sure Axl's record will inspire some younger people and bands and maybe make rock a little more accessible again, but the full impact of it won't be felt for quite a while. 

[AXL 20]

I am 14 and my musical life is gn'r vr gilby clarke izzy stradlin etc.
I actually havn't heard the leaked tracks so i can't tell you what my peers would think
most people who like gn'r are the guitar players, well half like the classic stuff and half like emo.
If I get the songs i can tell you what my peers will think. but ost people liek falloutboy and shit like that

[Freya]

Yes, thank you....Fall Out Boy.  That's the mentality we are dealing with here, white middle class (possibly upper) boys playing mediocre garage rock.  Reality shows, where models line up to be a "Rock Star".  Kids today really don't know about people really making sacrifices to be in a band because they love music that much.  Hip Hop stars have all the glamour and street cred and really? they deserve it, they're the only ones doing it and not giving a fuck these days. 

IMO, rock music was somewhat crippled in the early nineties, by the rock media, lots of great bands yes, but everything became completely politically correct and then it all went down the toilet and has yet to recover. 

[cd06]

for sure, i tried a little expiriment with this, i am fourteen and i have a lot of friends that like hip hop and rap, same age as me, all of them girls, they liekd no other music besides hip hop or rap either. I put all of the new songs on a cd and gave it to them, i am talking about eight different hip hop loving fourteen year old girls here, every one of them liked the songs a lot, mainly the song "Better" 

[ppbebe]

kids my age dont appreciate lyrics as much unless its a rap song...

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Seeing as how GNR or many bands have been popular among non English speakers, that wouldn't matter much.

I'd say the people without shitty dogmas like how RN'R should be, how GN'R should be blah blah blah will hear the music for what it is. CD will be loved by lots of such 14 yr olds in a different way than Gwen, Britney, Hip-Hop, etc.

[Elrothiel]

My little brother is 14 years old, has been playing guitar for 3 years, and LOVES Gn'R, Metallica, Sabbath, Maiden, Led Zep, Pantera, BLS, and basically everything I love... I'm happy... I got him into rock... When he was 11 he used to be a little rap obsessor... he loved listening to Eminem and 50 Cent. Now he's a 100% total rockhead...

In my opinion... my brother is a better guitarist than Buckethead... And when he plays he looks like Jimmy Page...

[Eclipsed107]

kanya west himself admitted at an awards preshow that he couldn't sing. hiphop/rap is nothing more than talking in an accent. A monkey could be tought to sing this no talent crap.

Wow, you're very ignoraint.  I don't like rap at all, but I acknowledge the talent in it.  I'd like to see you put togeather the rhymes and still say in sync with the beat.  Like I said I don't like it at all, but to assume that anyone can do it and there's no talent behind it is just plain stupidity

[F*ck Fear]

I think some kids that age may like the record,and they may not.
All I know is,I was 7 years old when I first heard Paradise City,and I got my parents to buy me AFD. At the time kids were in to total shit,I don't even consider music. Here I am at 20 still loving these tunes.

[MikeFrett]

kanya west himself admitted at an awards preshow that he couldn't sing. hiphop/rap is nothing more than talking in an accent. A monkey could be tought to sing this no talent crap.

Wow, you're very ignoraint.  I don't like rap at all, but I acknowledge the talent in it.  I'd like to see you put togeather the rhymes and still say in sync with the beat.  Like I said I don't like it at all, but to assume that anyone can do it and there's no talent behind it is just plain stupidity

I have done it. Have a nice day.   

[Continental Drift]

Most teens I know view Axl Rose as some kind of "Jim Morrison" meets George Lucas character symbolic of when music was dangerous. At a minimum they're curious about him. If the music is good... he's got a chance. He11 if Jim Morrison (obviously not possible) had come back when I was 14 and he was rockin' out with some great songs I would have been going crazy... not yelling "Go home gramps!" at his concerts...

[The Dog]

^^^Morrison also had a movie and an amazing performance by Val Kilmer to help him out

Who would play Axl in a movie???  Hmm, JBJ is an actor isn't he? hahahah 

[Continental Drift]

HAHA. Good point Hana. I also stole your Star Wars reference too (re: George Lucas).

And just to take your SW analogy to the max... how about Hayden Christensen for Axl?

[Continental Drift]

JBJ?!?

That KILLS ME!! Imagine his agent calling him up....

Agent: "Johny baby... I've got a great new role that is going to catapault your career!"
JBJ: Awesome man! What is it?
Agent: Axl Rose..........
Agent: Hello?
Agent: Hello?
JBJ: 

[Buddha_Master]

Suppose you're 14 years and your musical life is Gwen, Britney, Hip-Hop, etc. Put yourself inside the mind of a child like this

Alright Estaban here goes nothin....

Hmm let's see... ok. I would fuck Gwen. I would fuck Britney (well these days just to say I fucked her). So does that answer your question?

[KeVoRkIaN]

I doubt these fans will change their style much.  There are plenty of pop-rock bands that could have already - besides the girls aren't gonna cream their panties over a man in his 40's

[faldor]

not likely. ?It'd be tough to win over that crowd. ?I'd stick with the rock and roll community.