Reactions/opinions from non-die hard fans

[sandman]

has anyone gotten feedback from non-die hard gnr fans? i'm really curious what people outside of this gnr community think of these new songs.

i've noticed that casual fans that like gnr's old music aren't digging these new songs at all.

but i have some friends who were never fans of gnr, who really like the new ones - "better" in particular.

[BLS-Pride]

My friend turned his back and walked away on "Better" which I am starting to agree.. Dont like the new direction. He kinda liked I.R.S. When I played TWAT he liked it..

[WARose]

well   i didn`t show them to anyone yet ...      i sent one friend of mine the 80second better version. he said he liked it and that`s a pity that it cuts that short

another friend `s favourite song of gnr is "oh my god"

but the same one listened to a bit of irs and better and juat thought that it was a simple rock song, but nothing special that`d be worth to wait10 years for...

i have to say that everytime i heard a new song i was a bit letdown, but after some listens i loved them all....

[elmir]

my mate listened to Better a few times (cause I had it on repeat), and since then he's been whistling the intro tune...all fucking day long....

[JAC185]

My friend loves Better and hates SCOM, Paradise City, November Rain specifically as well as all the old classics

Im guessing thats a good sign

[Minneapolisnewsman]

Folks, when you play IRS--play it on mid-level and repeat it about four times before you let them know who it is, and then blast the hell out of it.  About a minute in, when the verse starts and Robin Finck plugs in, and Axl pivots his voice on a razors edge--blast it a little more!!

Better, do the same thing--let it sink in, then grab a few cocktails and start partying--then blast it!!

TWAT--leave this one alone and away fromt he stereo until it's ready.  This one made my diehard GNR fan/wife and here three friends puke last night.  It is not ready, and is very bad.

IRS and Better--they are radio ready, and rock!!

[avesia]

I think gnr will gain new fans thanks to the CD new sound. Some people who didn't use to like the old songs will love CD

[ironfin]

My friend posted the following -

Thanks for sharing!

I was interested to hear these more for morbid curiosity than as a GNR fan but I'm pleasantly surprised... I think these are good songs with a lot of potential.

Did you not rate Better? We never really got hear where it was going but I really liked what I heard.

The middle-eight in TWAT has 'placeholder' written all over it and the 4-minute wig-out after that is unfortunate, but I agree - the finished version should be great. 

[Origen]

Alot of people on general rock forums have said the stuff is average, very mediocre

[BLS-Pride]

Yeah that's what I get too... But what do you expect.

[RichardNixon]

Alot of people on general rock forums have said the stuff is average, very mediocre

And a lot of them have said the new songs were good. Look at velvetrope, it's been mixed, but the fans are there.

[ppbebe]

I think gnr will gain new fans thanks to the CD new sound. Some people who didn't use to like the old songs will love CD

I totally agree.  everyone will love at least a few songs in there.

[mikegiuliana]

I am posting the links on non gnr forums not even music forums to get real opinions.. I'll try and post some when I get feedback..

[nesquick]

They like it.

[ryan_of_lax]

I played Better to a friend, and as the intro was playing he said "This isn't Guns N Roses is it? Its terrible"
He was really let down, but once it got going he thought it was pretty cool.

[0001001]

A friend of mine, who's favorite bands are children of bodom, slayer,...., listened to Better and IRS.
He said Better is a piece of shit, IRS is listenable in his opinion.

[Negleyjj]

I've let a lot of people listen to IRS and a few people listen to Better. Most of them aren't GNR fans, but a few are.

IRS
Only one person has said they thought IRS was horrible.

Two or three people said it was average.

A lot said it was above average.

Around 5 of the people I let listen to love it, 2 being GNR fans, 3 not really even knowing GNR.

Better
Almost everyone has been... Confused by the intro. Just like "what is this?"

After listening to it the whole way through, pretty much everyone loved it. It's actually made a GNR fan out of a few people. The reaction is overwhelmingly positive on this one.

TWAT
I haven't passed around TWAT yet, not sure if that would get good reactions, as I think the mixing of this might be important... It's also not really like either of the above, I love it, but I'm not sure what the general reaction would be... This song grows on you though, that's for sure.


Overall I think the reaction is great, at least in my area.

[nesquick]

I agree about the intros: lots of people disliked those techno intros. Once the track rolled they liked it but Axl should change those intros.

[Mr.Intensity]

A lot of people think I.R.S is pretty average, most people think Better/T.W.A.T is good and are surprised that Axl's new stuff actually sounded that good.

Everyone has said "wow, I thought his voice was going to suck...but its still good."

[BrokenGlass]

I tried to show it to someone and they were like "Fuck that, if Slash isn't on it then I don't care."

What a stupid close-minded prick.