I guess if I had to voice a complaint, it would be where there seems to be no middle ground.
U either worship or you leave.
To me that is not the way it should be.
Certainly people shouldn't be allowed to bash or spread bullshit.
But I don't think there is anything wrong with intelligent, honest opinions.
Crazy ideas like that must be why you have -4 karma.? ?
there is nothing wrong with defending GNR.
I'm just not a fan of blind loyalty and worshipping.
I am a HUGE fan of many bands,athletes etc and I will call them out when they are doing shit I don't agree with.
Being a fan doesn't mean u have to obey and support every single thing they do.
Being a fan isn't being ?a YES MAN to their every decision.
JIM BOB and others may think that makes me less of a fan but I guarantee Axl or any other person I am a fan of would probably appreciate someone like me more who isnt afraid to have an honest opinion over a Star Trekkie type of fan who would jump off a cliff if they thought it would impress Axl.
So yes, I am and will always be a HUGE Axl Rose fan, but after all these years and after all thats transpired.
He owes us at least one album.
I just realized I'm quoting you twice...? Good posts, though.
I'm not sure how I feel about being "owed" anything.? I mean, we chose to be fans, right?? I really have never felt that "owed" is the right word.? ...On the other hand, Axl's been telling us this thing's been coming since, what, 1999?? I recall an interview with Kurt Loder, it might have been 2000 (I'm not so obsessive that I have *all* the dates memorized, just some of them).? He might not "owe" us an album, but as John Lennon sang, "Gimme Some Truth."
What I mean is, don't even mention a "tentative" date (yes, I know what tentative means, and I didn't take March 6 as gospel) if the album is apparently so far from release that we still haven't seen it 5 months later.? Maybe I was a fool to assume that "tentative" could be translated to "within a month or two."? ...And yes, I realize that unforseen complications could have happened.? That happens a lot in GNR land.? But I also recall a line in that same press release that claimed that there would be an update if the March 6 date was delayed.? Just to be clear, here's the exact quote:
If we are delayed for unseen reasons, you also will be notified as soon as possible in regard to a new date, and the album will be released as shortly thereafter as is possible.
In all seriousness, those unforseen delays must have been fucking serious for a tentative March 6 to turn into... well, you know.
...Sorry, off topic.? I'm not really that burned up about it, that's just the latest example.? ...In regards to what I put in bold in the quote above:? I don't know if Axl would "appreciate" you more, but he'd probably be less worried about you stealing his toilet water and keeping it in a vial around your neck, as a "Trekkie type fan" might do.? ?
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