Jop Tournament Round 1.7

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Nothing hugely dramatic in yesterday's fites - possibly today's will generate more conflict!


[Poll #921728]


Tomorrow: Breeders, Jacko, Eminem, and more from Madge.

Comments

GnRUB more like

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Have I really missed something with GnR? I like overblown rock stupidity and dodgy hairdos but I find Axl and chums to be the least charismatic rock band ever. Their songs and their attitude just leave me cold. As I said above, I quite like the riff from Welcome To The Jungle but the tweedly bit on Sweet Child is like a lame duck compared with Van Halen, the sing-a-long pop is done better by Bon Jovi and the RAWK is done better by Metallica. And plus they are to blame for the Manics.

Their videos are a different matter entirely - November Rain is magnificent. Shame about the song.

Re: GnRUB more like

[http://users.livejournal.com/xyzzzz__/]

Manics are pretty entertaining round 'The Holy Bible'.

They appear to be quite charismatic to me.

Re: GnRUB more like

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

NOT TO ME - this is like saying Pete Doherty is charismatic! Tabloid-friendly cvntiness != charisma.

Re: GnRUB more like

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Pete D = among least charismatic people I've ever met. But let's not bring that up again.

Re: GnRUB more like

[http://users.livejournal.com/xyzzzz__/]

Well G'n'R 'appear', as i very rarely pick up on tabloids and celebrity sections, and I was 10 when they were having their hits, so there is the distance from all that. Axl has disappeared

Charisma is a hard quality to grasp: sometimes the good, the bad and the ugly in a person can = charisma.

Re: GnRUB more like

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The Holy Bible is a good album (don't tell anyone I said that) but it also sounds v little like GnR compared to Generation Terrorists etc. In general I dislike the Manics intensely and am quite annoyed that they made a really rather good album so I can't slate them properly.

Axl's screwed up unwashed face and the horrible screeching that emanates from it is far from appealing. The rest of them aren't much better (Slash might as well be on Mars for all he adds to proceedings). There's a lesson there kids: don't be medical guinea pigs for cigarette companies.

Re: GnRUB more like

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Dude, you sound like the Lex! The intro to SCOM alone is abt 6 grillion times better than anything the bleedin' Manics ever did.

Re: GnRUB more like

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

For me it merely signifies the start of four minutes of mediocre rock.

Re: GnRUB more like

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Kat is completely, completely otm with every word except the ones about The Holy Bible being a good album.

'Motorcycle Emptiness' >>>>>>>>>> everything GNR-related ever, though.

Re: GnRUB more like

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

I knew this thread was going to bring out some vintage Lex foaming at the mouth but THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

Seriously, I listened to a load of Manics singles as preparation for M6M1 and even the stuff people remember as being the 'good' stuff is awful. Like, as bad as the worst haircut indie awful.

Re: GnRUB more like

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

There is only ONE song I remember as being the 'good' stuff and I can say with 100% certainty that it is better than GNFUCKINGR.

Re: GnRUB more like

[jauntyemma.livejournal.com]

I feel so old :( Many ladies of my generation (ie early 30s) seem to have a soft spot for Axl, 'screwed up unwashed face' indeed!

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[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's all about Axl's charisma I think! As rock songs go they have better than Swt Child but this is where their rock tendencies meet their epic tendencies halfway (I totally wuv November Rain tho).