Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal: Guns N' Roses back from oblivion (video)

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Guns N' Roses back from oblivion (video)

Axl N' Slash's Guns N' Roses, 2023; Crazy Singing, 5/10/22; JoBlo Originals, 7/15/22 (WTF Happened to This Celebrity); Seth Auberon, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The rockstar celebrity who was once an angel-face criminal ET alien is now a fat ginger.

We just came out with "The General"

Now Lehra H. can rest in peace. The likelihood of GN'R producing another hit were, we said years ago, about as likely as Chinese Democracy, the name of their album, ever coming to fruition. Pres. Xi won't stand for it! Axl Rose (who now looks like a young, thin Benny Hill) is a pale skeleton in a wig held on with a big bandana, ala Sebastian Bach. Long in the tooth, they're older than the Stones -- but much better players thanks to Slash lending the band his magic. Somehow Rose's throat healed and he can scream and hold notes. It's amazing. We thought this had to be an unreleased gem from back in the Use Your Illusion days, but it's new.

Perhaps, the new Guns n' Roses album

LYRICS: Perhaps I was wrong/ When I didn’t see you, hey, hey/ Perhaps I was wrong, hey/ When I don’t believe you/ But how would I know how it feels/ Or what it takes to be you/ I’ve been so upset/ Harboring this hate for days/ Hey, my sense of rejection/ Hey, hey/ Is no excuse for my behavior, hey/ You pulled the gun, hey, hey/ That shot and crucified my savior/ Now he is no more and I am without you/ Just like I was before/ The way I used to be, hey/ What a weight upon your shoulders that you don’t need/ My heart bleeds for me//

I can pull off uniforms and odd hats.

CHORUS: Got a lot more than I bargained for/ You’re all alone now/ You forgot about the others you were fighting for/ You’re all alone/ Ooh, sold out to the ones that you once ignored/ You’re all alone now/ You used to be a little crazy now there’s so much more/ You’re all alone//

Perhaps I was wrong, hey, hey/ When I didn’t see you, hey, hey/ Perhaps I was wrong, hey/ When I don’t believe you/ But how would I know how it feels/ Or what it takes to be you/ I’ve been so upset/ Harboring this hate for days/ Oh-oh, what a weight upon your shoulders that you don’t need/ My heart bleeds for me/

Ooh, got a lot more than I bargained for/ You’re all alone now/ You forgot about the others you were fighting for/ You’re all alone/ Ooh, sold out to the ones that you once ignored/ You’re all alone now/ You used to be a little crazy now there’s so much more/ You’re all alone

Review: Not well received in parts of Europe

WTF Happened to Axl Rose?

(JoBlo Originals) July 15, 2022: As far as rockstars go, they don’t get much bigger than Axl Rose. As the frontman of Guns N’ Roses, he became an instant legend when the band's debut album, Appetite for Destruction, was released in 1987. Spawning hits that are still iconic 25 years later (with the soundtrack for Thor: Love and Thunder featuring them prominently), including “Welcome to the Jungle,” “Paradise City,” and “Sweet Child of Mine,” the album broke out from the hard rock/heavy metal genre to become one of the biggest selling albums of all time. Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, they were one of the biggest bands in the world, with Use Your Illusion 1 & 2 also major sellers. Axl Rose was everywhere, especially when the band started doing ballads like “Don’t Cry” and “November Rain.” Yet, after the release of their covers album, The Spaghetti Incident, Guns N’ Roses started to fall apart, with iconic guitarist Slash and pokey bassist Duff McKagan leaving acrimoniously. Rose would spend most of the next decade working on a follow-up album, Chinese Democracy, with an ever-revolving lineup of members, with the album in question a critical and commercial disappointment. In the meantime, rumors about Rose’s behavior and sobriety ran rampant.

This episode of WTF Happened to this Celebrity tries to separate fact from fiction and celebrate the fact that Rose has since reunited much of the original band and that they still sell out stadiums worldwide.

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