Kevin Davis wrote:I just can't stand Axl's personality anymore--too much dirtball misogyny and stone-faced serious macho horseshit. There is some good rock songwriting in there but I find it breaks through less and less as I get older. Slash is a great guitarist who should have had a career in a different genre.
Axl's sheer hatred of humanity is too important to their sound. With all the poser metalheads pretending to hate, Axl really loathes people. But that raging, Cobra Commander like voice is worth all his misanthropy.
Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:12 pm
by BurtReynolds
I mean, "was". WAS important to their sound.
Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:19 pm
by Jorge
Yeah 'cuz I mean
Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:19 pm
by Jorge
Anyway, they were always garbage.
Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:22 pm
by Strat
theplatypus wrote:Anyway, they were always garbage.
You are garbage
Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:24 pm
by McParadigm
theplatypus wrote:Yeah 'cuz I mean
I wish to change my entrance music now.
Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:27 pm
by darth_vedder
theplatypus wrote:Anyway, they were always garbage.
the most platypus post of all time.
Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:28 pm
by BurtReynolds
Been listening to these Hollywood Rose demos. They are pretty cool. Kinda like Motorhead meets Rob Halford.
Stupid Mop has always felt superfluous at the end of the record, though I enjoyed reading some of the interpretations of its placement earlier in the thread.
The other "arty" pieces hold their weight and tie the album together thematically, even though I don't usually listen to them. Pry, To is polite and inoffensive enough. Of the more complete 10 songs, I'd say that Whipping and Satan's Bed may be the only ones that drop the standard. Admittedly, that is an incredible standard.
I'd forgotten how good Tremor Christ is. What a song!
Good work team: Vitalogy's biggest flaw is Axle Rose.
I knew there had to be something.
Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 10:45 pm
by samiad
If you remove Aye Davanita and Stupid Mop this album is utterly flawless.
Last Exit - then, Spin the black circle -then, Not for you. If you don't like Pearl Jam after that shit, then it ain't ever gonna happen for you.
Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 11:31 pm
by ABNorman
samiad wrote:If you remove Aye Davanita and Stupid Mop this album is utterly flawless.
Last Exit - then, Spin the black circle -then, Not for you. If you don't like Pearl Jam after that shit, then it ain't ever gonna happen for you.
I definitely wouldn't take out Aye Davanita, but Stupid Mop is the stupidest thing they've ever done. STBC is one of the weaker songs for me, but Last Exit is so perfect, I only remember to dislike STBC as Not For You begins.
Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 12:38 am
by Tj
My favorite album by anyone. I also think this holds up really well agaist the greatest albums of all time, now for the flaws.
1. Stbc and Betterman don't fit
2. Stbc and Betterman could have fit with more creative tracking like this
Last Exit
Cordaroy
Not For You
TremorChrist
Pry To
Betterman
Spin The Black Circle
Ay Davita
Nothingman
Whipping
Satan's Bed
Immortality
hidden track Bugs
3. Cordaroy should have been the lead single
4. A place could have been found in Nothingman for Mike to wail
5. It is a logical extention of Backspacer
Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 12:51 am
by Tj
I can't hear Stupid Mop with out thinking of Holly Hunter.
