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A version of me has been here before. Not this version. |
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This is my......bazillionth blog. Maybe it will last... Wish in one hand...  
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"The Soundtrack of Your Life"  I said I was going to work backward through the year but I lied. At some point last year Kid A and I had a…spirited debate…with someone regarding Axl Rose. A debate easily summed up by saying two things - I raise kick-ass children who appreciate things beyond their own little generations. And that I apparently hulk out when someone thinks the current Axl Rose is the right Axl Rose. Cuz lets be real - if someone says Axl Rose and you picture anything from any era other than the glorious hairband era that produced Appetite for Destruction then you have missed a class in the school of life. THAT is Axl Rose. When you are wondering if you will see the red bandana or if he used a can of Aqua Net. When his V lines and treasure trail were….there. When he could do the often imitated but never duplicated neck move because…he had a neck. What goes out on stage now needs a desiccant. Do not speak to me as if you understand anything about Guns N’ Roses if you only know them now. Slash went solo, Axl turned into a puffer fish….Welcome to the Jungle, We’ve got Rascal Scooters and denture cream. Flashback to this choice’s origin story….. This debate spurred on the very first sorting ever of my Spotify playlist which consists of 791 songs. This is a whole other issue since it had cemented itself in my mind and once I sorted it, even sorting it back….it isn’t in the same ass fucking order and my regret is palpable every time I open that shit. But - once sorted I had extreme focus on all things GNR for quite some time. I was in my teens when Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion were released. I am a hair band fan for sure, but a lot of them…presented rebellion. Back then, Guns N’ Roses seemed like they perpetrated rebellion. And even today when I look back at all of them, I still wonder why the rest of them didn’t use better conditioner. If Axl Rose was the hair in your hair band it sets a really fucking high bar. Listen - I got perms with the rest of the world - it didn’t have to look like a horse might wander up to munch on it. (And no - Slash was not the hair. C’mon, Slash was the hat, maybe even the silence.) They have tons of great songs … and I even like November Rain. But my very favorite is from Use Your Illusion II. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door. I mean shit - I am listening to it right now while I type this and it is such prime Axl. Every stereotypical Axl Rose noise that you can think of he does in this song. And it kicks ass. If 3:54 to 4:15 doesn’t make you wanna tease your bangs then there just may be a glass ceiling to our friendship. As I was previewing my entry to make sure I embedded the shit right - I am a double-double checker with that stuff….Kid A walked by and asked if I was writing something about Guns N’ Roses. I said yes that it was about the music of my life and she said it was not a good example. That if anything it was the exception that proved the rule of my musical tastes. She isn’t wrong… So, let it be said that I am a straight from the ghetto hip hop rap girl. Late 80’s hair bands indeed are the only music I can tolerate that even comes close to metal. I would be a fucking amazing metal head though. The music literally makes me mad. Raises my anger level exponentially - instantly. Actually works up the desire to explode rage, which I already love to do. Considering I idle at “you wouldn’t like me if I’m angry”.... constantly being in any elevated state isn’t fun for anyone. P.S. Kid A was on the right side of the debate of course - she too wants people who don’t understand that they don’t understand - to know that they don’t. |
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