Idolator
Today there's an Irish Times article on the fate of Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy that goes so far as to draw parallels between the long-in-the-works album and the Stone Roses' Second Coming, which seems to me a flawed comparison if only because, you know, the latter album actually came out eventually. Anyway, tucked into the story—which seems like it was subject to a lot of verbal taffy-pulling in order to make it fill out column space—was this little unbeknownst-to-me-before factoid:
Axl Rose (his name is an anagram of oral sex; isn't he a caution?)
Wait, what? How had I never noticed this in my 20 years of owning Guns N' Roses albums? To check and see if I was just dumb, I sent this piece of trivia to Jess; what followed were lots of all-caps IMs, as well as the two of us uncomfortably chuckling at our extreme naivete/nimrodness. Honestly, this is way, way more embarrassing than the day a few years back when I finally figured out how to properly pronounce "Taime Downe."
Is the world finally ready for Guns N'Roses' Democracy? [ireland.com, via ONTD]
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Our Idolators must be a couple of spring chickens, because my [age-reference-redacted]-age friends and I all knew about this when we purchased our CD copies of Appetite For Destruction.
I feel old. :'(
"...which seems to me a flawed comparison if only because, you know, actually came out eventually."
Idolator's Hooked on Phonics.
Plus, when he's going by W. Axl Rose, his initials spell out "WAR," so he's for realz, yo
Seriously? I was six when "Appetite" came out, and even I knew that.
And yeah, it's "tie me down."
Also, W. Axl Rose is an anagram for "woral sex."
My repressed-Catholic upbringing comes out! (I was actually given my cassette of Appetite as an Easter present; once my mother saw the cover, though, she ripped it out of the tray and threw it away.)
We whispered about it all the way to church camp.
They should have pointed out that "A Comic Cheesy Nerd" is an not only an anagram for "Chinese Democracy," it describes anyone who thinks the album is really coming out (as well as people who look for "Chinese Democracy" anagrams, like...uh...me)
1) I think a more apt analogy to Chinese Democracy would be Beach Boys / Brian Wilson "Smile." And if history repeats itself, Chinese Democracy will be an overstuffed turd, also.
2) I always said it "Tay-Me" Down. Is that right?
People! Have we already forgotten the sucky John Squire post-Stone Roses band The Seahorses, whose name was an anagram of HE HATES ROSES?
That WAS what all the riots in Seattle in 1998 were about, if memory serves.
in our defense, i conducted a straw poll (which included my roommate and another guy), and neither knew this factoid either. ("and that's something that a 12-year-old should have know!")
Am I the only one who's boggling over the phrase "isn't he a caution?"
@Vince Neilstein: See my post.
It's "tie me."
...Maura, how did you NOT know? I am actually kinda shocked.
I have never heard this either, having been a GNR fan since i heard Appetite back in like 3rd or 4th grade.
yeah, that was like the first thing anyone brings up anymore bout axl. that and the cornrows of doom.
I love how everyone is jumping on this like a piping-hot Cinnabon. "How can you guys not know some minor detail? We trusted you to know everything!!!!"
I also don't think I knew this, but then again, I also once had an atavistic fear of the fans of Appetite, as they tended to, you know, beat me up. My Pavlovian terror has only recently begun easing. The cornrows certainly helped.
Don't feel bad, guys. I never knew that Guns 'n Roses is shorthand for Guns and Roses.
@Bob Loblaw: Well done. Very well done.
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