I would agree that as a general rule, artists do better work when younger….but there ARE exceptions (Tom Waits, Warren Zevon)…

I would agree that as a general rule, artists do better work when younger….but there ARE exceptions (Tom Waits, Warren Zevon)…

I think where the "secretly" comes from is I always felt that SftD was an album you put on and go "OMIGAWDTHISISFUCKINAWESOME!" ….Lullabies is more put it on, go "hmm, not bad." Put it on again a few weeks later and go "wow, this really has some good stuff on it I didn't catch on first listen." Put it on a few days…

I think any brilliant and/or subversive text or subtext in a song/album that Axl Rose is in ANY way involved with is there strictly by accident.

I think any brilliant and/or subversive text or subtext in a song/album that Axl Rose is in ANY way involved with is there strictly by accident.

I  hesitate to use the words "genius" and "Oasis" in the same sentence.

I  hesitate to use the words "genius" and "Oasis" in the same sentence.

Why not just remove it from your playlist? 

Why not just remove it from your playlist? 

Um, yeah, Document and Appetite formed the "true" template for grunge, never mind that Sub Pop released Deep Six in 1986, and Soundgarden, the Melvins, and Green River were already doing their respective things 3-4 yrs by then.

Um, yeah, Document and Appetite formed the "true" template for grunge, never mind that Sub Pop released Deep Six in 1986, and Soundgarden, the Melvins, and Green River were already doing their respective things 3-4 yrs by then.

Yeah, I was kinda baffled by that - "…some great albums in there…" - then proceeds to gloss over 10+ yrs to pump up Dehumanizer, which I actually recall being pretty well-received at the time.

Yeah, I was kinda baffled by that - "…some great albums in there…" - then proceeds to gloss over 10+ yrs to pump up Dehumanizer, which I actually recall being pretty well-received at the time.

You kids call it a "movie scene"; I call it "my life"

You kids call it a "movie scene"; I call it "my life"

Liked because you used the word "execrable"

Liked because you used the word "execrable"

DDL is God.

DDL is God.

I thought Black Swan and Showgirls were both fresh takes on the whole dance thing.