Thursday, November 20, 2008

Chinese Democracy: 17 Years, 46 Seconds in the Making

It took Axl Rose an incredible 17 years and $13 million to bring Chinese Democracy into this world. For those of you thinking this is an obvious card for time wasting, it is, but not for the nearly two decade wait, rather for making us wait an extra 46 seconds to get the party started after pressing play. I don't mind a crescendo, Mr. Rose, but you've made your point.

Reviews have been mixed. The NY Times calls it "lavish, obsessive, technologically advanced and, all too clearly, the end of an era." Rolling Stone went with "audacious, unhinged and uncompromising." Neither felt the need to use a serial comma.

Take a listen, courtesy of Imeem:

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