Saturday, 30 October 2004, 1:18:56 EDT

Tuesday I had about forty-five minutes to burn at lunch so I went to Best Buy to walk around and look at all the shiny things I wish I could buy. I looked at a new 19" LCD which I could have bought straight out. I looked at some DVDs and various other things. On my way out of the store I saw Appetite for Destruction sitting on a shelf at the end of one of the CD isles. The sticker said $12.99 but I decided to buy it any way because I really love the album. The price at the register ended up being $9.99 – bonus. Well, I finally brought the CD in from my car so that I could rip it and burn a listening copy for my car. As I sit here listening to the encoded files, to make sure they are good, I realized why I like this album so much. Every song on it is just plain good. It is true rock and roll. Everything I hear today is a poor imitation. The guitar and drums are there in today's rock and roll but the voice isn't. I have heard many songs start playing on the radio that I was really getting in to until the singer started whining. I think that if the band is going to play rock they need to fully sound like it. Probably anyone that is even halfway active could beat Axl in a fight but he just sounds like he is going to kick your ass. I don't believe you can truly call your band a rock band if the lead singer sounds like a, pardon the term, pussy. Plus, every song on the album actually says something. I can't say the same for most music now. For example, here is the text to Out Ta Get Me:

Been hidin' out
And layin' low
It's nothing new ta me
Well you can always find a place to go
If you can keep your sanity
They break down the doors
And they rape my rights but
They won't touch me
They scream and yell
And fight all night
You can't tell me
I lose my head
I close my eyes
They won't touch me
`Cause I got somethin'
I been buildin' up inside
For so fuckin' long

Chorus:
They're out ta get me
They won't catch me
I'm innocent
They won't break me


Sometimes it's easy to forget where you're goin'
Sometimes it's harder to leave
And everytime you think you know just what you're doin'
That's when your troubles exceed
They push me in a corner
Just to get me to fight but
They won't touch me
They preach and yell
And fight all night
You can't tell me
I loose my head
I close my eyes
They won't touch me
`Cause I got somethin'
I been buildin' up inside
I'm already gone

[Chorus]

Some people got a chip on their shoulder
An some would say it was me
But I didn't buy that fifth of whiskey
That you gave me
So I'd be quick to disagree

[Chorus]

They're out ta get me
They won't catch me
I'm innocent
So you can
Suck me
Take that one to heart

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