Blog Pop Democracy
I love Guns N Roses, folks, I do, I can’t lie. And god knows I’m not alone, hell, Mat loves ‘em. I know it. Know it for a fact. Know how I know it? Cause 2 weeks ago when we played Martyr’s, rolling up at 5pm for soundcheck, guess what we were jambing to?
Guns N-Fuckin’ Roses, that’s what! A little "My Michelle" blasting from our vehicle.
Oh, you were that guy on the street, fist in the air as we blasted by you? You rock, random passerbyer and GNR fan! Let’s get a beer!
Guess what else I love? Dr. Pepper.
Everyone knows that one. That’s no suprise. Hell, I’ve even been given Dr. Pepper as a gift before, and welcomed it, that person got a hardy thank you from me, I must say. I love the taste of DP, I love the style of the can, the colors, I love everything about it. I even love the name. "Dr. Pepper". Though I still have no idea what it means (is the "Pepper" a reference to giving you "pep" or to the spicy taste? I always thought it was the latter).
Anyway, you can imagine my delight when I read this article bringing these 2 things that I love together.
Fuck, I don’t care what the excuse is, I’ll take that free DP under any circumstances, but this? This just seems like a cruel, cruel joke.
I think we all know that Axl, the nutjob-cornrow-Indiana bastard that he is, is in no way going to finish this record anytime soon, nor let the public hear it if he does. He must know that to release it would be a disaster of heavenly proportions. Doesn’t he?
I think "Dr. Pepper" does. And kudos to them, way to get their names in the paper, and for something truly inspired and hilarious at that. not only has all of the music industry challeneged Mr. Rose to release this record, but now the king (in my opinion) of the soft-drink world is getting on him to release it as well.
I think it goes without saying that I’m not getting that free Dr. Pepper though. And I think it further goes without saying that no one wants to be forgotten for doing something as novel as putting out a record hyped for over a decade, for surely only oblivion can follow.
But dammit, I would have smiled. I would have been happy. Me. Can you imagine that? being able to slam the new GNR record and a tasty (and free) Dr. Pepper at the same time?
I look now to the comforting words of Steven Tyler to get me though this, my trying time.
"Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream until your dream come true"
See you in the funny pages,
Onarga.
