I never thought this day would come.

I was just talking with a friend about how when we were teenagers, we missed out on a lot of cool stuff, simply because we thought ourselves too punk rock and therefore above tolerating anything we deemed "mainstream." I regret that narrow-mindedness and am glad we grew out of that.

On the other hand, these days I'm anything but cool, even in my own mind, and I can't imagine listening to the new GNR. But I still think "Appetite" is something special that still standa apart even today.

Originally posted by Global Financial Doom:
I was just talking with a friend about how when we were teenagers, we missed out on a lot of cool stuff, simply because we thought ourselves too punk rock and therefore above tolerating anything we deemed "mainstream." I regret that narrow-mindedness and am glad we grew out of that.

sellout.

Originally posted by Global Financial Doom:
I was just talking with a friend about how when we were teenagers, we missed out on a lot of cool stuff, simply because we thought ourselves too punk rock and therefore above tolerating anything we deemed "mainstream." I regret that narrow-mindedness and am glad we grew out of that.

On the other hand, these days I'm anything but cool, even in my own mind, and I can't imagine listening to the new GNR. But I still think "Appetite" is something special that still standa apart even today.

I can definately agree with you here, i missed out on a lot of great 80's music the first time around cuz i was so stuck in my punk rock ways. Bands like the Smiths, Cure, stuff like that. Too many to even think of now.

But GnR, just don't do it for me. Then or now.

but you both would have missed some great punk music if you had been dancing around to Wham! all decade, dont forget that!

Sonick, good point… but somewhere there's a happy medium!

Hah…When I was 13 I went to London and stayed with a family that was relatives of some of our neighbors. At the time I was just really getting into music for the first time and had just discovered bands like U2, The Alarm and Big Country. The family we were staying with had two boys about my age and I was really really stoked to go to London and meet all these people that were blessed with some sort of cultural enlightenment…

When i got there and finally had the chance to ask the kids and their friends what kind of music they liked, what bands they were into, they all said "Wham". I was like what the fuck is Wham. A few weeks after I got back Wham got huge in the US and another illusion was shattered. The Brits, generally speaking, are just as tacky and tasteless as Americans.

I was at Best Buy yesterday, saw the display. Don't care. I'll download it for sure.