GnR is on MySpace Chinese Democracy is really being released in less than three days, and I'm listening to the sample tracks posted on MySpace. Sure, the title track has a slow start; sure, I don't fully believe in Axl's ability to hold his octaves with any level of power at his age (I always enjoyed "Patience" because he didn't push the octaves, and his lower range is very pleasing); but, overall, ... it's amazing how not disappointed I feel.
OK, his exhibited vocal range on "I.R.S." is actually impressing me. ... And I can even feel the tracks I'm not so sure about growing on me--which is a very GnR reaction for me. With all their past albums, I had fast favourites and then the other songs would slowly creep up in my estimation.
Maybe we did pass into a bizzaro universe a few months back (the Hadron Collider's fault).