It was a long time for you / It was a long time for me / It’d be a long time for anyone / But looks like it was meant to be
—“There Was a Time”
Yes it's true, the album that took 15 years to make has finally dropped today. I was 9 when the genius of "Appetite for Destruction" hit the stores, and while I couldn't buy the tape due to the fact that my parents hated metal, I knew I could rock out to the sweet licks of "Sweet Child o' Mine", "Welcome to the Jungle", and "Paradise City" on the now defunct Pirate radio in the comfort of my room.
The mention of GNR brings back so many memories from my childhood that it was with great anticipation when I purchased Guns and Roses new album "Chinese Democracy". So was it worth it? Sadly it was not. I wanted to be wowed, just as I was 20 years ago when the music of Guns N' Roses was hungry, reckless and born of the streets. But Chinese Democracy tries way to hard to to rock. Out of the 14 tracks that I listened to only 2 captured the effortless, dirty rawness we need from G N’ R. There are flashes of real promise in some of the melodies here but all too often they are mired in misguided arrangements. As a whole, there's no direction, no theme, no focus. And after 15 years, well, that's bound to happen.
Day 4: Current weight 229
Workout
- Squats 5x5 @ 185lbs
- Dips 5x5 @ BW 230lbs
- Dead lifts (Romanian) 5x5 185lbs
- Pull Downs 5x5 @ 140
- Military Press 5x8 @ 80lbs
- Breakfast: Slimfast optima 200 cal
- Lunch: Slimfast optima 200 cal
- Dinner: Tofu Curry, with white rice 800 cal
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