Sobre el álbum
"Chinese Democracy" es el sexto álbum de estudio en la discografía de Guns N' Roses, publicado el 23 de noviembre de 2008 por Black Frog and Geffen Records. Fue su primer álbum desde el "The Spaghetti Incident?" de 1993, y su primer álbum con material de estudio original desde "Use Your Illusion I" y "Use Your Illusion II", lanzados simultáneamente en 1991. El álbum pasó por un proceso de grabación prolongado, retrasado por problemas legales y personales, además de la búsqueda de una mayor calidad vocal de su cantante, Axl Rose .A mediados de la década de 1990, en medio de diferencias creativas y personales, los guitarristas Slash y Gilby Clarke, el bajista Duff McKagan y el baterista Matt Sorum renunciaron o fueron despedidos. Solo quedaron Axl Rose y el teclista Dizzy Reed. En 1997, comenzaron a trabajar en el álbum con los guitarristas Robin Finck y Paul Tobias, el bajista Tommy Stinson, el baterista Josh Freese y el teclista Chris Pitman. La formación cambió varias veces, incorporando a los guitarristas Buckethead, Richard Fortus y Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal y bateristas.Bryan "Brain" Mantia y Frank Ferrer. Los guitarristas Brian May y Dave Navarro, el vocalista Sebastian Bach y productores como Mike Clink, Youth, Sean Beavan, Eric Caudieux, Roy Thomas Baker y Caram Costanzo trabajaron en el álbum en 15 estudios diferentes. La banda grabó docenas de canciones y sugirió que podrían publicarlas en varios álbumes.
Aunque Geffen planeaba lanzar "Chinese Democracy" en 1999, este lanzamiento finalmente se vio retrasado y se volvió a grabar por completo en 2000. Con unos costos finales que supuestamente superaron los 13 millones de dólares, se convirtió en el álbum de rock más caro de la historia, y Geffen retiró su financiación en 2005. Tras programar el lanzamiento para marzo de 2007, un nuevo aplazamiento les llevó a estrenarlo finalmente en noviembre de 2008.
Precedido por la canción principal como sencillo principal, "Chinese Democracy" debutó en el número tres en el Billboard 200 y fue certificado platino. Sin embargo, no cumplió con las expectativas de ventas en Estados Unidos. Recibió críticas generalmente favorables, logró el éxito en las listas internacionales y ha vendido más de un millón de copias en Europa.
Listado de Canciones
- Chinese Democracy4:43
Letra
It don't really matter Gonna find out for yourself No, it don't really matter I'm gonna leave these thing to Somebody else If they were missionaries Real time visionaries Sittin' in a Chinese stew To view my disinfatuation I know that I'm a classic case Watch my disenchanted face Blame it on the Falun Gong They've seen the end And you can't hold on now Cause it would take a lot more hate than you To end the fascination Even with your iron fist More than you got to rule the nation When I all I've got is precious time It don't really matter I guess I'll keep it to myself Said, it don't really matter It's time I look around For somebody else Cause it would take a lot more time than you Have got for masturbation Even with your iron fist More than you got to rule the nation When all we got is precious time More than you've got to fool the nation When all I've got is precious time It don't really matter I guess you'll find out for yourself No, it don't really matter So you can hear it now From somebody else You think you got it all locked up inside And if you beat them enough, they'll die It's like a walk in the park from a cell And now you're keeping your own kind in hell When your Great Wall rocks, blame yourself While their arms reach up for your help And you're out of time - Shackler's Revenge3:36
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I got a funny feeling There's something wrong today I got a funny feeling And it won't go away I got an itchy finger And they'll be hell to play I'm gonna pull the trigger An blow them all away Don't ever try to tell me How much you care for me Don't ever try to tell me How you are there for me I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it) I don't believe there's a reason (I should believe it) I got a wicked demon His hunger never fades I got an empty feelin' I won't be home today Don't ever try to tell me How much you care for me Don't ever try to tell me How you are there for me I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it) I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it) I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it) I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it) No one is a stoppin' you From a doin what you want to do No one is a stoppin' you now, Stoppin' you now I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it) I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it) I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it) I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it) - Better4:58
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No one ever told me when I was alone They just thought I'd know better, better No one ever told me when I was alone They just thought I'd know better, better The hardest part this troubled heart Has never yet been through now Was heal the scars that got their start Inside someone like you now For had I known or I'd been shown Back when how long it'd take me To break the charms that brought me harm And all that would erase me I never would or thought I could No matter what you'd pay me Replay the part, you stole my heart I should have known you're crazy If all I knew was that with you I'd want someone to save me It'd be enough, but just my luck I fell in love and maybe All that I wanted was Now I know you better You know, I know better Now I know you better So bittersweet, this tragedy Won't ask for absolution This melody inside of me Still searches for solution A twist of fate, a change of heart Cures my infatuation A broken heart, provides the spark For my determination No one ever told me when I was alone They just thought I'd know better, better Oh, no one ever told me when I was alone They just thought I'd know better, better All that I wanted was Now I know you better You know, I know better Now I know you better I never wanted you to be so full of anger I never wanted you to be somebody else I never wanted you to be someone afraid to know themselves I only wanted you to see things for yourself All that I wanted was Now I know you better Now we all know better All that I wanted was No, no, no, no No, no, no, no No, no, no, no No, no, no, no If I were you I'd manage to Avoid the invitation Of promised love that can't keep up With your adoration Just use your head and in the end You'll find your inspiration To choose your steps and won't regret This kind of aggravation No one ever told me when I was alone They just thought I'd know better, better No one ever told me when I was alone They just thought I'd know better, better - Street Of Dreams4:46
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All the love in the world couldn't save you All the innocence inside You know I tried so hard to make you Oh, to make you change your mind And it hurts too much to see you And how you left yourself behind You know I wouldn't want to be you Now there's a hell I can't describe So now I wander through my days And try to find my ways To the feelings that I felt I saved for you and no one else And though as long as this road seems I know it's called the street of dreams But that's not stardust on my feet It leaves a taste that's bittersweet That's called the blues I don't know just what I should do Everywhere I go I see you Though it's what you planned This much is true What I thought was beautiful Don't live inside of you Anymore I don't know just what I should do Everywhere I go I see you Though it's what you planned This much is true What I thought was beautiful Don't live inside of you Anymore What this means to me Is more than I know you believe What I thought of you now... Has cost more that it should for me What I thought was true before Were lies I couldn't see What I thought was beautiful Is only memories Oh oh oh What'd I tell you Oh oh oh That's Oh oh oh Oh oh oh Inside of you - If The World4:54
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If the world would end today And all the dreams we had Would all just drift away You know there's nothing more to say If the world would end And our love slipped away I never knew the way that you looked at me Would ever mean so much to me But in my heart I found The feelin's that I've never shown And now they've Got the best of me If the world would end today And all the dreams we had Would all just drift away You know there's nothing more to say If the world would end And our love slipped away Oooooh, La la... La la... I never thought all the love I was lookin' for Could ever be so close to me But you're the only one I have ever loved that has ever loved me And now you got the best of me If the world would end today And all the dreams we had Would all just drift away You know there's nothing more to say If the world would end today And all the dreams we had Would all just drift away You know there's nothing more to say If the world would end And our love slipped away If the world would end And our love slipped away - There Was A Time6:41
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Broken glass and cigarettes Writin' on the wall It was a bargain for the summer And I thought I had it all I was the one who gave you everything The one who took the fall You were the one who would do anything The one who can't recall Where she was while she was sleepin' In another woman's bed Or the doctor's or the lawyer's Or the stranger that she met If there's nothin' I can gain from this Or anything at all It'd be the knowledge that you gave me When I thought I'd heard it all 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's meant to be Social class and registers Cocaine in the hall All the way from California On the way to your next call To those non-negotiations To simulate a cause For the betterment of evils And your ways around the laws That keep you up and sitting pretty On a pedestal or bed And now you're sleeping like an angel Never mind who gave you head If there's somethin' I can make of this Or anything at all It'd be the devil hates a loser And you thought you had it all It was a wrong time for you It was a wrong time for me It was the wrong time for everyone but Looks like I got to see for myself If I could go back in time to the place In my soul, there all alone Lonely tear drops Ooh, are callin' you But I don't wanna know it now 'Cause knowin' you it won't change a damn thing But there was a time (Yeah there was a time Didn't wanna know at all Didn't wanna know at all N' I don't wanna know it now Yeah there was a time Didn't wanna know at all Didn't wanna know at all N' I don't wanna know it now) Oh I would do anything for you There was a time I would do anything for you I would do anything for you There was a time There was a time I would do anything for you Ooh (Yeah, there was a time) I would do anything for you (Didn't wanna know at all) (Didn't wanna know at all) Ooh... (N' I don't wanna know it now) I would do... (Didn't wanna know at all) Anything for you (Didn't wanna know at all N' I don't wanna know it now) There was a time There was a time - Catcher In The Rye5:52
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When all is said and done We're not the only ones Who look at life this way That's what the old folks say But every time I see them Makes me wish I had a gun If I thought that I was crazy Well I guess I'd have more fun (Guess I'd have more fun) Oooh, the Catcher In The Rye Again Won't let ya get away from him (Tomorrow never comes) It's just another day Like today You decide Cause I don't have to And then they'll find And I won't ask you At anytime Or long hereafter If the cold outside's As I'm imagining It to be Oh, no Lana nana na na na Lana nana na nana Ooh, the Catcher In The Rye Again Won't let ya get away from him (Tomorrow never comes) It's just another day Like today When all is said and done We're not the only ones Who look at life this way That's what the young folks say And if they'd ever change As that reminds to say But every time I see them Makes me wish I had a gun If I thought that I was crazy Well I guess I'd have more fun Cause what used to be's Not there for me And ought to for someone That belongs Insane Like I do Oh, no Not at all On an ordinary day Not in an ordinary way All at once the song I heard No longer would it play For anybody Or anyone That needed comfort from somebody Needed comfort from someone Who cared To be Not like you And unlike me And then the voices went away from me Somehow you set the wheels in motion That haunt our memories You were the instrument You were the one How a body Took the body You gave that boy a gun You took our innocence Beyond our stares Sometimes the only thing We counted on When no one else was there - Scraped3:30
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Don't you try to stop us now I just refuse Don't you try to stop us now Cause I just won't let you Sometimes I feel like The world is on top of me Breakin' me down with An endless monotony Sometimes I feel like There's nothing that's stopping me All things are possible I am unstoppable Some may convince you No one can break through I'm here to tell you You're worth More than they tell you Don't you try to stop us now I just refuse Don't you try to stop us now Cause I just won't let you Sometimes I feel like My life's a catastrophe Can't understand why It seem's like it has to be Sometimes I feel like It's all opened up for me Nothing's impossible I am inconquerable No one can make you Do what they want to You know you're stronger Than the lies That they tell you Don't you try to stop us now (I'd give anything to know) I just refuse Don't you try to stop us now (I would have never made it so far) Cause I just won't let you Believe in yourself Some may convince you No one can break through You know you're stronger Than the lies That they tell you Don't you try to stop us now (I'd give anything to know) I just refuse (How you live with yourself) Don't you try to stop us now (I would have never made it so far) Cause I just won't let you (All by myself) Believe in yourself - Riad N' The Bedouins4:10
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Riad N' The Bedouins Had a plan, and thought they'd win But I don't give a fuck 'bout them Cause I am crazy Oh, my salvation N' all my frustration Caught in the lies No one had wove as well Somewhere in time Where only I could tell Ooh Riad N' The Bedouins Say that's a war that you can't win But I have had enough of them And who can blame me Sands of time and desert winds Nomads and barbarians I won't bend my will to them You aggravate me Oh, my salvation N' all my frustration Caught in the lies No one had wove as well Somewhere in time Where only I could tell Oh, sweet salvation Like all my frustration Caught up in lies No one had wove as well Somewhere in time Where only I could tell Ooh Oh, sweet salvation And all my frustration Caught up in lies If you had wove so well Somewhere in time Then only I could tell Ohh! Riad N' The Bedouins Had a plan and thought they'd win Riad N' The Bedouins Crossed the line and lost again - Sorry6:14
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You like to hurt me You know that you do You like to think In some way That it's me And not you (But we know that ins't true) You like to have me Jump an be good But I Don't want to do it You don't know why I won't act the way You think I should You thought they'd make me Behave an submit (submit) What were you thinking Cause I don't forget You don't know why I won't give in To hell with the pressure I'm not cavin' in You know that I Got under your skin You sold your soul But I won't let you win You talk too much You say I do Difference is nobody cares about you You've got all the answers You know everything Why nobody asked you 'S a mystery to me I'm sorry for you Not sorry for me You don't know who in the hell to or not to believe I'm sorry for you Not sorry for me You don't know who you can trust now Or you should believe You should believe You don't know who you can trust now Or you should believe You close your eyes All well an good I'll kick your ass Like I said that I would You tell them stories they'd rather believe Use an confuse them They're numb and naïve Truth is the truth hurts Don't you agree It's harder to live With the truth about you Than to live with The lies about me Nobody owes you Not one goddamn thing You know where to put your Just shut up and sing I'm sorry for you Not sorry for me You don't know who in the hell to or not to believe I'm sorry for you Not sorry for me You chose to hurt those that love you An won't set them free Won't set them free You chose to hurt those that love you An won't set them free You don't need Anyone else to be Sorry for you You've got no heart You can't see All that you've done for me I know the reasons You tear me apart - I.R.S.,4:28
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Ah, ah Is it true What they say of you? Gonna call the president Gonna call a private eye Gonna get the IRS Gonna need the FBI There's not anymore that I can do All the reasons that you give I'd follow you To where you'd lead And if that'd be The end of time, it's true Wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong Wouldn't be the last I'm sure I've known Through all the rumors I can tell Some things didn't work so well Well anyway, it feels the same As when you first told me you were gone So long ago, but I still held on Through all the emotions, the love and the sex And that's the truth and here's the worst yet Would it even mattered the things that I’d say You made your mind up and gone anyway There's no use now in draggin' it on Shoulda seen it coming all along Well, it's true Ooh I had my doubts of you Gonna call the president Gonna call myself a private eye Gonna need the IRS Gonna get the FBI Gonna make this a federal case Gonna wave it right down in your face Read it baby with your morning news With a sweet hangover and the headlines too now Ah ah Ah ah I bet you think I’m doin’ this all for my health I shoulda looked again babe at somebody else Feelin’ like I done way more than wrong Feelin’ like I’m livin’ inside of this song Feelin’ like I’m just too tired to care Feelin like I done more than my share Could it be the way that I’ve carried on Like a broken record for so long? And I do Ooh, ooh Gonna call the president Gonna call a private eye Gonna get the IRS. Gonna need myself the FBI Ooh What shall I do? If I gave my heart to you, oh It’s such a crime You know it’s true Gonna call the president Gonna get myself a private eye Gonna need the IRS Gonna get the FBI Gonna make this a federal case Gonna wave it right down in your face Read it baby with your morning news With a sweet hangover and the headlines too There’s not anymore that I can do - Madagascar5:37
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I won't be told anymore That I've been brought down in this storm And left so far out from the shore But I can't find my way back my way anymore Oh no I won't be told anymore That I've been brought down in this storm And left so far out from the shore Oh that I can't find my way, back my way, anymore Oh I, I... Forgive them that tear down my soul And bless them that they might grow old And free them so that they may know That it's never too late For the many times, what seemed like a memory I've searched and found the ways you used to lure me in Oh, I've found the ways, oh, why it had to be My'd own denial, and so afraid If we ever find its true, That we have the strength to choose Oh, free of all the chains We have together "I'm gonna tell you a story" "Stand up for righteousness" "Eh...what..." "Stand up for justice" "Eh...what..." "Stand up for truth" "How can a person grow up with all this around them?" "You gotta call on that something" "Where does it come from?" "That can make a way out of no way" "All this hatred" "What we've got here is..." "That power that can make a way out of no way" "Failure to communicate" "I tell you I've seen the lightning flash, I've heard the thunder roar." "Everybody's actin' like we can do anything and it don't matter what we do. Maybe we gotta be extra careful because maybe it matters more than we even know." "Sometimes" "Hatred isn't something you're born with" "I feel discouraged" "It gets taught" "Sometimes I feel discouraged" "I felt this... fear!" "He promised never to leave me, never to leave me alone. No, never alone, no, never alone." "Let's get somethin' straight, alright?" "He promised never to leave me." "This whole thing is fucked up!" "Never to leave me alone!" "Well, all men betray, all lose heart!" "I don't wanna lose heart! I wanna believe!" "Black men and white men together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream." "Free at last! Free at last!" "Thank God almighty!! WE ARE FREE AT LAST!!" Oh I won't be told anymore (if we ever find its true) That I've been brought down in this storm (That we have the strength to choose) And left so far out from the shore. (Oh, freed of all the chains) That I can't find my way back my way, anymore (We have together) Oh no I won't be told anymore (If we ever find its true) That I've been brought down in this storm (That we have the strength to choose) And left so far out from the shore (Oh freed of all the chains) That I can't find my way back my way, anymore (We held together) - This I Love5:34
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And now I don't know why She wouldn't say goodbye But then it seems that I Had seen it in her eyes And it might not be wise I'd still have to try With all the love I have inside I can't deny I just can't let it die Cause her heart's just like mine And she holds her pain inside So if you ask me why She wouldn't say goodbye I know somewhere inside There is a special light Still shining bright And even on the darkest night She can't deny So if she's somewhere near me I hope to God she hears me There's no one else Could ever make me feel I'm so alive I hoped she'd never leave me Please, God, you must believe me I've searched the universe And found myself Within' her eyes No matter how I try They say it's all a lie So what's the use of my Confessions to a crime Of passions that won't die In my heart So if she's somewhere near me I hope to God she hears me There's no one else Could ever make me feel I'm so alive I hoped she'd never leave me Please God you must believe me I've searched the universe And found myself Within' her eyes So if she's somewhere near me I hope to God she hears me There's no one else Could ever make me feel I'm so alive I hoped she'd never leave me Please God you must believe me I've searched the universe And found myself Within' her eyes And now I don't know why She wouldn't say goodbye It just might be that I Had seen it in her eyes And now it seems that I Gave up my ghost of pride I'll never say goodbye - Prostitute6:15
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Seems like forever an a day If my intentions are misunderstood Please be kind I've done all I should I won't ask of you what I would not do Oh, I saw the damage in you My fortunate one The envy of youth Why would they tell me to please those that laugh In my face When all of the reasons They've taught us Fall over themselves to give way It's not a question whether my heart is true Streamlined I had to pull thought Look for a new beginning on you Oh I got a message for you Up and away it's what I gotta do Forgive what you have For what you might lose What would you say if I told you that I'm to blame And what would you do if I had to deny your name Where would you go if I told you I love you and then walked away N' who should I turn to if not for the ones that you could not save I told you when I found you If there were doubts you should be careful and unafraid Now they surround you And all that amounts to is love that you fed by perversion and pain So if my affections are misunderstood And you decide I'm up to no good Don't ask me to enjoy them just for you Ask yourself why I would choose to prostitute myself To live with fortune and shame, oh yeah When you should have turned to the hearts of the ones that you would not save I told you when I found you All that amounts to is love that you fed by perversion and pain